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Show The Cache American. Iijran. Cache County. Utah Pace Seven Its Simple Furniture With Quaint Ruffles and Frills for the Home WORTS MNU. TIIK ITORT T1HI FAR: tori! forty RIIIASI man I happen 10 know In Chiii rilread4 Into uklai )ok ike Roes cago a faithful man but not too mol us el, brlplnf old Admiral Duaraa I Instructed him to prowell fcli memoirs. bht It la lova oub Intelligent ceed at once to Elleryton and send Daacaa, tfco admiral's (raadtoa. rul ua a brief report on you. to be folWhile aboard Iba Samoa aa royia HaaaU aha It thrown overboard. a ad lowed later by a more detailed rebefore arrtvini al Oaba, Pearl Harbor la port. bombrd. Afler laadlaf, Paul and Zorie "My message to Berlin must have overhear Pant's kaadtomt brolbrr, (lava s fallen Into the hand of an lib bom Eerie la talaluaud. plotunf clerk. I said, in substance, lib Wimbrop Laanlnf la deliver aoma Ta Anna Boland dead? Her dupliradar equipment to the Alia. Belle ln Slava la daafrr Zorie rather Into Iba cate is aboard this ship under very Uhl to aava him OBd ditrovara lha auspicious Circumstances . . . The answer said: Perhaps it was Anna body of hetauful Amber Eannlnf. Win tbrop Laaalai bladt Zorla tad drlvta her Boland's double we shot. Of course, lo a tabla la Iba moaaulaa. that bolstered Pierre's suspicions tremendously, but not nearly so as the answer we received much CHAPTER XV from the man I aent to Elleryton. will amuse you very much. "I there anything you can say to This Miss Corey, me." he asked gently, "that might Mr. Lanning paused for another be useful on your behalf? Mr. and Zorie wondered if anydrink of Btromberg is a realist and a man could ever amuse her again. thing quick decisions. I do nut know what "His reply, decoded, aaid literally be will decide to do, but I assure you I will do everything to save your this: 'Zorie Corey left for Hawaii on life. You are 10 Innocent and 10 fourth. Was employed by Professor Bowdoin J. Folsome past four beaut ifuL Is? "Will you tell me who Zorie asked. "But of course. Miss Corey! I will gladly answer all of your questioni. h is Pierre' way of pronouno Ing Anna. He is referring to one of the bravest, cleverest, most brilliant, most dangerous secret agents who ever lived Anna Boland. She was an English girl, of about your age an amazing person. She was shot by a firing squad In Berlin six months ago." "Do I resemble her? Mr. Lanning laughed, sharply. "My dear girl, you are Anna Boland! It Is the most amazing resemblance I have ever known. "Is that why Pierre threw me to over-cautiou- Ah-na- h Ah-na- overboard?" "Yes and for other strangely co- incidental reasons. Do you recall the night in the rain in Elleryton when you met Steve Duncan? "Yes. "What you may not recall was that, while you were talking to Steve beside that telephone pole, a sedan a pale green sedan came along. Do you recall that? "Yes." So was In that sedan. We saw you talking together. As we passed, Steve Duncan pulled you behind the pole. "I was Pierre. "Why? said Zorie. "Steve explained that to us very lucidly. He did some very quick thinking. He had seen your amazing resemblance to Anna Boland. Then he recognized me In the sedan. He reasoned that, in spite of our belief that Anna Boland was dead, your resemblance to her placed you in danger. He pulled you behind the pole to protect you. "Might you or Pierre have shot me something like that? "I would call that a very remote possibility," Mr. Lanning answered. "In spite of his lazy way, Steve Duncan thinks with great rapidity. He was simply taking no chances. Zorie said, And, of course, "That made you suspicious. At least it made us very curious. But we did not see you well enough that night to notice your remarkable resemblance to Anna Boland. It was later, when we saw you on the ship, that we pieced things In Elleryton, we merely fiought that you and Steve were being extremely furtive. "But there were other suspicious One was your poscircumstances. session of a certain engineering paWaffen-fabri- k per on the retooling of the Krupp plant for increased war production. It was the sort of document Anna Boland might have had. Another item was your stenographic notebook. She wondered why he was going to all this bother. He didnt have to explain anything to her. Certainly he expected to learn nothing of importance from her. Back of his air of solicitude was a quality that puzzled her. Why, she asked herself, was Mr. Lanning being so outspoken? Mr. Lanning paused. He took another drink. You realize, of course, that Pierre killed Amber by mistake. When your fiance made that unfortunate disclosure on the lanai, I knew that Pierre would go berserk. It has taken all my persuasiveness, all my in hand so ingenuity, to keep him far. All along, he has been very suspicious of Steve and certain that you were Anna Boland. If he kills