PAGE EIGHT
SERIAL STORY
SECRET VOYAGE
BY JOSEPH L CHADWICK
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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)
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