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THE WATNESVILLB MOUNTAINEER
"CARIBBEAN LOOT"
By WHITMAN CHAMBERS
CHAPTER IX
WHEN I CAME op on the
bridge that evening the Whipple
-was making SO knot through an
oily sea and the lights of Cam
era were just rising over the hor-
iion. Dick Hoffman strolled over
to me.
"Well, Ray, it looks now
though it was just an ordinary
robbery ,H he remarked. "The gold
was stolen in the bank and those
lead bars substituted. The plot
ters sank the Alderbaron so that
the crime wouldn't be discovered.
The only hitch in their plans came
when the liner went down in shoal
water. Your friend Capt. Huertas,
was evidently in on the plot. Na
turally, he did his best to prevent
the recovery of the phoney bul
lion. It strikes me that virtually
everything is explained."
I ehook my head impatiently,
"On the contrary, Dick, everything
has become more complicated. The
cnineering of this plot took care
ful planning, it took organization,
it took self -sacrifice as witness
the man, Carretos possibly, who
opened the Alderbaron's sea cocks."
"Look at it another way, Car
retos must be at the bottom of this
affair, because the gold passed
through his hands. Now why
would a man of his position mix
into a sordid business like that?
He has more money than he can
ever possibly spend. I tell you,
Dick, it isn't human nature for
man to risk his freedom, to sanc
tion the murder of innocent peo
ple, to take part in such a hor
rible crime, solely to steal some
srold which he actually cannot use.
No, I tell you we've got to find
some other motive, and a lot
stronger motive than avarice."
"Well maybe Col. Baird will be
able to figure it out," Hoffman
suggested.
"That's what I'm counting on."
It was nine that evening when
I arrived at the legation and was
shown into the colonel's study.
The minister shook hands eagerly
"Well, what luck, lieutenant?"
"Bad luck, I guess you'd call it,
colonel. The gold bullion which
the Alderbaron was carrying turn
ed out to be lead."
"'We blew the safe and brought
up two bars. They were nicely
sacked and all that, but they were
bars of lead."
Colonel Baird did not say any
thing for a while. Then he turned
abruptly to the telephone, called a
number in a brisk voice and held a
brief conversation. He rose.
"Come, lieutenant, President
to see as lmme-
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Sazardi wishes
diately."
The president of Andegoya was
a little man with thick white hair
and long white mustaches. Though
he was only 60, the care of the
state had rested heavily on his
shoulders and he looked worn and
tired and old beyond his years.
I told my story, briefly and to
the point, and President Sazardi
did not once interrupt me. When
I had finished, the president aat
motionless for a long time, drum
ming nervously on the arms of his
chair. Finally he sighed and rose
slowly to his feet.
"It is too bad," he said regret
fully. "I , have always liked the
boy, always believed that he had
a great futare, a future of service
to our country. And now well "
He shrugged expressively and
.unred to a uniformed attendant
who stood near the door. He
spoke rapidly in Spanish. The
man saluted and dashed out of the
room. The president turned back
to Baird and me.
"I personally am going to place
Francisco Carretos under arrest.
Do you gentlement wish to accom
pany me?"
"I do, sir," I spoke up quickly.
"I'd like to see this thing through
tp the finish."
"Colonel Baird?"
"Yes, indeed, Your Excellency.
tsut now tnac you speak ol it-
let me see. What was it Mildred
told me this evening? Oh yes,
Carretos was giving some sort of
a dinner party aboard his yacht.
It seems I recall that she was in
vited. Yes, I remember very well
now. They were to have dinner on
the yacht ard then go for a shoit
cruise outside the harbor. It was
to be a very informal dinner, Mil
dred said, just something to get
their minds off the terrible ex
perience they had been through."
Sazardi's black piercing eyes
narrowed .and his lips formed in a
mirthless grin. "Senor Carretos
will go through just one more ter
rible experience," he said grimly.
"Come gentlemen."
Two automobiles loaded with
soldiers preceded us as we drove
at breakneck speed through the
narrow streets to the waterfront.
The president's trim speedboat
was awaiting us with engines
idling. We climbed in, a dozen
soldier at our heels. The boat
swung away from the pier and
neaded out into the harbor,
Then I swore shortly. "My lord,
sin - l cried. "The Liberated is
gone!"
"Gone!" the president exclaimed.
You are certain?
I was certain. For two years
I had watched the harbor from my
window in the club and I knew the
anchorage of every ship in it.
"Of course!" I said bitterly.
"The Juarto came back and told
Carretos that the jig was up. The
gunooat must have got in just be
fore we did. She left a couple of
nours ahead of us, but we came
back at 30 knots."
Sazardi swore mildly in Spanish.
