Show l r i R O CE WO TS THE mE STORY THUS FAR Zone Corey who hates bates herself for being so meek is railroaded Into taking a Job she docs does not want helping Admiral Duncan write his memoirs She Is In love with Paul Duncan Dun Dun- Duncan While can the admirals admiral's grandson randson aboard the steamship Samoa en route to 4 Hawaii she is tossed overboard but is rescued On recovering from shock she learns that t Steve Pauls Paul's handsome brother broth broth- er with whom she sho is Infatuated was taken violently ill III at the time Ume she was thrown off the boat bolt Pearl Harbor arbor is G bombed while they are steaming towards to to- 1 wards Hawaii awall Two destroyers escort them to Oahu After landing Paul rek releases re- re k leases Zone of her pledge plede to marry him 1 i CHAPTER XIII t Mr Lannings Lanning's throaty voice said c I I have already anticipated this problem My suggestion is that you and Pierre go to the listening post and rand secure JY Once you have haveit it Pierre will tell you where and to whom it is to be delivered Not that I dont don't trust you Steve but the present situation is too critical for taking chances I I understand Steve said I n hope this person you have in mind is prepared to get it off the island instantly That will be no small job jobin jobin jobin in itself Under a navy ruling all small boats have been ordered to remain remain re- re main in port The logical simple Z way would be for a rowboat to take it out and turn it over to the commander commander commander com com- mander of a Jap submarine submarine-if if the Japs are to be allowed in this A rowboat could slip out without being being being be be- ing noticed and it could make contact contact contact con con- tact with a Jap submarine previously previous- previous t notified wave short-wave station ly by a a The problem of getting JY JY off this island Mr Lanning said with a touch of irritation has al- al alt all already al al- t l ready been worked out When do you and Pierre plan to leave here for the lookout It f As As soon as possible after the guests leave I You said eleven Shall we agree on on that thal Yes et Very well said Mr Lanning 1 Leaving here at eleven taking into consideration the inevitable con contingencies contin- contin tin tin- gs you should be able to des dee de- de s e liver it anywhere on this island with- with i 1 o in five hours To be safe say six hours Therefore plan to deliver the cabinet to the place that Pierre 1 J. J will ill designate at or before five I 0 clock The money Steve asked I I I The man to whom you will deliver er JY JY will have the money for you in thousand thousand dollar dollar bills Im I'm not doing this entirely for forthe forthe forthe the money Steve said I want Germany to have JY I want to todo todo do all I can to help Are you quite sure e this man to whom we will deliver deliver deliver de de- de- de liver it will be able to get it off this island island and and out of Hawaii F You need have no fear on that score Lanning assured him What time have you now Exactly ten rat Set Set your watch Pierre Lan- Lan fl rung ring g said At precisely eleven you i 2 Jl will meet Steve at the garage Is 1 ll II th that correct Steve 3 Yes lie Zorie Zone had been trying to hold her herThen IMF rh breath Then she tried breathing breathings without making any noise She felt s desperately ill II Paul was tugging at her wrist lP Pf He pulled her away t e When he was well beyond their i it hearing he said Our hero My wonderful I big brother I Do you realize realize realize real real- ize what that meant Zorie Zone tried to answer but she sheu MV was so stunned so weak weak she could 1 11 u not produce her voice Hes He's not only a Nazi sympathizer er hes he's selling out his own country 1 his own navy JY I I think Ive I've Em heard of it some it-some some kind of radio gadget et that can detect the approach of enemy planes Something like the i device the been using for fora I a night fighting but good for fifteen hundred miles t She hardly heard him Her brain 1 was numb Her knees were so weak I IU U U she could hardly stand It was hor hor- I The scandal this will mean to the thed d e family family Paul was saying The h it will V he f tn to the admiral y Oh Oh yes Zorie said weakly Is 15 Weve We've got to head it off Paul PaulHe to l- l said aid He was so excited h he a was rb panting You realize of course y lwe we must be extremely careful Those men are dangerous Do you think with a deal on like this they'd hesitate hesitate hesi- hesi tate to kill you you you-or or me Br Brol Jl I To Zorie Zone it didn't seem important ft f It now occurred to her that any J im means sans they took to prevent these men from stealing JY JY would I jeopardize Steves Steve's l life e. e A corner corner- of her brain jeered that death was a fate he deserved Then it occurred to her that Paul was not qualified to toI todeal deal with a situation so realistic so I dangerous as this n a JS Dont do anything