BLIND VOYAGE
By Mildred Snow Gleason
long ago.
T was as though the "Parrin stole them
atmosphere in the He also atole a secret list of the Golden Gull members that Mr cabin had anddenly Raynor had. That's how they become charged with knew who they wonted on this electricity. For full eruine. They advertised it, just minute after Kelsey's la make it look bonafide, but they sent special letters only extraordinary Bunounce-
to the people they wanted, and ment, no one spoke.
they kept after them until they got them sign up. They turned down everyone else."
Then, Denis said softly, "So you know who the murderer is?"
"No! No I don't know that!" the maid protested.
"Then how do you know he gave Parrin orders to arrange the meeting?" Denis her.
"Why have you told us all this?" Hugo asked suddenly, "What's happened to frighten you?"
shuddered. "I know Kelsey shot at
now that, once, the key to the code is found they'll have no more inercy on me than on the rest of you! I'll no longer be useful to them. We're all going to be destroyed!
let us live to denounce inre them"
რეი you mean to say they're planning to kill every one on this boat?" gasped Denis. "Why, that's fantastic!"
"Parrin told me so,” "And just why should Parrin tell you?" Denis stepped close to the maid, his manner threat- oning. "Come on. now, Kelsey -tell
us the truth! You held out on us before but, this time, by heaven, you're going to tell all you know
Kelsey cringed before him, then suddenly sank into a chair and burst into tears.
Th-that's what I've e-come to do" she blubbered. "I-I'm
and I've got s-scared,
to tell youl"
"All right, then-do it! And be quick about it!" Denis sald impatiently,
Charis in her hand on his
"Wait a minute Denis- don't bully her. She'd said she's rendy to talk. Give her time."
arm.
Kelsey dried her eyes and started to speak, then checked herself and threw a suspicious glance at Cecil Stoddard.
Иs he spoke, a masked and cloaked figure appeared in the doorway behind him. For 崩 moment everyone stared.
Then, Denla bowed mockingly, "So glad to make your bequain- lance at Inst, Mr Xl So you've decided to hold your meeting here?"
There never was going to be a general meeting," come the answer, in a hoarse whisper don't care for large numbers."
then, that you "I suppose, have neatly taken care of the rest of the passengers while Kelsey was so cleverly detaining
us here?"
"Yes it's useless to hope for any help."
Teddy couldn't control # shiver. Hugo, standing beside her a glance, and her, threw looked as though he were about to lower onc arm to put about They won't can your
hands up.
Mr Albright!" sald the whisperer flourishing his gun. "And I must ask you to step away from Miss Raynor!"
"It isn't! You don't know! They won't stop at anything!"
"Nansense! We're too many for them!"" scoffed Denis. He glanced at his watch. "Come on, all of you-it's Lime for that meeting. We'll at last have a showdown!"
Kelacy leaped up and planted
herself before the door.
"You mustn't go!" she cried. "I tell you it's a trap! You'll be locked in before you know it!"
"It won't take the gang of us break oul,' Denis long to laughed.
"Before we can break nut. Parrin and his boss will be of the engine, and the ship will be in Bames!" Kelsey said frantically, "There'll be no escape-except ather boats by drowning. have been damaged!"
"Do you want me to-to talk in the lifebont that bas in front of him?" "Yes-o on." Kelsey took a deep breath, then plunged into her story.
"I did lie to you before, Me Graham. I'm in on the plot behind this cruise. Marie Gal- gan was, too. But, oh, I wish now we'd
never had anything
The
Denis stared a her. Do you mean that the key to the code has been discovered?"
It must have been!" Kelsey almost sobbed. "Otherwise, they to do with it; Marie's murdered, wouldn't have called this meet
all of us
bo
and and I'll be murdered, too murdered if you don't do something to stop that dend!"
"I thought you said you didn't know who he was."
ing. That was to have been the last step before the getaway!"
Hugo obeyed. "Let's get this *Who over with!" he growled,
what do you are you, and want?"
"Don't be impatient, M: Albright. Surely you must know, Didn't I give you by this time, what I went. a hint when
we met on the boat deck the other night, and hasn't my ad- mirable little decoy. Kelsey. explained further? Incidentally, let me congratulate you on your escape from the storeroom."
Hugo's only answer was u grunt.
"Are you reads, now, to give me the key to that code?" the whisperer pursued. "Or are you still going to be stubborn about
exclaimed Hugo. "So "Ah!" you haven't got it yet, after all! Gond! Well, you won't get it from me I don't know it!"
