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THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942 PAGE NINE i SERIAL STORY CARIBBEAN CRISIS BY EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE eO.VSIOMT. tt.S. mi sssvick. mo. . Tin- Mtry Knur visitors arrive lit Dutch Wi-hI Indian Island to Complicate the life of Hill Tnliiitt, who I fliilnlilnii nix years llirro as limnrli iniiimut r for un American rhcmlrul linn, They are llalaey, lull' succcaaur; ii n imiliinr, whu Immediately accuses bill of a larsc ahuiiiiKn In hla accuunta; Mac lowcll, detective, hroUKht to take lllll buck to th SUtra It uny Irreg ularity were (iiunil, and Juno Pal rrson, beautiful coualn of Kill's former roommate. At dawn two limn. vlallors arrive, dcoallcd by siiiukkIIiik KI)mt allrr a Hunt In which MiicDowell la wounded nd llulavy riiula the sklmier. F.VK OF IIK.I'AltTI'IIR CHAtTl-ll JX Inexplicable aa lllll llalcnlt's nc tliuia inlulit liavo seemed to Juno I'alcraon, they were the direct and simple result ul a combination ul clrciimatanccs which, In the aaiee ot half a liny, had changed the comae of hla life. Kor link by link almul hi in wan being woven a chain. Twlat anil struggle as ho niliiht, tho thlnit only Till deeper Inlo hla flesh, throttled hla aplrll, threatened not nlono hla freedom of iniivciiiciit but hla mcnlul bal anco aa well. Moat maddening la the lliiht ot strong man utialnat an adver sary who will not reveal himself; flitht agalnat that which, Instead of lighting buck, encircles and ami illicit will) the aheiT weight of uncertainly. It la true that In qiirntlonlng Ilalncy's mtlcra und reaeniiiig hla ureM'iKV he had acted with III II i , acareely In the manner of one iiiKin whom rcaioiiilllllty had n-atiil for six long years. lllll theieln, where lay hla greatest strength was nlso his grcati-at Wriiknraa. Ilcllcvo na he might I that he wanted In bo clear of Alms ' iMawl, wanted to put behind him lis ami'll and (ill It and nppicftxivc heat, one unconipromialng facl re main! -d. For six however lone and lone ly yeara they might have been, lllll Talent I had ltccn monarch of a tiny kingdom. Ilia auhpi-ta were a half thousand native; hla chan cellor Scltasllcn. That he had mi ni fairly and Justly, that ho had acquitted hla nnKinllilllly Willi honor and incaaurahle success Waa no longer a matter of mo ment. ' He waa being ik'med. kicked out; It waa nol an iilxtlca tlon. Kor hltn there were no ban quets, no poet laureate 10 slnii his vii turn, lie waa being forced out Under suspicion. Manufactured out of whole cloth though they might lie, the clreumstancea were aulflclent to ruin him. Ilaliu-y waa no coward and he waa no fool. He had shown that Clearly enough In handling the refUKor amuggler. Ho had done so well that already black Tomas ami Si-baiitlen were looking upon htm an a kind of sumt being: even June I'litiTiMin's eyin became star ry aa ahc Impeded the runny, Inn tern Jawed WW manager. What were llalsey's private thought nlHiut the unlit or Innoccnso of lllll TalcnttT lUlary was Kederal Chemical man. Ills life was rou tine, his hlmal waa hiialncas. To him I'lant Number Six was Just a Jot), lllll Talent I Juat a plant man ager being relleveil. In Kederal t.'hemU-al the human element con-aMi-d prlnrlMilly In guarding the flih with Innoculallona; there were alw ays nmhltlous new corn cm crowding along w hen the spirit failed. lllll Tulcont knew, as surely aa he knew tliul there were sharks In Ancgadu ruasage, thai loss of hit head would bring tha end His personal feeling muat not control lilin; whatever cauac he might have to suspect llalsey of Intrigue, howvver much ho might resent the now man'a calm efficiency in supplanting hltn, he muat fight to keep hla mind clear so that his Kjwera of observation would not dulled. Kor Talcott hud come to realize that only by careless wntrhfulncaa could ho survive. It was the law of the Jungle; kill or bo killed. It was elemental, to a certain extent almllar to tho laws governing Iho two poor, frighten ed paaaengcra lefl on Abaa pier ny me rciugco smuggler, it waa tho law whoso failure of observ ance had cuuacd Maclowel, the detective to bo knocked uncon scious twice within tlio sumo night. lllll Tulrott suddenly chuckled. No matter how badly off he might bo, ho waa In better haic than MacDowoll. "Welcome to Abaa," ho chuckled aloud and