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"nSred from the words of
Kier. fee law mul1
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55b tout be its commence.
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jot n Dutch or American;
ratiIwoet or whither It
o. She knew only that
rt road get away, to
clean air again nd oret
Scs. Resolutely she ed
etad with never a back
up ito slipped through the
Bead boose into the nether
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ran shewed dispirited
Kaeketag clouds; the
axe lad set and the dark
- Aniii heth
ST t. BHadly she stumbled
He mt mil. snsKing on unseen
L .j Bmiriii that
En! S tfeat challenge at her
Cat. She wai very near hya
ti a rise o ground
fcee n the lights of the pier.
a 5te the collided head on
a i taidfflg figure. It waa
fi-Sani and when b had
picked hlraielf up and got some
of hit wind back ha grunted.
"Mise Peterson! I almost shot
you! What in Pete's name is foin'
ob down there!"
She glared, more to shock than
anger. "Why don't you investi
gate?" ahe blaaed. "You have a
pistoL Are you afraid?"
MacDowell grunted, "I aint
afraid. Mita. But I got a wife
and two kids back in New York,
and that gang on th dock is mjc
in' a little too free with knives.
They "
Another form came hurtling
down the slope and Halsey, py
jamas showing beneath a robe,
skidded to a halt. "I heard a
shot." he panted. 'Are you all
right Have you seen Struthers?
He wasn't in out room What's
happening?"
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4 BOOMING roar engulfed his
words; the deep-throated bark
of a heavy caliber gun. It ripped
through the night, reverberating
against the rocky hills, dying with
startling suddenness into a void
of intense silence.
Halsey'a rangy figure stiffened.
This has gone far enough," he
snapped. "Miss Paterson, please
return to the house. MacDowell,
come with me."
But the girl would not return
to Bill Talcott'a house. No matter
what the future might hold in
store, she could never go back
there. She did not argue; in fact,
no word did she utter either in
confirmation or denial of the
order. But when Halsey and
MacDowell began a loping run
for the pier she followed, the
ridiculous overnight case bang
ing against her knees.
The sight that confronted her
when ahe at last gained the
smooth-worn stones of the pier
was strange, almost unbelievable.
The schooner was long and low
to the water and from her sharp
nose to her square stem she was
a dull and dirty gray. The men
who had come from her, some of
them, were lined up along the
pier like vicious dogs ready to
spring, and opposite them in a
defensive huddle stood Bill Tal
cott and Tomaa and Sebastien.
The little overseer wasn't gestic
ulating now; he was holding his
arm and blood dripped between
his fingers and his fat, sweating
face was grimaced with pain.
Three prone figures, sprawled like
wash from a broken line, attested
to the ferocity of the brief de
fense. Taleott was staring levelly, nut
at the men confronting hint, but
at the schooner's deck. June
Paterson followed his eyes and
saw the reason for the fight's end.
Ob the eabia roof, aaeted as ealnw
ly as if watching a sunset, wet a
swarthy villain armed wtth
shotgun. Hi black hair waa tm
jtempt and fell in a tangle behind
nia ears; dealing whit teeth
opened a gash in his dark face.
" v,or ho shirt and his box
Uke chest wi furry and his long,
heavy arma were scrolled wa
faded designs to tattoo.
"go, Meester Taleott:- the trua
with the shotgun laughed,
winging his heels gently. -So
you want to make trouble, hey?
You na like Cap'n Jackson to visit
your island, hey?"
"You know 1 dont like tt," BiH
acott responded. -You and
your gang have brought me end
lets trouble. The poor, fright
ened people you dump here are
penniless and many of them are
ck. It geta me in all kinds of
jams with the authorities It en
dangers the residents of tee
islands. Now, for the last time,
clear out of here!"
