Show installment FIVE erlb STORY SO FAB FARI t karen water son on convinced by her lawyer john colt that she be has hai a claim to the island estate and fortune 0 0 ol 01 I 1 her grandfather garrett waterson arrives rr ives in honolulu to attempt to gain fain control of the property here the meets richard wayne or tonga dick As ai he la Is known throughout the he south pacific re he Is a ni member a aber ol of the W wayne a 3 family that b has been in control of her grandfathers island alagoa since the old mans mani disappear disappearance an c e although tonga dick knows 0 we who she Is karen attempts attempt to conceal her identity I 1 from r om him dick a offers to take her sailing and she acce accepts t a dick himself has not taken much of an interest in the island estate but his all hall half brothers ernest and wll wil lard are very worried lest hare kaneni s kl claims be valid next day as dick ta takes e s karen salting galling she learns that he knows who she Is and that he be Is taking her to 0 alagoa she wants to go back to honolulu but he refuses to take her although w I 1 Is thrilled by the tie sight of the deep IN ker I 1 island land alagoa karen Is afraid ot of ant awaits her here dick finds that his bis uncle james wayne Is very III when dick sees him james wayne Is upset over the rending pending suit for the island and tells dick he be will under no circumstances cum curn stances come to a settlement now cont continue Jnue with the story CHAPTER V A slim hawaiian girl called lilua had bad shown karen her room and now this girl was back again tapping at the door panel yes mister dick wants to know it if you would like to have coffee with him uncertain karen waterson opened thedoor the door tonga dick was surely the last person in the world she wanted to see As she hesitated lilua moved across the room and closed a casement that karen had opened and karen experienced a sharp annoyance there was no air of service in the hawaiian girls movement or in her face rather there was a faint irony in lileas s eyes as if she con descended to assist a helpless person who know how to take gare are ot of herself at Tj Karen arn put a cigarette into an ebo y holder lighted it and studied lilua impersonally lilua had the creamy brown skin of the pure hawaiian her softly waved hair black as any night was drawn back over her ears brushed severely how old are you karen asked suddenly lileas unwavering eyes seemed amused eighteen how old are 3 kru if karen had conceived lilua to be in any way less than her equal that idea was ivi evidently dently not shared by lilua lulua karen turned away somewhat older she said ly tell mr wayne I 1 will come ill show you where he is lilun said karen turned to look at her im celled ailed 1 by that steady gaze youre taa lad d to see sea him back arent you maren M et aren r en s said aid lilua hesitated perceptibly but her quiet voice did not change as she answered 1 I seen him for two years karen her annoyance unaccountably increased fo followed lloyed lilua through the house bouse dick wayne was stretched out before the fire in the big room whose immense doors opened upon the valley and the tog fog lilua immediately crossed the room to close those doors dick rose looking apologetic 1 I hope make yourself comfortable for table h here re im sorry if you feel ive made mad L things a awkward aka d tor for you I 1 think ill be able to ti time e you back tomorrow tomorio dw goo good in the stiff silence between them lilua came and stood in front of dicks chair looking at him steadily dick you must be careful of this night I 1 dont like this night at all E kakani aganet ke kau mat mal la Is ke bakal 0 rude lilu dick stopped her er you know she cant understand that allua cast a contemptuous glance at karen and she did not trans she went on in english pretty soon the clouds are going to rise higher and the wind is going to blow through and then it is going to rain and even the rain is going to be a bed bad rain dick pulled at his cold pipe his eyes morose upon the fire dont think much of it myself he admitted the wrong gods are walking lilua said now the right gods anever walk here any more remember how we used to hear them walk ing but they walked here for a long time something else is here instead sometimes I 1 can feel it coming near and tonight it is very close terribly close and even the dog Is afraid dick wayne stirred restively perhaps he thought he knew what it want awas as that wai was near dear but he want to look at it yet better ge gc git some sleep licul 11 dick this iss Is a wrong time wrong time tor for what dick snapped at her lilua glanced at karen but what the ahe said next was unintelligible dick lilua said kai ale ale has been teen seen again he been seen been dick he been seen since my grandmother died dick wayne took time to explain this to karen theres a big shark he put in in aside that the natives think is a god ive never 1 I suppose it amuse 9 you karen said to make out that in grandfather was a great tool seen it but they swear its as big as a ship 1 kal ale ale aie Is here again allua said sa d and theres another thing the red mullet in allet are running dick ever since the islands first came out ou of the sea when the red mullet have run a king has died better go on to bed now lilu dick said you wont want me any more tonight no we have everything well need I 1 think leua stood motionless a moment more are you sure yes yes of coursel when lilua was gone tonga dick wayne sat looking into the fire saying nothing and karen found herself unwilling either to look at him or to speak do all your servants call cal lyou you by your first name karen asked at last dick frowned a little she exactly a servant her hei people were a very proud people masters of this island before any haole ever saw it and she ashes lived here all her life and ive known her all her life 1 I dont believe karen offered that that girl has had t her ter eyes off of you one moment since youve been in this house dick wayne looked startled huh you dont