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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-12-01, Page 6THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATETHURSDAY, DECEMBER L | “Black Horizon” | by Joseph Lewis Chadwick She was looking at him with shin ing eyes. Her lips were slightly parted, and. she bi'eathed. heavily* "You — you almost make him seem fine, strong, admirable, Rand." "I don’t mean to," Rand said. "His love is true, fine, but it is also a per verse thing. He should have known that he could not win your love by taking you to hide you somewhere in the islands. Women like you are not won that -way." "He must have known that, Rand, she said softly. "I don’t believe Maya Jack misunderstands anything.’ -I don’t say he misunderstands,” Rand said. “I—-I think he couldn’t bear of the thought of not having you. the thought of someone else pos sessing you.” "Possessing me?" Sonya murmur ed. "That’s rather a disturbing phrase.” Rand smiled faintly. "That’s the way men like Maya Jack and me take it. What we have, whether it is a ship or a plantation or the wo man we love, Ave posesss. We like to think of it as ours wholly and com pletely,” "You, too, Rand?” she asked. "You too, would think of your wife as your possession?" "She would be my prize posses sion, Sonya,” he said earnestly. "The men I knew at home," Son ya said, "those in my set, those mar ried to my friends, weren’t'—were’t downright possessive." "I tell you Maya Jack and I are not men of your social set,” he in sisted. 'Perhaps—” He grinned rue fully. “Perhaps it is fortunate that you are not in a position to have ei ther of us forced on you as a hus band," Sonya laughed amused, surprising 'him. “Perhaps," she said; she turn ed abruptly and moved off,along the beach, Rand w’alked to where Maya Jack Cannaghan was sitting, fashioning a fish trap out of bamboo and vine ten drils with Balu’s knife. Maya Jack looked up at him expressionlessly. “Maya," Rand said directly, "you must admit your game is up. Why not repair the schooner’s radio com munication set which you ‘fixed’ on leaving Maglaya?” Maya Jack looked at him steadily Then: "I never intended repairing the set. I dropped the parts I re moved overboard. "You never intended bargaining with Henri Duraud for Sonya’s re turn in exchange for rights to Mag- laya?” "No," said Maya Jack tonelessly. “You’re a fool, Maya.” “Am I. Well, I notice you’ve be come as great a one as I." "Meaning?” "Meaning that you’ve fallen as hard for the girl as I have.” "Yes, I am in love with Sonya,” Rand said flatly. "But that’s not getting her off this island—” He broke off as shouts arose. Rand turned and Maya Jack got hastily to his feet. Pete Barker was shouting excitedly and waving his arms. He pointed into the sky. "A plane!” he called. "See it over there to the west?” Rand saw the plane. It was so dis tant that it seemed no bigger than a mosquito. It was headed for the island, but not at any great speed. Sonya came running along the beach, her eyes bright with excitement. "Oh, Rand, do you think it will be friends?” she asked breathlessly. "Possibly a constabulary plane," Rand said, glancing at Maya Jack. Maya Jack’s face was expression less. He watched the oncoming plane as if, no matter whom it carried, its ■arrival meant nothing to him. The plane winged unfalteringly toward the island. It was flying low and they could hear the drone of its ■motor now, A half mile out from shore it nosed down, skimmed over the water, then landed gently on its pontoons. It headed for shore at a none-to fast clip. Sonya gripped Rand’s arm. "Why —why, it's Philip Burnell's ship," she exclaimed. "Burnell!” Maya Jack snapped. “Are you sure?" "Yes!" cried Sonya. Then she was imnning across the beach to where the plane was heading. “LaBlanc! Pete!" Maya Jack shouted* "Come! Give me a hand!" Maya Jack ran down to the wa- Does Food Cause You Distress? 