Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-28
OWNS W!ehss :''
BY Arthur & REEVE x~
epaa YEA s.rviea. In.

1 phone wire-'' he remarked as he tun-
ed and adjusted, "almost anything may
serve as an antenna in pinch.'
The room telephone rang for Gar
rick. 1t was the Customs House call
I ing. "We find,' reported the clerk,
"that X 902 is registered by Patrick
Devins, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 40
| foot cabin cruiser, named 'Lassic.
Want a description"
Garrick had just finished copying it
| when u loud exclamation came from
| Dick. "By Jove-Guy! IS u mes
sage from Ruth! epeated-twice-
here, l scribbled it on this book"
! "Please give this to the newspapers
1t now develops that Jack Curtis,
who attempted an elopement yesterday
with me has a wife-Mrs. Rae Larue
| Curtis. That is all now. Tell my
mother l am safe and will be back the
| first chance | can swim ashore. Ruth
| Walden
The two men gazed at each other.
Clocks like she 8 prisoner scowled
| Dick. "The first chance | can swim
| ashore!"
eyes but, man, she s safe
| somewhere. her mOtnef-
| Somehow Ruth had cleverly cOntriv-
ed to communicate with the outside
world by radio. Together the two
| hurried down the long corridor and up
a flight of stairs to Nita Walden s
| rooms. Dicks heart was pounding, he
| felt, as loud as his knuckles ON the
| door. He had heard from Ruth!
Mrs. Walden opened the door. She
was afraid. What did the sudden rap
ping mean9 Her worried and wearied
face searched Dicks eyes.
"About Ruth? Tell me, Dick!'
Dick blurted it out. "Oh, what aw-
full people!" shuddered Mrs. Walden.
"But Ruth says, attempted elope-
| ment that means Ruth is all right.
1t didn't succeed. But-what can we
do nowe Oh, there's my telephone
ringing again.
| She turned from the room phone be-
wildered. 'It was that Rae Larue
| girl-calling me. Oh, but there was
hate and spite and jealousy in her
| voice! The little viXen!"
"But what did she saya" calmcd
| Garrick.
81 can begin to repeat the flood
of words. Why, you'd think that i
Ruth s mother, had tried to frame up
something against her! She said, I'D
have you know that Jack Curtis is my
husband! l married him in Chicago
| two years ago! 1 won't have that
| daughter of yours coming between us,
and I've told him so. II squeal-. II
hand the whole bunch over, first" " ~
| "Bully!" interrupted Garrick to
Nita s astonishment. SCOT 'em fight
| ing among themselves. He'll hath no
| fury-and all that. You couldn t want
a better guardian for Ruth than that
| woman scorned! And | III bet you she III
do something-the first chance she
gets. Here" without waiting for amy
comment from the surprised Nita, "let
me have the wire. Central
| where did that last call to the Club
come from? Can you trace it?' He
put his hand over the transmitter and
| added, 'In the city you can't trace Il
thing. But out in these little Long
Island towns these hick telephone girls
listen in on all the village gossip. Wait,
you III see.' Then, with his hand off,
"Yes, thank you He hung up.
"From the Gravel Works at the mouth
Of the harbor!"
| "I'll be darncd-our harbor!' ex-
| claimed Dick.
| "You III be something else" quickly
| from Garrick. "Your boathouse!'
| 81 hadn't thought of that. We'd
better get down there"
''Well, L thought of it. That's why
/ left Glenn. You don't need to ask
it, Nita. | know. You re nervous and
all upset. Yes, 1 think doing some
thing, anything would do you good.
Have Mckay drive us all down and
hurry. We're not going to make a
call!'
They were coasting down from the