Show al ER E 1 44 1 installment EIGHTEEN 0 T H E STORY SO 50 farl FARI karen water r son ion believing herself to tie be the heir to ti ala alagoa koa the liland island esta cicato teof ol 01 her grand rand tabar ather finds herself no heller heiress at all when ue the old gentleman tent leman garrett water son on turns up atter after a long disappear an ance c 0 meantime she he and her lawyer ba have vo been engaged la in a dispute over the right to tte the property with the tb wayne family who have been la in p douei slon ton since ilace the old man left iet many years yean before richard tonga dick wayne has hai fallen alien in love with karen as ai has hai also alio the lawyer lohn john colt COIL karen tat and nick dick quarrel and after she be deives ala 41 koa with colt dick overtakes over takei them aub and their boat to return garrett wa borez tenon tars has arrived and li in very ill kar en n back to health but ih he and lin d di dick Is have av never become r reconciled e conel led ance in c e the their ir q quarrel at r at one day kittens grandfather rand faUer tells telli dick that karen li Is go ing back to honolulu possibly bly to marry colt dick asks aiki him what he thinks think ol of that i now continue with the colt is n t lust just what I 1 would have pi picked eked I 1 certainly want to marry him myself said watterson with an effort dick rallied 1 I dont tee see why not he said 1 I think make a lovely bride 1 I suppose hell do well enough by her waterson Waters said gloomily its his stamp of crocodile that generally gets ahead of course his infernal impudence made m me kind of mad but I 1 was kind of tickled at him after I 1 thought it over you have to kind of admire a man with as much brass astvat as that I 1 there was a long silence and dick was thinking of a lot of things of 0 which he would not have wished to speak that girl is a wonderful girl waterson said so long as I 1 ever have one dime that will do the work of a nickel that girl is never going to be in want ashes something pretty special dick sweet and gentle and loyal and dick broke it up when n do I 1 sail tor for nuku anuku hiva the matter with tomorrow the Holo kals full of oil I 1 guess tomorrow will be all right CHAPTER XVI with his crew rounded up and fresh water aboard the holokai dick wayne went ashore to phone honolulu by wireless he did not suppose that his bis brothers would want him to mix in any more than they could help but it seemed only decent cenito to ask wh atthe he situation was before he left alagoa on a voyage that would keep him away tor for a matter of weeks james waynes estate embracing all of alagoa was hanging banging fire and he supposed he owed it to them to tell them where he be was going he sat at james waynes old desk up above in the house that garrett waterson himself had built and fiddled 6 ruled with the phone tor for the better part of halt half an hour before he got a connection which would do it was charles wong whom he reached at last charles wong it turned out cut was dithering in a state of mental contusion confusion and disorder 1 I ive been trying to reach you tor for two days wong chattered 1 I was about to come to alagoa everything ery thing Is terribly upset its absolutely necessary that you come here the matter now your brothers pore are absolutely unable to reconcile themselves to the will if they cannot reach an agreement with you I 1 am almost certain that they will try to break it you had better come here and talk to them as soon as possible the disturbance is unimaginable but ut al aboa is going to suffer if what was the matter with the will oh nothing sir nothing I 1 1 but naturally your brothers are very much surprised certainly you must have anticipated that they would 1 I dont even know what wha t was in the will tonga dick told him h why why you heard 6 I 1 1 I talked to honolulu since my brothers left here A considerable hesitation decorated with unrecognizable spluttering splutter ing liol noises ses represented charles bongs dumbfound ment the will gives you the controlling interest in ala koa 11 won wong finally managed to get out who me dick said stupidly yes sir air there are certain special provisions that seem intended to give your brothers a practically equal income but you are given a fifty one pei per cent interest and abao fute ute management of cl everything im supposed io to run the whole cockeyed thing you control it yes sir the cattle production and the plantations and the mills everything there was much more to it and a good deal of it dick was unable to understand from charles bongs disorganized explanations dick supposed that he could not expect to understand der stand james waynes dispensa eions la in detail until he be had bad had a thorough consultation with a whole board of attorneys but the main intent was clear james W wayne ayne had put tonga dick in control of alagoa but I 1 think your brothers are going to try to break the will charles wong finished they arent going to break anything dick answered 00 A karen waterson was waiting aboard the he holokan when die dick finally went aboard no sir firmy my personal belief la Is that it really cannot be done after that it was still necessary tor for tonga dick to explain to charles wong that he could not come to honolulu yet that he was going to nuku anuku hiva A good deal of expostulation attended that but wong could not persuade tonga dick to change his mind this thing will be in probate a couple of years yet dick concluded two or three weeks going to make any difference alter after he had hung up the phone he sat for some time with his elbows on james waynes desk it was very difficult for him to comprehend the full meaning of what had happened he was convinced that no ability of his own had decided james wayne it must have been simply that no one could have known his brothers well without tec recognizing z ing zing that they were futile and indecisive men it was strange to think that this desk where james wayne had sat so many years was now his own that he was supposed to 14 sit there and so manage james waynes conceptions of