Show PLUNDER BY CROOKER u adapted from the by bertram hy by kalhe inc XII fill fl U mill III skim hasti through firlit hour hours of lime no turn our attention to boton boston particularly UK tile charves here boating cities were to depart seaward idere me c first encountered the three men from afar arriving Ar rivine at he file jok dock tile tic rl nt mou trio prevented ted their thelt ticket and hmiel SL rambled up tip the rang gangplank plank billit about the file lime little hen all ioles were ere blow inn and nd stevedores mere mikii e read in to cat call off the line lines 4 ta is linb ul ut ll 11 rj rd up to the whirr nd lid a dmn wiman got out rot 1 loed b the drice hn fill her a the tile monism dashed for the tri ncr iner t id ld kit it acl bagels in time and i then bell the tile act sten pulled polled out and hica to in lol mike it ii ii 0 pr pre dent dents road rosis travers indeed ant spent the fastest of lier tier lifo life rn en to 10 reach the tile ship in time As soon on as she regained cont clous ness in th the hotel in new york he she had hurried hom rd her clothes clot lice had her tier mild ack haf tac ag and aai s as on oi o i the tile s ay my to lios djos 1 p reach the ip before it tail sall t ej she ie reath A ita a is toon soon is ht hr h T r mysterious nurturer 81 mr jonee jones she ar c cd J hat had become of her three the 11 men to turn 0 to o them thern for a Moi nOrt we N t all the charming trio in 11 heir etc rom plotting plott lne and d plain int alicd a piece of p pl ncr bior bid ii id arote rote jo 10 salamanca Sa labanca ancs S A alake bonc jonc ancs ft kill arric in six days diy make sure ure he doc does tit nt t fet pet WWI overland to until ea arrive wf big monc for you the three ho then took the mesag mesi agi to the ilic wireless cless room IN ix da das later at a a god forsaken port on the south american cna coast A a see mr hit jones heavne the landing ind de for jo herns boarding louse the only hostelry in town tut tar end and siide ade ai as a pl ice of i savory te reputation on where the acy SLUM of the earth met ft drunk drank and esquel nn on it stood in a typical li j sesh american sect crooked and bialy flanked by dirty agite fi ses on the front aas a side anje I 1 a porah sailors from all over r atif th world minered chatila chat lisl ana drick alth the tile name girls jo 10 fushero Fu chero a as standing andins st in he corua st tu Jing a ul reles me bev a while he WAS wa reading I 1 i h 9 dapp dauthier hierl the dark eed c ed a benita 1 I ip tp bened to walk bohld behl d him and sec ec te tile contoris cont triS crt tiling tIll ng that mr jr jones P 00 id bt he hald ift ahre ro the N v airle girls cyc s f ached eair sinca the jhc had ad aten a I 1 tile tp she sile had silent ly lie tile 11 od lod looking 1003 ting american benta eo hard ded something then and here H fore her father aas a a of her preen e benita henita quietly stole absy auay suddenly the crack tract of it R wh ali p was beard clr alth a it lev m ell chesen R oaths and it A rickety 0 14 vitt la dramn by an equally old MS wheezed around the corner correr in OHL hat seat icat fit mr jones jonts 0 hello jl he hailed bailed to the inn and the latter hastily nc att VI C menage message into his pc tot ran 61 ato to meet the arn alth s it h aa pleasure A number numb ir of other ha of the place caw cut to e fatt the 0 o bua drinks rinkie of el coffle ordered all at round bw blit the toe pirl girl faund tine time to drav draw her american aside me be carefully care fUll the i d are folli sed and my fair ft ir hai t j order orders to detain ou under the fleer floor of your room there it s aonie ift be ber care rare fall full huhl I 1 can net not tell you ou roozel and then as a Fuch fushero Fu chero cros returned and find 0 o 1 take mr mir jones joneil ro to hh hn koono foont baja acad ac hd alth th silent fear 41 by the wity jo the amerlan berall after they had I 1 u t wrt an cco tacoa t 1 I t 4 1 i aelita list it st as s soon as IOU iu can ar it t it J 11 veo vers imports t t 1 4 A as a I 1 1 I fairch rot ro smil d ve we ate shirt ahna at meent brair J stair lonee alie ore dv pvn dv daj I fefee on he the follo day alth ith he arival of another ship pearl tray I 1 en ers arrived it lit SAIA Sa labanca banca