Show CARIBBEAN ca conspiracy RACY 11 bt BRENDA i 11 Bo FAR aam 1 daughter m ot ol my wealthy new for tork k newspaper amoo publisher na Z chei on as an i to mw sio wah pet allcox oos reporter on 1 nor her III lather 1 pa ve per 11 1 I 1 it g army my to tell lieBe on lh boat he meet anerk rian viera na an engineer nr n emcil rom Tu lr I 1 ama a til whom ma ahe li ho ot the fact it him a typical tilie she doci not mii know out he 1 li in act a awman mam abent to detroy puerto in water epply P AM pete ot mcce the cm boot boat im but doc sa not on eu anne ro that at h he too im till h icahn to b be of hi corn inand lne a mic officer 10 a I 1 far relaxes to act L CHAPTER III A anna are imd closed I m the do door of room be behind hoid her and sto stood for a moment IV 1 listening en our under the open transom the d door of room am a few steps down from hers had been slightly ajar and without knowing why or how she had felt that somebody was standing behind it waiting she heard it close quietly and listened for steps along the waxed floor but there were time none after a moment she went across the room to the window and looked down into the sunlit such I 1 patio where she and pete he had been the windows of opened onto the P patio t too a she turned and went over to her baggage stac stacked ked in the comer on the other side of the wind window I 1 w again without knowing exactly act why she he opened the flat case lying on an top op a of her steamer trunk and looked m side aide it was wait just as she he had peeked packed it and yet somehow it wasn gasn t the flat at rubber band around the be batch of letters of introduce intro introduction duc line IY lying 9 on n top of her dressing if gown own was twisted d as if it had been slipped back hurriedly she sh had put pat it carefully flat so that it t would t me mar the edges of one of the auvel envelopes 0 pro that was broader than the rest est she looked back at the door then r reached cached to the table and took be her compact pact out of her handbag she opened it t and struck the bowde powdered red feather feathera feat heri puff sharply on the pol dished brass face of her suitcase ittes lock lack anns ance the girl detective she he thought th ought as she blew the powder a oft if the way a police hee msp inspector tor had shad showed ed her ancen once in new york 0 on the brass oblong were em three clearly defined th thumb prints the most distinct was probably her own the others were larger she began to unpack her things humming softly to herself As she was almost through she heard beard the sharp quick click of high heels heel out in the hall and a light double it knock ek on ad her do door she crossed I 1 the he room and opened it anne ance my de dear arl how simply no ply W wonderful ader in th the girl standing there in a blue ch checked eked gingham dress a blue how bow ra in her fuzzy taffy colored he hair he her baby blue eyes sparkling with joy lit ht ld id out I 1 het her hands you Y don do t remember crober 1 anel I why annea its sue see porter tar su sue latti all merl at rr the sixth form of amiss miss oakless Oak leys fashionable school for far you young 1 I ladies dies flashed ad back into anne s mind d sue of all people what are you doing doing here of a all ll 11 places aces A anne ried cried of course I 1 re remember you yu you haven I 1 changed a day only Y where a your uniform 7 you still j look k sixteen sue ud laughed well im I 1 m not im I 1 m twenty three and mrs russell porter and ad the youth mother er 0 of f two hulking in infants facts aged four 1 and two and a half 11 that all flashed back too spoiled ZU wilful curls ed headed S sue who h got get letters from an buys boys wh when on the rest of miss oakley a young ladies were gangly and lank haired and hope less ess everywhere except on an the hockey field but what are you doing down h lerea ere anne demanded so sue sat out on an the bed and crossed or ler fe feet e t under order her oh darling n g russells russell s it firm sent um ma down she said with a groan it was more money cry and I 1 thought ought it would be a a wonderful chance far for him urn I 1 to 0 get head ahead I 1 thought it we would old be romantic you yen kii know the tropic tropics 9 I 1 hadn haan t heard about cockroaches m a ches a and n d termites I 1 simply hate it we re trying to get transferred she brightened expectantly I 1 did d p you meet a mr taussig on the be boata t anne nodded added why because I 1 want you to help us with him you see a hes he awfully juffy important to ru russell sc he a s one of I 1 the world worlds a leading sanitary engineers a and that list s what russell is III she swung her bre brown legs begs off the bed and went over to the win window it ow that a russell down the there wa with th him now sh she a turned back her blue eyes appealing g as a child d s you see anne r e 1 ii have 1 to do e everything cry thing I 1 can because