"You are a seafaring man. sir.
What do you suggest?"
I suggest that we get aboard
the Whipple as fas as this boat
will take us there. The anchor
watch may have seen which wav
the Liberatad went after she cot
outside the heads. Of course, she'll
run without lights. It's a hundred
to one we'll never be able to pick
ner up, out it looks like our only
chance."
Dick Hoffman, it developed, had
nimseu watched the Liberatad pull
her anchor and steam out of the
harbor. Not knowing that the
yacht belonged to Carretos, he had
paid her little heed. He had no.
ticea, however, that her running
lights and masthead light had
been switched off immediately she
ua ciearea the heads.
"How long ago did she shove
off?" I asked quickly.
"Half an hour, I should say."
I looked hopelessly at the little
group of men in the wardroom.
Han an hour! A start of nearly
10 miles! I feH suddenly weak and
helpless, and my own feelings were
reflected in the faces of the men
arouna me.
Col... Baird looked dazed; he
seemed to know that his daughter,
whether willingly 0r otherwise, was
ami HDoara tne Liberated.
The president's
I knew the dynamic little man was
occmiiiir witn imnnrtnnf
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-..... owuu onunng irom one
foot to the. other, anxious to do
something, but not knowing what
'7"- cenma mm stood the other
uiucers or the destroyer, silent,
eager, excited by the swift drama
that had entered their normally
...uuuwuuua routine. t
It was one of the junior officers
wno offered a possible solution tA
prooiem. -Look here, cap
he cried KnrMmlir "n
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ong io you figure the wake of a
"P remains visible nn . ..in.
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Hoffman started. So did I
"By the god's!" Dick cried.' "On
calm, oily sea a ship's wake
night remain visibla fr .
hour. If we can pick up that
the
tain.1
forced draft blowers roaring, the
Whipple shot oat of the harbor
like a lean grayhoond on the trau
of a rabbit A quarter of a mile
beyond the heads we picked op the
Liberatad's wake, a streak of dull
water leading straight eastward
across the shining expanse of oily
sea.
"Hard right!" Dick Hoffman or.
dered. "Rudder amidships , . ..
Steady as you go."
The destroyer swung onto the
yacht's track. For 20 minutes that
dull streak on the glassy ocean
bore due east. , Them it swung
sharply to starboard.
Hoffman ' chuckled.) . They've
spotted us, he remarked elatedly.
"They're trying to zi-zag and
throw us off the track. They
haven't a chance." . '
Ten minutes later our search
lights pick up the fleeing yacht.
Carretos must have realized then
the game was up, for he switched
on his lights and hove to. Hoffman
skillfully brought the destroyer
alongside the Liberatad and a
group of us leaped onto the yacht's
deck. I caught sight of Carretos
on the bridge.
The Andegoyan was standing
quietly. There was a saturnine
smile on his lips as he watched ma
coming toward him. He spoke
calmly and not without a certain
grudging admiration. :
"The Lieutenant Leslie again!
You have done well. Sir, I salute
you. Adios!"
As cooly as though he were div
ing into a swimming tank, Car
retos jumped to the rail, poised for
an ir.8tant and then dove clearly
into the sea. A little trail of phos
phorescence marked the path of
his body through the water. Down,
down, down he never came up.
The president's soldiers found a
group of white-tfaced frightened
men in the yacht's cabin. Nine
men and a lone woman, Mildred
Baird. Some of the plotters were
high in their Country's service.
Others like Pedro Gonzales, one
time servant in the American
Club,; held no official position in
the republic.
An hour later Mildred and I
stood in the shadow of the chart
house as the Whipple steamed
back to Caimora.
"Did you know," I asked, "that
Carretos might flee the country
when you went aboard his yacht
tonight!"
"What do-you think?" she
asked.
Ira not thinking. I'm asking"
" You're such a fool, Ray Leslie,"
she said impatiently. And then
added briefly: "Carretos lied to
get me there. He told me there
would be others other women."
"But you must have suspected
there was something fishy some
where."
"Of course I did. I suspected at
uenerai Kice's ball."
" And that's why you been play
ing up to Carretos?"
Naturally. Were you silly
enough to think I might be in love
wmn the man?" -"Well
I
She sounded like
plaining a problem to a dull and
uninterested child. "I was attract
ed by the aura of mystery and
intrigue which seemed to surround
him. So I cultivated him, played
up to him. Why? Because I have
a woman's curiosity and love of
plotting and intrigue.
"I didn't suspect anything was
seriously wrong until that night on
the Alderbaron. Ha hsVvA ma t
knew how to put on a life belt, he
even tried to show me. He seemed
nervous and excited, apprehensive.
