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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER CARIBBEAN CONSPIRACY1 W BRENDA CONRAD t3 THE STORY SO FAR: Anne Heywood, beautiful daughter of a wealthy New Fork newspaper publisher, goes on an assignment to Puerto Rico where Pete Wilcox, a reporter on her fathers paper, Is stationed as a U. S. Army intelligence officer. On the boat she meets a young Puerto Rican, Miguel Valera, and an named Richard Taussig, of whom she is suspicious, although she does not know that he is actually a German agent ordered to destroy Puerto Ricos water supply At the hotel In San Juan Annes luggage is searched, and she suspects Anne and Mr. Taussig have Taussig. been invited to dinner at the home ef Sue Porter and the Russell Porters. Anne went to school together. STflGEvSCRE She closed her eyes. Just as she niacally. across the narrow perilous By VIRGINIA VALE did the telephone on the table be- causeway out the Bayamon Road Released by Western Newspaper Union. side her jangled stridently. It rang from San Juan. On the right the Again before she could pull the mosI7HILE making Sahara1 garbage dump smoked with evilquito netting out from under the mat- smelling pervasiveness. Beyond it, Vy for Columbia, Bruce tress and free her arm. in the shallow head of the bay, two Bennett met a marine who! Hello, she said. dredges pumped softly and monotIm sorry. It was Petes voice onously, filling the murky oozing have to be referred to merely that came from the other end. swamp that stretched on the left of as Joe, the marine. Joe was was just wondering about you . the road, making firm new land for on leave after some tough if you got home all right. I hope I the U. S. Navy. It was dotted with Guadalcanal fighting, and due a couple of thousand oranges just soon didnt wake you up. to return to the South Pacific. Of course, she said at last. then, where a truck had gone off The actor told Joe about a GuateDont tell me its part of your job the road, and just behind it a station malan machete hed collected when to check up and see the tourists are wagon like Mr. Taussigs had gone he was making a Tarzan serial about in all properly in bed every night What like a dive bomber motor-dee- p ten years ago. Thats a little someare you doing up at this hour your- the mud, its rear wheels still going Id like to have, said Joe, so thing d around. A constant stream of CHAPTER Vn self, Captain Wilcox? Bennett sent it to him. Last week field trucks and Army open Ive just been to a a of note from Joe said: My cars trundled noisily past it, and "Its early, Miss Heywood, Mr. the Falange, my child," meeting Pete said machete is the pride of the outfit. private cars darting in and out, try- I Taussig said as they came into the cheerfully. Its called something ing spent two solid weeks sharpening to pass what seemed to Mr. lobby and Russell's car moved out else now, but its the same old leopit And brother, I aint out to cut of the drive. Why dont we have ard with the same old spots. Go Taussig to be an already solid line hay!" Bennett wishes hed had into town. p a night-catogether? back to bed. Im putting you on the dozens of them to hand over. An accident would be easy enough, "Oh, thanks a lot, Anne said. Clipper tomorrow, remember. he "But Ive really thought up in the hills, where You mean youre taking me out Nobody could be more surprised "Id like to talk to you. Miss Hey- to dinner tomorrow night. Ill see there was no soft cushion of mud than the originators of the airs WLS and He slime. were frowned. There Mr. Taussig said quietly. wood, you about six. Good night, dear. Barn Dance Show are at the way it certain Mr. Taussig was looking at her complications he expected Anne put down the phone and and did not mind. He was used to has developed. It was started as a intently. back under the net. She accidents when program that would appeal princiwriggled All right, she said. necessary, though he pally to listeners in rural In the sat up, crossed her under her preferred to avoid areas, but legs them. He, was bar?" and sat through her filmy even used to the emotional equaHe waited for her to sit down, gauze boxstaring ' ' A PERFECTLY straight piece To obtain Monogram Designs and Patat a lighted ship moving tion that women 1 x of flowered sometimes brought and signalled the waiter. He might across the window tern for the Nightie (Pattern No. 5606) in the silver in . . . but not on the level rayon silk, chiffon send 15 cents and 1 cent for postage with that the be making a mistake, he thought. ocean cotton narrow velvet or silk beyond the reef. ' your name, address and pattern numgirl in 110 across the hall had pre"I may as well come to the point ribbon and a charming monogram ber to: The Falange. Of course. I nev- sented. He was more used to the at once. Miss Heywood, he said er thought HOME NEEDLEWORK makes this lovely nightie. It reof that. kind of 149 New Montgomery St. .thing he was