Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-05
CHAPTER
THE RADIO DANCE

Nonowantuc Country Club.
Garrick did not need TO affect in
terest. for Ruth Walden was far and
ava the most interesting problem
of the Country Club set. OF late
years Garrick had grown to be
counselor and conidant in all the
ills to which North Shore society
was heir.
Mrs. Walden smiled abstractediy.
She was one of those stunning
women of today whom one confuses
with their daughters.
she says that l betray my In
feriority complex when / say it
that what l really mean is not that
Ruth worries me-. but youth worries
me-that l don't understand young
people today. l may have under
stood young people in the days of
the Florodora sextette-but / don {
understand them now-and that's
what really worries me-"
NO one would believe you could
have a daughter old enough to
worry you, Nita," declared Garrick
in unaffected admiration. But tel
me what it was you couldn't say
over the telephone when you got
me at last this morning"
II suppose you've heard all about
/ lIe nisl INduiO OduIC last HIGHT ONtA
at Bellevue Lodge-you know, the
Gerard place, at Oldfeld?"
Garrick nodded.
well. you know how young Glenn
Buckley got the Gerards TO put in
a wireless outft-had Professor
Vario from the big Radio Central
Station at Rock Ledge help him in
stall 1t. At least that's what Glenn
said. The truth was. Of course, that
Professor Vario had to do all the
work. Glenn just messes around
with it: has acquired the ingo-brt
l guess that's about ALL"
Garrick smiled at the character
ization and Mrs. Walden hurried On.
Then the young folks got up a
dance to celebrate the installation.
Lo and behold, they had scarcely
started when that awful thunder
shower-you remember last night ?
swept around. as they often do.
| from the Connecticut shore. That
stopped the music over the wire
less"
Eyes . static 4. . Natures
jazz jazzed the radio jazz"
1T was a spectacular storm, you
know, with the lightning flashing
and crashes OF thunder. They wers
debating whether to use the Vic
trola and canned music or improviss
ar orchestra of their own. At the
height of the storm came a voice
from the French windows:
Hands up! =. -. And be quick
about It! . . Line up along that
wall! And keep your mouths
Shut
There seemed to be three of
them. masked. two men and a girl
"a regular devil-may-care hussy.
She held the bag and a gun and
took the Jewels while the two men
covered the party . . They SEEM
ed to know just what they wanted,
what to expect"
what did they get?"
why. those bandits went through
tho party. They must have got
away with a hundred thousand dol
lars worth of jewelry J.. . oh. more
they took from Ruth were worth
| twenty thousand easily"
"A good haul. But what's this
gossip I hear that it was an inside
job?
Mrs. Walden glanced about to
make sure that they were out of
ear-shot. That's what I want your
help on. Guy" She dropped her
voice. "I think Mckay car tell you
better. at first hand. Mckay is our
chauffeur" She leaned over the
rail of the veranda. "John!"
Mckay. down the driveway with
the car, touched his cap and sidled
up the steps Of the club veranda.
John, will you tell Mr.. Garrick
what you saw last night over az
G~erard's?"
"well SIR" began Mckay, balanc-
ing accurately first on foot. then
on the other. as he picked at his
visored cap. after 1t was all over
and there was a general alarm. sir,
old Mr.. Gerard came down to see
what all the shootin' was for and
he asked me a lot Of questions
about the signal-and-"
Just how did you happen TO be
! there, McKay?" asked Garrick. Il
didn't know Miss Ruth would let
anybody drive her car"
Mckay smiled. He had a touch of
humor. v though his keen Irish
wit saw the serious and suspicious
side of the incident.
"Oh. I had been out joy-riding,
sir-I'm sorry to have to say it.
ma'am-" he bowed toward Mrs.
Walden, with Lolita. one of the
maids at Oldfeld."
1t was evident that Mckay was
striving TO show that he had moth
ing to conceal-and a lot TO tell.
Moreover. on the score that there
had been a signal and the affair was
an inside job, he seemed anxious TO
clear Lolita, too.
80 when Mr.. Gerard asks me. I
says It's darn funny. 1t must have
happened right after that light sig
nailed down toward Cranes neck"
Light? Signal? Tell me about
it,"
"well I saw it." returned Mckay.
a trife contentiously. "A lot of US
saw it. That's what made the sus-
picion hat it was an inside job. You
see, l saw the storm coming up fast
and l pea it back to Bellevue in the
car with Lolita a mile a minute. You
know that tower on the corner of
the Gerard house? I thought you'd
know it. Most everybody does and
has seen the searchlight in it. We'll,
when the storm broke-I suppose
that was some time after their wire
less went on the blink . Tie
lightning was great. 1t always is
out there-lights up the shore for
miles and the sea and you can see
the waves breaking way down on
the rocks and the beach.
Between flashes of lightning /
saw the searchlight moving up and
down the shore and I says to myself.
That's a queer stunt-maybe a lit
tie dangerous on a night like this up
in that there tower But the search
light was just like artificial light
ming. only you could see any part
Of the shore you wanted and the
waves a-smashing over the rocks. at
any time you liked and as long as