THE
CHINA. MAIS DA LUAVIZA 1,
Blind Voyage
G
RAHAM
looked
By
MILDRED SNOW GLEASON
at night, I tried to diorunde her her steadily. "Kel- I knew it was dangerous-but she wouldn't believe that the Bey, we want you to risk was as great as I feared. tell us about finding Now-now she's dead." Marie Galgan'a body."
The maid stared at him, her face paling.
"I didn't," she muttered. "The steward did."
"What was she going to tell Miss Raynor-it her price was
met?"
her
eyes
just
"Just the name, that's the It was," Kelsey said stubbornly.
Graham turned back to her.
to be come a member of the Order of "How did you happen the Golden Gul!?"
thing
JUTJU DAYA W
LUUM
WHAT HAS CONE BEEORE:
Teddy (Theodora) Raynor and her boy friend, Huso" Albright zo on a cruise in the luxury yacht, Golden Gull. Toddy's Aunt Elslo also goes along. The eralse has been arranged through Dr Smiting's travel agency, but sponsor keeps mysteriously in the dark. Denis Graham, also passenger, reveals to Teddy and Hago that the Golden Gull was the name of a charitable secret society founded by her late father, and be suspects the cruise has some-
to do with it Another passenger,
* Roy Farrin, an ex-acrobat, tells his wife firace to get chummy with Teddy, who wonders why,
Meanwhile, the stewardess, Marie Galgan, tries to sell what she calls important Information to Teddy. She falls however to turn up at a scoret rendezvous with Toddy, and next morning 1s found mur- dered in her cabin, Beside the body was a nole: “Ask Miss Theodora Raynor," Graham has an idea that Kelsey, mald to Mrs Btoddard, one of the passengers, knows something about the case and sends for her.
NOW READ ON
"Well, you have done her in Dr Smilting's omce. Then we harm-you've put her in danger) put two and two together, You've not only thrown suspi- Graham röse. "Well, let's get; cton on her but you've probably out of this stuffy cabin, and get given the murderer the idea a breath of air. Also I'd like that she knows more than she to find out whether Smitting and coco! It was a beastly thing to the captain have done any fut- ther investigating of this mur- dol"
der."
that They found, however. nothing further had been done. When they met Dr Smilung on and questioned him, he
"I'm-I'm sorry." Kelsey said contritely. "I didn't realise..."
•
secret that he committed mur- der to stop the stewardess from way revealing it?"
Kelioy hea'tated, "'1 sensed the danger, that's all."
persisted, Gray should you sense it?" at him The maid looked doubtfully, "Do you promise you
let won't
It be known that I Kelsey hesitated, darting fearfully of the atten- talked to you?"
all promise,"
Graham Island. tive faces surrounding her.
One week-end, during sure there's nothing more you
the police can handle this assured her.
a house party, I had an
ae can tell us." "Well, I don't really.
"There's nothing more."" know
perly--and I agree with him," "Very well-end thank you lie said, "We can only wait un- anything" she muttered, "but cident and ruined a lady's ex- I suppose I might as well tell Pensive evening gown. My em-
for coming he
we get into port. Meantime, ployer
she dis- what I think
mald Was gone of course. we have locked the Kelsey stared at the Door a charged me in front of all the
One of them was Mins Graham Rung himself into a stewardess' cabin and are keep- guasts. looked moment, then
ing the scene of the chime in. Raynor's father," Kelsey glanced choir, and lit a cigaretic. at Teddy. "He felt so sorry for "That didn't get us very far" tact," Graham.
"Mr Graham do you know me that he later had a talk with he said, frowning
"What old
"Meantime, too, all our lives about the Order of the Golden me, asked me some questions, the rost of you make of her are in danger!" Ġraham grunt- Guli?"
cd and sald he would get me an- story?" "Yes."
other job.
"Full of holes!" said Hugo "How is the radio operator?; bluntly. "Part of it, of course, asked Hugo. was true, but I think she did a lot of lying!"
