The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-09-19
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chita's feet as she waddled back and forth between the kitchen and Mollys room.
 Gabreau sat with Juanita. Dur ing the week that had passed since she had burst with the Marquesa into Divitts office-had brought he mar quesa in as one might bring sheep-marauding dog back to it's owner-Gabreau had sat ;ften in the chair beside Juanitas 1ed, obeying her least word
 Fever had burned her at first, ind there had been nights of de- ,irium, followed at last by white lassitude when it seemed she would drift out in the barque of the great bed as mysteriously as she had come Conchita had nursed her in those first days, but Conchita was nursing Molly now.
 Somehow the parlors were rock ing along without Molly and With out Divitt who seldom left Molly's side.
 Eff, the girl who had taken Jua- nita's place, was gone also, after a dispute with Divitt. Eff was rath- CT rough in her interpretation of Carmen. A rougher element seem ed to be entering the parlors by way of response
 In some way the tidings of Fifi's realism and departure had filtered in to Molly. Molly wrote a tremu- lous note to Juanita asking her to come back and pass the cigarettes again. Also, would Juanita come in and see her?
 Molly, apparently had not been told that Juanita was in the house. She had given the note to Ga breau the day after Juanita's re- turn, asking him to get it to Jua- nita somehow. Gabreau had known that it was useless to give it to Juanita until today.
 Today Juanita reading the note, coming back to earth with body spent and a vision strangely clari- fled, divined that Molly wished to draw her out of the plight she was in. Molly had known, but Molly had not been in accord with that plight.
 This knowledge was to Juanita like light shining faintly in dark, chaotic world She resolved to go back to the parlors tonight, if she could walk And to go to see Molly.
 Molly got somep'n' she want to tell you Gabreau said
 Gabreau had spoken little, sitting at Juanita's side, his long arms dangling over the chair. Juanita liked to see him there Even to her it had seemed that she was drift ing out, that the shore was growing fainter.
 "Is Molly very i'll, Gabreau?" she asked
 He nodded. NO bebby now" he said
 Juanita, in her weakness, felt the tears. Poor Molly!" she said.
 T think she glad" Gabreau an- swered quickly. T don't know, but I think she glad Dis ain't no place fer chill'n"
 They might not have stayed here if it had come It might have changed things"
 Gabreau smiled, faint, strange smile that made his sad face sad der still ."Divitt never change" he said.
 Juanita covered her eyes. The thought of Divitt brought back the last moment she remembered, the sight of his face, livid with fury, the sound of his words. She had wondered how he had known, who else knew, how soon they would come, hot on her trail, to take her back
 Today Gabreau told her how Di- witt had known.
 Gabreau waited table for Divitt and Molly. One morning at break fast, shortly after Juanita had gone with the marquesa, Divitt had opened a paper that had come to hin, fhrni,oL tba mail
 He had presently handed 1t to Molly. and Molly's exclamation had led Gabreau to peer over her shoulder. He had seen Juanita's s picture and beneath it the word Missing"
 He had not had time to read more before Divitt had ordered him sharply to bring in the rolls. Gabreau did not know the name of the paper. It had been printed in English, but it might have been a Mexican paper. Divitt had said to Molly, T uncovered something that time.'
 Ay, Dios. yes! ...
 There was a measure of relief in knowing that only Diyitt knew, in knowing that Divitt had known for weeks and had done nothing, was holding his knowledge merely as a whip to drive her, to prevent his own exposure.
 But he could not drive her far