The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-13
Chapter Eight
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HAVING snubbed Mr.. Bowers ana
= put him IN hts place. Ivy Green
was willing 90 be friendly. Not
warmly friendly. bat conveniently
60
u waa not % be forgotten that
he had ilftsd her. BY the offer OF en-
Elofment out Of a etate which Dor.
dared On despair. Tier entire worth
Be- ihla World had been the ave tigers
and the monkey Helen: and Helen,
IN terms 0f dollars and cents, would
hardly. IN a country overrun with
munksya. have fetched the price Of
q square meal.
she Nas going 20 work for Bow.
ers and she must manage 20 get
along with him. nut what a ridlcu.
iams sitnationl she may have been
bard and worldly. She could have
been nufilnchingly cruel to a man.
90 % q woman. even 90 a child; but
IN whaiever concerned the dumb
anlmaia. she vas representative.
and here she was engaged 70 work
in close companionship throughout
a TONG voyage with a man who az q
Cursofy examination appeared TO be
hef opposite. a man who delighted
In huuiing down and slanghtering
those things which she herself most
loved 10 protect and cherish.
AZ q matter Of fact. they were
more nearly opposites than she sus.
peeled.
y Bowers was ever unkind 20 a
man % . woman or a child. Il was
~ accident; and even II Il was de.
served. Il was an unkindness which
Dc had 30 power TO sustain.
Prem cavcdwel'ing ancestors.
perhaps. b. had inherited the In
stinet @ hunt down and Kill these
animals which must have made the
lives % the cave dwellers long nor.
Fihla nightmare. lie killed without
conjunction or remorse. but he had
never allied an elephant or a mon.
keY. ile never would. And he was
rather fooilsh about dogs.
llls most remote ancestors. per.
hapa. had lived IN trees Those more
recent ones. who had dwelt IN caves
had perhaps GOmesticated the ele-
plant aud the dog. tie never took
the trouble 20 reason these things
out They we're instincts. lie could
nut see q lion or a tiger without an
Itch 20 pat a bullet through its head.
but under the circumstances
Bowers found Il In his heart to wish
that bis success as a hunter had not
made him so very well known. Ivy
Green attracted him more and more.
He had perhaps underestimate her
Fnnd looks. Il was a pity that they
had 50 little Ga common. that their
respective interests and hobbies. in.
decd. made them antagonistic TO
each other.
IN the drive through the clean and
" coiorfnl streets OF Sinbao. she
vouchsafed a little information
about herself. but not much.
Tier father had been a naturalist.
There had always been lots of pets
aud things. monkey. mOuse-deer,
birds aud snakes. She could not re-
member a time when she had not
had important daily duties to per.
form among these.
Her fathers parents had died be
fore she was born. lie had neither
brothers nor sisters nor any rela.
lions with whom he cared to cor
respond. tlis correspondence was all
With scientific men. scientific socie-
ties aud museums.
tie bad been distinguished in a
way. bat not so distinguished as he
deserved 20 be. 70 she had a smatter.
ing % education. g was OWNS to his
efforts. Outside OF the scientific
hooks. which we're many. there had
been other books. but not many. Her
father had said that they were good
books: and when she had been
taught 90 read and write and figure
q little. she had acquired from them
such little learning as she had
hence the quotation from Blake
which had so greatly surprised
Bowers
Tier father had died very hide.
ously Of black water fever. and left
her stranded. At the time. she was
fifteen years OF age and firmly de-
teFmiued not 10 staTve to death.
Bowers got the impression that
some kind Dutchman had taken
care of her for a year or two. How
she Immediately had Jared she did
say positively.
This period had been followed by