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You can hardly h rdly expect--n expect n expectnI expect- expect expectlie expect - - " I | He lie started tolay to / say /lay lay something more morebut mon monbut morebut but let It pass then bowed with withexasperating wit witexasperating withi I exasperating courtesy and walkedaway walke walkeaway walked , away awayI I awayI ) I awayWhen When ha he was eona gone she sat quittly Quietly Quietlya quletl quletla a llttia little while whJJe trying to relax Pre Piet Pietently Prosently . cntly ently . she .he he turned her chair a llttia Uttle little 110 110that s sthat sothat that she could look took into tha the shadowwhere shadows shadow shadowswhere shadowswhere where Tonga Dick sa sat t thrca three tables table tablesaway tableaway tablesaway away alona alone In the obscurity of palmshadows palm pain palmshadows painshadows shadows She still stili could not clear clearly clearlysee clearlysea ! ; see his face but . sha .he he she focussed tocussed upon uponthe upo upontha , the coal of ot his cigarette and waited waitedShe waitedShe waitedSha She let her eyes rest thera there almosb almost almos almostto almostto to b the limit of endurance then thei thensmiled theismiled thensmiled smiled faintly and returned her attantlon at attention attendon tention tendon ta to the th danca dance floorI floorTonga floorTonga floor floorTonga Tonga Dick stood up wound hi hl hlway hisway . I way to her table He laid lald a hanon hand han/ han handon handon / on tha the back of the chair wbera wbere where John Joht JohnColt JohtColt JohnColt Colt ha had sat eat . . ' May I IT 11 ? " ' . Perha Perhaps s It lf If you wish wishRI wishRichard wishRichard RI Richard ard Wayne sat aat at down crossed crossedhis crosser crosserhis crossedhia his ksieea knee . , comfortably com1ortably , , . and took hls hlstime hi hitime hiatima time about lighting Ughting a cigarettek cigarette . Kat Kay Kayen Karan ' en waited , . datarmlned determined to maka make him bin himlead binlead lead tha the way , but she watched bincuriously himcuriously him bin curiously , . with a sharp Interest that thatwas tha thawas thatwas was partly caused by his name namealone namealone namealone alone In tha the world she knew kn w yobcould you yob youcould youcould could no mora more ba be called caUed Tonga Dick Dickin DickIn Dickin I in . seriousness .eriousness eriousness than you could becalled be becalled becalled called Red Handed HaDded Harry or Terri Terrible Terrible Terrible ble Pata Pete Had she had no other otherrelationship otherrelationship otherrelationship relationship to this man than that ot ota of ofa ofa a casual tourist she still would havestared havestared have stared tar d Just becaur because of th the name hewas he hewas hewas was calledTonga calledTonga called calledTonga Tonga Dick surveyed her slowly slowlywith slowlywith slowlywith with grave eyes You wanted to tosee tosee tosea see me me7 me7Richard ? ' Richard Wayne W yna watched with ad admlratlon admiration admiration mlratlon miration the perfect serenity of Karen Kar Karen Karen en s a poisa poise pulse as she turned a aUttle .little little . , little andcoolly and andcoolly andcoolly coolly met his eyeShe eyeShe eye eyeShe She was much more Interesting to tolook tolook tolook look at from acrois across a tabia table , . be detided de decided decided cided tided than from trom across a numberof number numberof numberof of them Yet ha he had noticed her inthe In lit Inthe litthe the first Grst tirst moment in which ha he had hadstepped hadstepped hadcteppad stepped upon tha the lanai That That , , of o1 ofcourse o1nurse ofcourse course nurse was the reason be knew wbo who wboshe whoshe whoshe she was Ha He had landed but a few fewI fewhour fewtours tawhours hour tours " bafore betore before and had no mora more thanshaken than thanshaken thanshaken shaken hands with his brothers brothersthere , . there here wera were no means by which be becould beould bacould could : ould have bave identi identified ed Karen Waterson Waterson Water Waterbeen son lf i1 he be had not noticed her andbeen and andbeen been been Interested ot of hlS his h own accordFrom accordFrom accord accordFrom From tha the shadows of 01 his obscuretable obscure obscuretable obscuretable table at the edga edge of tha the