| Show 4 THE N NEER R t DO v 0 O WELL A romance of the panama canal BY REX BEACH COPYRIGHT 1910 1911 BY HARPER HUPER a BROTHERS continua Contin Conti md nud from last week CHAPTER X A N at taboga ESPITE I 1 11 I 1 gi giedt e it c contel amont 11 mis its co dt s kill 1111 fo da nfl lin I 1 I 1 elf N baltin w i ith 9 M ow I 1 11 I 1 ni it ei e for V his it i e 0 d ties to I 1 eg n C riou lv eio gl tl s fee liri s son on el x w ot 01 i acted witt tl e 0 tt if glit gilt of I 1 d th ill her self h tl if s laidle 0 o tl ti til lie e to inq e fl ei 1 d he one the latof 1 e t of fe d frei ds hp hot t id h i self a consummation summation on for wl wll I 1 it h he had deo deno tit tin wi wf led et for s ine me li eldell den i b e I 1 lea ea on he wis I 1 d s tishe I 1 he ile de aided that he needed exercise and ed to t le a i tl it i ugh the out try b t on the en aeo ell I 1 I 1 I 1 ig eto e the d du ta he had set et toi 13 ex ishoi hi flats i lai s eie abet by a i lute ote flow mis cortlandt which the cleil h hiu hill it rin ran ill dear ear I 1 rk stephen has arranged an outing for all th tb ee of us and we are count ng on you for or tomorrow it w I 1 be a real y truly pian e all the de tul ful d scon forts of such affairs you a c not to know where we a d e go ng nt I 1 e call for you at S 8 faithfully and n sterl bously yours EDITH the re ippei t of this kit d I 1 citation tos edita ed it a ide with a fee t ie of finla in a vence I 1 oi the I 1 i gwei t he expel i en ell ed a d kind of bo i it ie e amel t at IN 1 is intentions s thi th acted th t seen ed out f I 1 of oi to the cau can e but the em ew tion oon I 1 ased as ed the text 1 eat muting ed edth th a i pe pea a red ed upon the it tel po h b she was alone haies mr air ie in quiren oh sone so ne men arrived list i from do as de del tot 0 and loiel oi e I 1 that them the must bee u him today on oil a matter of Import ai e I 1 shall have to mike in ike up to ou for hs it s u absence if I T am able Is to be the scene of our level taboga she said with eyes spar kling lone ioie never leen teen sicre tl ire but I 1 it a perfectly georgeo is please call a loach coach air boat is waiting and dont sit on the ais ch 1 cylik lik obeyed and they went clatter ing down the desei ted buck bilek rd tb th ie le lied it ed b cl ek with N ith a sigh I 1 in so gl d to get away from that t hotel for a daa da if aou ou only knew it kirk you ve ie cil sied sized the po cil cal of the panama con ei ath t I 1 alty at ty T I 1 didn dian t know I 1 had ever een en ro k t cd ed the boat it runs back bick to your affair with i ramon f really d d that effect it rather at ai at v i ite it gave an ex cuse foi fol setting ta it gs in motto I 1 there had been son e doubt about the matter for a long t tie i e ind I 1 was 0 iv too glad to exert my influence in tl ti e i ight direction bi III t this is i t i ni to an enchain ted ilai I inlaid lai d ai at I 1 I 1 leie eie we aie file talking a ile e burtn t be so se lious ilous school is out ind its Na vacation cation I 1 want to romp and play and get my face dirty the landing was wi ged an I 1 at sight right of the newcomers new cornel eis s lo 10 gith ered cred from front all si at les a p rite shouting a dozen dialects di at d f icing kirl lirk to battle lu fu tily my for his lug gage R stepi e 1 niini ng into to asiaf a skiff etli they ey i were ae rowed to a I 1 lunch and a few mom moments its later v N ere gl d ng swiftly around the long rock rib that guards the harbor a copper hued band t at the wheel a nubian giant at tl it e engine and in evil yellow faced desperado sprawling upon the forward deck alven before they had come to anchor at taboga island a dozen b immen were racing for them and crying for their patronage patio nage at the waters edge they saw a tiny hillige nestled cl se against the mountains its tiled roofs rust red and grown to mo a its walls faded by wind and to delicate del leate mauves and dove colors and greens impossible to describe the launch