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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-10-20, Page 2THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1038 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE ae “Black Horizon 7? by Joseph Lewis Chadwick Hire “He swears by all that the powers that be that he didn’t see Sonya Du­ raud tonight, He says he’s going to fly over to the island for a talk with Duraud. Duraud will probably meet him wth a horsewhip or a gun.” "Maya” Rand said, soberly. “It seems to me that you forgot Burnell’s plane when you planned this,” “Why?” “He can spot us from the air fur­ ther than you think. I know; I’ve done a bit of flying myself,” “What of it? Burnell doesn’t know we’ve got Sonya Duraud aboard. If lie does sight us and hails us we’ll disclaim seeing her. After all, we were ordered off Maglaya. We’re off. We have no woman aboard.” Rand frowned. “I still don’t like it. After all, stealing a man’s wife is a serious offense any time. Taking her by force is a thousand times as bad.” Maya Jack looked at him, with a silly grin on his handsome, ruddy face. “Why worry about the—the hus­ band?” he said. “After all, she was running off with Burnell. You saw her traveling bags. You don’t think she had those packed waiting for us to come kidnap her?” Rand took out his pipe and began to stuff tobacco into the bowl. He did it vicously. “I thnk,” he sad, glum­ ly, “ we’ve asked for a lot of grief.” The chart-room deck was vibrating underfoot in time to the throbbing of the engines. -The schooner was heading out to sea. Rand glanced ■out through the porthole. Maglaya was a black patch in the moonlit sea, receding rapidly. Rand’s glance came back to the chart room, to the gun rack on the opposite wall. It was empty. Maya Jack say his glance and chuckled. “I removed all the guns and lock­ ed them up in the cabin I’m occupy­ ing. You understand—’’ Maya Jack laughed again. “I was afraid the girl might take a notion to be melo­ dramatic.” Rand knew Maya Jack didn’t fear #that Sonya would try to use a heavy rifle. He was afraid Rand would at­ tempt to overthrow his scheme. “I’ve taken other precautions,” Maya Jack said. “I’ve fixed the ra­ dio—so there can be S O S messages broadcast. You understand that ne­ cessity.” “Of course,” muttered Rand, puf­ fing at his pipe. Then: “What's the course?” “Due east until I get a notion to change it.” Rand went out onto deck for a tour of inspection. His native seamen were at their posts. He found Pete Barker aft, looking out across silvery capped “Well, Pete, for yourself?” Pete seemed was always jittery, and was worse tonight. He could not meet steady glance. “I had to side with Maya,” groveling. “I—I owed him thing and he reminded me of it. But I don’t like it. I’m scared”. “You’ll be far more scared later on,” Rand said. “This is only the beginning.” “I wish I was out of it!” Pete said his voice breaking. He was abject in his fear. Rand Kelly?” “He’s drunk,” “You hop down there and take his liquor from him,” Raid said. “I won’t have him drinking aboard my ship. Get going!” He saw Pete shuffle off, then went to his own cabin. He made a hasty examination of the room. He had a revolver and some cart­ ridges hidden among his effects. It was still there. He left it there, pend­ ing further developments. He thought of Sonya’s request for a weapon, but considered the „3<S apt to be more ef­ fective in his hands. There was a formidable long-blad­ ed pocket knife among his effects. en- he the felt She stared ceilingward at the frosted glass of the skylight. She did not loos a: him, but he was aware that she knew who it was who had tered. “Well?” she asked. Rand started, conscious that had been standing just inside closed door staring at her. He suddenly like a fool, but told him­ self that Sonya Duraud was incred­ ibly lovely and he but human. “I’ve brought you a knife,” he said, his voice guarded. She looked at him now, hei’ eyes again alarmed. She sat up, swung her feet to the floor, Rand stepped across the room and held out his hand with the knife. “Press the button on the handle,” he said, “and the blade will spring out. I hope you may never need it/ Her glance was grateful, but her voice tragic. “I shall,” she said, hol­ lowly. “I shall need it,” Morning came, with the sun com­ ing up suddenly hot and bright. The scorching air had just began to cool when the molten ball rose above the eastern horizon to heat it again. It glared on the emerald water, and the tropic day had begun. The Ventura had kept on the east­ erly course all through was still on that course, paced ahead. Rand was on deck Duraud appeared. He from the shade of the forward cabin. She wore a white linen dress that accentuated her slenderness and the perfection of her body. She stood at the rail and stared out across the restless water. Rand was about to approach her when he saw Maya Jack come from the chart room. That morning Rand didn’t care a hang about Maya Jack, but something in the man’s manner made him hesitate. Maya Jack was walking slowly to­ ward Sonya Duraud. His strong, handsome face had a queer expres­ sion upon it. Rand thought he must be wrong, but he 'would have sworn that was something of tenderness in Maya Jack’s blue eyes. And ious softness about the set usually stern lips. Then suddenly, with the force of a blow between the eyes, he knew. He realized that there was something more behind Maya Jack’s kidnapping of Sonya Duraud than a mere desire to force