Show CAM CARIBBEAN F CO conspiracy Y ill bt BRENDA CONRAO CONRAD I 1 aft tn c u ment ent enter nf 1 e lu we nw too ork ar arasa dsa publisher mad to puerto kim en ad m T tamal lor her f per paper abw on on BM tsow an pta reporter as in 0 her father me pa per now U a 8 whealer wheal mr boffl m miss valera a aice la l a biln card on in the me united bute added m order dm to report do I 1 to on n army 1 odies cum eror were abruptly eit d blemah camile so an engineer WI isis WIM M idea identity a u aa german leant 1 in peeled ton but not car yet proved moods and ad an I 1 asse assesses sues engineer and ad lood hr s I 1 an sue when he ft fiedt um her am as mr 1 I to I I 1 r code 1 I V aler leu dince aima he ba 1 u K bcd wot then a iwed c be her to CHAPTER XII peto pete wilcox came out of the bachelor eachor bachor or officers quarters a on the road ad to morro hug ab above san I 1 juan s most at astonishing slum 1 R ironically known as la perin peria and walked along t toward biad headquarters the fact that by this time everybody a y 0 on the post knew hed had the provost provo at marshal and the iran insular police out looking for anne heywood heywoo oil w when 11 on she was over it at the ales amb emb dancing with miguel V valera or dian didn id I 1 particularly a bother him it was damned lucky valera had run into her there were too many stories stones g going around and while whale most a of t them h em true free tropical streets at night were so no place lor for girls girl he stopped it at the bend I 1 the Is w wall sell to let a train of arm army trucks go through th the a old mill military 1 tary tend road along the rim of the hill above the ocean A woman on the other side mile was watching arching him hall and without war warning fine of any kind made a dash be across Is between a couple of olive drab daab motors pete held his breath the driver swore jammed on his hire brakes sk c end and went want islas ahead d again go senor wilcox pete looked at her in surprise she as a far as he knew either a friend alfriend or an agent you k know miss heywood amer le lean im ga girie pow BI blonde ends pete nodded the girls gals eyes darkened he tell whet whether ler she was pleading ciul fmc in or angry gry or both th take her away she said passionately siona tely CI y 1 I dont know very good english sh she must go back to america understands understand pete scratched rat ched the back of his head yeah I 1 understand all right why th the girl dropped her hands in despair pal 1 I dont im I 1 know how bove to say she cried she have to go will get hurt she broke into a torrential flow of spanish pete stood hat listening eming blankly you understand all he had got get was that cai anne was going are around mid w with ith miguel valera era that it was dangerous that she was warning him so he could make her go b back ck to america S she he turned and hurried across th the a street and disappeared round the Is corner without looking bee back it pete pate bestold stood we watching at C ho ing III her or that he said aloud is a big help pet pete a hall hung g up his a sun helmet and it w went ant to his desk there was something thing about the melodramatic howting business of shooting a rival that was ludicrous on an the whole nevertheless Nc ae the girl gal had bein bedo been dead earnest it worried him at the same time it put him on a spot pat if he asked for fee brij any kind of 1 ap protection for in her at after last night they would wouldn I 1 even wait till fill he got out to laugh and he wry very well varn her or c could 0 old ica H he e glanced up as a solder soldier came out of c colonel 0 F fletcher s office with a sheaf df of papers ot eszti the le colonel said you c check h e c k these li sir thank you he glanced through them on the f fourth arth from the top he saw miguel valera s name in the second line of branal translation t ima tonight at 8 10 I 1 was in P padilla street M miguel gue I 1 valera y delgado got out of his car and went into avenida juan de a and d ho waited there I 1 do not at know knew w why Y but I 1 saw an american lady come in the street lone alone miguel valera V a I 1 era y delgado w went doi down the street I 1 thought the a american lady ady was lost but wh when I 1 spoke she was afraid bud and ran after miguel valera y delgado bud and followed him in to the door of th the stores estores of the sugar rod and C coffee off te agents albert benoist it was dark and they were there there a liong long time and came out toge together or I 1 report this not b because because I 1 have per pel bonal antipathy to miguel valera y delgado or because I 1 wish to inbur injure the good n name me of the arn american rican la dy but bees because se I 1 have eve been instructed ted to tell what I 1 know about miguel valera y delgado by people who believe he is of the anti american party pete P ere put the paper down do he could get borer at anne anna heywood he was thinking than at al anybody else m the we world ald at the borrom moment however h he a it exactly sore it w was something c th ng gasn wasn he couldn coulden t define S she h d az t k know bow what she