The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-05
in that little bay. you can begin to

In that little Bay. yo1 can begin to
see the houses now"
Il see." He nodded. storm Cape.
I've always meant to ask how it
came by its name"
Studying her, he saw the smile
fade from her eyes as she shook her
head gravely.
II am afraid 1t has earned It," she
said seriously. II can't explain it.
OF course, the Gulf is very wide
here, like the open sea, and you
can't see the other shore; but then
that's true in lots of other places.
But the storms do seem to center
here and at times are very violent.
Besides, though the Gulf is ia.
nous for its fogs, we seem to get
more than our share Of those too
and so often they come upon us al.
most without any warning at all.
The storms are really very treach-
erous, and there is scarcely a year
goes By that one of our men is never
heard of again. And another's cor
row in a little place like ours, you
know, is ones own too"
He nodded his head.
II can we'll appreciate that" he
said quietly. "And so that's how it
came by its name, is it?"
She nodded her head in turn; and
then her MOOD changed swiftly and
she was smiling at him again-half
teasingly, and yet half in earnest.
too. 1t seemed.
"Do you know" she said, shat
~ I've really been worrying lot
about you ever since I knew you
were getting of at Cap a porage?"
He fell in with her mood.
"How awful" he exclaimed trag-
ically.
"No, reallyl" she returned quick
ly. Madame Premier does the best
she can with her so-called hotel
but it is far from being modern
hostelry and far, / am afraid, from
what you will expect. It's mostly
post Office and general store. You
know, we are supposed to be hospi-
table here on the coast, and am
sure father would take you com.
pletely under his wing, only"-her
face clpuded suddenly-T don't
think he's very we'll.
"That's what has brought me back
q little sooner than had expected.
But, in any case, / promise you that
you won't be utterly deserted :. If
you like an occasional tramp through
the woods :. /. and I've got rather
jolly little motorboat, not terribly
swanky, but a brave little craft Just
the same"
"Glorious!" he exclaimed enthusi-
astically. "As for the rest, am sure
that Madame Premier and | will get
along famously. And besides"
He studied her for a moment. His
thoughts raced suddenly, Why not?
He couldn't go around everywhere
for Joe Lazarre! This was
the obvious, the natural, the least
move to make. He didn't
like that--with her! But what could
no do?
"And BESIDES" he went on. I'm
not sure that / am going to be who'll
ly a stranger in a strange land. A
friend OF a friend of mine!" He
laughed a little. "You knowl | be-
lieve he's down here at Cap a
Forage. His name is Lazarre. Joe
short for Joseph. OF course"
"Lazarre?" she repeated. and
shook her head. "It's not an uncom.
mon name by any means. but am
sure ! know everyone in Cap a
Forage. and there is no one by that
name in the village"
Colin dug for a cigarette and
lighted It. Lazarre wasn't the mans
real name, OF course. Everybody in
the whole business seemed to In.
dulge in fictitious names--himself
includedi But Reddy had said that
Ii was as LazarTe the man was
known here. Not so easy. apparent
ly. from what she had just said, to
pick up the traill And yet he had
scarcely expected to find the man q
resident OF Cap a Forage. Reddy's
uncertainty as to LaEarre's exact
whereabouts had suggested deeid-
ed question mark In that regard.
But someone II Cap a Forage must
have seen or heard OF Joe Lazarre.
ooh. well," he said lightly. ~it
really doesn't matter"
Waltz" she cried out impulslve.
ly.
He waited. He liked the dainty
way In which her brow was sud.
denly profoundly packered.
'Of course!" she said. 81 hadn't
thought OF thatl II he's q friend OF
q friend Of yours. and moving in ex-
allied social clrcles"-she was a lit.
tie witch--she made him staid
bow-"perhaps he's one OF the men
who come down every year TO the
club"
Tia alnhg" ho acheeA. ~Then
there Is q cluh at Cap d l0F1reF1
tCopBrfeAf, 1898 FrsHE T., PackuraI
Cettn Stumeies across tire trait Of
a. sis $780, nsansas Asnsay.