alagoa that they should be brought to ultimate freiti fruition 0 n plenty of bes beside ide john colt would be waiting to swallow alagoa up it if he should fail and he did not believe that any of them could bi be expected to do well by ala koa it made him feel undersized and unready but he could not imag ine failure not in the long run presently h he took up the phone again and began trying to reach various people in honolulu lawyers mostly the holokai was waiting ready to sail but she had to wait most of the day was gone before he had made sure that he really mired dared take the time to sail to nuku anuku hiva as he had promised garrett waterson to do karen waterson was waiting aboard the holokai when dick finally went aboard his astonishment at finding her there was so complete that at first he did not know what to say to her my grandfather tells ms me karen said maid that you are sailing almost any hour now 1 I have to go to nuku anuku hiva ahlva for him 1 I k know now I 1 have learned quite I 1 A bit a about b ut island affairs while hes been sick be surprised how much I 1 know about how things are done in the south seas he still know why she had bad come aboard the holokai but he be want to ask looks like good weather he offered the holokai ought to make good time 1 I hope you have a dandy trip thanks but you intending to touch at honolulu before you sail south he started to tell her that he was not but checked himself why do you ask 1 I 1 was hoping give me a lilt lift my grandfather w will ill get along very nicely now I 1 think of course hed be glad to take me to honolulu an on the sarah but he ought not to go to sea tor for another ten days day s yet and he simply wont go ashore and I 1 think I 1 would like to get away he knew that one ol of Ala koas little litile cattle boats could give her passage to honolulu in a day or two but she seem to know this and he decided not to mention it of course IU ill be glad to take you to honolulu she smiled a little 1 I knew you would in fact I 1 even had my baggage put in the cabin that too somewhat surprised him but he only said well weigh anchor soon 1 I think karen said ill go below and take a nap if you don dont t mind there been an awful lot of sleep to be had aboard the sarah when she had gone below and curled up on dicks own bunk tonga dick found that he be was bitterly disappointed he had bad supposed that the trip to honolulu would give him a chance to talk to her again but she might lust just as ai well have tor for the cattle bott boat if 11 she was going to sleep the voyage out by the time they were well out beyond the coral dick was trying to think of a plausible excuse tor for waking her up he rigged a tray with a fish sandwich a stalk of eel cel ery a whisky soda a glass of 0 iced coffee and a cup ot of tea and carried it back to her bunk karen had bad to smile when he roused her to offer the silly assortment it seemed to him that she looked astonishingly bright and tresh fresh for or someone so much in need of sleep 1 I really think want any of this junk he admitted 1 I want to talk to you karen thais really a very attractive tray karen said 1 I dont see how anyone could resist it I 1 think I 1 would like a dry martini go to thunder said tonga dick alsten Li stenI I 1 want to tell you something well you remember the night when I 1 boarded the seal and made you come back to alagoa Ala koa could I 1 ever forget it you were ex extremely piratical and unpleasant I 1 could have killed you 1 I know then that you were running off to honolulu to marry john colt but I 1 was afraid you were I 1 really think that it would do your precious grandfather any good to bring you back I 1 was pretty sure he even recognize you and I 1 know its none ot of my business who you marry but sometimes when people do something in a hurry it turns out to be a in mistake interference with other peoples affairs is usually a mistake not what I 1 meant im not sorry I 1 turned the seal As it turned out it actually did pull old garrett waterson through I 1 think for heavens sake sit down said karen you make me nervous swaying around like that dick sat down on the edge ot of th the bunk theres still plenty oi of urn time tor for you to marry john colt you may as well know karen said that im not going to marry john colt but you were going to I 1 I 1 you yes I 1 was going to I 1 was hurt and angry and disgusted with the whole thing I 1 wanted to get away from alagoa and everything about it to marry john seemed a quick and complete escape but im glad now that you turned the seal he studied her carefully to see it if 6 she he meant tor for him to draw encouragement from that but decided that she he did not karen seemed immensely detached my grandfather thinks that he sent colt back to honolulu karen went on but he did not I 1 was the one who who sent him back the raid on alagoa is over dick 1 I should imagine dick said ironically that have another C hance chance at it later garrett waterson going to live forever karen flushed faintly 1 I wish you WO talk like that when garrett waterson Is dead dick pointed out your case will be as good as avei ever 1 I be interested karen said 1 I see things differently now when john colt first worked out ou our plan lor for claiming alagoa it seemed daring and romantic very adventurous and all that sort of silliness but that was when garrett waterson was just a forgotten name lies hes real now and I 1 know him and I 1 me like him and he is my own grandfather I 1 be able now to try to discredit his name the way you feel now two weeks ago you felt differently and in two weeks more probably feel differently agate again 1 I thought you might be afraid ot of that karen said but you dont need to be not any more I 1 have a present tor for you dick she hunted around for or her handbag found it and produced a piece of paper this Is for or you he unfolded the sheet and glanced at it it was closely written in karens own hand at the bottom was the huge scrawling signature ot of garrett waterson Water sou witnessed by St ahlquist and karen waterson Water soa hersell herself TO BE CONTINUED |