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Page 12 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER (ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY) THURSDAY, AUGUST,, "The Forgotten Fleet Mystery" by Van Wyck Mason CHAPTER XI "What are we going to do about itl" she whipered fiercely. I need to recover those jewels." "You and me both, Sister " was all he said and, after passing through the third-class lounge, led off along a passage which appar ently led to the cheaper first-class cabins. Striding easily and silent as a shadow thrown across a floor, the girl followed, her muffled flash light revealing an almost endless vista of cabin doors, dull . brass knobs and white enamelled panels. "That way," she directed when he paused uncertainly at the junction of several corridors, "leads to D dock they're down there." The tapping sounds were now loud and distinct, and the musty smelling air seemed redolent of danger. A few strides and Colby felt a sudden surge of excitement quick en his arteries; the cabin before him now was 323! Yonder was 319 and around the corner must be 313! He had aproached the mysterious cabin from a different angle! "What are they doing?" tensely whispered the girl. "Don't know, but we ought to find out. "We'll try to get closer and learn what's what." Foot by foot they advanced along down a dark and utterly lightless passage which had once echoed to the tread of busy stewards, until Colby halted so abruptly that the girl bumped into him. Almost In front of them a nasal voice had be gun to speak: "Well, 'afs th' last rivet head off and she won't come loose. Like I said, we gotta use th' stuff and cut through 'at plate," "Ja," rumbled a deep voice not unpleasant, "that plate must be voided or its too thick. Gott in himmcl! Vhy did those remodelers put in a partition here? Ach! And I thought it vould all be so easy!" "We all better get goin'," growl ed a voice which electrified both the listeners. "That there Colby feller ain't the kind that sets 'round a spell before he gets goin'. Besides I reckon he's in the know." NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA, HAYWOOD COUNTY. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. HAYWOOD COUNTY VS. J. A. CRISP, if alive, or, if dead, his hiers at law, and wife, if any, by whatever name she may be known. The defendans, J. A. Crisp, if alive, or, if dead, his heirs at law, and wife, if any, by whatever name she may be known, will take notice that an action' entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Haywood County, North Carolina, to fore close liens for taxes due Haywood County; and said defendants will further take notice they are re quired to appear at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county at the Courthouse in Way nesville, North Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the 31st day of August, 1942, and answer or demur to the Complaint of said action or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demand ed in said Complaint. This the 29th day of July, 1942. KATE WILLIAMSON, Asst. Clerk Superior Court, Hay wood County. No. 121 July 30-Aug. 6-13-20. In the dark Colby's jaws tighten ed; no mistaking those hoarse ac cents he had just head , '. ;. . No wonder Ferguson had heckled Ge neva Benet! No wonder he had labored to frighten away possible new watchmen! The Foreigner would be Ehrenbreit, Colby Was deciding when the German spoke again. "Ja that iss possible. That verdammt Vogel might haff hired him, too." Despite herself Geneva B'net started and drew somewhat away. Clearly -Ehrenbreit's supposition had had its effect. "Yeh, that Colby's one hard guy." Ferguson's voice took on a vicious note. "I'd like to gets my hooks on him again! 'Specially since he's in the know all right " "What makes you so sure?" "Well, Hermann, the guy didn't come from Tampico on the tanker, like he said. Her engineer said he only signed on at Savannah a South American guano tramp. The tanker's engineer said he figgered this Colby guy escaped from that French prison down Guiana way yeh, heard him talking to one o' the crew." In the darkness Colby si-nsed the girl to be flinching still further away. Dumm Ferguson s big noisy mouth it wouldn't make this job any easier. "Say are we going to finish this job tonight or not?" demanded the nasal voice. "Stow it, Tug," Ferguson snap ped. "What I'm tryin' to tell you-all is we ain't goin' to get nowhere till we knock off that Colby guy. Just a slug in the" So intent had Colby been on the talk in Cabin 313 that he only be came aware ot soitly advancing footsteps when they sounded quite close, but the speed of his reaction made a measure of amend. Who was this ? The passage was dark as pitch. "This way," Tie whispered and catching Geneva Benet's hand tried a cabon door. It was locked. An other. The third yielded to his frantic hand and he hastily pulled the girl in after him and stood listening. ' Presently the door to No. 313 must have opened for