The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-25
DON'T MARRY THE. MAN
Chapter 30
Thirty Hours

TRIMLY the rescue crew
~ worked. perspiration streak
ing their blackened faces: grimly
fighting until they were on the
point Of collapse. then others were
relayed to take their places. Four
hour shifts. rests between each
grueling fifteen minute period.
Engineers were there, check-
Ing the line of the tunnel: watch
ing each deviation from the level
which would connect them with
the entoc1bed miners. switching
them back to that line after a de-
tour was made around lmpene-
trable sectors.
Each one managed a smile for
Kathleen We'll get through IN
time. lass" they told her in their
broad dialect.
Heartened, but thoughtful. she
started back to he skip She could
more wildly realize Balmy's po-
sition now A dark hole. closed IN
on all sides: fire beyond the bulk
head burning up their oxygen:
and that endless waiting, waiting,
wondering t. their comrades would
break through in time: waiting IN
the dark without word from the
surface of the rescue work.
Kathleen thought the sun on the
hills had never looked as beauti-
full as il did when she reached the
mouth of the mine: the young
green of new grass. the far line OF
painted hills
There was nothing she could do.
The work she had organized the
previous night went on steadily
without ter. Jane Arthur headed
the commissary. working tire
lessly. urging food and more food
on the rescue crews as though she
would fuel their bodies with en-
ergy to break through of their own
volition.
She rested moment with Kath-
leen. Thoughtful it was OF you to
let US Mac Donald women work
here. Did We ken the agony twould
been to be afar from news"
81 knew | wanted TO be right
here" Kathleen confessed.
"An' the talk YOU glen u.s.. II
put the neart back. Balnny allus
said pray believin. We're dom
that. Martha Graham, she who's
expectin' slept all night praise
God. The batv's Z be named for
you. boy or girl. and she q Mac
Donald
Kathleen smiled family. Then
let's pull for girl. 'tWould be q
difficult title for bow"
"Aye." and Mrs. Arthur smiled
also. "Bu: nell be born into new
world and could fair stand the
scott. The feud is over, The Mac
Brides are taking care of our
chickens and children A Mac
Donald killed a MacBride In that
first time Of trouble"
Kathleen sighed deeply. Then
some good would come out of this.
Balmy would consider his life wen
lost. But she must not think OF
that. She had promised TO meet
him. So naat 49, esses
She thought then OF Kit-Smyth.
wondered il he had returned from
wherever he'd disappeared 10 the
previous night.
She weni TO the Office and out
side the door waited TO eavesdror
with cold deliberation.
Kit-Smyth was debating let
ter to Angus Gregory. President
Of The Golden Girl Incorporated
Bitter Anger
A cry gratifying 70 you TO haue thu
momentous problem settled in Gd.
rance.
I located Young Macdonald IN I
flying field on the outskirts OF Cdrsted
IL took considerable. shalt MODESTO
sap. diplomacy. 10 make him tcd,t uTl.
Ga pe could find an attorney and I
notary public thai the contract b
made legally binding.
I assured him Miss Gregory t0oulC
not alloD a rescue tDorkeE on th'
grounds Of The Golden Girl until tht
business pds attended to peri
astate young business troman. you
daughter. Dir Gregory,
Young Donald left then iof Neutral
tsy schere Miss CTeQoru's signature
as youT representative, wds all tina
teas needed
IN the meantime haze eueruthtni
organized and under iDap, coHntssnfl
operating. cre,us doOe-tdilino eoel
other, etc.
OF course this srill cost - seUeT0
dars' productive spoFk. but in the lon
ran II tptll haze uS the mine.
Kathleen's lips were reiteratinI
a statement II assured him Mis-.
Gregory would not allow rescu'
worker
What else had Kit-Smyth tolS
Donald Macdonald? What kind o
a picture had he painted Of her a
be bargained for the right-of'
way7
And Macdonald, horror-strick,
en- at what had happened: desper'
ately eager &c get TO the scene o
the trouble and held back 70 wal
for q legal document because n,
believed II the only means OF res
cuing his men. No wonder be haC
condemned her. And what haS
she said to him In his hour o
trouble
White with the bitterest angel
she had ever known KathleeI
walked into the Office.
aIt won't be necessary 70 SEM
that, Mr. Kit-Smyth."
"Well how dc you do. Mis-
Gregory, I'm still suffering from
the shock OF learning your Iden
tity. OF course | was pretty sur
Of Il all along. that's why rente'
the house 70 yogs--r
aAr1 v.-hx, 81, r,nada me eas ~,