Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-09-25

there's no use going into that.
think if I'd had gun I'd have killed
him."
But how did he know 1 was invol-
we'd in the first place. Was he the
man who shot at me in the Hotel
Macdonald"
eyes. He'd gone back to see if
there was anything in Kenedy's room
that might incriminate US. He found
you there. Besides, he saw you talk
ing to Kennedy earlier in the even
ing and he was suspicious of you.
When we drove away from the Hotel
Nacional in that black touring car,
we went right around the block. We
watched you and trailed you over to
the Palais Royale."
"Who was the other fellow with
you? The one who drove?"
II don't know. 1t was just hired
car"
"Then there is no one involved in
this affair but you and Bennington? ?"
"No one"
Hawley sat in silence for a time.
"What do you aim to do now?"
Then he asked:
"Ben is determined to go through
with our plans"
81 suppose he came out to the air
station and picked you up just after
l brought you home from the dance
at the club"
eyes. When l danced with him the
last time he'd just come from the
Palais Royale. He was terribly ex-
cited seeing Judith there. He said
we'd have to carry out our plans i'm
mediately."
"And before you slipped out of
the house, after took you home, I
suppose you rolled up blanket in
your bed to look like figure"
Hawley heard her gasp. "How did
you guess?"
Never mind. Why did you do
that?"
Because the note which Ben sent
= Captain Whalen, threatening to kill
his daughter if word of her kidnapping
got out, won't be delivered until noon
tomorrow. l drew all my shades and
fixed up a makeshift dummy in my
bed so the maid, if she CHANGED to
/ look in my room, would think I was
sleeping late after the dance"
In grudging admiration, Hawley
said, "You seemed to have planned
everything very carefully"
We've been working on this" she
said, 'for nearly year."
81 WONDER" he said thoughtfully,
chow Les Kennedy ever happened to
tumble to the fact that Bennington
was mixed up in this affair. Well, it
doesn't matter. Georgette, I suppose
is aboard this boat"
Eyes. Bennington got her down
here with note saying you had been
hurt and wanted to see her immed-
lately"
$50 the real Judith Whalen has
been kidnapped after all"
EYES,"
whats he going to do with herr"
Nancy Calden was silent for nom
ent. Then her anguished whisper
came out of the darkness:
"I-I don't know. But Pm afraid
he"
Hawley asked sharply: "Where is
Judith now?"
"In the next stateroom."
"And the black crew? How do
they stand? Who are they?"
"They're Colombians. Bennington
has chartered the boat, paying them
a big bonus, and they'll obey him."
"As long as he's alive" Hawley
said. But if Bennington should be
killed-what them"
81 don't know. They might lis
ten to reason-they might not. 1
don't know what they'd do"
well, that remains to be seen.
Now you'd better get back to your
stateroom. If Bennington should
start looking around and found you
gone, there'd be the devil to pay"
Suddenly he felt her body stiffen.
And instant later her lips touched his
ear. Above the thump of the anti
quated engine and the slap of the
waves against the ships side, he
heard an agonized whisper:
Someone is opening the door,"