The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-22
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THE LETTER


THE LETTER
,EEoRGfE vent to London to meet
~ Clifford Asher with the full de.
termination Mat she was not going
to enjoy herself.
Her head sched little and ner
eyes were red with crying.
BY the morning post she had re-
ceived lette. from her mother.
Bishop" so her mother wrote
His i'll. or irnagiles that he Is. He
insists that he must see specialist,
q German specialist. and so we are
coming to London for week or two,
and then going on to Berlin. / should
have thought there were plenty OF
good doctors out here, but Bishop is
so obstinate. (what nan is not?l and
so we are sailing next week. We
shall be staying in London. OF
course, but you must come and see
me-"
SO Bishop was I'LL George felt
sorry. Not that the big. red-faced
man with the loud voice had ever
troubled te be nice to her. but II
seemed pathetic somehow, to think
of anyone so vigorous as he always
appeared to be, having to go so far
as Germany to get cured.
She broke the news to her uncle
with great misgiving. Mothers
coming Aome," was her brief an
nouncenent.
"Home!" edward Bancroft glared
at her. what the devil Is she csm-
ling for anyway"
Bishop is H." George said.
J "Pm not surprised" There was
infinite satisfaction In her uncle's
voice. "My own brother was the
first fool she killed on. and now
she's found q second. Well. she can't
come here and you can tell her sos
Georgia smiled as she thought of
her mothers extreme daintiness
and love OF luxury; she could hard.
" imagine her In house where
there was very little comfort, and
most Indifferent cooking.
~Ghe doesn't want to come here"
she murmured.
Bancroft frowned. "And why not
q should ike to know? he demand.
ed. @Isn't this house good enough
for herr Aren't 1 good enoughf"
"It's Qui.e good enough" George
said politely.
Bancroft drew the cork from a
fresh bottle Of whisky with q loud
hang.
"Humphl Well, what's the matter
with Bishol anyway"
II don't know: he's going to Ger.
many to see q specialist"
Bancroft snorted. Germany In |
idsedI" he growled. People are ike
la lot OF sheep: one leads and they |
all follow. I hear that that fellow |
Boyd IL OF on the same track: going |
10 get his face put right or some.
thing. Twaddlei"
lEDWARD BANCROFT went on.
- satisfied that he had found 9 |
topic after his own heart.
They're all tho same. these film |
fellows. Popinjaysl They're not i
men at all: II they wera they
wouldn't curl their hair and wear
eorsets."
He doesn't curl his hair or wear
e0Esets," George said hotly, then
broke OF In confusion. conscious OF
her uncIe's suspicious eyes.
@0hl and how do you known" he
demanded.
u don't know. ct least be doesn't
look as II he does, and he got hts
face hurt by doing q very heroic
thing"
4Poohl Press stunt" Bancroft dc.
ciared. I daresay II the truths
known he got bis jaw broken in q
0rawl: you can't tell mel"
George turned away: her face
was burning with anger, and she
was afralG to trust herself TO say
any more. Edward Bancroft might
know q great deal about hrawls, but
he certainly knew nothing about
Nicholas Boyd. She went upstairs
and dressed to so 10 the station. II
was q bore. she decided. having to
meet a man in whom one was not
really interested; why did life al
ways do that sort OF thing2
"Never the time. the place and the
loved one together"--she had read
that somewhere In . book. and Itt
struck her as being painfully true.
u was q tine morning. aud London
was glorious place. but II was al
spoilt because she was going 10
meet the wrong man.