when it came to rest seemed suspended in air and beneath 41 h slowly he P eked H s way ashore it lay an entrancing sea ea garden once the engine hid stopped its clatter a sleep sleepy peaceful silence settled over the harbor en by wheel or m it astle for in ta taboga boga no one N diks ind nd there are no vehicles hat a wonderful place exclaim ed the young man fervently IN why by its like a dream it cant be leal teal then as the boaen boatmen ell renewed their begging I 1 wonder which barge gen tieman I 1 d better hire take the little boy please edith called to an urel in w m ho was manful lv Iv struggling with a pa r of oars twi e his bis own length where pon the older boat men began to shove off with kanj man scowls 0 ir cl el oice has offended these genial bandits kirl observed as he be helped her to i seit when shall we tell the lad to bring us off I 1 our 0 clock lock ai mrs cort landt I 1 ar with the captain to be ready it thit bo ho ir so von vou see we have hive the whole div ibeal of us across the limpid shallows ba loNs they gild ed bravely propelled by their nine yeat old oarsman but aben ft hen the bow i of their skiff grated ui ul on the they still some yards from a hoie looks as if wed ned have to wade said kirk then balled to or 01 e of the nearby boI boitman tinen to leid ip le id the child a hand but the fellow implied gruffly in some unintelligible jargon lle says he carries his ills pa agh ashore ore in his arms elith translated really competition Is spirited even on this heavenly isle well that s easy anthony untied his low shoes kicked them off and rolled up his trou brou sers permit me to help you he be said without embarrassing our pilot she stood up and allowed him to gather her in his arms then for the first time she felt bis big strength is her body leaned to his slowly he pi pl ked his way ashore while she reclined in kis embrace her ains ring about his neck her smooth cheek brub breshin br hIn his when ben he deposited her antly upon her feet he saw her face had bad gone white an ani I 1 that he was it embi ng his ili own face wis glowing as he waded bak back to fetch the lunch basket and his footgear under the circum stan stall es he hid done the only natural the only I 1 rossille tos sille ae thing yet it hid queerly perturbed them both the two visitors exi ex lored be vill ig ige een enen to the quaint tawdry chapel with its impossible blues and rusted gilt and noon found them eager to in vesti gate the contents of their un it ba ket taking a random path up the hill they came at last to a spring of cool ool water and here they spread their meal under a mango tree bent beneath tons of fruit I 1 the afternoon sped quickly it if at aimeb kirk found his compin corn pinion lon re tg girding arding blip with a strangely timid half defiant look he refused to connect it with the episode of their landing promptly at 4 they came down the drunken little main street and out upon the beach but no launch was in sight hello where s our boat exclaim ed kirk the captain told me he bed d be at 4 perhaps he has run ot 0 t er to tabo guilla or she hesitated with a trou brou bled frown I 1 lou on told him to wait distinctly seeing an idler in square above she questioned him spanish this man says the I 1 lunch left for panama t vo hours ago went on a S inday spree he says they came ashore and fought a lot of liquor and he heard beard them lua luan eling later that means we 11 have to get an other boat I 1 don t know where we shall find one Nelt neither br do I 1 but there must be some sort of craft that pi es back and forth regularly only ox 01 ce or twice a week I 1 be bileve and it belongs to the sanitarium perhaps wed better wait awhile our men may i ome coma back at last a as the sun was dil ping into a bed of gold kirk broke out gee whiz we weve ve got to do something ar mr Corti cortlandt andt will be getting borr ed in all probability he wont won t know ana an thing about it until too late to come for us lie ile Is