The masked man sighed, and turned to the others.
"Then which of you does know H? Sneak up?"
answered, he
When no one became Impatient.
"Don't be fools! I know that five has that key! one of you. "In that case, it won't do us Er-uh-n little torture of the
me of said others has convinced good to stay here!" Denis. "We're safer
on that."
What Teddy shut her eyes. deck!"
suddenly had happened to her aunt-and from he! In the others.
any
up
"I don't I get all my orders from Purrin. He's the only one At that, Kelsey
the boss is whipped who knows who
a revolver and he won't tell!" Kelsey parket.
"Hands an all of you! glanced at Teddy. "He was the person who stopped me when I don't move?" tried to deliver Marie's message to Miss Raynor the first night."
"Suppose you start at the be ginning, Kelsey," Charls sugges- ted.
Raynor when we were members of the Golden Gull society. That's how we first connected with Parrin. He was a member, ton, and be somehow found out about us, and got wise to our little game
that key will speak out at once, I shall give you all a merciful death before firing the ship. But if I am forced to resort te further torture to get what want, there will be no mercy afterwards! I shall lock you aĹ up and leave you to
your
He paused, and looked about the cabin.
"Well-I'm waiting."
fate!"
But no one spoke.
"Very well-since, you won't take my word for it, I shall have to prove to you that I am serlous. Kelsey start tying ther up."
the
The man drew several lengthr of rope from the folds of his cloak, and tossed them to
kept the mald. He and Parrin
covered while Kelsey set group to work.
the finished tying She had hands of Denis and Ceell.be. hind their backs, and was just starting on
Hugo, when light- ning struck the cabin.
TO BE CONCLUDED TOMORROW
SIDE GLANCES-
By Galbraith
#1-20
SOFTL 1950 KY HEA GERVICE, NO, T. M. FEIL 1. &. PAT, OFF.
"Bo firm with me today, Miss Jorgenson- took two holpings of dosport at lunch!"
A GENERAL SPEAKS
Z-MEN
I say the Government's conscription policy since 1945 has failed...、 We need Z-men to pull us out
stand out against the mass coa- scription polley that was adop- ted? They were nearly all op- posed to this.
what
great
we
Having missed this
should opportunity do today? There are those who say that as Russia now has large numbers of Stalin tanks would no longer be able to raise
We
havoc behind the enemy lines with our mobile armoured forces.
by Lieut-Gen. Sir GIFFARD-MARTEL
our
That is not true.
The Russian army 19
still mainly horse draws, So long as
forces are really mobile they will be able to evade these heavy tanks HE whole world is larger man-power army which
carry out their aghast at the lack of would hold defensive positions with case and
and provide a pivot task. at times decision and action by for the armoured forces and
nations of guard the bases.
"Picasant devil, aren't you?" And Cecil murmured.
"But satisfy the Western την curiosity On one point. Europe at this time of Why this cruise? Couldn't great peril.
swiftly As she spoke, she reached behind her, and un-
got what you want on land, with less trouble?"
locked the door. A second Inter, you have Parrin, fully armed, was at her
elbow.
*
have
German Copy
world had ever seen.
never
If this indecision is pro- LTHOUGH we worked out
civilisa- A the longed. Western
whole idea we While Parrin kept everyone
I strikc- "Mr Stoddard, use your head."tion may be lost for a long made our Army into The maid healtated. "Well, to covered Kelsey quickly searched
"Con-time and perhaps for ever. ing force of this nature, but the ideas Germans copiod all our begin with," she mumbled, "Mr the party, relieving Denis and the whisperer reproved.
and sider the risks I would of their revolvers,
and raised those magnificent Graham was right about Marie Hugo
Action is needed in many Panzer forces which were the into run of being found out. This weapons and mr-I
our dropping the mean about
way, after I have obtained that
inoble forces that the having a little racket and steal Parrin's pocket.
is the raising of the necessary ing money from Mr
Hugo, his face red with anger key. It will be so simple to ways. One of the most important silence all of you with little
land forces. But let me say was the first to speak.
of being suspected. 'Or all the fools!" he muttered danger
The good ship Golden Gull will straight away that it is all non- talk of recalling the "Trap is right!"
