Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 September 1937 — Page 14

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WELL , THEN, \ NO, HE'S TOO LATE! THAT GUY WID | "THAT KID'S AT HIS SNOOT TH' RIGHT AGE IN ‘EM - FER NOSINESS,. OUGHTA BUT PON'T DO HAVE A Ton TH! OTHER. GREAT Suv 1S TOO FUTURE LATE, BUT DOES AHEAD A LOT OF IT? Q' HIM,

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BY NARD JONES

CAST OF CHARACTERS KAY DEARBORN—heroine who inherits a yacht for vacation. MELITA HOWARD—Kay’s and coadventurer, PRISCILLA DUNN-—the venturer, FORREST BROTHERS and GRANT HARPER—young scientists whose exre- ” u ” dition turned out to be a rare experience.

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of shore she kept low in the water. | she realized how blindly she'd fought Then, more certain of her footing, | through the thick tangle. A cheek she upraispd swiftly and splashed | was bleeding; her arms and hands up the beach as fast as her legs | were a pattern of deep cuts and would carry her. In her anxiety bruises. Her denim slacks had proto reach the wood she scarcely | tected her legs somewhat, but her heard his angry yell. . lial sneakers were shreds of cloth

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and rubber. | She encountered the other shoreJor as Kay reached the cover of | jine, almost completely exhausted. | oF trees and brush she heard a shot. There she began searching for sight Then another. The second brought | of the damaged dinghy, hoping a sickening whine quite close—bui | Melita and Priscilla would be someshe was not hit. Madly she ran. where hear it. She could not be heedless of the briars, unmindful of sure in which direction it lay, and the sharp boughs which cut into her | she knew she must find it before she

Yesterday: Xay boards the Chinook and is confronted by the mad murderer. She is ordered to start the cruiser and move around the island. Ashore, Melita and Priscilla are left stranded,

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arms and clutched at her face. Not until she was forced to slow down from sheer exhaustion did she look around. There was no sound and no motion from the stretch of wood behind her. Heartened, Kay ran on, anxious to put as much distance : : Fi as humanly possible between herening specimen of EY Yous self and her curious enemy. When De tn it she was certain she had momentar- : : Ls iid ily ¥ slowe to a was a condition arising, obviously, | 1¥_€ det, him, in ay that

CHAPTER TEN

HE man who had taken command of the Chinook walked slowly around the chart table and stood beside Kay Dearborn. Fearfully she turned to look at him.

It was indeed a strange and fright-

{was recaptured. A mile-long weary | trek in one direction proved fruit- | less, and Kay decided that the dinghy and thesfateful cabin must | be behind her. earily redoubling { on her trail, she kept up her search. | But night was fast descending | now, and Kay faced the double hor- | ror of a strange darkness and the | reappearance of the island's men- | acing inhabitant.

| (To Be Continued)

rather than from a disease or privation ‘of the body. His outing clothes | were good ones, but either they had | belonged to someoine else or were | purchased when he was heavier than now. They literally hung from his | frame, and this effect was heightened because they were soaked from his swim to the cruiser.

from torture of the soul or mind | Daily Sh

TWO YEARS—By Al Gregory

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At another time and place, Kay would have regarded him as a ludicrous figure. But now there was something queer and ominous, something terrible and frightening, about him. - Then Kay looked at his eyes, and in an awful revealing flash realized that the man was mad. Coolly and quietly—and therefore dangerously —mad. “I wonder when he will kill me?” Kay thought dazedly, “I wonder when it will happen to me just as it did to that woman in the cabin?” ” » 5 ITH an effort she brought herself to speak. “Where do you want me to take you?” she asked, | HE crystal clear St. Croix was Roonmg her voice as steady as she slipping swiftly, gently by at his : | feet. “Take you?” he repeated. dear, we are both going.” He pling shadows across the river from ig showing a row of even white | the east bank. aeth. island, if you please. | in hands, and looked at his moccaShe could have cried out for joy. |sins. It was June, the days were At least she was to have a fighting | long and hot, the trapping season chance to see Melita and Priscilla | was long past; there was nothing again. “I'm afraid I don’t understand | and think. you,” Kay answered. “You could | have walked to the other side of | : —and home. the island. Why did you need t0 | these two long years? PR uh (un hy nya) | one-room cabin behind him seemed lopte and J Ts little apartment in Chicago that you might have been quite a a one, Yas Se area, b bother. Is iit your habit to Hit | two-year separation, during which every ‘cabin You see?” Eater | they'd both live their own lives, in Kay's heart jumped Did ‘he ‘refer | the way they wanted to live them. oti Ye Soir Visit today, ‘when ‘the | It had been Jerry's idea, Louise cabin was empty? Or was he aware, | too, of their visit during the night? | She decided to play safe and as- | sume nothing. | only ® uw | that money could buy.

