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In hia his office office'Ye officeYe " ' ' ' Yes-office Yes office - - office . Plenty l'lenty llenty ' light but no ' 'speak speak speak SomethIng bom bomI moves In there- there thereI thereI - - I hear he\r he r { \ tomething 1I0methlng something move ! But nothing nothingin nothingi in there will wlU peak speak speakDick speakDick peakDick i Dick Wayne drew a deep breath breathand breathand breathand and the air of ot the hall haU wai was so 80 clam clammy clammy clammy my upon tul his hi * lunga lungs It was wa as a * If it he hehad hehad hehad had brea breathed thed in ttr the outer ra rain rainAll rainAll In InAll All rightOnce rightOnce right rightOnce Once more he went atrid strid ng ngthrough ngthrough ngthrough through the house the broad old oldfloorboards oldfloorboards oldfloorboard floorboards * speaking p aklng under his hisI histread histread histread tread and the tabea tabes of ot the Japanese Japanese1 JapaneseI I I 1 pattering behind himhere himthere him himthere there here { was waa wa * a line Une of light Ucht Ught under theI thedoor thedoor the I ' door of ot James Wayne 8 a office but butIl8 butas buta Il8 as * he reached tor for { or the latch ttr the JapI Japanese Jap I ane.e anee anese nefe . girl flattened heraelf heraeU herseLf against againstI againstthe againstthe againitthe I the wall fearful tearful leit lest she ah accidental accidentally accidentalI I ly see * e into the room and Qnd end Tonga Tongs TongsDick TongaDick : DIck Wayne himself hlm clf hesitated He Heknew Heknew Heknew knew what was wa * withinJames withinJamea within withinJames James Jamea Wayne Btill sun stiil sat at in tn the chair chairbehind chairbehind chairbehind behind hia hIs vast desk In the same sameplace sameplace arneplac place * he had sat at during 10 so o muchof much of oftwenty oftwenty otwenty ( twenty hard driving year years * But now nowhis nowhis nowhis his head was forward upon the deckand de5k desk de5kand deskand and by the slack ( lack emptiness of hl hluncle his hisuncle hisuncle uncle a s hands Dick knew that thiswas this thiswas thiswas was the end endAll endAll endAll All over the floor 1100r were scatteredthe 8lattered scattered 8latteredthe scatteredthe the ginger blossoma blossoms of a broken lei tei leiWhen leiWhen teiWhen When Dick Wayna Wayne had made certain cer certam certam tam that his uncle was dead hepicked he hepicked hepicked picked up the scattered ginger blosoms bIos bIossoms biossoms * soms and opening a casementthrew casement casementthrew casementthrew threw them out Into ttr the night nightH nightHe nightHe He H went to the door The Tbe Japa Japanese Japanese Japanese nese girl looked smaller than everstanding everstanding ever everlanding landing standing there with her back pressedtIght pressedtight pressed tIght ight axalnst against the koa wood wall as a * lit it if trying to hide herself hersetf from thIngs thIngsI thingsunsen thingsunseen I unse unsen n Send the Missey here herehe herehe herehe he laid said laidMissey saidMissey Missey Lllua Lttua " ' No no ! The haole haote MisseyYes MisseyYes Missey MisseyYes Yes Mister D ckAs ekAs ck ek ckAs As soon aoon ai as you hive h'1ve h1ve hsve ' tent sent the thehaole thehaole thehaole haole Missey to me bring brmg me meCharles meCharles meCharles Charles WongAs WongAs Wong WongA As A Dick turned back into the room roomhe roomhe roomir he potted spotted one more of those In Inescapable inescapable inescapable escapable ginger glngt'r glngtr ' flowera flowers under the thecorner thecorner thecorner corner of the desk He picked It Itup itup Itup up and put It tt In his pocket Then Thenhe Thenhe Thenhe he went and stood at the window windowlooking windowlooking windowlooking looking out into blackness unmind unrnind unmindful unrnindful unmindful ful pf Of the cold spitot ipit spit of ot the rain It Itseemed Itseemed Itteemed seemed to him a long time before beforeKaren beforeKaren beforeKaren Karen cameIsIs cameIsis came camela Is-Is Is la - is tomething something wror wrol g ? ' ' ' Her tier Herwords tierwords Herwords words were wer faltering Has tins Hn al at a > y yt 4i ing tag happened happt'ned'l happtnedl happt'ned'lDick ' ' Dick Wayne stared astollbhed astollbhedDeep astoi ished ishedDeep IshedDeep Deep In I t s 5 a pocket his fingers wt're wtre were wt'restili werestilt werestill ' stili stilt rolling roiling between them the p tals isis talsof isisof talsof of that last ginger fl II wer t t Kar Karen Karen Karens en s eyes were uncomn Wlcomn unkatlve unicative unlcativen unkatlveII unicativeii , II d he s iw tl U ti at she he did not s a m n-i n i - lC'h lCh ich lC'has ichas ichas ' as glal glai g ! t ce at the (1 1 n C ( or to r I iks ik s re rethat rethat rethat that ft U ti t e f ' ' (1 1 t ! I ( ! wers wen were . 