The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-07-31
BY Van WICK Mason

An, but had they really eunes
Was il one Of them who owned .
sileneered automatief The tight
Tipped ex.aoldier however spnly
nodded and said. $50 they Eneaked
OF Just wait until ] get my
hands on them Colby started for
the rail, but paused and while peer
Ing down into the miniature canyon
separating high. rusting sides. re-
marked,
by the way. Homebody took .
pot shot 1t me = few minutes ago
with q ~aliennered revolver. Any
idea who il wnzF"
what Somebody shot ct yon7"
There was no installing the amazed
dismny stamped IN Mssrn' dimly
seen features Colby felt better
about the deseFters now-if they
were stiti hanging about those dv-
ing liners Meare apparently was
unaware Of IT, Iacredulity nov was
n the others face. SAY. what's
the ideaf Tfyinf to hid met"
-No. II you want 10 check up
you q see : bullet hole in the door
Of Ianln III
A fresh and disturbing train Of
thought seemed to have entered
Mears' mind what the hell we're
you dom below -
-Just looking about Colby re
piled in = tone which would have
told an idiot that he wasn't going
70 explain. And now I'm going for
; little chat With the charming Miss
Benet"
He held ont the big wztehman's
automatic. Here's your artillery.
You see MeaFa. I've decided TO trust
ycu." The w1ry figure II the uorn
gray tunic did not. however. think
il necessary 70 add that he had
painstab ngly removed the powder
from each Of fha bullets n that
snub-nosed automatic's magazine.
To his considerable relief. ex-
Colonel Donald Colby perceived
that the fog was beginning e dis
perse before . raw Fall wind
which had sprung up during the
lsst crowded hour. ALREADY he
could make out more Of the other
ships. for example the sable traerry
Of their rigging Vas now revealed
IN full detail. How like eccentric
kilos their tai Tunnels cantad above
the wide meadows and the sfaiwart
red brown oaks fnnginR the shore
As bis feet rang once more % the
stesi deck plates II the Houticelio.
ne found himself Rr1pped ~ an an
noyinE uncertainty. Until that shot
had been sped ~ him from tie
smelling 6arknesz sn thef
HeaHf FsFaeHss = deck, ~ Rad ben
ncreasinRiy certain that Mearn had.
or reasons bezt known e himself. /
hot Connolly. alias Benet. IN khe
sack . split second after the un-
Enown's bullet kad Etrpek The hsad
from n trent.
But now What waa he 70 thfsk7
{ would have been physically in
,easible for Meara % have fired Il
i'm and then to appear from the
HeHtlcetio - promptly - BE had. 4
whose Was tie master brain back
I ~ tbs uafoernus activity Ard
shat wEs - he bottom e 4 alf6l
Il found himself 10 more abIe 70
thar b rad beer uhen
laundering up he Eontieeile-z pas
eHRer ladder gns short heur aeo.
! hat IN hour
Coihy paused aa the lofty prams
Iaae bridge, gazing down On many |,
anEas shrouzled aInehes. nas %
kat great wladlaaa which I'D of
iora hnisted ths Eeiser HalheIu
= Rabhitt aaeheTa from tie rich /,
iKef silt u Hamburg. and tie blue
aaS a Queenstown Il IS sssas-
very ra4zouzIzzlnE - b 81 -
- open air aRasns - feel he ~
md iaahinE be cheeks. aHa e
zteh occasional KlEuusez e aaFa
aFeage those rzEzed ciead forzaa-
lans dashlnK shead u r. sierra
.ka administers before 81 sasmy
sarge.
That Benet dame'a Fot e esme
zEuza he muzxsEaa and 1F1WD
= So themselves n 4 tight Hne !,
Sci phsaeT as lad cellars and
3 : rinch zhe kuewn pieat1 +
HIS train e thsaaht cane = au
eFapt halt ed - nerFea efEh As
4zkneW HasH = shAdsN. HaIza-
- aaG stezltHFs ea1ne h1Hf1zne q
zsafaa TEE FaHFpiank-1eaesa
.sneL Hall 4 daxsH strk3es hr1a1ha
HsW W~akszHsz towering sTzx /
- BE miHlzu ear set traeazaz4lg /
3 SIDE +
Vel. Sister azs his arzaz .
resting. Ealnx - ioek nsazs
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he girl f. ~ = stsp. - fzesi