Ehrenbriet's precise voice sounded much louder. Promptly the stealthy footsteps retreated and the two standing breathless in the dark breathed a trifle easier. "Com on, Tug, let's get the stuff," rumbled Ferguson. "This palaver ain't gettin' us nowhere." Alarmingly louder grew the trample of feet in the passage and Colby could 'feel his nerves grow ing tant as b;ijo strings. He en tertained no illusions about what would happen if it came to a show down. . "Oh, oh; They're coining," whis pered the girl. Colby's deep set eyes hurriedly raked the dim flnom of the cabin Dim moonlight beating in through an open porthole revealed an old fashioned washstand fitted with a dusty mirror and racks for clothes closet and a settee with naked rusty springs. The footsteps drew inexorably nearer and Colby's heart hank when he glimpsed through the onen port freight door of the Amerika open ing not two feet away. From that dark rectangle a man's head pro jected. "Hermann," he) called in, an undertone, "sind sie dort?" Colby drew back. Apparently in the gloom his face was not reog nizable, so he merely uttered a gru- tural "Ja," and added, "warten sie."' It was an eternal second, for an instant later the door knob rattled. The ex-soldier barely had time to wrench open ' the , clothes cabinet door and to push the quivering girl inside, then, heart thudding wildly, to join her in the stuffy depths. He pulled shut the door and leveled the Colts. Whoever opened that cabi net would get the surprise of his life. Barely had he pressed in next to the girl's firmly soft body than the cabin door opened and two men entered. "Hey, Hans!" the man called Tag hailed in a cautious undertone, "pass over the outfit an' make it snappy. These damn boats are get tin' on me noives." "Ja. Vait a minute." "Yeh snappier the better," Fer guson grunted. "I don't like not knowin' whereat is that Colby guy -wish Herman would let me go gunnin lor turn. Ana mat iviears guy, too, he's an ugly mutt." Heavy feet tramped back and forth and presently the springs of the settee created under a weight. "Gawd, Tug, I'm all in- That dasted gill's nosing around, too, Cute little trick though." "Yeh, a swell number!" Minutes dragged by on feet of lead and soon the air in the closet began to get both hot and heavy. Colby swiftly perceived his error of not having left open the door just a crack. As it was, it would prob ably creak if he tried to manipulate it now and a creak would mean very conscious of Geneva Benet's soft hair on his cheek and neck, of her little body pressed tightly to his he breathed as shallowly as he could. But for all that he knew they couldn't Stay in there very long. From the Amerika sounded a faint hail. "Ready?" "Sure, let's let 'er go." The springs creaked ana iron scrapea dully on iron and men panted and grunted. "Easy, Hans okay. Tug, you take the hose." There followed more scraping I Where U. S. Forces Are Active In the Pacific 3C ' Vahmil J" . Oa, kSatamaua w 7 VatuUci '- -TT-vV &sl . . - a7 Z . m .1 .. A e-l a TaMafiAea.haM fi1smit This map show, where United States nava lore. n.SrTJ Islands (1) and where Gen. MCArtnur.s jons-range ooim TiAzrZiTmZ LmTyL. tment announced that concentrated force I wis uuiwa o " - tt T T-v j A. J ltt aAinhiAy1 wWJSAal quarters at Pearl Harbor, and unite of the Southwest Pacific Command, operating from Australia, aav combined in an attack on Jap positions in the Tulagi area of tha Solomon WaJd(4riIJVMj TRANSACTIONS IN Real Estate (As Recorded to Monday Noon Of This Wek) Beaverdam Township W. N. Leatherwood, et ux, to Nelson M. Bright, et ux. Nelson M. Bright, et ux, to M. C. Harkins, et ux.' Thomas P. Rice, et ux, et al, to H. A. Helder, et ux. Thomas P. Rice, Com., to H. A. NOTICE SERVING SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA, HAYWOOD COUNTY. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT HAYWOOD COUNTY . VS. W. P. DeSHAZO, if alive or if deadj his heirs at law, and his wife, if any, by whatever name she may be known. The defendants, W. P. DeChazo, if alive or if dead, his heirs at law, and his wife, if any, by what ever name she may be known, will take notice that an action en titled as above has been commenc ed in the Superior Court of Hay wood County, North Carolina, to foreclose liens for taxes due Hay wood County; and said defendants will further take notice that they are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county at the Court house in Waynesvile, North Car olina, within thirty (30) days after the 14th day of September, 1942, and answer or demur to the Com plaint of said action or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said Complaint. This the 12th day of August, 1942. KATE WILLIAMSON, Asst. Clerk Superior Court, Haywood County, No. 1218 Aug 13-20-27-Sept. 3 noises, a heavy thump as some pon derous object struck the cabin door. Twice one or the other of the men bumped the cabinet door. (To be Continued) Helder, et ux. Vaughn C. Smathers, et ux to Sam