Steve, he should be here at any moment. When he finds that you are still alive, he is apt to be quite upset. "You see, Anna Boland was something of a legend. Every time she was killed, she popped up somewhere a little later more alive than ever. Pierre has already killed you twice once by drowning, once by strangling. He is a very superstitious man. His face, if he comes into this room, will be very interesting to watch. With you, Zorie said, insisting that I am not Anna Boland, and with Pierre insisting that I am why didn't you check up? Couldnt you somehow have radioed Berlin and confirmed Anna Bolands death? I've lived tn Elleryton all my life. It would have been so easy . Mr. Lanning jumped up. "But. my dear girl, that is the most amazing part of all. The day before Pierre tried to drown you. we sent two Ber-Jn- , radiograms, one which reached In round about ways, the other to-th- Mr. Lanning paused for another drink. months. He says she is too smart. His wife claims she is a very suspicious character. Full report later. That, said Zorie grimly, "is very, very funny, Mr. Lanning. He started to smile, but when he saw her expression he checked himself. "It is so curious, isnt it? Steve told us about Mrs. Folsomes tea invitations. It should have convinced Pierre, but he is so stubborn! And Amber was almost equally stubborn. Incidentally, that Tull report had not come when we left Honolulu. Zorie wondered why he was so eager to explain, to answer all her questions. His solicitude for her plight did not wholly explain him. It was, perhaps, a natural instinct; but it went deeper than that. He was a little drunk, therefore garrulous. But it was not just that. Perhaps, she reflected, it was his vanity. He was bored. He wanted to talk. And he was an exhibitionist. Recalling the night she had slapped Ambers face, Zorie said. Amber hated me. On the contrary, Miss Corey, she admired you very much! On the assumption that I was Anna Boland? "She was never quite sure about that. You see. Amber was not a secret agent, Miss Corey. She was merely a girl of strong enthusiasms who sincerely believed in our cause. She asked repeatedly to be given a chance to help. She lived on Martinique and when the island went Vichy, she was one of our most loyal supporters. She was capable, Mr. Lanning said thoughtfully, "but a trifle too enthusiastic too inclined to take matters into her own hands. She had the ardor of the amateur. She hated to take orders." Wasnt Pierre under your orders, too? Zorie interrupted. In a lesser sense. Pierre has lived mostly in the United States, although the past two years he has been in and out of Europe frequently. In certain kinds of work, he is indispensable. His vanity makes him hard to work with. "He is a brute, Zorie said with feeling. "He is a beast. "Yes. And he is sometimes difficult to handle. His two attempts at killing you were typical of Pierre. He tried to drown you because, if you actually were Anna Boland, you were an extremely dangerous enemy agent to be liquidated. His mistaken attempt at killing you tonight was similarly motivated. As he saw it, our work was done the jig was up. Wed all clear out immediately. And you are still, to him, Anna Boland a dangerous enemy to be eliminated. How do you plan to clear out in a Japanese submarine?" "PerHe smiled and shrugged. haps. There are so many ways. With this island so well Mr. Lanning teemed amued. My dear girl, this little island hasn't yet cut its war teeth. You aaw how easily I got past those guards. Quite as easily I can clear out As a war goes on. you learn many tricks, I was about to say many ropes that Amber was an individualist, too, but easy to reach through her emotion. She very much enjoyed playing the part I gave her. which was that of the lovely siren. In an assignment of tills nature, we have a girl of her type along. The first time Amber taw me. ?-e inierrupted, she stared at me a if I were ghost I know now she thought I was Anna Boland. Mr. Lanning chuckled. Yes, you gave her a dreadful shock." Tf she stent her life in Martinique, how did she know Anna Boland? "She did not know Anna, Miss Corey. Amber was a resident of Martinique, but she spent a large part of her life in the States. At least she went to finishing school and college there. Miss Boland was pointed out to her twice once in a New York night club, and once in Martinique. A large part of the treasury of France something like four hundred million, in gold bullion la stored there, you know. Anna Boland was in Martinique, doing a little snooping. "In spite of being a British agent Anna Boland wai Amber's ideal. Anna waa beautiful, clever and i witch. She was quite in the trad! tion. She had no conscience. There was no trick In the bag she hesitated to use. To her, love was a weapon or a tooL Men lost their heads over her. Amber, in this assignment tore a page