The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-06

as hero to Ruth. rescuing her from
me. Then TO Bermuda, the Bahamas.
Martinique. anywhere don't know
Only ! do know now that Nario In.
tended all along to marry that girl
and get ten millionsr'
Explain" echoed Garrick. 1T ex.
plains lot OF things For instance.
al the R.rnacle. what really happened
was that you, Jack. doublecrossed
Vario and tried to get away with Ruth
yourself, md ne caught you II just
gave him his first chance to play
hero. en-" Curtis nodded sullenly. And
the night of the dlctagraph. with
his wavs meter. Vario discovered IT,,
found that all his secrets were being
spilled n the air. and jammcd in on
the dlctigiaph wave length
Jack listened as If 1t was the clank.
ing a chair. He was afraid of Gar
rick. Then that broadclasted poisen
pen message First Vario had allow.
ed you % get Ruth into dangerous
position 1T the Binnacle from which he
rescued her and played hero. Then
this elo.,ament story. to compromise
her. But he had you right where he
wanted YOU. How? The bigamy charge
OF course?"
Rae vas now blazing She might
battle lack. No one else could She
would perjure her little soul but she
would fight him clear.
do yoI know the conclusive thing?"
Garrick turned to Dick. THAT post
card, about last night at the Radio
Central tod me something. How did
my alarm fail? You know, Dick. there's
a switch between the studio room and
the actual sending apparatus upstairs
not another switch we saw before US,
but another. They use 1t whenever
anyone troadcasting tries 10 put over
bit of advertising or chlcanery or If
the singer or speaker is rotten, swing
the switch and put on a phonograph
OF something. a million explanations
will do, later The point Is that he
learned that was there, found out
what l was doing and choked 1t off
thereby hetraying himself. He has been
under coyer ever since and this is the
first information I've had of him all
day--althouRh, without letting or any
one else know OF my suspicion. / had
private detectives and the police look.
ing for him quietly" He nodded over
toward one OF the Astra men with the
policeman in the crowd whom Dick
had not seen. Then 10 the man. How
long before we came did you get these
people?"
Not ten minutes, sir"
And the Bacchante. which way did
1t head?'
He must have got motorboat
somewhere; put out to it the minute
II hove in sight: then sent these people
ashore after a fight or something. !
should say ii headed southeast-by
east
"Come-Dck!'
Just a second. Guy. Whose hat was
II. Rae, that held the jewels at Ger
ards?"
Mine. Of course" Defiantly.
And who was in the tower with
tllt SciTtIiNSHt at ptidiN . thhe iibht'
Ruth and Glenn" This was spite
full. I'VE threatened them. But IL
was the lust time
And why were the Walden pearls
returned
1t was his idea. Vario's-to involv
her. tie her up tighter. so she wouldn't
dare sQueci."
They jumped into the motorboat and
q few minutes later the whlrring Of
the propelltrs and the gorgeous cut.
ting OF stray gave them another leap
off into the air.
They've a twenty minute start"
shouted Garrick, adjusting his head
gear in the rush OF air. Thank heav-
en- for the light. What sunset
Dick flew by his compass In the di.
rection the Astra man had Indicated,
then began series Of ever widening
loops. II decreased his direct distance
but II enabled him to cover wider
range in case vario had turned the
course OF the Bacchante when he got
out OF sigh. of land. Fast AZ the scout
cruiser was 1t could not compete with
him for sreed Garrick. with his eye
glued to n glass with splendid German
lenses. swept the sea.
They had not been flying ten min
utes In his fashion and Dick was con-
the turn on the southern.
most swing OF the loop when Garrick
shouted above the rush OF air and
pointed ahead. further south.
Dick depressed his altitude and they |
swung along until shortly with the
naked eye could be made out boat
which was without doubt tho Bacch.
ante. far out to sea.
As they watched. II deliberately turn.
ed and h,aded back. toward them Gar
rick trained the g,ess toward Il. What
lid II meanP
by heavenr' he exclaimed. What's
that spcck between US and him9 Can |
Il be soraecne- swimming My Cod
IL is--it Is Rnthr'