The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-11-12
PARADISE
DAWSON.

you SupkOJ CApS'kuAu tACUCSs
Because you weren't as much
my wife then az you are now"
She frowned laughingly.
Darling, you don't look a sap,
and yet you allowed me to make q
fool Of you"
"And you're asking the reason?
Had ] rebelled, I'd have lost you"
Lost met" She was honestly
amazed. "But. Give till we left New
York that was my terror-that I'd
lose you. Il was why l shouidered
all the responsibilities. You weren't
used to marriage; was. II seemed
to me that II ] spared you wor-
ries-- But I'm anxious to hear
your side. Tell me-"
He could afford to Jest at a dan.
ger that was past.
"If you'd asked me In New York
should have replied desperately.
God pity the simp who marries Q
wife with money"
She gazed at him incredulously.
Made a rude face. Jerked her hat
over her nose and slipped back on
the cushions. Until she spoke CUR.
glingly, ne was uncertain whether
she was Disgusting tears with com.
edy.
''You funny boyi God pity the
simp who doesn't"
That evening they packed. Next
morning they were on their way to
France.
The ice Of their reticence was
broken. They explored each others
emotions. determined that nothing
must remain hidden. Santa up
braided herself with ludicrous
Vehemence.
What | deserve is the ducking.
stool"
In the face OF such abject retrac.
ton. he discouraged further intro.
spection.
much more OF this remorse," he
feigned fierceness. land ri lay you
across my knee and spank you"
"Pd kick like hell" she laughed.
On their only night in Paris she
appointed herself q penance. Moth,
Ing would do but he must conduct
her to the cafe in which he had read
the description of her wedding to
Oak.
"What a shabby little beast l
vast"
AS a corrective, he hailed pass
Ing fiacre and ordered the man to
drive to the Folies Bergere.
"Quit it, He crushed her to him.
There's no one dearer in the world.
Pm fed up with your repentance.
Twisting In his embrace. she gig,
gled: $50 am l."
That started o new chapter.
y. .en they arrived In the Basque
country the following evening. they
seemed to have become lovers with.
out a past. The sun.saturated con
tentment claimed than. Everything
seemed o Suggesting for their pas.
sion. For an entire week they forgot
time and laughed.
One day on the beach, after bath.
Ing. Give missed her. When she re
joined him at lunch. she was wear.
ing a face as long as fiddle. That
afternoon she excused herself on
the plea that she had q headache.
At five o'clock he tiptoed into her
darkened room to find It empty.
Shortly before dinner she entered
and begged him to take her to the
Casino.
"But you're not up to It."
She professed that her headache
had quite. quite vanished.
At the Casino they dined out of
doors on q terrace. rose-pink in the
light of sunset. The sea was mack.
erel.green--the horizon q Jasper
wall. A Spanish orchestra made
wild music. to which q brilliant
crowd OF spendthrifts. fortune,
hunters and respectable sight,
seers danced tumultuously.
They dawdled over coffee long
after night had gathered. Give did
his best to entertain her. She paid
him no more than a polite atten.
ton. Suddenly. with a hurried. Eek.
cuse me- she escaped him.
Having settled the bill. he hunt.
cd everywhere for her. His anxiety
had reached feyer.pltch. when he
bumped into her coming out of the
bacearat room.
20. it's you'll" Her face was
chalky. 'Pve seen enough. Best be
going"
In their room ut the hotel. over.
looking the moonlit Collie de Gas.
cogne. they undressed In silence as
though they had quarrelled. AS be
extingulshed the lights. she dug her
face In the pillow and burst into I'M
controllable sohbing.
.Rut Santa. what have | done?s
She threw her arms about him,
seeking protection.
"It's not you. It's Dicky."
Course the fellow. I'll settle his
hash. Has he taken to writing your"
"He's here. To-day l saw him."