Kelsey laughed harshly. "I unfortunately catch fire. When sense to
bulk, or even a very large pro- told you the truth this time Porrin and Kelsey and I are
item. I picked up in the one good life- portion, of the Class Z reser- except for one le neglected to tell you that I'm bont, we will be considered the Roy Parrin's sister! Careless of sote lucky survivors of a dread-
ful tragedy." me, wasn't it."
his Hugo swore beneath
I'd "I never thought breath. want to murder a man!
"However," the masked fiend
"you have
your continued, choice of dying quickly and painlessly or in long drawn out agony. If the person who has French
"He came to us and said he'd let us in on something bigger in return for any Information we
and this
"Shut up," said Parrin. "May
ask what you plan to I could get for him. He said he do with us?" Ceell Stoddard
other man, his boss, murmured.
Teddy was surprised at the bad cooked up a scheme that would
composure he was displaying. mean big money, and
"You'll know soon enough!" they thought we could be useful
Parrin rasped. to them. It sounded good to us, so we said okay.
"Then, right after that, the society was disbanded, and then Mr Raynor died, and all that must have upset their plans, Anyway, we didn't hear any-
thing
more from
just disappeared.
Parrin-he
vists.
With theso forces Germany overran Poland in a fortnight, France in a month and neatly 1941.
annihilated the Russian army in
must
The Western nations therefore raise 20 frst-class armoured divisions supported by a tactical air force. In addi tion we will need a number of infantry divisions from Europe for defensive purposes.
Our country must produce their share of these armoured divisions which
will form the Western nations land forces. most vital component of the
For
musi this purpose we take a small proportion of the 4,000,000 mea in Class Z reserve. These splendid men who fought so well in the war must go straight to units. That is where they are wanted. They will fit into their place almost If we had taken this good ad-
at once. It is fighting forma- Between the two world wars vice
and raised
mobile tlons and not a great training many of us preached that the armoured army we would prob- machine that we need today. British should produce a bigh.y ably have been able to counter trained army of limited size the German Panzers and $170 which should make full use of France. The whole course of
the mobility and armour.
war would have been changed.
thot The proposal was
should produce
the the
Did we not see exactly the same
position arising again after the Second World War?
The Russians had
a great and mar-power army
were
NEWELL Rogers' AMERICAN NEWSCOPE
IT'S BEANS v. BILLOWS
NEW YORK.
"But, about four months ago.TIFTH AVENUE and he turned up again and said
Hollywood Ameri- they were going ahead with their scheme, but they had to ca's two style centres-are get certain important informa-in a fashion war, tion Arst-a secret that they thought Mr Raynor had con- The issue: Will the girl fided to
before he patriot of 1951 wear the string sume died. He told us about this bean slhouette, or moomoo cruise
that was going to be billows? arranged to get together all the
that might know people
one
that
System Fails
WHY are we not acting in this
are WC not way? Why making a full drive for munl- tions production?
Conscription is needed 10 wartime and the young
men
terrified of being attacked by will all carry out their share in mobile armoured” forces of the due course, but for the moment A proportion of panzer type which caused them we must have such frightful casualties in 1941. trained men.
Towards the end of the war,
his terrible fear.
Why has not the true state of affairs been explained to the people?".
when I was on their battlefield, a Russian general told me that would be a long time before they could rid their minds of cannot bear the exposure of one Is it that the Government
more failure? For is clear ainée 1945 has failed to produce that the canscription system the skilled men that Class 2 can provide.
Again the advice was given
secret. Then, later, he got Marie/delled on the loose four-sack Red China" policy, they are not else for four monthg until she role.
tho
not
Conscript Waste
Never before has our Army been in a worse state for the task that lies ahead, No one will admit his mistakes.
There is still talk of using
position warfare, but not for cur heavy tanks with our armoured forces. These are wanted for mobile forces.
effect of gets the
TV on reading painting at 78 and now £1,000 a canvas, was asked how habits. One displays a container she starts her pictures. Her re- with a slot for coing on top and ply: "Well, first I buy a frame.."
the words: "Help stamp out TV."
FOOD: President *Truman AUSTERITY motor- cars are wants to give India enough grain to lose 71 chromlum paris. And
the lives of 10,000,000 an Ohio judge has granted the that we should concentrate on to save starving people. Congress must first motor-car divorce to a 10-raising these mobile forces with vole £75,000,000 for it. And a year-old bride who had to live the USA and let France, wit cause Congressmen are angered behind the chromium of her her larger man power army, by Premier Nehru's opposition Hollywood is for billows, mo- to America's "get tough with bridegroom's car and nowhere carry out most of the defensive
dress of native women in the aure whether they will vote the went home to mother. job of stewardess, and told South Seas called moo-- ineo, me to apply for the job, of mald They must billow at the bosumn
grant,
HENNY KAISER, who bullt to Mrs Stoddard. He had con- and feature patriotle red, white, DRINK: The health drive to a ship a week for the Allies in tacted the maid Mrs Stoddard and blue shades-when get pub patrons to drink beer World War II., has gone ess carried out quite easily.