and lost lo 10 11 time in hunting up jo Fu fulliero cheros liero place she wa was met by the worthy himself and wa was inform id d that jone jones wa wits out for an afternoon valk benita took the girl in n her room and tasted her eye eyes on the american Amerl can beauty beatify inel what thit exclaimed pearl starting arting iii do on I 1 jimar ater sater bene alir this hi floora what I 1 is thi his kind sound no senorita enor tta the girl answer it Is the round sound of tho th sea till still in n knur our ear cars A lon long aej trip irl p often affect affects people that say ay dionita excused herself hastily the last foft fe dayi days had been frang 11 ie ive for or her nerve nerves jones ton too h id ld complained of the nolee noise and the tic eirls Ill fether ther hid been ahching atch lne her tier like A hawk for lent signs of or treachery after arranging tier toilette peirl to look out of her window she wai was about to it hout shout a clad glad cry in 84 she ho beheld jones ones coming conil nis arce ahen hen sho lii eau say th three men from front afar luddeni deni appear jap car I 1 spring on the f Amerl Lal and anoia bolk lila down ater I 1 aler t king kin g the trellous pre pr ilous eLlous from hi his pocket the trio ds di aa ciral down an alleyway alley all the 9 girl rl wai was about to po ro to his hi nad nid 01 0 hi 1 0 he andow 0 a slim tred and lock I 1 1 I frn the file she al aeo 0 dia dl t L vered hit thit the door nf of her he 11 room ure u A re locked she ual sas a rr ienner when mr jones aed to L ri sq he thit he a in hi roam room after rul bint his eyed cc and looking about N c u maki d to the jor t vi ell the windo s re locked a wea m I 1 jons jon tn s wa was he lie ii lud d thui it him elf to Q be amolia mena apah the sound that of water below came to hi his ears jone jonet alvin to break the door of hn hi 4 imprisonment he tie suddenly sud deply happened to brush bruh back a curfis on the wal w al ard a t I luer ier er as dis ca mcd mr I 1 hn ex imin e d it Car carefully Care fulli etall perhaps it mould open the thor dort lie ile drew tai te ilver back and the clevor suddenly opened beneath hm him he plunged downward down into a pool of water ater the american aft saam am to one end of the punt pool and found a footing tooting li it juxtaposition aith ith one of or the wall ails then lie lit heard an oda sound and lookia don doun into the th water beheld a huge octopus com tom I 1 ij toward him reaching out alth ith it ili tentacles pearl was beating frantically frantl franti call on the doors of hr imprisonment when 1 3 heard a 8 cry that seir aenied ned to come beneath her bendine bending don she aked through a crack in the floor P I 1 saw the man she sho loved in the c aitches of the devil fish and just tn the door opened and benita ap peard before her the next room on the she exclaim d the octopus pitt I 1 ill ili rt killso for this but I 1 love him so here make my father eke ghe up f key to the room and handing parl a revolver revo tyer she turned and ran 11 be hallway P parl arl travers tasted no time in 11 ruling ig down to the general room the T IC e the three cre ere mingling with ta P cheros and the roustabouts at the bar wr hands up everybody every bodyl she he shouted drafting arau drau ing tha he revolver now I 1 lu Uc cheros herOS come 1 here I 1 I 1 want key for or jones room the r arty innkeeper ih lb a rage fj f j handed e key over to the fiill ho backed t covering cov tring the crowd afta he tha automatic euto matic pearl rushed up the matti tair while ru cheros laughed and reached for rother lever me that ha mould clos close i trapdoor rap door in n jones room con iuen tl han the eirl girl arrived arri le e did not know how to reach her ser fer she hunted abott e room trying to find an entrance it 1 tiar the he octopus pit and then the I 1 s on 1 came to her view without or g she ahr thaw w it U oer and suffered the same time fate ai 47 jones ones 1 the trl lungel downward f d bit but in her falche fall ans Nr he had min red ta a 4 asil the edre of the floor and curg to a if it peirl 1 w abot to cumb climb to a aiace of ftc hen ber he the mt 0 hinr rui nut ah atil av n ittia ah hit lit r sh h vs weli 11 beant 1 dran drawn dra n down into tha aptt ro be continued |