Arkansas State press., 1944-05-19

Anne waited until he closed the
door. She flashed across the room,
putting her hand over Sues mouth.
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mol" she whispered. moi" Then
she said aloud, as casually as she
could force herself to say it, "You
can have them by noon then, Sue.
You stay here tonight with me-"
She listened intently. When Taus-
sig's door closed she dropped her
hand.
Come In the bathroom" she
whispered. 'Look-be quiet and lis.
ten to me, ! haven't got the charts,
but he thinks l have. That means
{. :"
She hesitated. Some one else
has. And maybe we can ave the
pieces for you. Listen. We've got
to get hold of Pete Wilcox. And
gosh we can't phone; he might
hear u.s."
She looked at her watch. 1t was
after twelve. Sue stared at her
dumbly.
Nov look" Anne said suddenly.
"You put a chair under the door
knob and go to bed. I'm going out
and find Pete. I'll get back If I
can. but II I can't I'll 60 owe to
your house and stay until morning.
Have you got a key. and what's the
nurses name II ! have to EXPLAIN"
"Maria," Sue answered weakly.
She fished down in her pocket.
She held out the key. What are
you going to do, Amer"
II don't quite know. 1t all de-
ponds. You just stay here and sit
tight. II the phone rings say I've
died or I'm taking a bath or some
thing. DO you understand"
Sue nodded.
"And don't worry, sweetie. Ev-
erything'll work out"
Anne went to the window over
looking the ocean and leaned out.
The tiled roof Of the bar was five
feet under her sill. 1t sloped UP
gently and down again toward the
sea wall, Beyond It was the sandy
ocean beach. She could get out all
right. Getting back in was some
thing else again. Still, getting out
was more important than getting in.
Don't worry if l don't come
back" she whispered. Just stay
here till you hear from me-"
She hung her bag over her Shout
ders, slipped off her pumps, fas-
tened them inside her belt and
swung her feet over the ledge.
III / get arrested I'll phone
you"
She gripped the sill and let her
self down, the stucco grating against
her knees, felt her feet touch the
uneven tiles, and let 60 the win
dow. She crept to the end OF the
roof above the terrace. Her heart
rose. The trellis with the bougain-
villea over it was near enough for
her TO catch hold Of . a.. II the ter
race was empty. She listened,
reached out, caught it and swung
herself across, climbed down,
brushed herself of and slipped
around to the sea wall.
You're being a fool, Anne" she
thought She took her pumps off
her belt, pitt them On, closed her
eyes and jumped down onto the cool
firm sand to where the street came
to a dead end in the ocean. She
hurried up under the palms 10 the
broad avenue In front Of the hotel
and crossed the street to the taxi
stand.
Take me"
She stopped. The driver vas look
ing at her oddly--as well he might,
she thought. He'd look odder than
that II she went 10 the Bachelor Oh.
fcers' Quarters at Fortress Fl
Moro.
ITO the Escambron," she said.
IT was hard TO remember what a
lady did or didn't do in Latin coun.
tries. The valeras would probably
have very rigid ideas on the subject.
She got out. For an instant she
hesitated, and then hurried inside
and to the telephone.
Her hart sank as she wondered