THIS advice could have been already had, and had pald her purple.
out of paper cups is in dange the aircraft-building business. to quit."
a severe shortage of His factories are to make parts tanks of the Cromwell and Sher
had great numbers of cruiser Explains ■ Hollywood Je There is "Well I'm blowed?" mur signer: "Women want to keep paper cups.
for an anti - submarine patrol their men from
man types which were just what But if war.
bomber, mured Cecil
WEATHER: Pavement tables
we wanted for this role. But "And just what d'1 he expect they cannot, they want to please of cafes under gay umbrellas NINETEEN curtain calls greet- this tho we did even worse you and Marie to do for him?" them while they're around were crowded. Bathing girs ed coprano Kirsten Flagstad's than between the wars for we tons on their front which were asked Denis. "Why did he let styles must suggest, not reveal."
tried Far Rockaway beach's surf, return to the Metropolitan Opera changed our well-trained army Forsythia began to bud. The for the first time in ten years. into a large man-power con- scalo week-end temperature touched Police guarded the doors and script affair. 02.0 degrees. Tonight's forecast: watched for packages. But the
For the money that we were, 16 degrees of frost.
determined anti-Nazi Broadway
Three To One drapery, scarves and collars, SUCCESS BY SHAVE: Over groups which have often tried spending we could easily have
had the
necessary embarrass the Norwegian which are essential as a bas. DEAL mobility is essential for
regulas provides the patriotic woman 10 years ago Vincent Niggio to with simplicity and clothes that was shaving tobacco magnato singer kept the peace.
for well-trained (noblis forces. Rathletons, and that means will last.
Hollywood has the movie stars invited barber liggio to become Shoes" has risen into the select maintained 20 such divisions
George Washington HUL Hill
SHOW BUSINESS: "The Rod: the Western nations had really mobile tanks, "They wont to know who has on fis side. But perhaps his tobacco salesman.
It is no use trying to meet the the key to the recrot code that Washington Alll decide the
Het of 27 pictures to have carn after the war instead of turning Russian threat in any other way. was used in keeping the Golden | outcome.
In 1940 Riggle succeeded Hilled over 5,000,000 dolla's (£1. to a man-power army, we would Wo cannot take them on with Gull records, Somo of those re- The Government has put in a as chairman of one of Americas 705,000) (at leaders are "Birth
Nation" and "Gone with Russia from strength and many outnumber us by at least three soon have been able to talk to a mani-power army for they will, cords are worth money!"
stand by order for 800,000 trim, langest cigarette Arms. He had of
Pelor one-piece dresses, noilker moo- an Income
the Wind...
Pan's rule of our world-wide problems to one. of £100,000 last "Ahol So I was right!" CX- moo nor string-boan, for the year. He has just retired from that people do not grow old might already have been solved.
On the other hand, if we talno claimed Denis. "But how are Navy's WAVES (U.S. equivalent the chairmanship,
falls to hold for the Broadway
these mobile forces I do not get hold of the of the Wrens).
cast, which has played over 300 Whosal we fall to folly belleve that the Russians will they going to
PUBLISHERS Drought out 80 - performances. Two boy actors this advice for a eccond time? recordar
"They're already got the ones ABT: Grandma Monca, books for every day of 1050, had to be sacked because their Wea 1 due to politics? If so, da to advance against us.
(World Copyright Restymed. Kelsey, farmer's wife who took up Yet bookshops are worried about, voices broke. ..sald want,
who did not pur military leaders London Hapesis, Karpion)
you in on the scheme, and bring you on the cruise?"
"Ho and his bosa thought Moric
and I could help finding out what they want to know."
"What's that?”.
No, no, retorts Fifth Aven Buch garments make a girl lookt as though she's wearing a tent, The string-bean silhouette, re- Lioved Just by touches of
....
I am probably the only officer who has discussed, with the Russions, those mobile opera-
carried out on a far greater than anything Which happened on the Western tront.
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