headed for pleasantly. the minimum of cutting and A whole new pattern wove itself now. quires San Francisco, Calif. Annes throat tightened. sewing and achieves a maximum quietly in front of her. For the The public car stopped on the side "All right, she said. What Is moment charm in she forgot Miguel and Richappearance. Do the of the crowded road under an alit? Most Popular Sports ard Taussig and herself. Here was mond tree. monogramming in color to match The waiter put their glasses down the shoulder and waistline ties. The six most popular sports In on the table. Mr. Taussig raised Caparra, senor. To our better understandthis country today, rafiked accordhis. The driver pointed to a low shedDue to an unusually large demand and like group of buildings just beyond ing, Miss Heywood. jurrent war conditions, slightly more time ing to annual attendance, are Anne raised hers. She was aware a rickety fence. They looked more Is required In filling orders for a few of basketball, softball, baseball, foothe most popular pattern numbers. of what Barbara had called the like subterranean mushroom sheds ball, boxing and horse racing.'' veiled scrutiny behind his impregthan the ruins of the villa of Ponce de Leon, the first governor, who nable lenses. It is your Interest in me that built his first capitol here four cenconfuses me slightly. Miss Heyturies ago, before he abandoned it wood. and Puerto Rico to go on his search HAL OHALLORAN Anne looked at him blankly. for the Fountain of Youth, and found do come October 2 it celebrates its 10th instead Florida and death. "What you mean, Mr. Taussig? Mr. Richard Taussig was only su- anniversary on the network as Oh, not interest damour, Miss I dont mean that. I Heywood. perficially interested in the blue and show that many city people love, mean interest in my . . . shall we yellow tiles and in the story of the Its one of the few that has a paying Indian Cacique and the great studio audience. The genial Hal say, belongings? Last night, for exwho is still heard, and OHalloran will be on hand as ample?" even seen, clanking up the ghostly usual as m. c. Anne sat perfectly calm and com-- 1 stairs in his battle armor. He tipped pletely controlled while the whole the caretaker enough to make him Metro is certainly rounding up the bottom of a kind of lovely dream remember him but not enough to popular band leaders; they recently inside her dropped out in shattered make him suspicious, and made his signed Guy Lombardo and his Royal fragments. Miguel bad told him. way along the shaded road under the Canadians for a musical, and al"I was just returning the compliIndian almonds and flamboyants to ready have Tommy Dorsey, ment, Mr. Taussig, she said. Her Harry a roadhouse. There he drank a bottle James, Xavier Cugat, Bob voice was calm and detached. She Crosby, cool of pale ale in the garden and Vaughn Monroe and Spike Jones. thought she saw him start, but she read his guide book. That was for couldnt be sure. the record too, in. case one was beWatch for a radio quiz master to May I ask what you mean by ing kept. So far as he knew, no name three of Hollywoods loveliest that, Miss Heywood? he asked quione had followed him; but deviouswho have not played opposite ' etly. Cary ness and plausibility were a habit Grant. It would be hard to name "You went through my bags yesas one. much as a Laraine Day shares honors plan, and in the halfterday, didnt you, Mr. Taussig? world that Mr. Taussig operated in, with him in Mr. Lucky, and is the He was staring at her in open and overconfidence was more dangerous latest of a list of 28 of his heroines. Anne undisguised astonishment. than wasted time. Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn misunderstood. What if she was I can get to Rio Piedras to the and Sylvia Sidney have appeared wrong? What if it hadnt been he at three times apiece in Grant pictures, all? She didnt know she was only University out this way? and hes probably our only ranking He tipped the .waiter and pointed guessing, actually. to the left fork of the road he had star who has both Joan and ConHe recovered his composure in an come on. instant If she had lied, he wouldnt And to the Tuberculosis stance Bennett on his roster of "Celebrities I Have Made Love to have known Sanatorium on the way? You went through my bags on the Screen. What makes you think I did The man nodded. Si, senor. didnt you, Mr. Taussig? such an incredible thing? Gracias, senor. The cast of "Mr. District AttorYour thumb prints, Mr. Taus- her story. It was what shed come If I walk along a public car will Anne said. If shed been down to get In the curious ney made money when they won sig, way stop for me? a wager from the "Ellery Queen wrong, he could deny it, and she that better newspaper people than Si, senor. would apologize. performers. be Mr. ever Jay Jostyn of the forshed stumbled into things, Taussig set out, walking slowmer show was a guest star on the He thought quickly. His hands