June Tutor son, turning at hla words, atared coldly. Over llils a haatlly aasombled brcakfaat, tho newest arrivals re laxed aumewhat. Klrst audience by any right belonged to the woman, and after having reiter ated that ahe waa Martha flwrn- son, she told of her escuc from Norway. I Through Sweden, where I have frlenila, I went to Mur itiannk." Manha Hwenaon said In her throaty, dlmurblng voice with its trace of accent, "from Mur miinak lo Hiwuw and then along the route In Vladivostok. I rode the TransSlberlan railway to Tokyo, t sold my camera In Tokyo, It was a good camera and I got a good price. With part of the money I look paaaage on a freight er to the Panama Canal. Il waa In Colon that the Captain Jackaon offered to lake me lo Puerto Hlco where I could get a boat tor New York. I wanted to go to New York becauae I have people there." As her Voice died alienee came out of the rocky harenncaa of the Island and settled on the terrace. Il was as If tho lesser beings In I heir fight for exlatonee recog nized and paid ailent tribute to one of their number. Juno Paleraon'a sharply In drawn breath broke tho spell. You Mior dear! You muat torgrt all that now. If you like you may travel home with mo. I'll be leav ing Saint Thnmaa Monday on the "Hluo IVtrel" and I'm sure ar rangements can be made." Martha Swenaon's grateful dark eyes lifted momentarily. 'Thank you." she said simply. "I have money for my passage. I w Ul not J w a uurucn. Professor Connlantlnc had sur rounded himself with an Impoaing array of bolllea, and already a i atrango aaaortment of Dills ot vaii-1 ous colors and shapes had been ! chased down hla throat wltn arv- oral glasses of water. "It's an out-1 rage!" the odd man In the loo-: large clothing muttered. "That . Jackson What he did to mo I'm not well I waa In Martin ique, gathering anthropological; data for my atuilies You know. the Marllniqulan Is most Intercat jlng. Different background com Iplclely came from a different wet Ion of Africa. These Island i 1 blacks, you know, arc all descend- ed from slaves. 'Still practice voo doo Where waa IT'J "You were In Martinique," mil Taloolt said dryly. - Tile professor held the bow of hla glaasea, peering through the lenses at lllll Tulcolt as If Inspect ing new ami Interesting apcr men. "Hm Of course," he mur mured. "This man Jack eon brought In tome flour from Pana ma, and said he Waa going to Puerto Rico. Since It's ahh rather difficult at tho present time to got around tho Islands I ac cepted his offer of transportation. Hut 1 certainly didn't expect to be dumped at dawn In tho midst of a lot of shooting! Is thla town Kajanlor" "Scarcely. You are atlll a good hundred and fifty mllea from Puerto Rlro. Thla la Abas Island. We'll see that you got lo Saint Thomaa. Under Iho clreumstancea It will be Impossible fur you to remain here." "Abas! I don't want to remain here. There la no anthropology here. Whatever natives you have are lmxirts from the other Inlands. That huge man on the pier, for example probably an Amlna. In teresting type but unreliable" And tho professor lapsed to grumblings. "Can't say ai I blame you," June Palerson put In tartly. "I'm not any too fond of this place myself." . Halsey handed her a cigaret. "I underatand there's a supply boat due tomorrow," ho said. "We'll aeo that you're safely delivered. We've all been-" He broke off, turned to look at Strulhera who was rapidly approaching along the with. The auditor appeared not to have slept. His eyes were blood ahol and sweat poured from his puffed face. Strslght on ho came, avoiding lllll Talcoli, to atop by Halaey'a chair. "I you can beg leave of your guesla I'd like to complete our bualneas." ho said, and paualng. addi-d In a signi ficant lone, "before your return to Now York." (To Bo Continued) VITAL OICIiANS KKVKKSKII j Chicago u An X-ray exam ination made during a routine phyalcul test discliaMMl to 16 year old Churlcnc Wood of Hinckley, III., that her heart was In her right side Instead of her left and her livor and appendix alao were reveracd. Otherwise the girl was In perfect health. j Bulletin Want Ads Bring Resultl PAYDAY LOANS $25 For Ont Week Costs Only 18c NO OTHER CHARGES . . . or borrow up to tSOO with aa long aa 13 MONTHS to re- ORTLAN0 LOAN CO. N. D. G4rkk. Mar. fiMMr HMr. nmm ITS HKNO. OMR. 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