HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1951-05-04, Page 7CHAPTER V
Synopsis
John Saxon, - private investi-
gator, and ' his pardner Moe
Martin, were hired by the
wealthy "Hardware" Smith, to
guard Irene Smith, whose hus-
band was murdered. Irene was
suffering from amnesia. Kay,
daughter of Irene, explained
the conditions to Johnny. Kay
took Johnny across the bay to
see her .uncle, J. T. Smith, . who
explained to Johnny that he
wanted the murder solved and
Irene protected and told about
a book that Irene was writing.
J. T. believed that if Johnny
could get Irene interested in
writing, her memory would re-
turn.
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The mechanic glanced at the bill,
alloyed it into his pocket. The
freckles seemed to grow larger as
his face beamed. "You bet!" Then
he added, "I'll pick you up right
outside the main gate to the Smith
place. Ralph tells me you're stay-
ing over there."
Reference to Kay's young friend
reminded Johnny that he was still
awaiting her return.
':By the way," •he said, "where'd
they go?"
"Probably down to the corner for
a coke. Want me to had them?"
"All right."
He stood there, looking at the
wrecked car as the man hurried
out of the garage. As his footsteps
died away, silence w; ,•. heavy in
the place. .:
Johnny had seen a mechanic's
long gray• jacket hanging on the
wall nearby. He quickly slipped• it
over his clothes, buttonedd it, then
located one of the fiat, roller-skate
scooters used for working under
cars.
A moment later he was on his
back beneath the car, using his
eels to move the scooter from one
blace to -another. His quick, sharp
eyes studied the chassis. and under-
fi.ame.
And when he came out from be-
neath the car, replaced the jack-
• et, his eyes were thoughtful. He
,e had found mud beneath the car
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-and yet there had been no rain
for a month!
He heard footsteps approaching
'the garage, recognized Kay's quick
steps, and went out to meet her.
"I'm sorry I missed Unele Thom
as," said the girl.
"What happened?" asked John
ny Saxon.
She indicated the small package
in her hand. "I had to get some
things at the drug store."
"I mean, what happened to
Ralph?"
"Oh,. him," she said.
"Then he's not coming over to-
night?"
Her head turned toward him for
an instant. "I didn't say-"
He grinned, "Puppy love's fun,
isn't it?"
"That's what he is!" Kay said
with emphasis. "A big overgrown
puppy. He hasn't any sense at
all!" Then she added heatedly, "I
wish he'd grow up!"
"He will, eventually, you know."
They walked back toward the
Northport dock. Little puffs of dust
kicked up from their heels as they
cut across a parking lot adjoining
the wharf, where various types of
pleasure craft were tied up. The
sun had gone now; the dusk of
early evening was settling down.
Johnny noted two spots of color in
Kay's cheeks. Her eyes were tur-
quoise in the changing light.
The ladder was built alongside
the high dock, and Kay went down
first. Her lithe, slim body was
nible as a boy's. She jumped into
the speedboat and held up a
steadying hand as Johnny follow-
ed. The boat rocked when he
dropped down into the cockpit.
"It's really a good thing you can
swim," he told her.
Kay laughed.. The seriousness
was gone from her amazing green
eyes again. She slid behind the
wheel and started the engine while
Johnny cast off the line. They eas-
ed out from the high dock.
Above them, two men sitting
with their feet dangling over the
dock edge, waved. One held a
fishing pole. Kay waved back.
The harbor was quiet as a mill
pond. Though darkness would soon
settle down, the afterglow of day-
light still made the distant shore-
line picture -clear. It was a pleas-
ant scene. Johnny settled back in
the cushions and passed the girl
a cigarette.
"Thanks," she murmured.
They were moving at reduced
speed, quietly, and the soft throb
of the motor was soothing. John-
ny thought riding like this in a
high-priced speedboat, at dusk,
was a nice way to earn a living.
Instead of cutting directly across
the harbor, the girl had steered the
boat along the sweep of shoreline.
"Hannah will have a fit :because
we're late for dinner," she said.
"But I always go back this way -
especially at this time of day. It's
so peaceful."
The cigarette was flicked from
Johnny's fingers and went skim-
ming out across the water. A gen-
tle breeze rumpled his thick dark
hair. His eyes were closed and his
head rested back against the cush-
ions.
"You can drop the anchor if you
care to," he murmured drowsily.
It was fast becoming dark.
Her soft laughter was nice, too.
"You wouldn't like it at night. The
mosquitoes' eat you up."
He heard the slight, swift -pass-
ing singing sound, barely audible.
"Was that one of them? They
must be big-"
"What did you say?"
