The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-10
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CHAPTER XVI

Harrow pushed his way into The
Shrubbery, his pistol ready. Kay
erouched on the ground, tensed her.
self in expectation Of more shots
She wanted to scream to Harrow,
TO stop him from taking such q
chance, but somehow she didn't; she
lay there, waiting. She heard Har.
rows feet moving about; then hid
voice:
"Start the ear, Kay"
Kay rose and hurried 20 the curb,
got into the car, started its motor.
In q moment Harrow was with her,
having collected the luggage he had
dropped
Kay drove at . good speed. south
HE got away" Harrow said Bit
terly. "But if I didn't wing him
I'm . Chinaman's uncle. Aimed
right for his face. Didn't get . look
1t it. Merely saw the wilderness q
second and let fly. / thought maybe
I'd dropped him in the bushes, 80 I
combed them q little before going
in. Not . sign Of him, though. Po-
liceIl probably be along there now.
If he's wounded and in the neigh
borhood they may find him. ] hope
they do. Well hear Of it."
"Who was it," Kay asked. ssHave
JON any idea?"
Harrow shook his head. "Didn't
get . good look"
"He had . gun, didn't he?"
Harrow nodded.
'He was going to shoot you?"
~ don't know, but he probably
wishes he had" Harrow began to
chuckle. Then he turned to Kay
and patted her hand on the wheel.
"I'm always getting you into things.
It's q good thing we're leaving"
"But will things stop happening
them" she asked.
sought to-" Harrow said.
When they reached the boat Har.
row spoke to Kelly and Wagner.
where's Spike?" Kay heard him
Kelly said. "cone ashore"
"When did he got" Harrow
"Oh. Right after you left"
All right. Then you beat 10
back up there and hang around.
See what you see. Wagner, you
stick on the job here. When Spike
comes aboard, send him to me-"
And that was all Kay was 70
learn that night Of the affair Of the
shooting. But she had plenty to
think about in bed. Spikel That
was . horrible suspicion, that good
old Spike-Earl's trusted right
hand man, who had been somewhat
ct cross purposes lately with his
employer-had known where she
and Earl had gone, had been of
the boat while the shooting hap
pened.
Why she should even stop 60 sus-
pect Spike she had no idea. Cir.
cumstantial evidence should mean
nothing, she reasoned, since Spike
was employed to protect and pro-
mote Earl Harrow and his ventures
rather than to work against him;
since, too, Spike seemed q square
and candid as any man she ever
had known. But there It was: he
could have had the opportunity,
even II not . sufficient motive, or
one apparently sufficient. Kay re-
membered now what Ida Campbell
had told her, what she herself had
concluded about trouble-making
aboard the Commander. Il did seem
impossible, though, that tho fond
ness Of two men-for 20 it seemed
for anyone rs unimportant as she
was should cause anything this ser
ious. Yet she recalled another
thing; she remembered what Spike
had said upon learning she was to
take the cruise with them: II don't
Next morning at breakfast.
though, Spike was with them, chat
ting pleasantly a. usual. She looked
ct him carefully, but could discover
no sign that he had been wounded
even slightly by ono Of Harrow's
bullets. And she was greatly re-
lieved. Listening to the man talk,
watching his hard, but pleasant
face change expression, from smile
to smile, she wanted b laugh at
herself for her doubts.
That afternoon, ashore, she met
Keith Pitts. He was sitting % the
curb In his sedan when she came
out Of the drug store at Beach and
Orange. "Kay3" he said. beckou-
ing with his head.
She went over and leaned upon
the door Of the car.
"Is Pete back in town."
"Pete? Why, he's in Guatemala.
He was to have sailed by this time. y
"That's what ! thought" Keith
said.
"Well, what made you ask?"
ri thought I saw him. Knew e
couldn't be, though"
"When? Where, Keith?S
"Last night. I thought saw him
70 BY in q car and was going "a
foot my horn ct him when ! remem-
bered he was supposed 70 b down
Ia Central America"
"When Vas this Jon thought you
saw him!"
"About eight o'clock
sWhere was 1T silly though,