Show OF INTEREST IN TERES T ro WOMEN I I I I I I out lut t the Diving Suit and Curse urse on Joe Bach I ivi possible II I 1 whispered y beet 1 land nd came close to me mey y wrists in his strong ty t k c of vast strong I res as he gazed deep Aliss Miss Miss-Miss Miss Rose nose it TT nen n you spoke so soi i i iS tone your tone your words trl Irl I used to know t i-t g her I asked softly S ith m my own 1 i cared for her her he ha here re remarried remarried re- re married her I whist whis- whis t S e BS married Bob spoke r of irritation in his voice s a fell and the charm was would have fled to the Ji p entirely the mystery S. S suit longing to 1 joy and part part- mr I Iv ly in sorrow because Bob Dob remembered that he had loved Jane Ames But Bob pushed me gently back upon the seat by the pool where closed lotus buds were floating The lotus stands for sleep and forgetfulness The Tho buds would open as Bobs Bob's mind must do do- do some day The Tho sight of them comforted comfort comfort- ed edme me Its weird of course Bob said But we actually did find the main part of a divers diver's costume in the fishermans fisherman's hut I And I wish that were all of the story To go back to the beginning When the secret service men reached our dock I the morning of the explosion they picked up a sailor who appeared to be I crazy He lie pointed out the motorboats I off shore yours shore yours and another He tie swore that Dr was a German spy formerly in the pay of the kaiser ex-kaiser himself And the detectives seemed to I like his story So he Improved on it i He lIe said his own name was Jo J 0 Bach Dach Bachand Bachand and that he had been a member of the submarines submarine's crew crew I I 1 I believe him I remarked He told an incoherent tale about the U-boat U and the dead officers who whose e eI I bodies surround it it and about plan to dive for a loot of jewels I guess its it's all true said I. I Of course the detectives threw him into their boat and took tool him off In the chase And of course all of the boats except my own hung around the oily patch on the tho sea after the mine let go Finally when the they did come in In it didn't didn t seem to be anybody's business to guard Jo Bach and he hp disappeared in a Jiffy I I The next morning Jim and I noticed a crowd around the shack of the dune I and we strolled down Bob stopped at the climax in a way I which had often otten exasperated me I Go on Go on I exclaimed c We Vo e found that a man had been I knifed there In the night We recognized recognized the body It was that of the I half- half crazy sailor sailor sailor- I Jo Jo Bach Dead Caught at last by byI bythe I the curse of the pearls I murmured in horror Bob regarded me inc with curiosity Who had a reason for killing him Probably Probably- well we'll never find out But Dut Inthe in inthe inthe the room with the body was a divers diver's dress of a new design Was it one of I the two made after pattern i And what became of the one worn by bythe bythe bythe the little dancer i That was left on board the tug I think And I know that it was much too small for a man The one I found was huge said I Bob Evidently theres there's no end to mystery mystery mystery mys mys- tery in this case To be continued I |