Kelsey drew a deep
"Well," said Graham, "what's deck breath. "It was like this. Back in 1930 done is done. You may as well seemed to wish his hands of the
I was a maid a home on Long go now, Kelsey-that is, if you're maties captain feels that only
"The name of the person be-
hind this cruise," she whisper-
ed.
Graham stepped close to her, "Now, listen, Kelsey," he said persuasively, wo have good
There was on electric silence. reason to believe that you did
heart steward And Marie
Teddy could feel her before the did-but we're not trying to get thumping madly. Churis icaned you into trouble. We're simply forward in her chair. Hugo was trying to learn the truth, for the turning his unlighted pipe over his angers. safety of all of us. If you will and over between co-operate with us, and tell us. Only Graham seemed to remain whatever you can, you will be calm. much better of in the run."
long
yoni
"You were a member?" "Yes"
"And the others?" glanced around at the
up
at
Kelsey others,
then back at Graham, but he evaded her question.
was 60 angry
When
"Never mind that-go on with plo, and said that, if I would angora. "One: Tows nothing; hind, without even knowing that
what you have to say, Kelsey."
a member, was Graham."
"Yes? Go on." Kelsey looked at him A me. "Don't be afraid to tell us," piciously, "You're not surprised? "Ah,” Graham" smiled.
Graham urged gently. "Can't Did you already know that?" "But but how did you you see that, if you know, you
"No-I didn't know it. But It's must speak? You place yourself in great danger by keeping not surprising. I guessed, from speak out, the the outset, that the majority of silent. It you killer can be seized at once persons aboard this yacht were
do no ex-members of the society." and put where he can further harro."
KNOW?"
be
the truth and
Uko
"I wonder," Graham mused, "Coming around all right," Kelsey had lowered her eyes "Then, that's who murdered
"Then he told me about this "There dre three possibilities." said the doctor. "But he can society he had for helping per He counted and was nervously twisting her her, he said slowly. He look-
them off on his shed no light on who attacked hunds. For a moment she was ed at the maid intently. "Kelsey
she was telling him he was slugged from be- silent. Then she drew deep
to ...do you know....who that
like Join it I could breath and raised her eyes to
167"
too, Mr useful. It seemed Graham's
She shook her head violently.
crazy idea but I was grateful but is afraid to speak; and hiring anyone had entered the room."
"That's a help!" said Graham. him, so let him enroll she herself may be in league He and Hugo were disgusted "All right- tell you. I did "No! No! I don't!"
After that I used to tell with whoever is behind all this." with the helpless attitude of the lind Marie."
him whenever I heard of any
"Do you think the last possi- doctor and the captain, but there servant, or anyone else, who
any kite, bility is really probable?" asked was nothing they could do about was in trouble of Sometimes that was the end Charin,
of it as far as
"No--I doubt it.' I believe, concerned.
The rest of the day and the though, that Other times, he gave me money than she told us--and
she knows more evening passed with everyone to take to people who needed
is kept in a state of nervous apprehen silent by fear."
Charis sighed. "To think that Teddy, who had retired Inte Galgan? Mr Raynor's idealistic secret and slept atfully, awoke at a mem- society should have brought us dawn, wondering why something all to this sordid situation! How seemed strange. Then abrupuy shocked and grieved he would she realised what hind awakened have been!"
her. It was the stillness.
The vibration had ceased!
"Never mind—it was just a
guess. For one thing, we learn- ed that your room was next to hers, and we had noticed that you and she were frienda."
"I don't know! I don't know1" Kelsey insisted.
Graham
that the
it."
I was
"How about Marie How did she become ber?"
"I told her about the society, and she got interested as a stewardess on a big ocean liner she had lots of chances tu icara my conclusion about people's troubles. So I persuaded Mr Raynor to enroll her, too."
