Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1942 — Page 31

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Caribbea n Crisis By Eaten K. Goldthwaite

THE STORY—After six yeprs on 2 little Dutch island in the E€aribbean, Bill Talcott is to be relieved of his brinch manager job with an American chemical firm and join the army. His successor, Halsey, arrives with an augditor who immediately charges Bill with a” $158,000 shortage in his accounts. Bill, innocent, is furious. That evening June Paterson, cousin of Bill's college roommate, goes for a walk with Halsey, whom she has met on the boat. Bill warns her it is ngpt safe, but stays behind with a stranger named MacDowell.

CHAPTER THREE TALCOTT WAS at the door when MacDowell méved suddenly, blocking his path. “Let ’em. go,” the mustached one grunted. “If I know my women, that one ean take care of herself.” . " He stood tensed, glaring dewn. “You may be a very smart man where you come from, Mr. MaeDowell, but yeu don’t knew Abas Island TY MacDowell shrugged. “Why all the ruckus? She's got Halsey with her. And believe me; he's the kind that don’t scare so easy.” Bill slapped his hands. - In response a shadow loomed from the darkness of the terrace behind MacDowell and the mustached one turned defensively. Bill said quietly, “Buekra white man and missy go out against my orders. Make . Sebastien follow them.” Indicating a chair Taleett said, “Sit down. It's time you and I had a little talk. In my eerrespondence with Federal Chemical, Halsey and

. the auditor are accounted for. Your

name was never mentioned. I want to know who you are, and your purpose on Abas Island.” The directness of the attack caught the mustached one com-

pletely off guard. His eyes rounded,| }

his facial muscles sagged and his mouth made an O. “¥eu mean,” he said, wetting his lips, “you don’t know who I am?” # ” ”

TALCOTT LEANED forward until his calloused big-knuckled hand rested on the other’s knee. ‘You are not an employee of Federal Chemical and you're not an auditor. I might have thought you were a traveling companion, but I doubt if Halsey and Struthers are seeking company just now, So what . ‘is your connection?” Sweat showed above the mustached one’s collar and the cigar revolved in his mouth. His face, for a moment, became even grayer. And then, unexpectedly, he laughed. ““That’s pretty good!” he chuckled. “You claimin’ you don’t know why I'm here. For a minute you had me goin.” Startling as it was, the change of front served only to increase Bill Talcott’s cold wrath. “I doubt if it has eceurred to you,” he said icily, “that this frameup of the missing vouchers is as weak as water. By merely lifting a finger I could have the lot of you tossed in jail. Have you ever seen one of our tropical jails, Mr. MacDowell? They have no roofs, and the sun boils down and there are rats and scorpions—" “Threatenin’, are you?” Ugly red crept through the gray of MacDowell’s cheeks. “And 1 thought you looked like a decent kind of guy, Why, you cheap crook!” “Be careful how you talk,” Talcott said calmly. “It happens that for every one of those vouchers there are two facsimiles. One is in the possession of the steamship lines that carried the nitrates, the other with the Netherlands govern- - ment: official who collects a tax on every pound taken from the island. The remittances have all been made to New ¥ork and the bank in Wil. lemstad has a complete record.” Bill Talcott leaned forward and his long fingers closed in a steel-like grip on MacDowell’'s knee. “You and yeur friends haven't a leg to stand on. Now, who are you and what is your game?” 0 ; § . “Legg0 my knee!” MacDowell lled ’

yelled. : Talbott followed his opening.

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remain here, he'd better devote some of his time to studying Federal Chemical procedure. Only he and Struthers had access to these records and one of ‘them must be Jue giver. Now, where do you eome in? :

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MagDOWELL was annoyed. Slowly his hand moved to his pocket, 1t eame away, bearing not identification papers, but a wicked, snubnosed pistol. “You claim Halsey and Struthers rigged a game on you?” he grunted, “pPhat’s what they all say. I had you sized up for a decent sort of guy until you started to use thrests. Do I havta show you my badge?” Talcott stared. “You're a detective?” “You're startin’ to get smart,” A painful flush stole through Bill Talcott’s cheeks. He might have guessed the man’s identity. If .in~ deed he was the victim of a plot, the locus of origin was now swiftly removed from Abas Island; thrust back 1600 miles tp the leather» chaired offices of Federal Chemical itself. But why? Had Old Man Winters gone crazy with war worries? Or was the “new” secre tary sttempting something more than merely holding her job? Was she in a conspiracy to take Federal Chemical for better than $150,000? Or was & bigger game, one in which Taleott and Halsey and Struthers and even Old Man Winters himself: were tiny unwitting pieces, re~

“Who hired you?”

lentlessly underway?

revolver, To MacDowell it didn’t matter whether Talcott was guilty or not; he was doing a job for which he was being paid. His orders were te bring Talcot® back if the auditor preved a shortage. The fact that Abas was a Dutch island meant nething to MacDowell., There hadn't been any officers at the dock. So far as he could see he was the only law on the island; his higgest worry was the prospect of six more days of trying to keep something on his stomach. 3 That worry vanished .from Mae» Dowell's mind when he saw Tale cott’s face. Strained, white, tense, alarmed eyes glaring inte the blackness beyond the terrace. And then MacDowell heard it. Above the ing wind in the palms sounded the sudden, imperative bleat of a whistle. (To Be Continued)

(All events, BTL in he RAYBURN ASKS WAIT ON FORCEB SAVINGS

WASHINGTON, May 15 (U, P.). —Speaker Sam Rayburn said today he thought congress, would allow compulsory savings “to lie around awhile” in order to determine the

success of the treasury’s voluntary

bond sales campaign. : He ) immediate action on any compulsory savings plans, ‘in-

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