THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929
LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE For The Rainy Day
By Harold Cray
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CHAPTER 23 i
VERONICA TALKS J
Veronica put the rudder bard over4
And steered for the destroyer, and
reached blm In three minutes. The
destroyer had stopped her engines
and Veronica made a detour of her
and came alongside, keeping a half
dozen yards away from the port side.
Then her clear voice rang out, In
French.
"What imbecile fired that shot?"
The conversation so begun was
laughable. It appeared the imbecile
was the lieutenant in command
himself. He stood at the gangway,
and when be realized that the man
at FTUJpers wheel was a lady, be
saluted gallantly, and said:
"It was i, mautuiie."
Veronica went on. In her torren
tial French.
"You have made a grand mistake.
Mr. Lieutenant. Yon thought you
bad caught a poacher or a smug
gler? 'On the contrary you have
caught two English yachtsmen who
have been out in the channel all
night on account of trouble with
their engines and are now on the
way borne. Yon have a telescope on
board. I believer Did you think it
was a good yoke to frighten a worn-
anf Look here! I'D give you my fa
ther's name and address. You'd bet
ter write to him and apologize, or
he'll come over and bite you. And I
have the honor to wish you good
aay, air."
"Pardon, maaame out you have
seen our signals."
"Pardon, monsieur, but we have
sot seen any signals at all.
"You have heard our siren?"
"We have, but we did not know
you were talking to us."
"You have put in to the bay of
St. Michel."
"And then?" .
"We have seen a man walking
ashore near Pont-ar-Var. One has
told us by wireless that he has ap
parently landed from your boat."
"One baa told you a fib. How
could a man land from a boat which
has not gone near the shore? Your
Intelligence bureau doesnt function
well. Again, I wish you good day
sir. And I counsel you to be more
economical of your powder. Adieu!"
Whereupon Veronica switched in
her starter and Plftlper moved away
leaving the excellent lieutenant gap-
Ing. In a quarter of an hour he was
bull down. In another 10 minutes
we had the channel to ourselves, -We
talked of anything but the
questions that afflicted my con
science. At last X said:
"When we get back
"Andy and Martin you're think
ing of?"
"Hardly to much of them as of
other curious folks," said I.
"I know. Up to us to balk their
curiosity, isn't it? I've pot a mother
and soWe you both understanding
persons. Leave it to them."
And beyond that Veronica would
not go. I persuaded her to let me
take the wheel while she lay down
to rest with one of the rugs around
ber. I meditated on the night's
work. 1-r &
I had Joined In a grotesque
capade which might have alarming
results. I had possibly been privy
to a crime, an accesjoary after the
fact to a flight from Justice. And
all because the blue eyes of Ver
onica hypnotised me. I literally
feared to come out of my trance.
With her in this vessel, the mud
dled ugliness of the things at
Black water teemed remote. . , .
But we were neartng it again
with every revolution of the engine.
"You're a good pal, Tom," Ve
ronica said suddenly.
She threw off the rug, and looked
throuRh the screen.
"Lugger," said Veronica. "We
hall soon raise land. , , A very
good pal."
We did raise land within a quar
ter of an hour. X carried on at the
wheel until we were close enough
to identify landmarks. Then Ve
ronica took rtisrvp. She wrmfd to
steer straight for a range of cliffs,
far higher that the little ones near
Blackwater.
"Bo we aren't going . straight
home?" I remarked.
"Not yet. We've a call to make
"Where are we caHtoR?" I a'ked
"BUworthy Cove. I'll tell you
why.- - It's possible we shall lind
there a fast motor boat which was
stolen from Blackwater Creek. X
haDDened to see a doubtful-looklog
person get on board her last night
and drift with her down stream
with the tide and go round Sandy-
point. ..."
I think my mouth was Hanging
open by this time.
"Don't be so flabbergasted I you
remember that I met you and told
you about It. We drove down the
coast keeping the boat in view as
closely as possible. My mother
came with us as a chape rone."
I gasped and Veronica ent on
"The point is that the suspicious
person couldn't manage a racing
motor-boat, and when be put Into
SU worthy Cove and tried to land
he ran her on to the Deacn on
falling tide. When we bad driven
to the nearest point and cllmbd
down. - however, we found the boat
high and dry and the suspicious
person gene. It was then long past
midnight.
"You had strained your ankle
coming down the cliff and could
not climb up again. Not knowing
the country, we decided to bang
till it was light. This morning,
having bandaged your toot, we
climbed painfully back to the car,
drove to the nearest telephone and
communicated witb Mr. Andrew
Boyle and asked him to come and
take his boat home."
My capacity for thought was ex
hausted.
"If you can get away with this
began. "But Mrs. Sea broke?"
"We shall find mother m the old
"bti?, I know where. The only ques
tion is whether any interfering per-
son will be out so early at Silworthy
Cove."
Our adventure came to an end In
the placid waters of that extraordi
nary little notcn in tne coast
known as Silworthy Cove, an al
most landlocked pool surrounded
by high cliffs with beaches of red
dish yellow sand at their foot.
Flftlner went In slowly and al
most noiselessly. We looked around.
No Interfering ' person spoiled our
success. : we ran as near a beach
we could with safety. I took
Veronica on my shoulder to land.
We stopped to tie a handkerchlf
round my ankle.
We climbed by a steep path to
the top and walked a few hundred
yards to a road, where we found
the commander's car, and Inside it
Mrs. Sea broke fast asleep t
(To be Continued)
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and HAL FOKRKST
SHANGIIAI TRADE UP
Shanghai, (LP) Material Increase
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figures given out by customs au
thorities here- These figures are
compiled In units of taeis, the taels
being a weight In silver and com
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form. Revenue collected in June, I
1929. excluding from consideration :
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collection for last year.
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Shanghai, (LP) ''What I Saw In
the Dancing Halls," a recently pub-1
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Chun, the mayor.
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have lost the last of Its hone cabs.
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left In this city, the number having
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