The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-12-02
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see You, not us. Struts like @,
rooster. You must have noticed how
he expects me to walk ont when he
arrives. 7 might be the ofice-bey
shopping on q directors meeting.
His attitudes q Joke: but q joke
repeated too often IS. annoying,
Wasn't our arrangements that yea
were to get rid OF him gradualIy9''
she cuddled her chin against her
shoulder.
at was. But Dfcky sticks like
gum. Hgs SO dependent digs his
toes into you. He's ike q enid in
ia dark room-frightened"
Frightened nothing." Give
fsnorted. Works the only thing
he's afraid Of"
"But he is working"
at what?"
Theatrical producing
Give roaFed with laughter.
Hes playing you for suckex
The only work hen ever do Is
picking up chorus girls"
"If that were true" she stihened.
latter al the pity I've layished on
him But It's cfly surmise."
The good work continued. Gives
first married Christmas was spoiled
by the prosperous penitent's In.
clusion. Santa excused his presence
on the ground that it was the sea-
son OF peace and goodwill.
Give thought up fresh arguments,
but TO utter them seemed futile. He
grew secretly anxious. He compared
This lot to that Of the gullible hus.
bands in the Decameron. He was
well aware that the impartial yer.
dict would be that he was being
hoodwinked. The only man he could
trust to be lenient IN his judgment
was another dog-Fido-so he con
suited his father-in-law.
Mr.. Dawn chuckled.
"Lile mother, Ike daughter. An
women are cheats. Pleasant cheats
|Self-deeefved cheats. Cheats. never
theiess. Which being the case. II
you don't want to become single
let her live through her frenzy"
Give Biz his lips ana watched
more closely. At the right moment
he would come down like a ton Of
bricks.
Santass frenzy was progressive.
To evangelize Dicky whom she had
doubly wronged by marrying and
divorcing. became for her q sacred
mission. The vivisecticn Of his soul
stimulated her to exaItaf1on. Give.
clad in pyjanas and aching for
sleep. played audience TO her rap.
lures. Nightly the serial story OF
DlcKy's groupings toward righteous
ness was indicted on him.
She had been talking an hour.
His mind had wandered. when she
startled him into alertness.
"You were right about chorus.
girls. rye gouged q confession: he
makes Lou-Lou an allowance"
Give sat up In the darkness,
grinning broadly.
that's the best news I've heard
IN q long whiie.s
she initiated his example by pop
ping up.
"How's II good nsws?"
'It's good news to me-" he in.
sisted. II could take a drink on It"
%Bdt you don't realize" Her
yoicg became awe-struck. "Dicky
wouldn't make any woman an allow
ance for nothing"
That's precisely what do real
Ire" IN hia JOY he embraced his
wife. Here's luck to her digginels
She pushed him aside.
Either yoa don't understand or
you're disgusting"
From then on, Santa began Co.
attr1bufs 70 Loa-Lon fresh crimes.
She made her the scapegoat tor
Dicky. IN the proportion that she
was black, no was white. The theft
of the pcloc0at was remenbersa
and the fact that she might have
been quotsd aa correspondents Her
father was q plumber. Her HAIR
was tinted No one would have
dreamed of her as an actress IN.
less Dicky had backed her with
money.
Give in an inspired moment yisu.
allied LourLou az an ally, n he
could persuade her to PUN ON hss
end o. the rope he might yet win
THU tsRg-of.war agaimat Santa ana
her hrst husband.
r. Il was gorgeous for Santa TO
hold sSances with Dicky. II would
b equally gorgeous for himself to
conspire with Lou.Lou. Even
though Dicly were no mors 10 Ian.
Lou than = meal ticket. these night.
" revival.meetiugs threatened her
dcniinion. A eAastenea Dicky. ar.
rayed in white robes. would certain
iy give her the go-hy.
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