May There Be A Road by Louis L'Amour

Author:Louis L'Amour [L'Amour, Louis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Usenet, C429, Kat, Exratorrents
ISBN: 9780553898873
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2001-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

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IT TOOK TEN minutes of finger-numbing work for Gavagan to loosen the knots on Kamaki’s wrists. Less than a minute later they were free. Free but still locked in the cabin. Kamaki went to the small table protruding from one side of the locker. He pulled up on it and removed the single leg underneath. The table hinged up and fastened against the locker. They now had a weapon.

Some sort of diversion was in order, but before they could discuss what to do there came more sounds of feet on the deck over their heads and then the sound, far off but approaching rapidly, of powerful engines. There was the crackle and squawk of a bullhorn announcing words that sent relief flooding through Tom Gavagan.

“This is the United States Coast Guard! Drop your sails and heave to!”

There was no change in the motion of the Manoa. Suddenly the hatch was thrown open. Before Kamaki could set himself there were footsteps on the stairs and Ribera appeared, gun in hand.

“Got loose, did you? Well, tough. Get out on deck, we need hostages.”

Suddenly Kamaki swung the table leg. It hit Ribera’s forearm and the gun went off into the deck. Gavagan rushed him, getting inside and hitting him with a right to the jaw. The man staggered back and Gavagan wrenched the gun away. The Swede stepped into the hatch, and Gavagan pointed the gun at him and forced him back onto the deck.

They were at sea and the Manoa had fallen away from the wind; she was pitching erratically in the troughs of the waves. Off to the port side a powerful searchlight cut through the night. Silhouetted behind it a Coast Guard cutter stood ready, the barrel of a machine gun picking up the edge of the beam.

Kamaki dragged Ribera, none too gently, up onto the deck, and Gavagan collected the Chinese. They waited as a boat from the cutter pulled up alongside. The third man off the boat after a Coast Guard lieutenant and an ensign was Art Roberts. The fourth person out of the boat was Laurie Haven.

“Well, Tom,” said Roberts, “imagine meeting you here.”

“Where are we?” Gavagan located a faint glow in the sky that must be the beginnings of dawn. “And how did you get here?”

“The middle of the ocean, it seems. It looked like you were heading for Molokini Island.” Roberts had a faint smile on his face.

Laurie spoke up. “I took your car and went for the police as soon as the boat left the dock.”

“With a little help from Lieutenant Cargill we caught you on radar,” Roberts told him.

“Here.” Tom Gavagan handed the policeman Ribera’s pistol. “I think the chances are pretty good that ballistics will prove this is the gun that shot Teo.”

He took the pistol, produced an evidence bag, and dropped it in. “You will all have to come in to headquarters, there are a lot of questions that need answering. A Coast Guard crew will bring this boat back to port.

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