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SERIAL STORY
CARIBBEAN CRISIS
BY EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE
COPYWIOMT. 1042.
MCA SERVICtf. INC.
WEBBER DISAPPEARS
CHAPTER XXII
"'APT, SETH PRINGLE turned
sour eyes on hit two vlritgrs.
A large, square man, the sea was
stamped Indelibly upon him. He
gave the Impression that nothing
was secret to him. "
: ?5e much for your side of the
story, Ralsey," he said bluntly.
"But Talcott, I dont know what
to do about you. I know you by
reputation and I know your boss.
And Naval Intelligence gave me
your story before we left Saint
Thomas. But I'm damned If I U
let my ship be turned into a
shambles on your account!"
Talcott said, "There's none of It
my doing."
Prtagle scowled. "Why dldnt
you come straight to me and tell
me you were attacked on the boat
. deck, instead of waiting until this
morning?"
"Because when I returned to my
cabin to clean up I found that
MacDowell had been murdered,
and then I heard Webber, sup
posedly In his stateroom but act
ually outside, talking to the
steward. I recalled his having
eavesdropped before, and then I
' remembered that he was Baron
von Stampf." ;
"If you'd come straight to me
then we might have caught him.
I've got the steward in irons and
he's more afraid of von Stampf
i he is ef me. Wont say a
damned thing except that he has
relatives in Dusseldorf and von
Stampf made him do it because
he was afraid they'd be tortured..
You say you and Halsey searched
. the ship?"
"Halsey replied,' "Every comer.
That is, we couldnt very well go
in cabins. But he certainly wasn't
in his own,, and we combed all
the decks and lounges for hours
without a ign of him." ,
-Tve still got a few men I can'
trust," Frtogle grunted. "Well
damned soon find out if he's
Jumped overside or not" Fringle
;got to his feet. "All right, Tal
. cott - I'm placing you under
; technical arrest. That means
' youll have your freedom, but any
more funny business and Into Irons
you go alongside the steward. I;
got enough trouble with hurricane:
warnings all around ns without
(you bringing me any more!"
- . . : !
flfpULI fury of the storm broke
upon the Blue Petrel while din
ner was in progress. The ship
shuddered violently, began a climb
which seemed endless, hung mo
mentarily as if drifting In a
jvacuum and then plunged down
jward with dizzying speed. A ter
irlfle crash of dishes was the first
, (casualty, and the dining salon be
)gan to empty rapidly.
- June Paterson, Bill Talcott and
IHalsey endured it until the prob-
ilem et keeping dishes on the table
I became too acute. The chief en-
igineer had long since departed
when Pringle, in oilskins, came
(hurrying by. "Barometer still
Stalling," he reported. "We're in
(for a dirty time Still no sign
f. that bald-headed" He
Kitarted to call him something
lse and at sight of June Paterson
Corrected himself by changing it
Jo "Dum."
Orders were up for passengers
to 'remain inside, not that many
would have wanted to venture on
ihe slippery, tossing deck. But
June Paterson was one of the few.
Eyes sparkling in flushed cheeks
she inhaled with , excitement.
"Let's get our coats. I wouldn't
iraiss this for anything in the
worldl"
Halsey said, "Mot for me. Tm
going to utilize the time to prepare
a document for the benefit of Old
- :Man Winters. I think there are
i some things about his new secre
jtary that he ought to know!"
I. Talcott, desiring action above all
else, agreed to accompany her. A.
reckless, reactive spirit had hlm
in its grip, and as he battled down.
ithe passageway to C Deck his'
mind knew only great relief. The
net was fast dissolving; Webber,
if still on the ship, would never
escape the sharp eyes of the cap
tain's trusted men. The steward.
was in the brig and his admissions'
made in order to avoid full con
fession were enough to clear Tal
cott. Things were beginning to
'break the right way at last
. His blood pounded with the joy
of living when he reached his
stateroom and retrieved his coat
A wonderful girl was waiting for
him so that they, together, could
buffet a storm. It was symbolic;
they had come through one storm
together with colors Hying. A
moral and spiritual storm that
made this action of the elements
seem like child's nlay. For
through it all, even in that dark
est moment when he had told of
IMacDoweU's murder, she had be-
llicved in him.