He opened- his eyes. The shore-
line was perhaps fifty yards away.
There was no beach along this
part of the harbor, only heavy fol-
iage that grew up close and high
at the water's edge.
"I said-"
Johnny frowned, starting out
across the glass -smooth surface.
Theirs was the only craft moving.
They were limned against the sky-
line as sharply as a silhouette. He
straightened further in the seat,
still watching the shore.
"Something wrong?" The girl
looked at him with curious eyes.
"I don't know-"
This time it was closer. You
could hear wood splinter some-
where forward in the boat, near
the waterline.
"What was that?" Kay asked
startled.
Johnny was tense now. As he
reached for the wheel, to guide the
craft harborward, he said, "Some-
one's using a silenced rifle!"
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The 4.t1.1g et ehfa nitnAn t4
ripping tlrrotighh the 4114 .o! ,tlrs.
boat apt epatterigg ,wdod apiintera,
wag not a nice soulid•, -
Johnpy wrenched the steering
wheel from Kay and swerved, ithe
craft in. a sharp curve toward the
middle of the bay.
Fear leaped into the girl's eyes.
She swiftly fed, the boat gas, re-
alizing his ,intention to get as far
from the shore as possible.
And, even as the .boat started to
leap ahead, wood split atop the
rail, not two feet behind them.
Johnny yelled above the motor's
roar, "Kill the engine. We're a
perfect target here in the boat,
Swim!"
He thought Kay Smith had a
splendid, alert brain. She had cut
the switch, bent tow, and was loos-
ening her shoes even as Johnny
called the warning. He, too, had
his shoes off in an instant. He
jammed them beneath his belt. The
light coat slid from his shoulders
as he followed the girl overboard.
Momentarily, the boat shielded
them from the shore. As the girl's
head popped to the surface almost
beside Johnny's, she cried, ' "Can
you swim?"
"I hope so," .he said, and dived
under again.
He remembered opening his eyes
just below the .surface. He had a
swift, distorted glimpse of Kay, al-
most beside him, doubled up as
she wiggled out of her- skirt and
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fie thought std was ih t!?xt$`'etiPnn e,.
Thea icer legs whipped out .n,
Snt,00tlt..drive and she swatnAinder
water. •
Johnny did likewise, atilt holding
his breath. Finally he was forced
to come to the surface again. The
giri was 'beside him, treading -Wan
ter. Both twisted their heads and
looked quickly behind them.
The boat, drifting, was some dis-
tance away. It no longer offered• a
screen between themselves and the
hidden marksman somewhere along
the shore,
Without a word, Johnny and the
slimly -built girl dived again, strik-
ing out under water. This time
they zigaagged to the left- Final-
ly forced to come up for air again,
Johnny looked around swiftly. He
thought it was a useless thing to
do.
There was no telling from what
direction the shots had come. It
was like a marauder using a knife
in the dark -silent and deadly.
Kay was swimming beside him.,
her face white and strained.
"What'll we do?"
In the few moments since they
had left the boat, the dusk was
already deeper. This, Johnny
thought, was to their advantage.
It should make the marksman's
target deceptive,
Ahead of them, perhaps a quar-
ter of a mile away, was the curv-
ing white strip of beach that be-
longed to the Smith estate. .flay
saw his gaze dart that way,
"Can you make it?" she asked.
"P11 try. Anyway, I'd rather
drown than die of lead .poisoning,"
he told her, grimly serious.
They moved toward the beach in
stages of swimming under water
and popping to the surface for
breaths of air. Soon it was dark,
and he knew the rifleman could not
^ossibly see them now. Yet the
beach looked a terrific distance
away, Johnny taught. Though" his
'.rousers were light summer tropi-
cals, he considered loosening his
belt and kicking them off. They
nulled at his legs. But he remem-
bered he was carrying close to
three hundred dollars in his pock-
ets and decided against it. Also,
he didn't want to lose his shoes.
It seemed that moments dragged
into hours, Neither he nor the
g'rl spoke, both conserving all the
breath they could. Johnny was
aware of her labored breathing and
knew that, even though she• was a
good swimmer, the pulse beat of
danger had robbed her of energy.
They kept swimming.
Darkness was black over the
shore when his feet finally touched
sand beneath him. He stood up in
shoulder -deep water. and his legs
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Jilin and clu;tclied for hie' haOd1
triedl to eteady her,
Together they . at1--uggled tewardi
shallow water, both panting with
exertion. EinallY they were on the
hard -packed, wet beach, Kay
stumbled forward until her feet
toughed Woes dry end. Then eke
sank slowly to her hands and
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Johnny sat down beside her, put-
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