she said T Tj weve we've thought it over s I Yes Paul agreed We must musto o 1 he be careful This is dynamite A kA She was suddenly alarmed fright- fright be at what Paul with this dangerous danger- danger og ft pus ous knowledge in his possession t oP might do She was afraid that his u t of Steve might urge him into something jJ something vindictive too Paul she said tremulously I uI sr i ex want you to promise me you'll do 1 nothing until weve we've considered it H It A L Weve very little time he ani an an- i 1 r 11 Less than an hour f t She looked at the luminous dial dialI I t of t f her heT wf wrist It said DId ten No 0 more than three minutes could have lave passed in the eternity since she he and Paul had stolen away from the he hedge Where Where what what is It uIt isn't a place place its its it's the name of ofa a region or area in the mountains above Waimea Canyon Thick ohia woods with summer cabins scattered scattered scat- scat ered through them On the highest hill nil is the navy listening post placed there here because this island is farthest west We Ve have our choice of notifying notifying noti- noti ying the listening post or the F. F B. B I. I or the provisional police But I perhaps theres there's a better way way way-a a I smarter marter way She didn't trust him Paul I want you to promise me I UI understand Paul said and he laughed softly You want to save him lim You love the man Hes He's your hero You adore him But dont don't forget that I have a sentimental stake take in this too Steve is my brother broth broth- er my er-my my only brother The big brother broth broth- er whom Ive I've always envied and worshipped and feared And hes he's a traitor to me and my family and my country Ive I've got to think of all those things Id I'd like to save Steve family and country too The dinner guests were leaving Zorie Zone caught a querulous glance from rom the admiral and she didn't s sI I J 16 a aSri Sri r e er r I t. t r L T. T d 1 onn sat d 1 anning s 3 amaze UM U voice YUI Miss Corey why did you do this blame lame him She was supposed to tobe tobe toe be e in a sense his hostess Slipping off with Paul staying away all this time had been inconsiderate and rude Mr Stromberg was the last to leave eave He walked off solidly and importantly toward the path lighted light light- ed by dim shaded blue-shaded bulbs bulbs bulbs-a a blackout precaution that led through the garden to the garage and the parking space Before the curtained lanai door closed she was sure she saw someone join him She wondered where Amber was Pierre Savoyard and Winthrop Lanning returned to the lanai but Steve did not Zorie Zone glanced at her watch It now said ten twenty She had decided that the safest plan the plan the only safe plan was plan was to warn Steve that she knew what his dangerous game was to warn him that if he did not abandon it Paul would notify notify notify no no- the authorities She started to cross the lanai to tell Paul that she was going to find Steve But Paul was speaking He was already executing a plan of his own He said Admiral arent aren't you getting getting getting get get- ting a little fed up with this latest joke of Steve's Steves this Steves this terrific interest hes he's pretending in Nazism Paul paused with a strange smile He looked pale and determined and his eyes looked pale as if he were frightened Zorie Zone catching her breath quick- quick 1 1 A 1171 1 nt t 1 AR- AR a J emu Q u u Lanning and Pierre Savoyard and Pauls Paul's grandfather were there The three men were staring fixedly at Paul The admirals admiral's bushy white brows were bristling ferociously The flesh about his eyes was crinkled crinkled crinkled crin crin- kled into shaped diamond-shaped holes out of which his china-blue china eyes glared Paul she beganI began I saw the order Paul went heedlessly heedlessly heedlessly heed heed- lessly on commanding Steve to report report report re re- port for duty at his post in Pearl Harbor laboratory as soon as hes he's finished up here Everybody knows that martial court-martial of his was just a agag gag that gag that hes he's been away all this time on a furlough Pauls Paul's voice went on but she hardly hardly hardly hard hard- ly heard it Pierre Savoyard darted a brief venomous glance at her and walked swiftly out of the lanai Without a word Winthrop Lanning followed He did not even glance at Zone Zorie Grim-faced Grim he walked to the curtained door as if at any instant he might break breal into a run Once he was outside Zorie Zone was sure she heard him running For a moment she stood listening to Paul watching the play of eagerness eagerness eagerness eager eager- ness in his lean pale face She knew as well wen as he did that nothing of what he had said was true true that that he had chosen to say just that because it would instantly destroy destroy destroy de de- de- de stroy Winthrop Lannings Lanning's and Pierre Savoyard's trust in Steve It was Pauls Paul's way of handling a