SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1931.
TRANSATLANTIC
Exciting story of life on an ocean liner
by Guy Bolton. *
THE
CHINA
MAIL.
Oh, casuni search of some of Graham's
belongings and luggage.
to get a little peace and quiet and are still as beautiful as ever. immediately finds himself at the you got my roses, 1 see?" mercy of a lot of people. Most peo- "You sent them?"
His search was interrupted by the ple, once they, get aboard a liner, "I ordered ruses"-ho read aloud return of Graham. Monty backed presume on the most casual ac- from the card attached to the Into Graham's bathroom. Graham quaintance and staying in one's flowers -""To my beloved, from got Sigrlil's stateroom on the tele-?- cabin fsn't the slightest protection, Bunny My mistake. No, my dear, phone, having apparently loft for. 'y They force their way in without any you haven't changed. When you come time before, and raudo an op- regard for a man's foelinga." see anything you want, you take it,pointment to go to her room within
One glance at his wife's face told with no regard for others.”
a few minutes. Then Graham passed Graham that his casual explanation
"I only take from those who can into his wife's room. Monty left the SYNOPSIS OF FIRST CHAPTER | ed shortly; their eyes, met; there altered his tone, resuming;
was not meeting with credulity. He afford to lose."
atateroom quickly and quietly on- was a grin upon each face.
"There's one woman on this boat tered Sigrid's quarters. He found Monty Greer was wanted witness in a graft investigation. out of the gunman crouch, turned and all that sort of thing? You breaking.
Abruptly they throw themselves right? I mean, are you comfortable about her husband-whose heart is with the light out.
"Well, darling, everything all who can't afford to lose who's mad her in scanty attire lying on the bed
upon their heels and strode away know you should have taken. your in opposite directions.
Sigrid smiled maliciously. maid along you'd have well, "Oh, I see you're interested in what's the matter? Why don't you Mrs. Graham" she said. say something?"
"No, no, not really. There's only tive, considering voice.
"Paris," said his wife in a reflec-one woman I've ever been interested in. Sigrid, don't you sometimes wonder-"
as a
That's the reason he hurried unto the Transatlantic disguised as a porter.
Others, not in disguise, had vary Ing reasons for going abroad. There was Judy Kramer and her father, for instance. He had saved money for years to make this trip. There was Henry Graham, banker, running away from an impending fallure at his bank with a huge sum in securities, with Mrs. Graham, And there was Sigrid Carline, blonde Nordic beauty, more or less gally vamping an income from Graham.
Why Handsome and his gang of crooks were on board was a mystery, but Monty lost no time in warning him when the boat had left that he would brook no interference with his plans,
Chapter II.
For a long moment Monty Greer and Handsome, the gang leader, remained in the deadly crouch of masters of the short firearm about to draw.
Then quickly.
the tension was relaxed
On his way to his own stateroom he passed that of Graham. The door stood open. Near it was Sigrid and also Graham, who was apparently trying to get the dancer, who seemed to have been drinking,, to leave the stateroom.
"Sigrid," exclaimed haven't you an ounce of sense? Graham,
Isn't it bad enough your being on the same ship? You have no busi- ness coming in here like this."
Sigrid laughed the tipsy yet sparkling laugh of the woman who has been drinking champagne.
The dors between
why, Kay, a divorce from you is "Parle," exclaimed . Graham,
business for you, would it?" the last thing in the world I want."
"Of course. It wouldn't be good!
the door into her
And quickly she passed through own stateroom, closing the door and locking it.
# # *
"Net about you-when the episode is finished-it's finished."
Greer took a posture in the door- way for leaving.
"Maybe, yes; may be, no," he said lightly, yet with a certain menace In his tone. "Who can tall? There you are, you are--you can't tell"
And he left the stateroom for the
Sigrid was in her own stateroom, corridor.
Sigrid greated Monty with: "Bunny darling."
-Monty crossed quickly to the bed and, sitting on its edge, kissed Sigrid.
"Monty Greer!" she exclaimed. "How did you know?" asked Monty.
"No one on earth kisses the way you do,"
"So they tell me."
Sigrid was alarmed.
"I want you to go at once," she said.
"Well, you're not expecting any one at this hour." "Yes, I am." "Anyone
I know?** demanded
Graham cabine were thrown open and dividing her attention between It had been
the two quite recovered from her champagne Greer paced the deck thoughtfully, Monty, trying to prolong the con- and Mrs. Graham.. entered: Sheher own reflection in a large, full given time, affairs unfolded them- "Oh, Monty-please-you must
his experience that, versation. seemed startled and surprised, too. length mirror and the roses on the selves.
"Oh-I didn't know you were en- table
go," which had prevented ani As he passed the spot on deck gaged. A thousand pardons," she armed clash
But Monty had heard the step between Monty and where the ship's position in latitude outside in the corridor and he also said with a slight edge of antire. Handsome.
Graham turned quickly upon the
and longitude were marked on a saw the doors slide softly open. dancer. He grated out with a certo her, she exclaimed.
