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Serial story
The story thus far: Jim Britten
agent of the State Department, is
in Puerto Blanco trying to get a
lead on the mysterious disappear
ance of a man named Hetrick
when a lucky chance brings him
in contact with June Vernon niece
of Richard Shelby, owner of a
local oil refinery and one of the
figures in the Hetrick case,
cealing *his identity makes
vulnerable, however, to a plot ap
parently engineered by Shelby and
liis men to frame him for the mur-
.der of Sam Benedict, a guest at
a party in Shelby’s house to which
Jin; is invited by June, He escapes
with the help pf Shelby’s daugh-
forced
Shplby
Manu
ela heads for an island identified
on a chart which she took from
the dead Benedict’s effects, but
before they reach the place a viol
ent storm comes up. The small
cruiser founders last and Jim
and June Vernon are swept over
board.
ter, Manuela, but they are
to take June along on the
cruiser as virtual prisoner.
Con-
him
CHAPTER 11 t
Somehow, the nightmare became
disjointed. Jim Britten clung to
the girl, even though she struggl-
some
down
pain
water
it
ed .in terrified panic, but
gargantuan force pulled him
His lungs felt a knife-sharp
and seemed to burst. The
turned from green to black,
seemed, but in reality it was the
end. Consciousness was slipping
from him. He had one last lucid
thought; June Vernon mustn’t go
go with him. And he gave her a
heave upward. All he saw was heq
wildly staring eyes through the
green-black murk, then he gave
himself up to that dragging force”
The sun seemed to ,be glaring
into his eyes. He could see June
Vernon’s face, no longer terrified,
then another face--—a gaunt and
bearded face of a man. And after
a long while there was ^another—
a fat and .ugly '
face at least was
It took Jim a
realize that the
ended that the crashing din of
storm was no more. That he
lying on a dirty blanket on
floor of a hut. He could see
bare boards of the walls and
thatched veiling. A giant
black Negress was sitting
him on a rocking-chair. She
a red calico dress, and there
fantastic gold earrings in
black ears.
Jim said, “Where am I?”
the words were a jumble of .mean
ingless sound. He saw the black
. woman smile some more, then
y speaK jn a sort ,Of .Spanish-French
/ patois t lle couldn’t understand!
| Soniec$e came wjth swift footsteps
VManjeia.
Me was like a vision, too. Dark
and lovely, smiling a troubled
smile and when she bent over him
he could see the heartfelt relief in,
her
face. The black
real.
long moment to,
nightmare was
the
was
he
the
the
coal-
above
wore
were
her
But
eyes,
all right?”
“I feel
said; the
right now,
chest. “But there’s pain, too.”
“You were nearly drowned when
we found you on the
uela told him.
here, Madame
worked over ;
She laughed
“Madame Cleo
witch doctor. She
bring you around.”
Manuela brought him a tin cup
of milk; it
when he made
explained it
Madame Cleo,
with a dusky-
goats there ,
dusky-skinned girl brought a bowl
of some sort of steaming stew.
Manuela fed him from a spoon.
Between mouthfuls, Jim, asked
get through the
all empty inside,”
words came out
but speaking hurt
. “We
Cleo
you
a
is
he
all
his
Man-
you
We
beach”
carried
and I.
long time.”
hysterically.
a
bit
something of a
used voodoo to
tasted strange, and
) a wry face Manuela
was goat's milk.
, who lived alone
■ skinned girl, raised
on the island. Thq
“How did you
storm?”
And Manuela
crashed against
said, “The cruise:4
a coral reef short-
"Rain, rain seems
here to stay,
Ceca! Coccidiosis
seeks its prey,
Unless the boss
SMM
uses REN-O-SAL
I'm going back
into toy shell!h
Be wise1 Buy 4 large economy
sue packers ol DR SALS-
eURV'S REN-O-SAL to stim
ulate chicks' growth and tot
prompt prevention of the
Spread ol cecal coccidiosrs should it appear
th your floclr
HAVE ENOUGH
REN-O-SAL
ON HANO
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Phone 266
a
ly after you
board. I .waited
subsided, then swam ashore,"
shuddered against some frighten
ing memory and the luster adven
ture had put into her eyes was
gone. Manuela’s zest in the escap
ade was lost.
