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y, JUNE 18, 1942 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 3' THE fDRGOTTEN FLEET MYSTERY" uy van w y civ mdaon SYNOPSIS onnroaches the the Ches L p, p0,ruson. a burly T lurches toward her on his lips. rasp.. ntMn.7 jnwn there this id "yDOlMU the surround- V ; onirrv M- iS l m rom the "Amen- Ms0":avrsyerpaw S down below in the F . .d eet the same dose Pu L "A youthful strang- ""V, 'iiitarv coat and cap assistance. He CHAPTER II .rowd Prtin 8t ,th8t in" fitted the scarred strang le and almost wary eyes w t Geneva Benefs troubled . H1S Will. Diu" - fcnt he looked suddenly .er when he said: Il0i Sister, how did you like Irivate war: . . lf flamed back into the de slightly tanneu ..-. face. ank you. sne tlesslv. ""rerguson g"i Isen-ed, but-I-1 nope you killed him. -man in the uniform coat curiously intent iook, men lv stirred tne iauen uyo- head with a worn boot t this ehinchero," he drawled. V. hnrn to hang, lwo to no, live to one he a De up larinir inside of ten minutes. as addressing the oniooKers Ukers? No? I see you've ,f real snorts m this burg." javiie. he wno naa junueu the Octopus Oil tanker delib h turned his back on both girl trowd and swung Off almost lantlv in the direction pi the he little time later ex-Colonel Ed Colby, late A. D. C. to Gen Gonzala Guitierrex, . frowned MISTRATOR'S NOTICE TO CREDITORS bine qualified 'as administra I the estate of Lonzie Messer, Led, late of Haywood County, k Carolina, this is to notify Jereoni having claims against state of the deceased to ex them to the undersigned at Jffice in Waynesville, N. C, on ffore the 11th day of June, or this notice will be pleaded ir of their recovery. All per indebted to said estate will je make immediate payment. is the 11th for of June, 1942. T. L. GREEN. fciihistrator of Lonzie 'Messer, isea. ' 1191-June ll-lg-25-July m Not Enjoy Yourself ile we do jour washing? r make a drudge of frself with this tiresome I? We k. I' fill perfectly fit YOUR k-at really small cost. AYNESVILLE LAUNDRY PHONE 205 when in through the back door of Etta Pike's Elite Lunch Room and Shore Dinner drifted the usual odors of Paruxtown at low tide. "Any work to be had around here!" Colby demanded of the din ing room in generaL , A grizzled oysterman at a near by table paused .with loaded knife half way to his mouth and winked at a group across the room be fore he said. "Work? You-all kin maybe git a job' on them there Shippin' Board vessels." "Shut yo big mouth, Dan," snapped the blousy proprietress. "He may be a stranger, but he's got some rights." Donald Colby set down his coffee cup and grinned engagingly. "Ma'am," he observed, "when you speak of 'rights," you strangly interest me. The rights of man are a rara avisin this country." Etta Pike, suspicious of mock ery, regarded the gaunt gallant figure with disfavor. "Rights? You talk like a Bolsheveek. Well, all I says is that "her voice trail ed off into incoherence as she com menced to retrieve a small fleet of "side" dishes from a distant table. "What about that job?" Colby demanded of the frizzled oyster man, who, however, seemed loath to talk further on the subject. "Aw, 'taint nothin' much Etty's right -and yore a furriner." "Never mind that," the ex-soldier's dark blue eyes narrowed a little. "I need a job badly." "WelF, they need a watchman down to Point Patience Some old liners is laid up there." "Watchman ? Why all this mys tery then ? ' ' Colby demanded through a cloud of smoke rising from a battered pipe. Patrons exchanged glances when he who had first spoken went on, his eyes kept studiously on his plate. ... "Oh, I reckon there ain't naw. then' to be scairt about, only well, only there's been some trouble on them old German ships." "Why don't yo' say 'murders,' Bill, and be done with it?" demand ed a surly looking man. "Ain't none o' the three been heard of, have they?" "Murders?" Colby's lean featur es contracted a little, "On old German liners, eh?" "Yes. Three of old Cappen Benny's watchmen just dropped from sight.; Mis' Burgess has been near crazy since Tom vanished a week ago from the Wilhelm." "Disappeared without a trace?" - "Yep. It was the same with Hank Lewis and Fred Colquitt though they had guns and was on the look out. They went on duty and then they wasn't to be found nowheres. No noise, no struggle, but somebody or somethin' surely get 'em." .The various guests ceased eating and Colby was aware of a curious tension rather like that time in Bolivian