Gazing at what the mirror affered globe, the attempts of a man to ex- Then he exclaimed fervently but tain degree of authority:
plain latitude and longitude to two still satirically: "Oh, Sigrid, why are you so beau-women passengers amused him and pleasetiful?"
'Oh, Sigrid, why are you so beau- broke into his thoughts. The man tiful?" her after repeated failure to make the
women understand walked
"Miss Carline, will you
go?"
A masculine voice cut into The tone had its effe momen-reflection with: tarily upon Sigrid though her reply "I know the answer for that was not courteous.
1 read in this morning's paper that you were on board and I rushed
ing between husband and wife. I am all for peace, I really am. Good night, Bunny, darling see you in Paris."
one. with them.
out knocking.
Monty had entered quietly with
A little door on a stairway to some serving recess of the liner was opened and out stepped a gorgeous-ever accuse Sigrid Carline of com-right over."
"Certainly, I will go. No one can by uniformed bellboy. In his hunda he bore an enormous cluster of red, yellow and white roses, tied about with ribbons that matched colours of the petals themselves.
The same thought flashed through the minds of Monty and Handsome; the gang leader, instantly:
Gang shootings, funerals mountains of flowers!
the
and
And she passed out into the cor- ridor.
"You might have had the decency to knock," reproved the dancer.
"I never used to knock in the good old days and you never seemed to mind," said Monty.
The lights flashed on in the room away as someone pressed the switch.
Graham stood in the room, bia
by Monty boarding the ship with his
The bearded, elderly man, noticed face suffused with anger.
Monty got to his feet und made near the globe when Monty ap- attractive daughter, was standing to Graham a low bow.
proached. His daughter was hover-icully inquired. ing in the near distance.
"Do you understand this?" asked the father of Monty. "Where the ship is-forty degrees, ten minutes north Intitude - seven degrees, "But these are not the good old eighteen minutes west longitude?" days-times have changed," respond- Monty was ever ready jokingly to assume a knowledge he did not You possens.
Graham attempted to cover the incident with a degree of verbosity. "Well, thank heavens, she and the rest of my unwanted callers are led Sigrid coldly,
A man comes aboard a ship.
At the same moment each laugh- ' gone.
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(To be continued).
NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.
Stranding of "Petersfield."
"Yes, it is very simple," he said. "You see, you stand with your right| At the resumed sitting of the hand pointing to the north and your Court, yesterday, after Admiral left hand pointing to the south. In Kelly, had given further evidence, front of you you have longitude-Lieut. Pratt wa recalled and under- behind you you have latitude. There went a lengthy examination. you are."
At the close of Lieut. Prati's The man called his daughter and examination, the final speech for the asked Monty to repeat his explana-prosecution was delivered; after tion. Monty did with somewhat of which the Court rose for the day. an abashed air and then asked the
girl if he were correct,
She laughed.
J
"Well, not exactly," she safd. "You see, latitude is the distance north and south of the equator. Longitude is the distance east and weat of the prime meridian."
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Jascha Heifetz and his wife, who With 凸 laugh the two men was Florence Vidor, mutually introduced themselves and Paramount film, star, arrive on De- the famous the elder man, Kramer, presented cember 3. They are stopping over his daughter as "Judy" to Monty. for one day in the Colony,
Soon the two young people were route to Manila strolling the decks. Judy told Monty Settlements. Mr. Heifetz will give and the Straits that her father was a lens grinder one concert at the King's Theatre who had been saving for years for on December 4 at 9,30 p.m. only. their trip: Now they were to see His programme will consist in the Europe. When Monty pointed out main of the works of such. famous Mrs, Graham, Judy told him that composers her father had his savings in Vitali,
48 Schubert, Lola, Ravel, Graham's bank and that, indeed, and others.
Debussy-Hoffman, Mr. Heifetz will be they were travelling on a Graham accompanied on the piano by Mr. bank letter of credit.
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This is the third world tour of On successive days Monty took Mr. Heifetz, and there are many Judy to the swimming pool and to musical devotees in the Colony the dancing in the salons. On one who will remember occasion when he returned the girl tour in 1923.
his previous to Kramer after a dance; Kramer Jascha Heifetz is the owner of told him with pride that he had one of the world's few remaining been talking with Graham, the Stradivarius violins, and also ownin banker, and found him a fine, simple a Guarnarlus which is insured for
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"Ah, Bigrid, thou art like a lovely i Dower so sweet-so pure-so holy. Uhhhuh."
Then he darted around a corner. His only motive had been to embroil, if for only an Instant, Sigrid and Graham.
The jealous banker hurried up. He had not recognised Monty.
"Who is that man?' he demanded. "I never saw him before,” said Sigrid, but she had to repeat it several times before the subject was dropped.,
...
Taking advantage of his know- ledge that Grabam was with Bigṛld; Monty went to Graham's stateroom. The door he found, had been left open carelessly. He went in and "closed the door. Then he made” a
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