dining with those people from bocas and may not get back to the before midnight isice nice fix were we re in remarked lin in thony tholly I 1 d like to lay hands on that captain we may have to stay here all night well at least we have a haven of refuge they 11 tike vike us in at the hos bus i pital I 1 don dont t care to ask them there a some one up I 1 don dont t wish to see huts a why I 1 didn dian t go near the place today he ile laughed to hide bide his em barriss ment I 1 in wondering what people will say oh you t be troubled about that it isn t your fault you know anyhow besides people won t say aay thing because they won wont t know anything about it if we stay away from tint thit sail itar um it its a getting along toward dinner time he said so u let a s see what we can find in the way of food rhey they stumbled out into the ed street and bean their search but seen close at hand tl it e cooking ar range ments menth of taboga i 1 robed most on ID attractive but eventually they found a decent fooling tool ing ilice i lice where they wei e taken in at aid d after an internal wait food x R as bet set before them chicken boiled w th ill rice and colant t mack black beans being and c coco oco n nit it fresh warm arm mill and a wondrous won oud dious a suit ment of hothouse fruits in Irr spite of their equivocal si tuition edith seemed fully to have rea renamed ined her spirits even the prospect pio of spending the night in this place ap parent ly did not dismay her they descended to the squat e agalia staled stated at all the way through open doors and followed by a sit setd d ed airm m irm r of comment then they sat for a long time thile Nat atoning ching the stars As if in despal despai rover their Imp ossil ie le predicament ed th ill gave dav av to a spirit of reckless vivacity and kirl KIN with a man mans a exaggerated sa sympathy for a wo uin nin u in a sensitive feel ings loyally strove to help her mil e the best of things in her own div tt ere wis no real concession of her no sacrifice of f 1 e 0 felli ne tie privilege of prompt and complete NN ith drazil if he had str ick a false note he knew that she wo lid ild hive t arned fi filgia agid in III an instant it was wag on the r return to the ho bo ise thit the clin ell is ix camf came leaving him strangely banken theli co use itse to I 1 tl it em past i tiny cantli a arigi bened 13 1 a drin k n brici within she piel ed up her skills and fled tied into the daik ness icat arl stumbling along behind her at last she stopped out f breath and be he oTei overtook took her I 1 on austn t i iun tin dai daik k alleys 8 he died cited sit 1 IOU aull 11 h b ek eik your neck half in patient at this al at he seized her by the arm 0 1 I in m so f righted el ed she breath ed and he felt I 1 ei tremble she lifted her white fda and und her eyes vi were ere luminous in ili the it before he ic ica lied wl at he was do fita hia his arms h d closed ri i 11 1 I 1 d hei hot and his lips had met hers it mi hai e been the ra nance dance of the 11 gilt the solitude the i wain th of her breath at any rate be he lost his big held heid aid knew i athing save tint thit bhe she was a woman ar at d he a man is for hei sl at e offered no res stance mide no bin ua beyond a startled sigh is their lips came together bit I impulsive as his action had been it was no more sudden than I 1 is ie oil he ile released her and bick oh ob my illy god JI 1 l 1 I didn dian t mean th tb t b 01 give me please S e si d noth ing at 1 d he stammered de pe abely again I 1 aull on 11 hite bite me now of 0 it use se but I 1 don t bi ki ow whit what wh it alls me I 1 foi bot in myself self 3 ouen ou en everything er thing I 1 it t wis dupai donable an I 1 I 1 ought to be shot he ile started off down the I 1 lind find sti beet his wh ie le body old with appi ehen ion ind self diguid di agust guit do you intend to leave me bete in ili the middle of tl is no 0 o no of course i ot I 1 in m tattled thit that th it s all ie lne juht just