Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-10-01

'NStPI' perhaps, ABOUT trltleS,
IS all women are"
hum3h.' grunted Trent, sour
~ Shes likely 70 get some of
tler curiosity about trifleS-satis-
lied here. D'you realize that she's
The only woman here-the only
woman amongst gang of daeocs,
.atinS and WCNS who haven't seen
4 woman to: months, and who
VIII stick At nothing il they're
aroused? You shouldn't have
brought her"
Otto looked at him with steelly
eyes. Then he gave q little bow,
Stitily from the waist.
Il am obliged to you, Captain
Trent. But when l wish for your
criticisms 1 will ask for them. I'm
til that time happens l will remind
you that l am commander here,
and that ! am ute capable of
holding that position, and of pro-
tecting the lady-against anyone"
This last was said with consider
able emphasis and significance.
DO You understand?
oh. all right-if you take it
that way" Trent had shrugged and
turned away.
That night 4 small two-roomcd
bungalow was assigned to Coral
A,e"ridew. and Otto put an armed
sentry at the door all night. He
himself slept in an adjoining bung-
allow. Coral had insisted on this,
because she said that it would not
be wise to give the Workmen and
people any excuse to gossip. Otto
had agreed that she was right. and
approved of her foresight, which
lie did not fail 10 point out to
Trent.
Next morning there were four
at breakfast, in what amounted to
the Officers mess" of the settle
meut-Coral. Otto, Trent, and an
assistant to the latter, a young
Italian engineer named TuneSi.
Suddenly Coral said:
u say. who Is that queer look
ing bird 7 saw in the distance this
morniNg-the Girty-looking, I'M
shaved fellow inside that wire
fence. Is he a prisoner, or some
thing?"
Otto looked at her. but it Gid not
occur to him to wonder why she
had not mentioned it before, when
he had first joined her outside the
fence.
Something like that" he re-
piled. You see, there are certain
new secrets regarding airplanes
that we could make good use Of.
These two men know them, and SO
We have captured them and are
trying to extract the necessary in
formation from them. That is 10
say. Captain Trea: is so doing, but
so far he has not been successful.
His methods area sheer CTep,
into his voice-"a trifle too hui
name. I fear. But now that l am
here there will be a difference.
know some little nail tricks, for in
stance, that are very good for en-
tracing information"
His tone was the reverse Of
pleasant, and Trent frCWaeG, while
The young Italian Shuddered slight
ly. But Coral only laughed.
Don't be g damn lo0l. Otto,
she told him. you're old-t8sh-
ioned, my friend. ,"her" arr wills
kers growing or you. These men
are Englisirmen, rcmeNIcr'-2EG
only she knew the difficulty she
had in keeping a. note of admira-
ton out of her voice, and Introduce
ing one of contempt inS,aad-"anG
therefore stubborn fools. You viii
never get anything out of them by
torture, or rough stuff cf any kind.
The thing to do is to set me on to
them-let 'em think I've gone all
soft over 'em. III soon find cut all
you wart to know. Remember
what I did with that fellow at
ChenhaY, Otto? Besides, it vii!
give me something to do While
we're stuck here-the:e dun:'t scerl
to be many theaters or movie
houses about"
Trent laughed.
II guess we don't reed 'em, Miss
MerriGew-v,e reckon to indaufac-
ture our own 1rama here, good and
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