The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-13
SERIAL STORY
eTATR oF sIROR
BY CECIL cARNES
CHATTER XVI

NAAA@ VE 1AMUM
 CHAPTER XVI
 Apw do you happen to have tho
 Ncrlnt of that cable, Colonelg"
 ou have seen mo excuse tliy-
 onch evening after dark. rt
 lo 70 down Co tho shore and
 Ivo Q water-tlght cylinder oi
 roSla from D penlnsula Indian
 Ao nWlns them down from Q
 e'nl Ave miles up the gulf. Ausi-
 ea @ usual, senorl That tram
 lpt was part ot last nights
 t from the mill"
 1 sec, Swims five miles, huhp
 lint about the sharks91
 K don't believe Q shark would N'to A Peninsula India" SNid
 cobAr thoughtfully. T wouldn't <aro Co myself, However, that Is { how ! receive the copy even be- kore DO Fontanelle received the oklginal."
 'But, Colonel" interjeeted Kay, Ner eyes opening at him, "if this Indian comes every night, why hasn't he brought a boat la which you could have escaped to the mainland and arranged for our I asscuoS"
 [ ~f could have doEe 10 more i 0ut in the world than l am doing | here, senorita, believe mo, If l 1 nhould go. our enemies would smoll c rNt and perhaps destroy I you people as any criminal de- StrcyS evidenc. While I'm here, 1 they think they have me under { control. Also, remember have M revolver, as they know, and something of reputation oS Q snnrlssman. They're less likely to etart rough stuff,' aS you would
 fn other words still, unused Ale sAn, regarding the rurale thought- Rully, Escobar was quite simply xleking his life rather than leave l them to fnce the angry Japanese mfonN. Their truculence had been MrowAng. too, ns the radio brought news og steadily increasing tcn- sion in the Orient between the United States and Japan, There was the matter, too, of tho curt note Watanabe had sent EseobNr the morning after his capture, nd. l vislng him to cal lin Q priest and shrlvo. his soul, since General Baron Sagoya would return In Q wok Co dispose of his ease.
 Permit me to tell you, Colonel, ]" maid Allan slowly, "one thing I have learned down here; If we get into this war and you fellows como in with us, we'll have m ally whose efficiency will amaze the world" -
 "why, thank you, senor, thank woul And never doubt for Q mos mont, if you go in, we'll be there with youl"
 Tho next morning, barely an hour after dawn, Allan awoke from Q eiroam of battlehelds in Russia. A Jew seconds he lay drowslng, then sprang from his bed to his rect m one jump. Machine gunsI The use uaiiv quiet morning was being turned Into c hell of noise by the ahafm chatter of machine gunSI DozenB of them, 1t sounded likel
 A Spurred step, grown familiar, aMngin tho corldor. The colonel stood in the doorway, smiling and pulling nt his rnustache. ..
 "Isolal Get up, sleepy-head You're missing battleI"
 "What the devil Is it2" cried Allan, clawing on clothing win both hands. Have the U. s. Ma Tlaea landed?"
 "You were expecting them, per- laapaa No, senor, 1t is only q body nf roughly clad fellows who arc attacking tho main island from tho Peninsula shore. The cannory iaAg made many bitter enemies among the local fishermen, you tInderstand. Or they may Do just sBandltsl With machine guns2'
 'sMexlcan bandits, to, are efii- clent," said Escobar biandly. Ther no laughed suddenly at Allani wxpreSSion and threw out his Slen- der hands in gesture Of sur Fender. NO, my friend, I will bC 3kllxik Wlbil ypht Vh%b SNH Ns about to witness is an affair oi International diplomacy"
 "DipiomacyI W th praSI knuckles7"
 s,Tn Q sense. It is this way eenor: Mexico discovreS Q Jap anese outfit grossly violating he neutrality. If she protests to Ja pafi, what happens7 Japan smiles slae is SO sorry, but she cailno hold herself responsible for th nct9 of unofficial Japanese. S' Mexican bandits wipe out the un ofIcial Japanese, and if Japai nrotests - are we, nationally, re snonhbIe for c stray bunch o natlaws? You see2"
 HNy aunt Well, who arc thes &eIl0ws, then7"
 'sMy own regiment of ruralei
 nanor. They have hidden her I from Ensenada to rescue thei
 colonel and his frlendSI They WI
 rlnow you, hope, that a Mexica
 5lrale can land as effectively Q
 EoaF Marinesl"
 They hastened to the foye
 whence they might have Q full vie
 of Inc iacstilities without exposir
 fhemseiveS to stray bullets. Kay VI
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