Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-02-20

there's no reason TO rlSk any Q
yours -
He signaled to n of his men 81
yards away. The MAJ craWled over
johnson. advance under a flag o
truce and tell them they might a:
we'll give up peaceably OF It VIII s.
hard with hon"
The Oman named Johnson at
tached a handkerchief 70 a Ion!
stick, stood up and waved it vigor
ously. Then he walked slowly to
ward the house. They saw him ap
proach cautiously and knock on tn,
door. Then they saw him look in d
one of the windows. Next. ths
Oman waved and beckoned t
them eNcitHdly, Let's GO the FB
leader said.
What's up" he asked johnson
when they got to the house.
There's no one here"
Impossible. We've been watch.
ing this place from all four sides
and nobody has come out"
They opened the door and stepped
inside. Every room produced the
same answer. They opened the eel.
lar door and went down. One OF
the guards looked inside the fruit
locker and yelled eXcitedly. They
rushed in and found the small door
behind the burlap sacks.
Ten minutes later they were
standing at the mouth of the
stream where 1t entered the Allan
tic. The Omen examined the boat
house, the tracks made by the
boat as it slid down into the water.
Bennett Strengthened up. Must
have been a small power launch,
but they couldn't have much of a
start on us. Look, these rails are
still wet where the boat splashed
water on them as it slid in. Let's
Cove re going to have to call in
our friends from the coast guard"
Got a cigaret. fella ?" Neil
asked Kurt, Wilhelm passed him a
package silently Thanks" Neil
said. He lit up calmly. Tell me-
do you expect to travel all the way
to Berlin in this thing?"
Kurt smiled a SNUG smile. THAT
will hardly be necessary. l believe
We Will be picked up in an hour or
so"
Big waves pitched them about as
the cold winter wind swept over the
Atlantic. Molla shivered and bur-
loWed deeper into Burton Whit
Worth's o%vercoat. In a pocket she
found a maroon and blue knitted
muller. She fashioned a babushka
for her head.
Suddenly Kurt pointed and NUT
tered something to Otto Neil
Thanks for letting me come along
Lieutenant. This is fun
Hardly fun the G-man. Ben
nett, said behind him. Three sailors
brought up the rear.
The lieutenant saluted the ships
second officer. May l see the cap
tain, ~please?'
"Certainly. Here he comes now
The bearded one shuttled for
ward, his hands behind him. his
pipe belching furious clouds OF
smoke.
What is the trouble-what is
this, please?
The lieutenant saluted. Sorry
Captain. Your name and ship"
Captain Johann Van Steen OF
the Zuyder Zee, formerly Of Rotter-
dam. Before May, 1910, that u.s." he
added with a Wry face.
The coast guard officer smiled
slightly. Il understand"
Were bound for New York from
Martinique with lumber. rubber
and coffee" Captain Van Steen
said easily. Nov then, can we be
Of any assistance"
The Oman. Bennett, perked up
his cars. martinique. eh ?"
We ran across some floating
Wreckage of a small boat about IS
miles back. We We're looking for
the people whom we believed We're
IN that boat. Have you seen any
n IN any sort of launch or small
cruiser in the last couple of hours?
Did you hear any explosion? We
can't account for the wreckage we
found"
The bearded Captain Van Steen
shrugged his shoulders and looked
at his second officer. Sorry, we
nave not. We have sighted nobody.
M people you are seeking, Lieu
tenant-they-ah, are dangerous
people? ?"
The lieutenant said nothing, but
ms eyes moved easily over the deck.
He felt a small pressure Of the
G-man's hand against his side.
Mind il we take a quick look at
your cargo. Captain
The captain raised his eyebrows
slightly and shrugged again. But
OF course not. l will send two men
with you"
The lieutenant. the Oman and
one of the sailors went with Van
Stems second officer and another
man. Tay walked up forward to
take an interested look at the i'm.
mense anchor chain which was
strung on deck. Captain Van Steen
watched him for a moment and
then turned to talk to the other
two sailors who stood near the
Jacobs ladder.
Suddenly Tay Strengthened Up,
his eyes coming to rest on a winch
a few feet down the deck. He stood
looking down for a moment at the
piece Of bright colofed wool cloth