The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-16

Curtis nodded sulieniy. And the
night OF tho dictagraph, With hia
wave meter. Nario discovered Il.
found that all his secrets were be-
Ing spilled In the air. and damned
In on tho dictagraph wave
length"
Jack listened as n Il was the
clanking OF chain. He was afraid
OF Garrick. "Then that broadcast
ed poison pen message. FIRST
Nsrio had allowed you TO get Ruth
into n dangerous position at the
Binnacle from which he rescued
her and played hero. Then the
elopement story. 60 compounds
her. but he had YOU right where
he wanted you. How: The bigamy
charge. OF ~coursei"
Rae was now blasting. she nigh,
battle Jack. No one olsf eouid She
would perjure her little soul but
she would fight him clear.
do you know tho conclusive
thing7" Gerrick turned To Dick.
That postcard. about last night nj
the Radio Central told me some
thing. How did my alarm fail
You know. Dick. there's n switch
between the studio room and the
actual sending apparatus upstairs
not that switch we saw before US,
hut another. They use Il whenever
anyone b~roadcasting tries to put
over a hn OF advertising or chican-
cry or 10 the singer OF speaker h
rotten. swing the switch and put
on a phonpgraph or something. A
million explanations will do. later,
The point Ia that he learned that I
was there. found out what I was
doing and choked IL off-thereby
betraying himself. He has been I'M
der cover ever since and this is the
first Information I've had OF him
all day-although. without letting
Dick or anyone else know OF my
suspicion. I had private detectives
and the police looking for him
quietly" He nodded owe toward
one Of the Astra men with the
policeman In the crowd whom Dick
had no, seen. Then to the man,
How long before we came did you
get these people,"
Not ten minutes. sir''
And the '~Bacchante.' which way
did II head2'
lie must have got a motorboat
n'lts VHN Jul W u INC mlu-
ute II hove In sight: then sent these
people ashore after a fight or
something. ! should say II headed
southcast-hy east"
"Comc-Dick!"
"Just a second. Guy Whose hat
was II. Rae. that held the Jewels at
Gerard'sg"
Mine. Of course Dcnantly.
NNs.I wml..N 60. a.. -. 80. .-aaN
tho ~searchlight at Gcrard's that
night?
Ruth and Glenn" This was
spiteful. we threatened them,
But u WINS the last time"
"And why were the Walden
pearls rcturnedf"
ut WINS his idea. Vario's-to in
volve her. tie her Up tighter, 80 she
wouldn't dare squeal."
They jumped into the motorboat
and a few minutes later the whlr-
ring OF the p~ropeiicrs and the gor-
geous cutting Of spray gave them
another leap OFF into the air.
They've a twenty minute start
shouted Garrick. adjusting MS
headgear In the rush OF air.
Thank heaven for the light. What
~ NNtNHfAH
Dick flew By his compass In the
direction the Aztra man had indi-
Gated, then began a series OF ever
widening horizontal looms. n de.
creased hts direct distance. hit II
enabled him to cover a wider
' range In case Vario had turned the
course OF the "Bacchante" when he
got out OF sight Of land. Fast as
I Tho NEaIf RFHlau0H NsAa - could ua-t
compete with him for speed. Gar
rick. with his eye glued "a a glass
with splendid German lenses. swept
the sea.
They had not been flying ten
minutes In this fashion and Dick
was considering the turn on the
southernmost swing Of the Ioou
when Garrlck shouted above ths
rush OF air. and pointed ahead
further south.
Dick depressed his altitude and
they swung along until shortly
with the naked eye could he mad,
out n boat which was without doubi
the "Bscchante," far out to sea.
As they watched, Il deliberately
turned and headed hack. toward
them. Garrick trained the glas,
toward IL. What did II mean
by heaven" he exclaimed
Whats that speok between Us and
him. Can II he someonc-swim.
ming Ny God-it is-it il RUTH
Could II he that Ruth had seer
and taken n last long chance. tina
She had gone overheard. riskinf
everything OF a Marathon swim. "A
that hour. with not a chance In I
million Of making the ahore9