Show CARIBBEAN sei 0 Q 10 conspiracy vms bli 13 BRENDA R ENDA CONRAD THE SO VARI FAR anne heywood 1 lautif u I 1 daughter of cl a wealthy now new fork n newt rarer pu publisher lill sher goes goei to 0 ric nico 00 OD in in an a iss f for or b her e father bpck also on the island are pete fete wll wit 0 ox a reporter 0 on 11 her fathers at heri paper low oi a U S army intelligence officers cerl signet valera a puerto rican mean educated a the united S tates w who bo Is a secret U v B s gerit cent a and d richard elchard T ausel an engineer d those hose I 1 identity as ai a gerrman agent anne anna elps to pro prove 2 when a mr bir tau taussig s g ig often offers er the story of his activities i in n puerto tico in exchange exelia nee or some lome plans plain he bieksa be has ann go him a a emote vin villa she gets her story and army Int intelligence ellig e ce gets its iti man she has ba indicated her judgment CHAPTER he sat it at a desk in what seemed 0 an anne e a combination study and filled with cabinets and dark leavy furniture she wa waited ted a litie 1 e breathlessly for h him m to speak Us ey eyes es ware were kindly wise and in int tey understanding im going to talk very frankly ind perhaps very cruelly to you my thild he said slowly because I 1 link you are very intelligent and lear lea slighted I 1 cannot speak to my ind not clear sighted women are realists ea lists mn men romanticists 11 1 I suppose true really anne ne said 1 I dont want you to marry rny my 0 on n anne or him to marry you love him very deeply and I 1 have t i very warm and genuine feeling 0 or r y you 0 u why im speaking ayou 0 you I 1 dont want either of you 0 be unhappy I 1 ant am saying to you hat I 1 believe your father would ay it if he were here she looked at him silently the flea dea that she acceptable as t i daughter ln in law came as a shock a D spite ol of everything she knew there are many reasons before met you and talked to you it if my on had bad told me he was going to narry an american girl I 1 would lave forbidden it with all the au hority I 1 have knowing you has nde nade it difficult because I 1 have fel ived along a long time and known many P romen and I 1 know I 1 would have allen alien in love with you had I 1 been aguel I 1 should even like to have ou for a daughter it it could al rays be as it is this moment I 1 say hat very sincerely anne he came over to her and put his lands gently on her shoulders look at me anne she looked up her eyes wide and barkling par kling with tears youre very beautiful he said mere were tears bearg in his eyes too 1 I 1 dont want to see your wings dip lipped ped and your spirit dulled we mean to do it you i nean to hurt us TVs its circumstance 0 o back to your own people and your life this Is tot not it you could ot lot understand our needs need and our we could not understand ours none of us would be happy dont want you to answer me now want you to think about it it if you el ide to stay we will love you and ie e as aa kind to you as we can god oless less you my child anne clung to miguel holding her kightly in Us his arms kissing her tear bained face they were in his car on the beach cross the bay at palo decoo the bights of el morro morre dipped wavering ibbons on the dark surface of the water rater you do da love me anne dont ciu OUT he whispered oh terribly miguel 1 I know it will be hard tor for you in of ways he said gently she looked at him quickly then ie must have realized what was gong on in her mind oil all the time ind aid if he did it meant that it must le ie going on in his too miguell Ml guell you youre afraid 00 oo a rent arent you 1 I hr her 1 voice l ce was hardly more than a th isper sper he answer tor for a moment then he said 1 I am a little anne tut lut not because I 1 always ove you its because youre you I 1 want anything to lappen cappen to you youre so lovely I 1 want you to be dif erent I 1 want you to be locile and and domesticated md ind im afraid I 1 want oy my family to absorb you nd make you and try ap e hey bey he sat eat motionless tor for a while rhen he nodded slowly 1 ard id rebel and wed wed all be unhappy anne aid gently oh annel it was a desperate warl broken groan as he drew her 0 ahlm him she put her hand up and brushed ter ler trembling fingers against his bis lark hair 0 oh dont please dondl she f whispered anne sat on the porch of the gra lada her bags had gone to the lock and she was waiting her pale and her eyes dry at ast st for miguel to come and take on blier iter to the ship chip it had been harder iven than shed thought she could till see him haggard and unhappy md still hear bear his pleading voice iven after both decided his bis ether ather was right light but wed always have each othir othar anne it was the last desperate ilea of his heart 1 I love bove you so BO foure all I 1 want she shook her head it be enough tor for