The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-02-22

By Hersesa Jense., :

te ana practiSeQ sllnglng it. got so
Tcould throw It quite Z distance. 1t
occurred to me that IL | coul sling 1t
up over the lip Of the cliff 1t might
catch on something and | could haul
myself UP by Il
= tried II. After q while it fast.
ened on something thought stout
ly--and after testing it by climbing
ten feet or so l decided 10 risk the
entire climb. Well 80. it let me
down. -.
He pointed to his MANNED arm.
Il brO4e that, and dislocated my
hip. l crawled back here. It was
pretty bad for while. had some
food but l couldn't hunt guess
for weeks" He grinned again. "Bul
my appetite wasn't what you'd call
hearty. and got by all right"
what did you do for tire?' asked
Janice.
THAT was the least Of my worries.
i found wood that burns forever,
think. The natives used it back in
the city. and had few matches.
They sat and talked late into the
night. The mosquitoes did not
bother them. Langton claimed that
It was because there was good drain.
age into swiftly flowing stream.
and therefore there could be no
breeding places.
Langton's story was that he had
been blown; out OF his course by the
hurricane and sighted no place 10
land until TO his amazement he saw
the great stone-slabbed clearing
near the pyramid.
Not only could he land there but
1t appeared designed for later take
on. He had, then, no hesitation III
landing.
I'D been spoiled, l guess" he went
= on with hint OF apology in his
smile. when the natives surround.
ed me thought that they composed
q sort OF jungle reception commit
tee. They seemed to know who
was, too.
Il used to read stories about these
people down here who made gods
OF blond men-you know lots OF
those old Spaniardk were blond.
which was one OF the reasons they
got by so well in the old days.
EVEN when they came they found
the natives had blond-gods-from-
the east legends. The Spaniards
took advantage Of those legends.
Maybe / thought might do the
same for q little while. I'm kid
enough. guess, to try feeling how It
Is to be q king. Yep" he continued,
q tried. but l didn't get away with
It. met the ahkin here in a day or
two and began to wish that hurri-
cane had blown me somewhere else.
"The high-priest isn't a bad sort.
really. think he's q remarkable fell
low. He doesn't speak English
only Spanish--yes, that's right. Just
Spanish and his own language. but
be can read your mind like q book.
Don't tell me you don't believe
81 telepathy. Frank-this boy can
give you some startling exhibition.
Either that or he's q twin brother
to Herman the Great. Anyway we
got Rlong iine when I'd ask him ques-
tons that he could answer with q
yss Or q no In Spanish know that
much OF the language. anyway.
we got along fine. say, pntil ]
vas taken to the top Of the pyramid
TO witness one Of their little sunrise
performances. They'd dressed me up
quite trickily.
eThey killed Q poor devil on the
sacrifice stone. and q girA ! went
3 llttle knywire and in the light came
ont second best.
sThey put me IN Q stone room. and
gave me 20 understand that my
scrap On the pyramid top had elect
ed me 70 take Q more or less per-
sonal part II the next performance.
"They treated me all right though.
They gave me soma stun from the
cha pop. chewing gum. and choco-
i9ta bass-s BE grinned little
Enthusiastically. ~You know me.
Frank. Frank used to tell me, Miss
Kent that al needed on my crate
vas 5 peanut whistle to so into bust
ness.
Fl wrote q note on q cablegram
envsl0pa. and scratched my story
on the wall. high mp. The envelope
I put IN Q pop bottle and sealed Il
with chewing gum and piece OF
rag from my shirt. When they took
me 70 The pyramid top ! carried the
bottle with me.
10 cut 9 long story short. ! tried
20 take the ahkin with me-not be-
cause I had anything personally
against him. but he Il dangerous
lunatic and with him out Of the way
the vital statistics Of this ancient
city would take quite Q drop for the
good
se.a..s.as rosa n. H..R.,s g..,s.l !