The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-01-03
Chapter "a
nELINERINe ANGIE

pGhlNEHtNH ANSSe
Until he reached old Johns lake
~ up the IskitimWah. the prospect
OF getting into bis plane and whirl-
ing north had buoyed Curt up and
kept him going long after he had
gone dead on hts feet. But he had
reached the limit OF shuman endur-
ance. and the. shock OF finding him
self hopelessly stranded through
Smash's trnancy. pushed him over
the limit. Stumbling under p pine
tree. he slumped down. almost In a
collapse, and dropped into. the merci.
ful oblivion of sleep.
Tenn-Og began looking around
thercabin. reading signs-a crushed
nettle. footprints. q broken twig
with wilted leaves. He announced
presently that Smash had not been
there yesterday or the day before
that He had left three dayssago.
TO sit around and watch the SKY
for : planesthat did not come was
more than Paul could bear. Wisely
he kept himself busy. while Tenn.
og went down the shore to small
stream Ehere. ptaTfatgan- we're olort,
ling among the e1oudheTry thlckets,
be drew oat tAe eaIi6e and gufnmed
It, freshened gp. the mHsty cabin and
chopped a HAad jaeknine Into IRE.
wood. When Tenn-Og came bach
with three ptasmIgan, he cleaned
and dressed the birds. cooked them
and prepared q meal.
Nesr seven o'clock Curt woke mp
Pau had supper ready. but Curl
coEid not force himself TO eat. The
thought Of Sonya drawing nearer
end nearer that headwaters lake
sent him tFamping the, Eandwash
again In distraction.
Paul and Tann.Og made a two
pronged jayeIIn. hardened the points
In the FIRE: and went down to roeh
jut to spear trout. As Curt turned
once. he saw they had stopped Ash
Ing and were listening intently. look
Ing around the horizon.
A few moments later be caught
far-away hum. faint as q mos
qulto's song. It seemed to come
from nowhere IN particular: but Il
rapidly grew louder. deeper. and
changed to throaty drone. He 10
Gated It's direction. due south. and
whirled to look.
Out above a lofty range hove 4
gllstening speck, shining In the,slanl
evening sun. Curt stood rooted 81
his tracks. afraid that the growing
speck was a delusion and might
vanish. But II came on and on, lIll
At last he distinguished the lines Of
his plane.
For him that gllstening plane bad
all the spIendor OF a delivering an.
gel. From Its height OF tenlthousapd
feet It glided down and down
banked over the lake. Iaveled on
touched and came taxying shore
ward.
The three leaped into thele-vEiSosi
and darted out to meet~st.
As they swung 9Eound the pro
peller and ,clambefed upon q pom
toon. Smash opened q panel and
dipped hts cigarette into the water
"Hullol Didn't keep you waiting.
did l. Curtg Darned sorry: bur say,
you ought to see the dance PAVILION
aud the whole layout down there al
Lake Maria uh- Why. what's the
matter. Curt"
Curt glared at him tiaht.lIpped.
sent the canoe spinning With . kick.
slammed open the door and climbed
into the cabin.
"rllAtaRe the controls Get back
In the gear place: lswant srenns0r
, up front With me"
ne GfFTED the tank maps and
1 ! glanced at the gauges. One.
third fulil Fer q moment be was
tempted 10 throw Smash OF on that
wilderness shore and lee him eel
datsi6 bslbsldn take aihtt1 lf y
could. Il was like Smash. With bis
mind on Lake Marianne. 70 come OF
with barely enough gas 70 return 10
Tetlacet.
There was plenty 70 reachsthe LII.
iuar headwaters. but none 10 bring
the ship back south. when they
reached the lake they would have
no gas TO manenver with OF set out
10 civilization.
Taking OF. he clreied 70 ave thou.
sand feet and started west down
The Iskltimwah. Fifteen minutes
later. as he sailed out over The river.
widening and the island OF black
lilies. he saw Tsnn.og look down ~
the conntry below and blink aston.
ished eyes. Fifteen mlnutes-and
that same trip bad taken six hard
eanoe-hours that morningl
Intending to approach bis goal
from the west In order to keep from
Aging over The main hand Of Kloso.