most suspicious person would not think that anything was contained
in the telephone itself. We are dealing with clever people and two
anchors to windward are better than one."

Dillon nodded approval, but by the look on his face it was evident
that he did not understand the whole thing yet.

"That other disc, back of the tires," went on Garrick, "is the
ordinary detective form. All that we need now is to find a place
to install this receiving box--all this stuff that is left over--
the two batteries, the earpieces. You see the whole thing is very
compact. I can get it down to six inches square and four inches
thick, or I can have it arranged with earpieces so that at least
six people can 'listen in' at once--forms that can be used in
detective work to meet all sorts of conditions. Then there is
another form of the thing, in a box about four inches square and,
perhaps, nine or ten inches long which I may bring up later for
another purpose when we find out what we are going to do with the
ends of those wires that are now dangling on the outside of the
window. We must pick up the connection in some safe and
inconspicuous place outside the garage."

The window through which the wires passed seemed to open, as I had
already noticed, on a little yard not much larger than a court.
Garrick opened the window and stuck his head out as far as the
iron bars would permit. He sniffed. The odor was anything but
pleasant. It was a combination of "gas" from the garage and stale
beer from the saloon.

"No doubt about it, that is a saloon," remarked Garrick, "and they