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[ cctpt ccepl rcept a I01 job ' writlne wriling writing lis 1 I is memoirs orspanlsb ofSpanish ol or of ; Spanish spanlsb American war Aboard Ihe the Iheer thecc thei [ iner er cc Samoa en co route to 10 Hawaii sheu shes she ' 1 ce u s "Ith Ith With " 1111 stcvc Sieve Steve brother brolher ot of her ber fiance fianceDuncan fiancepuncan Sincey j Duncan puncan Steve SIeve Is the Ibe handsomeer handsome ' nter er who had deslro destroyed ) cd those Ibose In\ In IntitaZ Iniita Inita Intita IniitaCHIPTERVII \ ita Z CHIPTERVII CHIPTERVIIr cn cnPTER Cu \PTER PTER 1PTER \ VII vu VIIJ vud , J d , - r t ' , trte 'tone tone ' rle rte got up and latched the door dooriin doorin doorin iin in She aga n tested tcsted the latch latcheld latcheld latch61d Q eld eldQ elden ten en she ttas nas was awakened anahened 1n Tn , in the theng therig theling ng rig by bj the phone ring nng ng the ther thewas thewas r was open opcn again agam but no longerI longert longer ien eldien t . igmg glllg grog because the sh p had hadt t aped ped ronmgalted rollingwaited rollmg ronmg rolling " " he waited \\alted alted \ for Amber to ansver answer ans answerbut ver but Amber d d not awaken She Shelying ' i lying Jymg on her back Her facebe face facethe faceF facethe the ( clear cold light of earlyming early earlyng earlyrig fl fldramed F ng rig \ was as shocking shockmg All color colordrained colort drained dramed trom from it and it was com corn comI corntely cornll/tely cornll tely I / teJy tely relax related relaxed cd Her mouth was wastal wasa was'B wasB ' a 1 ttle the and she seemed hardlybreathing hardly hardlye > e ( breathing Fascinated Fascmated by " , whatsaw hat hatsaw hatsaw saw Zone Zorle stared It was not notthe notthe noti tal the face ot of a ruthless unpen imperi unpengirl imperigirl impenj impenjgirl girl but that of a girl gll"l glll " with DO no nor noipions r . slons sions no DO faith no DO hopeone hope hopetrle 1 roe snatched up the phone as it itted Ited it4ted trle 4ted ted ed to ring againhe agam again agame againe e admiral adnural s voice said heartily heartilyd heartilynod d morning mornmg Zone good morn mornIts mornIt Its It s a beaut beautiful ul daa day-a day a da ; ) -a a - a fine day dayworkbm dayworkhas daywork : work-bm work bm work-has has workbmVbat - hjn ? \ What \Vbat Vbat do you say weto weto we to work as soon SOOD as you ve ye had a aof ao1 ai ol of o1 breakfast7 breakfast breakfast7All ' All right nght Zone said in m her me meously meously meiously ously meek vOice vOicee voicehe e found the dining room whichlj whichj whichI which whichalmost whichalmost still lackediteen lacked lackedteen lackedteen j I almost empty empty-It empty It - it teen minutes mmutes ot of eight a m in mand inand -and and - andreward andteward andreward teward reward directed her to a smallIe smalle small e against agamst the walle wall 'he he ' e waiters walters did not seem to bave have baveto haveto haveih to do but it was a long timere timere time timere > re one of o ( them came to her herIe herle her.e here , , Ie le . He looked insolent msolent and v.hen vhen when v.henasked whenasked . vihenasked asked tor for her order he was al alyst alist .t t yst , . rudeshe rude rudeihe ihe he she > presently felt eyes staring starmg atr at atr atr r She glanced up At a tableo table o remo\ remo remos remoed remo\ed remo ed \ ed from hers sat the manth man manth manth th scrubbi scrubbj scrubby red hair and powerfulping powerful powerfulpmg powerfulping pmg ping shoulders-the shoulders the shoulders - the man she had haden hadon hadin en on last night rught outside her room roomhtmg roomhting roomhtmg htmg hting a cigarette and later at att ats att t