AWHM ep35 Jeffrey and Hero Mistaken For Intruders

A float with Henry Morgan. Jeffrey Hunter and the Negro, hero, escaped successfully from the convict camp in the swamps. But Jeffrey is suddenly stricken down with a dreaded fever, becoming unconscious. Hero carries him to a hiding place which he finds amongst the branches of an old tree.

Meanwhile Kitty, who has complete faith in Jeffrey, waits for him to rescue her. The atts, knowing of Morgan's immediate departure, desserts from the flying gull. And the next morning from the hillside sees to his satisfaction Morgan ships putting out the sea.

And then for Kitty's horror he joins Kitty and Dolores in hiding. Two days pass, days in which Hero tries to break the fever which brings Geoffrey so close to death, days in which Kitty waits in vain for Geoffrey to come, believing at last that he has deserted her.

Then comes the evening when Viet Telta that the ship has arrived to take them to Cuba, and she realizes she is now beyond all aid. The next morning, Jeffrey awakens weak but cure, and insists that hero take him to the Stone Hut.

But upon reaching there, he finds Kitty is gone, and the huts empty. Gone. And I promised Kitty I'd come and rescue her. There was nothing you could do, Mrs. Jeffrey. You were mine to seek me.

Why did I have to be struck down like that? It was that cursed fever. It's the fever that kills most men when they work in the swamps. Well, I've not been able to find those leaves and herbs.

You wouldn't be here with me now, Miss Jiffrey. I would rather have died than have let Kitty down. You couldn't understand here. You don't know what happened. I only know you had a friend in the hut.