Show borrs THE WN THE STORY THUS FAR borle corey who ho hates herself henelt for or being so 0 o meek li is railroaded into a job jb she ghe does doe not want helping admiral duncan write his bli memoirs nitin oln she la Is in love with pad pact DU dun can the admirals grandson andion cr while aboard the steamship samos samoa on in route to hawaii tie ile li is tossed overboard but Is rescued ret cued on an recovering from rom shock the learnt learns that stiv steve pauls pauli handsome han diome broth or with she Is infatuated wa wai taken violently au M at the time she wa wai thrown off air the boot boat pearl harbor I 1 li bombed while they are steaming X lo 10 bardt wardt w Is hawaii fla wali two destroyers de escort them to 60 alter after landing paul panl re leaie of her pledge to marry hire him CHAPTER XIII mr mir Lr longings Lonn innings ings throaty voice said 1 11 I have ve already anticipated this problem my suggestion is that you and pierre go to the listening post and secure JY once you have it pierre will tell you where and to whom it is to be delivered not that I 1 dont trust you steve but the present situation is too critical for taking ch chances inces 1 I understand steve said 1 I hope this person you have in mind is prepared to get it off the island instantly that will be no small job in itself under a navy ruling all small boats have been ordered to remain in port the logical simple way Y would be for a rowboat to take it ii out and turn it over to the commander of a jap submarine if the japs are to be allowed in this A rowboat could slip out without being noticed and it could make contact with a jap submarine previously notified by a short wave station the problem of getting JY oil off this island mr lanning said with a touch of irritation has already been worked out when do you and pierre plan to leave here for the lookout As soon as possible after the guests leave you said eleven shall we agree on that yes very well said mr lanning leaving here at eleven taking into consideration the inevitable contingencies gen cies you should be able to deliver it anywhere on this island within five hours to be safe say six hours therefore plan to deliver the cabinet to the place that pierre will designate at or before five the money steve asked the man to wilom whom you will deliver JY will have the money for you in thousand dollar bills im not doing this entirely for the money steve said 1 11 I 1 want germany to have JY I 1 w want a nt to do all I 1 can to help are you quite sure this man to whom we will deliver it will be able to get it off this island and out of hawaii you need have no fear on that score lanning assured him what time have you now exactly ten three set your watch pierre lanning said at P precisely eleven eleven you will meet steve at the garage Is that corr correct act steve Ys yes zone orie had been trying to hold her breath then she tried breathing without making any noise she felt desperately ill paul was tugging at her wrist he pulled her away when he was well beyond their hearing he said our herol hero I 1 M my Y wonderful big br brother otherl do you realize what that meant zorie tried to answer but she was so stunned so weak she could not produce her voice hes not only a nazi sympathizer hes selling out ills his own country his own navy I 1 JY I 1 think ive heard of it some kind of radio gadget that can detect the approach of 0 enemy planes plane S So something methin g like the device the British ve been using for night fighting but good for fifteen hundred miles she hardly heard him her brain was numb her knees were so weak she could hardly stand it was horrible the scandal this will mean to the family paul was saying the blow it will be to the admirall admiral oh yes zorie said weakly weve got to head it off paul said ile he was so excited he be was panting painting ifyu you realize of course we must be extremely careful those men are dangerous do you think with a deal on like this hesitate to kill you or mea me to zorie it icem important it now occurred to her that any means man s they took to prevent these JY 41 9 would men i from r om stealing jeopardize steves life A corner of her brain jeered that death was a 2 ft fate he deserved then it occurred to her that paul pall was not qualified to deal with a situation so realistic so dangerous lang e rous is as this dont do anything ng she said until weve thought it over yes paul agreed we must he careful this is dyna dynamite i te she was suddenly alarmed adarme d fair frightened ht at what paul with this dangerous knowledge knowledg e in his poss possession assion might do she was afraid thu that his hatred haired of ste steve v e might urge him into something vindictive ive paul she said tremulously 1 I want you to promise ise me do nothing until weve c considered onside red it weve very little time lie he answered less than an hou hour r she looked at the luminous dial said id te aci sui SLI of her watch it no more than three minutes could i have passed in the eternity since she and paul had stolen away from the hedge where what is bokee it a place its the name of a region aregian or area in the mountains above walmena waimea canyon thick ohia woods with summer cabins scattered through them on the highest hill is the navy listening post placed there because this island is farthest west we have our choice of notifying the listening post or the P F 13 1 I or the provisional police but i perhaps theres a better way a smarter way she trust him paul I 1 want you to promise met mel 1 I understand paul said and he laughed softly you want to save bavei him you love the man lies hes your hero you adore him but dont forget that I 1 have a sentimental stake in this too steve is my brother my only brother br otherl the big brother whom ive always envied and worshipped wor shipped and feared and hes a traitor to me and my family and my country ive got to think of all those things id like to save steve family and country too the dinner guests were leaving zorie caught a querulous glance from the admiral and she 1 1 1 1 0 4 T 0 lannings amazed voice said bliss iss corey why did you do this blame him she was supposed to be in a sense his hostess slipping off with paul staying away all this time had been inconsiderate and rude mr stromberg was war the last to leave he walked off solidly and importantly toward the path lighted by dim blue shaded bulbs 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 ir lanning anning returned to the lanai but steve sieve did not zorie glanced at her watch it