The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-15
SYNOPSIS

u oeareh q edveatase, MARI
Tablet calls q tho %. s0s1eots
for Honolulu. On boasd, - meetD
beautiful vanys pfokovua, peo6o0.
oional dancer. Vanyo tgnoeeo
Marx, but b cannot forget hee. u
Honolulu, On . round Of tho night
clubs, ho searches for her ID V03a
Next morning, while standing % Q
wharf, be watches . boat steaming
By and % stunned 70 zee vanya o.
deck. He learns the vessel belongs
90 pearly Sheno and 10 undoubte0-
y heading south for Tonga In The
Friendly lslands.s Anxious % got
away from Honolulu, Marx books
passage on the Cecilia Oailing
west. Mark cannot resist lnquls3ng
about Vanya's destination. He
learns that 'The Friendly Ioleos
were once cannibal islands now IN.
habited with the scum Of the South
Seas Z disreputable place for
any gisl Al night Marx % haunted
b. vanya's image. Despite his g.
solve 60 forget vanya. Marx finally
arrives In Tonga. He feels that Il
10 can fnd Vanya and learn more
about her, he viii b disappointed
and the obsessiou win vanish. At
Z bar, HE pulse quiekens at the
sight Of . dark head, but Il turns
out to b that Of half.easte.
CHAPTER *
Marx turned back to the bar. and
tried 70 strike up . conversation
With Jana.
sBusiness good?"
The burly bartender looked him
over deliberately before replying.
Though Mark was bronzed By his
months IN the tropics, dressed In
the conventional dirty white
brooches and boots. something IN
his manner. his walk or caEEtaSe.
still differentiated him from the
soamsu Of the Coral 6eas. Finally,
however. Jane decided that b must
s. : planter Of Iubber-ma1 from
one d the other islands, Hapeis
perhaps, or Tongatabu.
"Niddlin'," b drawled. Better
when the rains coma and The pearl
"ThTse months p the rains"
The other nodded, and went On
silently with his work q polishing
glasses on . dirty towel.
Say Mark said, leaning toward
Jean u Q cou6dontaal manner. y
knew . lady once that worked
aomaWharo h0P IN YonED-daneo0,
Name 70 vanyo ProkovnA ] wae
1ust wondering r Jon lnew her,
Jane shock his head.
sslf she danced n Taulenga, &
Vas right here-only place in town.
And she didnt-enyway, not ~
that mama. And besides," ho
grinned, s'the only ledise IN Tan
lanRs live up By Tho Rssidency.s
dWell. I lust wondered" said
Marx. He WAS keen1y disappointed.
"Was she pretty3" asked the bar.
bender with . humorous !eer:
"O6hand I'd say go said Marx.
sThat settles e, thsnl She never
d:need e n. T.slanfEh q o. : ny. :.e
8 bats like hsr!s
He waved . heavy paw at The
half-easto girl, who continued play.
ing her game without . single -:
ture 10 indicate that she'd heard
the remark.
MARI wasn't quite ready 70 give
What about tho other islandsl''
10 asked. ~Couldn't che b n
n s'f H:osi;s '''r On 1'as's'''' O
"Misht b IN Nuka. No plae'
"AWsIi.: saia Marx. ~thass -
great helpl"
SN you'd ask about Q man, now
aid Jene, II could liksly tan you.
They're permanent. moro o. less;
and when they do leave, you hsaI
about e, But danee-hall women
30 spat. "They come and %; SONS
% 'em last and some Of EN- don't
end,s ho 9rinned, "as . general
e: sc; ' sas e''ss''r ~ A. T. -
.,, s.Msll that's that said MARI
10 vailed cut Of the door inte
eAo sun-baked street. and turned
toward the hotol.
II ought - b darned glad,
10 thought. "Not finding her b
8 break Tor NJ, and I'm Just stub.
born % refuse % recognise T. Thl
Taibot dunbnsss AndS g sulnaina.
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