The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-19

@My coming home"
"If you thought I should. you
ought to have asked me first" was
his retort. You'll have to look after
yourself. Mrs. Drills taken the AFTER
noon on. Not that she's any good
when she's here. I'm about sick OF
her, can tell you. Sick OF every
thing"
"Pll make some tea" George
said.
She went to the kitchen and put
the kettle on the fire. She didn't
want any tea but it was something
to do; she leaned her head against
the mantelshelf and watched the
kettle with far-away eyes.
II seemed funny that there was
no longer anything she wanted to
do, no place where she wanted to go.
Tomorrow and all the tomorrows
would be the same, monotonous and
empty.
She had not said goodbye to
Bishop-he had been out when she
left the hotel, and George had been
glad.
She did not want to think about
Bishop any more. She did not want
to think about anything any more:
II would be wonderful IL one could
take q sponge and wipe everything
from ones heart and mind which
one wished to forget.
Edward Bancroft appeared at the.
kitchen door.
How long are you going to stay?"
he asked.
Georges eyes dilated.
How long" she echoed.
that's what said" he answered
irascibly. "How long are You 60
ing to stay. i've a reason for ask
ing"
And then as she did not answer.
he said
Have you quarrelled with your
mother?"
"Yes, I suppose So"
He grunted. "Pm not surprised.
! knew It would happen. She was
jealous Of you, ! suppose"
The kettle boiled over, and
George hurried to the rescue.
NXYHEN she had removed It to a
" safe place she looked at her
uncle again. @Why did you ask me
how long was going to stay?" she
asked.
His eyes seemed to avoid hers.
because I'm giving up the house."
he said.
Giving It upI"
Leaving 1t. Selling 1t If / get a
chance to sell IT." he answered tes-
tily. "rm sick of living alone. It's
no life for q dog, let alone a man."
= Where are you going to live
then? George asked family.
AT the Bears Head If you must
know. tn cost about half this place
does and q darned sight more COM
fort. Not that you'd care about it,"
II don't mind where | i've"
George said helplessly. Was there
no corner in the world where she
was really welcome?
well, you can't live there" Ban
croft said fatty. $50 you'd better
make some arrangement. You've
got your own money. and the beg
carly pittance your mother allowed
me for your board here can be added
to It daresay." He turned on his
heel and left her.
George felt dazed; somehow she
had never dreamed Of this: the Hol-
lies was an institution, she could
not imagine other people living in
its shabby rooms, she could not Inn
agine her uncle living anywhere
else.
Make some arrangement" What
did he mean by that? That he did
not want her. Of course-nobody
wanted her.
She made some tea and poured
out a cup, but left It untouched.
Make some arrangement" That
meant 10 live alone somewhere.
with only her thoughts for company.
She thought suddenly Of Clifford
Asher, the only soul in the world
who really wanted her. It seemed a
pity that she did not return his az.
lection. As he had said. they might
have been so happy together,
Until she went to America moth.
ing had ever seemed to happen In
Georgie's life, and now In the space
OF u few short months. so much had
happened mat she felt bewildered
and lost.
Nicholas would be IN Ireland by
this time; her heart seemed to melt
within her at the thought Of him.
"A common Aim man. and Tor.
gotten one ut that" 30 Evelyn had
him.
Well, there was one heart In the
world that would never forget him,
no matter how old and lonely e
might grow.
(ceprFtsAt, 1858. Doubleday Dersnl