s Palm Room bar with Winthrop Winthropnning . ttinthropnning ttinthropnningis mtbrop mtbropnmng nmng nning nningis is s stare was so absorbed that It Itnet itnot itnot net not d sconcert h mhen m \ when \\hen hen \ her hers s met his They v . were ere expres expresess expresass expresiless ess ass His long dark face wasiress was wasress wastoss ress toss onless He was searching searchingsearchmg searchingsearching ; searching searchmg her face It was notmiration not notIratlon notration Iratlon ration It was the most intensencerted mtense intense mtenseIIcerted intenseacerted IIcerted acerted mqULrY inquiry mqULrYZone inquiryZone inquiryZone Zone felt the heat of embarrassent embarrasseat embarrass ent eat and resentment flash into mto her hereeks hereeks hereeks eeks She looked a vay A Avalter A'vaiterought Avaiterought \valter valter waiter waiterought ' \ ' valterought ought turn Ium hum his breakfast . . Its mam main mamsb mainsb mainsh sb sblias \ nas \lias lias tsas a large thick steak He Hell'ved Heuved Herved ll'ved llved uved ' it and ate it with a ravenousis ravenousss ravenousas ravenous ss as that appalled her His expresan expres expresen en n was best aL He ate swiftlyItmg sWiftly swiftlyltmg ltmg the steak gulping gulpmg his coffeeiw coffee coffeeand coffeeand and then he stared at Zonei Zone Zonepresently Zonepresently presently 1 ghted a cigarette got gotand gotand got"and gotand " and leftrle leftrte left leftZone Zone rle rte was fin shing shlng shrug her cold coffee coffeeen coffeeen coffeelen en Paul came in m to and sat down lD m lDempty mempty int empty chair chaLr across from herlooked herlooked her 5 looked as if he hadn t slept wellwas wellwas well 6 was haggard and gray and his hisres hisyes hisres res yes had bad the blurred look of suffer sufferDarlmg sufferDarling suffert sufferg suffertDarling g Darling Darlmg look he said I mn m m.rr mrr .rr rr . , rr biy bly sorry about last n ght butus hut but hutUs butus Us whole thmg thing goes much deeper deeperran I I13n | an 13n ran you may suspect I admit adrmt 1m 1malous I malous m 'alous alous ' , alous of Steve I I\e I e Ire \ e always been beenllous a1ous alous of h In . m . . But it isn rsn t Just ] ust that thatknow thatknow thatknow know that you haven t had much muchenence mucherience muchtpcnence enence erience with his kind andrf andel and.i andi : . was wasafraid wasafraid wasl afraid he d turn your head headHe headHe headHe He looked at her with a tentatIve tentatIvepeful tentativepeful tentativeBpetui peful smile sm e She felt sorry for forul forul forul ul ulsorry sorry tor for his unhappy cleveraalytical clever cleveralybcal cleveralytical alybcal alytical mind mindI I 1 know ho I r / he affects womenut y , women womenat omen omenut ut at I 1 should have had enough brainsI braznso brainsO brazns brains o see then as I do now that you re reouch reauch reluch ouch auch too wise much too fire we fine and andalanced andglanced andrianced alanced glanced to let a man 1 Ike ke Steve SteveIIrn Steveum Steveam IIrn um your headYes headYes head headYes Yes Paul she said gravely'The gravely'The gravely gravelyThe ' ' The 'The reason the admiral is so dIS drs dISlUsted drsNsted disisted lUsted Nsted lUstedwith Nstedwith with Steve Paul went on onis onIS oni is * that the Un ted States Navy istradition IS istradrbon radlb.On radlbOn tradrbon . in 111 our family fam y A Duncan Duncans Duncant s been a naval officer in lD everyeneration every everyenerauon everyenerahon t enerauon enerahon tor for a bundrpd hundred and thirty'tUs thirtytUs thirty thirtyrears thirtyyears rears years ' John Paul Jones Duncan for'horn forhorn for forWhom Whom " , ' horn Iwas I was named was an officer officerpn officern officera