The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-05
Chapter 80
Dune Island

- Chapter 80
Dune Island
WITHOUT apparently decreas-
w ing speed. Asey turned off on
a Sand road. Tim averted his eyes
from tbs ruts. II was simpler not
20 Look ahead, in this particular
case. he thought
Er-you Intend to use the
coupe, do your" he inquired To
sea hunt mean"
= Asey grinned.
; "Oh, | know" Tim said hastily
81 know you're a director of Por-
asrs automobile factory. and
YOU'VE. q pioneer automobillst--
ssomehow I'd rather have liked
10 see yon in goggles and dust
rost. scorching along at eleven
and a half-yeS, Asey. I'm sure
YOU know cars, and you seem to
shave a way with fate. But this Is a
scity ;cRr. Il can't swim Not the
teeniest bit. Sissy. know. but
there you are. How do you or
rgsnjze a sea hunt, by the way?
What does one do? Stand on the
sbeach and squint to leeward. or
Bomething?"
"Yon know the woods back of
5Octagon House." Asey began.
: Know them?" Tim said. My
sdesr man. Robinson Crusoe never
-knesg~ his damn island the way
know. those woods. | can truth
zfully say that. after last night, !
sknow- every nook and cFannyy
eTefy4ast bit Of poison ivy. ! know
Il by heart. What about the
woods?" r-. ----.s.. .s....-.+. as
Eventually" Asey said. the
woods come to the river. We didn't
: hunt that far. A salt river, it is,
! an itEups OF WheFry Pond, That's
ssi&pond.
TiwDthy stuck his head out the
Nind&p and watched the wheels
squ@ne gummilg through the
'0Adalley an Shorty" Asey
said met up with the biffet. Our
pal. {f1ir shrewdy was too shrewd
20 bG@eer. an | don't know about
the athFt teller. I'm sure il was
the offter. an I sort O. feel the cops
must OF got biffed Cops amt never
50 interested in chase as they are
: In a chase where they got biffed
: peTson'ly. A good smack seems to
sort OF inspire EN- ! think O'Mal-
ley an Shorty chased our pal the
Differ through the woods, an
along 70 the river, an then think
they took TO a boat"
"All in the same boat?" Tim
asked.
you must" Asey said, have
been an awful irritatin' boy. when
.young."
ats my mathematical mind, 4"
Tim said Il have to put every item
In its place The biffer took to a
boat in the river, and the cops took
70 another, and followed. That
sright?"
4 think SC" Asey said.
You make things so simple and
! brief" Timothy said Like a news
reel-nO, I'm not being funny. |
mean It. Didn't you ever notice the
simplicity and clarity of the news
! reels? Say some dictator says
: something that shakes the world
and sets international crises going
~fSftw1lp right. This Means War
[rv1iizatien ap Precipice. And list
as you think about laying In lot
e&~eAnned milk and pemmicsn.
eNwwyo0 60 to the movies and see
rSnews reei of the dictator maxi
nis statement, and it's lust a
aAAaznaving his arms around at a
fW@@-af heads. Simplicity itself
a1ooring your"
11ad much radio experienced"
Akax-asked drily.
-aAAA5a lis just my fluent way. .
Fwssid "It's-why do we stop?"
TIns Is where We get out an
Nkk~ Take of your shoes"
- Down The River
S&OTHY looked at the sedge
Tfass. half submerged In the
water. and the shells, and the
sloae& with baTnacles that were
scattered along the shore.
y suppose, " Tim said, you
realty DO expect me to take of
my shoes. too. and tramp bravely
Amy bare ieet? No. had some
brtes experience with that grass
and those barnacles, the day we
cane. My shoes stay on"
Then head EN- the right way,
Asey said We're going round The
pQsEt
Where are We Tim asked