The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-03-08
Chapter n

AHT OcHt0cHb - uotH0 W Me"u"$S"s
Chapter q
FRIENDLY PLoTTERs
In Az watching the situation. my
Z dear young lady. There are go
ing to MISUNDERSTANDING. This
waste. uncuitiyated country. these
saVsge bafbarous people who are
two hundred. two thousand. years
behind the times. have got to-er=-
adjust themselves, or be adjusted to
the advance Of civilization. the
march OF progress.
"Enrope must expand. The colo
linking Datinns OF Europe. save your
ioFp great country, which has al
ready coionized half the world. have
their eyes on Northern AfriearGer-
many. Spain. Italy, France. Moroc-
co. a potential granary, Q mine OF
Geaith. Is too near to hungry Eu-
Is to be allowed to lie fallow.:
us the motto OF civilized and en-.
.ghteped Europe also might Is
1righe thenT asked Margaret. 1T
seems q little hard on the Moors,
ldoesn't II. that o European nation
should invade their country simply
because e cevets It, and is strong
enough to take it?s
"And what about when the
lMoOrs coveted European countries
and we're strong enough to take
Ithem7 Didn't they invade Italy,
France and Spain. time after time?
Weren't they the curse OF the whole
Mediterranean Didn't they conquer
Spain and rule most Of Il with a
irod of from for five hundred years3
but do not let us talk politics now.
Let us agree to be friends, and to
help each other. shall WEI"
II shall be grateful for your help,
Herr schlacht, II you will give it,
lshould l need It," replied Margaret.
"And shall be glad to help you in
lany way that ] can. But can't help
lyou by betraying condolences. or re-
lpeating things hear. or anything OF
THAT sort. And now I must. and 1
Twill, go. SO please show me the way
lout. or I'll try and return by the way
] came"
Herr Schlacht bowed.
"Come with me. Fraulein," he
said. "You and I viii talk some
more. isn't Sc You and l are going
4, be YER goot friends and help each
other YER much" Z.
! A few minRlaa slatey. suddenlg.
weary in mind and body--weary as
never before had she been In all her
life--frightened. unhappy and puz-
zled, Margaret reached her room.
She would have been yet more
puzzled could she have overheard
the conversation then being carried
on between Herr SchIacht and his
squinteyed servant" In the room
allotted to the former. particularly
as the two men sat down together
and talked. drank coffee and smoked
cigarettes. in the style OF friends
and equals rather than that OF mas.
ter and servant.
"oh, no. Utterly and absolutely in.
corruptible. You couldn't buy a word
from her with a diamond tiara, q
rope OF pearls and a million francs"
Il was afraid 80. In fact, ! fell
perfectly certain that Il was case
OF nothing doing-on those tines.
But she might be extremely useful
ifyou worked on her fears. or rather
used her very legitimate fears to
make an offensive and defensive al
lance" unused the yer clever
Arab" who was playing the part OF
| servant to Herr Schlacht.
yes that was my idea" agreed
Herr schlacht.
"She'd be absolutely staunch to
her husband so long as he played
the game by her. but fancy she'd
be on the merclless side u be %,
her down badly. that Is 10 say. II
she found out that he was unfaithful
20 her. as OF course he Is. !"
"Still more So" observed the 9TH
or man. IF no even seems to take
the line OF complaeent husband
when Raisul posters her"
"Yes. n we can step in Just when
and where her husband fails her and
the breach between them is sun.
ciently irreparable we might get her
through her gratitude and sense
OF selt-preservation. ;. She's the
type who'd sell you nothing. but
give you everything--if you de.
served H."
-How far do you think she's In
th0 knOwg"
do yoa mean with regard TO the
general situation. the treachery OF
the Malignis or our ideL''tys''