The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-08-28

~ ire request 81 Geneva Mennt
danBhtef 81 Csnlsin Hemes ~
charge a = Sees e ebs0ls1s seassls
lyinF 81 nnckof IN the Chesansaks
Donald Colby. a. sx~aai6lsk. take
the tab e. ~watehzsan. despite H.
fsef thai thyc4 predecessor haws
myaftFiouaiy disappeared ~ Col
b. Geneva. ard Dnifna anafher
wstehuaan appxoach fha Mnnn-
cello. On whieb ff3 Rifi fi4aa Vie
hef father, three shsea 80 : 4xseasr
rrnf the air The captRin i nes
aboard Colby and MsaFn. Nasch-
raan Of the Moaut VeFnaa M
him in = cabin Of slsaf shin. dv3nr
ifom . bullet wound A3ks1 mhn
shof him, the captains eyes snfn &c
the figure Of a dead rnan anrNwIsE
90 ffae staircase u8afkT. EaHdfniy
. tound Issues ffom fhe nsafsfs-
way Me4fu dolsses hia naahIsahf
A bFaTs appasFs nnd Coihg szekles
H. a Jet 81 Fame apewa faFsh anc
IN it, light Colby l. Etunnaa - see
tho features Of Geneva. VIZ mas
tne Or the -Maanf NsnnaA ara
why rad abe fred flaa ~autnnaati<9
The girl claims ahe ghnuNhs - was
the others EeIhy sns AUonst
he Yoa knew we wefs Kesnx to
search the Mount Hernon. upou
seeing Captain Henet. Genaea calls
him Connolly and fninta Ger
molly dieA. Colby. auaniefeaa OF
eytryone. relieves Me4rs nf hss nrn
and orders him % taAe Eeee3a &C.
hef cabin Colby then psazexan 60
search the dead. The Hafsnesr WAS
well dressed ard esiden1ts . mi
vefsify man In the snanhlne xocm
Cclhy Euds a itfnsay and 4 khl1ei.
lie wonders how much Near
knows Colby goes 20 nea If ! key
Numbered 3i3, fouad on lie es4ang-
sr. fits cabin Cabin zIA A. be APP
breaches Cabin 1s1, someons fires
al him Shortly after. Mears ap-
pears with the news that lhz ather
watchmen havp Deserted l4sfa2 the
Only Fowboat Back On gh4 Mont
ceito.s Geneva reveals - Colby
that, several years gro. : bogus
Baron Won EhrenbFelf Ed hia G
sotnpitcf Kseus Fobbad h44 mather
Of Szs0.0o0 worth of Jewels Since
then her father died Her mother ia
nov : cripple ana fi& EasaziF i'm
poverikhed The thieves escaped 90
Europx on the %Eoaak VeFnon~
Connolly. = priwste deteetiee. be-
heved Rhrenbreit and KFaua hid
tht gems on board when e4ptured
By tbs German police and fls4s they
ats 1aii thert Tht psisoaeFz were
.ttzEkf@ - -
ago and Connolly wae ense they
would return for the loot That ar-
counted for his and 1snevae pres
e~ses On board. 4 letter feun1 on
the dead stranger reveals tkAl he IL
Otto NoRel ard that Ehxenhreit
sailed last week. Getty etc NndA =
scrap Of paper on which Il written /
The secret lies with the third girl. /
not white. not yeilow, nnr red"
What s~ieuihcanee has thazf Hear
ing a tapping noise. Colby ard Ge-
neva investigate and fnfna 10 a
stHterooTn from which anzues q
German voice and that o. BeEFnaon.
the wakchman Connolly hz3 dis
charged and whom Colby h4a bea
en- on tire wharf for insuittnN Ge-
neva. Hearing footsteps. Colby and
Geneva hiSe ~ ! e1cses Of thz i'd
joining cabin. Shortly after. The
men GENE IN and the sound Of
springs creakinR ard iron scfaplnK
reach coiby'e ears.
CHAPTER XII
While the air IL the closet erew
more poisonous apd sweat stped 4ut
all over his face. Eofhy wondered a.
the iron ~selfcunGrni 81 his comumn-
ion. A rare girl sndeed But nov
Geneva Benes twisted a little spas
medically and her whole hoav
tremhied. Ne wsaAer. every bFaash
vas agony. Why wouldn't these
meu get QUIT
Geneva Benss began sinulnr
gradually DOWNWARD. Vas she
faintingf A button on hes saekes
made 3 lttth ecraping noise and
Colby Suffered, finger tensed ever
the Geld oily "trip q steel which waa
the trigger. Eiaa hey taken aIarme
He tried "a listen hrt crary red and
green comets were racing around
inside his eyebAlls As he wedged TIE
girls kody with his own. Il seunaed
as II Tue and Ferguson were ruinr
cut - last He fefYeutlv hoped -.
He might BE- able 70 stand that fctfd
atmosphere perhaps twenty seoauds
longer then. coHs shat night. ~ !.
must get ont.
a booming noise IS a. surf On q
reef beat IN his eardrums ard nnlv
dinly he realized that the gtrl rad
beeene an inert leader weight. Hif
knees began e buckle under h.na -.
crias De ~Heceefife. he put cut suaeat-
irF hands and showed a. The wmrt. !.
rcee deer. u gave . heart 81 ~
crRak and few violently cen AL
ravtv1ng rush q fnesh ar saanf :
htn dripping features aua GeszaSn
Benet t1mhled CIT. sen 4c5ns<zSn9