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IJ bcot j Dol sot as * be ' ' , 1pp II ' { to CONTIJIUE CoNrtOE C'O'NTIM'E CONTIME , ' WITH THE STORY STORYCHAPTEIt STOR STORI - CHAPTER CHAPTEIt VICurt VI VIBirt I ous feeling feelmg about Mona Monan Mon : Birt Curt curlS s cur sted sled all evenmg evening It was wasII wasjot JI n pers much what the man said as aspw s mu so II jot ) d it Restraint Restrarnt in m thiS thistaibng th"Ibng thIbng he be sa )1I 1I pw ) " ' fellow teIJow was odd Again Agam the theJ'Jpress theppress Uifflpress taibng \ g lacking m in inH i on of o ( something somethrng J'Jpress JJpress ppress ' s manner came to toIn toIim trtn , jl .n n H . Henderson ! ? Ne ther Cher Bill nor Slats Mons Mona Monato .D D to ) . .Dwas \In In Iim \ ! - ys was , as cordial as Curt might mightt mightlave migtwe ve eJtpectedcurt expectedput expected eJtpected expectedCurt t lave Curt put found tound hunseU hunself himself paired off with withonlaya withtaya wittailaya tl in canvas canvasifnI canvast canvatelt onlaya taya for the night a cot cotleds cotbeds comfortable ccIris ifnI t . . . There were leds beds on a raised wooden platform platformeasgiuto platforn-BSiguito platforn BSiguito - ; easgiuto gU1to bars-essential bars essential bars - essential here a a.Imp aimp ; * / . timp /.Imp .Imp imp cha r a small table on which whichNod \ wtuc hlCh hlChQOd ] QOd Nod od vacuum Jug lug ] ug and glassOpen glassOpen glass glassOp Open Op < n ng rig b h s musette bag to pre preI'Ile prepre provat tor for bed Curt s hand came m in inmutt iKBtict I'Ile IIle pre ' Illact mutt ! ( with the sharp coner cor-ter cor ter - of a abJ ait ; bJ lit it ' of folded paper apparenti apparently apparentlyI.Ipped apparentlyupped : ypptd I.Ipped IIpped upped . under the flap without openhg open openi1g openU i1g hg the bag Curt pulled pilled ! it at out out , , , un tin tinadded unIolded unyded Iolded added it m ID the hght light of the lantern lanternu lanternEhang lantenluCcg Ehang u . g ng from trom the r dge poleHe polelie pole poleHe He lie read Curt , , watch yourselfIt yourselfII yourselfI yourself I It II was printed prmted wth w th pencil pencl ! In . Ir Irregular Irregular iriilar though hurriedlyJllI'asn hurriedly hurriedlyII regular [ ( ( letters as 8 JllI'asn JllIasn II vain ' rasn t t s s finedput goedCurt gned goed fined gnedCurt Curt put heard Montaya s steps He He1ulmed HipiBtd paImro 1ulmed paImrotbe the tbe paper rummaged in the thekf thifc ig kf , : ; found tound a bottle of qu nine nme cap cap.we capales capisJfc .we we ales . . . and as Montaya entered was wasnshmg wasrailing wa ; nshing nshmg railing one downMy downMy down downMy My wife s pet phobia phDbla Curt said saidnod saileisili saileisiliAnd Sib nod ! ) SibAnd And a good one It is my rule ruletat rulethat ruli&at ruliat tat that & all workers in m an e e\posed e posed exposed \ ' posed areas areasI areas3ll areasFall areaLill I -3ll 3ll Fall < - take da ly dosesGettmg dosesGetting doses dosesGetting Getting Gettmg to sleep wasn t easy CurtVp Curt Curtlay Curay lay Vp taring slarlng staring ( in m the dark Who had hadLd ha hai < .d d Ld ! . -i i - an opportun ty to slip that note noteato not'sto notsto ' ato ; o ! his bag bag7 ' Here at this camp at atIOme atems atime IOme ems time during durmg the evening each eachIi eachd eacli ] Ii d the Ihe group had had occasion to tokave tohave tlive kave have the mess tent where they d dbffil dbeen iten bffil been ( talking and downing downrng colddrinks