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Yet I give giveyou giveyou you my word John that Is exactly exactlywhat exactlywhat exactlywhat what she didNeither didNeither did didNeither Neither Karen nor . John .John Colt Coltsceml'd Coltseemed Coltseemed sceml'd scemld seemed ' entertained entertainedI I see e the American ambassador ambassadorto to Japan Dick said and some sometobacco sometobacco sometobacco tobacco company boys going out to totheir totheir totheir their stations In China and quite a asprinkling asprinkling asprinkling sprinkling of movie stars from Hol HolIywood Ho Hoilywood ! Iywood lywood and a lentleman gentleman ( entleman who cut cutB cuta cuta B a throat in Singapore to my posl posi posltive positive posilive tive knowledgeYou knowledgeYou knowledge knowledgeYou You are pretty well acquainted acquaintedJohn acquaintedJohn acquaintedJohn . John Colt inquired Inqufrf'd Inqufrfd ' suavely among amongcutthroa amongcutthroats amongcutthroats . cutthroa cutthroats 18 ? . , ' Only among those Indigenous to tothe tothe tothe the Pacific I also see here half a adozen adozen adozen dozen gentlemen that I cannot quite quiteplace quiteplace quiteplace place A few years ago I would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have said that they were American AmericanfinancIers Americanfinanciers Americanfinanciers financIers of at the hit bit loot-and loot and loot-arid arid - - run runtype runtype runtype type I had understood that condi condiUons conditions condltlons Uons tions on the mainland were no long longer longer longer er favorable to those typesYou types ' You seem well Informed ' This is a crossroads Dick said saidYou saidYou saidYou You get a perspective upon both bothsides bothsides bothsides sides of 01 the Pacific from here bere But ButI I [ . still .UlJ UlJ can t make out those wan dering derlng financiers Oh-I Oh I Oh - I get it now nowSince nowSince nowSince Since they have been smoked out outof outof outof of the mainland naturally quite a afew afew afew few of them would come here of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course Fugitive empire budders builders buddersby buildersby buildersby by Godi God I ! John I see you are not notalone notalone notaloneP notalonePNaturally alone alonel aloneI l ' I , Naturally Dick said ( aid pleasantl p1easantl p1easantluite pleasantlyquite ) quite uite a few of your type are here herealready herealready herealready already looking around to see If If"nything ifanythiig Ifanything "nything nything anythiig " ? is lying loose I must say sayJohn sayJohn ayJohn John that your plans seem better betterthought betterthought betterthought thought out than most . , I m afraid afraidthat afraidthat afraidthat that you are the type that thlOks thinks thlOksthings thinksthings thinksthings things through Your prospects look lookexcellent lookexcellent lookexcellent excellent . , , . John from the outsideI outside 1 I m inclined to think so myself myselfJobn myselfJohn myselfJohn Jobn John Colt saidWould saidWould said ! Would you say that your chance chances chancesare chancesare ' ! are worth one hundred thousand dol dollars do dollar ! lars mrs John ? Only the faintest famtest fufgestion suggestion of ofcontempt ofcontempt ofcontempt contempt showed In John Colt s 5 eye eyes eyesas eyesas & as he smiled Have your brothers brothersauthorized brothersauthorized authorized you to make that offer otTer ? ' ' I 1 haven t seen them theta Dick ad admltted admitted admilled mltted mitted they have already goi got e eback eback eback back to Alakoa However I think thinkyou thinkyou thinkyou you will find it necessary to deal dealwith dealwith dealwith with me I m ni afraid I can t let YOll you YOllI youdicker youdicker I dicker with my brothers They re remuch remuch remuch much too easy to cheaLAnd cheat cheaL cheatAnd . And I am afraid John Colt said saidhis saidhis saidhis his voice so modulated that in the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral general din dsn of the la.nal lanal Ia.na Iana lanai . . ' Dick had al alnost a alno ! nost Twit t to read his lips hps that 1 m sri not notInterested notinterested