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NEVER MIND THE LADY
IBB; by David Garth
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. 0"SI: Terry Wlllett
fh ,focl.- to bt lure ihtptu.;:
0 equipment which the iuliv pov
ernvient hae been delaying lor
weeke at tnet pete aboard the boat.
But Allaire Weet. wham he luet
hat met at the nmbaeey ball, over
l.ikce him and together they eon
. tinue on irhat may be a dangeroue
mijaiun. Terry givee Allaire hit
automatic: he trlle the bote. Htl
dee, to put the treioht aboard tn
etontly. Allaire i dellahted itith
Terry pure eteel, gerfeetly rear
leee. Chapter Nine
HOT SPOT
ONCE, long ago, Allaire bad known
Stsve Perry, one of the greatest
"Number Twos" in the polo world,
whole father's factories made mil
llona while be made goals at Rane
lagh, Hurllngham, Meadowbroolc,
Cannes,
She was supposed to be engaged
to blm or was she? 8be remem
bered denying something or other
somewhere or other.
And George Fox, tbe attache, and
Ray West, unconcernedly shaking
bands with LaMarr right before bis
wife's eyes.
Other faces jammed through her
mind and were gone In tbe shadows
of leaping flares, the dark-skinned
faces of men who spoke in queerly
oft tones, and looked at her while
they worked all a part of the sud
den blind swing she had taken from
a gleaming road.
Tbey were bringing out tbe Na
tional Coffee Company freight now.
There It was, Terry Wlllett!
The tall young man surveyed it
thoughtfully.
"Perhaps," came Hildei' faintly
Ironfo tones, "you would prefer to
give the order yourself for their lift
log. Beflor "
Terry released ber arm then to
run a tentative hand over one of
the large crates.
"It may be so, but I don't trust
you any further than I can see you,
Hildei."
He pushed at the crate, tilted It a
little. Hlldes watched him as a pa
tient busband watches a flighty wife
buying a new bat.
' "Huh," muttered Wlllett. He seized
an Iron pick from a silently Impas
sive stevedore and pried up a board.
"One moment," Hlldes grabbing
bis arm, the noise of tbe crane sud
denly ceasing, "you have already de
layed me too long, Seflor."
"Get away," Terry told him. "It's
tny freight and I've waited bo long
(or it I could damn near swallow it.
I'm taking a look "
The other stepped back, smiling
Terry didn't care. This stuff was too
all-important He yanked up another
board with a rasping screecb and
examined tbe contents, while tbe
light from a nearby flare swept
across his face.
A great many crumpled news
papers, a few carelessly wrapped
Iron bara a bell of a lot like sblnlng
teel dredging blades, wasn't It? Hll-
dec was too affable, and the box too
oueerly light.
His eyes glanced quickly at the
ether freight on tbe dock. He
grabbed bold of a huge cumbersome
crate that three men would have
had trouble lifting and felt it swing
under bis heave. Light! all tbla
tuff was so damned strangely light.
Dummy frelghtl Operations had
ceased all around blm. Dummy
freight to lit the bills of lading for
government authorities at Proplon
Ire.
A long moment of silence, and
then be nodded casually at tbe girl.
"Ever seen 'em getting a ship
ready to do some gun running?" ha
Inquired. "Take a look and Imagine
George Fox s embarrassment"
"I think," Hlldes said with a aleepy
mile, "you should not have said
that Seflor "
And suddenly hs knew he
houldn't have. Not for himself so
much as for a girl whom be had
adopted into the whole scheme of
things.
He scratched his armpit, and then
as If to get at it more effectively,
lid els hand under bis coat. Then.
Md only then, did be remember he
had given her the thlug that made
11 men equal on the docks at Ro
alna B.
'T'HE smell of swamp wss hot
and pernieatlnir -like a reptile
tsked in tho sun lt the mud and
slime of the river bottom encrusting
Its scales, a dull ever-present scent
that stayed with the senses a
shocking scene stays with the mind.
A tall man stood In the doorway
of a niakethlrt little hut. his throat
open to the Medean tarrspes of the
pot, his lips cracked and dry. There
was a heavy revolver banging on his
belt, and one band rested on Ita butt
as with the olli?r he slowlv, me
chanically rubbed the throbbing
brow beneath hla helmet.
from time to time he blinked away
the sweat that stung bis eyes, eyes
' that In the handsome bearded face
! were suspiciously glaring and
bloodshot He seemed to be listen
ing, waiting, while he watched the
i last rays of tbe sun stab a tropical
', sky with slashes of scarlet and gold,
a benediction of beauty after, tbe
vicious heat of an Interminable day.
Slanting raya fell across a dredg
ing machine that extended from a
reinforced bank out Into the river
on pontoons. It looked like a forlorn
and deserted Idea that bad perished
after Its conception while tbe muddy
water mocked Its futility. And tbe
tall man surveyed It. smiling wryly.