got a deslie to flee and butt my head against the nearest wall tl TI at 8 wh wit t I 1 ou bugl 1 I t to do I 1 don t know what possessed me I 1 don t know what you 11 thu L 1 of me NA e won t speak of it now try to compose yourself and find our lo 10 1 I ing place wh yes of course ill see tint thit you rp fixed up comfortably ind then e t out oh oil you it leive me sl gle e cried tried in a panic I 1 coulden t shiy I 1 11 I 1 that 1 wf it p pace ace alone she d ew i A little neared to him as if dep nd ng his big prote tion A v ive of e s swept ci nei ei I 1 lira im sl ale e WT just ju a girl after all he 1 I 1 I wont leave 3 iou on I 1 if stay you he stammered I 1 wont believe thit you could hae han e taken me for or the kind of woman who 0 no o no he cried in fit in anguish elf reproach I 1 wis a fool no she slid I 1 dont don t I 1 ilan t bear to that rei perhaps haps I 1 was partly to blame but I 1 d du t think I 1 ought to have known tb t I 1 man inan can leally be trusted B t I 1 thought g ht our friendship wis vis so beautiful ind in d now you i e at s oiled it don t say tt tint it exclaimed I 1 kills ilk say you U 11 borgi forgie v e me son e time but ln of ansak answering ering I 1 in d I 1 act ly she proceeded I 1 I 1 the sime sanin str tin probing his wounded self respect to the jul k h mal 1 fd J is offense seem blacker vely ively I moment although he ass assner tied her over and over tint thit he had simi ly followed the irresponsible unaccountable impulse of a moment thit that he had leg aided her aly as the best of friends and re specter her more than he could sly she showed him no mercy tl TI e melan holy regretful tone she adopted was ten t mes dies worse norse than anger aid by tl e unit orin they reached the inn where they had dined he lie haq a sunk in the depths of self abasement illa in reply to his knock in ol 01 I 1 woman can an e to the door and admit ted them adith si I 1 go d ii lit and quietly entering closed the boor door be hind her harl 1 exper encee i t sud ten len desire to asci I 1 e to remain where here he wis w is sim ply prolonged his humiliation but wl dently he could not begett edith lie ile sat down apoi the doorstep ind give himself up to bitter thoua ts is she was uch a wonderful woman be he told himself he hid I 1 teen een such a true friend to it m that he had I 1 een worse n orse than cil ca minal to lose her respect and cortlandt had been so decent to him it was significant al thit th s gave him the most d of ill ho ile hid betrayed a in i a friend hip and the thought was e fo no pun ashment could I 1 e too severe for that IN hen ben the first flint fl it ish of dawn to e ON oer er the b bill ill crest behind I 1 lim tin he rose to wander tow tone at aid d the front As tie tl e assumed definite nite form hele heie held beld a laun it tealing bealing toward tl it e village tillage and ten minutes liter greeted ste stel hen ben cortlandt is that gentleman ed out of the tender heres adith eagerly demanded her husband she s asleep I 1 found a place for her not t at the sanitarium no no one of these ho aises I 1 ord I 1 m glad to see you we d begun to feel I 1 I 1 e real castaways I 1 ve been up ill all night VI AN hat happened it was plain that mr ur cortlan Cort lanit it was deeply our boatmen eviden aly g t dr it I 1 and p tiled out I 1 tiled tl led to get a d sill ill boat but there t any tiny and it was too ro agh to try tro sing with 1 sl 1 in iff it tool them b bit it i I 1 moment to reich the ho ise and sion the three were q ere ba back k a at t the water front whit IN hit a mNer miserable ible night mrs fort vort lai fat dt complained stifling stiffing a yawn I 1 thought you d never 0 n ne e en ell I 1 ill alint in t get I 1 lick ick to the livoli 1 divoll until n idi ight and then I 1 had tro il it ie le in n finding a boat to I 1 ring me over I 1 suppose they were alai alain n ed at fit the hotel I 1 ad slid not nott ing abo it it 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