The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-09-15
Madnan?s Island
Coouioht 1897 NEA Service, Inc.


,yrioht 1887 NEA Service. Inc.
Mac tugged at one of the shelves.
II opened as had the other, but at
first they could see nothing be-
Iyond. =,
Then as the light of the library
seemed to permeatee the black
ness they witnessed a strange
sight. A young woman cruched
i'm a corner of a mere cubicle of
IN room. She seemed dazed with
pain, and as the door opened she
hardly did more than raise her
eyes.
'It's the woman we saw in the
cabin cried Kay. She's not
dead~ Kay ran to the wounded
figure, stopped quickly. Hurry!
Let's take her aboard the boat
Half an hour later Grant Har-
per entered the brightly lighted
cabin of the "Mistral," rubbing
his hands with satisfaction.
THAT little laboratory room in
| the lOleCdSkIe uionSS S"NH
brig" he grinned. "Mr. Mont
gomery will be quite safe and
comfortable there until we can
turn him over to the proper au-
thorities.
Eay Dearborn got up from her
chair by the Settee where the IN
! jured woman lay. "She's going to
be all right"
you're sure"
Kay took his arm. Yes. What
she needs now is sleep. They left
the cabin. went out onto the cool
deck of the "Mistral.
~ can't understand how we
ever found her alive Harper
said. 800.
1--WE found her none too soon
Montgomery had been very pleas
ant for a while-just as ne play
ed charming host to US. Ihen we
three girls Numbered onto the Is
land the night he decided to muir
der her. She put up fight, was
only wounded, and Montgomery I
! left when he saw us coming up
thee beach. Later he took her UNI /
conscious from the cabin. When /
we went back TO the cabin, 1t was |
empty. Meanwhile Montgomery
was busy with me-and then
YOU"
They stood against the rail and
/ Grant Harper looked down at
her Ppm glad | came along.
$50 am l." said Kay fervently.
81 owe my life TO you"
For a moment he said nothing
Then: IL was sort of hoping you
would have still another reason,
Ray"
She looked at him there on the
deck of the "MiStra" and had no
necessity to ask his meaning. iet
she didn't answer the implied
question just then. Instead she
Hooked out over the PLACID water
end said, "Where're Priscilla ana
Melita?'
/ Harper laughed. Last time |
noticed them they were sitting on
the after deck with Tom and
! Mac" He took her by the shout,
ders, turned her squarely around
to face him. IF a shippers crew
! falls in love, what does the skip
per do?"
They cant fall in love-" Kay
said. "That would be mutiny.'
! "And if / insisted that your
Chinook follow the 'Mistrap for
the rest of the cruise-would that
be piracy" Ill, r
Dearborn happily. "But l like
the idear
They sauntered aft to where
the others sat watching the first
faint Streaks of dawn.
Pm afraid said Harper, that
were not going to get much work
done for the rest of the trip,
boys. We've been assigned to
protect the Chinook"
Sounds like a brilliant
thought" mentioned Mac, and
his brother was quick to second
1T listens good to me, too"
said Priscilla. GAS a navigator,
Nay can steer q ship into an
awful let of trouble ="
/ "How about you, Melita?"
AYE, aye, sir. But you've got
20 be the one who tells Jim Pike
what happened"
| Kay Dearborn looked at Grant.
"Then we're all agreed. You
know, we came on this cruise be-
cause we wanted different va
cation. Here's hoping that the
rest of it isn't quite as differ
ent."
But in her heart she knew that
il was going TO bedifferent, in
deed-so different that it would
change the world for her forever
after.
THE END