The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-27
"THIRTY-EIGHT

I0AT 1Gn Axx4AVA
Next morning Gun was anou
loon after sunrise, and from unel
on was as FESTIVE as a cav -
hot bricks. He wandered aroune
the bungalow, constantly starlh!
over at the wooden fence, {
straining his ears to eaten any
sound. What was happening oe,
hind that fence-or what No a.
hannened? Had Coral been dis
covered trying to pursue her un'
ecessary Investigations? If 50 -.
Gun shuddered at the thought
He realized the position between
Coral and Otto, and knew pretty
well how the latter would oehaVe
if he found she was double-cross'
imp him. It was not a pleasant re-
Election. apart from it's repercus'
sions upon his own escape.
He ate hardly any breakfast
which was a normal one accord
ing to the standards existing be-
fore Trent started his "persua'
SION" Tommy, on the other hand,
ate heartily and was full OF Opt
miSm.
Guns restlessness and anxiety
lasted until about noon, and then
to his immense relief, he saw a
slender figure, with flame colored
hair, emerge from the small gate
in the wooden fence and begin to
cross the open space in the dlrec-
ton of the bungalow. She W a s
smoking a cigaret, and walked
with a staggering gait. Plainly all
was we'll with her.
Gun heaved a sigh of relief, and
went in to pour himself out a stiff
whiskey to steady the reaction on
his already ov%erstrained nerves.
When he looked again she was
chatting gaily with the guard at
he gate. Finally she gave him
a cigaret, and showed him a slip
Of paper. Whereupon he laughed,
shrugged, and unlocked the gate
TO let her in.
Tommy was around at the back
Of the bungalow, basking in the
sunshine. Gun decided to intercept
her. He emerged from the door,
his attitude languid and indiffer-
ent. Apparently seeing Coral for
the first time, he went to meet her,
but with no more apparent eager
ness than ordinary politeness de-
manded.
Good morning." he greeted her.
Then, quickly: "Just stroll around
the corner with me-this way. l
want Hazeldeane to hear"
They strolled around the side of
the bungalow until they yer hid
den both from Tommy and from
any possible other watcher-they
were between the bungalow and
the steep slope of the ov~erhanging
ill.
Frankly, Miss Coral, I'm every
kind of fool" Gun confessed. II
should have realized last night that
you were speaking the truth-I did
later, as a matter of fact"
80 I realized from your remark
about Identifies" she smiled at
him.
You must forgive me-" Gun
went on, eagerly. "The rather
drastic method adopted by O r
friend Trent has rather got on my
nerves. But tell me-does x know
where you are?"
mo. I don't know where 1 am
myself. Before we left I only knew
hat l was coming to the head
quarters of the gang-or one of
their headquarters, anyway. They
have another at Chenham, in Kent,
and another in the south of France,
not far from Cannes"
The devil they have" said Gun.
l knew something of the first one.
but not the second"
we must go around and find
your friend" Coral said, anxious.
~. We can have a talk then. but
very soon l must get Mr.. Hazel.
1eane into the bungalow, and work
my wicked wiles on him. We shall
nave to stage it, because you're
quite right-there are hidden mi
crophones in both the bedroom and
he sitting room, and they can lis
Ten in over there to everything
hats said. And they mustn't sus-