The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-08

them and led down to a river bed
containing a flow of water muddy
| from the storm of the night be-
] fore.
Does Pete know that you spoke
| with the lanai" Anne asked.
You saw--he was so busy talk
| ing that / didn't have a chance TO
1 tell him. But if we're on the right
/ road maybe there's nothing to
worry about and the Emir has
| good reasons for sending us safely
| along" She was aware however
i that he didn't believe the state-
/ ment.
/ The horses had slowed to trot
and then to walk as boulders
/ and fresh slides made the road all
| but impossible.
/ II wonder if could take off this
| hot robe?" said Anne restlessly.
/ what are you wearing under
lneath?" Sherwood demanded. fam
ming her with his helmet.
She laughed. THE tweed ! wore
/ in the airplane."
ut may be a shock to our driver
and footman to see the Emir's
daughter expose her face and
emerge in American clothing"
"Do You care?"
mot at all. But before he
helped her remove the garment
he looked back for Mackey and
received a reassuring shout and
wave Of the hand from among the
! mounted men. Since the Enlir
| knows" =. he still debated. "can
there be anv harm in letting these
men know"
Perhaps they know already"
Anne suggested, III
He leaned forward to speak to
them and received respectful am
sWers. They know who you are,
he said presently, reaching an arm
across her shoulder to help re-
move the garment. And they've
given me some new information.
They declare that the Niagara
tribesmen are pledged to avenge
you should you be-this sounds
rather gruesome but the word
they used was murdered. So it
appears that you're pretty safe"
"But you're still worried" she
accused.
''Doddap was crying when he
left me TODAY He implied though,
that | would find my reward in
heaven which is really longer
than | wish to wait" he ended
with that engaging smile of his.
Friendly Enemies
CHE laughed and allowed his
y charm to have its way with
her now that they were about to
part. Tell me more of Doddap's
prophecy"
When he first began to see you
in his visions and to tell me you
were coming he vowed that If I'd
60 to you, Just stay in your vicini-
ty, put myself in the hands of the
Invisible One as he worded it:
make no plans. simply carry out
each day whatever activity came
to hard, then fate would give me
to rigs. to explore and preserve
S,v-a Nogo."
In spite of herself Arne felt
stirred Do you believe IL"
Il don't seem to believe any
thing until / experience it. But
| was so DESTROYS of such an tilti-
mate fate that, as ! told you be-
fore, / performed the initial act
of faith-ffeW to Jus Masor that
Saturday and found you there as
he had predicted would. You can
imagine my emotions
They were passing close to the
waters edge with the river less
turbulent here in preparation for
a falls below. A pair of Mandarin
ducks lit on the stream and went
swimming about like little team
held together by an invisible
harness. Anne leaned forward to
look at them across Sherwood.
Symbol of conjugal felicity, ac-
cording to the Chinese" said he.
"A fine omen for us"
aDo you talk like this to all the
girls20 she asked plaintively.
He shook his head. Only those
I marry"
She glanced at him with shrewd
amusement. Would you give up
your association with the Govern
ment OF Sfafii Lun for me?"
Sorry, he said, looking
straight ahead, ssHT A
"Or your idea that an American
museum should not carry away
the relics of Shyla Nago?"
aAfraid moi"
She looked at her stained finger
nails distastefully. II told the
Princess that you can take awful
~ good care of yourself where a
girl is concerned"
Il can take darned good care OF
the right girl, too. Don't you want
me to be that way?"
"Of course do ! admire people
who can take care of themselves.
know what they want out Of life
and 60 after il"
He turned and rested an arm
along the back of the seat.
Would you give up your par
ents for me?"
Why do you ask that?"
a wife is supposed to give up
her father and mother and
brothers and sisters and cleave to
her husband"
"A girl is supposed to marry
man who can get along with her
parents. Besides, you're not my
husband, she flushed lightly. Il
didn't sign any papers"
Women aren't supposed to bel
able to write in this benightedl
country, Nor have they the righl
of divorce
II wish she murmured, .sthak
| knew what you are really th;nll
ing back of all these idle wordsin
..e.He gave her swift glande,
smart girl, he commentkd.
truth is, I'm afraid If dek't
watch out I'll fall in love with
She laughed oa;l,,