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The Scarlet Queen is sailing towards Manilla, as ship master Philip Carney describes the coastline. The port should have been a friendly port of call, and the sailors look forward to a nice long break. After just three nights ashore though, trouble begins.
Red Gallagher surprises Carney as he returns to the ship with gun in hand after his trip to town. What kind of trouble is Carney about to find? Carney is as picturesque as ever as he offers voiceover description when he follows Red.
A bar fight breaks out, and Philip gets the scoop from Red about the damsel in distress that started the whole mess. The three make a quiet get away, and the gal accompanies Philip on a journey cross country. The girl is appreciative to be taken home, and without any passes being made at her. When Carney gets back to town, he learns that Red is in trouble for killing one of the men in the bar fight, but Philip thinks something fishy is going on. Can he prove it though? He’ll have to if he wants to clear his first mate, but it involves an encounter with that seemingly helpless gal again.
This time the mystery woman comes on as a bit more worldly. What game is she up to? Carney is certain that everything she does has a purpose behind. it. Is she really in love with Philip? What lies is she trying to feed him? He doesn’t care about her, sees through her act, and pressures her to help get Red back.
Philip has picked up on the details of the crime scene of the dead man in the bar, and wants to tell all to the cops if it helps set Red free. Is he getting in the way of something, or someone bigger than he knows? Carney finds himself in danger, but the gal isn’t as sinister as all that, at least she helps give a suspect over to the authorities who is said to be the killer, and with Red set free, the Scarlet Queen is under sail once again.
