Garrick carefully tested the batteries with a little ammeter which
he carried in a case.
"Sixteen amperes," he remarked to himself, "I don't attempt to use
the batteries when they fall below five. These are all right."
From a case he took a little round black disc, about the same size
as the other two. In its face it had a dozen or so small holes
perforated and arranged in the shape of a six-pointed star.
"I wonder where I can stow this away so that it won't attract
attention?" he asked.
Garrick looked about for the least used part of the garage and
decided that it was the back. Near the barred window lay a pile of
worn tires which looked as if it had been seldom disturbed except
to be added to. When one got tires as cheaply as the users of this
garage did, it was folly to bother much about the repair of old
ones.
Back of this pile, then, he threw the little black disc
carelessly, only making sure that it was concealed. That was not
difficult, for it was not much larger than a watch in size.
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