The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-07-31
SYNOPSIS

AZ ths request Of Geneva Benst.
esuEhfsF Of Captain Benst in
charge Of q feet Of obsolete vessels
lying 1T anchor IN the Cheaapeaks,
Donnid Colby, an ex-aoidier, takes
the JOB as watchman. despite TIE
fact that three predecessors have
MvstsFiously disappeared As Col
BY. Geneva. and Dutton. another
Waterman, approaeh the Mont
cello. on which the girl lives with
her father. three shots and a scream
rent the air. The captain IL not
aboard Colby and Mearn, watch
mar of the Mount Vernon find
him IN : cabin of that ship, dying
ffoEn . bullet wound Asked who
shot him. the captains eyes turn %
the hgare Of q dead man aprawled
on the staircase nearby. Suddenly.
q sound iasues from the passage
way. Mears douses his Rashlight.
a figure appears and Colby tackles
u. a jet OF came spews forth and
10 lee light Colby IL stunned 20 lei
ths Gestures Of Geneva. Why vas
ahe On the Mount Vernon" and
whg kAd she fired the sutomatie7
The girl claims she thought he was
~the others" Colby snaps Don't
lief You knew we we're going TO
search the Mount Vernon Upon
seeing Captain Beuet. Geneva calls
him Connolly and fsints. Con
molly dies. Colby. suspicious Of
everyone. relieves Msars Of his gun
and orders him TO take Geneva TO
her cabin Colby thea proceeds to
search the dead The stranger vas
veil dressed and evidently . uni
V~ersity man. In the smoking room.
Colby finds q jimmy and q chisei.
He wonders how much Mearn
knows.
| CHAPTER VIII
The gaunt recruit TO the watch
Saen's ranks paused uncertainty.
then delving into his pocket fun
bed II the miscellany Of articles
he had taken from the unknown
man IN gray. He brought out >
hraaz cabin key and on Inspecting
Il With his fash saw i e be stamped
s1s. Why not see i i fitted Cabin
as q The Aeanf Yernonf
Every perception tense. he hur-
lied back out onto The landing and,
uglte ohlixious Of those twa crushed
hokfnx eorpses, studied . gisssed-
ever 1sex plan 3fa apparently
should Be on the second deck beloW.
There might be tine. be estimated.
% take : look af i before the q
anntie MsaFs showed % %. piay-
Tn~ his aashIght right and left. he
ueepped ever The unknown and de-
neends1 two fights Of ths aemi-cir-
ruiar grand stsircase. How loud
hls woFn field bssots tapped on the
larnisked brass ferrulea Of the
Number zel, he was reading On .
blne and white enamel door plate
when something vert faeofi into
- woodwork beside bis head. TinY
spIfnsers sluEg his cheek aa bis light
ckered cot. than be dropped has
sHv q shs hoor. He needed no Hash
|iaAa "a tell that not Tar shove him
.hers uas now q round black hate
sueh - the bullet q = s~lleneeres
revolver Right make. Who haq
Was i Hesuf Could he
sni<nzfie Benst girl explain tna
EegY ne&rly s~ueeezsful attempt
This i too maeh Ike flirting
wiik lie Undertaken. be grizzly DE-
sded while painfuzlT erawhshinE
,aek p The passage
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that had beeaaze reminiscent
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