Henri Duraud to sign the island of M-aglaya over to him. And the realization frightened Rand Kirby more than anything that had yet occurred. “Maya Jack Cannaghan,” he told himself, “is in love with Sonya Du­ raud!” the night. It driving swift when Sonya watched her a cur- of his jolting the water. what have you to say to jump a foot.He CHAPTER IV fellThe schooner’s deck rose and with the sea. The bow made a white spearhead through the unbroken swells, moving eastwardly -still. From an azure sky the sun beat down, a white-hot ball. The tropic sea was tranquil. There was no tranquility aboard the Ventura. The schooner was -grip­ ped in forcedly restrained emotions, which were like so many explosives capped and fused ready to go off at the slightest concussion. Maya Jack Cannaghan stood at the rail beside Sonya Duraud. Maya Jack had revealed to a watching Rand Kirby the deepest emotion a man experiences. Poker-faced though Maya Jack was, he could not hide the fact that he was in love with Son­ ya Duraud. And the girl? Rand looked at her. Her face was turned toward the sea, but he knew that there must be upon it-—fear. Rand now understood Maya Jack’s motives. The big blond islander had not brought the girl aboard the Ven­ tura merely to force Henri Duraud into submission. His plan had deep­ er roots. Maya Jack Cannaghan wanted Sonya Duraud. Maya Jack was of the sea and of the islands, primitive basically, know- ; This he dicided ■Sonya'" should have • in« Hrst the law gives the possessor It was easily concealed and could be deadly if the need arose. He left his cabin and stepped down the passageway to Sonya’s room. She said, “Come in,” in reply to his knock. She was stretched out on the bunk, her dark head cradled in her arms. Rand’s he said some- said, “Where’s that punk, in the forecastle getting Pete said. constabulary. “I insist that your men are sent over to Maglaya,” Duraud was say­ ing. “With a charge.” “Lieut. Scott been detailed to investigate the Sonya Duraud,” radio operator. “ operate to the extent of his ability." “Has word been sent out over the islands?” Duraud demanded. “Every port in the Pacific is be­ ing notified to be on the look-Qut for the schooner Ventura," came the other voice. “Good," said Duraud. “Notify every port and every ship. Make known that a reward of $5,000 is be­ ing offered for information leading to the return of Sonya Duraud.” Rand went chill as he sat there at the radio, listening to what seem­ ed his own death knell, fears were realized, overplayed his hand. Sonya Duraud had aboard the Ventura, native had witnessed Rand plucked the < his head and flung radio, of the chart room. There were few situations in which Rand Kirby had found himself help­ less. He felt that he wouldn’t been helpness hpw had he been ed into the affair by any other than Maya Jack Cannaghan. Maya Jack was no man to cross. He was shrewd, vicious, easily arous­ ed, quick of making decisions, often acting on impulse. He would kill and without hesitation, if the necessity arose. Rand never once 'underesti­ mated the man’s strength. He was like one of the king cobras of the congo grass, deadly, venomous. Force, then, was out of the ques­ tion. lit would take waiting, pa­ tience. It would take a battle of wits and even then success would be hazardous. Rand was still in the chart room when Maya Jack returned. Maya Jack had come from Sonya, and he was in an ugly mood. Ugly or not, Rand decided to shake the man’s self-confidence as the first barrage in the battle. “Duraud,” Rand said, “has radio­ ed the constabulary that Sonya Du­ raud was brought aboard the Ven­ tura.” Maya Jack looked at him sharply, then forced a laugh that rang hol­ lowly. “So he knows, eh? Well, let him. We’re safe now.” “When are you going to repair the sending set and dicker with Duraud for her return?” He saw annoyance sweep over the man’s ruddy face. Maya Jack said, gruffly, “Why are you in such a hurry? Let Duraud wait awhile. He will be more likely to accept our terms after a few days of worry.” Rand faced him, his face dark and angry. “Maya,” intend returning her husband?” Maya Jack was with shot in full turning her,”’he said, trying to cover confusion with bluster. “Of course 1 intend returning her. Why shouldn’t I—after I’ve got back my plantation.’ “Because, “you have girl.” Dull red throat and “Kirby,” capable officer in with four men has i go to Maglaya and disappearance of eaid the constbulary ‘Lieut. Scott will co- His worst Maya Jack had . All too soon been brought Evidently some the kidnapping, earphones from them onto the He paced the crowded floor Then: “Balu, how many of the boys cun I count on in a scrap with Maya Jack Cannaghan?” Balu shook ftis head sadly. “None but me. Maya Jack holds the others in a grip of fear. He knows how to make fear in US'™” Rand nodded. “How about you, Balu?” “I fear no Maya Jack,” “You have a knife?” “Yes. And a true one, too.” Rand nodded and walked along the deck. He saw Pete Barker dod­ ging into the galley. Kelly Burk’s pudgy figure was not in sglit, Sonya Duraud was reclining in a deck chair, gazing out to sea. Rand approached her, finding himself mar­ veling at the fortitude of the girl. Her fear, so noticeable the night be­ fore, had vanished. She looked al­ most at ease now. She looked up at him as he stop­ ped by her chair. Her glance was so deeply probing that Rand found it disturbing. “I’ve been listening to the radio,” he said, in a low voice. “There is a search on for you. Your husband