pn a Yankee corvette when he firstaw first firstl aw w the Islands'There Islands'There Islands IslandsThere ' ' There 'There ve ye been Duncans present presentK presentt t every important American naval navalngagement1812 navalngagement1612 naval"Eagement navalEagement " ngagement-1812 ngagement 1812 ngagement-1612 1612 - 1812 the Civil War the thepaDlsh thepamsh thePaush paDlsh pamsh American Amencan V War 1Sar . ar the last wary wary war y father went down with the In'Incible InIncible In Inclble Inable ' clble able you know at Jutlandirandlather Jutland Jutlandrandfather randfather with all his faults is a aaimed aTinned atnned aimed fine patriot And he wantedne wantedlie wanted traditIOnI traditiontS ne lie of ot us to carry on the tradition"i traditioni traditIOn tS I " s a proud trad tiOD tion , , you see So Soteve Soteve So'teve Soteve ' teve went to Annapolis and Steve Stevea gwn gI gAm 14 turn lrn became a 1 eutenant J ] j g Am I boring you Zor ZorNo Zone ' No she sa d hastily Of course coursearen courseS0 ou " aren arent t boring me Her eyesr eyes r [ eyesad eyeshad had hadno " ad adno > d no doubt betrayed her hcr SheWas Shewas She Was " " look lookng Inward She ng again was"rine wasrine was wasseeing seeing " elng Ste\e Ste e Stee Stele Ste\ Ste \ e tall and splendid splcndld onMe on one the onthe e bridge of ot a battlesh p It was wasVI waswhere VI where himVI himwhen ere she had inlu Intu t vely seen him'en himen him VI when ' " ' en they stood beside besldj ! the tclepi telepl tclepf one ' " one"tlotherair onetlotherair " Ie le oneIe onele In the ralr rats 'I I ' ralr'I rats'I ' feelso ttel feel so terribly sorry about It 'she she ' she said But please don t tell tellme telme me any more I feel sorry tor for the theadmIral theadmiral theadmiral Stevetoo admIral and I feel soiry soay sorry for Steve too And tor for JOU you > ou PaulHe PaulHe Paul PaulHe He was still look looh ng at her uneasily uneasilyou un stn uneasily stneasily easily \ou ou lou \ ) . ou aren t sore at me torblowing for blowmg blowing forblowmg forblowing off last night Dlght ? No darling darlmg she said gently gentlyHe gentlyHe gentlyHe He seemed greatly rcl rdl cved eyed Her Hertenderness tenderness returnedShe tor for Paul had returned She could forgive him for losing losmg h s gratIfled gratefled temper last n ght She was gratI grate gratined fled that he had spent such a bad badnIght badnight bad"ight badight nIght " He wasn t , t , , after all tak ng her ngher for gr"lntedAs grintedAs gnnted gr"lnted grlnted grinted gnntedAs " As she looked lookedat at him smil smII ng his hisbrother brother became unimportant unImportantAnd unimportantAnd And tthen v.hen vhen when . Paul said silld soltly softly Dar Img ling "ng ng " j } you ou know I adore you shefelt she shefelt shefelt felt her heart lift 11ft left up and glow with withresponse withresponse withresponse response And th'lt-and th'lt thlt and that-and that thit ' - and not the thereckless thereckless thereckless reckless physical feeling feelmg she h"ld hld hd h"ldfor hdfor tndfor " , for Steve-was Steve was Steve - was lovePaul lovePaul love lovePaul Paul went to look for someone someoneho someonewho someonewho \-ho ho who \ ' - would plaj play pla paddle tennis tcnDls w tv th thhUD thhim thhim hUD him and Zor e a went do71 do \ ' vn \71 71 tai to B BDeck BDeck BDeck Deck and the admiral s su te to teSteve teSteve toSteve Steve opened the door He smiledin smiled In a lazy fr endly wa waj way and hiseyes rus his ruseyes hiseyes eyes bluer than she he had e\er e er eer eser e\ e \ er seen seenGet seenYn Yn Yn"r"te "r"te rte " " y yy.3 r Tar 1 y.3 y3 . 