Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1935-07-04

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before him, he ducked his head and
kicked off wildly. Then, resting on the
fragile raft, he watched. Heartrending
cries reached him. Figures were leap
ing from her decks. He saw a man
spring from the rail with a woman in
his arms.
The forward part of the ship broke
free of the hull. The bowels of the
Wallaroo dropped out of her through
the gaping hole below her bridge-and
the big ship dived.
Rattray, clutching his little raft,
threw one arm across the folded wood
en- struts. Shaken though he was, he
knew it's presence alone spelled saliva
ton. And pushing it before him, he
began to swim slowly yet further out
to sea, towards where, hundred and
forty-fve miles due southwest, Port
Sudan nestled on the African coast,
and FL. NJ S Panther, Captain Har-
wood, raced towards him.
The mass of wreckage was spread
over great surface OF tine sea. 4
pail of smoke and steam was rising,
slowly rising. The two machine guns
| in the submarines coming towers
cracked into activity, sweeping that
area where survivors struggled in the
f1otsam of the wrecked liner. From
| the deck of the dhow, men armed with
rifles picked out more distant swim
mers.
And now-darting actively about
amongst that marine shambles-now
came the fins of the sharks.
Yuan Hee See, from the deck of the
submarine, watched thoughtfully. II
had counted on the sharks" he said,
''hut nevertheless, we must take nc
| chances"
From the deck of the dhow black
marksmen were making good practice
Kid Brown, his face very white, fired
once or twice, but wildly, and never
at living target. In his capacity as
Aswami Pasha's bodyguard he knew
| that he served Il soulless villain, but
his own record was far from unblem-
ished, and somehow he had made terms
with his elastic conscience.
He knew that the German freighter
had been sunk with all hands nearly
two years before, but he had not been
present at her actual sinking. He had
been on the submarine when the Amer
lean yacht was held up. Explo-
sives had been struggled into her
hold in some way, and he had seen her
go up like a Crystal palace firework
display.
Although no rescues were attempted,
there had been none of this sniping.
The sniping was too much for his
stomach. He threw his rifle on to the
deck of the dhow. "Gor' blimey!" he
shouted, clenching his fists, 81 can't
do it! It's bloody murder! That's
what it is-bloody murder!"
"You are conscience-stricken again,
Mr.. Brown?"
The Kid turned. Aswami Pasha
stood pointing notwithstanding auto
matte straight at the KIDS stomach.
81 have watcheP yoap With interest for
some time" the EgSfbtian went on
sin Paris and In Egypt, as well as
here regret it-but I can no longer
trust you" Aswami Pasha pressed the
trigger. But swiftly as he acted, he
nevertheless acted too slowly to check
that Maxim silencer" left of the Kid,
AS the boxer dropped, coughing, to
hang over the side, pumping his life's
blood into the Red sea, Aswami Pasha
temporarily passed into forgetfulness
his once classic nose mere mem.
| DRY.
On the submarine, Yuan Hee See
gave the order to cease firing. at
will disturb the sharks" he explained
He rang on the engines to Dead slow
ahead"
And old MacIles. raising his eyes to
the Indicator as it tinkled. grasped the
levers acknowledgement then sank
his debauched face into his hands, sob
bling as only drunken man can sob
when, sober, he looks down upon what
he has become.
In the great gardens Of the old pal
ace an unusual quiet reigned. The ne.
,groes seemed to have disappeared, t.
man. Even the big engine she'd
adjoining the garages, and it's annex
with the tall radio masts, were desert
ed. The big house was still.
Haig strobe along path close under
the wall which marked the southern
boundary of his patrol. His brain was
racing again, and he knew that he
must keep grip on common sense
He made detour, so as to pass the
window of the hut he shared with the
Jackal The drug-shattered creole
sprawled across his bunk, breathing
heavily.
Haig realized that practically he had
the run Of the place; a guardian who
was himself prisoner Foolhardily he
had thrust himself into the place, anG
he knew that it was not the call Of
duty, but mad anxiety for Eileer
which had driven him.
He had seen the room in which she
was imprisoned apparently under the
guardianship of a woman. He won
dered If any Of the eunuchs remained
on duty inside the harem enclosure.
He walked along the path below the
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