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I ig g at athUll atbins athim hUll bins bl bi nkly nkiy Untilnow Until now it had hadst'cn hadseen hadseen st'cn stcn seen ' ed t I Dick Wayne that noth nothiog nothing nothing iog ing he h"ld hld h-sd h sd h " - d e ever " er sa fald said Id to her ht'r htr ' had hadr hadreached hadreached r reached achl'd achld ' her c n pletely pietely in its full fullnll fullnit fullmi nll nit ai al si Ir II g but now he knew that t i Iehad l e ' ehad had hurt her as definitely detlnltely as it If h he hehad heh . hRd had d struck her across the face ( ace Thesilence The Tht Theilence ' silence ilence U ti at f Uowcd Uoyed Uoaed , hRd had h d a strangl strange strangehopeless strangehopeless " hopeless quality about it Ii empty emptyyet emptyyet emptyyet yet . aingularly .Inkularly Inkularly einuiarly ac ite Dick was glad gladthat gladthat gladthat that Charles Charlcs Wong now appeared appearedmoving appearedmoving appearedniovine moving quickly into the roomChanes roomChattes room roomChaite Chaite Chanes Chattes * V . Wong V.ong Vong . ong ongtmt \ went \\tmt tmt \ straight to the thedesk thedesk thedesk desk but bat his eyes werf wert were ' questioning questioningon on l D n ) ck s a fa Ia eYes eYes e eYes Yes Dick answered ans.ered ansered anstered . the unspo unspo- unspoken unspoken unspoken - - ken question questionA A wave of 01 swift emotion crossed croSsedthe crossedthe . the Chinese ChlDesr Chinesr ' secretary sl"cretar slcretar secretar " , s face ( ace he heralsl"d heraised heraited ralsl"d ralsld raised " one hand and his fingers lingers ra ran ranthrough r n nthrough nthrough through his hea heavy try ha hair Ir zL . . I i iWIT II " WIT- WIT WITI - - _ I _ \ 11II1I , - _ _ - _ _ _ _ ' . I IJib Jib 0 ( ) I . 'a a ' 1 _ . . _ _ CbarJes Cha les WOIJ Woug , went atralcb straight ' to tbe the desk . 'Yel Yel ' - Yes , . " Dick anl'lwere anllwere answered answeredthe ' Ule the unlipokeD unspoken question Gat Get ttr the doctor on 011 the phone phoneget phoneget phonget get him up here at < ( nce 0C0 nc That is isneceuary isnecessary isnecessary neceuary necessary for tor the proper reports reportsWhen reportsWhen reportsWhen When that s a done get my brothers brothersin In Honolulu on the wireless phone phoneI phonetell phonetell phonetell I . tell them what has happened and andthat andthat that I will be In Honolulu tomorrow tomorrownight tomorrownight tomorrownight night regardless of 01 whether they theywill theywill ! will be here by then or not Then Thenget Thenget Thenget get me John C It I think you al already already already ready know where in Honolulu he heIs heis heIs heIsAnd Is IsAndwhat isAndwhat And-what And what And - what shall shaH I tell him him9 him9I ? ' I 11 II talk to him myelf myself myelfTt myselfTi Te Tt T\ T Ti \ e Holokal did 1t n 1\ 1 \ I t weigh her herh herh herh h ) k until after disk di dl " sk "k k of the th nextday nextday next nextday day but as she be-U be U be.t bet beit . - her way slowly slowlyout slowlyout slowlyout out through the reefs reerfl half halt hail an hour hourafter hourafter hourafter after sunset Dick Wayrr Wayne was glad gladthat gladthat gladthat that the th day was < . vt.rTonga vcrTongs vt.r vtr vcr vt.rTong . . Tong Tonga Tongs * Dick hadrespl hadrespicted had respl respltl"d respicted re p-cled p cled ( - -tl"d tl"d tld < - " and ad admired admired admired mired his anne uncle had L t inderstoodwhat nderstood nderstoodwhat nderstoodwhat what his uncle meant t Alakoa Atakoa Ev Everything Everything Evcry erything thing productive thB that t Alakoa pos pos8esscd possessed po cssed 8esscd sessed had existed frst in this one oneman oneman oneman man s 5 mind They had all depend depended depended depended ed upon him and been guided by byhim byhim byhim him all cii or of o ( them " t-xtept t xtept "Jtlept Jtlept 1xcept ? - Dick him himselt himself himself selt self had been bf'en bfen ' controlled conn'olled connolled contIolled ' by himA himA him himA A careful conference had been beennecessary beennecessary beenneosiary necessary with James Wayne s 5 , phy physieian phyuiclari physiclan sieian uiclari Being already familiar famUiar with withthe withthe withthe the case he had n trouble descrlb describ descrlbng describng describng ng in technical teohnIcal terms the rcilureof hilure failure hilureof failureof ! of James Wayne s heart hpart Could this have boon beon been causad caused byshoik by bysholk byshock sholk shock Dick demanded demandedA A shock Shirnazu Shlmazu 8'1 81 s-i s i ' - > d with aniddly an anl antddly l tddly ddly h Is t 5 norless norles8 norlesa locuti locutl t I r wouldnit would wouldIII wouldrnt III rnt t have ha v bein bt'ln btln becn ' iccessary 1ecessary secessary but ttwould It Itwould itwould would ht h.Jve hJve h.ive hive . . > ve helped helpedDick helpedDick helpedDick Dick Weytie Wayne experienced no reliefat relief reliefI reliefat reliefat at this thin declaratoi declara declarat t 0 1 He Ie was ccrtain cer ccc certalO ccctam I talO tam that Karen Waterson had been beenWIth beenwith beenwith WIth James Wayne when he h died diedand diedand diedand and that < ; she he had s a ught to conceal concealthiS concealthis concealthis thiS And he knew that al nost any anyone anyone anyone one else knowing knowmg these those faita fads facts would wouldleap wouldleap wouldleap leap at once to a dark and savage savagesuspIcion |