The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-11-26
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i 3 day. including Sundays and holi.
days. That's two hundred and thirty
> week. A thousand q month. Think
Of It! l. darent SLOUGH. It's up 70
me to prove worthy"
Which means working the old
head over time in the eYenings?'
'Fraid scat least at the STAR"
Cant ] help?"
He was touched.
"You can't typewrite and take
shorthand"
Girls more dumb than am can"
"True." He took her face between
his hands. But they're trained
dumb-bells. rye seen samples Of
your spelling. Hesides-s
Besides nothing" Her earnest
ness increased at his refusal. I'm
turning oyer Q new leaf. RS cot
shown sufficient interest in you. I'm
Intelligent.
you're better than intelligent
He drew her to him. Have you any
idea how few sweet girls there have
ever been in the world? Helen Of
Troy. Cleopatra. Joan Of Arc, Ven
Gwynapd now there's you. You're
q work Of art. | wouldn't permit yon
to blunt your fingers banging type.
writer. No. sir. At 4 pinch ri hire. "
Over dinner resumed her plea.
How would 1t suit you to be
merely dec0rativey In 4 way that's
what you were while you were OUT
Of employment. You didn't sArd i.se
so hot. From the time yon Leave ne
in bed in the morning till yon re-
tiirn, / fritter.
aFor ilstance?"
Washing my hair. MAnicuring
my nails. Getting into mischief iii
shops"
"But you have the housekeeping.
Don't be futile, Give. I tidy up
our bedroom: the maid does the
rest. ! plan one meal. Now II
were learning to typewrite an day
I'd be doing something for you. I'd
have purpose. How long would /, /
take to learn"
Il don't want yon TO learn"
Being bossy again" She shook
finger.
He tried to change the subject.
Talking about being bossy. do
you remember the agreement we
made last night. that eYerything's
going to be not me or ron. but us?
Now hat I'm earning an income
large enough to provide for both Of
iis-"
You've only been earning IT q
day" She winked at him.
Nov that 1 am" he refused to
be diverted. "lfow about moving out
from this shelf In . cupboard and
renting a real home? BY a real
home mean a place where people
don't live beneath you and above
you. Where ynp can make . noise
without receiving complaints from
the janitor. Where you can be III
without being hung iito the streets
like carrion. ! mean the kind OF
place where yon can have an open
fire, your own cellar and your own
coal"
cit sounds sweet" she beaned,
especially the cellar. Have you
some particular place in mindi"
mot at the moment"
"And keep chickens, I suppose.
and bnrn our OWE garbagei but
where, Cliye? I'm all excited
There's heaps Of country round
New YORK"
She feigned disappointment.
well, when you've decided. let
me know. But about my learning
to type
Heavens, Santal Can't you con-
centratels
That's what I am doing. darling.
We we're speaking Of typing first."
'But to possess home Is more
important" He struggled 10 hold
her attention. II home would keep
ycu fully occupied. We'd have 4
garden. Thers'd be seeds TO
plant"
"And wouldu't, ] look cnts.. abe
laughed, pushing q lawnmcwer9"
The telephone tinkied before he
could retcrt.
''I'll answer it, she sprang uu.
As she passed. she pafted his head.
"Oid funnyl"
Left to himself. he stared at the
table-cloth. The old sitnation was
beginning. Despite their over.
whelml6g atsecsiOn. Il seemed inn
possible FOR them to see eye to ere.
She complained that her life was
He suggested means
Of making It natural She hardly
listened. Was II that she didn't
credit him with grain Of common.
sense? 4,
She was calling. He found her at
the telephone. one hand mufning the
AZ sound ar his ap-
preach she turned bresthiessly.
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