The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-04

..i.....~,i.ie Margaret. sick with
indignation. fear. anger. resent
ment. and terrible sense of nelp
less loneliness. passed had hour.
Had her intuition heen right
when she first became engaged 20
Jules. and VIZ there a yellow streak
| In his character? She had told him,
at the time. that she di not love
him. and had talked about twelve
months engagement.
Here Margaret pulled herself up
sharply. once again.
Whoever he wac. and whatever re
was. she had married him OF her own
free will and with her eyes open
and she would make the best o. II.
He was her husband. and she would
| make the best of him.
II ne were weak. she must try and
strengthen him: and II Morocco had
bad effect upon him. she must get
him out of the country. ana never
let him come back to 1t.
And. in any case. they must get
out OF this horrible place. II was
like living In the Tower OF London
| In the days OF Richard the Third. or
Henry the Eighth.
And meanwhile WHIT to dog How
to find Julesi
How long had she been fin this
beastIy room? And what would
happen IL she merely sat tight? FL
lisa Beth Ell Ain -her motherin-Iaw!
--had simply said. IF you insist on
remaining in this room. ri leave
It"
Another hour. passed, and gnawa
Ing hunger was added to Margaret's
| other troubles.
| If she grew tired of waiting. and
went away, would she be read
miited II she returned?
On the other hand. she would look
rather foolish II she merely sat
there suffering a selr-infiicted i'm
prisonment. She was being absurd.
Everybody had treated her perfectly
kindly. and she had bad nothing
whatever OF which to complain
save for Raisul's incredible mad.
ness OF last night.
OF course this woman Ell lisa Beth
el Ain was bitterly jealous OF her,
but surely she would do her own
sons wife no harm. nor permit any.
body else to injure her?
Anyhow. this was no good.
| Springing up. Margaret went to
the outer door and hammered upon
it. as I'll lisa Beth ell Ain had told her
to do. Almost at once the heavy
lock vas turned. big bolt with
drawn. and the door opened BY
Hassan ell Miskeen.
II want to find my husband. the
Sidi Jules Maligni," she said: re-
peated the ,tatemett in French. and
attempted Il in shocking 1argon OF
Spanish and Arabic. as she realized
that it was a waste of time to adj
dress this dirty old man in English
or French.
Hassan Ell Miskeen. smiling pleas
antly. shook his head and then,
opening widely a cavernous mouth,
made patent the fact that he had
no tongue.
| Margaret shuddered. pushed past
him, and rushed down the corridor.
turned to the right at the end OF It.
and tried to remember whether the
| turning that she should take ont af
this passage was the third or fourth
| on the left, or the second or third on
| the right.
| She could try both sides. and IL
| one passage did not lead her to the
stairs. another would.
i The second on the right seemed
familiar. and yes. there were the
steep. worn stone steps that led
down to the inner courtyard which
was the garden and place OF recre-
alton.
| But no. this was wrong. There
should be three lights OF stairs. and
she had only come down two flights.
should she go hack. or follow this
gloomy tunnel-Iike passage In search
Loo another descending Digit OF steps.
and II so. should she turn TO the left
or to the right
| Well. she could explore IN both
directions. and return TO these steps.
| II she did not find the othur fight
that she must descend to get down
to the courtyard.
| She must not get lost. and she
must not yield to panic. She must
remember that she was an English
| girl. staying with her husband In the
house where his parents dwelt. She
must fight against this foolish fear.
| this ldiotic feeling tina she was
caught trapped. and In some hide
Gus danger.
| Turning the corner at the end OF
the passage. Margaret stopped.
What was that sound7
II Had somebody ccughed or spoken,
or dropped something
Or had It been the sound OF a foot
stcpg
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Margaret meets = SURPRISING
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