1 Ta e " # ) , l lvG vG " 1 lt 6 4 4t t f1/ f1 f1e , / e ' - - tIn tInS tInr - < y ytIn S r } r rI I S Y 1 x xJ J f fof of jt - A 2 t'd td t'dci ' t tr tr44 ci ciJ J . r r44 r44e r44'n e -'n 'n n 'nzs - ' zs l 9l 9 Get out of here his bus grandfather grandfathersaid grandfathersaid grandfathersaid said shrilly shnUy Stop annoying annoymg methem me methem them held a twinkle as if they theyshared theyshared theyshared shared a secret He wore bluelounging blue blueloungmg bluelounging loungmg lounging pajamas and he remindedher remmded reminded remmdedher remindedher her more than ever of ot a great lazydangerous lazy lazydangerous lazydangerous dangerous cat catCourage catCourage catCourage Courage my brave he said saidwIth saidwith saidwith wIth a consp eonsp rator s air He s m in mthere inthere inthere there Waiting Waltmg And it s going gomg to tobe tobe tobe be pretty toughAdmiral toughAdmiral tough toughAdmiral Admiral Duncan m rn . v.h vh uh . te to ducks ducksand ducksand ducksand and a short sleeved wh te to shirt with withno withno withno no necktie was pacing up and down downthe downthe downthe the lanai He was holding a hand handful handful handful ful of scraps ol ot of yello 1 t / paper paperSit paperSIt paperSit Sit down my dear s t down'he downhe down I ' Ihe he cried cned It s a fine morn ng torwork tor for torwork forwork work isn rsn t it7 It ' I ve ye decided to skipmy skIp skIpmy skipmy my early years and begin begm WIth WIthAImapolls withAnnapolis withAnnapolis AImapolls Annapolis 111 I11 I 11 Just ] ust start with my myfirst myfirst myfirst first years there-hm there hm there - hm7 hm7Her ' Her penc pencil flew across the p nk ilk ilklined nklined nklined lined pages He never paused to tospell tospell tospell spell proper names PunctuatIon Punctuationhe PunctuatIonbe be he IgnoredSteve ignoredSteve ignored ignoredSteve Steve stretched out in a long barnboo barn barnboo barnboo boo chair chall " and put his chin chm on hishand hIS hIShand hishand hand and smoked cigarettes Hekept He Hekept Hekept kept his ci ej eyes es half haIt closedHe closed closedHe closedHe He said after a hall halt half hour of It ItAdnllral itAdmiral itAdmiral Adnllral Admiral nobody w tv 11 want to read readthat readthat readthat that junk If you must write wnte a book bookwhy bookwhy bookwhy why not DOt the story ol ot of the family family7Begin ' Begm Begin it y , with Ith your recollect ons of ofearly ofearly ofearly early days in m the Islands That s a astory astory astory story It s wonderful stuffZone stuffZone stuff stuffZone Zone wanted to say Oh boyDo boy ! Do I agree agreeIth with \\Ith Ith \ you But she prudently pru prudentIy prudently dentIy dently said noth ng ngI ngIll 111 Ill I 11 get to that tha t the admiralsaid admiral admiralsaId admiralsaid saId irntablyYou irritablyYou irritably irntably irritablyYou You won t have space for It ItSteve itSteve itSteve Steve drawledPaul drawledPaul drawled drawledPaul Paul came carne in He glanced mto into mtothe intothe intothe the lanai turned and started outWalt outWait out outWait Wait Walt a minute mmute Ste\e Ste e Stele \ haIted halted haItedhim haltedhim haltedhim him The admiral has been dlctat dretat dlctatmg dretating dictating mg ing nothing nothmg but hooey We d like to tohave tohave tohave have your opinion opIDlon opinionI opIDlonI I don t want anybody s opinionthe oplmon opinion oplmonthe opinionthe the admiral barked barkedCount barkedCount barkedCount Count roe me out of this said PaulZorie Paul PaulZorie PaulZone Zorie Zone Steve said read some someof someof someof of that last stuff to Paul PaulWhile PauLWhile Paul-While Paul While - While the admiral fidgeted she sheread sheread sheread read several pages of itWell it itWell Well Steve said presently presentlywhat presentlywhat presentlywhat what do you |