notInterested Interested in dickering with Wlth either eitheryoU eitheryou eitheryou yoU or your brothersYou brothersYou brothers brothersYou You definitely refuse one hundred hundredthousand hundredthousand hundredthousandTI thousand . , thousandI 1 I m in sorryPerhaps sorryPerhaps sorry sorryPerhaps Perhaps y yiu yu u d care to make a acounter acounter acounter counter ofe ofeI ofler offer ? I m s rry Colt said agam again agamTmga againTnga againTinea Tmga Tnga U D ck Wayne looked at Kar Karen Karen Karen en Wnterson Wl1terson Watenson for a full minute and andlis andus andlis lis us frivolous manner dropped away"wice away 'wlce wlce " ' " wice "wice " Karen met his eyes but both bothtimes bothtimes bothtimes times dropped hers again Dick DickWayne DickWayne DickWayne Wayne was looking aher at a\ a \ her with a aI ateal aicul I teal elfl and unaffected regretOne regretOne regret regretOne One proposition more Colt he hesaid hesaid hesaid said and this is my last Onl One Onehundred Onehundred ' hundred thousand dollars to you and andone andone andone one third share in Alakoa to MISS MISSWaterson MissWaterson MissWaterson MissWatersonMiss Waterson WatersonMiss Miss Waterson Colt said Is isnot isnot not Interested in any proposition propositlon at atall atall atall atallKaren all allI allKaren allKaren I Karen Tonga Tongs Dick I18ld said ald you youhave youhave youhave have just heard the end of your Pa Paelfic Pacific Paciflc elfic cific adventureJohn adventureJohn adventure adventureJohn John Colt s face was hard and se serlous serious senous rlous rious but there was a glint of 01 In Intense intense intense tense tall-fraction tall fraction saU.facUon saUfacUon satisfaction . - In his eyes which whichhe whichhe whichhe he could not repress repressD repressU D U n t let him worry worrv you he hesaid hesaid hesaid said softly to Karen He lie s a sh wn wri wnhi wriIi wnh hi Ii s ha hai hal , dand d and It its s a just as 1 I 1said Isaid I said saidThe saidThe snidThe The Wayncs Waynes I I avcn aven oven t t a hc ho hope e In lhl the theworld theworld ' world That s ixaclly txactiy ) ( aclly " , why vhy hy there therehas therehas therehas has never been any leas icas n r f t r com corn compromise cornpromise cornpromise promise from the nrst first Unless th thc thoyknew ' knew they were beaten Ihev thev they would wouldoffer wouldotTer wouldoffer offer otTer no compn compr mise at t allDick allDick all allDick Dick Wayne emptied h s a glass glasssnapped glasssnapped glassmapped snapped it down upon the table and andpushed andpushed andpushed pushed back his cha chair ir I 1 II sec see yo yoi yoiin yoiin I IIn In a couple of days he said aid to Kar Karen Karen Karen en on AlakoaThat AiakoaThat Alakoa Aiakoa AlakoaThat That.urpnsed That - . surprised -.urpnsed .urpnsed an aniwcr answer out of ofh'r ofher ofher h'r hr her ( ' Alakoa7 Alakoa ' We re not coming to toAlakoa toAlakoa toAlakoa toAlakoaOh Alakoa AlakoaOh Oh yes you are Or at nt least he heis heis 15 is He 11 pr bably want to bring y u ualong ualong ualong along He lie turned to John Coll Colt The Theoffl'r5 TheotTers Theoffers offl'r5 offlr5 otTers ' I 1 made I I made ' on my a\\n a n on anhook onhook ownhook \ hook he saId aid They are now w th thdrawn thdrawn ihdrawn drawn BuI But Bu\ Bu \ I I II tell you why vhy " , hy I I n a ade adethemIt adethemit adfthem them-It them It - it may Intl'n Intln interest ' st y u vl'rymuch verymuch very vl'ry vlry ' much poa iv ivr ( ' ! r _ _ _ _ _ _ I1L1JWII 'Iqp Iqp , c * _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 1a ' 4 0 4 ( a 111 Ii , 0 0Ii 16 16I 16I I , . , . , I ImacJne Imagine Wayne ' salll saltS John Colt smoothly that you are .y1oC y1oC lying " Not particularly John Colt Coltdrawled Coltdrawled Coltdrawled drawled You hav have a lost lo t calle case calleWayne caseWayne caseWayne caseWayneI Wayne WayneI I m going to kill your case caseDick caseDick caseDick Dick said toneleisly tonelessly No I 1 m go- go going going go going - - ing to do worse to you than that- that that thatI that1 - I 1 m going gomg to give my brothers the themeans themeans themeans means with which to kill kHi your case caseTo caseTo