either of us miguel maguel and now she was going home shed written notes to everybody even pete because she want any one to see her an and d see she was unhappy the santa isabella steamed slowly through the blinding snow the dumpy gray green figure of the statue or of liberty loomed mistily ahead anne heywood pulled her beaver coat closer around her and leaned against the rail the icy flakes of snow sharp against her cheeks she was coming home in a few moments shed be in new york again her father and mother would be at the dock clock to meet her she took a deep breath and wiped the snow off her long dark lashes it was w wonderful c it was wonderful to be cold again and smell the smoke and hear bear the low bellow of fog horns and the sharp high toot of the tugboats tug boats going busily back and forth how shed ever thought tor for a minute she could leave it she 4 s w 1 I live without you yn he be w whispered his pored know the first sharp sting stinging lAg rain chilling her bones had done something extraordinary to her everything had bad fallen into place with a flesh flash of breathtaking breath taking clarity she looked back a little pain still moving in her heart her head bead perfectly clear again don alvaro was right shed have been a mess shed either have gone militantly feminist ft like the women of her mothers day who wh picketed the white house and chucked her weight about objecting to customs and manners that to her make sense or shed have given in but she have done that but it was funny how quickly the cold wintry tog fog had bad dissolved it all like an orchid when the frost touches it though not really don alvaro was right about that too it had bad got mixed into her some way softening and warming something that had bad been too brittle and cold before her spirit wax was richer than it had bad been she knew better now what uta me was about and there was a t any pain now she laughed suddenly it was marvelous to be alive and to be home again id d better writs write to pete I 1 guess she thought irrelevantly the ship nosed into the dock the sailors let down the ropes and slipped the gangplank into place anne ran across to the long ramp lo looking oldrig for her father and mother in the crowd of people waving and laughing suddenly she saw them angels Angel sl she cried oh gosh its swell to see youl her mothers mink coat was coot cool and sweet against her face and her fathers chin was rough and slightly stubbly as it always was by the end of the day its so wonderful to see youl her father blew his nose violently theres a friend of yours around here somewhere he said there he Is for a moment anne aane stood there perfectly stul still p petel etel hello annie captain peter wilcox said what on earth are you doing here he grinned ive been transferred to washington I 1 good enough tor for the front une line trencher he looked at intently for a moment mon men men then the n he grinned age again in took term her arm and elbowed her through gla th the crow crowd d to the car waiting tor for them in the wintry street outside annes home the snow enow swirled through the naked branches ol of the trees and pelted belted icily against the window panes anne stood watching it tor for a moment them thea she drew the heavy damask curtains together holding them tightly an instant before she turned and came blindly over to the sofa in front of the blazing log fire pete peta I 1 stood there watching her the long ash ot of his cigarette growing unnoticed between his bis fingers her father and mother had gone upstairs anne stood staring down at the leaping crackling flames suddenly pete jerked his cigarette into the fire and took a quick stride ward toward her he stood for a moment oking looking down at the bright be bent nt golden head then he raised hit his hands and gripped her arms anne he said look at me anne she shook her head everything inside her had dissolved into a liquid agonizing fire at the strong sure touch of his hands bands and the new determined ter mined iron in his voice 1 I cant pete I 1 cant she ahw he drew her to him and held her hard and tight against him his bis lips hot against her hair then he raised her head bead and kissed her ups she duns clung to him desperately oh petel patel what a tool fool I 1 wasl wail dont let me go ever everl the tears sprang clear from her long curling lashes and poured down her cheeks he hold held her close in ia hla his arms kissing them away youre mine anne youve always been mine I 1 live without you be whispered XI my sweet my tweet sweet she moved away a little still maing tightly to his arms and looked around her bar slowly then she looked back at hirn him don DOB alvaro alvare was right she aih said softly this Is where I 1 belong he took her in if Us his arms arm again this thia is where you belong anol and aid dont deat ever forget ILI it THE ETRE END |