The Evening herald., May 21, 1942, Page 8, Image 8

SERIAL STORY
CARIBBEAN CRISIS
BY EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE f
CHAPTER I
TT mi little put noon when
tha mallboat reached Abu
Island end Bill Talcott, who had
been up since dawn, noticed with
amazement tlx arrival at four
visitor. He had no difficulty in
cpotting the new man Halsey, a
rangy, lantern-Jawed individual
in hli forties, and he guessed that
the skinny little fellow with the
voluminous briefcase would be
the company auditor.
But the other two, a mustached
character much the worse, for the
ride across Anegada Passage, and
a slender blond girl in plum
colored slacks, were entirely out
of place. It was only because the
girl was so positive in ordering
the transfer of her luggage that
Bill Talcott decided she must be
a relative of Halsey'a who had
come along to see him settled in
bis new home.
"I'm your successor," the rangy
man admitted after he had gotten
the dock under his feet "Not sur
prised you didn't meet us in Saint
Thomas. Had no idea it was such
. a long trip. This is S truth ers, the
auditor, and Mr. MacDowell."
The girl in the plum-colored
slacks was fresh as zephyr, u
coolly unconcerned as a scudding
cloud. "I'm June Peterson," she
announced, wrinkling her pert
nose. "Lowell Byrd's cousin. He
cabled that you were expecting to
return to the Continent I've been
spending month with friends in
Charlotte Amalie and Lowell's
afraid 111 go native. You're to
look after me."
"Wh-what?" Bill Talcott gasped.
"Aren't you thrilled?" she mur
mured, lowering her lashes in ex
aggerated coquette. And then she
wept away to organize the con
fused scampering of houseboyi for
luggage.
see
BILL TALCOTT gaped, wrack
ing his brain to recall Lowell
Byrd's cousin. Could this be the
kid he'd danced with after the
water polo meets at Cornell?
Dimly he remembered a lot of
arms and legs all wrapped in
yards of green silk. It had been
a dozen years since he bad shared
a room with Lowell Byrd in en
gineering school. Suddenly, be
cause you don't go in for the social
niceties after six years on a place
like Abas, he became conscious
that he had neither shaved nor
changed his clothes. .
"I suppose you received Win
ters' cable?" Halsey was saying.
1 presume your accounts are in
shape for the customary audit?"
The new man's critical eye
canned tha rocky, barren con
tour of the Island. Already he
was fretting in the closeness of
the brassy, stifling heat; flaring his
nostrils at the smell.
; Tm all set" Talcott said.
""We'll go up to the house for a
idrink. You'll be able to get in a
swim before lunch if you like."
Halsey hesitated, a half-smile
on his lips, and the sweating little
auditor cut in. "Thanks for the
Invitation, Talcott," Struthers said
In a thin voice. "But if you don't
mind, Halsey and I will get di
rectly to work. If you'll Just show
ui to the office."
I Bill Talcott nodded in mild sur
prise. Such eagerness to buckle
down didn't seem Just right, not
after a 1600-mile steamship ride
topped off with a night and a
morning on tha Jolting mailboat
StilL auditors were creatures of
habit more than whim and
Struthers seemed set on living up
to his role. Shrugging, Talcott
pointed to a cluster of galvanized
buildings on tha ridge and, taking
June Paterson and the wobbly
MacDowell in hand, he set off
lalong the path to his bungalow.
rpALL, frosted glasses appeared,
luggage .melted from sight and
Talcott relaxed with his guests on
Kha terrace. From comfortable
chairs they watched the rustling
jfronds of royal palms against the
(trade-wind sky, eyed the antics
lot a tiny lizard perched on the
aying bough of a flamboyant
June Paterson fidgeted and her
eyes glinted hostilely. She sniffed.
"From what Lowell told me I ex
pected to find you living in a cave.
So you're leaving all this to go
Itn the army?"
! "I have to take up my commis
sion," he said, and decided that
she was horribly spoiled. He
didn't think it necessary to tell
tier that "all this" included opera
tion of a fertilizer plant Her up
tilted nose must have told her
that He didn't tell her, either,
that the population of Abas con
sisted of tough blacks; that she
was the first white woman who
had set foot there in more than
a year.
The recovering MacDowell tilled
his mouth with ice and grunted,
"'Say, it's kinds nice here. This
ione o' the Virgin Islands?"
' Talcott smiled. "No. You're
now in the Netherlands, or what's
left of them. It's quite a Job to
keep track of the minor pawns
iin the strategy of international
jchess."