" 'Sunset and evenl.ig star,' " be
murmured. "Terry"
Neither sunset nor evening star,
but in the lights of burning flares
Terence Wlllett leaned against a
packing case on a tensely waiting
dock and felt hla impatience begin
ning to anap Into fury.
Hlldes was quite comfortable. He
hadn't failed to notice how Ineffec
tually the American had dropped hla
hand from tbe Inside of bis coat. He
stuck a clgaret between bis lips and
held it In the very middle of bis
mouth. He looked like a fat Buddba
with a lollypop stick.
"So, Seflor?" be breathed.
"What," Inquired Allaire, "goes
forward? Or am 1 too yonng to bear
disgraceful language?" .
8b was quite calm and uncon
cerned. Wlllett looked at her briefly
"The minute things start popping, '
he said In a low tone, "run, kid, and
don't forget your handbag."
TT was only tben that she remem-
bered the flat deadly weapon she
carried. The same queer little chill
she bad received when he'd first
given It to her swept swiftly over
her now. Tbe qualltlea of debonair
bumor and cheerful recklessness In
him that bad attracted her were
falling away before the same grim
hardness of the weapon In her In
nocuous vanity bag.
Wlllett never tried to reason out
the Fates. In a crisis he acted la
the same way he lived blinding
apeed backed by whipcord muscles
and a aemaphorlc brain. He didn't
wait tor Hildei he reached out and
grabbed him by the lapel.
"Listen, you lousy Splg," be said
grimly, "you can run guns Into Pro
plonolre harbor till kingdom come
tor all I care, but yon're not knifing
my Job any more.
"I'm leaving here now and coming
back tomorrow. If my freight Is
aboard your hide's aafe; if It Isn't
I'll see that tbla ablp la Interned
plenty fast. Now, bave you got that,
you tenth son of a bald-headed pole
cat?" Hlldes' face was purple. Tho
clgaret hung from his lower Hp and
the pouch under bis chin shook like
Jelly.
Hlldes spat out a gasping curse
of the waterfront, the dives, the
dark places of alley cats and slat
terns, hurled wltb all the venom of
which a rudely shaken waterfront
dignitary was capable.
And then the girl saw somebody
get "locked" a most terrlflo piston
like drive from a man with deadly
hands and auddenly mere Ileal
mouth. Tho sharp fleshy crack weak
ened her knees and brought the
sound of distant drums to her ears.
Wlllett looked down at the pole
axed Hlldes without a trace of emo
tion on bla face. Tbe shipping boil
rose on an elbow, then to a knee.
His hand went slowly back to hll
head as If to clear Lis brow.
"Say that again," Terry Invited,
"and I'll break your neck. Vou'rs
not talking to one of your thick
headed stevedores."
He turned quickly to the girl and
found her staring past blm with
slowly widening eyes. Her evenlns
bag fell opened at ber feet and
something auddenly roared from
her band, a detonation that rani
out over tbe flare-lit quiet of Ro
slna B.
He Jerked around.
Hlldes was still on one knee, bui
he was swaying back and forth ai
though he were rocking a child t
sleep. Then he rolled over like
elow-motlon plctnre of a harpooned
whale and something that gleamei
metallically fell out of hla rlghl
sleeve.
"Clod!" Wlllett muttered. "Close."
The girl mad no effort to move:
tbe breath that caught in her throat
was faintly audible. Wlllett took thi
weapon from her limp band and con
fronted the paralysed loading gang
a moment
ICooyrleht, HJJ, by David Bartht
Diplomatic eomplkilleni
O.ora fox tomorrow.
wsrry
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morrow. ftMrvts wre equipped with
Stun ford play to furn-nh opposition
In wrlmmKf .
AI 0. OF 0. FEB. 6
rUOENE. Ore., Dec. 31. ,AP) Dr.
Clarence Valentine Bayer will be for
mally Inaugurated an president of the
University of Oregon, February 6.
The oommlttee on arrangement
announced the Inauguration would
climax an all-day session of repre
aenb&tlvee of other colleges and uni
versities, faculty and student of the
universities, and cltlzena of Oregon.
! Dr. Boyer 'became the university's
sixth president when he took up the
i actual work April 16. 1934. after aerv
j Ing as acting president since January
15, 1834. Dr. Arnold B. Hall was
; president of Oregon before Dr. Boyer.
! President Boyer carre to the uni
versity In 1926 as head of the English
department. He Is a Princeton grad
uate and was on the University of
Illlnola faculty 16 years.
The committee in charge of the ln
aut?urfttton Includes Dr. H. O. Town
urnd. Dr. John P- Bovard and Dr. Ray
Bowen.