I didn't know about the shipment
of gold then. I didn't know nv.
thing except that some plot was
afoot." . j
"Did he tell VOll afterward!
why he was aboard?"
"No. But I suspect he took naa-
sage at the last minute when he
found I was sailing on her. He
wanted to look after me when the
ship went down." - ;
"Very noble of him. Did some
one else open those sea cocks?"
"Your little friend Pedro Gon-
valaa T lAnn.n j . .
. .comcu iwiignt , -was a
stowaway on the Alderbaron."
But what I can't undersUnd,"
x ama impatiently, -is why a man
of Carretos' position and wealth
snoum be mixed up m such a rot
ten plot" ' v
. "But surely, as a budding young
diplomat, you know bat was be
hind it." '
"Well skip the budding- young
diplomat .And I don't know What
r oenma u. Neither dno.
phy Branch of the Southern Rail
road, has retired, duo to ill health,
with a thirty year service record.
Mr. WUsenhunt began working
with the Southern Railway at
Hominy in May 1910 when he was
21 years of age. He also worked
a short while at Nantahala and
Whiting, then was sent to Whit
tier where he remained for twenty
one years. The last seven of bis
thirty years were spent at Hazel
wood. In Whittier he married Miss
Frances Gibbs. Their children
are: Harry Whisenhunt in the
State University of Seattle Wash
ington, Mrs. Sam Lane, of Hazel
wood, J. E. Whisenhunt, Jr., in the
EATlnlS
Casey Jones School of Aeronaut
ic. Newark, NL J and Barl
Whisenhunt in the U. S. Navy,
tt i..i xt....:s
Mr. Wht is the k.'S 65 widow of the late John
oldest operator in the point of aer
MRS. IDA DIXON
Last rites were held at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Oak
Grove Baptist church for Mrs. Ida
vice on the Murphy Branch, J. C.
Curtis, of Canton, being the oldest.
For the past fifteen years he
has been a Mason, having joined
at Bryson City and moved his mem
bership to Waynesville when he
was transferred to Hazelwood. He
is also a member of the Waynes
ville Methodist church.
Mr. Whisenhunt is the son of the
late D. W. Whisenhunt, a promi
nent and influential citizen of An
drews, and lived his early life
there. ' '
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LESSON
"Everlasting Punishment" will
be the subject of the lesson-sermon
at the American Legion home
on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
The Golden Text will be Proverbs
13:6, "Righteousness keepeth him
that is upright in the way; but
wickedness overcometh the sin
ner." The lesson-sermon will also
include passages from the Chris
tian Science textbook, Science and
Health with key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
The Rev. R. P. Walker, Minister.
The sermon Sunday will be the
fourth in a series on I Peter; the
book of Bible Mastery Month. The
subject is: "The Righteous Shall
Scarcely be Saved," I Peter 4:18.
Sunday school 9:45, Wm Cham
bers, superintendent
Sermon 11.
Christian Endeavor 7.
Mid-week prayer Wednesday
1:30.
CRABTREE METHODIST
CHURCH
Rev. W. H. Neese, Pastor.
Rev, W. H. Neese, pastor, will
fill his regular appointments on
Sunday, Nov. 3rd as follows: Finch
ers Chapel, at 9:45 a- m. and Davis
Chapel at 11 a. m.
FINES CREEK METHODIST
CHURCH
The Rev. J. T. Shackford, newly
appointed pastor, announces that
the services will be held at the
regular hours in the charge on
Sunday the 3rd.
GRACE CHURCH IN THE MOUN
TAINS, EPISCOPAL
Sunday school at 9:45.
Regular 11 o'clock service will
be held, and the new rector, Rev.
R. E. MacBlaine, of Hilly Springs,
Miss., will deliver the sermon.
CHURCH OF GOD, HAZELWOOD
Beginning on Sunday, November
the 3rd, a revival service will be
conducted in this church by the
Rev. Comme, of Steed, N, C. Ser
vices will be held each night at
7:15 for the next ten days or pos
sible two weeks. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Waynesville, every Sunday. 11:00
A. M.
Canton, every 1st Sunday. 8:00
A. OL .
Franklin, 2nd and 4th Sunday.
3.UU A. JVl.
Cherokee, every 3rd Sunday. 8:00
- - -
Murphy, every 6th Sundav. 7:00
a. jo.
father."
public have been- e-roaninsr under
the taxes that were levied to pay
it obck.
..mi .
mere hasn't been any too
much prosperity in the country
anyway, and the people have been
growing more and more discon
tented with the Conservative ad
ministration. The loss of the
money, the realization that it would
have to be collected and paid all
over again, would have been the
final straw that broke- the camel's
knnU fM ...
