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and as they swung up toward the turn
pike they stopped for moment at the
Nonowantuc club.
AS Dick hoped out, followed by
Guy, there was a suspicious silence on
the club porch as often happens when
the friends of an interesting factor of
the preceding conversation draw nigh.
Silence is Freudian. Dick winkcd at
Garrick.
A buxom old lady, trembling for
gossip, was actually short -breathed to
get to Garrick before a group of flap
pers, Ruth s f.3ends, reached him.
"Mr. Garrick-ah- -h-h-Mr. Gar
rick
The flappers won out They nearly
always do these days. "Hey-Dick!
Where s Ruth? Guy, have you
| heard how badly she was hurts
For heaven s sake, get her back here.
The place is dead without Ruth.
The old lady pumped down in
nearby chair to listen, actually with
mouth open.
With smile on his face, Professor
Vario of the Radio Central at Rock
Ledge, crossed over to them to make
friendly inquiries.
"Going into town?' inquired Varo
when Garrick returned with "a small
handbag from his rooms.
eyes" observing how Vario was
dressed" are you9"
81 was waiting for the club bus to
take me up to the station. Yes, to the
Radio Show at Seventy first Regiment
Armory. m to give lecture and
demonstration tonight of my new wave
| meter.'
"Well, jump in."
The professor was eager to assist
them in every way as far as they chose
to take him into their confidence Gar
rick had met him many times at the
club and Dick and Vario had had much
in common in their work. He seemed
particularly interested in keeping Ruth
out of further harm and very sympa-
thetic toward Mrs Walden in hci
trouble.
However, Garrick did not propose to
discuss much with even Vario and on
the way he and Dick fell into discus
sion OF their hobby, especially on Var
10 s lecture ON his new wave meter
$50 many amateurs explained
Vario, "have difficulty in finding the
wave length of the brOadcasting sta
: tions that l have con cluded that some
simple method of tuning and calibrat-
ing the set would clear things up, es-
peeially for those who are some dis
tance away from the sending stations.
They have weak signals to begin with
and must listen in on very nearly the
proper tune if they are to get any sig
nails at all.
, 81 see," nodded Dick. "For thai
, purpose a wave meter is needed 1t s
to the radio what pitch pipe is to u
piano tuner.
eyes. Mine is simply a caibrated,
oscillating circuit and is one of the
, simplest circuits to build' The pro-
fessor launched into a description Of
his small coil, variable condenser,
valvemeter phones, and general hook
. up.
In town Garrick called up Nita Wal
, den at her apartments on Park avenue.
? She had got ahead of anyone else and
had had Ruth s car towed to a garage.
I They stopped there Il moment and Pro-
fessor Vario s solicitude for Mrs Wal
den seemed to offer Garrick the oppor.
, tunity to get rid of him, for they GER
tainly did not want any strangers about
III what they were going to do.
But the show demonstrated Mrs.
Walden as Vario Offered to relieve her
J. anxiety.
"I'll telephone them that I IN delay
, ed. They can postpone my stunt until
later in the evening"" he insisted
And, Mrs. Walden, don't you worry
= when you have two such good friends
= as Garrick and Dick helping. You
= should have seen the way they settled
the porch crowd--and you can count on
me as u third. / may be the last but
. | hope not the least where Miss Ruth s
welfare is concerned
II really appreciate your kindness
deeply-but-of course, l. want my
little girl. / can't think of anything
= else. l can't talk over the telephone,
right; | can t read am Just incapa
e. citated, until Ruth gets back to me-
"Dick, ii stay with Mrs. Walden
Is for a little while if | may. | know she
. needs some help. If you want me later
, 1 ii be at the Radio Show
= Garrick thanked him, then leaned
f. over Nita Walden. Gwen have some
word tonight--sure. BY tomorrow Won II
= have her back-safe'' -
III Outside he found Mckay and del,v
cred Mrs. Walden S instructions. TYon
"a are to take Professor Vario down f.
y the Armory to the Radio Show; ther
~ =, you may put the car up"
- Garrlck had been thinking out \
, plan for the installing of the dicta
~ graph. Up the street from the lime,
=, Circle were two houses turned int,
studio apartments. He found the care
re taker and the conversation was lucra
tive to her.