The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-30

you'll think different" Then she
turned and left the room.
Jim Has A Plan
LIVERY night, although it was
II gloomy, each one of them pre-
dicted that the plane would come
| in the morning. 1t seemed unbe-
| lievable, even though the storm
had continued, that there would
be no attempt to reach them from
the mainland; that Theodore Mar
bury, at least, would not become
concerned.
| But Robert Howe and his COM
Ipanion, Jim Droissard, knew diff
ferehtly. They had said nothing to
the others, but Howe had ex-
planned to his companion that Mr..
Marbury had instructed his law
yer to make sure that Mrs. Mar
bury would not buy the house
and that he, Howe, had persuaded
Marbury that there might have to
be some slight delay before the
party returned to the mainland.
The others did not know this,
and Mr.. Howe thought it wise not
to enlighten them. But he agreed
with Droissard when the latter
came up to their room, that the
situation had gone far enough.
IF we're the only ones that
don't want Mrs. Marbury to buy
this dump, okay," Droissard said
to Howe. '.But it seems almost too
easy. A couple of ideas more, and
we can plan to leave"
Robert Howe agreed with him,
stroking his bald head, as was his
custom when he was disturbed.
What do you suggest, Jim?"
Thus put to it, Jim Droissard
was not too ready with an idea.
1T would be different if we
could really take chance" he
suggested. But Robert Howe OBJ
jected TO that at once.
"No-that isn't the idea," he
protested quickly. I'm acting for
Mr.. Marbury, it's true. But we
must remember that his wife and
niece are in the party, and we
can't do anything that would seri-
ously harm any person in the
house."
This announcement made Jim
Droissard somewhat gloomy. He
had hoped for more excitement
and now he sat on the edge of the
bed, looking thoughtfully out of
the gabled window for a long
time. The bell had rung for din
ner before he had his big idea.
But, just as the last clang died
away, he decided what to do.
"Say listen, Boss-I know now.
How about this?"
He outlined this plan quickly as
he got into his coat, and Mr..
Howe, listening carefully, gave it
as his judicial opinion that it
would be the very thing. They
went down to dinner, Robert
Howe a little in advance of his
companion and both with a bland
expression that told nothing.
Hoodo0 Island
TIN SURE / don't know what
i Theodore's thinking about"
Mrs. Marbury was complaining
bitterly. Anyone would think he
was glad to see the last of me-"
at wouldn't occur to anyone
that we couldn't get away from
this godforsaken place. Mrs. jack
son was very lax to let her
nephew take the only boat" said
Julie a trif1e bitterly.
Life on the island had begun to
pail on Julie, and the adventure.
started so blithely--although Eve
was making Roadway with Neil
had turned a trifie sour. Julie
liked her adventures carefully
thought out and as carefully car
ried to a proper denouement. She
had the feeling now that someone
in the wings was controlling the
action on the stage. and she did
not like the sensation.
II wouldn't believe 1t myself"
she continued, "if it wasn't that
we'd tried everything under the
sun. Do you suppose MIR. and Mrs.
"Sh-h-h." Eve put her fingers to
her lips as the caretakers entered
the dining room, bearing the main
course and vegetables.
Gina instantly started q nom
sensical conversation with Ham.
And during the time il took to
serve the meal, the others joined
in with false brightness that was
so evident, Julie thought she
could detect a sheer on Mrs. Jack
sons face.
But after the JacKsons nad gone
out, and the dinner guests low
cred their voices. it was the con-
sensus of opinion that the jack
sons would not attempt to keep
them here on the island. It was
also noted in the caretakers' favor
that they had, separately and
singly, seemed averSe to having
any visitors, even for a day. much
less any longer.
We'll, that lets them out,
then" Ham concluded cheer
fully. ''The only thing we can
blame them for is not having
boat, and / suppose If they say
that half-baked nephew of theirs
ran off with il on the first night
we must believe them. Personally.
Lordy Mac and I are going on
tour of the island as soon as il
gets dark. Maybe all the ships
pass on the other side and that's
why we don't see the lights"
you'll not do anything Of the
sort" Gina protested swiftly.
while her aunt looked on in sur
prise. "You might get hurt I'm
beginning 10 think there's some
| thing mysterious about this island.
/ The one rowboat disappears: the
| plane--eves though we ordered Ii
to ret,lrn--doeSn't corne back. No