The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-06-09
uHAPTER

W crisp. crystal clear fall
musrnings which make al
m~ulti-colorsd paradise ef tidewnter
MARYLAND, had d~eEenerated into .
~ evening with forbfddinE banks
AZ fog hanwlng up the Chsaapaaks.
Tha frst gray strata 81 wander
M Ike heEalds Of misfortune
anon the narrow streets and scat
tered houses Of Pntuxtown uhsn
Geneva Banat'g secuted brown
broeues reached the end a the
SIDEWALK
In ; minute nov she wna telling
herself. the depressing and mourn
fuI wnIl Of the Solomon'a Island fog
warning would begin. How nc
draaAad IL monoton0u2 plaluI Lien
soft. Auuarn-ahaped mouth eefn-
pressed itself when 3 Ford truck
Gathered By with . heavy lead o.
evsEers for Baltimore. How she
hated this sprawling village with
ika pettiness. its ugliness md 10
eternal reak Of mud fats. OF stale
Azh and oysters
On passing ever the eaussway
Joining Patuxtown 70 the island she
approached the hrat Of = line Of
stores. Dozens Of TIN and cloth signs
mat her eye.
She was with dull curiosity not
ing that more than the usual num-
AAx a. nAan and hnNn were solicited
al the end of . pier which thrust an
uncertain length cut into the Pat
uxentaa CLASSY waters when ; rau-
eous voice beloved:
sYou back again, Genesy7 Well.
this tine sea amt agoin' to get no
mare patuxtewn boys down 70 them
eussed old ships Of yourn-"
A curious sllenee fell uPen the
crowd and spread with . widening
efIect IS Geneva Benet halted and
eantemptnaunly surveyed = power
fal individual whose unshaved face
was brown as an old saddle. His
gait. a. he came shutting forward.
was uaesFtain, but oddly enough his
eyes we're pet steady and alert Is
he hellowed.
"Kllsd anybody this week down
there
ChaatAv pale save for two
eplaIches q cnrmtina in either check,
Geneva Henet drew up her slight
1.-THE figure and addressed the grin
ming. seif-conscacas crowd
Il hope you viii pay no attention
20 Ted Ferguson" she cried Hes
angrT beeanae Captain Beast dis
charged him.
The big RAN gwayed over Der and
his upper lip twikehed up revealing
TeIIow horse-iike teeth.
@Yesh. ena wAat fort Because q
plaase fbat guy you say i xer Paw
wouldn't 20 down below IN the
Anssrka and set the same dose -
fhe atkerxn
csaa fss you. FsrTias- -'Afs
teHina hafl1
4 hoskils murmar eixeled he
ere~a ~heneupon GanaxA benex felt
azaR asekie ~ glacier water rnn
fha lennAh az her spine.
~Piaaae nztnn.S she pleaded des-
paraEey. went any Of you listen
te mez
sska1 upPr reared Ferxazn-
Eyes uoaldnt neseF have ge4 no.
hads aaMn there ceE p yonI
eome-an says and yenr premises
The girl on the plank sidewalk
turned : Shrobbing. 1arz1zz seariek,
sd aaia II ehnked teasa. @unfer-
tanaaelr. / eank mnke Fea taka that
haek ana nnhodF eise hers III, hut
ean aad vii call you : eoWnrdly
liar she held cut beth haads ard
eunned = - ever neceazinE ezawd
@Pleasa listen. This mAa = lying
a - #hA fQh i
kak upi shantnd the hully
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100 : - there aSnt nebedy from
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