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He recognized the pilot, a dark-haired, dark-eyed man, with the pale skin the tropic sun gives son'ie men. Philip Burnell was a’ handsome man, undeniably. He was called one of the luckiest men in the islands; he had struck oil on many of the lesser isles and was considered wealthy. Burnell’s companion was unknown to Rand. It was a woman, a young woman, a little older than Sonya perhaps, blonde and strikingly good looking. Burnell was helping her from the cockpit. She wore flying togs, carried her helmet and goggles in her hand* There was a parachute strapped about her slender person. Philip Burnell and the woman faced Sonya with embarrassment upon their faces. Sonya herself looked ill at ease. Rand heard her saying, as if with a great effort, "So you came to find me! Howr grand of you, Philip! And of you, Helene!" Burnell and the girl called Helene exchanged quick glances. Both look ed relieved. Burnell said nothing. Helene smiled, crookedly. "Yes," she said, quickly. ‘“How fortunate we were to spot this is land. But what happened? Why are you here? Is that your ship on the rocks?" “Yes. We struck a reef m the storm,” Sonya said, as if carefully choosing her words. "But how did you happen to be on this course?" Color, bright and guilty, tinged Helene’s cheeks. She did not an swer. Then Maya Jack Cannaghan came and planted himself before Philip Burnell. "Burnell,” he said, his voice edg ed. "Why did you land here?" "Saw the ship, thought I’d land,” Burnell said, in a way that made Rand think he lied. "Rot!” exploded Maya Jack. "Bur nell, is that plane in flying condi tion?" Burnell met Maya Jack’s blazing glance, then looked vrownin-g at He lene. He said, "No," almost inau dibly, “What’s wrong with the ship?" Maya Jack demanded. "Something wrong with the gas line. I had to make a landing to check over it.” "I see,” said Maya Jack. Then: "Of course you didn’t send any ra dio messages as to your whereabouts "No. Of course not—yet.” “How long will it take you to check the gas line?" "I don’t know. An hour perhaps. Maybe a day. I don’t know. Why?" "Because,” said Maya Jck Canna ghan grimly* “I want to know. When you get it repaired I’m flying the plane out of here!” "You!” exclaimed Burnell, his face flushing angrily. He took a threatening step forward, then halt ed uncertainly as he saw Maya Jack’s hand close over the revolver in his belt. He glared for a moment then shrugged. Rand turned to Sonya. He took her hand in his and led her her away from the others. They walked far along the beach, then finally faced each other. Sonya’s face was dis traught. She was emotionally upset. An inking of what this was all about came to Rand. He wanted to hear the whole' truth from Sonya. •Grimly, deliberately, he said: "Sonya., who is that woman with Philip Burnell?" Sonya's eyes met his steadily. A wan smile curled her lips. "Helene,” she replied softly, “is my father’s wife.” "And your father—" he began. “And my father is whom you sus pect— -Henri Duraud.” That was only part of what he wanted to known, but at the moment so much sufficed. He slipped his good arm about Sonya’s waist and crushed her to him. She was pliant in his embrace. "Darling—" he whispered. "Darl- fing, so you—you are mine!" He tried to find her lips with his 1 own but they eluded him. She put I her hands against his chest and pushed him from her. “No!” Sonya said flatly. "No, I’m not." | CHAPTER XI Rand Kirby felt his world crash ing about him in the very minute it had seemed won. He stared at Son ya disbelievmgly. on the heels of her admission that Henri Duraud was J her father, and not, as he had been ped to believe, her husband, she had J denied his claim to her, Rand had thought he had a claim. He could rejnember every instant Sonya had seemed to return his love for her. He recalled how she had responded to his kisses, how she had sought his protection against Maya Jack Cannaghan, She was merely seeking, he thought ruefully, a body guard. Another might have done as well. Yet he couldn’t believe that "Sonya,” he said, “what is wrong? Why do you deny that you are mine? You love me—I know!” "I can’t think of—of us ifowr,” she said, wretchedly. "Why not?” he demanded. "Rand, are you blind?" she cried, "Helene, my father’s wife, with Philip Burnell. Can you see what that means?” “Of course they weren’t searching for us—” "No. Helene was going away with Philip!” Rand was savage. There was a dull ache in his chest, "What,” he de manded, "does Philip Burnell mean to you?” "Nothing. Nothing. Rand, believe that. I care nothing for Philip— or about Helene. I’m thinking of my father. He loves-Helene* This will crush him.” "You knew this—this affair exist ed between Helene and Burnell be fore you left Maglaya?” Sonya nodded her dark head. "It was my reason for leaving the is land. I learned that Helene was planning to run away with Philip, 1 pleaded with her not to, We quarrel ed. I didn’t want to stay there tin that house and see her