was letting hers herself elfI in n for of course no body but a latin maybe would so be instantly tIdy suspect wp set the a worst worm t and say it n either directly or 1 by implication kiy but she ah e was w as 10 Is a latin let country oun and it wa was a time she be we was finding it out the phone rang as holwiss he was reach ina ing forit coor it he took up the e receiver calam CP lam speaking he be is aid curtly th this is in mi miss a keywood heywood speaking pt pta a d wit rag to aPolo bryte apoe gme BC far last right 11 peto aught his breath every th pals mg h I 1 ide him melted s it was 7 what her voice always did to him wont 01 you la 10 even speak to me pat fete jm borr horribly b 1 sorry rry she was bayag a 1 I just us t W wanted a is to tell tea os a so before I 1 go a out at I 1 pm in going to the valera are so sugar a f central to see them era grind the CZ cane ne anne had been sound asleep when the he P phone h on a the table rang rang 01 noisily ol illy S she he at struggled g filed tygh through the entangle le ment meet or f cac cheesecloth cheese C cloth lath phd the ello elfo be back under and ad sald aid her heart gave a little leap v it was miguel did I 1 wake you ills its 5 a good thing you yo did rm im supposed to be gain going g t to 0 your sugar mill this morning D did I 1 d you know the der darkness k ness and the dream had gone with the brilliant a n t sunlight on the liquid cobs cobalt lit balbo world r I 1 d through the window she forgot the illusory terror of the mg night h I 1 I 1 it t no longer had an any meaning as pam pain has time none when its gone it was just something shed dieato ed because shed eaten a lot of the lobster and claros clams and things loans all 11 mixed up in ishi saffron fire colored oil and rice 1 I h heard rd it 11 last night cuga when I 1 got at home hm miguel said md hot why I 1 called why not put it off until to W arz f r 14 tell him in mrs mr russell elusion poster porter is downstairs morrow so I 1 can go things my father and I 1 how have to go to po ponce cc on the south coast today I 1 d ile like to be along to show you around armund that would be wonderful anns anne said card warmly good then ill see you tonight A about a eight gh t s she put the Is phone back and sat with her feet crossed under her whistling tha g softly about eight that elauf lily was tw twelve hours ii which R gasn wasn aam t very long really she stretched lier her hands up and made little hills waves of thi thin n convex ceiling of her cheesecloth 0 box just being alive was mar a and she he have 1 to be disturbed about go going g out with diego Gon confers fers and mr r taussig it was stupid to worry about things they always worked out somehow she thought of pete and glanced at the clock it 11 was too early to call him yet she ordered break fast and got up to take a shower while she waited fu for 1 it at halfret half past pet eight the phone rang again him now she thought going over to the table but it wasn gasn I 1 it was Gl giacol graciela acol bongaro her was voice over the phone ra was high pitched it hed so that it 11 was difficult to understand D cistand her english lish wh which ch was much less fluent the than her fathers or don alvaro s eve even finally anne me made it out don alvaro and agi miguel clad had found bea before they left that they wouldn t be able todger to get back perhaps not for severe several days ays her father had asked her to call and tell anne they it d decided to go head ahead with the trip th they e would d cau call for her at eleven oc 0 clock lo 10 c it r for r an instant t E t an anne n hesitated something c e th g of ae the io feeling of the dream slipped across acress her mind as a frail wp wisp of mist amet 81 sifts gifts across a country road mad early in the morning it we was gone goes st as q quickly all tight right a she h a said ill be ready she I 1 put the be phone down picked it up again in and asked tor for headquarters ter ago is at fortress el me morro two hours la later ter she stopped at the desk to get h her at mail it eleven yet and being spanish is reliably probably be late anyway she cr crossed cossens the lob lobby I 1 I 1 y a and d sat cat down to to read ad her mothers letter D darling aggi do a Y you on remember clr aber sue lit lattimer or I 1 an saw in her et mother at lunch at the colony yes yesterday erday she says sun sue rod and her husband are do down there wh where ere you are and that sue a adores do it she a a so enthusiastic about the C country or try and the people and her he husband a 3 work mrs Lat lattimer toner heur her names something else now but ive forgotten it harint chasn t ev ever really tor given her for or mar marrying it t we was somebody porter was t it if and I 1 gather she thinks sue see is just ben being g perverse in being happy on an thirty live five hundred dollars a yer year I 1 m must u I 1 say eay the little I 1 saw I 1 of i f su sue wh when a y you u were at school toge together ther I 1 never thought the child had it in her annes eyes fastened on her IT mothers at vigorous scrawl were a little misty suddenly poor little so sue hating it