Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-11-09
Third InstaIment
SynoPsis


What Happened Before
Az party in Palm Beach given by Mr. Cooper
Cisry, Lesson, attorney, meets Lucy Hirkness,
known Dsvi-Mry Care sseause OF her adven-
tusous. eysntful life. In game in which partners
for the evening chosen. Lucy is won by ltal
Stevens, who Ia, great reputation ! successful
heat breaker. Lesson 10 biz jealous. Inn
Stevens tells Lucy they are going aboard his boat,
she Missrys. aad she aeeede, in order not to be
"a gutter" Asked il she is sorry that he won
her company, Lucy says abe is not aad tina;
evidently Fate has arranged IT, Tim thersuPon
tells her TO stop looking resrettully after Lee'o1
Aboard Stevens boat, the Minerva; Ste
vens tells Lucy of Ms love. When she re-
plies with contempt for him, he grows NO
iently angry and she becomes afraid OF hum.
He says he will never let her go from the
Minerva until she accepts him. To escape
him. she leaps into the water from her cabin
window, swimming a short distance under
water.
Nov Go On With the Story
The Minerzd was making, she guessed,
ar easy seven knots; unless some one
on deck had seen her or heard the
slight splash Of her dive she would not
be observed, for though the Gull
Stream CLEANED, it was the pale radi-
ance Of stars that was reflected; the
moon, being new, cast no beam upon
the sea. 1t would be several moments
before Stevens would give the alarm,
before the course Of the Minerva
could be altered, its searchlight made
70 play upon the waters. Only acci-
dent could aid them in finding her
that accident could hardly be avoided
by a thirty-foot swim heneat, the
water. Time enough to exhaust herself
thus when discovery was imminent.
Her feet sagged until they hung
straight down; the tired arms re-
laycd; that black hair, shiny in the
first rays of the sun, dipped below the
water. And then her toes touched
hard sand. She kicked violently, and
her head came above the surface.
There, straight before her, green and
lovely in the morning, was land. She
had been tired, too hopeless to see it /;
swimming on her side, she'd not
looked ahead for, oh, hours, il seemed.
7 And here It was, white sand, fragrant
! jungle. She mustered all her wan
irg strength. II was only few yards,
j, couldn't be more Il an that. to where
the shelving beach would rise to meet
the JUNGLE ard let her walk.
!, A path That meant people. If
she could only reach house, get
4 inside -. If she even had blanket,
| to keep off the sun, the flies, the ants.
| There 1vas house a shack, but it
looked like the Cosd-L house to Lucy
ness. A reritable palace Of IN
.,cd boards She staggered toward
... Even a m;.,c5hitt yerauda, with
iaf above it, chairs, table, and there
r.i,t be bed inside. A bed
She leaned for moment against 4
oocoauut palm. A nut fell, crashing.
Upon the yeranda land crab, startled
by the sound, looked up, saw q great
white figure that stretched toward the
sNy. lie scuttled across the cracEel
boards. as the great white figure al
vauced, stumbled across the veraa1a,
asa into the hut.
how could the crab know that i
VS. the most harmless human in the
VOID. Just now; merely hall
crowned. SemiconSciouS girl, naked a.
~ one had ever seen her since she
N}t> baby, as nothing had ever seen
her save the sun, the sea, the jungle,
aud the crab?
=
lucy Hardness stirred, and an in
s-rut ache rushed through her body.
! i was the delicious ache that iol
lows complete exhaustion and subse
C.cdt rest.
CO." said Lucy Hardness.
81 could eat" she said slowly, Judi
cially, at least six eggs, four lamb
chops, dozen slices OF not buttered
toast
and six pepsin tablets" said
husky voice.
Iustinctively she drew tight the
doggy pajauas. The voice might have
come from the room in which she
stood, yet there was no one here. She
stepped to the door, noticing for the
first time that it stood ajar, and
peeped through 1t.
Smiling gsily at her, the while he
stirred a yellowish mess in frying
pan that sizzled above an open FIRE,
stood a tall, slim man. He wore
khaki knickers and his white shirt had
short sleeves and no collar. His hair
was quite gray; green sun-glasses hid
the color Of his eyes; his nose was
twisted slightly, - though once
broken, and his wide hin lips curved
in a grin that showed white teeth.
For the rest, he was clean-shaven, and
h;s hands seemed extraordinarily mus
GUAR.
God gave me more than I deserve"
she responded, Including a good d. |
gestion. Why didn't you build your |
fire on the windward side, and then
I'd have smelled the coffee and glad |
dened your eyes with my presence so
much the sooner"
Always a purchase price," he
sighed. "Some women are bought |
with jewels, some with rank, and you,
1t seems, with coffee"
Unaware that she did so, she nodded.
This was man who could instantly
catch your mood, drop into file, and
march along with you.
ann not sure that a suit Of psjamas
is sufficient clothing to justify my
presence at your breakfast table" she
said.
you had less on when ] found
yoa" be said dryly. j