The man with the shotgun
scowled. "Meester Taleott. you
are in no poseetios to dictate
terms. I, the wore' damn rascal
in the Caribbean, make my own
terms. So now I ave two more
for you. One ees a vex lovely
woman: I would take her to San
Tom as myself bot I am too much
busy. So you weel take her an'
the gentleman. There weel be
no trouble they 'ave papers. Bot
w'en you beat up my men. that
I do not like. So I theenk one
day you an me will ave a var
grand fight, Meester Taleott. Soon,
I hope. No?"
"No. And if you have two more
people, you keep them. And I
advise you to get going .before
the black men of this island come
swarming down that hillside to
kill us all."
At his words the dark r gue
turned an involuntary glanca to
ward the path, and had not
MacDowell spoken then, June
Peterson's presence might have
gone unnouced. MacDowell
swaggered forward, pistol level in
his hand, growling, "Refugee
smugglers, hey? Okay. Get gom
and don't leave nobody behind
either'."
The muzzle of the shotgun
turned. "You want to gamble
with thee pistol against thees?"
Jackson grunted. "Damn fool!
My feenger var nervous" His
shoulder raised imperceptibly.
June Paterson cried out, but the
warning wa too late. On of fee
prone figures raised silently be
hind MacDowell to bring down a
blackjack in a crushing blew
against the mustached one's head.
(To Be Continued)
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Rainbow Girls
At Gardiner List
Officers For Term
GARDINER. May 20 Special
New officers wer elected at.
the meeting of the Gardiner chap
ter of Rainbow Girls last week.!
Those elected are: Edythe Mohler, j
worthy adviser; Apriil CwU,l
worthy associate adviser; Anna
Mae Skaaluren, hope; Alice Moh
ler. charity: and Yvonne Traylor.i
faith: appointive officers are: Bar-j
bara Borrevik. drill leader; Na
talie Covell, chaplain; Geraldine)
Dent, immortality; Pauline Austin,!
leve: Pauline Abbott, nature;
Betty Lou Cochran, fidelity; Elise
McAlister, service: Dolores Bois-
vert, patriotism; Muriel Paul!, re
ligion; Patsy Stevens, confidential
observer: Alice Deenis. outer ob
server; Peggy Dye, choir director,
and Hope Samson, musician. Dele
gates to the grand assembly of)
Rainbow Girls, to be held in Port-!
land on June 4. 5 and B, are Nona
Smiley, Eleanor Newman. Anna
Ma Skaaluren and Yvonne Tray
lor. Initiation of new members
will take place at a special meeting j
o be held In Gardiner on Monday,
June 1. and installation of new of-i
ficert will be held at a public In
stallation ceremony to take place
on Thursday. June 11, at which
time Nona Smiley, a member of
the Gardmer chapter and a grand
officer, will make her official visit.
tlXSLAW, May 28 (Special)
Mr. and Mrs. EUis Richardson
of Eugene, have moved for th
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summer w vne w u .
across tr.e river.
,i rw hc mnvrf his faml-
nma . ,
u'! rvennjs nlac near?
the schwl house. He is hauling)
the Rchards"n pil-r.g to GiOD. j
The Mountain Home club met
last week at the school gymnasium
with Mrs. S. t. Henderson as host-
"Lins'.aw School closes May 28.
Commencement exercises for the'
two e.ghth grade graduates will
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last day will be celebrated with a
i rftrr at Lins Line. rit
. ; j. -j .v . ,Mrtt are invited.
The foilowir.g program iu d
given cotr.!r.en-err.ent: Procession-1
il Vnder the Surry Flag, p:anoj
trie) by Hope Claricson. Joan;
Jarkson Rosalia Carpenter; Invo-
cation: history of the cUss, Pa-
trie: Carkson: ST.g. achool; cor-,
net solo. Err.en Ed-ards; history;
of th school Mary Jackson; p:ano
. Patricia Carkson. Mary
Jackson; presentation of diplomas: ;
eUs or.t; sor.g. Sur Spar.g.ed,
Eancer, aucUence: Deneomuus.
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