SERIAL STORY
CARIBBEAN CRISIS
EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE
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Hra mt m fulfil Waal Indian laland
a iaatllcata tlia life il mil 1'al
atatt, nhn la Olilaalntf ala yaara
. taara aa branpfc iuaiiag.r fur an
' -tataHaaa rtaaaiilval arm. Tliar ara
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ir, vtbo l.amaalalali' acetia'a 111 I S
mt a laraat ahiirtaiia la hla ar
oawlai Maelluwall. a atlva
atrvwa-ut fa take Hill bank In lha
falaa If an? Irramilarlljr at.ra
found and Juna lalraan. naaull
ffnl aaaaln of IllU'a fnnnar room
anafa, lalar Inn raura vlalfora ara
taaaad (ha laland lir a amu--
lln aklapar Marin Intaaon, a
parwpfftan raiuaaa, and l-mf.
. i f 'oaalamlaa. an anfhriinlnjla.
' tint murnlnv fha audlliir ruan
a rlBlaap Willi an urnl niaaaasa
3 bafera "rail rattim (u JVavr Yarn."
a a a
BtTOWPOWN WITH BTItUTHEBfl
I CHAPTER X
tTALSEY domed complnlaly
A taken aback, and Bill Tolcoll,
itudylng him Intently, wan unublo
to daclda whether hla antnnlnh
mnt wni frluntd nr real, "Hack
io Ntw York?" Halaoy stammnred.
But I Juat got hero I'm to tny
n tha now manager "
"You WEIIB the. now manager,"
RtrUthen said coldly. Shrugging,
n glanced slkjnlflcunUy it tlia
ii. "When la Mr, MncDow
1)'" ha demanded,
June Paterion'i ready Ira mani
fested Itaolf. "He's In bed recover
ing from i stroke You tilro proplo
htve uld io many thlngn about
what's going on around here the
poor man lust couldn't Hand It."
Flint color crept through Uie
udltor'l cheeki. "Please don't be
sreastte," he said. "Thla Is quite
lerlotu matter Hnlney, I
thought I heard ihoti. What hap
pened?" I Halsey tett oft looking puulcd
long enough to give i rapid tran
scription of event, wound up
with, "1 looked In your room but
couldn't find vou."
! "Which Is only natural, since I
i spent the night at work," the
i auditor grunted. "Very well, If
' MacDowell can't come to us we'll
i go to him. Haliicy and Talcott,
IJjouH coma along."
ry lcott ro illently. So Struth
had been ipondlng the night
: la tha office, patching up hla cako.
Increailngly clear woa the In
; dlcatlon that Struthers was mak
', lng ivery effort to diarredit him.
i But why? Wmt poislbla mollva
: could the man have for auch
courts? Did he hope to gain; was
he In I conspiracy to defraud the
company? Surely ai auditor ha
mult have known about the dupli
cate voucher. He mwt have
known that the voucher! them
selves were of no value; that all
billing and collecting waa done by
the New York ofn.ee; that the only
money io piu through Bill Tal
eott's handi waa In the form of
payroll cheeka. Yet forcibly
Itruthers' worda came back to him
"entirely possible you haven't
old chemlcala without reporting
Io New York" and with them a
new reason for alarm. No short
ge could be proved unless an
actual ahoruige In Inventory was
rltarnvered. If Struthers was a
aplrator, left alone on the bland
:ould write any Inventory he
piked without regard for facts.
The thing waa deep, treacher
ious, and in its unfolding tolls
(there had aa yet come no indlca
klon of the end. A beautiful break,
druthers had had, In the arrival
of the smuggler and the two pas
sengers. That had given him time
aplenty to work unhindered while
fthe rest of them were engaged In
la battle which really waa mcan
ttngleM. Were the new arrivals,
the professor and the refugee,
participants in the larger pattern?
a
MieDOWELL was asleep,
propped up by pillows, an Ice
pack raklshly askew on hla un
kempt head. Strange noises
Kund from the spacea above and
neath his mustache, and uncere
moniously Struthers prodded his
nfnch.