« E wanted only to {that was an objection in

inquire | about ‘Larramore Island,” she said. The man chuckled. “This is not |

Larramore Island. That is a good

an awfully good sport. Louise was a swell girl, but the

itself;

to spend. It was just the wretched turn that living seemed to take y Whi ith | when one was compelled to “live as On, to ‘the | up to his means.” Miami in the winother side of this island, will you | ter: Banfl in the summer, house let me find my friends and resume parties, night clubs and all the rest our cruise?” [in between. “Why should either of us be in| a hurry about that?” the man in-| quired with a shrug. “This is a very pleasant place. Much pleasanter, for instance, than Larramore Island. And you know .. .” he smiled again, “sometimes one learns too much.” “I aon't know what you're talking about.”

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ERE in northern Wisconsin Jerry had found what to him meant happiness; a beautiful river that he knew so well it seemed as if it were his alone, a rustic little cabin that made up in atmosphere what it lacked in machine-made luxuries. Independence, freedom, natural living — those ‘were ‘the

The giant Norway pines and | “My | pastel-shaded spruces cast long rip- |

Jerry Mulhern sat | “To the other side of the | on g log at the water's edge, chin |

{to do in the north woods but fish— | Seven hundred miles from Louise | Or was it ‘home, aiter | The little |

0 | far more like home now than their | aver |

agreeing only because she was such | things she liked were those | Not that |

| Jerry's father had left him more | | than he would ever have occasion |

“But I cannot be sure of that.” He looked from the pilot house window. “We are coming to the north end of the island. Be ready to follow the shoreline around. But |

things that made this moral struggle worth while, and they

things that anyone could have if | he were but willing to go out and |

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[ directly to the depot. The next train would leave at 9 o'clock that night. He wired Louise: “Two years today. Arriving in morning. Fun’s over. Jerry.” The rest of the day Jerry spent talking to friends in the town, the | postmaster, the barber, the generalstore keeper. At 6:30 he went to the hotel for dinner. He was sit- | ting at the table alone ani lost in thought when the station agent ap- | proached him. “Wire for you, Jerry,” | “From Chicago.” . Jerry opened the envelope with trembling fingers. There seemed to be no reason for a reply to his message. “I remembered anniversary, too,” it read. “Decided you were right. Leaving tonight to live with you in | the great open spaces. Love with all my heart. Louise.” THE END

he said

| The characters in this story are fictitious | (Copyright, 1937, United Feature Syndicate)

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made & circle of the island last|ing down the frequently recurring night.” | Se to go back to the easy life, Kay's heart sank. Quite evidently |to well-cooked meals, servants, tile he knew of most, if not all, of their | baths, carpeted floors, luxurious livmovements since dropping anchor |ing—and Louise. in ‘this unfortunate spot. He either| ang finally he had won out, had knew, or strongly suspected, that oompletely overcome the desire to

they believed him to be a murderer. paturn. The thought of going back |

And now he would have ho inten- | to the «city now was & ; : : sad ll : 3 ppalling— tion that they leave the island With | neckties, dress shoes, hats ‘With the information. brims—lord He had made one con- ® ® Ww {cession to the companionship that a : | the city abounded with: he had HE following half hour seemed 2 » . 4 : 1 oe x Wai tc Kay Dearborn, | Prought with him his giant police and forever after she was to recall ne Jilpiear the pL yn had kept it as a fiendish nightmare. Stand- | m whi of : woods and ing ut the wheel, piloting the | Care fs life, while he had lived in E y 3 ! CILY Chinook according to the whims | “7 TO . of a fanatic, she knew that We're going home,