“I was lying on the sand, look
ing up at the sun,” Jim said. “I
saw a bearded man. I saw June
Vernon too.”
“You were delirious, Jim.”
“No,” he said.
“Yes,” Manuela insisted, “You
kept talking when you .ware un-
‘conscious all those hours. You
kept talking about June—Jim, are
you in love with her?” ,
Jim tried to say, “In love with
June Vernon? That’s ridiculous!”
But the drowsiness ,numbed his
brain. He slept.
It was dark when he again woke
Through the open doorway he
could see the moon in a cloudless
sky, and the sea as, calm as a mil)
pond,
trees
breeze,
beside
hut.
girl were
tiny porch.
Jim sat up. For a moment dizzi
ness assailed him, but when it
passed he felt whole again. Hq
got to get' out of
the woman if
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fronds of the
stirred by a
found Manuela
in the gloom
The
were
Jim
him
The Negress ,and the
outside on the
palm
gently
sitting
of the
brown
i hut’s
said, “We’ve
here. Did you ask
any boats ever put in here?”
Manuela nodded,
seldom come here,
“but Madame Cleo told me that
some of her people will come here
tomorrow. She will have one of
the boats return us flto San Cristo
bal. She says we may stay here
in her house tonight but ,tomorrow
night we must stay on the cruiser.
Tomorrow night is full moon, and
her people are coming here for
some sort of voodoo meeting. She
says we dare not witness it.”
“We better go stay on the
er tonight.”
“No—” Manuela shivered
st the thought. “Jim. I
want to be -on the water
You can’t know what I
through—” She sobbed chokingly,
“Oh, I’m unforgivably selfish, say
ing that when you suffered more
than I—and when June is lost!”
He reached out and gripped hei’
hand, trying to steady her. He
blamed himself for what had hap
pened. She had gone through that
terror simply for him. And June
Vernon, .too—'
Jim spent the night on the
porch of the hut. Manuela sat
with him for hours, dozing again
st his shoulder. Later, when she
went inside to sleep on a blanket
the hut’s floor, he sat and
and tried to
“White men
she replied.
cruis-
again-
never
again,
went
dawn came,
walked along
on
watched the moon
think things out.
When the tropic
Jim left the hut and
the sandy shore. The eastern sky
was flamboyant with color. He had
walked perhaps half a mile when
he saw the cruiser. As Manuela
had said, it was grounded upon r
coral reef that putted out of the
sea a. hundred yards out He could
see a .gaping hole in its side. He
walked on until he stood on the
part of the, beach closest to it.
And it was there that he saw the
little heap of clothes. A girl’s
clothes. A green linen derss, a
pair of stockings brown and white
shoes. June Vernon’s clothes.
Then he saw her. He caught
just a glimpse of her as she dived
off the cruiser. She
ming through the. surf. Her
arms flashed in
Jim didn’t know in what she was
swimming so he turned and walk
ed a little away from her clothes.
Shortly, she called. “It’s all right
I found a swim
on the boat.”
He turned and
tingling running
He had never
happy to see a girl. She looked at
him, then looked away. She said,
not looking at him, “I’m glad
you’re safe, strange as that may
seem.’”
“I’ve
blaming
“You
“Did I? I can’t remember. There
seems to have been a black-out.”
She looked at him now, but still
she was remote—farther from him
than Manuela had become. NeveiJ
had anyone seemed so distant as
June Vernon now was, yet he could
reach out and touch her.
“I’m grateful, of course,”
said. “You held me up until
reached shallow water. .If you
let me go to
broke Off.
