Blood Is Thicker

of thrills, the master of mystery and adventure, William N. Robeson. 29 and a half hours ago, off-sand Pedro Light, 41 sleek ocean-going yachts crossed the starting line on the 21st Transpacific Honolulu race. Tonight, this great blue-water sports event is the scene of our story of suspense.

Written by Sam Pierce, a man who should know his subject for he is not only the official news correspondent of the race, but a member of the crew of the schooner Queen Mad. To all the contenders of the Transpacific, our best wishes for good luck and good sailing, and our fervent hope that nothing happens to them as frightful

as Mr. Pierce has imagined in his story. It is thicker, stalling Mr. Everett Sloan. A tail well calculated to keep you in. The plans go. There's a girl Vanessa Evans. She's young, very pretty. Built like you dream, and you dream some front-tee dreams.

And most important, she's loaded with money. Left to a buyer, Papa, who also left her oil wells, cattle ranches, and a 70-foot ocean racing schooner, which Vanessa sails with magnificent skill. The plan? Why to marry Vanessa and her money and her yacht?

You've sailed with her every weekend for the last two months, and now she's invited you to crew on the Honolulu race. And although your yachting experience has been limited to a few weekends on friends boats, you've always been able to talk a good game.

And with as willing a listener as Vanessa, who could steer a wrong course, as they say in Yachting Circle? So now it's the day of the start. And as you swing jauntily aboard the sleek 70 footer, your spirits are soaring.