J. Noland, et ux. J. J. Mason, et ux to Charlotte H. Reese. Clyde Township II. 0. Smith to Vernon H. Banks, et ux. R. F. Long, et ux, to Judd Thompson, et ux. Pigeon Township Lvnn Murray, et ux, to Elbert Z. Boyd. B, J. Wells, et ux, to Lynn Mur ray; ':.: Waynesville Township George Queen, et ux, to Grover C. Davis. . F. E. Kuykendall ,et ux, et al, to board of education. Fannie O. Mizell to Fred Thomp son, et ux. J. G. Holtzclaw, et ux, to A. F. Arlington. Wallace Ward, et ux to Cagle. Ernest Medford, et ux, to Del mas Caldwell, et ux. James Dill, et ux, to H. G. Lancy, et ux. A. T. Ward, et ux, to L. E. Sims, et ux. Joe Emerson Rose, et ux, to John C. Taylor, et ux. S. D. Nicholas, et ux, to George Queen, et ux. Elizabeth Abel to First National Bank. N( Having qukhcj , we r-state of u r deceased, late of Ha 'to exhibit them to th'' i waynesville. v A "uul xore the 30th h , ua this notice will be 1 thereof. All perln M eaid estate wffl Tf. "M medial settlemm I This July 30th. 19J9 (Mrs-) lucili-el.baJ No. 3-10. 1213i,,,. . "toti -s. o-l.VJft,, ivioaern aircraft . Will operate at a temtl" flvlni " ,M M I am not a teacher: only a fel low traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed ahead ahead of myself as well as of you. Shaw, STATE OF NORTH CAROMvJ ON MONDAY, the T September, VJ4-, at the house door in Waynesvil eleven o'clock A. M., ,hf ouucnruen( rnt ft p f County 1 Ule lonowing (lescriM J fryu0ru.e,af public t v..c .uentri uiacier tor cask saia iana being furniprl,. , A eAt.n.i -V """I allium uuxuu.st's ar s-,,..,. TJT J . . . """"Wl i t. . i nas uecome useless for school Doses and which ..,! v . l j "" oaiu una a scriueu as ioilows: 1 RAC I NO 1-RF.r.lVvr on a stake m field corntr to J 101 runs iv 14 E. 120 feet I Troy 'stak in a swamp; thence S. ! ,107 leet to a stake; thence S W. 26 feet to the BEGlKXlJ uoiuainiiig l-ito u-et more orltj I KAv. 1 Ml.. 2 BEGINXM on a stake in log road up the r S. 3 W. 191 ftet to Haooer'sfJ with his line 69 feet to a stakJ tne new road, down the road K, 1L. 217 leet to school lot, with I same S. 81 E. 125 feet to the I GINNING, Containing laTsg ; more or less. The Board of Education reser the right to revoke any and bids at said sale. HAYWOOD COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION, By Jack Menser. No. 1216 Aug. 13-20-27-SepJ : JSillk a bigger man thai! W'" ' 1 I Or.- mA II 5 U 'II r vusm t II II II I r l . I I I I f I I r 1 Mil l a ; , m that today' average eoldier to nearly an Inch taller and ten pouo beamier than in 1917. Tbmt't a reat gain for one fen errioo. We're glad our toduatry belped bund Bin huiky frame. While food ent. erirur new vitmm and better ciett fccBiO, dectxic reaearch wa work- S ot way. to "fr aTttwouldbefixther.tafer.cbeaper. While doctora were developing rJZ aerunu and new drug, etec- laboratorie. were taprovtag :t ray, diat-srtry lampi, etc. Bren before Bill was born, dec trie servanta freed his mother from aiuch o the work of waabing, dean ing, cookingao the and her chil "oran could be healthier, happier. ArttHy, these adraaoet can be credited to the American Way at work free men producing the thing that other men want and4 seed for rorybody benefit. The electric industry grew that way. A few men organiaed a com pany. Many men ioreated their avingm. Good busmen management multiplied jobs, extended servic:, IcwcrcJ rates. ".Today, the ararage Carolina home .'pays only 10c a day for aUetectric service and geta about Afaa cftnea as much electricity for that dims as fct did IS years ago. Mora Important still, thanks to Wiiiwss management America's wr irv tfuatrias nara thu wxjrkfu fraat asr aiaoiric pewar mapptf n tap CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COR1PANY i ii n i 4 Let's blast Japan and Germany and Italy with the chain lightning of destruction that can be built from the scrap in our cellars, attics and garages, on our farms and in our places of business. Scrap iron and steel, other metals, rubber and waste matt As. It will all be used to make tanks, ships, planes and the fighting weapons our boys must have. It is needed at once. Sell it to a Junk dealer give it to a charity or collection agency take it yourself to the nearest collection point or consult the Local Salvage Committee . . . If you live on a farm, and have found no means of disposing of your Junk, get in touch with the County War Board or your farm implement ''dealer.. Throw YOUR scrap into the fight! Thn message approved by Conservation Division WAR PRODUCTION BOARD tka wKerfhanwaf paid for by f ha America hoWrM ScaVeoe CommMe freprewarlan oarf wh foe proviaW bygrovpt of Uading imJvUi iult.om.mm). every tank !r.mach h'P and Othe a"d run ,: war. Fifty per ceitrf mae of acrap iron and ited. - f snares; insula; ,oons; WiDimr f can niv4 m r0" eta pound or more. 'bncar! 'N CERTAIN I . er. to (at thi, tijv ' "eas- announced UxtO- - ' "or blade,, Um Haywood Salvage Committee PHONE 167, WAYNESVILLE
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