when he'd sat in on the court-martial of a spy. "Some folks 'Hows it was haunts," volunteered a pimply youth. Colby's head tilted back in a short laugh. "Mighty potent ghosts NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA HAYWOOD COUNTY. I IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. BEFORE THE CLERK. T. N. LEATHERWOOD, vs. . BEULAH RUSSELL, et al. The defendants, Bessie Leather- wood and husband, Fay Leather wood; Brown Messer and wife, Refa Messer; Burr Messer Angel and Wilson Messer, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Supe rior Court of Haywood County, N. C, to sell real estate for division: and the said defendants will furth er take notice that they are requir ed to appear in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County in the Courthouse in Way nesville, N. C, within ten days after the 25th day of June, 1942, and answer or demur to the peti tion in this action, or the pectioner will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said petition. This May 25th, 1942. KATE WILLIAMSON, Asst. Clerk Superior Court No. 1189 June 4-11-18-25 you raise in tidewater Maryland." "For fact, Mister," the youth insisted. "Old Missis Clayboune on the plantation jest below "llowed she seen funny blue lights a-shinin' out of the Cecelie's porta the night Tom Burgess was took." "Blue light?" Some of the lev ity departed from Colby's manner and he eyed the youth sharply. "Yessuh more than once she .. ...... The grizzled oysterman abruptly interrupted the process of cooling his coffee in a saucer. "Shet yer fool head, Willie don't talk seen nonsense. Like as not Tom got enough of his lady's tongue and- skipped; them others likely got shanghaied on an oyster boat there's plenty of 'era short handed this season." "Shanghai local boys? Bill, yore crazy. It's more likely Willie's haunts than that." "Well, there you are, Mister a swell forty dollar a month job goin' beggin', since Tod Ferguson quit or got fired," he added meaning- 1y-- "Oh, so Ferguson was on those boats? Why did he get fired?" "You ask a heap a' questions, Mister and since them murders we're kind of watchin' strangers in town" "Don't worry, I'm bound for Bal timore tonight." Colby tossed a half dollar on the table. "Thanks for the tip but forty a month doesn't interest me not even with the prospect of meeting a busy Patuxtown haunt. Once outside, the tall wanderer found that the fog had become a woolly, all-Bmothering blanket from the depths of which sirens, horns and Whistles moaned discon solate as lost souls in the Seventh Circle of Inferno. It was with difficulty that he found his way at last to a ferry pier which also did duty as a bus terminal. "You all is pow'ful early fo.' de bus," called a negro roustabout in tattered dungarees. "She don't SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK By RJ. SCOTT - Utt.0 CoritffciiCtitft What is m vERAOE life fm or SMAU VXDS BTTWEIN 10 AND 15 YIAW. oM0lRATioit BoAcf M9 . IM 185 r idMny BADLf-y VMR.VA0( COUKfMoUU. leave fo' half a hour yet." "I know it," Colby explained gravely, "but the smell of crabs once past their debut is to me dis tressing, Mose, most distressing. Like a lot of people, they're nice when you first meet 'em, Mose, but deuced unpleasant if they stick around. Quite a philosopher, aren't I?" ' "Ah thinks yo's been philosophiz ing a bottle, Mista Man," grinned the roustabout. "No, Mose," drawled the spare figure in the old uniform coat and cap. "I have but drunk of the warm wine of life it is victory and a full belly which has rendered me thus." "Yassuh, yassuh, I reckon so." The negro grinned uncertainly, then rolled his clattering hand truck off into the fog again. From the freight house office a single bulb 'drew a pallid ruler mark across the rough wood of the wharf. Not far away the persist ent hooting of a receding ferry made the night resound. Save for Mose and more negroes languidly hand trucking dripping crates of iced crabs into the baggage shed, the pier seemed quite deserted. But, on rounding a corner of the freight house, Colby paused pn becoming aware of a nearer sound. There, dejectedly perched on an empty oyster barrel, was the fig ure of a girl. Colby paused, started to turn aside, but remained and inquired gruffly, "What's wrong now ?" The girl started, stiffened and got to her feet with tragedy written in every line of her lithe young body. "What isn't wrong?" He eyed her curiously what a spoiled kid! What could she know about real trouble? "Can