from Anna Boland's book. She used love as a tooL At least she tried. "I Instructed her to worm her way into Steves confidence, and, of course, the surest way to worm your way into a man confidence ! to make him believe that you've fallen In love with him. "She did it very well, Zorie murmured. She was always jealous of you. She knew that Steve had fallen in love with you. "Thats absurd, Zorie said. Mr. Lanning shrugged. "Perhaps I I do not know. Love is a luxury that I cannot afford. I only know that Amber would not have qualified as a secret agent. She was too human. Or too wise, Zorie murmured. Winthrop Lannings eyes were partly lidded. He looked more cyniI think you would cal than usual. do marvelously in this work because your innocence is such an excellent cloak for your cleverness. Im afraid Im too human, too, Zorie aaid. "Besides I could never work with you. Youre too suspicious, too obstinate "In this work, my dear girl, suspicion is "Ah, yes, I know! The one firm foundation! But Ive listened to you argue. Ive heard your opinions. Youre what we call, back in Elleryton, a conclusion-jumpe- r. Ive suspected this for some time, Mr. Lanning. Now I'm sure. Suspicion is no longer your slave its your master! Winthrop Lanning started from his chair. He was suddenly wary. Just what are you saying. Miss Corey? 'Til give you a perfect example, Zorie quickly answered. "You honestly believed that what Paul Duncan said on the lanai tonight was the truth! It was the truth! "It was a malicious Jie! But you leaped at it because you were so willing to be suspicious! If you hadnt become the slave of suspV cion, you would not have believed ... This Man Just Didnt Appreciate Her First Aid Site was on her way home from a first aid course when she saw a man lying prone in the middle of the sidewalk. His face was cradled in one arm; the other arm was twisted under him in a peculiar position. All alert she was, and w ithout a moment's hesitation got dow n on her knees and went to work. Here was her opportunity to prove herself. For a few minutes there was no response, then the victim spoke he said, "I don't up. "Lady, know what you're doing, but 1 wish youd quit tickling me. Im trying to hold a lantern for thia fellow down in the manhole, and hea got a fiery temper." SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER By Ruth Wyeth Speart IF YOU have been wondering if quaintness, frills and ruilles were going into the decorating ash can after the war, the answer is no. 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"My dear Miss Corey, he answered with his most urbane smile. I am not a fool. Perhaps I am always suspicious, but I am always clever, too. Sometimes I am almost psychic. Steve has been clever altogether too clever. He has had me fooled a great deal of the time. He almost had me fooled tonight. "Do you realize, Zorie stopped him, that Paul did not know what he was talking about? "Why did he say it? He and I happened to overhear your conversation behind the hedge with Steve and Pierre your plans for tonight. Paul said what he did merely to upset Steves plan by destroying your trust in him. Mr. Lanning was staring at her This is most interestcuriously. ing, Miss Corey, but I think you are being a little too clever yourself. Your fiance was very convincing. He accomplished his purpose nicely. But my psychic sense tells me that your fiance was telling substantially the truth. "Be"Why? Zorie demanded. cause it was a very dangerous moment for you! It was safer to be suspicious! You werent being clever or psychic! You were playing safe! My candid opinion is that you picked that moment to lose your nerve! Winthrop Lanning sank back in his chair. He was smiling mysteriously. (TO BE CONTINUED) JLhis is no dreamed-u- p headline no tone poem conceived on an inspired typewriter. Its the way the army explains the command Fix bayonets charge!, Only the Infantry has it put to them in these words. As one doughboy said: T11 remember those eleven words the rest of my life. Remember? How? can he forget them? They describe the climax of the action on a battleInfantrymans assault they describe the most field. Yet Infantry officers and men have advanced, countless times, to kill or be killed ... at Saratoga ... at New Orleans . . . the Argonne . . . New Guinea . . . Salerno. Theres no rescinding of this order no retreating no nothing but plain killing. Right now, the men of the Infantry are closing in for the final kill. Theyre advancing every day advancing to the order of kill or be killed. Remember this the next time you see a doughboy on furlough. Remember this the next time you almost forget to write that letter. Remember it till your dying day. You cant pay the doughboy back -- but at least you can be forever mindful of his cold-blood- role in this fight for freedom. 'Keep your eye on the Infantry THE dOUGHBOY DOES IT!0 |