she had stumbled right into what ly. The road was less crowded than had been moist from the heat He she was hunting for, entirely with- the other branch. Nevertheless he latter, and his colleagues bet the opsmiled. out knowing it walked past the blue stucco house position that hed solve the mystery. S. & I think youve jumped to a very Diego Gongaro was Spanish. Don set behind a great hedge of red and Just a natural The soldiers stahasty, conclusion, Miss Heywood. Alvaro was Spanish in everything but pink hibiscus, because a cart loadYou have a bag just like one of the place of his birth. The Falange ed with sugar cane was passing it tioned at Camp Ellis, near Lewiston, Corn Picking mine. The porter put yours in my was the conservative organization just then. When the road was HL, were trying to find just the right When to pick sweet com empty depends room. I opened it but I closed it that had bound the old Spain and he turned girl to name "Miss Camp Ellis, Dairy Herds somewhat on personal taste. Some back, went A 2 per cent increase in the num at once, of course, and had the por- colonial Spaniards together, espe- through the tall gate in thequickly and wound up by selecting Anita like corn her of dairy cows on farms during the kernels at the milk stage, when ter take it to your room and bring cially during the civil war that had and closed it securely behind hedge him. Ellis, songstress of the Jack Carson are still small. Others 1942 mine to me. Youll find theres usu- changed the mother country from a brought the nations total cows prefer older corn with Diego Gongaros cqr stood in the show on CBS. kernels the of milking age to 26,946,000 head. ally a simple explanation for most republic to a totalitarian power. It drive. Taussig glanced at his watch. consistency of a soft dough. This is the now milkinand then Hi Brown, Every was through the Falange that, the He had allowed himself forty-fiv- e greatest number of things, Miss Heywood. g-age Then I apologize profoundly, Mr. Axis dominated Spain . . . and it minutes to compensate for the tem- producer and director of The Addairy cows ever reported on Burn Old Canes Im glad we was the most important sometimes peramental disregard of time that ventures of Nero Wolfe, runs into American farms. The net increase Taussig, Anne said. When the raspberry and blackberover an the talked about it." , in radio who reminds was another complication of the previous high figures as actual, sometimes only potential is of January 1, 1943, is 15,000 head. ry harvest over, the bearing t nes him of his first program on the air. She got up and held out her hand. Fifth Column in Latin and South Latin scene that irritated his should be removed, to leave more preShe could see the indecision in the America. She tried to remember all cise mind. He had not wanted to It was called High-Broroom for the canes that have started Readings Hi cold blue gleam of his eyes fastened the things shed read about it It arrive at the house of by Brown," and hed rather forStrong Love Diego Gonthis spring. Old canes can A popular saying in Mexico is growth on hers. He wasnt sure whether was made up of the wealthier congaros mistress until Gongaro was get it well be burned. she was telling the truth or not. servative which down here would there himself. He was disturbed "Contigo pan y cebolla. It means: And she knew he had lied.. Three years ago an aspiring young "With thee, bread and onions, the about her, just as he was disturbed usually mean anti - democratic Have Many Eyes actor Mexican named version of Omars A loaf was to Curtis It be about Rudolf Graciela. In the failed groups. supposed fact, there were have no heads, but they Scallops to obtain of a Anne lay in the luminous half-dara bit of in the of too of idea bread, wine, and thou have numerous part a little theater stronghold jug many women in all this altogethSpanish eyes. The eyes of beside me. under the oblong tent of cheesecloth Empire. At one time, when there was er for his liking. All except little production in Cleveland, and was adscallops, which cannot focus and around her bed, trying to think with- still peace in the world, it hadnt Mrs. Porter. So far as he could vised to try some other line of work. are sensitive only to light and darkout feeling . . . trying to separate meant much more than the various see, she was the one simple aspect Recently Metro staged a first showFind Gas Leak are arranged along the marness, on Mix soap and water and brush it "Salute to the Marines in the things she knew from the things foreign associations in the States had of his problem. His impulse had ing gin of the shell. over she suspected but did not actually meant. Or people had thought it been to go see her that the and an Cleveland, actor and Donjoints named pipes where you morning, think a gas leak may be. The leakknow, without coloring them with hadnt, including most of its membut he had rejected it. It was best ald Curtis, christened