ANY | yoo sai ol’ man,” moment he might decide to be rid | JCILY Said, slowly, reaching into his of her. But this was less fright-

(shirt pocket for his pipe. “Home. | Chicago. The big city.” Jupiter ht of the ) p as an be plan- | Tested his head on his paws and ning for the future, and which 100Ked at his master's moccasins. might well include

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wy until reached me | TE ih Hck um pe SyiiS of , last the cruise Lai cocktail parties and bridge “teas. far side of the island. The man kept iy) go aq ny admiring of she wide casting curious glances to the shore, open spaces from the fairway of a but he was always careful to TeUIN | ro hignanle golf course. And vou'll his gaze quickly to the girl. Helgu pont inte the old harness and crowded back against the WDilot| pn" Genta through the park.” house windows, so that the TeVOIVer | yo wr extreme disgust culminated would be well Ts her Sw lin a derisive snort “Here we are,” he said. “Stop| «junit hy Sn en’ the boat. I'll put down ue an do Sy heaven's name chor.” With surprising agility he | c i st went forward to secure the Chi- io =» Ih aa. nook while Kay followed his or- | expressionlessly, to the moccasins. der. Sa he Lo if ed “You don't know. Well, neither do if you don't mind. : 1” Jerry drew on his pip il “Perhaps you've forgolten that (once. glowed red. He a the boat doesn't carry a dinghy | cloud of fragrant smoke and ‘with now. furrowed brows watched it drift . {away on the still morning air. “Yes “RTO - . - I remember quite Well. 'T do know, Juno,” he said after I'm sure you won't mind get- a moment. “I love Louise because ting wet again. You swim so beau-|she’s the finest girl I've ever known. tifully.” He made an outward ges- She's beautiful and intelligent and ture with the revolver. “You 80 |._well. she has only one fault. She first. I'll be following.” likes the city.” There was nothing else to do. | Jerry picked up a twig mechanKay poised at the rail, cut the jeally and threw it into the water. water in a deep dive. As she Jupiter started to get up. “No, boy,” reached the surface she fully eX-|Jerry said, laughing. “Don't bother. pected the swift pain of a bullet. That's all over. We're going back But the man was letting himself | home, We're going down the river. into the water feet first, holding | Tomorrow, June 15, second annithe vevolver carefully above his versary of Mulhern’s declaration of head. independence.” Kay struck out easily, her heart | Then he abruptly stood wp, pounding much faster than her knocked the ashes out of the bowl arms and legs. She knew that she | and strode back to his cabin. could far outdistance her enemy. | Over her shoulder she saw he was surprisingly powerful in the water,

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in verba magistri?” | A—"Pledged to swear by the words ‘of no particular master.” It is from [the Epistles of Horace. Q—Where can I get a copy of the new WPA guide to the city of | Washington, and how much does [it cost? | A—"Washington, City and Capi- | tal,” the new guide which has been [complied and edited by the Federai | Writers’ Projects of the Works | Progress Administration, is for sale | by the Superintendent of Docu- | ments, Government Printing Office, | Washington, D. C. The price is $3.00. Q—What queen of a foreign coun- | try married an American citizen? | A—Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii [married John ‘O. Dominis, a native of Boston.

Q—What combination mixture is suggested by the American Rose Society for all rose insects and blight? A—Tt consists of nine parts of powdered sulphur and one part of Pow=dered arsenate of lead. Dust the bushes with it every week or 10 days during the season, starting soon after the leaves first appear. A dusting just before the flowers come is advisable. Q—What proportion of the students who enter the U. S. Naval Academy graduate and receive commissions? A—About 65 per cent. Q—What are the oldest Universities in North and South America® A—The oldest in North America is the University of Mexico at Mexico City, founded in 1553; tne oldest in South America is the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru,

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He was born in Omaha, Neb.: is | of Los Angeles and San Francisco | 634.394.

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Mulhern packed the last of his baggage into the bottom of the Indian canoe, and with the dog standing watch in the prow of the boat started down the river toward Minong, where he would take the train for Chicago. with Joan Crawford in “Dancing Shortly after noon they arrived | Lady,” after which he was coin the littie town and Jerry went starred with Ginger Rogers in a

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