Jim said:
down shore,
the boat to look for her?
she told him.
came swim-
bare
the sun’s glare.
suit of Manuela’s
The Main St. Evening Auxiliary
met at the home of Mrs. Vi Hopper
with the president, Mabel Skinner,
presiding. The meeting opened by
the singing of Hymn 378 .followed
by the Lord’s Prayer. The minutes
were read and the roll called, sever
al letters of thanks were acknow
ledged, following the business. A
temperance talk was given by iStella
Marshall after which Marion Forbes
opened the worship period. Hymn
241 and Psalm 47 were
sponsively led 'by Irene
'Scripture readings were given iby
Beulah Howey and Grace McKnight.
Mrs. Woods read a chapter on
“Summer Schools in India,” follow
ed by a piano d-uet by Patsy and
Joan Hopper. Mrs. Layton then gave
a very interesting talk on “Grow
ing” after which Maude Howell
gave a reading. Hymn 249 was sung
and the meeting closed with
Mizpah Benediction. Lunch
served by the group in charge.
read re
Jensen.
the
was
stared, a strange
along his nerves,
before been this
been worried about you—
myself.”
did your best to save me.”
save yourself—”
she
we
had
She
liut“Manuela is at a
Did you swim out to
' 9 9
“No,” she told him. “I swam out
to the boat to send a message over
its radio.” She smiled faintly when
she saw his surprise over learning
there was a radio. “Yes, there is a
radio. Its wave length is banded to
a recelver-transmittei* at the Trans
Il nion refinery. I talked to an en
gineer there, a man named Forbes,
and he is going to send a plane or
a boat to take me off this island.”
“So you’re still playing 'Scott Ag
new’s game?”
“irn playing my own game.”
“Then you better come over onto
my side—before it’s too late.”
‘You haven’t found Hetrick yet.’
Jim’s nerves jumped. He said:
“The bearded man!” And the girl
mocked him. “Yes, the bearded
man. He saw you on the beach be
fore Manuela and the black woman
found you. But he’s hiding now
until Forbes sends the boat.”
“June, you’re playing a losing
game in bucking the State Depart
ment.”
Her lips curled in scorn. “The
State Department!” she exclaimed.
“You killed Sam Benedict—and if
you were a government agent you
wouldn’t go in for murder. No;
thank you—I’m not coming over to
your side.”
A savage anger swept through
him. It was something he didn’t
understand. Nor did he understand
what made his reach down
take hold
and pull
he could
and kiss
was pliant against him;
her
pushed him away. Her eyes blazed
with fury. “That,” she said, “may
work with Manuela—but I’m not
Manuela!” ’
And Manuela’s voice, furious too
said from behind them, “No, you
aren't Manuela!” She was standing
not 10 feet away, and in her dark
eyes was hatred. She was looking
at the blonde girl, not at Jim
Britten. ,
Jim swam out to the cruiser and
brought some of the food ashore.
Neither of . the girls ate anything.,
Manuela went back
Cleo’s, and June lay in
dently waiting for him
she could change into
After eating,
brush*
Hetrick.
ing, but in that ’tangled jungle-like
growth covering the island Hetriek
could stay hidden for days.............
But Jim .did find the wreckage of
the plane that had flown Hetrick
from Kingston a month or more
ago. Near the plane was a small
earth mound with a rock cairn at
its head—evidently the grave of
Hetrick’s pilot who must have been
killed in the crash. But Hetrick
himself was elusive.
It was twilight when Jim came
out of the brush to where the
cruiser lay offshore. He walked
silently, and the two girls there on
the beach were unaware of him.
They were facing one another in
anger, and as Jim approached June
Vernon leaped at Manuela. She-was
trying to take something from in
side Manuela’s blouse, and Manu
ela was struggling against her. Jim
started running. He caught June
from behind and locked her in
arms. She fought against him
a moment. At times like this
reminded him of a wildcat.