anything be done about it?" For the first time she looked up at this gaunt stranger with the scar and the whimsical month. "Oh, she murmured, "so it it's you. No, I don't think so." "Then crying won't do any good it only makes the nose red." He Rationing Board Grants Only 14 Applications Applications granted by the local rationing board during the past week were not as large as usual, numbering only fourteen as fol lows; . Anderson Transfer Company, Waynesville, common carrier, 4 truck recaps; Hardy Carver, Cove Creek, hauling farm pro ducts to market, one truck recap;, R. L. Davis, Cove Creek, hauling of logs, lumber and acid wood, 2 truck recaps. Frank Carver, of Waynesville, ice hauler, 1 truck recapj Z. V. McElroy, Cove Creek, hauling em ployes on logging operation, 2 passenger recaps; John Hipps, Waynesville, cattle buyer and shipper, 1 passenger recap; Thom as W. t erguson, Clyde route 1, hauling farm products to market, 1 passenger recap. Howell Freeman, Waynesville, licensed taxi driver, one pass enger car recap; State High way .Patrol, Waynesville, state jerked a curt nod and turned away, but as his hand fell away from the cracked and dimmed visor of his military cap he felt hers' on his arm. "Don't go," she burst out, her eyes alone successfully penetrating the gloom. "I do need help. Maybe you wouldn't be afraid." "Afraid?" Colby's mouth tigh tened. "Yes. I brought two men all the was from Lenardtown to work for my father, but when they heard about the job they were just like all the others and I had so hoped they oh, dear they went back." "On that?" The tall seaman'B eyes flickered interrogatively in the direction of the departed ferry. "Yes." She looked away with a shrug eloquent of complete con tempt. "They were afraid." Into ex-Colonel Donald Colby's blue eyes crept a new expression. "Young lady," he demanded crisply, "shall we talk?" (To be Continued) highway patrol, one passenger tire; J. R. Marcus, Waynesville li censed taxi driver, 1 passenger tube. Cruso Mutal Electric Company, Waynesville, electrical construc tion and maintenance, 2 truck tires and 3 truck tubes; Olis Allison, Waynesville, route 2, hauling live stock and farm products to market. 2 truck tires and 2 truck tubes: Town of Waynesville, sanitary and street maintenance, 1 truck tire; Carr Lumber Company, Lake Ju- naluska, supply truck for logging camp, 1 truck tire and 1 truck tube. CORRECTION Last week The Mountaineer stat ed that the property of the Buch anan cemetery was given the com munity by George Buchanan. The site wat given by M. R. Buchanan, father of George and Fred. The latter has been keeping the cem etery cleared since the death of George. Women are working beside men building tanks at foundry. HOW TO GET EXTRA SUGAR FOR CANNING! Uncle Sam uwh you to can and preserve fruits and berries and will let you hsve EXTRA SUGAR foe this purpose. Take all of your sugar ratiod books to your local ration board. Without removing amy stamp t from jour books, your board will enable you to get an txtrs supply of sugar for canning. Your grocer will then fill your requirements with your old friend JSHsslte V-Jl. H 1 if ; Give Your ' g,'M'ii,iM,"w,w"i"i,M',M",,'""M" III Pouring Health vW N Enjoy .ti v v$v l& Products Family For protection against harmful bacteria, be sure your family gets PET Pasteurized Milk every day. It is the ideal milk for every member of your family. It is extra Rood. Rich in food value. A tempting flavor in each sip. Compare its taste and quality with any milk, good buy it is. And always remember, that Find out what a Pasteurized Milk Is SAFE m m mm fun Get more out of living . . . more . more pep to do things and go places! You'll feel always up to par if you get the habit of eating more butter, ice cream and drinking more milk. Start ordering from your milkman today! You'll be feeling grand in just no time at all! Pet Dairy Products Made Of Haywood Milk . . . More than $106,000 went to Haywood dairymen-farmers last year for milk sold to Pet Dairy Products Company. Haywood Grade "A" Milk Producers Association MB To) Menu Variety With Pet Products j j I I These warm days demand tempting menus, and I I v it is easy to make different, delightful menus with I I f j y Pet Dairy Products. There is such a largt family of I II ll fill these products, and all are suggestive of tempting II .. VV .x Q dishes. YouTI enjoy the wholesome goodness of PET II I . . DAIRY PRODUCTS! Waynesville . Phone 10
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