Curtis Rudolf, Chicken Production had a leading role in the Wallace her own emotions. ing gas will make bubbles. This is bers, probably. In times like the to let the first move come from her. The number of young chickens the starrer. But Im not wrong about it, she present it meant something very difBeery service men way gas He went up the steps, reached out spot leaks. raised on farms in the U. S. in 1943 told herself. It is the best and safest way. I saw it Its one ferent. That was why in Puerto to ring the bell beside the d estimated at 925,652,000 birds, A of the things I know . . . even if I Rico it had been, disbanded man on The prop or Fallen Spardoor, and stopped. From in- row d over more than in recent' set laboriously made "snow dont know what its all about. Fire Deceptive officially it had been. Apparently side he could hear loud and 16 per cent over last hysteriand years still remnants were ice of oththere into by flaking a freezing bin year. Pouring kerosene on a fire is a it Actually there were only two cal weeping. It stopped er things she really knew, when she Anne lay down again and closed and a womans shrill voice abruptly, and returned from lunch to find that very good example of a very bad cried out John Ferns First Seed Plants came down to it One was that her eyes. Don Alvaro was old Spain. in rapid Spanish: Garfield and Walter Slezak practice. A fire that seems dead The first seed plants were seed can strip you clean as a whistle-clot- hes, Taussig had opened her bag and Diego Gongaros wife, who was Gra-ciel"But why? Why, Diego? Why not had returned from their lunch and ferns, greatly resembling true ferns. hair and eyebrows. gone through her letters and had not mother, had been killed in let all of that alone? Why endan- used It all up throwing snowballs at arose in the late Devonian They Maureen told the truth about it The other the Spanish civil war. Miguels or- ger OHara and Rich-arDirector d yourself and me and your famof the Paleozoic era, 300 milperiod was that Miguel had told him she ders had been cancelled by the War ily? What is there to Wallace. When they learned Gained Weight Faster gain that was in his room. Experiments at Cornell have lion years ago. Department. Maybe it all added up She stopped as suddenly as she how much labor had been involved, . to what she couldnt say. had begun. A . shown that nearly mature cockerels in and made more. The rest of it was in that danger. heavy chair moved, they pitched Modern Cinderella ous border line of intuition and sus- Maybe what it added up to was there were gained weight faster when pens sharp steps on the tiled Todays CindereUas are not conODDS AND ENDS The tmall black were darkened to make hours of Except Miguel floor. Taussig stepped back, came picion. That was what she had ta Richard Taussig. fined to glass slippers. into which folks on the watch. Still, even Barbara French . . . not Miguel. It was all back across the porch Shoes are daylight short again, scraping his microphone made with soles of plastic being Bing has had recognized what she called again from where it had started. been rubber-sole- d Prgram sing shoes on the tile, and named felt, wood, cotton and wool, cord Skinny Ennis ...Bob Hawk, WRENS Deckhands Taussigs veiled scrutiny. Gongaro came from an inner room of Thanks to the Yanks, and friction belting and has an idea Richard Taussig gripped the open through the portiere made of Anne shook her head. It didnt Listed as deckhands many other in British fabric for a movie quiz in which several stuand synthetic substances. do any good to go over every dewindow ledge of the crowded station-wago- n merchant ships logs are the women glass beads and short lengths dios are interested . . . Fred Astaire's with one hand and hung on of fine bamboo. He smiled tail of a day or two days the way Volunteers (WRENS) who serve on signed a long-tercordialcontract with Metro, Will Produce to his guide book and his yachting ly as he opened the she was doing. active stations in the battle of the where he made his first picture Artillery Dane-mWhether grill. Brazil will soon produce all Atlantic coding and decoding radio Lady, which starred Joan CrawNights a magnifying glass any- cap with the other. He was in one he was unaware that his caller had the vehicles she known of those new needs as an ally of the artillery she thought. locally heard the end of the scene, or was ford and Clark Gable, in a cast includway, messages. United Nations in her ing rranchot Tone, and made little of She reached down, pulled the thin as public cars that provide a vast simply unconcerned, Mr. great Taussig Astaires Menu . . . Dickie Jones, steel plant at Volta Redonda. blanket up from the foot of the bed, network of cheap transportation for could not tell. the Had More Cars new airs Henry Aldrich, went HoU and to make and settled back into the pillows. the Island Come in." he said. 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