The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-14
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New Difficulty

New Difficulty
DUT in the morning, instead of
ID a solution, a further difficulty
arose. Eve was first made aware
Of il when Julie came into the
room where she still lay sleeping,
drugged by the excitement OF the
day before. AS she opened one
eye and tried TO hold il open she
thought that Julie was standing a
little straighter than usual and
she was certainly making little
attempt TO move around the room
silently.
what = what's the matter?"
Eve yawned. is II late?D
ITS about nine o'clock" Julie
said sharply. But must say it's
anything but a pleasant morning.
I've just heard from Brett Rod
man what went on here last night
and don't think you were all
very smart to act as you did with
out the benefit of an older per-
sons advice. You might have al
least called me or Mrs. Marbury
or Mr.. Howe"
But, Julie, dear" expostu-
lated Eve-"there wasn't time to
think about what we were going
70 do. We went down and ques-
toned Mr. jackson and when he
wouldn't tell us where he got the
money, .of course we had to dc
something about it. The simplest
thing was to-"
TO lock him up" finished Julie
: Yes. / heard all about that Anc
fine mess il got US into. Mrs
Jackson was evidently furious anC
! can't blame her. She's nowhere
70 be found this morning."
She left the island?" Eve, al
thought of sleep gone now, wa!
sitting bolt upright in the bed
But that's impossible. There's M
way she could get to the main
land"
well, she didn't vanish into
thin air And since someone evi
IDENTIFY did get here to hand Jack
son that money. you should have
thought Of the fact that the boa
was still around If you'd gonI
looking for the boat instead O
deyiiing Jackson we'd be ava,
from this terrible place by now
As Il IS, we've had to releasl
Jackson in order to get the fir
going. There's a kerosene stove.
was afraid to light it for fear i
would blow up. I'm also commits
stoned 70 get the breakfast. Mrs
Marbury and Gina have neve
learned how to boil water. You,
better hurry down and help me.
With that. Julie turned and lef
TIE room and Eve got slowly GU
o. bed Julie was right, of course
They should have looked for til
boat which brought the mysteri
Gus visitor. rather than try to &c
any information out of Jackson
Probably Mrs. Jackson had over
heard them in the kitchen, sine
her bedroom was directly over
head. and had taken advantag
Of the excitement over the none
70 slip out the front door and ru
down 10 the boathouse.
BY now she would be on shor
and Eve did not doubt that Sh
would return with some means q
getting them all back to civiIiZa
ton. But she would probabl
make them bargain for their free
dom and. from the little she kne,
o. Brett ROdman, Eve was afrai
that he might prove truculent.
For some reason that she did nc
stop 10 fathom at the momen
she wanted them all to part wit
Brett with the least possibl
hard feelings. Having finished he
dressing. Eve ran downstairs an
into the kitchen.
Pancakes
CHE found Julie in a much bet
- ter humor, since everyon
was looking at her with adrnira
Ton as she presided over the COO
stove. Gina and Mrs. Marbur
were setting the table in the din
ing room and trying to find on tn
dim storeroom shelves. the ingre
dents that Julie called for.
Ham and Brett and Neil wer
more IN the way than helpful an
Lordy Mac seemed to have
genius for getting under every
ones feet
Eve smiled to herself as sh
saw Julie mixing a great bowl {
batter with a practiced hanC
Julie prided herself on her par
cakes. and evidently her sugges
Tor had gone over with the mel
who paused every row and the
- inquire il there wasn't some
thing they could do. Eve aske
innocently:
-Oh, are we having pancakes?
1T was that or nothing" re
toried Julie. but Eve knew ths
xhe was really pleased with thi
chance 10 demonstrate her ability
there was very little bread lei
and even that was moldy."
"Who would want bread whe
he could have pancakes2p de
manded Neil. Good morning
sweetheart. How do you feel7"
Eve avoided his kiss with dex
terity, shaking her head at hir
reprovingly. Then, so that n
would not feel hurt, she pate
hs arm and went quickly to tn
gtoreroom to help Gina and Mr.:
Marbury.
Gina had finally discovered
large can Of molasses. still IN