.. mere would have been a
tremendous political upheaval,
pussioiy even a revolution. And
carretos would have ridden into the
president, palace with colors fly.
"i. uo you understand now?"
( "I'm beginning "to," I admitted.
It wasn't the money Carretos
wanted, then,
i, n'KU 111 ci my
to crvafnliTo nvi;. .
Krr - it. " . . : I ' " iuu.n, Bcukiment
xainer. Kay. hsn ha. I aflfainsr I'reaiHpnf . l
-. sai. - . "u v ma
But you "
What's the
He was out of the wardroom andl,or 20 years the people of the
asleep for 15 years.
"Let all that go,
low-down?"
"WelL Carretos
SUJtAtlUf- 1(1
,. l- Y. . L,1Deral Pary and
-tB ui,Beu elected president at
mc next election. Whil T.o v.u
uciu
Wlll! tfle conservative ad
.....naurwuou ne was working ham
and glove with the Liberal. - i
"But that doesn't ni.;. ,
terrupted. "It xnl.i -,.tr-"
That gold, you must surelvnnw'
tro. ik. .1 "
" nie imaj payment ni' m
granted to Andegoya in the Taft
administration. The mo
used to good purpose, perhaps, but
re-
lost of it"
.v Tl?r y have it. Of coarse,
' farretM sn't averse to
taking iU money, too, The gold
for which he had th lead bars
substituted is aboard the Liber
atad." Mildred lonlrm 1 -i. :i
lg. YOU know lr T nr.'r V,.
hjiye you would ever make a dip-
final.
I put my arm arounrf br t,a
grinned. "Would you want to be
the wife of a diplomat?".
we-e-eu, I think r rather-."
Iv8 lie Wife of officer?"
"Then that should i.v. u
uaous.''
(The End).
Prayer Band Makes
86 Converts During
Past Few Months
The Prayer Band, composed of
about 30 members, is now engaged
in holding cottage prayer meetings
in the evenings in Waynesville and
Beaverdam township,
During the past few months
there have been eighty-six conver
sions of faith, according to D. C.
Turpin, one of the leaders in the
work of the organization.
On November 3rd a conference
of the group will be held at Enka
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hark
ins, to which all interested per
sons are invited to attend.
CHEESE
The smoking of cheese with hic
kory kindling is the lastest process
being tried by the Iowa Experi
ment Station in an attempt to im
prove cheese flavors.
SHIFTS THANKSGIVING
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama
will celebrate Thanksgiving Day
November 21 this year, instead of
traditional last Thursday, Gov.
Frank Dixon said recently.
Dixon, who died on Monday night
at her home in Crabtree township,
following a long illness.
The Rev. Sam Hall, assisted by
the Rev. Howard Hall pastor, con
ducted the rites. Burial was in
Clarke's Chapel cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Grady Overman, R. F. D. No.
1, Clyde, and Mrs. Clayton Wines,
R. F. D. No. 1, Canton; two broth,
ers, the Rev. Ira Rhinehart, R. F.
D. No. 1, Clyde, and J. B. Rhine
hart, Gaffney, S. C; and two sis
ters, Mrs. Mary Ogle, Clifton, S.
C, and Mrs. Artie White, Union,
s. c
WALTER MOORE RICH
Funeral services were conducted
on Thursday afternoon at the Mag
gie Baptist church for Walter
Moore Rich, 25, who died at the
Haywood County Hospital Tuesday
afternoon. The Rev. C. D. Me
haffey officiated. Burial was in the
Lowe cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: Willie
Mehaffey, Robert Hosaflook, Clif
ford White, Tom Carver, Ernest
Carver, and Lester Bradshaw.
Mr. White was a native of the
Maggie section of the county and
had a wide family connection, and
a large number of friends.
Surviving are his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. S. D. Rich, four brothers,
John, Roy, Clifford, and Woodrow,
all of Maggie, four sisters, Mrs.
Leona Rathbone, of Salem, N. J.,
Mrs. Bessie Hosaflook, of East
Waynesville, Mrs. Mattie Mehaf
fey, and Mrs. Fannie Grant, of
Maggie.
New Heating S
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tenan chun-i. d r"
Sloan, enm..... Wek
According to th ....:
R. P. Walker. Ti,.
completed bv .w!0
regular service, will h. Q
Normal pulse beats for adults
per minute should be about 72; for
old people about 67; babies 120 to
150.
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WAYNESVILLE v
Thursday, OctJ
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with Pat O'Brien, Job, (
Francis F.M
Friday, Not. 1
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with Jou Hall, Victor M,
ien, F. Farm.,
Saturday, Not.
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Sunday, Not. i
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