well all it was my fault russell al t wanish finish M I 1 T he H was going back k but the be baby y came and so you seea A anne tid nodded dyul looking over sues shoulder down at a table by the fountain M mr r richard T ting taussig ing in a white linen imen suit and brown orid and white oxford oxfords ox fords his fatig finger er tips together arch looking in a contemplative much more are OI civilized Od the than n he had m his culous U g setup t P aboard a b r ship h A was 1 listening e n m g to t the h e yo young m g man be dant I 1 ecna him t ru russell 11 like it here he th tbt asked corners corners of sues red mouth drooped she looked like ma an on unhappy six year old att yes he h e likes 1 k it 1 all 11 right she admitted d h halt 1 heartedly it a really me that wants him to get away that a 3 why I 1 in having mr taussig g to dinner tomorrow night so h be c can a aal balk it to russell you it 11 come wont youa you and be awfully nice to ia him please anne will you she looked out the a window russell a leaving so have to go now remember eight R russell will come tor for you oh look theres h diego gongal A tall heavy set man of about fifty wilh th aron an gy gray Y hot hair th the pock pack marks on his face visible t from 0 where they stood was sitting at one nce ot of the small tables at the corner of the terrace absorbed in his newspaper pa P er anac and cup up of coffee he had a short art clipped mustache and shaggy eyebrows bebr ws and an a air I 1 r t definitely an air anne thought who is a he she asked hes your friend miguel valeras uncle but he a not like the valeras he mixes with the americ americans us of can course as hes spanish he a 3 not net puerto rican and my dear 11 she lowered her voice to a whisper he has a mistress you know knew it s quite custman customary dory down i here its perfectly above board except their wives pretend they dont know knew it well ill ive got to go it a perfectly swell all having you down do I 1 U B see a you torce tomorrow irrow A anne a nodded added she turned back t to the window As she he looked down she saw diego gongal get up and make his a way basua casually Y through the arcade into the h hotel otel almost immediately richard taussig got up too even more 46 0 aj CV al e wt I 1 A she lea lowered cred be her voice to a whisper he hc has a bitress mii mi itress tress c casually dually he strolled over to io the table diego gangano had left and picked up the folded newspaper he came back to his halt chair and sat out down do again anne watched him unfold th the paper paper moving back instinctively v ely a little behind the long chintz curtains she could see a very clearly the piece of letter paper inside do it mr taussig T s sig glanced aro around him glanced glance daup up at her edw window td bunked junked looked do down at the paper in front of him a moment and slipped it unobtrusively foment into his pocket he put the newspaper down on the table got up and strolled into the hotel the officers officer club at el morro was inside the gate overlooking I 1 th it go coif c course come c the graveyard and the atlantic I 1 ocean it was part of the old spanish barracks when the winta waiter had gone anne said look pet penedo d you know knew any anything t hing about a man named amed hit richard rd taussig he wasa was on celb the ship sure pete said cheerfully ch fully he kept from looking at her 1 I k know all 11 bout about him be hes an atao internationally tio nally known sanitary engineer hes timing dining with the general on friday and the governor sat saturday he has the blessing bles g of washington we sh gt n why 1 I I 1 wondered do you ll 11 suppose b he a can do anything bout about the a aeo water supply alip at the granada 1 I wish he it start here if he can but you don t have to wora worry about mr me taussig g he e cant help his face he a okay he poured the rest ot of his be beer into inta III his glass any other information public relations is a sort ot of my job I 1 then do you happen to know russell porter 9 anne as asked ked my ties dear I 1 know knew everything po pete is said blandly russell porter is the local representative of consolidated C a soli dated hes in charge of a big job got get he looked at his watch th the officers 1 I 1 car had thinned tied out leaving the women sitting aroun around d 1 I II 11 see eee you tonight tonight what bout about dinner anne shook hr her head 1 I in dining dinine with somebody else ine not net miguel valera she smiled why not dont tell me youre like sue P porter arter he looked at her soberly look annie amne you fallen m love with that guy have you her gme gaze wandered on out t across the rolling ailing green I 1 lawn to the ocean a she had asked herself that hot au t the way from the granada the note she d found in her mail box you u have a caller so I 1 wo wont b t disturb you but I 1 il be around at six and if you aren t engaged may I 1 take