Impatient. became
"You know, then, "And yet, you were friends with sponsor of the cruise has got us "Yea." A shadow crossed
Galgan-and Marie
you say all together because he wants Kelsey's face ""We'd known
She must something?" each other a long time. I he confided in you.
given you at least went in to see her about mid- have night, after Mrs Stoddard had inkling of this person's dismissed
and-and- found her lying there-murder- ed!" She shuddered, and cover
**-***
ed her face with her hands.
Graham-waited for her to re- cover herself before he spoke again.
"And 11-was you who left that note beside her, wasn't it?"
Kelsey modded. "Yes." "Why?
"Because I knew ahe had been trying to sell some information to Miss Raymor and I was sure that was why she had been killed." Kelsey's voice broke. "She had told me she was go- ing to meet Miss Raynor last
BILLY
ROSE
tity."
iden-
"She didn't!" Then Kelsey suddenly bristled. "Listen to me, Mr Graham! She thought her knowledge was worth a lot of money! Do you think she'd just give it away to me? ship doesn't go that far!"
"That was yes"
was
Then
Tedtly looked at her. you, too, were a member of the society?"
Charis smiled. "Yes I was," "Did did you and Mr Gra- she ham know each other at that
Teddy questioned.
zetes-Denis and I are
Kelsey shrugged. "Then you
Graham's Eyes bad marrow. low as much as I do. That's
again. "Why was what Marie and I figured Only ed she learned more than I did. I Interested? What did she
old don't know how, but she found out of it?" Friend- out, some way, who was behind
triends, But we didn't know cruise and what he wanted "Nothing she was just in- then that we were fallow mem. She would not tell me, though. terested, that's all."
bers of your father's society. Graham sighed. "I see. Well, She said it was too important
Graham snorted. "Do you We didn't guess that until we if you don't know, you don't said what she had found out know"....He took a turn about worth a lot of money. That's expect me to believe that Marie happened to run into each other the cabin, then stopped before why I got frightened. I thought Galgan, the woman who tried the woman again. "You must that, if it was worth 50 much to extort five thousand dollars from Miss Raynor, jolued the know at least something
money it was risky for her to would give us a clac. Otherwise, know what she did and to try to society out of purely altruistic
motives? That's
" Ho nonsensel" why were you so sure that Marie sell her Information to Miss looked at the maid steadily. Galgan was in danger? Why was Raynor."
"You and she didn't by any it so important for the sponsor
racket
did you? of this cruise to keep his name "You're sure that's all you You didn't, for instance, take ad- know?" sald Graham, plainly vantage of Mr Raynor's trusting disappolated.
nature and help yourselves to the money he gave you for
that
...showing once again that crime doesn't pay. Or does it? · until one 'May moming when the sun was doing its stuff and going to school was out of the question. At his suggestion, our gang head- THEN I was a kid on the ed north on the prowl for cigar WHEN I was a kid opt of bundo, and on 14th Street we saw hundred years ago, a side- a woman get out of a taxl, sud- denly clutch at her throat, and walk was a lot more than a then stoop over and peer strip to walk on; it was through a grating near the curb. something to dream on, tap- dance on, pitch pennies on and scribble philosophical sayings on.
However, to Gimpy Myers, the leader of our gong, a sidewalk was none of these things-it was primarily something through.
to
flah
To put a fine point on it, what Gimpy fished through was not
"Lost some'n, lady?" Glmpy naked her,
"A locket," sald the woman.
"Yes,"
chance have
Teddy suddenly spoon to other people?" "Then why did you beckon me from the lounge on the night we sailed?" she demanded. "What were you going to tell
mezz
Two tle red spots had ap- Marie had asked me te de- peared in Kelsey's cheeks. liver a message for her," Kelsey replied.
"Of course not!" she said in- And someone stopped you dignantly. who was it?" Teddy persisted.
"No one stopped me. I foll But Graham continued · re- Then I lentlessly. "You didn't, for in- unwell and fainted." couldn't deliver the message stance, form a gang within the with so many people around."` society--a gang of crooks and
"I'm sure
some one stopped double-crossers — a gang that; you. I heard you cry out, then has now organised this fall," Teddy insisted.
for its own crooked ends?"
cruise
Kelsey turned suddenly 10- wards the door. "I won't stay here to be insulted, Mr Graham! "I fainted--that's all," the I've told you all I know if you don't believe rae, I can't help
"It isn't worth much, but it has maid said stubbornly.
a picture of baby."