“Make her give it to me!”
blonde girl breathlessly
“Make her show it to you.
voodoo, that’s wliat it is!”
Jim put her aside, and faced thg
dark girl. Manuela said, in panic,
“No, Jim—no!” Then she took the
thing from her blouse and threw
it toward the brush. June ran and
retrieved it. Jim went and looked
at the thing. He was jolted. He
had heard of such things.
It was
crude and
the head
fastened,
dagger
and
of June Vernon’s wrists
her to her feet—so
put his arms about
her. For -an instant
at.
lips responded, but then
HIBBERT COUNCIL AIDS
CALFHOOD VACCINATION
By-Law No. 8, 1947, providing
for road expenditures of $26,000
•for the current year, was given
third reading and final approval by
Hibbert Township Council, meeting
in regular session at Staffa. All
members were present at the meet
ing, presided over by Reeve Joseph
Atkinson. The clerk read the min
utes of the previous meeting which
were adopted as read.
The clerk was authorized to ad
vertise for tenders for crushing and
delivering app^ox*mately 8,000' cub
ic yards of gravel.
Frank Allen and W. Clifford
were appointed to attend the
tario Good Roads Association
vention in Toronto and Edgar
son was named to represent ...... township council Op the Seaforth j
Scott Memorial Hospital Board.
The tender of Percy Adams for
a supply of wood for the township
hall was accepted-,
$50 was made to
Army.
Several members
tion of Agriculture met the council
asking for a donation to the Calf
hood Vaccination (Hub. After some
discussion it was resolved to donate
$20'0.
Dow
On-
con-
But-
the I
i
a donation of
the Salvation
of the Federa-
Poor Visibilty Said
Responsible for Crash
Two members of the R.C.A.F.,
one stationed at Clinton, the other
at Centralia, escaped uninjured
when their cars sideswiped about
one-quarter of a mile north of Hen
sail early Wednesday evening of list week. The drivers claimed poor
visibility, caused by swirling snow,
caused the accident. The two, LAG.
Ward, of Centralia, and L. W. Eat
on, of Clinton,
Hensali when
services
them to their
was ' enroute to
other driver was going to London.
Both cars were badly
Avere
•were marooned at
no transportation
available to carry
destinations. Ward
Bayfield, while the
wrecked.
Jones: “How did your
the parrot I sent her?”
“Pretty tough! iShe said she’d rath-
ei’ have a chicken.’’
wife like
Smith:
The annual meeting pf the Hay |
Municipal Telephone (System was | by E. J. Willert,
held in the Hay Township Hall,
Zurich, Ont,, op Monday, Feb. 3rd,
1947, at 1.30 p.m. The Reeve was
chairman and called for the reading
of the minutes of the last annual
telephone meeting* It was moved
by Wm. Edighoffer and seconded
by T. c* Haberer that the minutes
be adopted as read. The secretary
then called 4or the reading of the
auditor's report. It was moved fay
T. C. Haberer and seconded by Ivan
Kalbfleisch that when the Council
has 3, full report regarding the por
tion of the Crediton Rural Tele
phone System that wishes to belong
to the Hay System, a meeting of the
subscribers be called before any
thing definite is don^.
The two managers, H. Hess, of
Zurich and T. H. Hoffman, of Dash
wood, gave a comprehensive picture
of the system. It was pointed out
that there were 45 new subscribers
connected to the system during 1946
and many renters. The net income
for the year was $2,743.37.
gain in surplus
$2,731.77. Due to the
more service at (Grand
last three years new
lines had to be erected
a considerable expense.
It was then moved by Wm. Edighoffer ' - - - _ . _
Geiger
ed.
The
Gouncil Chambers where it began
its regular monthly council meeting.