now said ten twenty eight she had decided that the safest plan the only safe plan was to worn warn steve that she knew what his Idan dangerous gerou S ga game me was to warn him that if he did not abandon it paul would notify the authorities she started to cross the lanai to tell paul that she was going to find steve but paul was speaking lie he was already executing a plan of his own ile he said admiral arent you getting a little fed up wit with thi this latest joke of steves this terrific interest hes pretending in nazism paul paused with a strange smile ile he looked pale and determined and his eyes looked pale as it if he were frightened zorie catching her breath quickly glanced about t the he lanai only mr lanning and pierre savoyard and pauls grandfather were there the three men were staring fixedly at paul the admirals bushy white brows were bri bristling astling ferociously the flesh about his eyes was crinkled into diamond shaped holes out of which his china blue eyes glared paul 11 she began 1 11 I saw the order paul went heedlessly on commanding steve t to 0 report for t duty uty at his post in pearl harbor laboratory as so soon on as hes finished up here everybody k knows news that court martial of his was just a gag that hes been away all tills this time on a furlough pauls voice went on but she hardly 1 r heard it pierre savoyard da darted arted a brief venomous glance at her and walked swiftly out of the lanai anal without I 1 a word winthrop lanning follow followed ed lie he did not even glance at zorie zone grim faced he walked to the curtained door as if at any instant he might break into a run once lie vas ou outside iside zorie was sure she heard him running for h a moment she stood liste listening ning to paul watching the play of eagerness ile ss in his lean can pale face she knew as well as he did that nothing of w what hat he had said was true that he h e had chosen to say just that because it would bould instantly de stroy winthrop lannings and pierre Savo yards trust in steve it was pauls way of handling a situation that he himself described as dynamite lie he had done it deliberately era tely and she realized that he would claim no matter what the consequences were that his motives had been purely patriotic zorie slipped out ol of the curtained door and found herself running before she was aware that she had commanded her legs to carry her as fast as they could steve sieve had said he would meet pierre at the garage at exactly eleven there was tim time L to spare but she must reach him and tell him what had hil happened p ile ned what he chose to do about it did n not 0 t concern her paul h had id dellbe deliberately ratel y jeopardized steves life by what lie he had said and zone felt that it was her simple duty to warn him it if savoyard and lanning really leally be lieveld that lie he hod had all this time been double crossing them they aou would d certainly kill lum without hesitation certainly they had given a demo demonstration of their ruthlessness she recalled tile the look pierre picric ill hi J 1 given her before lie he ran rail from tho lanai anal arid and she ran faster holdina 1 hol oldin dint up her sun pleated star sapphic dres I 1 so that she would not tup trip on oil it she ran past the tiny fai braved blue lights that maikel the lie anth to the garage the gerage when she reached it was dark and empty steve 1 she called loe ile he did not answer her hei sho she looker looked at her watch araan it said aid ten forty five steve wight not bv br itic I 1 tic for fifteen minutes lie ho might lu 11 his room at tile the house she started breathlessly along ll 11 L 0 path toward tile house anti and as slip she started she heard ct to her in in tile the jungle like garden n familiar familial terrifying whisper all ah nahl it said ah nahl there were sounds in in th hint it direction as if someone were struggling or floundering about in the dense growth then she heard a soft thump a sound that might have been made by a body falling failing slie she flattened herself against a tree tile the man passed within four feet of her walking rapidly toward towo rd the garage the man was pierre when he reached a turn in the path borle left the tree alid blid talked Walked to the dark opening out of which he had ad come had lie he already found and killed steve zorie pushed her way through soft damp growing things it was so dark she bhe could see sec nothing but 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 1 I dont give a damn who comes as long as you get basil stromberg she paused a and nd called softly steve steve there was no answer she took a step toward the house 11 her er t toe 0 e touched something soft yielding she became aware of the sudden spicy sweetness of ginger flowers it seemed to be all about her she bent down her groping aln gers found first a pasteboard pack of matches lying on the ground then she touched flowers and a w omana 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 ambeel amber with fresh ginger flowers in her hairl zorie knelt down in the path beside her she placed her car against ambers breast there was no sound of a 2 heart beating in ambers body there was nothing but stillness pierre had killed her rising from her knees trying to collect herself zorie realized that amber might have been killed because of those white ginger flowers in her hair zorie zone could not recall that amber ever wore lowers flowers in her hair she had come here tonight and picked these flowers ind and put thern them in her hair why because she admired their effect in zories zones hair because she was envious what she did know what she could arrive at by the simplest and most logical of deductions was that pierre had killed amber by mistake lie he had intended to kill coriel she recalled his glance just before he left the lanai lie he must have bl ave come upon amber just as she hal haf picked d the white frn fragrant grant flowers and put them in her hair ile he must have run to the garage to find steve and in back tracking had seen amber striking matches to pick the lowers flowers ile he seen her clearly enough it now occurred to the terrified girl that pierre was still hunting for steve she must rind find him first I 1 she did not hear h ear footfalls in the path she heard nothing until the beam of a flashlight nash light its lens covered c ov with blue cellophane lashed flashed in her face then was lowered to dead girl lying in the path and i winthrop lannings amazed voice said miss careyl why did you do this 7 TO BE CONTINUED |