The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-31
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CHAPTER V

CHAPTER V
 'Tha yellow devilsl" sun su re. peated slowly. And that was all MT, bishop could remember2"
 Allan nodded.
 The Chinese lifted one broad nand and brought it down softly on tho desk in the gesture of a man suddenly struck by an idea, Et was his turn to look about lhem before leaning forward and dropping his voice to Q note that barely carried across the interven- lng space to Allans ears. And his tone was pitched to the accent of ,he most extreme gravity,
 That gives me thought, senorl { will tell 1t to you, but if you Ihould repeat it--say, to the wrong person = 1t would be my death warrant. Promise me, senor, your utmost discretion"
 T promise, Sun Su," breathed Allan, impressed by the proprie- tors manner. "Shootl"
 "There is something strange go- ng on, Senor, not far from here, Ten miles south there Is q little group of Islands, small and large, They lie much nearer the Penin- sula than to the mainland. Only narrow strip water separates them from this coast, so man lying concealed on any nearby hilltop can get quite good view even with the naked eye, of what Is happening on the biggest is- and,
 Well" prompted Allan impa- tienty us Sun Su paused, what IS happening there2"
 "SiX months ago, the islands were leased to Japanese fishing company. A concern Of consider able financial backing, clearly, for they have large number Of fishermen employed and have is wonderfully equipped, The pro- leCt has been q great success, iudg- Ing from the monthly shIploads Of canned fish that go to Japan-ond sometimes to my country where no doubt it is served to the Jap AneSo army of occupation,
 
 AaHin the Chinese broke of as fl mafSAQlng his facts In order After the opening sentence Allan had to lcrce himself to listen with due nt- tCntion, The word "Japanese had sent his thoughts flying to q sick mn and his one reiterated phrase, The yellow devils The yellow dclilgl" Was that the answer
 How did you learn all this, sun Su? 1 don't Imagine they ad- l3.tiSc their business much around here"
 Decidedly not, Nor did 1 learn it myself for my big body does not permit me to move abroad in thB climate But have friends among the native fishermen, most of them Peninsula Indians who are Jealous of rival SO powerful; they bring me stories occasionally, sThfy sometimes watch the can- nery, though they have been warned they'll bo severely beaten if they are caught spying,
 That's interesting. And the company employcS2"
 All Japanese, They are never permitted to go far from the is- lands, However there are two persons connected with the com- pany who come and go AS they please, They arc Eura8ianS. One g n remarkably beautiful woman of about 90 the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. She lives at the cannery, but she some times makes trips Co Mexico City and usually spens a few days, on her way, at this modest inn" Again the Chinese heSitated before adding deliberately T believe, genor, she is just as evil a8 she Is beautiful"
 "indectl And tho second priv ileged person7'
 "The man with whom I was talking when you came In, Ills name Is Poona dungas, He acts as servant, or bodyguard, for the woman"
 q see. And you believe this Ash cannery may be just q blind for some more nefafious racket"
 Sun su inclined hIs head affirm atlvely.
 We live in a trouble world senor. Japan has no love for your country and here we are quite close to the borderI"
 "Mmph. Mexico is neutral country and supposedly our friend. If anything wrong is going on, the authorities should spot it and tip lIs of. Your Colonel Escobar, for instance; wouldn't ho be apt 10 know al about foreign fishing outfit in his district?"