The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-23
c.cr or CHARACTERS
by MARION WHITE

CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOYCE MINER, heroine; she
tool an Easter Cruise.
DICK HAMILTON. hero; he
bumn.J into the heroine.
IsOBEL PORTER, traveller; she
sought a mate.
Yesterday: Joyce and Dick learn
how both have been deceived by
Mr.. Porter and Dick asks Joyce
70 .or,. ashore with him in Kings
CHAPTER XVI
! The Fmpress was riding slowly
into Kingston harbor, cutting the
clear blue water so quietly that
the white foam of the broken
waves was scarcely visible. Inc
doctor stood at the rail with joyce
and Dick, watching the shore me
You're going to have a oeauIi,
full day ashore" he remarkeu
presently. But he was not looking
at the sky; he YVES leaning. over
the rail, peering down curlously
into the depths of the water,
.Is that how you tell good
weather down here?" Dick asked
with a grin. 80,
DR.. Gray smiled sheepishly'
"You know the old story of Kings
ton. don't you?"
mo. What is it"
MANY years ago, so the ma,
tives say, old Kingston was wicked
in sin, and the Almighty sent a
terrible earthquake which slipped
the entire city, as it stood, down
into the sea. Old sailors say that
on a day like this, when the water
is clear, you can look down and
see the spires of the old churches,
just as they stood before the
quake. I've even heard a few OLD
superstitions salties insist that
they've heard the tolling of the
church bells, echoing up from be-
meath the sea"
Joyce looked over the rail Gag
erly. "Have YOU ever seen any
thing, Doctor"
~ don't know. Sometimes |
think | do, and then my better
Judgment tells me that it's all
imagination. There's really little
left of a city after an earth
quake"
al suppose" Dick said .nerrily,
"if the ship were to anchor out
here and we took launch ashore,
it would be just our luck to be
caught at low tide on the spire OF
old North Church :"
with sharks in our belfry,'
joyce added lightly -.-' -
You'll have no opportunity to
try it," DR. Gray assured them.
Here in Kingston, we tie right
up to the wharf"
Later, when he had left them
together, Joyce remembered the
matter of their joint profit at the
Casino.
Before we 60 ashore" she
suggested, will you come to the
purser's office with me? left the
money you won at the Casino in
trust with him"
Forget it, He was still study
ing the floor of the ocean. II
wonder if they've ever sent div
ers down to see if it's true"
joyce took him by the arm.
"Don't change the subject" she
persisted. Lets in and see the
purSer."
"You are the darndest girl"
He followed her, grumbling.
"Your head must ache all the time
under the weight of your Yankee
conscience"
"Then help. me relieve it.
He stopped shortly. "WeIl com.
promise. I'll take the money, if
you'll take commission for earn.
ing it. That's only good business"
IAN right. It's agreed"
"Pll give you so percent COM
mission"
"No."
You agreed. Fifty percent
commission, so Wen split the
money between US, and spend ii
ashore. How much is it?"
more than two hundred dol
lars"
He whistled in surprise. "Two
hundred bucks! Boy, are we the
lucky pair"
II was two hundred and fifty
four dollars, to be exact. They
sat down in front of the purser's
office and counted it out. Joyce
added her half of it, one hundred
and twenty-seven dollars, to the
twenty still remaining OF hei
bingo winnings.
aPm richer now by two dollars
than when | came aboard" she
| told him brightly. "And / have 9
much better-looking pocketbook.'
! She smiled happily as she
tucked the money away
Dick leaned back against thu
wall and watched her with un
concealed admiration, approving
the quick responsive smile thai
I;obted her face, the soft brown
ewes, bright with sincerity ane
good humor, the saucy upturnec
nose. sprinkled now with a few
audacious freckles captured un
der a tropical SUM-.
"The smartest thing ever die