There were neither
"Kelsey, you're lying!" Gra-
"Wait a minute!" He barred cops or ham said abruptly. "You're
more "There's one canines in sight. "Til git it for keeping something back. And her way. zu," said Gimpy.
tell me this! How did you and question I want to ask you." Marie Galgan happen to get Kelsey throw her head back together on this thing before defiantly. "Let me out of here, the cruise started for you Mr Graham! I won't answer any
old
Not the sidewalk itself but the iron match under it until it was ently did. You two gratings over cellar windows
friends didn't just accidentally more of your questions! and subway ventilation shafts. it over the locket.
string and began to manoeuvre meet aboard this yacht. You when you make such insulting And what he fished for, with
From a Prince Albert tin he took a chunk of tar and held a
sticky. Then he lowered it on a
each know that the other was
beforehand."
insinuations["
At that moment, Officer going to be aboard, and you "Now, just a "moment," he the aid of a blob of tar dangling Fogarty rounded tho corner. ovidently discussed the cruise said placatingly. "I'm sorry if at the end of a string, was every "This time I'm runnin' ya in,"
I leapt to the wrong conclu- "Playin' hoolcey and thing but Ashcolns, picture he said..
We all make mistakes. "Wo both got letters advertis- sions. buttons and other bits of treasure obstructin' traffic at one and the ing the cruise, and we All I want to ask you which had fallen through.
both attracted to it because we why you didn't tell anyone when "I'm only tryin' ta git this lady had belonged to the Order cf you found Marle." the pitcher of her baby," sold the Golden Gull and suspected Gimpy,
something."
Thore were two occupational hazards, however, which used to
same time."
were
In axactly one minute and 40 "But the Golden Gulls weren't seconds, our lender delicately supposed to know each other!" annoy this Izaak Walton of the eased the locket through the said Graham. “Yet you and.
asphalts-cops and dogs.
morc
grating, pulled it free from the Marle tar and handed it to its owner.
“Thanks,” said the women. "We knew each other long We over joined the "It's the only picture I have of before baby."
society," Kelsey explained.
now la
Kelsey calmed down, but an evasive look came into her eyes.
"I was afraid
"Why? Was there anyone in particular whom you feared?"
As he grew older and ambitious, Gimpy did less and
The maid didn't answer, but less angling on the lower East
"Let's get goin'," said Fogarty. "I see," Grabam's eyes nor her silence seemed to be an Side, where the droppin's, and stalling for time, Gimpy said rowed, "And another thing. You admission therefore the pickin's, were 'slim to the woman, Wouldja minsay you deliberately came
this cruise. How did you matage "Or whom were you afraid?” Instead, he invaded the lusher if I took a look?"
"Not at all," she said, and that? You're only Mrs Stod Graham premed. territories to the north,"
snapped open the locket. Inside dard's maid." The cop on 14th Street in those was a picture of a mean-looking days was one Ike Fogarty, a pelinese. pup,
on
"Of no one. I-I just thought I might be accused of the mur- dor, I didn't want to
be in- volvod."
A periodic medical examination can help you treat your heart well.
it
alon.
She lay quite still, her heart beating uncomfortably fast. Her aunt continued to sleep peace fully
Fally in the
next bed. There was no sound except the gentle lapping of water
the against side of the boat
Why had the engines stopped? Some minor trouble, probably, but this answer did not natirty Teddy,
Finally, she decided to inves-
tigate.
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Watch your language, young went to Dr Gmitting's office and Hugo, now poke for the flist.. fishing in the subway an pecom- plice was fishing in the specta- man," said the woman. "Baby's found out who some of the time since Kelsey had entered tora" pockets. But he was never wan more blue ribbons then you passengers were going to be, the cabin.
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