WINDOW GLASS We sell window
glass and will replace your broken
windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab
inet Works
Business Men To j
Sub For Carriers 1
ASHEVILLE. N. C Dec. 31. (AP)
The old practice of "leaving some
thing for the carrier boy" on Chrlat
rr.nA I a under aTolnr variations here
tnls year. Carrier boys of the Times '
dt cades ago, some of them now prom- '
lrent business men and one of them
the chief of police, will take up their
btffs again Monday and assume full
ci large of street sales the proceeds
tj go to todays somewhat more
curriers. I
CHRISTMAS DELIVERY
XMA8 PHOTOS
Holiday Specials Now!
PEASLEYS Opposite Holly Theatre
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
Tor farther proof address the anthor, inclosing- a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. TJ..8. Pat 08.
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of THE.
WFFefteNT
DALLAfl. Te.. Deo. 21 (API Cosa
Matty Bell t s new plays he (rsf
Ms Southern Methodist Mustangs for
use ntEAlnst Stanfnr-i In the Rose Bowl
battle nre beginning to clU-k but that
he still Is worrifd about the defense.
"I know we ran t stop Stanford's
powerhouse attack bv ordinary
rr.fano." ssld tl Mustangs' mentor
e.fier watching the ponies In snappy
cienine snd rtefnnMve drills yester
day. ,-l Rfill im not totally satisfied
tost the wbv ue have the situation
properly dlagnohed and there are go- :
lng to he many anxious moments for;
Uf until the gstue Is over." j
r-'fedihc up hi praruef . Bell an- j
Bounced acruinnsge fur today and to
Christmas Carol
Ruined By Blast
DOrKlE CITT. Ku. De 31 -(Apt
'Sll-nt Night. Holy Night," csroied
IV) SunnyMde u hool pupils.
"All it calm"
The run tar exploded.
' All Is bright"
Strat showered the slntiers.
Everybody ran. no one was hurt,
and the children had a holiday while
the turns- ai repaired.
Within tho range of sound, from
the lowest tone to the highest, thero
nre lout flO.OOO notes. Each note
result from a different rate of vlbrn
turn, in nitric 12 noUs are em
ployed In each octave, and generally
no mora than five octaves are used
a total of 60 notes. The violin, for
all its variety of music, uses only
about 40 notes, and the exceptional
human voire thnt rnnges two and a
half octaves employs but 30 notes.
Between the lowest nnd the high-
eet of a piano's 88 keya are thou
sands of note-, which the piano does
not piny; the same la true for voice
or violin.
Ellis Islnnd te the outgoing stop
ping point for aliens much more
than It Is an Incoming stopping
point. Very few aliens iwtering the
country are detailed at the Island,
but many who leave must stop there.
In a typical recent year, about 31.000 J
aliens entered New York, and only
about a thousand of them were de
tained at Ellis Island for examina
tion. During the same year more
than 19,000 aliens were detained at
Ellis laland before being deported.
Moat aliens entering the country
aro examined by American officials
at the port from which they leave,
thus avoiding the necessity of depor
tntlon In cane the subject is deemed
undesirable.
Tomorrow: The Other North Star.
By CLUYAS WILLIAMS
&LUTA5
HEARS DOCRBEU.
AND RUSHES 1b WlKPftW
SEESDaiVEWlfcUCK
OUTSIDE
Wrirl 6F0WIM6 UCtft
MHNT,WtCHES -faE
1VV0 MEH CWRV IK A
BI6 WOODEN B0. FEEIA
SORE rfS ft CHRISfMA,
PRESENT fOR HIM
DoESKrYDRRE 60 0K
IN HAIL TO RECONNOlfER.
BOf LISTENS AT DOOR.
HEARS ONLY THAT IT'S
To 60 DOWN CELLAR
wonders what in
THE WORLD If CAM BE,!
OF THAT SI7E AND
SHAPE ?
6ET6 OUT HB LIST Of
CHRISTMAS WAMfS.
but there's n0thik6
on yt that Would FiT
II7
IS SURE If HOSf BE
SOMETHING THRILUK6!
PUZZLES AMD PUZ2LES,
TRVK6 fo 6UES& WHAT
rf CArJ BE
CAH'T STAND THE SUS- FINDS IT WAS A HEW
PEHSE. 60ES DOWN AND 6RATE FOR THE FURKACE,
AFTER ARTFUL HINTM6 AND VIOVb UPSTAIRS
ASKS MOTHER VVHATWA) FEELIN& THAT LIFE IS5DD
IT THAI JUS CAME DEM Vt'RV DULL
(Copyright, 1938, by The Hell gyndletM, Trie.)
S'MATTER POP-
By C M. PAYNB
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(Oopyvlght, 198S, by The Bgll iyndlet. Inc.)
TAILSPIN TOMMY Mysterious Sounds!
By HAL FORREST
fjpionny and
FOf?CD DOtON
GY IC FORMING
OAI THE MINGS
OF THEIR.
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BEN WEBSTER'S CAREER On the Way
B; EDWIN ALGER
WHAT NBW APVEWTURE AWAVTS BEM AND
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THE NEBBS Good News?
By SOL HESS
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room of th mlii tly, ntl'i WHy
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