Curlie Carson Listens In

an uneasy night and that in spite of the fact

ternal thinking-thinking-thinking, drives me wild. What to do, that's the question. Suppose I'd ought to go out and tell Ardmore what I know. If a millionaire father's like any other father, I gu

re into his chair, he began going through the messages written there. When he came to th

ight be that this boy has been planning a secret voyage with some other chap. Certainly sounds like it. Other message

e records clipped together. They were those sent b

he studied

y theory," he muttered on

'll just take these records over to Ardmore and suggest to him that they may shed some light on the subject. Don't need to tell him I was in on the wrecking of the car at al

of five thousand dollars which did not have to be spent fo

d about it. When he learned that it was indeed true, he requested the servant who answered the telephone to inform the millionaire that a representative of the Secret Service of the

the driver's seat on the Humming

e deserted roadway in the forest at the very spot where h

ellow were to pull up that driveway in such a rakish craft

aving rounded the last clump of decorative shrub

nner!" whispered

on with gold; the dew sparkled on the perfectl

ft the heavy bronze knocker when a porter

an?" he asked

ho wired about

this way. He

e august presence of the magnate? He had pictured to himself h

office, he was being greeted by a stout, broad-shouldered, brisk and healthy-looking man who

He will find out as much as he can from you. He will tell as little as is necessary to attain his end. To him all life is a game, a game in which he conceals much and discovers all that lies in his opponent's hand. He probably knows yo

a brisk way. "My butler tel

s,

my miss

s,

mask, not a muscle moved, "how you happe

to the government radiophone staff, it is my duty to catch and record all unfair

. The words that followed were spok

ges you say

nd illega

ill

wave lengths. Such high power is unlawful for all amateurs an

A

an appeared to ref

ul play. Let me assure you that I know nothing about his whereabouts and, previous

began

Young man," he fairly thundered, "fix this in your mind: No man ever has risen or ever will rise

is desk a t

ut

al the fact that he was aware of the presence of the wireless

finding my son." The magnate spoke more calmly. "How

ersons know of our service. It is the desire of the government that they

ave my

e sheath of pape

e many another great man he had formed the habit of gathering, as far as possible, the full meaning of

nd a girl, dressed in some filmy stuff which brought out the smoothness

he girl he had seen on the horse t

e she became aware of Curlie's presence. Then she s

n on the great man's face now curved about his m

ng at her throat, "does he know-k

m going over the messa

fact that she was studying him, perhaps trying to make up her mind where she had seen him before

l, "did you say you found some

tograph of a very strange looking map and

and get thos

, fa

fter she had gone. "I don't understan

ase-" Curli

nce. "Let us have no opinions before all of the evidence