The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-11-08
PARADISE
DAWSON.

Au01AhAs - JOA ASNASN ~ A~eS
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you're newly married. Madam"
She beamed on him.
son our honeymoon. How did
you guess?" Then, gathering cour-l
age, "My husband works in New
York. Our wedding presents and ev-I
erything are stiil in Chicago. You
won't mind, will you, II send for
them and get the furniture settled
In hefore-well. before I introduce
you to my husband?"
Santa had tasted forbidden fruit:
she returned to face Give aglow
with this hidden knowledge. She
was loving him In her own way
which was wiser way than his. she
was sure. II she couldn't spront
wings and wear the snow-whitei
muslin Of an angel. she could al
least put roof over his head. She
owed him so much.
At the hotel-desk when she In
CURED for the key to her room, she
was informed that her husband had
already taken Il.
Give opened 90 her tap.
Darling. you look glorious. What
on earth have you been doing? rye
been waiting for you an hour" .
AS he unfastened the fur from
about her neck and relieved her OF
her jacket. she assumed her most
artless and entranced expression.
"Been walking through the
spring. Been telling myself I'm
alive. Been telling myself the most
wonderful fairy-taie-that you're
my husband"
She hLmmed 70 herself an he
went on his knees before her. She
hummed 70 prevent herself from,
crying. Her heart was swelling.
What had she done to deserve such
devotion-this knightly figure min,
istering 20 her? She was Q hard
boiled little BIT Of fun whom God
had created beautiful. Tomorrow
she would wire to Chicago for the
furniture. What fun she'd have ar. !
ranging home for hint [
She read everything that was
passing In his mind. She wouldn't
have found him absurd II she could
have brought to their union an
equal freshness.
"Sit here" she commanded.
When he had occupied her chair.
she pumped herself In his lap with
the coyness OF q fapper. "Youi
think I'm cold. I'm not I'm
astounded. You're so different from
other husbands"
The old subject, Dicky. popping
up like a jack-in-the-box!
you're afraid Of something" hej
accused her.
She pressed his cheek.
"0f ridicule. I couldn't bear that
anyone should laugh at as. You
have the oldest power over me-
"How oddf"
"Away from you I'm business
like. The moment I'm with you. L
long to be foolish"
"But you're ashamed OF being
foolish even when we're alone"
She hid her face in the hollow OF
his neck.
ASHAMED that the past ever hap
pened."
The evening following. on his 70.
turn from the ONCE. Give paused at
the hotel newsstand 10 buy Q pa
per. A bell-boy touched bis arm,
informing him that Q lady was wait.
ing to see him. He found her dis
creetly parked behind 0 collection
OF palms. Her face seemed familiar.
but In her street.clothes he failed
to recognize her. She addressed him
Indignantly.
"It's a scandal what you're doing
to Santa"
He was taken aback.
"And pray. what am doing7"
Gives tone became icy.
"But haven't you any manhood
When her husband ilnds out
II get you" Give laughed 70
conceal his annoyance. "But l think
You owe me an explanation"
"You'rs right Two nights ago
I'd been dining and dancing IN the
restaurant downstairs--"
| Give cut her short.
SNOW I remember ycu. You're
the girl who held the revolving door
against us as you were passing out.
You mean well--that's why ] trou-
BILE to talk 70 yon. Santa divorced
Oak: Oak didn't divorce her. So
wasn't the correspondent ] have
| every right to be with her."
| "By Gollyl" n her relief the girl
clutched his arm. "Are you telling
| me you're marriedf-
4 Scarcely anybody knows Il. Even
her parents don't II you're anx.
ious to make mischief"
| "Dont be an idiot. II there's
nothing phony. why not publish
your secret?"
i Suddenly Give glimpsed an ally.
"come upstalrs and say that to
Santa"
The girl twisted on her heel.
Eve had enough OF playing th,
good Samaritan
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