Va
aka tin. MacDowell!"
the
auditor called sharply.
MacDowell swung Ms left tn a
wild arc, moaned, "Ow-aagh, my
Jieadl" and sat up,
Struthers aaid, "Forget your
head. You're to arrest Talcott on
charge ot fraud and embezzle
ment In addition to the missing
vouchers I've discovered evidences
of payroll padding. I'vo mado a
transcript of evidence for you to
take to New York. Aa soon aa
my survey li complete I'll aond
It In."
' "So It's payroll padding, too, Is
?" BIU Talcott said coldly. "I'm
getting to be a dangerous char
acter." "You are the one that's saying
It," Struthers returned with equnl
jColdness. "Well, MacDowell, are
arou going to got up?"
"Get up" MacDowell mut
tared thickly. He thrust one leg
the aide ot the bed, nought
floor with his toes, gronncd
Tiff said, "I think my nock'i
fhrokel"
Leonard Halsoy had crossed to
Ithe other aide of the room. Hla
lean face wai wrinkled in con
cern. "Look here, Strutliera," he
aid. "It seems to me this could
ia handled In a much nicer way.
Io tar aa I know, nobody has
leard Talcott'i aide of the story.
:e hai an excellent record with
ia company. Why not give him
chance to defend himself?"
I The auditor's thin llpa curled.
rHIi side of the story is in the
records. Haiacy, i m an auditor.
B don't Ilka those scenes any bet
Mr than you do. But there ara
regulations which I must observe.
One of those regulations is that
whenever a shortage occurs, the
auditor Is to remain In complete
,chirce until a full Inventory hai
ibeen made. At the auditor' dls
eratlon, the affected unit may ba
Qwn into bankruply. Mr. Tnl
J I believe you will agree that
those ara the company rules."
Talcott girdled grimly. "Yet,
and very convenient for what you
Intend to do, without a doubt"
"
iPAlNT red tinged the audltort
MIA NVIC(. INO.
cheeks. "Careful, Mr. Talcottl"
he snapped. "I'm a bonded repre
sentative of one of the largest
firms In Now York. Halsey knowa
that It's his duty to carry my re
port In full, together with what
ever observations he himself may
have mnile, back to the home
olllco. That Is absolutely clear,
and I'll thank you not to make
any Insinuations!"
Some of the seriousness of the
situation teemed to have pene
trated MacDowell'a aching head
and he atared questlonlngly at
Talcott. Halaey, too, atared with
grim eyes In an expresslonlet
lace.
"I'd Ilka to hear your story,"
Halsey said.
Hill Talcott'a wrath had been
mounting steadily and his fingers
Itched to take the. ridiculous Utile:
auditor by the neck and shake
some of the pompouaness out of
him. But that would be no good.
"I haven't any story," Talcott
said flatly. "I've conducted thla
job and discharged my responsi
bilities to tho best of my ability.
If there Is ny shortage, as Strulh.
era claims, H'a not ot my making.
As for tho charge of payroll pad
ding, that'a a Joke, v-i know
damn well I'm given rerlain
amount of money to produce a
certain amount of work. We pay
40 cents a day for lsbor and we've
got 400 men working; you can
count 'em If you want to. I don't
know what'a behind this, but I'm
beginning to get some Ideas and
if Struthers, or whoever Is behind
him, thinks M! take It laying
down hoa crniy."
A strange light flashed then In
Struthers' eyes; juit the briefest
revelation that Talcott had landed
solidly. Hts words were a thrust
in the dark, but at last he had
struck something solid In all the
hazy mats ot double and sus
picions surrounding him. Later on
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
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HAS MORE &OUAKB MILES
THAN TMEI2B. ACE .CALIADH
ON THB MsriViM
H4.PJNTJ HOLO CHILOREN OOWN
WMIUl THIVRE OBOWINO OP,"
6W LILV Ct&LE MCYBR.S,
We, Arxcm.
NEXT: Are honamtng
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HORIZONTAL
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structure.
