The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, August 21, 1941, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT SERIAL STORY SECRET VOYAGE BY JOSEPH L CHADWICK eoavaioHt. NCA KMVICS. INC Yesterday: Jim Mallory and Curly Bates decide the only way to get into tha hold of the sunken Sonora la to blast After aetting off a dynamite charge, Curly goes below and report tne forward hold la empty. A boat has been a ehted In the distance tne merit before, and Jim decides not to call the Coast Guard but to maintain a double watch. The following day another boat approach. It la Jeffery Hammond, Loia Ham mond and Mary Larsen. Ham mond aaka If he haa had any luck, and Jim replica: "No luck at all. Neither good or bad." He area Mary Larsen gazing at him, laugh ter in her eyea. SCUTTLED CHAPTER X Jim Mallory still looked at Mary Larsen when Loia Hammond came and slipped her arm through his. He thought: "So she didn't become Eric Forbes' secretary." And he might have hoped Mary was now interested in the things he had said to her back home were it not for his suspicions. Loia said, her voice soft, "It's good to see you again, Jim." And he looked from Mary to her. Lois' lips smiled but her eyes were dark and stormy. She had seen his too-long glance at the other girl, and she had read its meaning. She hadn't liked that glance at all. "It's good to see you again," he said. And, for the other girl's benefit, he lay his hand on Lois' hand and fondly squeezed it That - was a childish thing to do; he knew that instantly. He turned to Jeffery Hammond. "I'd like to talk with you, sir, alone." "Of course, Mallory. Come to my cabin." In the cabin, Hammond faced " him with evident embarrassment His hands shook as he lighted a cigar. "Well, let's have It, Mal lory." "There's no ore In the Sonora's forward hold," Jim said. "I've a hunch there's none In the after holds. I want an explanation." "Very well. I shall give you an explanation. I came here for that purpose. Back in Miami Beach, Mr. Forbes and I made you an offer. We wanted you to drop your plans lor salvaging the So nora. You wouldn't deal with us, and you threatened to do the Job on your own. We couldn't afford to let you do that I went into this thing with you merely to secure your secrecy." "You didn't want me to report anything to the Coast Guard or to the Maritime Commission?" "That is right You know, of course, how the Sonora waa sunk." "By sheUIire?" "No. She was scuttled. The first mate, Halloran, opened the sea cocks. But she had been shelled. We didn't want her brought Into port full of holes because of the excitement and scandal it would cause." "Wasn't Halloran lost at sea?" "He was wounded. The crew put him ashore at Cuba. He was in a hospital there for a month. That's the last I heard of him." "I'm beginning to see what hap pened," Jim said. "But not why." Hammond's face looked sudden ly old and tired. "The Sonora carried oil and rubber out of South America, and not manganese. That is why the cargo was not in sured. She sailed lor European waters, had a rendezvous with a belligerent ship, and trans fered the cargo. Rubber and oil are badly needed over there. Just as the rendezvous was ending, a Brit ish warship appeared In the dusk. The Sonora and the other ship ran for it, and the warship began fir ing. The Sonora was hit a dozen times, her captain killed and Hal loran wounded, but she got away. Halloran brought her down into the Caribbean, for secrecy, but the Coast Guard had been tipped off to look for an unknown American ship that had been in the war zones in defiance ol the neutrality law." "And so," Jim said, "your order ed Halloran to scuttle her?" "Exactly. Then you came along. . We hadn't figured on the Sonora being found. You can see how much we had at stake. The repu tation pf the line, and a whole mess ol trouble with the govern ment." Jim nodded. "But why did you take the risk In the first place?" "The comDanv has been in financial trouble since the war started," Hammond replied, his voice burdened. "Most of our shipping was done in waters now forbidden to American ships by the neutrality act. Eric Forbes made a contact which led to the Sonora's sinking. I shan't put all the blame on Forbes, however, for I gave my consent. Forbes' con tact paid well, and we took the risks." "And so I waa a meddling fool," Jim said. "I butted in. caused you a lot of grief, and you gave me enough rope " "Not exactly that Mallory. You are a stubborn young man. I had to string along with you. Now I'm offering you a way out. Five thousand dollars above your ex penses for your silence." "I don't go in for blackmail, Hammond." "Then you'll report to the Coast Guard?" . "No. But If the Coast Guard comes asking me questions, I'll answer them." "You've had a lot of expense. Let me pay that." Jim shook his head. "No dice, Hammond," he said, and turned to the door. Hammond's voice halted him. "What are your plans, then, Mallory?" "I'm going to stick around here. I'm not satisfied that the Sonora hasn't something to salvage. As I told you, someone else is inter ested in her to the tune of 25 grand." Hammond frowned; It was a worried frown. "I cant under stand that Who could know about the Sonora? What cargo could she have carried?" "That's something you should ask the Sonora's first mate, Bert Hallorhan," Jim said, and went out He found Lois sitting In a deck- chair under the after-deck awning. She wore a white dress of nautical design, its buttons tiny blue an chors. Her cool patrician beauty was a little awe-inspiring, but Jim Mallory knew by the way she looked at him that she wasn't be yond his reach. She said, her voice caressing. "Sit beside me, darling, and tell me how your salvage work is coming." He pulled a chair up beside hers and sat down. There Isn't any salvage. Lois. Here's a man on the verge of bankruptcy." "You re joking, Jim. "Not a little bit What makes you think I'd joke about that" Tm. a little conversation I over heard before we sailed." "Let me in on it" he said, re garding her curiously. He coul see that her eyes had become strangely calculative. It was nothing, really. Just something Eric Forbes and fath er's secretary were discussing." Jim tried to keen a ooker face. He made a careful thing of light ing a cigar t. "Go on," he said. He didn t notice the sly glance Lois gave him. "Forbes was try ing to get our little Mary to go back to New York as his secretary and she was refusing. He wanted to know if you were the reason for her refusal. She said that you might be." , "And Forbes?" "He said. "Why. because you know Mallory is about to strike it rich? So now, Jim, I know you re either joking or misleading me. You aren't close to bank ruptcy, arc you?" I think the sheriff is waltine for me back at Miami Beach." Lois s bantering smile vanished. and a blazing fury waa bright in ' her eves "UWI. T know wVn I'm being told off," she said bitterly. "And I have eyes In my head. You want that Kill, and it doesn't matter to you that she would have preferred Eric Forbes if she couldn't count on your getting some money! The mercenary little " She Jumped up from the chair, pale under her fury. "What a stupid fool you are! What a stupid fool I was to think a nun like you worth bothering with!" (To Be Continued) BaaBBBBBBBBBBaaBBBi "beer" gS I U -N Funeral Held for Former Resident Funeral services for Ora Bab cock, 63. were conducted at 3:30 p. m. Sunday from the Christian church in Waitsburg, Wash., ac cording to a clipping from the Waitsburg newspaper. Mr. Bab cock, who had been in ill health for the past 13 months, died Wed nesday, Aug. 13, in Waitsburg. A former resident of Bend, Mr. Babcock is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Babcock; a son. Milan Babcock. of Sacramento, Calif.; a brother Chet, of Waitsburg, and a half brother, Bert ColweU, of Pomeroy, Wash. 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