The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour, Volume Four by Louis L'Amour

Author:Louis L'Amour
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780553903072
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2006-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

WARREN HESITATED, looking from the man to Ponga Jim, for once uncertain.

“Might be a trap,” he said, hesitantly.

“Yes,” Jim said. “But no man looks that bad for a trap.”

Aldridge gazed at the man. “We’d better go,” he said. “We can get away before the other raider returns.” He looked at Ponga Jim. “You know the island?”

“Of course,” Jim assured him. “It’s one of the Chagos group, not far off our course. We’ll go.”

The rescued man, his name was Lauren, described the island. Ponga Jim listened and then shook his head.

“A small, rocky island with some scrub and coconut palms? Uninhabited? That’s not Ile du Coin. That’s Nelson Island. It’s in the same group.”

Lauren nodded. “The prisoners are in a barbwire stockade beyond a big cluster of palms and well out of sight. The Nazis have a fortified position behind some low dunes and scrubs. You can’t see it until you’re close by. The cove is too shallow for a ship.”

Mayo turned and went below. There was a word or two at Caillaux’s cabin, and the door opened.

The general looked at his bandaged head, and Jeanne’s eyes widened. “What happened?” she asked.

“Someone tried to get me before I could close the door when I was here last. I got the door shut, and then he tried to kill me.”

Briefly, Jim explained. “You see how it is, General. You are my mission. I have no right to risk you or Mademoiselle, yet these men will die if they are not saved.”

Caillaux studied Ponga Jim, pulling at his earlobe. Jeanne stepped over to her uncle and took his arm. The general smiled and said, “My niece and I feel the same. You believe you can do this?”

“I do.”

“Then the best of luck. We want you to try.”

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