(SA) 83-00-00 (x) Volcano Roulette

Tonight, Ron Evans takes us to a West Indian island in his story called Volcano Roulette. At the turn of the century, the small West Indian island of Mandingo was a meeting place for the many people who roamed the warm waters of the Caribbean in search of business and pleasure.

The island was green and lush, crowned by a 2,000-meter volcano called Monte Caballo. small harbor was crowded by every type of boat, both large and small, and the most popular meeting place was the sometimes rowdy crown hotel, which was owned by an American called Walt Carter. His rival was a small Frenchman called Charles Muriak, who was the proprietor

of the hotel Bonaparte. Now oddly enough, in spite of their business rivalry, Carter and Muriak visited each other's establishments, occasions which frequently ended in wire bumps of drinking. It was during one of these sessions at the Crown Hotel that they met the English Island trader Gordon Blythe and the huge Russian adventurer Bruno Kaminsky. And what followed had the most terrifying consequences.

It's quite a busy place you have here. New bet, best hotel on the island. That is not true. The hotel Bonaparte is the best. Yours is the busiest, that were nice by shall I say the less elegant cladding my hotel is clean quiet and suited more for a gentleman and gentlelady okay Charlie you can have all

the credits while I make all the money you hear the tingling of coins going across the bark counter there that's money man but fat slice of it is called profit hey why never been demanding or before oh come of years ago I trade mainly to the West Caribbean and this time you got a cargo for the Libra yes but I'm