mean to tell me that you notice that for a moment dick looked worried bunch of nonsense he said can it be possible karen asked that she believes all that that stuff of course different races have different ways of talking about the factors that make things happen well dick hesitated and visibly shifted ground well it seems to me extremely remar remarkable kable that you and I 1 are sitting here tonight together by this fire it is through no wish of mine karen said im sorry I 1 still cant understand why youre not interested for one thing this might very well have been the house in which you were born the room you are to sleep in tonight might have been the very room 1 I thought of that theres a lot of history in this old house dick went on of course the most interesting part of it or at least the most highly colored goes back to your grandfathers day before you were born at au all before the waynes came in in his day the house was never silent and empty as it is now you waynes have certainly turned it into a tomb im sorry sometimes he said that those old days are gone there are things that are rigid and dull too about the wayne regime she looked at him and the shared moment broke up how do you know au all this the waynes were very close friends of garrett waterson to the of the waynes karen said with repressed bitterness tonga dick shook his head not in denial but in objection your giand grandfather father ended up utterly broke you see he was the last of the great old catch as catch can traders island trading was a tough game after the sandalwood gave out but garrett waterson had a tremendous robust energy and he made himself two or three fortunes but all that was over a good many years before he sold alagoa I 1 doubt if he had made a cent tor for at least a decade he had no business judgment even his ownership of this island was an accident he won alagoa in a poker game with the native king and even that was partly by mistake histake in because he thought he was gambling for just the fishing rights he was actually astounded when he found out he had won it all 1 I suppose it amuses you karen said to make out that my grandfather was a great tool fool you mind dick smiled you and john colt are trying to establish that he f was an imbecile karen bit her up lip she was silent for or a full minute and when she spoke she took an entirely new tone 1 I 1 have no idea what you expected to gain by bringing me here but you are here dick said wearily because john colt sent you cruising with me to find out some things he know YOU you cant imagine it but certain affairs are a good deal more important to me than john colts spying processes process ca it if you think karen snapped at him that either john colt or I 1 have the least interest in you whatever 1 I think you have said dick 17 for or one thing I 1 can tell you this your case Is never going to come to trial its already on the calendars calen darl nobody can stop it now 1 I can tonga dick told h her er ask yourself karen just what john colt is so anxious to learn karen waterson flushed she could have ignored the cool conviction of dick waynes words but no now s she he johw was wondering just what john colt had suspected and feared feare 1 that had made him so unnecessarily curious about tonga dick and she was wondering why she herself had ever been such a fool as to match wits with this cool hard bitten man whose purposes she could not understand it seemed very long ago that tha t she had made herself believe that she could conceal her hev identity from tonga dick it if youdon you doit tt mind mandt Z karen said 1 I think I 1 shall go to bed now tonga dick let her go CHAPTER VI in his own room dick wayne found foun d a little fire burning brightly and he wished belatedly that he had asked a karen if a fire had bad been laid for her he did not know that lilua had put karen in n almost the only room in the house that had no fireplace at all A heavy lei of golden ginger blossoms blossome hung on the toot foot of the bed the blossoms filled the whole room with a spicy fragrance heavy and pungent ge n t instantly dick knew who had made that lei and put them there and tor for a moment he was troubled then on an impulse he picked up the le lei i and went walking through the house he recognized karens room when he came to it by the crack of light under the door he knocked and the door was opened here he said pressing the let lei into her hands he was unable to keep a shade of irony out of his voice aloha he turned and went back to his roam room he halt half expected to hear her door slam behind him but it did not dick stripped to his shorts and put out the lights As he flung flang himself between the cool sheets the many voiced wind was drowned by the swift rush of rain first a whisper then a drumming roar st as water katr beat against walls and casements by sheets and buckets the rain was still coming down in torrent upon torrent as he went to sleep he was awakened by the touch of 0 a hand upon his shoulder and though it was a gentle hand it was so dripping wet with cold rain that the shock brought him bolt upright the fire still burned its slim flames twisting and hissing from the spatter of rain in the chimney and by its light he sa saw that ulm was there what the devil Is this dick lilua said you have to get up happened Is there anything wrong something is terribly wrong lilua said something ng has happened its happened just now within the last ten minutes oh lord he got up then and turned on the lights im sorry to wake you up dick but I 1 tell you I 1 know dick pulling on his flannels looked at her curiously she had dropped to the floor the huge tl ti leaf with which she had sheltered her head as she came running through the rain and her hair bushed wildly about her shoulders her eyes were no longer quiet but alive with a terror she was helpless to control in another moment there was a quick gulch fluttery tapping at the door and a thin little voice outside was ca calling illig mister dick I 1 mister hickl TO BE CONTINUED |