I "Holland! Gosh!"
'' Talcott would have liked to ask
him his connection with Halsey
and Struthers; there hadn't been
any MacDowells mentioned in tha
hectic correspondence with Old
'Man Winters. But he kept his
peace. After six years of same
ness a new face, even a close
mouthed one, was welcome. June
Paterson supplied the lack with
an endless round of questions
about the extraction of nitrates,
and they were on a fresh round
of drinks when Halsey came up
the path. i
The new man' Jaw was grim
end his eyes were both puzzled
and appraising. "Struthers wants
to see you," Halsey said abruptly.
"So soon?" Talcott flushed.
"Aren't yon fellows in a bit of a
rush?"
"I think you'd better go," Hal
sey said. Again his eyes held
swift appraisal, mirroring perhaps
incredulous disappointment
Baffled, Talcott got to his feet
Turning to June Paterson he said,
"I trust you will excuse me. Tht
boy will get you anything you
need."
The ash-blond girl regarded him
with a quizzical smile. "Trouble
in paradise," she laughed. "Do wa
dress for dinner?"
"If you wish," he said coldly.
Whatever concern he held at
the strangeness of Halsey's man
ner was stifled when he entered
the office. In its hot interior,
Struthers had surrounded himself
with books. The auditor's coat
was oft and his wet shirt clung
to his skinny ribs. His eyes were
enormous behind thick-lensed
glasses, and he sniffed and said,
"Talcott you appear to be short
in your accounts by $158,000. I
suppose you've got some explana
tion?" (To Be CentbMd)
EXTINCTION EXPLAINED
Scientists say that dinosaurs
became extinct because "land
areas gradually arose, drained
the swamps and lowlands, and
deprived the dinosaurs of their
food supply."
BARS DOOB AFTER HIM
The "trapdoor spider" builds
his home in the ground, com
plete with door, which he closes
after him as he goes below to
escape his enemies. .
Hold Everything!
u ' "We're out of pontoons!"
BCSEXIITTJ'
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
CASEIN
WAS FOUND TO BE VALUABLE
IN MAKING PHONOGRAPH
RECORDS WHEN A WORKMAN,
WHILE EATING LUNCH, FLIPPED
A e a dtOTS ATA
FELLOW WORKER AND IT FELL
INTO AVAr OF MATERIALS
BEING MIXED FOR. RECORDS.
AVERAGE SIZED
IRISH POTATO
CONTAINS ABOUT
THAT MANV
CELL, DIVISIONS
BEING REQUIRED
TO PRODUCE THE
POTATO;
MORSB .
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Can you give three-
instances WHERE HORSES
plaved important 0
ROLES M WAR. a
ANSWER: The Trojan horse episode, Paul Revere' ride, Sheri- j
dan's ride.
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SHADOW STAR
HORIZONTAL
1,5 Pictured
screen actress.
11 Gloss.
13 Maker of
earthen
vessels.
15 Roved.
17 Showy
pretense.
19 Symbol for
tellurium.
20 Italian royal
family name.
21 Male sheep.
22 Roman roads,
26 Sow.
28Tree.
29 High School
(abbr.).
31 Born.
32 Laughter
sound.
33 Swiss river.
34 Golf teacher.
36 Symbol for
titanium.
37 Deep hole.
39 Genus of
frogs.
41 Anxieties,
43 Exist.
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49 Rhode Island
.(abbr.).
50 Enrages.
S3 Annoyer.
56 Sensibilities.
58 West Indian
fugitive slave.
59 Climbing
palm.
60 American
educationist.
VERTICAL
1 Tenant,
2 Beneath.
3 Golf mound.
4 At this place.
6 Upward.
7 Drunkard.
8 Stimulate.
9 Vessels for
heating
liquids.
10 Hollywoodlan
agreers.
11 Go on (music)
12 Thing in law.
14 Music note.
15 Homeless
child.
16 Doctor
Theologlae
(abbr.).
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23 Coronet,
24 She Is a well
known .
25 Causerie.
27 Weird.
30 Levantine-
sailing vessel. v
34 Type of canoe.
35 Ass.
37 Jail.
38 Former Rus
sian ruler,
40 Sphere of
action.
42 Malicious
burning. .
44 Formerly. '
46 Exclamation."
47 Soften, as
leather,
45 Milkman's '
hand cart.
51 Nova Scotia
(abbr.). .
52 Matching
group.
54 Constellation?
55 Half an em,
.57 Symbol for
samarium, ' ?.
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m.
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