11 Hot and arid.
14 Glove.
17 Article.
IB Recognize. -
20 Wagers.
21 Proceed.
22 Obtain.
24 Charm.
20 Self.
27 Sink.
20 Flemish war
vessel.
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Answer to Previous Ponle
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34 Transgression. (,7 District
38 Those who
Attorney
bnke,
87 Verso fabt:.",
88 Choice part
40 Fasten with
thread.
41 Written form
ot mistress.
42 Burnt forth.
44 Motor coach.
46 Elver (Sp.).
48 Prow ot
ship.
81 Like.
82 Eastern title.
(abbr.).
1)8 Is derived
from Ita
original
product
81 Closer.
83 Corrupted.
64 Exist.
VERTICAL
1 Either.
2 Irritate.
S Connection.
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he was to remember that awlft
revealing change; to remember
and regret that ha hid uttered
any word at all. For It suddenly
occurred to Bill Talcott that hi
honor was not the only thing it
stike; his very life Itself was in
utmost danger.
(To Ue Continued)
Read your Instruction book
faithfully and you will find In
the volume many ways of mak
ing your car last longer. Some
of the books describe the various
noises about the menhunism and
tell what each one means.
If you find yourself caught in
a itrent car track give the wheel
a quick twist. Gradually forc
ing the wheels out of the .rails
will grind off some of the rub
ber. There are 29,000,000 Insects In
the air above each square milo
of the earth's surface, according
to estimates.
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Available!
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UHLIG'S
By William
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OP fiAKFAl
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WAR TIMES
IT 15 PERMISSIBLE TO
PLV THE PLAG
A GAYS
birds polsonouiT
GOLD"
product on the
seas.
25 Beside.
28 Scottish
hlghlanders.
20 Sew loosely.
30 Metal peg.
31 Decline.
33 Three
(prefix).
35 Present time.
30 Roving.
40 Blot
41 Tropical herb.
43 Ut infra
(abbr.).
8 Egypt (abbr.V 44 Sack.
6 Canine 45 Dutch Island.
madness.
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8 Within. 1
9 Courts I
(abbr.).
tOKiloliter
(abbr.).
11 Label.
12 Units.
47 Opinion.
40 Lyric poem.
80 Ita product is
, vital
need.
82 Serpent
83 Cool
receptacle, -f
85 Into.
86 Hearing organ.
89 Street fabbr.i.
IS Perform.
15 Hen'a product 80 Electrical
18 Also. engineer j,,
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Out Our Way
By J. R. Williams
Red Kydcr
1HEY 6TEA,L-uA 1 '
OUR. HORSES J TBV
,r(s THE BLACK SUBMARTHE ROSE
CONNING TOWER POULD THE L1HE
WITH WHICH ANIUff AND RftHDA WERE
TOWItK THE FLOATtNC; MlttE
LUCKY WE
YES! THAT
MINE VffilGHED
TOOK A TURN
AROUNO THOSE
OLD PILINGS
WITH OUR END
OP THE UNE".
LOTS NWtEN US
IT COULD HAVE
SMASHED IS
AGAINST TH SUB-
Littlo Orphan Annie
Boots and
Her Buddies
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ROUGHEST,
sw vou where th eoiwoa
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were scamtty a.k1d vou
tightened up vour pvjts
with meki Like vou im
freedom's battle,
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FOR K!0 BUTHIE55 IM
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WTO OUR HOMES AMO
SEIZED OUR FOODi OUR
POSSESSIONS. OUR
t"AUHTERS.A5HE
HAS
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have guns and,
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and here we
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INVESTIGATE -
WATER-t
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VV!NTW& THR MWT GOT
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TO THE PLOWS OFCOMOUERORSS WEg
FOUflHT TO WIM OUR FREEDOM, AMD
WE'a FI6HT UKE BLAZES TO PBESEBUE
ITJ WE'LL NOT BE CONVUBKEPJ
NEIIHCK rAUil 1UU
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V Wia YOU KINDLY EXPLAIMI
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