The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-01
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| burn said. ~Just put them on that
stand"
Murdoch tossed the photo
graphs on the stand and Raeburn
moved sideways. his eyes on Fem
ner. He reached for the roll. sepa-
rated the four prints. With alter
mating chances, he found the one
he wanted; then, suddenly. some
thing happened to his face and
there was a new brightness in his
Hs looked at Hestor and then
|hisi glance kept moving until 1t
found the telephone stand. He
lbacked to il. his gun still leveled.
Fumbling for the instrument, he
put it to his mouth.
81 would like to send cable,
he said. "Can you connect me
with the proper Officer"
There was a moment of 81
lence.
Hello. viii you take a
cable, please?" Raeburn was
watching Hestor now. as well as
Fenner. ITO Vasquezella. San
Baria. Caragua." He spelled out
the words. "Have documentary
proof Hestor never legally mar
ried to father. Forwarding pa
pers registered airmaiL +. Sign
that: Raeburn."
He listened, answered the op-
orators questions, and hung up.
He looked long at Hestor and
there was no sound In the room.
Finally Hestor looked at Joyce.
Raeburn Talks
CIT WOULD be you." she said.
i her eyes hateful and her voice
pure venom. "You r1osy little
idiot"
Joyce felt Kent's hand on her
shoulder. his quick, reassuring
pressure. Then Raeburn spoke
again.
Thank you. l should not be
concerned with Mrs. Clarke's re-
mark"
'sMrs. Clarke?" Hestor's eyes
blazed.
eyes" Raeburn glanced at her.
his smile tipped with scorn. He
looked at Joyce. "You have kept
your part of our bargain and /
will keep mine. 1t has to do with
my estate in San Baria-and Mrs.
Clarke. We have always hated
each other-I need not 60 into
that-but our trouble here was
political rather than personal
"As in so many South Ameri-
can countries there has been a
steady infiltration of Germans
and Italians in the past five or six
years. They settled. established
schools. became important In
business and agriculture. Over a
period of time they consolidated
their gains until at the time OF
the invasion of Holland. they
very nearly controlled the coun-
try itself"
He looked at Ward Allen. mfr.
Allen knows something of that.
So did Perry Clarke. And by that
time we were all aware of our
danger. We set out to re-establish
ourselves and found that they
were more solidly entrenched
than we had suspected. There
were Nazi sympathizers in the
army and police forces: they
owned broadcasting company
and a newspaper. When we
those of us whose country it was
became too aggressive there
were economic reprisals and
threats. Only very recently have
We been able to bring some of
the real agitators to trial. How
ever"
His glance moved across the
room and he shrugged. "Phe de-
tails are unimportant and TO un-
derstand the rest of it must tell
you something of this estate of
ours" He went on to describe the
property. "Strategically it Is the
most important location within
several hundred miles. A few well
placed guns and planes-the polo
field was made to order-ard 1t
would become a key point for an
invader.
81 did not know my father had
left it to Mrs. Clarke until he
had died; / did know why this
syndicate of Nazi sympathizers
wanted it." His smile was twisted
as he stopped speaking for q
moment.
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