cold coldtmks colitoki tmks drinks after d nnerHenderson nnerHenderson nner nnerHenderson Henderson and Monahan of o1 all allwese al"ise alise wese " eae menmew men \ knew \mew mew that musette bag bagrl bagtold baold , told rl ( ( old . . It had been a familiar piece piececl pieced pieci cl d ( Curt s field equ pment swmgrng swinging swinginghorn swmguiliom ] horn om hs h s shoulder or hanging hangmg over overfte overde ove ; fie fte de back of a a cha r in m camp So Solie Sitit it lie ! note nate came from one of the two'Watch twoWatch two twoWatch ' -Watch Watch 'Watch - yourself It tied bed m in with withbra \ vut1tea Ith IthT.1ra T.1ra T1ra bra . M tchell s Don t come come'iranung comeiranung I ' IJammg Jammg rarnmg A string strmg of ot suooosit supposlt supposit ons on : noded bidcd Ixded Curti Curt s mind mmd again agam circled circledIDd circledtad circledsA IDd tad suddenly one shot o off @ on a tan tanrent tanImt tanttBl tanttBlHis rent Imt Imtldas His Js ldas ! t'rioughts trioughts ' ( noughts oughts raced The ChiefEngineer Chief ChiefEngmeer ChiefE Engmeer Engineer { Becr tor for the Compan a Agricola Agricolai'rop Agricolatrop AgricolaImp i'rop irop trop ' cal was the key figure in theU their theirgetting theirpitug ' getbng getting into production1'as production productionTn 1'as 1as Tn ' s murder of tchell-was tchell was Mtchell-was Mtchell M tcheU - was it itbeyond itbeyond itlnyond beyond Old Man Moore to hire the thejob thebb thelob job bb done ? B g business busmess has fewstruples fewscruples few croples struples scruples " , when hen it comes to protect mg log protectfaj protectmg protectlog or advancing advancmg its interests espe espetJaUy espetally espefilly tJaUy tally in m front er work such as thl thisPursuing this " , Pursuing this tms idea there was an another another an'tiler antiler Montayahad other ' poss peso b I l I ty Perhaps Montaya Montayad had d personal enemies who would wouldtant wouldSant wouldtint tant Sant plantingOn plantmgOn to slow up the planting plantmg On ths Ilis th Ili s new theme-was theme was theme - was it at Mitche8 Mitchen Mitch en e8 < " the man or MitcheU Mitchell the ( he Chief ChiefUkBeer ED.lDcer EDlDcer Kvameer ChiefED.lDcer ChiefKvameer . who was killedCurthilly killed killedCurt killed--Curt killed Curt killed--CurtBilly killed CurtBilly ' ' ' -Curt Curt Curtnally - - - - - nally hilly ! ten fell asleep Seep asleepSeep washes our minds mmds When When"t Whent Curt Out WhenCurt WhenOut Curtawoke " " woke awoke in m the mormng mommg morning he dId dIdtot didtot did'it didit tot ' remember at once the note noteIUpped note"ipped noteipped notedipped IUpped dipped " into mto his has musette bag but but"t butt butlsl butLots Lots lsl brought11 broughtk broughth " f 5 ght of Slats Monahan brought k h MA back w th a rushMonahan rushMonahan rush Honaban Monahan rushHonaban having havmg shaved before abUrror amuror'hung a ofhJa ofiii muror'hung murorhung bUrror Wor'hiBig WorhiBig ' ' ung outs de on the wall of of"tent oftent hJa iii nOlslyImder noisilykdlr " tent v vas as pow dancing noisily nOlsly ! Imder kdlr " " to a shower showerCurt showerOut ( howerCurt madefor Curt , Out , , in m breeches and boots made madew for lathermgIs latheringiii the mirror and began lathermg lathering Is iii ! face He shivered mvoluntarilY involuntarily bathh w ill mvoluntarilYill involuntarilydeglit deglit dit ght ot o1 o ( the other Taking Takrng a bath bathm in h m lhl lhli.n -i-.n i.n i .n n . this ihfa - - chill ch l