His coat was a rough tweed,
Ironic Christmas present from Old
IMan Winters the year before; it
was like the Old Man to give Palm
Beach suits to Eskimos.
An expensive garment, tailor
made; his arm was in the sleeve
when an exclamation of pain
(escaped his lips. Angrily he with
drew his hand and saw an ugly
i scratch from knuckle to wrist
bone. Swearing wrathfully he
turned back the cuft and saw the
offender, a common pin. lodged
in the lining.
"That's damned funny!" he mut
Itcred. "Wonder how that got in
Ithere?" -
TJE'U worn the coat only o..u
J"1 before. It had never been to
the cleaners. Could the pin have
been there all the time and just
now worked loose? He sucked
at the scratch and spit blood in
the wash basin. The wound was
deep, hurriedly he searched his
jumbled effects for antiseptic; he
could have sworn he'd brought
Iodine, but there wasn't sny evi
dence of it
"Mustn't keep her waiting," he
said and, grimacing, stepped into
the deserted corridor.
like a shoe box in the hands of
a schoolboy, that corridor tossed.
"This is a honey," he muttered.
Maybe it wouldn't be such a good
idea to try the deck in this sea.
They'd better talk it over first
Shuddering sidewise motion threw
him against the will and he
grappled desperately for the hand
rail, braced, caught balance and
tried walking again. It was no
go. Only by pulling himself along
the handrail could ho rr.aho head
way. He had gone half the distance to
the companion stair yhen giddi
ness assailed him. ' His head
seemed swollen to the size of a
basketball; his stomach was a
leaden knot "Funny," he thought
"Never been seasick in my life.
But they say there's always a first
time"
The handrail had suddenly be
come as rubbery as an innertube.
He was holding it tight, could feel
his own fingernails as they bit into
the heel of his palm. But the
rail was stretching like a snake.
His legs wouldn't work, try as
he might And his stomach was
on fire; blazing with increasing
intensity, sending fumes that
swelled his head io a point where
it threatened to leave his body.
The corridor floor was hundreds
of feet below him and down there
he saw a pair of enormous feet
"Are those my feet?" he giggled.
It was uproariously funny.
Gurgling with laughter he reached
for the rail, missed by a yard, and
crashed to his face on the carpet
(To Be Continued)
Before they can be elected
to the Hall of Fame at New
York university, men and wom
en must be dead for 25 years.
. A new shatter-proof oxygen
tank has been designed to pro
tect the lives of pilots and
crews of warplanes operating
Baby nursing bottle nipples
are used for slipping over small
openings to prevent foreign ob
jects from falling into engines
during manufacturing stages.
Fluorescent
Lamps
and
Starters
Available!
Also All Shaptt
and Siies G. E.
Mazda Lamps
UHLIG'S
f THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
Ferguson
Last winter, 01 the ftusso-
GERMAN FRONT, THERE WERE
RED TANKS PAINTED WHITE,"
, Sy W. E. STRANZ,
1.UBUIN, WISCONSIN.
NEXT: Fire in the forest
DESERT ANIMAL
HORIZONTAL
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) animal.
5 You see it In
a or a
circus.
8 It can go
without
for days;
12 Level.
14 Table linen.
18 Article.
18 Repetition of
sound.
'19 Wander.
20 Laughter
sound. '
21 Incline the
head.
23 Senior
(abbr.).
24 Seed vessel.
25 Self.
27 Steamship
(abbr.).
28 Czar.
29 Sharp, quick
explosive
sound.
31 Staggers.
32 Divided into
two equal
parts.
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fellow. 7 Rowing
52 Bachelor of paddle.
Arts (abbr.). 8 Bears..
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55 Author of 10 Suffix.
poems. 11 Prompt.
58 Pronoun.
59 In want.
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4 Readers of
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Hampshire
(abbr.).
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29 Dock.
30 Deep hole.
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40 Tilt.
41 Vegetable.
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flakes.
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(abbr.).
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