The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-25

at their left. In the hushed silence
Sonya lowered her voice to a whis-
per.
"The massacre room, Mr.. Ralston.
Those last eight Cossacks barri.
caded themselves here. These blows
were from the copper axes of the
Klosohees as they broke down the
door,"
i Inside the room Curt played the
fash about. A dozen rusty muskets
OF the fiintlock type lay scattered on
the floor. He, picked one UP and
clicked the heavy hammer. A spark
leaped. Against an empty powder
canister lay a broken sword with
richly chased hilt.
He rubbed away the corrosion I'LL
he made out the Looping wolf insignia
of the old Cossacks, surrounded by
the imperial crest Of the Romanoffs.
Not caring for so gruesome sou.
Isvenir, he put it down and turned his
fash on the walls. Those dark dis
coiorations, splotchy and sinister
looking-were they merely seepage
from rain and snow. or bloodstains
of the murdered Cossacks?
He took Sonya out Of the CHASTITY
place into the clean sweet night air,
and they went on toward the post.
at was plain justice that the
Klosohees did wipe out those Co.'S
sacks" he remarked grimly. "The
Czaristic regime allowed torture
like this to go on for two thousand
miles UP and down the Pacific Coast.
They knew all about It; they were
just brutal to their own subjects,
and they kept 1t up right down into
modern times. sites
Thank heaven, that regime got
what was coming to 1t, too! The
Leninists did good job when they
wiped that depravity out, root, stock
and branch. They deserve thanks"
Sonya stopped suddenly. and her
hand dropped from Curtis arm.
Thanks" She whirled on him, her
eyes flashing. ITO that crew of mur-
derers?"
Her words came in a torrent, an
CRY ringing words. "You don't real.
lie what you're saying! You don't
know anything about the red wave
of bloodshed that swept all over
Russia in II and Is.
you were here in peaceful Can.
ada, idling around pleasantly on
some river or mountain range. You
didn't see hundreds and thousands
of innocent people killed, to atone
for what a guilty few had done.
Thanks-to those killers? Don't you
ever say thing like that to mel"
1URT stepped back as though she
had struck him. Her anger was
like blow, SO sudden and violent
and utterly unexpected. For a mo-
ment he hardly knew what to say.
Then he became little angry him.
self. What he ha0 Just said didn't
call for any such TRADE from her.
"lf you please" be said stiffly,
Il limited my statement to the Car.
istic outfit. And 1 wasn't 'idling
around pleasantly during that time;
! was pushing a plane back and
forth across the front In northern
France | don't condone this red
wave OF .bloodshed' that you speak
about. l said 1t was a good thing
that the Leninists swept the sRo.
manor regime of the map. I'm sorry
IL my opinion wounded you, but
it's my opinion"
You're welcome to it,"
Lets not have any angry feel
ings about 1t, please"
''I'm not angry"
swell. IL you're not, wouldn't
want to be close by when yo,. are!"
Sonya struggled to control herself.
Let's drop it"
"All right"
In an awkward silence they
walked on out the path. Curt won.
dered. In bewildered way, what on
earth his remark had touched of
In her. to make her fly all to pieces
like that He had recovered from his
own anger, but her fiery words were
ringing in his ears yet.
Near the tent she stopped, faced
him. -You needn't go on tothe post
with me: It's only a few steps" She
gave him her hand. "I'm really
grateful to you and your partner
for coming over to that island. Il
was awfully nice Of you. and | won't
ever forget IL"
Curt tried to detain her. Somehow
he had offended her violently, and
he did want to part on friendly
terms. But she disengaged her hand.
turned. left him, and vanished IN
the trail in the dusk.
He was still staring after her
when Paul came out OF the tent.
Il say. Paul" he remarked dryiy,
Its y good thing ron and I went
over to that island and stopped
that"
why sol'
'well. II we hadn't. I'm thinking
there'd he a dead halt.breed over
there By MOVIE
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