The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-05
Chapter IL
eERMAINE TREMHLAY

GERMAlNE TREMBLAY
THE captain, Captain Rainville,
l. had introduced her to him the
second day out. "Mademoiselle Ger
maine Tremblay"-the captain had
fingered over the name affectionate-
Iy. you have only to be down here
but very little while, Mr.. Howard.
to know what the name of Trem-
blay means on the coast"
She had flushed prettily. Captain
Rainville is always like that!" she
had protested. Don't you believe a
word he says. He is a great tease"
But Captain Rainville, who had him.
self been born on the coast and
knew everybody, had been even con.
sentative in what he had said.
Those Of the coast who were aboard
had treated her with the utmost def
erence; and Colin heard much about
the fame of the Tremblays and their
connection with the north shore.
They had been amongst the earli-
est settlers, the first Tremblay com.
ing originally from France. Several
generations. Prospecting. Open-hand-
ed. Respected. In short, the story
of the Tremblays was the story Of
the north shore--and vice versa.
Colin frowned over his packing.
Her father was DR.. Louis Tremblay
OF Cap a Forage, the present head
Of the family. He had married an
English girl. A romance begun In
his college days in Montreal. But his
wife was now dead. There was only
. daughter and SON left. The son,
following in his fathers footsteps.
had graduated In medicine in Mont
real, and was now taking a special
course in New York. Germaine-
Mademoiselle Tremblay - was re-
turning from visit to some friends
in Quebec.
Marvellous hair-like FURNISHED
gold where the sun glinted on It. She
inherited that from her mother, too,
probably. Someone had said she
could drive q dog team with the best
of them-and yet she was scarcely
up to his shoulder.
Colin went up on deck. Her chair
was still unoccupied. He flung him.
self into his own chair and tugged
3 book out OF his pocket. For some
unaccountable reason he did not
feel like talking to anybody-not
even to Francois Joliecoeur, the old
timber cruiser over there, who told
enhancing tales of the coast and
his own adventures-alas, not al.
ways true! A priceless old Hart A
great character for q book written
around these partsl A book9 What
book? Would he. Colin, ever write
another2 He had his own skin now,
TO put It bluntly. to think of first.
Somewhere a winch suddenly
sputtered and clanked-noisily, dis
eordantly. They were getting cargo
up on deck. A sure sign that another
port was near at hand. Cap d Forage.
He looked up.
She had Just emerged from the
captains room up there OF the lower
bridge. the captain following her
through the doorway. Colin heard
her laugh ring out as she gayly
spurned the captains offer OF as
aistance. and came lithely down the
ladder.
How would he describe her II he
were Introducing her as q heroine
to his readers9 He wasn't much
good when It came to his "glrl" stuff
never had been. Always afraid OF
1t. But he wasn't describing her now
In lame and cropping paragraph as
he rose from his chair to meet her
and they automatically drifted over
to the rail together--he was Just
looking at her.
THE blue eyes smiled at him
1 frankly out OF face whose only
cosmetics were the sun and the
out-otdoors.
Il thought you'd gone down to
pack" he said.
"oh. no." she laughed. 81 did that
before lunch, except, of course, Just
the few finishing touches. And your
"All set" he answered.
Captain Rainviile chased me
away" she waved her hand shore.
ward. "well DO in shortly. That's
Cap a rorage over there. See that
bald old mountain sticking ont into
the water with a lighthouse on top
ctitf The town Is Just this side OF II