I requIredIUts requiredliis mornmg morning air requIred IUts liis for though this was tropical ' w fWnlry why tropicalfWnlry tropicalwhy fWnlryIt slsf 't t It ' could certainly get cold coldl-'roleht coldl 'roleht roleht coldOvernight C'irnght Cirnght Overnight ' ! - ' ! . . , Monahan dismissed the thebH thelibve thembve libve mbve lnd and was rubbmg rubbing S himself himselfI t himselft briskly btIskIY himselfbriskly himselfbtIskIY bH spokebtat ) With a towel when Curt spoke I atot btat 0111 of the comer corner of his mouth ceep . : "Keep Keep mouth"Keep " ' your volce voice down sla Slats and . fc.T'11your fc.T11your fcT11your andteal andcst cst . . t look inni , , . - - , . - . - . . . at You touchhI up me touch hI bag last nlght night ' ' ' 'No No ' l 'NoDidat 'NoDdn Didnt Didat Ddn ! t put anything anythmg m in It IfKO ' ' 'Ho Ho o Why ' warnII warni ! - put a note in it warn warni8 II ! i IIIre outfor outbi , , Ire " to watch out . . . Watch out for bi " "hat hat what " hit S ats ' Any idea ? Hell lIen "ell ell " , , . I I dunno dllnnn Curt Pn . t . Got < - ' , . * any - _ ? II g anyg to do with Chigger 'eger eger ' MitcheU Mitchell s a * | birder abirder tcd ilrder ' > [ tobow toOW h71111 't'hat that fats ' * 8 somethlr somethu tomethirg g I id d l&e le like & to bow bowWhat OW OWWhat What at . Elata murderElata OWh h , . .bout bout about that murder'fell murder murderI I 'Wen Wen 'fell fell ' ' Tr , n r . M letM , I dunno Curt They let It Ada W "a8 a8 was " " a * STUdee grudge killing kUling and I Ia . a * think it must ve ye been becn You You1 -1 1 - : You"S YouS " . * ; ' ' how haw Mitch was tt wastt < .eh eh . ch I knOv know knov"nly knovnly knov"nlyh knov"nlyldi . , 'Only Only ' " 9 I 'OnlyI A 9A "Only Only " Only What ? . .f f . I ! 'Wen Wen ' WIj , , I do know this Mitch was wasfoP about foP foPtwlng h revIg tit twlng : ! ldi aboutSomething about T0"1 T01 " somethmg Something ' " ' ' " "ne ne " tor for sevI iev liev sev , dill ' * before re they got eottiml hlII1 horn who who- - " I IYtr * tf rdaye whoIYtr whoIt it l was 'lVhat lVhat R71at was'lVhat wasR71at ' ' % 'tdoyomneanMil.11"6 tdoyomneanMil.116 tdoyomneanMil116 ' do d ! ) yoU mean ? J 'Web Web eU . . hisLast he " had something somethmg on his I " < . ta8t Last t time Urne h . came out to the job he stayed in m camp over overmght overnight ove r night mght He got me off of ! by mysclf myself mysclfand myselfand myscand and began flingm llrngm tlingin questions at atme atWhat , me- me me - " meWhat What kind of questions quesbons ' About U t1 e freight comm comet up rlv riv rlver river ri / er Curt I l dunno nothm nothon about the the8tuff theetuff tt 8tuff etuff tufi comm comet in on But M tch was espe espeCI311y espedally csp > dally CI311y interested in a lot that passed passedthrough passedthrough passe through Tempujo a coupla weeks weeksago weeksago weet : ago I I did see that I was in Tempuo Tem TempUJo PUJO puo ) for the . week .eek eek end and Mitch Mitchas Mitchvas \ was \\as as vas at San Alejo Aleo ) These were b g | ; gheavy heavy boxes that came to Cabe Cabeza Cabeta a on ona ona c a Jap tramp Like Lille oversize coffins coffinsthey coffinsthey they were Eight of em marked markedpump markedpump marke markepump pump mach nery They brought em emup emup ei up river rlvcr that Sunday and hustled hustlcd em emon emon ei eion on to San Alejo AIejo right nght a\\ a aay away awayWell awayWell \ ay ayWell Well ? ? I I'Well Well 'Well 'Yell Yell ' ' it seemed like Mitch was wasm wasm