has told the island constabulary that you were taken aboard the Ventura.” “My husband,” Sonya said, softly, I as if amused. Rand laughed, not encouraging other you would for you.” “Who?” she asked. “Philip Burnell, of course.” “Oh, Philip—” she murmured, he were of no consequence. Rand looked at her searchingly. He didn’t understand her any more than he did Maya Jack. Her gaze was seaward again. He looked upon her profile, found it finely chiseled, with a small mouth, a slightly irregular nose, a rounded chin and a long sweeping throat line. He found himself admitting silent­ ly that she was the loveliest crea­ ture he had ever seen. It did not seem strange that men were clay to be molded by her slim fingers. Not strange at all about Maya Jack, or even Philip Burnell. “Do you mind if I ask you- some questions?” he said. 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He had seen Sonya .slipping from his hands, slipping away from her husband, from Mag­ laya, when sihe had planned to elope with Philip Burnell of Lulanna. Be­ cause he was of the sea and of the islands, he thought that to win her ’ for himself he had but to take her. Rand knew, too, the reason for Sonya’s fear, her reason for request­ ing a weapon. She had known Maya ; Jack was in love with her and she I feared his love, knowing the man. i Rand’s emotions were conflicting; i he couldn’t himself distinguish be- i tli6xn» He only 1cnow troti 1)10 l was brewing for the Venture. i With a final glance toward the 1 two at the rail, he went to the chart room. He sat at the radio, the earphones over his head i tened in. He knew Duraud’s wave I and finally was listening | Durand's crisp, domineering voice, (The man was talking to the island slipped and lis- length, to Henri crept up Maya Jack’s into his face. He choked, he said, “you are a fool.” Silence hung over the room, was electric. Maya Jack moved to the forward windows and looked down at the bow breaking through the ocean swells. His manner was like that of a man who has become punch groggy. Rand decided to apply more pressure, shake tihe man further— and hope for the best. He said calmly, “It might interest you to know, Maya, that you are alone in this affair. I sold out to Du­ raud before we sailed from Maglaya.’ “What!” The word was like an explosion as Maya Jack'whirled about. The veins in his throat and at his temples stood out like corded hemp. The color re­ ceded from his face, and he was pale. His big hands worked convulsively at his sides. For one fleeting instant Rand thought the man would attack. He would have welcomed it; there would have been some sort of an end to the affair then. “So you sold out?” Maya Jack said dazedly. Then the tenseness left him and he laughed boisterously. “So you sold out!” ■Still laughing hollowly, he turned nad went to the chart table. He be- agn hurriedly pencilling upon a chart Rand gave him a scowling glance and went down onto deck. Balu, the one native of his crew whom Rand felt he could trust, was at the helm. The dusky native’s face wore a broad grin as Rand ap­ proached. “A strange voyage,” said the man' in his fair English. . ! “Very strange,” muttered Rand. Afraid to Eat Square Meal What a worry he must have to his wife! No food agreed him. Acid indigestion made positively wretched, In ths letter, his wife tells how he got welcome relief:-— “My husband developed a wretch­ ed form of gastric acidity.” she writes. “Meals were a misery to him, He often could not sleep foi- heart­ burn. .Business kept him from home a great deal, but when he did get a spell at home, I gave him Kurschen Salts. I was amazed at the results. That weary look left his face, and his indigestion gradually disappeared. It is a treat to hear him say, “I’m hungry.’ It seems too good to be true.”-—(Mrs.) K.M.E, The numerous salts in Kruschen help to promote a natural flow of the digestive and other vital jpices of the body. Soon after you start on Kruschen, you will find that you are able to enjoy your food without distressing after-effects. And as you persevere with the “little daily dos­ es,” you will see that Kruschen brings glorious relief. CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS FOR SCHOOL FAIR WINNERS TO BE HELD IN CLINTON, OCTOBER 22 ! The Tenth annual Public Speaking I Contest and the Seventh annual Spelling Match for winners at Huron County Softool Fairs, 1938, 'Will be conducted in the auditorium of the Clinton Collegiate Institute, Satur­ day afternoon, Octobek 22nd at 2 p.m. A Championship Recitation Contest for winners in the Recitation Contest at the School Fairs, for pu­ pils in second classes and under, is a]so being held. The first prize winners in the Public Speaking and Recitation con­ tests conducted at each of our seven Huron County School Fairs this fall, are eligible to compete, and the con­ testants in the Championship Spell­ ing Match will be those pupils who won first and second prize at each scihool fair. The competitors in the three contests provide a very inter­ esting afternoon’s program. Cash prizes are being awarded. All parties who are interested in these contests are extended a cordial invitation to be present Saturday afternoon, tober 22nd. Toronto, Oct. 10. — It’s because O’Leary’s cow kicked over a lantern in Chicago on October 9, 1871, that Fire Prevention Week is observed at this time every year, the current bul­ letin of the Industrial Accident Pre­ vention Association announces. 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