Evening journal., 1922-06-17

The Man Went Sprawling Backward
ing the receiving end up at Gar
rick's apartment which was only
several blocks uptown.
At Bachelors Hall Dick worked
rapidly. for it was now getting dark
IN spite OF the length OF the days
He unpacked the receiving end OF
his wireless diotagraph IN the room
then went up on the roof and erect
ed the portable aerial
Carefully and deftly he began TO
tune up. now that this second install
lation was complete. II was rather
dlmcult to get the fine adjustment
but at last he. got the right wave
length.
He looked up at Garrick. smiled
and took the headgear off, handing
Il to him. Get that?"
Garrick adjusted st. listened for a
moment in some perplexity, then ex-
claimed, why. can hear the whirr
Of a vacuum cleaner IN the room!"
Dick smiled proudly. Il think I've
made the transmitter about as sensi-
tive a microphone as can be made.
] only hope II isn't so sensitive that
it picks up through the wall what
happens in the house next door.
They listened in for several min
utes but there was nothing more yet.
Whoever was cleaning the room fn-
ished and left.
The buzzer on Garrick's door
sounded. He opened It on a crack.
Il was Mckay.
II lust saw that Rae Larue. with
q man. at the Park Garage on Six
tieth street. where I put the car
up"
What sort OF looking man?"
"I didn't know him, sir. Sort Of
shaggy hair"
Brock" exclaimed Dick. who had
come over.
'sThen Jack Curtis came IN a car.
He didn't stay long; went downtown
! think"
Rae had been fussing with the in
terror of one car in the long line In
the garage. She was apparently
very busy but Mckay noticed that
nothing escaped her, no matter how
slight. He had continued to watch
some time.
Suddenly a very rakish roadster
drew up and Rae looked out OF the
sedan in which she was. When she
saw Glenn Buckley in the roadster
she jumped out to meet him.
Glenn greeted her with sickiy
smile.
'Wen you poor fish, exclaimed
Rae. you must believe in ghosts.
You look as though you'd seen one.
What are you doing here?"
Just looking to see If
there's anyone about"
"Gee. Glenn, I'm thirsty. Let's
go down to the Inner Circle. Will
you take me?"
Surely, Rae. Always glad to re-
lieve a drought and be charitable to
my own at the same time"
Rae grabbed his arm and swung
up behind the wheel. They were
off
To himself Glenn had had to ad-
NIT that no one could be bored in
Rae's society. No wonder Vira was
Jealous. But he wouldn't have taken
dozen Raes for one Vira- He
didn't like coarseness and some-
times Rae did not suit his fastidious
nature. Vira with all her modern
ity. vivacity and recklessness never
was coarse.
Mckay had gone, properly reward
ed, and Garrick was pondering over
what he had just learned.
Were they the three at the Parr
estate last night-Rae, Brock and
Jack?" he speculated aloud at
length.
But Jack could hardly have been
back then" hastened Dick. HE
must have been on the "Bacchante.' |
How about Glenn?"
"Or Georges?" parried Dick.
Perhaps What Of Ruth? /
Say, Dick, I'm going to leave |
you here with that wireless dicta- |
graph. You can work it best any
how. I must get a line on that
garage and do it right away"
Down the street in a lunchroom !
Garrick caught sight of Mckay again |
an dbeckOned him quietly out.
Il was thinking about calling you |
up, sir, soon" informed Mckay. Il |
was just talking to one Of the polish
ers in there. He tells me that Jack |
Curtis gave orders to some driver |
about the place, a stranger, to go |
after something at eleven o'clock. |
He didn't know what IL was or |
where it was but he give him a key, /
sir"
Mckay pointed the fellow.
stranger, out. and Gsrrick reach
ed into his pockets for his every
ready roll of bills.
Mckay seemed really offended. |
"Mr. Garrick-please. / didn't feel
right when you slipped me that
other Sge spot. Mrs. Walden has !