caseTo To do that will wiH cost me a ( great jreat deal dealIn dealin dealin In some very obscure ways It will willIn willin willin In fact cost me more than my myshare myshare myshare share of Alakoa Alakea is worth That Is Iswhy iswhy iswhy why I offered to settle setUe with you youFor youFor youFor For Miss Watenon Waterson s 5 sake but pr'n prn prin pr'ncipally principaily principally ' cipally cipaily tor for my own I 1 m sorry that thatyou thatyou thatyou you refused But you re finishedColtthroughwashed finishedColtthroughwashed finished Colt-through-washed Colt through washed Colt - through - washed up-done up done updoneI up - - done doneI I get what you mean me.lO melO . John Colt Coltsmiled Coltsmiled Coltsmiled ColtsmiledIt smiled smiledIt smiledIf It If you think thmk a little I1ttle further furtherTonga furtherTonga furtherTonga Tonga Dick said you U II see even evenmore evenmore evenmore more clearly what I mean Your Yourcase Yourcase Yourcase case has one hole in it Ask A k yoursell yourself your yourelf sell self elf what that hole IsKaren isKaren is isKaren Karen Waterson watching John JohnColt JohnColt JohnColt Colt s face sa saw w a curi curl us thing hap hap- happen happen happen - - pen then The taint faint tired tared smile static on onColt onColt onColt Colt s face tace lineered lingered there thl're thlre ' still stili but after a moment moml'nt momlnt ' Karen saw that It Itwas Itwas Itwas was only the form f It that re remalned remated remained malned mated Colt s a eyes were fixed hard hardon hardon hardon on Tonga Dick and Karen thought thoughtshe thoughtshe thoughtthe she had never seen anything like I1ke the themtenslty theintensity theintensity mtenslty intensity of that unw nking nkmg stare If Ifever Ifever Uever ever a man tried t look into mto an another another another other man s mind and take It apart apart.Colt apartColt . , . Colt was trying it n wDick wDick w wDick Dick Wayne was filling nlllJ\g nlllJ g \ his pipe pipeThe pipeThe pipeThe The very tact fact that he was smokmg smoking smokinga smokmga a p pe pI ' at all at a tea dansant made madeh madehi h I I 1k k more at al ease thereby as asIt asif asif It if he hI ' ' il 11 i ( ie e of aillhe all the people ( n that thatbr thatbr thatbr br id 1 I i was wns completely at atlornI atI atI lornI I omc orne ' omcY orneY Y u re rl ' th i king of exictly eX'lclly eXlclly exsctly ' the thesa theha sa & 8 e I ' It II tI e g I ] I am J hn Dick as ascured assured ured cured h hi -i i 1 - &oftly oftly softly & softly0 &oftlyo softlyC o C ) ce cc nore fore the eyes of U tI e twoIT twonet two twon net n IT ct aid ai al d he htid httd htidI httdI Id IdI I I n ii " gi gl c e Wayne W dynl > yne ' ; sa oa d J I 1 t n ii nl nL l . ( _ It ; sn on so othly olhly othiy that you arc are ly Iy ng rig ngSt < , ' St .1 1 . t id ly Iy unhurried unhurrJl'd unhurrJld ' controlled controlled- controlledtt controlledti con lrolled- lrolled lrolledU - tt U ti ere cre was nothing in John Colt Coil s svo svu svo vo vu ce to indicate mdlcall tndicate ' that he ki kl ew w what whatIt whatit whatit It was to doubt Yet somehow somehowKaren somehowKaren somehowKaren Karen knew with utter otter certainty certamty that thatCoIt thatColt thatColt CoIt Colt was shakLn-more shakLn more shakLn-rnore rnore hak hakn < -n n - - more deeply shdk shak shdken shaken shdken en perhaps than he would have ad admltted adnutted adniltted mltted nutted even to hlrnsdfand hinis himself hlrnsdf If Ifarid and arid when whenKaren whenKaren whenKaren Karen saw that the she was ppressed ppressedby ppressedby ppressedby by a gray convict ( en cn n that J John oltn Colt Coltgambling Coltgambling Coltgambling gambling tor for Aldk Alak Al < ik a i 11 s her behalf behalfhad behalfhad behalfhad had Irrevoca irrevocably bly lostIt lost lostIt It was late lale in the evening evenmg when whenDIck whenDick whenDick DIck dropped anci and anet r in Alakoa s a slittle alittle slittle little bay and immediately unmedlately wasdriven wasdriven was | driven up to the old house high In Inthe inthe inthe the gorgesHis gorgesHis gorges gorgesHis His brothers as he might have haveexpected haveexpected |