The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-12
Chapter Five
Lower Away!

T WISH" Clyde said with irrita-
, ton, shat you would stop CAB
bling about her / see no reason
to believe that Robert FORESTER
isn't running this show. just as
he pretends."
This was so silly that It needed
no reply. I said. q still don't see
their father as a gun-runner. I've
read some of his monographs.
and there isn't"
"Of course Anthony Forester
wasn't a gun-runner. Anything so
practical would have bounced of
his head. But he knew the island
OF Sumantang-Heavens, he was
in peoples way around here
enough 50 that he ought TO have
known it. Now this half-baked
boy of his finds himself broke,
and with the old man out Of the
way he thinks he'll make quick
use Of what the old man knew.
That's all there is to that"
ct still doesn't explain Chris
tines attitude" / insisted dog
gediy. There's something queer
about this business: it just doesn't
fit together. She ought TO be glad
TO join you. instead Of shying of
like she does" ~
"rve cleared up the whole
thing in my own nina" ny uncle
said abruptly. What makes IL
look queer Is that they don't know
their own game. Well. that's their
lookout. To hell with themI
Rout out your port watch. and get
ready to lower away.
"You going back to the Avon?"
Certainly notl I'm going up
that river"
Sooner or later had known It
would come and this was Il
II Raiah Mantusen is alive" !
said. shes boxed in: because il
he wasn't boxed in we'd have
heard from him by now. And il
he's boxed in so his jungle run
ners can't get out. then we can't
get h"
"How do you know we can't
get in7" he shouted at me. We'll
feel our way If the going gets
tough wen turn around and come
back.
There you are. That was Clyde.
Il seemed to me that in all my life
] had never heard a palmer plan
Of suicide. There would be log
booms chained across the Sid
erong river: some OF them would
open for us-then close behind
There would be a rain OF spears;
100 praus might be ready 10 close
with as hand TO hand But Clyde
was going in. and IL he couldn't
get through he planned to just
turn around and come back.
Maybe he was coming back.
Clyde's Orders
"CR," | said. IF We 60 into the
- Siderong. | suppose you real
lie we're not coming out
He looked at me with q brief
quick widening of the eyes. mir.
Thorne, you viii remember your
place. I've told you 70 break out
your port watch Now novel
Silence, for a minute. Already
We were getting accustomed 70 the
everlasting hammer Of the distant
agongs: so that now what We
heard was the little whispering Of
the sea upon the quiet reef. II
seemed 10 me beautiful sound.
cool and free. and the open sea q
homelike and desirable place
Who could want to leave Il for the
river. with lis dark and sticky heat.
and its myriad waiting blades 20
assure that ne would never leave
that hole again?
/ stood up A bosun's pipe ism
used in a place like the bay OF Bs-
lingong. Why advertise TO hostile
shore that you are about 70, do
something7 And besides. every
body Is on deck. hunting . breath
Of air in whatever shade he can
find. I hardly raised my voice
sport watch. Stand by 70 lower
away
SPRAYED figures began TO move.
The bosun jumped Up with the
cricket-like way Of motion he
had, and went around waking up
some who had gone TO sleep
| turned back 20 my uncle.
~What arms. sir7"
Il had the arms slowed tn the
whaleboat while you were asleep
this morning. Clyde answered
drily. mind your own duties, and
try % keep up 70 scratch for q
change: it'll give you enough 70
do"
The port watch began TO strag-
gle up-half dozen common sea-
fnen as nondeScript as any you
would want to find. Not one among
them that you would have marked.
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