like poison and too proud cold and ad too loyal to russell to isar let iler her mother other know it anne looked up not quite sure she was seeing pr properly P sue herself was training crossing is the lobby toward the desk 1 I Is mr taussig in a she asked brightly pr T tell C U him mrs rus russell porter etc is down downstairs tr she turned and saw anne her face flushed a little on oh hello anne she turned urns quickly to the telephone oper operator stor never ever mind thanks H her er smile mile as she came over to anne was too bright to be altogether conor convincing meng hw how ar are e you yau darling what a an ad adorable ra his d dress Is and d I 1 daiv love your I 1 had any am really e icel decent clothes clothe since ince my trousseau wore ou out t what at are you doing aty why d don I 1 you come out to the club Is and n P play 1 la Y golf with us bud and have ti lunch uno I 1 1 I in going out to valera central to see how they make sugar anne said mr tension taussig a going too su sues a transparent little girl a face fell oh really a y when will you be back this afternoon some time I 1 suppose 11 wh why y dont you bring him over to our ma h house a t to tea calt kahuy sue bright brightened cn instantly not N I 1 in me angel n I 1 anne replied F frankly binkly i I 1 don t ilk like me your friend d mr T and the less Isee I 1 see of thin him the better alike I 1 like him oh anne ii ne youre being perfect ly ft foul ahe T the he tears sprang to her eyes eye he thinks you re splendid intelligent and beautiful he said so the other night and even if you dont like him couldn coulden t you yen be nice to him just for fop usa us its so he horribly r bibly important I 1 don t t think he s very attractive either but birt asb anne said mr taussig was getting out of the all elevator evator he didn dian t see them until he got to the desk then he be turned and came over beaming cordially good morning mrs porter he held out of his hand ad 1 I 2 ve been becat trying to find a moment to pay a party call to thank you for one of the pleasant est laings e I 1 le e had tor for a long time he hardly more than noticed t d anne S she h sat t watching li S sue clat being I 1 a aly sa corn cornflower flow e r ey eyed ed and breathlessly eager she d hoped anne would play golf g if that morning lorsung is but it was a won darful darful really having such a mar chance to see a sugar mill and if you re rint not to too awfully II hot late ge getting eting back mr mir taussig why dont you bring anne over for less tea it seemed to anne anna to b have 0 the most enci convincing ng TP spontaneity union ead I 1 on afraid fid I 1 mo miss hayw heywood is as to too pe popular P ular to waste much of her time on an me mr taussig replied urbanely but I 1 shall certainly come with miss heywood or without her be if I 1 may Th that atwould would be lovelys love lyl su sue is crded M mr taussig turned to annat and tong aarl you miss heywood are or you ready e ad for or an educational bof tour of the island a 3 chief industry it was wonderful wonder lul anne was thinking mr taussig was a perfect emulsion of 1 paternal 11 kindness kin kird diess lesal and gentleman of all the world he probably Y felt that way too she thought just as he could stop slop and pick up a cat and stroke it w while aul e he was doing business in a deserted deserted store a on an empty street he busi imply ties ness that w whatever alever it was was sufficiently nefarious to interest an un on der ca cover agent 1 from m the war department part ment in washington I 1 on n second thought she d tell miguel about him and su sue sue was hell bent b for ams heji call it C collaboration 1 bracio she he thought might like a butterfly collaborating with a boa constrictor mr T tig ig could old be charming herr how however 0 ver when he is put h his is mind ing to it she ans was aware ol of thit sus as the big shiny black limousine with graci ela be between tween them and ad diego gon gim ele g garo in in the folding ding seat in the middle middie of the car sped it seemed armed perilously fast through the narrow c curving r road read canopied cano pied with clarn flamboe b y ants a and it indian almonds toward central at V valera a ter he a was not net doiy only charming g he us was amazingly we well I 1 informed he knew s the names 0 HL I 1 tt bathe all 11 vie the trees tree the a silk cotton tree the lignum vitae the violet tree the candle tree the he knew all the flowers too and when they stopped at the market for a moment in rl rio piedras food he h knew ka the jobo job and the sour sop th the a star apple appie and the custard apple he it knew ew the gum guinea a grass in th the said fields the a different ferent bekind kind a ot f P palms a a and the I 1 water in I 1 the river under der a narrow bridge he knew e w all fl about bom the economic struggle of the island I 1 I 1 the value of 1 time cane crop coffee pase pineapple grapefruit and tobacco lie graciela ciela re restive t under adl the th flow w of information that th wf fascinated a e d anne A e stared straight ahead I 1 of her her ber hands folded in her lap TO BE CONTINUED ED |