Show r all U ver bu 1 lf the I 1 1 I 1 A wi u A al richard powell powe 11 shoot d j y AN SANCTUM MYSTERY ry M I 1 STARRING ARAB A ar AND r ANDY BLAKE anu r THE STORY THUS FARI faill LL andy 01 blake a ke and his wile wife arab ab r discovered evidence de n ce ot of a spy py ring he tied by a mr dys dy 1 gonei a ex followed to A andai n s house by jone tang arab was wai taken prisoner andy e ei seeped ile he reported to the amy army and let out to find the lane gang ill he was wai taken take by two of 0 the men to the jersey jency coast in crossing to a small mall island andy me managed all to ups upset t the boat ne swam ashore ash ind and entered the house home round found paula a prisoner and turned her loose he be W wa a c captured in the map room by jones as ai be h e w wai a 1 trying to flash a message menage t to a U S patrol p at r ol 01 offshore they discovered that paula was wai gone and that he be 4 is had ad knocked DIU bill out joey went into the me next room to set get rope CHAPTER XVI A guy like you he said ought to try a bow and arrow might make out better I 1 thought hey you get this rod 1 I met a fellow using it hey chief joey said this 1 I believe it Is plain mr jones said laid study that piece of firewood the lieutenant kindly brought in tor for us and see if 11 it tells you anything joey picked up the club 1 I dont get you chief he complained this got to do with he be smacked somebody with bill was vias always careless the fat man said was joey cried you mean this paragraph aph trooper knocked off bill I 1 better looke we have more urgent work here bere the fat man said of course he knocked off bill otherwise bill would have seen his sandy bandy footprints do downstairs w as we saw them in the hall ball they would have been even plainer downstairs I 1 do not like sand tracked into the house im willing to track it out again I 1 said the only tracks make out of here joey snarled will be with the backs of your heels look chief bill may be croaking cant I 1 go look either he is dead or not dead whichever it Is he would be of little use tonight I 1 think it Is only tonight which interests me get the extra rope from the thompson girl girls room joey went out grumbling and the fat man said sit down in the straight wooden chair lieutenant 1 I did as I 1 was told it meant turning my back to him though and facing the windows my neck muscles twitched under my linked fingers A spine be much tougher than those sticks he liked to break but it was no time tor for diving into a lead shower bath I 1 ahad had already oversubscribed my quota of ot boners tor for the evening things completely hopeless the telegram I 1 had left at the roadside stand might bring results of 01 course the telegram had merely stated HEADED NEW JERSEY and that be enough to bring help to this tiny island but it would concentrate attention on jersey attention y which might come in handy i when plain mr jones began trying to get a message out J joey oey rushed back into the room babbling paulas gonel ashes gonel this guy must have got her awall ot of course she is gone the tat fat man m an said the sandy tracks showed he went in there did you bring the rope yeah sure but we got to get that dame V how many women do you want at t one time its not that so much chief but she cant have gone tar far and well pick her up im afraid youre through dating her I 1 said 1 I told her to climb into the garvey and shove off into the bay now its the garvell gar joey cried next to this guy gremlins gremling grem lins are boy scouts what it if they got the joint surrounded tur rounded what if less talk the tat fat man said tie TI him in the chair I 1 will spell things out for you joey yanked my hands bands down bek hind me cord scorched across my it f wrists the tat fat man said hi he came here with no gun of his own no flashlight no shoes or coat or shirt he was sending a silly V for victory with the lamp that means that he swam ashore and that there was no plan if t there h ere were others it if there were a ipa plan a n we would be prisoners by now I 1 could almost guess how he came here yeah chief how will the lieutenant tell us why not I 1 said 1 I get shot in that cellar I 1 just pretended to be shot where did all the blood come fam M 71 th that a t was easy I 1 gave myself a nosebleed but then you crossed me up by slugging me I 1 came to and waited a while to be on the sale safe i side I 1 either waited too long or not 0 loni enough I 1 walked outside right 2 into two of your gorillas too long Il belleve they must have returned their names name the tha introduction was kind of fast I 1 catch the names both were big square faced guys they brought me here joey finished trying to saw caw through my wrists looped rope around my chest 1 I dont go tor for that stuff chief he sald said it if they brought him where are they where P the rope went slack suddenly where are they joey screamed where are they the rope jerke dup to my throat tightened ened raedell Rae derl the rope loosened yeah chief yeah only get on with your forkl we started across the inlet in a sailboat I 1 gave them a swimming lesson they pass joey was working on my ankles and I 1 could feel eel him shudder that makes three good boys hes knocked off he muttered not good boys the fat man said not even fair air they thought with their biceps it Is necessary to think with the biceps and with the head As I 1 do joey grumbled something and the tat fat man kicked him and screamed As I 1 do pig did you hear me joey tumbled backward yeah chief sure he stammered you got everything youre the champ the fat man nodded calmed biceps are merely tools he said it is n not 0 t enough to use force only the way our stupid prussian gener als and admirals do the head must not give the biceps too much to do the head must turn the strength against himself As himmler and I 1 turn americas strength against herself big strong stupid america boasting of her power I 1 turn the boosts boasts the loose talk the bragging against her his voice faded away and he stood motionless I 1 could almost have 0 germany can still win but there Is no time to lose sworn he be had hypnotized himself joey crept back and finished tying my ankles 0 K X chief joey said the fat man answer chief joey said anxious anxiously ay dont get one of those spells we got no time to lose the fat man spoke sharply shrilly to somebody