lanal lanai he had hadwatcbed hadwatched hadwatched watcbed watched her ber tor for ( or soma some tlme time tlm for tor no noother noother noothar other reason than that 1gave it 1\ 1 \ gave him himpleasure himpleasure himpleasura pleasure to look at herAfter herAfter her herAfter After a little Uttle while he bad signaleda .Ignaleda .Ignaled Ignaled signaled . a a tabia table captain and askeJ asked who thegirl the thegJrl theIrl gJrl Irl ( was-and was and was - - and had bad , obtained pbtaJned pbtalned a cor correct corect correct rect ect answer anawer anawerKnowing answerKnowing answerKnowing Knowing who she waa was it was odd oddto oddn oddto to n be sitting silting at tha the same table with withber withter withher ber ter now This was the girl who hadcome had hadcome hadcome come here from trom tba the mainland to lay layclaim laylaim layclaim claim : laim to the Island of Alakoa the thelittle theitUe tb tblittle little itUe stronkhoJd stronghold tronthoi in the sea which no noone nome noone one me but a Wayne had held for tor morehan more morethan morethan than han two decades decadesIt It seemed to him that Karen Waterson Wa Waterson Waerson terson erson did not look the part He Hecouldn Heoutdo Hecouldn couldn outdo t under understand tand how anyone anyonewith anyonerUb anyonewith with rUb a face like that and eyes like likeU likeI likeIt U I at could get herself hersel ! hooked upnth up upMlh \ Ith nth a shenamgan shenanigan that diflercd dltIered ditlered from fromcommon froma a common swindle only in the boldness bold boldn boldass n ass ( ' s of its scopeIf scopeIf scope scopeIt It If I hadn t wanted you h here 'Te Te < . ' she shesaid sheaid shesaid said aid you d hardly be b here woul waul i iy IUU 1you7 1you7And y all UU ? ' And Arid so3 soZ aol so3So soZSo aolSo So nothing I wanted you to tocome toome tocome come ome and sit hero here because I 1 think thinkyou thinkou thinkyou you ou look romantic And I think you youmight youmight might Ight introduce yourself nowMy nowMy now nowMy My nama name ( is s Richard Wayne be he besaid heaid hesaid said aid I belong bare bere here in the IslandsMore Islands IslandsMore Islandstore More tore specifically I [ am connected connectedwith connectednth connectedwith with nth a small privately owned Island Islandcalled Islandailed islandcalled called ailed AlakoaHe Alakoalie Alakoa AlakoaHe He lie watched watcbed tor for her ber reaction and andwas and'as andwas was 'as as ' fooled again tor for no reaction reactioncamp reactioname reactioncame reactioncameThat camp ame campThat ameThat That certainly is very Interesti Interestig Interest InterestIng ing ig Karen Waterson said 1 1wish 1'rah 1with wish 'rah rah ' I 1 were an IslanderPerhaps IslanderPerhaps Islander IslanderPerhaps Perhaps he suggested suggcsted youould you youwould youwould would ould like tike to tell teU me who you are areMy areMy areMy My name Karen Improvised improvisedis areI I Is Katie Higgins something - a awhite abite awhite white bite girl from about tour fGur four miles milessouth milestuth milessouth south tuth of Oubuque Dubuque 1 I teach school schoolsome schoolme schoolgome some ) me p'ace pace ' And "nd nd Rnd " I think I would like liketo liketo to / get in th thlt the movies moviesI I 1 should hav have said Dick com corn commented cornrented cornmented mented rented that you were from San SanFrancisco Sanrancisco SanFranci Francisco rancisco co She glanced at him himsharply himtarply himsharply sharply tarply but he added Hawaii Is Isa iskind isa a kind of a crossroads people from fromevery fromrery fromevery every rery part of the world worldcome come throughhere through throughhere through"re here "re re " sooner or later so that it II if youre you youlive youlive live re in the Islands you get to recog recogze rt recognize > cog cognue nue ze Inflections of speechOh speechOh speech speechOh OhThey Oh'They Oh ' They 'They raise very good looking lookinggirls lookingrls lookinigirls girls rls In ( a San Francisc Francisco * Dick said saidIt saidIt saidit It must he be a wonderful thing Ullng to toown toen toown own en your o cum own Inland I.Iand IIand Island . Karen laid said * aid 4 4I 4is I is ise e- e ew - w w wllhIIiiIi'IJJffiuiii 11 11De llh/IIiiIi'IJJffiuiii llh IIiiIi'IJJffiuiii IIiiIiIJJffiuiii / ' ii De laid a hand band 00 oa &be be the & baok back 01 of the chair where John Colt had sat eat satI eat"May I "May May " " IT if ' Perhaps , It if you wish " . Are many Islands privately privatel privatelowned privatelyowned . owned ? Only a few in this part of thtPacinc the thePacltlc Ui UiPacific Pacltlc Pacific Nllhau NJihau Niihau Is privately owned ownedand owner ownerand ownedand and so Is Lanai which is the sixth sixthlargest sixt sixtlargest sixttlargest largest in the group , . and the Waynes Wayne Wayneshave Waynehave Wayneihave have had Alakoa for tor afoul aout about a out twenty twentyyears tweet tweetyears twentyears twentyearsv ? ' - years h , -v v - areh yearsHow How many Waynes arc are arere thoriteRichard ther re e4t , Richard Wayne said to himselYou himself himsel himselfYou You know cockeyed well young your yourlady younfilady I Ilady lady how many Waynes there are areBut areBut areBut But aloud he said Four My un ur uncle urcle uncle cle who it Is really reaUy tha the owner my mytwo m mytwo ; two brothers and myself myselt ' . It II a * like owning a little empire of ofyour a ayour ofyour your own isn t if it ? ' I can t t think ot otanything a aanything ofanything anything nicer than thatA thatA that thatA A good many people seem to feel feelthat fee feethat feelthat that way Dick said That s whatmakes what wha whatmakes whamakes makes an island so hard to hold holdon hok hokon holdon on to toYou You have trouble holding onto ontoIt anti antiit ontoIP ontoIPOh It ? , Oh yes Indeed Just now stow for forexample foi foiexample torexample example there is an Insufferable insufel'able insufelable ! ' littie lit itt littie itttie tie snip Knip of a girl trying to get her herclaws het hetclaws herclaws claws into Alakoa by due legal prosess proc pros process process processInteresting ess essInteresting essinteresting Interesting . Karen K.aren enlouraged enlouragedhim encourage encouragedhim : , him And just how does she expect expectto expec expecto expectto to do that7 that7The that ? ' ' The 'The Waynes bought Alakoa trom fron tromher fronher fromher her grandfather Now the girl girlwishes gin ginwishes girlwishes wishes to prove that the sale was wasI wasIllegal wa waillegal wasIllegal I Illegal because she says her grand grandfather grandfather , father was a congenital idiot Shasays She Shesays Sht Shtsays says it fl runs in the family and she sin shecan sincan shecan - " * * - can prove it Karen studied him for a moment momentwith momen momentwith ' with veiled suspicion but Tonga Tongs TongaDick TongsDick TongaDick Dick c s face was innocent What a aremarkable e eremarkable aremarkable remarkable person Karen saidWhats said saidWhat saidWhat What s a she like ? ' Well-as Well as Well - - as I told you I have had hac hadno hacno hadno ' no chanc chance * to get acquainted with will willher withher withherMaybe her herMaybe herMaybe Maybe you 11 II U have a chance lat later laten later laterI er en erI enI I d rather Ilka Uke like to you knowDick know knowDick knowDick Dick admitted I J d Ilka like to tod IInd dad out outwhat outwhat outwhat what makes her tick But I would wouldhardly wouldhardly wouldhardly hardly know how to go 110 .bout bout . e t bout ItJust it itJust ; Just a simple lmple Island boy Karen Karensmiled Karensmiled KarensmiledWell I Ismiled smiled smiledWell Well the circumstances are a littie lit littie littl tie awkward I can t just go up to toher toher toher her and say I understand you are arethe arethe arthe * the llttia little twerp who is trying to get gel getmy gelmy getrny my Island away from me and whatare what whatare I Iare are you doing this evening after the thestore thestore thestora store closes closes9 ? ' Or ca can I ? I ? Well WeU invite mvite her for ( or a . sail .ail ail on your yourboat yourboat yourboat boat . . Show her selected views 01 of 01the ofthe ofthe the coast line Une Show her this Island Islandshe.ll Islandahe islandthe she.ll shell ahe J s . after after-what after what - what did you say thename the thename thename name of it was ? Alakoa ? Probably Probablyshe Probablythe Probablyshe she the hasn basn t even seen it it lt . . . I U 11 bet she d dbe dbe db be * interested ' And just what , , , said Dick'would Dick'would Dick would 'would ' ' be my 11Y fny ! idea 'I I ? ' 'IGet Get to know her You said youwanted you youwanted |