The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-02-05
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Yes" Dick answered the unSpo-
ken question.
Charles Wong verified the fact for
himself before he spoke again. "You
were here? We're you with him
when-?"
mo. Tsura called me when he
didn't answer her knock. ] found
him just as he is"
A wave of swift emotion crossed
the Chinese secretary's face; he
raised one hand and his fingers ran
through his heavy hair.
@Get the doctor on the phone;
get him up here at once. That is
necessary for the proper reports.
When that's done, get my brothers
in Honolulu on the wireless phone;
tell them what has happened; and
that I will be in Honolulu tomorrow
night, regardless of whether they
will be here by then or not. Then
get me John Colt; / think you al
ready know where in Honolulu he
is"
'And-what shall / tell hin?"
sI'H talk to him myself"
The Holokai did not weigh her
hook until after dusk of the next
day; but as she beat her way slowly
out through the reefs, half an hour
after sunset, Dick Wayne was glad
that the day was over.
Tonga Dick had respected and ad-
mired his uncle, had understood
what his uncle meant to Alakoa. Ev-
erything productive that Alakoa pos
sessed had existed first in this one
mans mind. They had all depend
ed upon him and been guided by
him; all of them except Dick him.
self had been controlled by him.
But even Dick Wayne, who, be-
cause of his own stubborn will, per-
haps understood James Wayne bet
ter than anyone else, had not fully
comprehended how all important
here this one man had been, until
he knew that James Wayne was
dead. Everything would have to be
reorganized now, with squabblings
and brotherly strife; and this dis
aster, which would have meant
chaos at any time, now most GER
tainly meant utter decentralization in
the face of John Colts attack.
He had not, after all, talked to
John Colt, over the wireless phone.
His first impulse had been to at
tempt to buy John Colt off for a
fiat price, before news should reach
Colt of their disaster. Ten min
utes' consideration, however, had
shown him this impulse for what it
was-a hare-brained and futile no
ton, conceived in panic, and exc
cuted without preparation.
In the end he had simply told
Charles Wong to notify Colt that
Karen Waterson was a guest here
over night, and that she would re-
turn to Honolulu within another
twenty-four hours.
A careful conference had been
necessary with James Wayne's ply
sician. Being already familiar with
the case, he had no trouble describ-
ing, in technical terms, the failure
of James Wayne's heart.
"Could this have been caused by
shock?" Dick demanded.
IA shock" Shimazu said with an
oddly humorless locution, would
not have been necessary; but it
would have helped"
Dick Wayne experienced no relief
at this declaration. He was GER
tain that Karen Waterson had been
with James Wayne when he died,
and that she had sought to conceal
this. And he knew that almost any,
one else, knowing these facts, would
leap at once to a dark and savage
suspicion. He found, however, that
for himself he did not need DR.. Shi-
mazu's report; he was already con-
vinced, beyond any shadow of pres
ent or future doubt, that Karen Wa
terson had not killed James Wayne.
When they had communicated with
Dicks brothers and with John Colt,
Tonga Dick Wayne threw the radio
cutoff switch, and they talked to
Honolulu no more.
What remained was a full day
with Charles Wong, repeatedly in
terru-ted bv the visits of cane field