The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-23

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These Dyaks Can Shoot
CHRISTINE was wearing white
~ flannel Stacks such as a yachts
man or the master Of a passenger
vessel might wear, and q, white
silk blouse pinned at the throat
with q silver bucks. Some part ol
my confused brain observed that
the working Of the silver buckle
was that Of ndo-China- She looked
very cool and clean as she sat down
now IN one of our weather
moulded chairs. ] suppose she
should have made me aware that
] was unshaVed, nearly shirtleSs
and covered with as much jungle
dirt as would stick, but did not
care anything about all that; none
of iteVen then came to my mind.
why didn't you tell u.s." Isaid.
A little color had returned to
her face, but she was still IN
steady. as If greatly shaken
How was ! to know what you
were going to do2" In the palm OF
her hand, tied to her wrist by a
thong, was some sort of bangle;
and her fingers kept working over
the edges Of it, playing upon il as If
II had keys. How was ] TO know
Clyde didn't understand his own
business? For years and years I've
heard of this famous James Clyde,
who knew how to take care Of
himself in these W1terS better TAN
anybody else on earth. Whatever
could have been in his mind, TO
60 pushing up a blockaded river
with"
why didn't you tell US you were
running guns to the Dyaks?" ! in
sisted
She said, "Sit down"
/ hesitated and thea kicked an
empty ammunition case near her
chair.
"closer." she said. and I moved
closer.
why didn't your brother come
here?" ! demanded. We're In a
he'll Of a hole-I have no time 70
waste saying a LOT Of things that
I'll only have to repeat TO some
body else. Who's supposed 70 be in
authority on your yawl. anyway"
She made a single quick motion
OF head and hands Ny brother is
down with fever; they're holding
him in his bunk Captain Stocker
can barely stand. II you have any
thing to say TO anyone. you may as
well say I to me"
SO you've taken over" I said
with hefty sarcasm.
I'm trying to 60 on with things
my -ather began"
Thought again Of the scholarly
ascetic face of Anthony Forester,
IN the steel engraving. Il suppose
It was your fathers plan 70 run
contraband arms 70 the head-
hunters" ] said savagely, 1and
raise more pure hell than's been
seen around here YETI"
She said YEARLY. Perhaps
What Are You Up Tor
7 SUPPOSE you think." rushed
on, that the Dyaks are going
10 loot MantuSen and then you're
going e swindle the Dyaks- Well,
I'll tell you something about that.
The Dyaks will never take one
penny's worth of loot from Man
tuSen II il comes to a finish, the
Malays viii smash up everything
they have, and kill their wives
and their slaves. and then rush out
fighting ilframentddo. That's an
other thing your father should
have known. and yoc too. Your
damn fool get-rich- quick scheme
has accomplished only one thing
i has pr0bsbly cost the life Of
James Clyde"
Mr.. Thorne," she said family,
I swear to you, I would have
stopped him IL / had known But
ne seemed SO sure of what he was
doing"
I'VE knew you were running
guns. | said. And we could see
that YOU didn't know your bust
ness, nor anything about il. But
naturally we didn't suppose you
were turning the jungle upside
down to no profit at all The first
we knew about IL was when Man
tusen showed US one OF the Dyak
guns.
And Clyde walked straight into
Mantusen'S arnsl" the girl said
u can't believe IL even yet"
It was q trap because you made
IL q trap, and then said nothing.
Now ] want 20 know what you
people are up 10 here-and ! need
to know quick"
She sat motionleSs, leaning back
in the canvas chair where James
Clyde should rightly have been
Over her head our ragged strip oi
awning was marbled BY ripping
reflections from the Sun-str1ick
water; and that sane uneasy. rest
less light was moving across hel
face. aecenting her quiet
i tell ron. ] didn't know Clyde
was going into the river. He said