The minutes of the last regular
Council meeting were read and the
following correspondence -was pre
sented. Zurich Lions, re hall im
provement; Bell Telephone 'Co., re
placing of an H carrier terminal,
and short course in London in Feb
ruary; Department of Municipal
Affairs; A. H. Erskine, re list of
lands for sale in 19 47; Salvation
Army; Department of Agriculture,
re weed control; Association of As
sessing Officers; Ontario Association
of Rural Municipalities; Earl Mac-
Daren. '
The following motions were then
passed.
Moved J>y Oscar Klopp, seconded
that By-law No. 2,
asking for govern-
an estimated Rond
$26,000,00 includ-
expenditure on the
for
The
was
for
the
and
1946
demand
Bend in
cables
necessitating
and seconded by
that the meeting be
•Council then met
Roland
adjourn-
in the
(1947 be,-passed
ment subsidy on
Expenditure of
ing a $12,000.00 new power maintainer that is on
order.
Moved by Earl Campbell, second
ed by Sam Hendrick, that the Coun
cil of the Township of Hay grant
permission to the Zurich Lions’
Club to conduct ten bingos and one
frolic during the year 1947, pro
viding the Lion’s Club comply with
the laws of the Criminal Code.
Moved by Earl Campbell, second
ed by SaJji Hendrick, that By-laws
confirming the 1947 appointments
and salaries be considered read a
third time.
Moved by Sam Hendrick, second
ed by Earl Campbell that the audi
tor’s report on the Hay Municipal
Telephone System for 1946 be ac
cepted.
Moved by Earl Campbell, second
ed by Oscar Klopp, that the Hay
Municipal Telephone (System, Roads,
Relief and Hay Township General
Accounts be paid as per voucher.
Hay Municipal Telephone System
—T. H. Hoffman $460.43; H. G.
Hess 305.94; H, W. Brokenshire
61.08; Northern Electric 1,329.57;
Stromberg-Carlson 10.88; Automat
ic Electric 46.11.
Relief-—Mrs. John Suplat $25.00;
Mrs. Edith Mason 15.00; Emma
Bassow 8.90; A. Heideman (rent)
3.00'.
Hay Township Roads—Pierre Du
charme $13.64; Alphonse Masse
54.15;
Masse
5,65;
Allan
5.15;
Mrs, Ellen Rundle, 88, wife of
the late James Rundle, of St. Marys,
died Thursday at her home. Mrs.
Rundle had been in falling health
for several months. The former
Ellen Stacey, she was born in Blan-
shard. Her husband predeceased
her some years ago. Surviving are
two sons and two daughters, Albert
and Arthur’ of Woodham, Mrs. Wal
ter Stewart and Mrs, Fred McIntosh
both of St. Marys. The funeral was
held on .Saturday afternoon with
interment in St. Marys cemetery.
$13.64;
Maurice Masse 15.40; Louis
45.90; Stewart Blackwell
Jas. Masse 30.45; Wilson
81.00; Ed’s 'Machine Shop
Mousseau and Parkins 9.57;
Passmore’s Garage 10.99; General
•Supply Co. 49.56; H. W. Broken-
shire 12.91;: total $333.29.
Hay Township General Accounts
—Treasurer, Hay Municipal Tele
phone System $2,20'0.00; Provincial
Treasurer, insulin 7.18; H. W.
Brokenshire 61.00; Mrs. Fanny
Bender 85.00.
H. W. Brokenshire, Clerk,
Geo. Armstrong, Reeve.
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twenty years
said.
It’s
first
she
to Madainq
the sun evi-»
to leave so
her clothes.
Jim went into thq
in search of the bearded
. He spent the day search-
a voodoo doll. It was
made of rags, and upon
a few blonde hairs were
A pin protruded like a
from the doll’s body just
where the heart might be. Jim felt
bis nerves tighten. Horror struck
him. The doll was supposed to re
semble June Vernon. It was a voo
doo spell. It was to cause her
death, if the black magic of voodoo
worked.
(Concluded next "’week)
* Jim finds Hetrick#
Planning now
for the next
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