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"Sure they did," Butler sald. eyes narrowed and he scowled. He "But who?"
Keaton began to list the bilities. "Our office knew It":
looked swiftly up and down the posal-road, then spoke savagely. "All about right! I want to right now! Move that door an Inch, Butler, and I let you have it!"
"That's out "The two banks knew about it." "That's out, too."
"Skid. and Ahern had schedule.".
"That," Butler said, "is maybe what's in."
Skid
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The squat black muzzle of the machine-gun was pointing straight our at Butler's chest. He froze, and beside him he 'could feel Art stiffen, but he didn't move the door.
Skid issued his orders curtly "You, Keaton! Got out of that They thought this over. Potter and Lou Ahern, on the fort. With your hands in the air." Keaton, tight-lipped, obeyed. He of the company, motor cycle force had as their duties to stand by the followed Skid'a Instructions to come armoured cara
at banks when stant's range of the machine-gun. money was being transferred, and to act as trailers for the cars, both kid got out of the sidecar, holding his automatic on both Butler and
around and stand within an in-
to protect them and to serve as Keaton. Ahern, grinning, took his [cheek on the drivers. They follow-
placo. Skid reached, snatched ed the cars, at unexpected Intervals, Keaton's gun from him. He walk- to see that they went to their proper ed, around the car and got in be destinations with the fortunes they side Butler, whose gun he also carried...
took, covering him with his own..
"All right, Keaton," he called.) duties, Skid and Ahern were dia-"You used to be on the cycles. liked. For personal reasons they Make this one buzz." were suspected as tricky individuals,
1. For the snooping quality of their
The motor-cycle led the way.
It was well known among the Butler, under the persuasion of drivers and carriers that what Skid Skid's automatic, followed it with and what his sponsors had told the the armoured car. Through the company about his being a former manoeuvres of the shift, Butler had nervice man honourably discharged, remained silent and tense: Now he wasn't quite as represented. Ahern'a spoke, told Skid; "You're crazy!""; former record appeared to be good; "Maybe I am," Skid returned, enough, but he was under Skid's "But I'm going right on being thumb.
crazy."
+
"Think you can lift this fort and
"Listen, Art," Butler said, "Dia you notice anything funny about that pop-gun Skid was working?" "Shut off the drip and drive?"
Keaton thought while the car Butler drove, hot rage behind his covered a block, and began to eyes. The first shock of what Skid emerge on the outskirts of the city. and Ahern were doing passed. He "Yeh," he said, "I noticed some-calmed down, began to think, began thing."
to look for an opening. He and Wednesday, 20th Feb, at 10 am
"Let's hear it and see if it's the Keaton wore responsible for the Wednesday, 6th Mar. at 10 a.m.sume thing I'm thinking.”
quarter of a million in the truck; "That machine-gun was shooting they had to protect it; they had to straight at the car," Keaton offered, deliver it. They had to get out of··
but nothing was happening.". "That's it," Butler growled. "He was using blanks."
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Butler kept his eyes on the back of his partner riding the motor- "Sure he was using blanks! Be cycle ahead. He saw the gun wasn't making a scratch on that Ahern was holding on him. A car]
car.
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"NANGA PARBAT CURSE"
Noted Mountaineer
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SURVIVOR OF GERMAN EXPEDITION
And don't think he's caught appeared on the road in front of Herr Walter Rachl, the
well- it. That was just a blind." them, coming toward them at a fast known mountaineer and a survivor "Then Skid and Ahern tipped clip. Butler prayed, that the people of the ill-fated Himalayan expedi |them."
in It would see something.. tion, was killed while climbing in "I'd make a bet they did. How 'Beside him Skid apoke. "One] the Bavarian Alps. He fell from would those monkeys in the car funny move and I drill you!" a 50ft height, and died of his in- know about the tranfer any other Ahead, Ahern'a automatic dis-juries. way? And why did Skid and appeared, but Butler knew it was Herr Rachl was one of the party Ahern show up when they did? still there. The motor-cycle didn't of 14 Bavarian Alpinists, which set] Why weren't they there before, like hesitate as the car passed them,jout to conquer Nanga Parbat the
went on.
mysterious peak of the Himalayan "They were probably planning to They kept to the main road for a chain-last May. Of these four show after their boy-friends had minute more. Then Butler follow. were killed.. grabbed the cargo," Keaton answer-ed when the motor-cycle swerved off Ever since superstitious Bava- ed. "Then they'd spray blanks and on to dirt. During the first mile rians have believed that there is let 'em Iam."
or so of this they passed remote some curse attached to Nanga "Sure," Butler said. "That would farmhouses, set back from the road, Parbat. The first attempt to con-] be their alib" ·
with no one about, looking deserted. quer the summit in 1982 also came Then they got to woods and there to grief...
Veteran mountaineers saw in were no habitations at all. "We turn it in when we can The road now was nothing more Herr Rachl's death another sign of prove it. Right now we can't. But than two tracks. For half an hour the Nanga Parbat curea, I want to have a talk with those they lurched through uninhabited babies."
country. They hit a low rise, and Butler got the chance for his talk then went down again into a clear- right after they turned into the ing where the tracks ended in rank open road, through fields on either grass.
"Do we turn in the word on them?"
GAELIC LITERARY TEST LEADS TO PRISON
The exiled German writer, Herr alde, leading to Petersville. From The motor-cycle came to a stop Egon Kisch, who was arrested in behind them came a familiar put- and Butler pulled on his brakes Sydney in November on a charge put and a minute later Skid and 20ft. behind it. Skid opened his of being a prohibited Immigrant Ahern drew up alongside on their door, backed out with the gun atill because he had falled to pass a motor-cycle. Skid gesticulated for on Butler and order: "Last stop! literacy test in Gaelic, was last them to stop, as if he had some-All out, and watch your step" 10th Feb. thing important to say. Butler (Continued on Page '11)
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brakes. When he had come to a
full stop he opened his door and UNEMPLOYMENT IN glared questioningly at Skid.
They got away!" Skid bawled. He looked over, lean-toed and cal- culating,
"Yeh?" Butler asked. "Yeh?" So we thought we'd have 3rd Apr. a look at you to see if you were
going to the National like good lit tle boys."
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"What the world to a full consciousness the Goods have left the Godowns, and 6th Mar. do you use in that pop-gun of yours, of the acuteness of the problem all Goods remaining undelivered after
| Skid?" -
of workless youths
1985
will be, sub- "Bullets," Skid grinned.
In order to counteract un-ject to rent, All chaima
ima against the steamer must "Have they got any lead in 'em!" employment among young people be
presented to the Undersigned ( Butler wanted to know. and at the same time to effect a or before: the 27th, February, 1985, or 5th Feb. ⠀⠀ Skid kopt grinning as he careless-decrease in unemployment among they will not be recognized Bonded 22nd Feb. ly swung his machine-gan back and adults, they claim it is necessary To comply with the General
Warehouse Regulations: consignees forth in the alot of the steel shield to raise the age of admission to must have a Revenus Officer in attend- 7th Feb. of the sidecar. He brought it to employment as far as possible by anse when damaged, dutlablé goods are 14th Mar rest pointing at Butler and said: lengthening the school-going mined. 10th Feb. They carry lead all right. period, so that a more profound AI
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“Nobody can make bull's-eye nounces that its deputation to the Fire Insurance has been effected. djpies Prime Minister won the school Billa vf Lading, will be countersign- every the," Skid replied
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to have taken place to-day has The grin left: Skid's face. His been postponed, until January, Hong Kong 8th February, 1938,
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