The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-23

said pleasantly and walked over
behind Philips chair to avoid GO
ing out in the center of the room
to greet him. sise
Good morning, Anne, he said,
scrutinizing her face with delib-
Grafton. "You are looking well.~
SIN feeling fine" she arr
swered, meeting I his gaze, ln-
fiinchingly, iinpersonally. An
eight days fast IS nc more than
food for the soul"
His eyes darkened a little with
some unexpressed emotion. "But
who'd believe it until he's tried
it?"
She LET her gaze slide across
his shoulder.
Hello, Pete. Glad 10 see you
again. Mackey grinned.
Philip rose ifnpatiently. We'll
choose a place for your tents
now
The men went cut and the wo-
men sat down and looked at each
other.
did you tive quarrel all the
time you were on the desert?"
Beth asked.
aWhat do you think?" de-
manded Anne GROSSLY.
Diana Laughter. Blaze knows
how to take care of himself"
Beth dashed out at her. Then
where do you think you'll get
| with. him."
BETH warned Anne and rose.
Were ell talking like fools to-
day. Our nerves are on edge. I'm
going down to the dig and work"
e She joined one Of the Chinese
Shovel men and examined the OBJ
jects he had spread cut ON
scarf mostly fiints and few
curious fiat Stones which looked
as if the scratches on them might
be inscriptions. She took a paper
and pencil and attempted to copy
the markings and see if she
could resolve them into glyphs.
The sudden taking off of the
plane brought her to her feet.
The ship circled for altitude and
then scared southeast in the di-
rectioh of the Bekkan Bula peaks.
Where's Blaze sending Pete
now" she wondered, and when
/ she turned facing emp, started
at the sight of Mackey coming to-
wards her across the uneven
ground.
She drew him into the shade of
her clay ridge and asked him
what he knew.
Miss Anne" he said, "I'rr SO
mad that if I'd bite myself I'd
die Of poison. Did you see that
ship go Off"
4 thought it was you."
New Danger
IT'S Blaze. He's messing in with
4 the Niagara tribesmen." That
brought her head up.
Hes gone to look for those
fool Russians ON the chance that
they're still alive"
"Then the rumor's true about
the Russians?"
It's true" confirmed Mackey
bitterly They're probably carvkd
into 3ogmeat by now and Blaze is
laying himself out for the same
bill Of fare"
Anne looked apprehensive. rs
he planning to land among the
tribesmen2"
Il don't know about that. But
if he lands on the plateau of the
treasure city, he's doomed. I'm
til that place is revealed to the
world according to the way of the
prophecy, no man except the
elect sees it and lives. I've been
getting a few earfuls about this
proposition lately. They tell that
Swedish explorer once stumbled
upon the city and later his bare
bones, in a sack with few of his
other possessions. were found far
out on the desert. A gang of Chi
nese gold seekers invaded the
mountains and never returned.
In Shani Lun they also tell of
native plane pilot who happened
to see the city from the air and
came back with the story. He
killed himself one night when
some strange horseman rode into
the capital and gave him a dag
ger with which to do the Job. ?
We're these horsemen sup
posed to be Niagara tribesnen?"
Anne asked, a trifie specifically.
i see you don't believe ii
either" Pete rnourned. seThese
Nagaras are as uifferent from the
people about them as a Japanese
is from a Hottentot. And they
intend to remain that way. They
hunt down and kill any girl who
Is carried off and married outside
her own people. They kill any
girl snluggled into the tribe from
surrounding races"
Anne shuddered. II wish we
weren't mixed up with them. Why
didn't Blaze let you go with hifn?"
Because he believes the Ma
garas get their man. He wouldn't
risk my skin"
Anne looked at him with
troubled eyes. rs there anything
we can do about it, Peter
Not that I know OF. Doddap
is praying. And when the lama
PI0JS la bClGdliG IL IHedtlS ilG
scared" They looked UP at the
sun and walked back to camp in
silence.
Pete insisted on eating lunch
In his own tent though Anne i'm
vitcd him up to the mess hut. 81
can worry better wllen there no.
body else around me, 4 be sid gn9
She found that she could wbrry
with Sufficient success, Ia a crowd. I
The whole table talk was about
Blaze and the Russians.
Hes certainly not afraid to
die" said Martaine.
Larry glared at him. do you
believe all this vengeance hooey?.
More or less, said the physi-
s.iarf sra1a1xy