! SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING & LOIS EBY
COPYRIGHT, 1 043.
NEA SERVICE, INC.
CHAPTER I
' "WIGHT sailing" murmured
Ula. The tall, dark girl to
the fur coat dug her gloved hand
deeper through the curve of her
i fiance's arm and strained her
' eyes toward the blurry outlines
of the freighter at the dock. "I
used to love the words. It meant
crowds, music, confetti, chanv
pagne . .
Barry Fielding tightened his
arm against her hand as he
paused to let same ship's officers
by. "Now It means," he answered
as they moved on toward the
gangplank, "stealth, silence, dark
ness, fog the kind of log tney
once canceled sailings for. Thai's
what war does turns the world
upside down."
The girl was pulling a letter
from her smart h ndbag. She
. gave It to the officer blocking her
- way. When he had read it, he
stepped aside with grudging re
spect and she went aboard with
Barry. They found their way
along the dark, wet deck to his
small stateroom, carefully shut
ting the door and pulling down
the blinds before turning on the
lights. Barry was grinning with
amusement "You went to a lot
of trouble, Lila, for five minutes
on board."
, "I just wanted to make sure you
were going to be comfortable.
I've beard some rather sordid sto
ries aoout wartime travel and I
thougnt I might be able to do
some adjusting." She moved
cioser to him and added softly,
"You will be careful, darling?"
Barry's grin widened as his arms
went about her. "About being
uncomfortable?" he said.
"Of course not Please this
Isn't any time for joking."
... "You're telling me."
"I wish I had time to do your
unpacking for you."
-."I've been doing It for years.
One mora trip probably won't
hurt me."
. "You'll write every day?"
"No. As often as I can.",
"If you need me, wire. Ill be
down on the next plane."
. "With the New York police
force and the State Militia, eh?"
"Darling, I wish you'd be seri
ous." "fpHEY walked back on deck,
- drawn by a sudden commotion
at the foot of the gangplank. Of
ficers and plain-clothes men were
dispersing a noisy farewell party
on the dock. White shirts and eve
ning gowns glimmered through
the fog. A girl was running up
the gangplank, laughter, shouts,
and the blare of toy horns pur
suing her.
. Out of breath and laughing,
she whirled to stand beside Barry
at the rail. Suddenly cupping her
hands, she called back,
. "Where's my aloha?"
A piping horn belligerently
started a chorus. It was silenced.
The girl at the rail shrieked with
laughter. A White shirt front
leaned precariously over the wa
ter dividing boat from wharf.
' "Come on back and finish the
party!"
"Come and get me!" the girl
taunted.
Lila moved back from the rafl.
"Of all the disgusting . . ." she
murmured.- She started off with
Barry. But as they passed the
"girl,, an official was holding a
flashlight on her papers. The
beam cut past her hair honey
gold hair, beautifully kept Lila
stopped short and took another
look. The features below the hair
were molded delicate as a cameo
... and the slender white line of
throat rose from a collar of sa
ble! "I beg your pardon." Lila moved
regally up to the girl as the offi
cer left "I'm Lila Harrison. This
Is my fiance, Barry Fielding, who's
sailing. Are you making the
trip?"
Barry could see the blonde In
specting the talL smart silhouette
of his fiancee. Her voice was
heavier than Lila's and seemed
rough in contrast.
"You sound a little scared," she
said surprisingly. Abruptly she
turned a small flashlight up and
down Barry's tail figure, holding
it a moment on his face. She
gave a gay whistle. "You do have
reason plenty. Thanks for the
introduction, Miss Harrison. I'm
Allison Topping. Be seeing you
Barryl" Then she turned back
to continue her laughing good
byes to the persistently faithful
crowd on the wharf.
'
T3ARRY was thankful the dark-
ness hid his grin. So this was
Allison Topping! He'd seen her
pictures, of course. Debutante.
Darling of cafe society. Spoiled
brat But quick on the uptake.
He could feel Lila's rising fury.
He was surprised she didn't leave.
Instead she moved back up to the
. rail.
1 "Are you going to Cuba, Miss
Topping?"
The girl finished a shouted In
vitation to the white shirt front
swaying over the water's edge,
then turned back to Lila. "Great
Godfrey, no!" she cried. "I'm
broke. I'm going to Guatemala
and raise chewing gum!"
This was too much. Lila stiff
med and turned away. But Bar
ry pulled back, troubled. He said,
"You don't mean that do you?"
He could feel the Topping girl
smiling at him. She said in a
purring voice, deliberately goading
Lila, "Sure, I do, Handsome. My
papa left me a chicle plantation."
Lila was pulling his arm im
patiently but Berry held his
ground. He said with sharp urgen
cy, "Have you ever been to Gua
temala, Miss Topping?"
"No," said , the blond girl
lightly.
"Take my advice, please," Bar
ry said curtly. "Don't go!"
Lila's pull on his arm relaxed.
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terest. The blonde's attention, too,
was caught
"Why not?" she demanded.
"You won't be able to stand it,"
Barry told her. "You're not the
type. Whoever advised you to go
ought to be horsewhipped."
"No one advised me," said the
blonde. "What's wrong with a
chicle plantation?"
"Nothing if you like prostrat
ing heat, malaria, scorpions, bush
masters ..."
"Snakes? Stop!" the blonde
screamed.
TTiey were ready to lower the
gangplank. An officer tapped
Lila's arm. "Everyone ashore
who's going ashore."
Ula said to the girl with urgent
warmth, "Barry's right He's been
there. I'll help you get your lug
gage off the boat"
The blonde took a quick breath
of decision. Then she laughed.
"That's too kind of you," she mur
mured, a flick of malicious laugh
ter in her voice. "I am an awful
scared cat . . . but I think I'll
go. Somehow, I feel so protected
with Barry on board."
There was a minute when Barry
was sure his fiancee was about to
attempt murder.
(To Be Continued)
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Allard of 12th army air force
in Africa.
If I had my choice I would see
the British army fighting beside
the Russian army. For heaven's
sake, if the military have come
to the conclusion that they can
not take Bizerte by June 1, or
whatever it is, then let us draw
stumps (call it off) and start
somewhere else. Lord Wedg
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14 Rough lava
15 Genus of
plants
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17 Era
19 Artificial,
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21 Males
22 Grain
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38 Trap
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43 Father
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eight
59 Boil slowly
60 Disturbance
61 Therefore
62 Sun god
63 Sled for
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28 One of its
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mountain
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34 Anger
35 Nine and one
37 One of its '
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cities is
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43 Not in verse
44 Piece of
timber
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48 Agitate
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51 Withered
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58 Folding bed
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