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SERIAL STORY v CARIBBEAN CRISIS BY EATON K. GOLDTHWA1TE V---.-TOO MANY GIRLS ' CHAPTER XVII JJscDOWELL was In the act of putting awy . quick one In the cocktail lounge when Talcott found him. "HalseyT" MacDoweUi grunted... "Sure I seen him. He's: ' in his cabin. Got one all to him self. I went by there Just a min ute ego and knocked and he yelled at me to go away. He's got him self locked in." " "WhatT" '"Sure. Maybe:5' he's seared. , Maybe he don't like the idea of gettin' a shlv in his back. Come to think about it, neither do II" , ,: '. Talcott ordered a brandy and! m . i uWw. . .i..n strange action, and at the same time listened patiently to Mac Sowell's effusive complaints about; the-size of their stateroom. Thei combination didnt help his nerves. He was about to pull away when: he saw Martha Swenson. Coming in from the corridor en-, trance, she was, and she acted' lost. She stood hesitant and would; have turned away except that she' saw him, and the confused look passed from her face. They met' half-way and Talcott held a chair , for her.. "You'll sit down and have a drink with me, won't you?" he asked. . "I must confess,'' she smiled sadly, "that . I have not much money in my budget for dreenks." , "My dear young ladyl Forget your budget. You'll very quickly learn that in America it's the man i who pays." : . "An pays,". MacDoweU grunted: as- he flopped down. ' "Where's your pal, the blond tornado?" '"Miss faterson is unpacKing. She has so many nice theengs, so: much clothes " She sighed. I had them once too. I will have! them- again. In New York my uncle has made arrangements fori me to get a job. Not a very beeff Job, but a beginning." . The drinks arrived and Martha Swenson lifted hers thoughtfully. "I would like to make a toast," she said. "Let us dreenk to the future." r . "Ib the future!" . . "Amen," Talcott sighed. That was something to drink to, all right.. Strange how you could go i along for so many years with nothing much happening to you - and then bang! everything hap pened at once. ' YESTERDAY there had been loneliness. Today Martha Swenson, a charming dark-eyed, oft-voiced woman plying hi srith questions about the wonder ful land of America. Walrus-mus-kached Patrick MacDoweU, grunt- t -tog ofreri.his, liquor and trying-to took jutglllgenL. June Faierson, as unpredictable and omnipotent as a (forest Are and Bill Talcott was supposed to '. be , her chaperon!: (These were "compensations if you kould but forget the rest of It . ' i Came the jar of movement and' Martha Swenson iumsed un.l (There was so much to see; a last! Klimpse of the town, the French; eiuoge, uie siups; sne van on uy erself with a promise of cock Itails before dinner. 1 "You'se cer'nly a fast worker," MacDoweU hiccoughed. Already! he was becoming green about the ;.. bars. . y : . i Well, you could make the most Of what tou had. Not evprv man Ion the boat was chaperon to one Beautiful girl and escort to an' iother. The stock of William Tal leott was on the rise; that of Pat- pick MacDoweU on the descent To the depths. MacDoweU clung to his. bunk like an overworked dishrag. One hand embraced his head, the other his stomach, and (conveniently near was a paper Bined bucket Talcott ignored him hs best he could.' Dexterously he: Whipped a tie to his neck, noted' with approval the perfect fit of hisi ainner jacket and at the door most unkindly said, "111 be back to report every half hour or so. IH have the steward send you some pig's knuckles and kraut" ' He shut in MacDoweU's groansi land blithely stepped along. Lite: was wonderful; no matter whatj the past or the future, the present: jwas a ship. He had four moon-J tilled nights and five sun-splashed1 nays. He had his health and a pocketful of money. And he had. pr so he thought, two lovely girls., True, the blond .was incredibly spouea. sne demanded the center pf attention and was as erratio ' M straw in the wind. Which! , should havs made hex utterly im possible, but somehow it didn't So much for the blond. ,i The brunet was considerably iaifferent because well, she was - knore mature.' Quieter. She didn't burst in on you like a hurricane; prou just made the startling dis covery that sha'Iwa's there. She had great warm dark eyes and an altogether disturbing voice and she mad a trick of making, even the. pnost trivial things seem personal' and exciting. So much for Martha Bwenson. ..,.!. ..vBM, Talcott sighed. After six t years of no feminine company at aU, two at the same time was sl 'most too mucfc li ITE stood in the doorway of the lounge, looking for the bru net; he didn't see her but he saw itfte blond and his heart slowly (turned over and kicked him in the throat "You're her chaperon," he Reminded himself savagely. "You have a date with the other one" As if that mattered. "I saw that Norwegian nightin gale making eyes at you," June Paterson announced. . "So I de- jeided it was lime I asserted my leelf. Dofrou like me in this dress? COPYRIOHT. 1041. NIA SERVICC. INC. a put it on Just ror you." Green. Silk. He remembered the first time. "You are perfect," he said. "You've improved considerably , yourself, I remember you now. You're the Bill Talcott I used to know. Captain of water polo, right end on the Big Red Team, and the best dancer on the cam 'pus. For awhile I thought I'd lost you." There was banter in her voice; the flippancy of polite society .fencing with buttoned foils. But I her eyes belied aU that; her eyes and the trembling of her mouth. The spoiled brat of memory was gone; a lovely, exquisite woman had blossomed in her place. Outwardly he was calm. Un perturbed, a man. of the world. Stink and sweat and nitrate dust? Surely not this man. Member of clubs, aristocrat; perfectly groomed, perfectly mannered, alert Suavely continental as he held her chair, signaling a steward with his eyes. And where was the brunet? June Paterson could best answer that They shared the same cabin. If there be plot behind this, it was more pleasant than the in trigue of Abas Island. It really didnt matter "Talcott "TiKed his glass. "To your perfection," he said. "I thank heaven for Lowell Fyrd and Cor neU and memory." She did not smile. Her eyes were wide, glistening, and radi ance touched her cheeks. "I too thank heaven," she responded softly., . And then it was broken. A steward was coming toward them. circumventing tables. "Mr. Tal cott?" he asked. "I have a wire less message for you, sir." THIS CURIOUS WORLD THAT SWAMPY U CAUSED THEM OVER THE COVE I BUT WHY DID L SUPPLY BASE THERE- ) MADS I HELLO. 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