in his dream world no time to lose he echoed germany manican can still win but there is no time to lose give us the wehr macht and the and the navy and we will give you the worldly but it must be at once kill that canaras ind and goering and the stupid generals and the others who hate us call on us call on the gestapo to save chief I 1 chief joey cried the lat fat man shook himself the blind glasses swiveled slowly toward joey yes chief youre getting in one of those fits again you started talking about canaris and the others and you worked yourself up and its ita late its nearly eleven you got to be on the ball tor for the contact the tat fat man was wide awake now he polished his china bowl head with plump fingers and said brin bring g down renee and the blonde girl we still have hake a half hour before the contact talking will pass the time joey went out obediently and the fat man conti continued nud you have caused much trouble lieutenant 11 yeah I 1 admitted it looks as if I 1 much hope of winning an iron cross much trouble I 1 do not under stand it you are not very intelligent you are not strong sure im just a sub on the junior varsity think what our first team will do to you babies your first team he said la is on its way across now but it will never land in north africa not after my report reaches the high command what you have done will have no effect on that but you have destroyed my usefulness here I 1 will have to start back to germany boright To right when you get back I 1 said tell them to start leir learning ning how to make apple pie and ice cream sodas lodas theres going to be a big demand lieutenant hamm 1 I do not like some forms of your american humor I 1 am leading up to something serious there is little room for passengers pass engerson on a U boat will be aboard and renee and joey there might be room for or two more it footsteps sounded in the hallway and someone gasped and ran across the room behind me A shawl of bright hair tumbled over my face and arab was laughing and crying and her lips trembled against mine andy she sobbed andy they told me they shot you andy are you all right are you hurt sure I 1 said im all right nothing wrong but the recurrence of an old paralysis of the brain are are you 0 ka A hand grabbed her shoulder wrenched her away it was joey and he growled at her if you wanna see jack here messed up lust just make another pass at him sit dowal he jammed her into another chair the fat man laughed it was like the gurgling of water in drainpipes drain pipes joey has trouble with his women he said he has to keep them ti tied e d up or they run to other men I 1 do not find myself troubled that way do 1 I renee 1 I have never given you any trouble she said faintly why should I 1 17 you know how much I 1 love youl you dont you dont you he patted her cheek yes ot of course are you glad to see the lieutenant no why should I 1 be he has been telling me what happened in the cellar just imagine he fooled us into thinking he was deada her body trembled she pressed herself against him and whispered why are we talking about him 1 I thought you might be interested you were there there was so much noise and I 1 fainted and I 1 do not remember what happened very well 11 it would be amusing to have you try to remember then I 1 could compare your story with his what what did he say he laughed softly we will discuss it some other time it will be entertaining sit down and rest renee benee you look tired you have been doing too much you are always doing too much for people you are too kindhearted she crumpled into a chair the tat fat man touched her glowing black hair caressed her bowed neck he suspected that renee had helped me to get out of the cellar alive but he going to do anything about it not yet anyway he was going to save the subject tor for an idle moment which might be enlivened by a little mental torture he really want love from her he wanted obedience and terror joey had finished lashing arabs ankles together now his hands slid up her sum slim legs and he began tying knots very slowly and elaborately above the knees his blue eyes were smoky a vein squirmed on his forehead A curl of his yellow hair flopped down on his face and clung damply it was like watching a high priest preparing a girl for strange pagan rites I 1 tried not to think of paula thompsons Thomp sons helpless body arabs dark blue dress and white linen collar were smudged and wrinkled but she sat there looking 0 oddly demure she made me think of kids at high school graduations feet and knees pressed primly together soft blonde hair escaping from a little girt girl ribbon hands in long white gloves crossed on her lap but they were not gloves her hands had been wrapped in adhesive adhe I 1 ve tape and her wrists had been crossed and taped she w wiggle anything but her thumbs what happened to your hands hand I 1 asked she looked at them tried to push her skirt down they kept getting in peoples hair she said joey complained 1 I got fed up with w ith her slipping autta ropes and scratching and slapping I 1 bet that venus de mille malle went over big in her day no hands at all well get you a show wind window 0 kw d dummy y 11 I 1 said you could ma make e real time with one of those my wife said andy you bring the U S cavalry I 1 wish you be so absentminded absent minded joey said hes got a rope tied led I 1 round around al his finger to help him remember next time andy she said Is there a chance I 1 shook my head it would be tough on her not to be able to hope for anything but I 1 risk a hint plain mr jones was wa too clever with loose talk any chance we had of getting away would be washed out it if he became suspicious im afraid were tagged out I 1 said aid two of the gang were bringing roe me here and I 1 coaxed them in for or a swim but then I 1 pulled a skull skull andI and lett eft sandy bandy tracks all over the house paula thompson got away though she took the garvey she cant run it but she could pole across most of the bay that good now joey anybody he ha can bully have you joey im doin 0 IL learn to be a lady sister the tat fat mai man said she will have to learn quickly in a few hours we will be on our way to europe on a sub joey asked look chief those things got a habit of dunka themselves three times and coming up twice and im just beginning to get friendly with the dame here TO BE CONTINUED |