“Ah, let me see—Nevada?”
She shook her head.
“California?”
“Still farther west.”
“It can’t be, or else I’ve forgotten my geography.”
“It’s your politics,” she laughed. “Don’t you remember ‘Annexation’?”
“The Philippines!” he cried triumphantly.
“No, Hawaii. I was born there. It is a beautiful land. My, I’m almost homesick for it already. Not that I haven’t been away. I was in New York when the crash came. But I do think it is the sweetest spot on earth—Hawaii, I mean.”
“Then what under the sun are you doing down here in this God-forsaken place?” he asked. “Only fools come here,” he added bitterly.
“Nielsen wasn’t a fool, was he?” she queried. “As I understand, he made three millions here.”