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SERIAL STORY
MURDER IN FERRY COMMAND
BY A. W. O'BRIEN
BOMBKB TO MON1UAL
CHAPTER X
""LYDK DAWSON wu repairing
the ravage of his stormy see
don with the spy ring in the
Turkish bath of his Chicago hotel
' when, at about B o'clock - tint
3 nicht a telephone call waa
1 plugged into the steam room. It
was the chief agent of tha F. B. I.
. "Something of special interest
4 for you, Dawson," he said. "Your
J rood-looking girl friend-boarded a
Canadian Colonial Airways plane
at LaGuardia Field in New York
30 minutes ago. Our Manhattan
office wants to know if they'll
, have the plane radioed back . . .
7" n will be over American soil tor
oi about an hour more it's the reg--''-
alar evening plane for Montreal."
"No, let her go . . . I've a sud
den hunch and want her to have
a little more rope. My compli
ments to your Manhattan office
damn smart co-operation. One
more favor, old man, the War
Supplies Office must have a Traffic
Routing Department. Would you
use your authority to and out u
the man In charge last night was,
by chance, asked for any travel
T- Information by Carole FiskeT"
"We're one jump ahead of you
there I was about to tell you
that we have received a report on
, the very subject It was a lucky
j l guess she actually did call up
,., about 10:30 last night and asked
about flying schedules ..."
X'! "Where to?"
"This will tickle you she asked
for the best route to Newfound
land via Halifax ..."
"It fits," Dawson murmured.
" From the Urtush baas x
phoned directly to the FerryTJom
j ' mand headquarters in Montreal
i and had them locate the Air Mar-
ahaL Half an hour later Dawson
, " was on his way to an airport just
, .'. outside the Chicago limits. There
; was an Army Air Force officer
waiting for him at the gate.
' "I'm instructed to take you dl
T rectly to the field, Mr. Dawson,"
he said crisply. "There's a twin
(t engined bomber being held for
' you on Ferry Command instruc-
i tions."
1
AT Detroit the plane had to land
for customs and immigration
clearance and Dawson took ad
vantage of the few minutes to
phone the Montreal bureau of the
si Canadian Intelligence. He gave
f- Instructions for the 1:45 TCA
j. plane to be held in case he was
late and If a reservation was made
for one Carole Fiske she would
have to use her right name unless
she had a phony passport to
reserve the seat beside her for
him. If the seat waa already re-
f served he ordered that Intelli-
i' gence priority be. used to secure it.
: It was a rough trip, with the
plane flying into a strong head-
it;, wind. But at 1:35 a. m. the pilot
P beckoned to Dawson and the lat
ter squeezed his way past the
large inside gasoline tank installed
for the transatlantic flight. .
"We're over Dorval now," the
pilot yelled. "Sorry it took so long
i tnat wind was plenty sun.
. Dawson hurried to the TCA air-
port office.
. Outside the doorway, a man
stepped out of the shadows. It was
la Montreal bureau officer.
"I've got your ticket here
thought you might not want to go
(inside because the girl is waiting
.. (with the other passengers ..."
"Nice going," Dawson cut in,
rgo inside and tell the dispatcher
jail's set for the take-off anytime,
- land I've gone directly to the
' mlane. You hand in my ticket
5 fthey usually pick them up at the
ft tdesk."
JC I Dawson heard the flight an-
bnouncement on the loudspeaker
land saw the passengers filing
(through the door. .
Carole Fiske came out alone.
Dawson swung into stride be
side her.
"Hello," he said simply.
Carole Fiske halted in conster
nation as she recognized Dawson.
iBut she quickly recovered her
poise. One hand slipped out of
her muff and she held it close to
iher body. In it was a snub-nosed
(automatic:
Don't try to stop me from tak-
jing this plane, mister, or you're a
(dead pigeon I swear it!"
Dawson laughed. "The surest
way of missing your plane would
be to shoot me here, sweetheart.
Instead of trying to stop you I'm
actually making the jaunt in the
next seat chummy, eh?"
The girl was obviously suspi
cious, keeping the gun trained on
him she hid it with her muff.
"Very well, let's go!" she com
manded in lowered tone. .
IVVHEN they reached the side of
" the waiting TCA plane. Carole
Tlske slowed her pace and gave
an almost imperceptible gesture
with her head for Dawson to
(mount the movable stairway first,
'Emily Post wouldn't approve."
wrinned Dawson.
On the second step he stopped
suddenly as from the corner of his
eye he caught a quick movement
man had slipped up silently
behind the girl and pinned her
larms.
'Drop that gun!" he snarled in
to her ear. It was the Montreal
lagont and Dawson had completely
forgotten about him. Of course
the agent had picked up the bit
lot side-drama outside the waiting
. room and . . . Dawson heard the
. hostess coming through the plane
. door, evidently attracted by the
T commotion. This was no time for
"v delicacy,
'-' Jumping lightly from the second
- step, he punched hard and true
over the girl's shoulder straight
V Into the agent's face. The latter
J reeled back, stumbled and piled
; Into the snowdrift Dawson made
rt flying leap and landed squarely
"on the stunned man.
: "Never mind the poke," Daw-
ron hissed, "act as if you are
tVjdrunk and we're going in for a
COFYttlOHT.
HI SIRVICC. INC.
Both men began grunting and
laughing as they rolled, Diiwson
finally yelling in a tone of mock
surrender:
"Enough . . . enough . . , you
got me, Joe."
They rose to their feet brushing
the snow off their clothes. Carole
Fiske was obviously amazed but
she took a quick glanr at the
frowning hostess and played her
part:
"Come on, darling," she spoke
impatiently, "the plane is waiting
send your frisky friend on his
way."
With apparent unsteadiness,
Dawson followed up the steps,
checked in with the hostess and
sat down heavily in his seat The
girl and he had the two end
spaces.
She was staring at him coldly.
"Nice way to treat a Boy Scout
pal doing his good deed," she
commented crisply, "but why did
you wreck it?"
Dawson took from his pocket
an object which he tossed into her
lap. It was the snub-nosed auto
matic. "You dropped it outside," he
said. "Now come again with the
$36 question."
Carole Fiske shoved the gun
into her purse, frankly bewildered.
"I asked you why you wrecked
an excellent opportunity to turn
tha tables on me out there?"
Dawson puckered his lips and
tapped his fingers together
thoughtfully:
"Maybe it's because I like to see
good-looking girls given a chance
to achieve their ultimate ambition
in life. You, for example . . ." he
turned to face her squarely, "seem
to have the burning end laudable
purpose of killing me off. You
put me on the spot in Chicago,
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fabric.
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then you threaten to make me
dead pigeon out here I'd never
forgive myself it I didn't let you
kill me sometime. But, mean
while ..." his tone changed, "if
you start playing with that pea
shooter again I'll turn you aver
my knee. Understand, my little
lamb?"
(To Be Continued)
We can take satisfaction in the
knowledge that in every meet
ing with the enemy since Dec.
7 his losses have greatly exceed
ed ours.
Admiral Chester M. NimiU.
Pacific i'ieet commander in
chief.
A free India would ally her-
self with those who would help
her in defense. Japan and the
group of powers with her repre
sent a social philosophy that is
exceedingly wrong and danger
ous.
Jawaliarlal Nehru, Indian na
tionalist leader.
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part.
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nickel.
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(abbr.).
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(abbr.).
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