The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-20
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sized rather NANCY female ti1e,
dead as a stone.
He had not, It is true, had himseI,
photographed re ting on his trusty
rife and with one foot planted on
the tigers neck to shcw the superi
GRITTY OF man over the beasts: never
tneless the killing of that FIRST tige,
mad been ons OF the great moments
OF his life A boyhood dream come
truel
Well, here he was massaging the
scalp Of live tiger. tiger which
trusting him. had come to him of its
own ae Lord and literally asked 10
have its head scratched When Won
came to think of it, it was another
great moment. 1t was really q great
er moment than the FIRST, and far
more promising OF future thrills.
You can only kill one tiger once,
but you can scratch a live tigers
head a dozen times day If you fsel
Ike it. and he will let you.
One of the crew had made a fine
medicine ball out OF cotton rop and
to begin the day Bowers and Flint
threw this at each other, caught It.
and threw it back until both were in
lather.
Flint was wiry and tough, but
Bowers had real power and enjoyed
usins it. He propelled the medicine
ball with great force. and the fact
that Flint could not return it with
equal force ranked in the wireless
mans breast.
Flint had fallen head over ears In
love with Ivy and was not able to
hide his feelings. II he did not poster
her with his attentions. it was be-
cause the opportunities were lack
Ing. During most of the daylight
hours the menagerie kept her en-.
crossed.
When she rested, It was in one of
the lounge chairs, and Bowers was
nearly always to be found in the
other one.
INDEED. wherever Ivy was to be
found at given time, Bowers was
seldom far of. Flint could not make
love t. her at mealtimes or over the
bridge table, and later when Ivy
changed to pyjamas and went for
ward to her sleeping place in the
bows, followed by Lowers at a short
interval and sometimes accompa-
MED by him, the wireless operator
suffered with the intensity of jeal.
Gus child.
Observation taught him that the
animal trainer was not in love with
the big-game hunter, but this was
no proof that the charm and intelli-
gence of the older man would not
win her IL the long run. If Bowers
was in earnest, as Flint was begin
ming to think, it die not seem cred
ible that any young woman could
hold out against him forever.
Flint had never been in love be-
fore. The passion bewildered and
baffled him. At times he would feel
murderous, at times suicidal. at
times bereaved and aching with
melancholy. He began to suffer from
form of insomnia. He would prowl
about the ship for hours Of the night.
II only he could have changed places
with Bowers.
To watch over her and protect
her was his idea of heaven. Often
the jealousy in his heart drew him
forward. Sometimes Ivy and Bow
ers would be awake, and he would
hear the sounds OF their voices,
casual and even humorous.
The bows were black triangle
against tne night. 1t was black
mess into Which no eye however
srtaining could pierce. Flint strained
his eyes and stretched his ears, but
something withheld him from going
close enough to overhear what was
being said. If he could have over.
heard The usual talk, he could per-
haps have gone BAG; to his mattress
outside the wireless-room and slept.
He might have heard some such
conversation as this:
Bowers perhaps is awake and
thinks that Il would be much pleas.
anter IL ivy vera awake too. Per
haps she is. He will find out. He re-
marks in a voice that is neither loud
nor a whisper:
ITS hotter than hell" .t\
Ivy responds with:
Don't interrupt me. I'm count
ing"
Counting what?"
"SheeO."
Against the dark velvet OF the
night, sprinkled with stars, the black
triangle OF the bows rises aud .A,.s
with a kind of slow cosmic ind:s
ference. One tiger whines. The otAss
answers, and Bow } remalks:
Seems funny to think that thSs~
are men who actually hunt p"e
helpless tigers and murder them"
"Shush!"
"Pd say more than that to msha
you like me more than you do"
(cosvirhG. 1854. 6T GoSUsrsss' 4ersD
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