Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-17
The Double Squeeze
BY HENRY BEACH NEEDHAM
illustrated RUIN MYERS cagdhsu
BY HENRY BEACH NEEDHAM

referred to your own case-how you
got aboard that ship, and how you
were treated"
"Oh, cabIed that from Gibraltar.
I'm all right--so what's the use both
erlng over it now?"
swell, Pm" Iris Ford didn't fin
fish. His expression was enough.
II know-you think ! ought to be
fighting mad at the crooks that put
me aboard that boat drugged," said
Win. zone way ! am--another I'm
not. If hadn't been sent off on the
Colonia | shouldn't have met Imogen
Leonard"
iris Ford. wagged his head from
side. to side, looking the while like
fair reproduction of Resignation. He
asked the king of second basemen If
he had any objection to further activi-
ties on the managers part to land the
chief crook In prison. Win Shute had
none, provided he was not dragged
into 1t until he had made his "play
for the girl" But when iris Ford
sought information about JerrOld
Mansel, there was protest.
"See here, iris" argued Win, "what
Mansel did to me-suppresslng my
messages and taking wireless from
you to the captaln-was rotten bad, l
know. But let me tell you something:
at the same time he was protecting
Miss Leonardo
"Howw
"The captain Of the Colonia was
getting messages asking him II per
son answering her description was
aboard the boat-she Travelled under
the name Of Riley, remember ! told
You. Same time she was getting
wireless messages from some friend
ashore warning her. As l understand
II, her wirelesses were in code-but
she didn't have the right code with
her; so couldn't read 'em, and had to
ask for translations in plain English.
OF course then the wireless operator
spotted her But Jerrold Mansel didn't
give her away to soul on the ship
not even to the captain!
"What's more-he didn't take ad-
vantage of his inside information he
didn't try toto work on her sympa-
thies because he was shielding her.
There's some good in that chap yet
Iris Ford gave assurances of fair
dealing In regard to the wireless OPP
erator-for Miss Leonards sakel Abb
ruptly he asked about the young lady:
where she was He was told that limo
gen Leonard was detained In the best
hotel at Genoa, which was surrounded
by guards, and that Win Shute
wouldn't have left her there alone II
she hadn't insisted that he take her
mother to Rome TO see the American
ambassador This mission had made
1t possible for Win to obey the cable
gram directing him not to leave the
ship until arrival at Naples.
The ambassador Of the United
States Of America accredited to Italy
welcomed Iris Ford with broad, see
what-a-big-boy-am-I grin. Ford could
guess-'twas the symbol of accom-
plishment.
Jobs done!' exclaimed Johp Bis
mer. "Jerold Mansel has confessed
and incriminated that scoundrel sting
err! Seems 1t took lot Of work and
pull to get Mansel reinstated as an
operator and assigned to the Colonia.
The wireless company had kept tabs
on him-knew he was drinking and
slipping down grade-and they weren't
keen to have him back at the key.
Jake Singer had to give that part OF
the plot his personal attention. He
dealt directly with Mansel. So you'll
| get your man higher up, all right"
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