betray my father. I radioed Philip to fly me to port so I could get a boat home. I knew he would do that for me.” "Sonya, why didn’t you tell me this—from the beginning? Couldn’t you see that I was tortured by the thought that you were Henn Dur- aud’s wife?” "It was amusing to me at first, Rand—your thinking that," she said “I tried to tell you in the chartroom of the Ventura just before Maya Jack began shooting through the door. You must remember. I had no time to finish my confession. Really, it was never I who deceived you. I merely didn’t correct your mistaken impression.” “No," Rand agreed. "It was Maya Jack who started the deception. Why he should do that—” "Don’t you see, Rand," Sonya said, “that Maya Jack realized you ■were less likely to object to having a part in all this if you were misled concerning his real motive for tak ing me from Maglaya?" "I see, He was shrewd enough to know I wouldnlt suspect at once that he ■was in love with a woman known to be married”. Sonya nodded. She was thought, ful. Then: "But what can I do about Helene? I can’t have her hurt my father like this." ‘"But he must know by now," Rand said. "No. I think not. 'He must be at sea in his yacht—searching for me. Helene jumped at the opportunity to leave Maglaya with Philip." Rand reached for her hand. “Must Helene’s unfaithfulness matter to us?” he asked. "You were fleeing Maglaya because of her affair with Burnell. Why be concerned with it now?" "I shouldn’t have thought of leav ing that night, Rand. And I can’t help being concerned. I love Henri Duraud, despite his hardness, his selfishness. He is my father, and I love him.” Burnell was working on the motor of his amphibian plane when Rand and Sonya returned to the beach* Maya Jack was close by, watching closely. They found Helen Duraud seated against the bole of a palm, smoking a cigarette. She was attractive in a brittle fashion. Her hair glinted like spun gold in the sunlight. She look ed up at Sonya and Rand with a twisted smile. "Have I shocked you, darling?* she asked, boldly. “No," replied Sonya evenly. “No, you haven’t shocked me. I—I rather expected Philip would search for me." Helene looked at her perplexed, as if she wondered if Sonya had not understood the meaning of her words. She said, coolly: "I meant shocked by my being with Philip?” "No," said Sonya, evenly, "i im agine Philip would want someone to go along us co-pilot. I know uoy fly ___H Rand suddenly knew that Sonya was studiously unseeing in the mat ter. He saw, too, that she was playing a game, the same sort of gme she had played with Pete Bark er when she had made him swim out to the schooner for antivenin. The same sort of game she had played against Jacques LaBlanc when he had planned to kill and rob Balu. The game she had played against Kelly Burk. Now she ,was match ing wits with Helene —- with her father's happiness at stake. Ranh wouldn’t have bet on her winning this time. Sonya was up against a woman, one obviously in telligent as herself. Helene Durand was no child like Pete Barker or dull minded Kelly Burk, "Philip of course told you I — I was to meet him that night," Sonya said. "Th© night Maya Jack Canna ghan took me from the island." "*He did," said Helene. "'He was to fly you from Mdglaya so you could catch a boat sailing from—” Sonya laughed. "Philip told you that!” she said, "How naive of him. And how chivralous! He wanted to protect my god name of course.” Helene’s lovely face was frown ing. "What are you talking about?" ">Oli, I’m not ashamed of it,” Son ya said. "Philip asked me to go to —to some island where he had a ha cienda. He painted such a glowing picture of the place I couldn’t resist it.” Helene dropped her cigarette and arose. "I don’t believe a’ word of it!" she said angrily. "I don’t know what your game is, Sonya, but it won’t work with me. you may as well save your breath." She walked off, her blonde head held high. Sonya looked after her, pursing her lips. She sank down onto the sand '•’SSSiS i n £ ’ NEW SAFETY VISION WIND SHIELD— with increased glass area, provides greater view of the road. PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKE S—• self-energizing, long wearing, assure quick, smooth stops. NEW “FEATHER TOUCH” CLUTCH—provides new smooth ness, operates at light pedal pres sure. Much Lower Prices these ?IKE CAM FEATURES RADIANT WITH NEW STYLING Engineered with New Biding Comfort ... 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