wa wam theyI m ghty burned up about it like hke they theywas theywas I was sneakm sneakin stuff in behind behmd h s sbacle sback back bacle You kno v how M bd tch was wasHe wasHe wa ; ' He hated most foreign goods and andwas andwas was death on the Japs and Germansespecially Germans Germansespecially especially Nothin Nothm would do him himbut himbut but good old USA U S A stuff But ButCurt ButCurt Curt , , , it If of Montaya wants to buy equ pment p pment j jment , ment without Mitch s s okay even evencheap evencheap cheap Jap pumps I reckon he s got gotthe gotthe gc gcthe the right nght It s his moneyStack money- money moneyStick money - Stick Stack to Mitch MitchWell MitchWell WeU Well Mitch asked a lotta ques questons questons ; tons t ons about Lannestock and Ryder Ryden RydenThey RydenThey They re the two Swedes- Swedes SwedesI Swedes - I know What about them ? I dunno Curt I ve ye played pi pinochle pInochle p pnochle ; nochle " with "Ith Ith them at Tempujo once one oneWhat 1 1d 1f 1i 1Jf d , f Jf Jfi Jf4S i i - 4S Ii Iii i I 1ii ! 1i\ 1i \ i \ tip tipt tb b t\\ t \ \ / What about that tbat murder Slats Slats7 ' " or tWicehen twice \\hen hen when ft \ hen they stayed over of a aSaturday aSaturday Saturday or Sunday They re not notexactly notexactly notexactly exactly the chummy kind kmd but so sofar sofar sotar far s I ! . kno .no no v they re okay But MItch MItchhad Mitchhad Mitchhad had some k nda bug in m h shead sheadabout s head headabout headabout about em Can t t say whyGo whyGo why whyGo Go on about M tchWell tchWell tch tchWell Well there am aim t t much more He Hesaid Hesaid Hesaid said he was sitt Sltt n on a powder powderkeg powderkeg powderkeg keg and raved about Loringyouknow Loring-you Loring you Loringyouknow Loring - youknow know Lormg- Lormg LormgYch Lorin Loring ; - Ych yen yeh came lII1pahently impatiently lII1pahentlyfrom impatientlyfrom impatientlyfrom from CurtLormg CurtLoring Curt CurtLoring Loring Lormg had been American Consulat Consul Consulat Consulat at Soledad tor for years He d been ap appomted appointed appointed ' pomted pointed through influence mfluence of AssoCI AssoCIated Associated Associated ated Growers Grov.ers Grovers . and was their man manfirst manfast manfirst first fast and last Loring Lormg was as un urn unAmencan urnAmerican unAmerican Amencan American a person as could have havebeen havebeen havebeen been selected for the Job-hadn Job hadn lob - hadn t teven teven teven even been to the States in m sixteenyears sIXteen sIXteenyears years yearsWeU yearsWell WeU Well what griped Mitch Match Mona Monahan Monahan Monaban han went on was that Loring Lormg was wasthe wasthe wasthe the closest official an Americancoud Amencan American Amencanco Americancould co coud d go to for help and he wasn t tany tany tany any good But don t ask me what whatkind whatkind , kmd kind of help A guy that d blow the thelid thelid thelid lid oft off was Mitch s s words Mitch Mitchcomplamed Mitchcomplained Mitchcomplained complamed complained that he couldnt couldn coudn ] t get to tothe tothe tothe the Canal Zone Two three times timeshe timeshe timeshe he muttered about how close we weare weare weare are to the Canal yet not close closeenough closeenough closeenough enough tor for it to do him hum any good It Itmay Itmay Itmay may be a coupla days by coast he hewas hewas hewas was gr pin but it s hardly more na n na na a coupla hours by airWhat airWhat air airWhat What do you know about Montaya Montaya Mon Montaya9 taya |