situation that he himself described as dynamite He had done it deliberately deliberately deliberately and she realized that he would claim no matter what the consequences were that h his s motives had been purely patriotic Zorie Zone slipped out of the curtained d door or and found herself running before before before be be- fore she was aware that she had commanded her legs to carry her as fast as they could Steve had said he would meet Pierre at the garage at exactly eleven There was time timeto to spare but she must reach him and tell him what had happened What he chose to do about it did not concern her Paul had deliberately jeopardized Steves Steve's life by what he had said an and Zone Zorie felt that it was washer washer washer her simple duty to warn him If Savoyard and Lanning really believed believed believed be be- that he had all this time been double-crossing double them they would certainly kill him without hesitation Certainly they had given a sufficient demonstration of their ruthlessness She recalled the look Pierre had given her before he ran from the lanai and she ran faster holding up L L J her ner sun pleated ea star sapphire s siar ar di un ess so that she would not trip on it She ran past the tiny spaced far-spaced blue lights that marked the path to the garage The garage when she reached it was dark and empty Steve she called Steve He did not answer her She looked at her watch again It said ten forty Steve might not be here for fifteen minutes He might be in his room at the house She started breathlessly along the path toward the house And as she started she heard off to her right in the like jungle-like garden a familiar terrifying wh whisper sper nah Ah it said nah Ah There were sounds in that direction direction direction tion as if someone were struggling or floundering about in the dense growth Then she heard a soft thump thump thump-a a sound that might have been made by a body falling She flattened herself against a tree The man passed within four feet of her walking rapidly toward the garage The man was Pierre When he reached a turn in the path Zorie Zone left the tree and walked to the dark opening out of which he had come Had he already found and killed Steve Zorie Zone pushed her way through soft damp growing things It was so dark she could see nothing But Buther Buther Buther her feet had found another path It was the path on which she had been standing this morning when Steve and the admiral had passed on their way to the garage when Steve had said I UI dont don't give a damn who comes as long as you get Basil St Stromberg u. u She paused ana and called softly Steve I Steve There was no answer She took a astep astep astep step toward the house Her toe touched something soft yielding She became aware of the sudden spicy spicy- sweetness of ginger flowers It seemed to be all about her She bent down Her groping fingers fingers fingers fin fin- gers found first a pasteboard pack of matches lying on the ground Then she touched fl flowers and a womans woman's soft abundant hair The flowers were still moist as if they had been freshly plucked Her exploring fingers next found a face a chin then the texture of silk and soft warm flesh under it She straightened up She wanted to scream but she could only whimper It was Amber Amber with Amber with fresh ginger flowers in her hair Zorie Zone knelt down in the path beside beside beside be be- side her She placed her ear against Ambers Amber's breast There was no sound of a heart beating In Ambers Amber's body there was nothing but stillness Pierre had killed her Rising from her knees trying to collect herself Zorie Zone realized that Amber might L L L L killed have ua nave V been u u because ut au ui UL of these c cwhite white ginger flowers in her hair Zorie Zone could not recall that Amber ever wore flowers in her hair She had come here tonight and picked these flowers and put them in her hair Why Because she admired their effect in Zories Zorie's hair Because she was envious What she did know what she could arrive at by the simplest and most logical of deductions was deductions was that Pierre had kill killed d Amber by mistake He had intended to kill Zorie Zone She recalled his glance just before he left the lanai He must h have ve come upon Amber just as she had picked the white fragrant flowers and put them in her hair He must have run to the garage to find Steve and in tracking back-tracking had seen Amber striking matches to pick the flowers He hadn't seen her clearly enough It now occurred to the terrified girl that Pierre was still hunting for Steve She must find him first She did not hear footfalls in the path She heard nothing until the beam of a flashlight its lens covered covered cov coy covI I ered with blue cellophane flashed in her face then was lowered to the dead girl lying in the path and Winthrop Lannings Lanning's amazed voice said Miss Corey I Why did you do this TO BE 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