you to dinner had set her heart dan dancing cag rd and her eyes sparkling a as she stuffed d it into her bag and ran out to the to taxi maybe that was what it was a she had t been line in love hile often B enough to I 1 be very sure or bout about it but it we was something mth something now new an and different h ermit miguel gl g l valera waited tor for anne to sit down down it it had haan hadn n t occurred to her that they have dinner dinne alone or that she could be suddenly dashed as a she we was when she stepped out of the elevator and saw his uncle diego bongaro and his cousin emish gra graciela c tela there in the lobby with him 1 I understand you are a newspaper ne writer miss heywood don di diego ON a said his smile was iddon quick ek a and d warna warm ann anne a was as instantly aware of two th things ings the first was that he thought it amusing that such an attractive young woman should be anything of the sort the second was that it w ads 4 s 0 odd dd he should have known it S she h e h had a it c carefully a arte rte auly conee concealed tiled it from miguel p pete wilcox lico x was the only other person on the I 1 island who knew it t unless she thought about the the letters in her bar suitcases there was one to the correspondent of the press syndicate her fathers papers us used ed in puerto rico and that meant that diego gore bongaro must have talked to richard taussig during doring the afternoon ead and that talked about be her bar it was all a I 1 very curious cu I 1 ve worked on my fathers paper if 9 that a what you mean she said 1 I easm 1 t I much good 1 I am pleased please d to hear that S se orita we believe a woman he has a higher place in society a biety she should let her husband take take care of her but it if she has chasn f t it husband anne said aid anat surely be difficult f fop I 1 you miss mia H heywood a graciela put her er cocktail on the table her cheeks were war flushed at no time would anne ever have be believed eved that the appearance ot of age mr I 1 r RI richard chard taussig could offen effect t a anything ny th ing but distaste just then she he gas as distinctly relieved she actually to found herself smiling old and saying good evening with the utmost cordiality to the in man she objected b act d to more than any other tran man she knew good evening miss heywood mr taussig said he turned to miguel you must be delighted to be back home come again it s F so an perfect here anne a found herself blinking a little th mr taussig dressed in I 1 immaculate a white linen was as cour courteous ta ous as don diego himself this is my uncle mr gongal mr taussig miguel said aid they shook hands this is a great pleasure mr me gongal Gon garo mr me to taussig u asig said there was nothing to indicate I 1 that they had bad ever ace seen or heard of each other before it was the same when they all 11 went into dinner together only once a did she have the quick sense of fear that shed had the afternoon in the ship a library that was when mr taussig started to 11 put his g green reen guide book on th the a floor oar beside id a III his chair she held out her hand not because became she wanted to see it but because it was something they could talk bout about that perhaps G graciela ciela could talk about too she t said old a word since he be came anne tried to analyze what had happened lust just then what he said was now now miss heywood Hey woodi this I 1 is my book it was bland and ad P playful yu 1 but there them had bad been something else in it mr m tug taussig put the he book back down on a th the other side of his hia chair he r of E course a who when the bs baes b s here are finished I 1 imagine your unemployment problem will be bad he said 1 I understand I 1 the he five file h hundred acre law will work an additional hardship on your an economy enemy does it affect your father mr valera 7 my father is not a corporation fortunately miguel valera said it was the longest meal anne ever sat through if h her er own voice lad had boesse been a record card and her smile on an a motion picture screen across the room they coulden couldn u 1 I have I 1 been more detached from her it seemed hours before the coconut sherbet served in polish polished ed half coconut shells came a and went want and they had coffee at least she thought as they finall finally Y got up to go she he we was sure of a n number umber of things she hadn haan t been sure of before one was that miguel had asked her to dinner just because he was latin and polite pirt 1 to visiting firemen another was that GyI graciela mela was not bright enough to realize that or to realize that her open resentment of anne was stu pid old or maybe it maybe latina liked their women tobe to be jeal ous ads lal but chiefly she knew thi that she he was either stalk raving mad or that richard taussig was something profoundly different from what they all thought he was IA FO BBS CONTINUED |