The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-21

VAIN FG0t
bowers IL lneorrigible. He saw:
ID ~suppose you liked me a mil.
llon times more than you dot"
~sapp0se ! didi"
= wonder what would happen.s
~Nothing. I assure you. You'd
bstsar count sheep"
Then bowers IN a complaining
eacs;
I'm not doing any harm. I'm just
iyinw here thinking. wish I could
zee yoa for q second"
@whyf"
! always thought you were
pretty: BAT today when you were
taiklng 20 the big tiger you were so
klnd and understanding. I got 70
thlnkiug that maybe you we're beau.
tlfal So q I got 10 see you for a sec.
end | could be sure. couldn't n"
~ n not IN the least interested
IN ne conversation. She wants 20
80 % sleep. and she remarks with
p9ialance;
~fhss makes ave nights in a row
tat yea hayen't stopped ehatterlng."
FiinL u be had been eayesdrop-
pins. would have been comforted. Il
waa ebTioua that Bowers suit, IL Il
wsre . suit. was not making any
rfo9FeNa
Caglously enough. Flint. about to
Be . partner in an act Of barratry,
Cd nol consider himself an inelIgi-
hle sutton. An Insurance company
was = cold impersonai machine.
Stealing from an insurance com.
pany wasn't like stealing from q
pa2hon.
TIE Insurance company itself was
rFohably q great thief. Men had
SHIPPED goods on the Boldero and
these goods would perish, but what
of 81 The goods were insured. The
shippers would not suffer.
TIE barratFy once committed and
Insurance collected. Flint would be
q man % independent means. lie
night not BE- as rich as Bowers. but
he wonld have plenty. He would be
eistinetly eligible. lie would be q
nFsat catch Cor a girl like Ivy.
The baFratTy was 20 be accom-.
plished without any loss OF life.
ils had gone into that many times
wilh Wong 30. There mustn't be
any misiake about u. no slip.up any.
where. 40 Academia
u vas one thing 20 play a huge
practical Joke on an insurance com.
pany. u vas cutie another thing 70
have blood on your banda When
ne time came. the B0ldeTo would
Be cracked open IN mild weather on
= sahksn reef. To guard against the
possibility % her remaining a1oal
untii help came and being salvaged
hef ssa.eocks would also have been
eeened.
while be himself broadcast the
neWa of a ship In distress al such and
neeh q crossing OF latitude and
taaeiinde. tho ships boats would be
So overheard and provisloned
Thsfa wouia be room for everybody
FLINT had arranged with Wong
~ that lvy and Bowers sh0uIu
hst BE- On the sane beat. but Ivy and
Fllnt w0uld be In the same boaI
49, n that boat dld not come ashore
anan a part Of the Bornso coast fai
Tsmuged from the point az which
the bat containing Bowers eamS
ashafe. a would not be Fllnt's fault
~ the present days we're hard f0i
him 30 bear. and especially the pres
ent sights. be looked forward 20 days
ana niEhls Of heavenly proplnquiiS
ana high romance.
Oas afieFnoon Bowers brought al
as Euns and rines on deck IN theft
eelld leather eases Cor q genera
eieaulng and everlasting. The Sill
tsF ~ handsome weapons drew tirsI
Filnta attention and later WonI
na'a Ivy. Who vas making herself l
dress something decent 20 so ashore
m. Waa also interested.
nnt her interest was resentful
Thoss were the things that mel
ALLIED With foF pleasure. 10 Bower
bad teen a Turk and bis weapons
haFem % beautiful women be coulG
uai have ioved them more dearly o.
9Th more solicilude. The great en-
emy % modern weapons Is the powel
mhleh makes them weapons.
More particularly r. this the cas-
wllh rifles. AgteF tiFing your ride
Pea may clean q until The inside o
gAa barrel an dthe Filling shine
iihe a mirror. but aday or two late
when you look through the barrs
there ere symptoms Of eorrosion.