Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1942 — Page 31

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CHAPTER NINE INEXPLICIABLE as Bill Tal‘eott’s actions might have seemed to June Paterson, they were the direct and simple result of a combination of circumstances which, in the space of half a day, had changed the course of his life. For six however long and lonely years they might have been, Bill Talcott had been monarch of a tiny kingdom. His subjects were a half-thousand natives; his chancellor Sebastien. That he ruled fairly and justly, that he had acquitted. his responsibility = with honor and measurable success was no longer a matter of moment. He was being forced out under suspicion. . ‘Halsey was no coward and he was no fool. He had shown that clearly enough in handling thé refugee smuggler. He had done so well that already black Tomas and Sebastien were looking upon him as a kind of super being; even June Paterson's eyes became starry as she inspected the rangy, lanternjawed new manager. Bill Talcott knew, as surely as he knew that there were sharks in Anegada passage, that loss of his head would bring the end. His personal feelings must not control him; whatever cause he might have to suspect Halsey of intrigue, how=ever much he might resent the new man’s calm efficiency in supplanting him, he must fight to keep his mind clear so that his powers of observation would not be dulled. ~ ” u 8 Bill Talcott suddenly chuckled. No matter how badly off he right be, he was in better shape than MacDowell. “Welcome to Abas,” he chuckled aloud, and June Paterson, turning at his words, stared coldly. Over a hastily assembled break- _ fast, the newest arrivals relaxed somewhat. First audience by any right belonged to the woman, and after having reiterated that she was Martha Swenson, she told of her escape from Norway. : “Through Sweden, where I have

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Jackson offered to take me to Puerto Rico, where I could get a boat for New York. I wanted to go to New York because I have people there.” June Paterson’s sharply indrawn breath broke the spell. ‘You poor dear. You must forget all that now. If you like you may travel home with me. I'll be leaving St. Thomas Monday on the Blue Petrel and I'm sure arrangements can be made.” ” » ”

PROFESSOR CONSTANTINE had surrounded himself with an imposing array of bottles, and already a strange assortmegt of pills of various colors and “shapes had been chased down his throat with several glasses of water. “It’s an outrage!” the odd man in the too-large clothing muttered. “That Jackson -— What he did to me—I'm not well— I was in Martinique, gathering an thropological data for my studies— You know, the Martiniquizn is most interesting. Different background completely-—came fromm a diffcrent section of Africa. These island blacks, you know, are all descended from slaves. Still practice voodoo— Where was I?” “You were in Martinique,” Bill

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