The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-06
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UNPREoIcTAeLE PATSY

MISS RAoULS fury was short
ava lived Before she had crossed
Brandish Place she was laughing.
Whose fur flew first?" size de
manded in perfectly easy English.
"His. I think, but can't be sure.
The ehattering little ape!"
"Mark-or your"
Mark, OF course! may have the
face Of monkey but he has the
soul of one and it was our souls we
were discussing"
"I heard you"
1T is a great pity + lost my tenn
per in front of the other man."
But I'm not paying you to work
up an affair with him." pointed out
Leila sweetly. I'm any case-he
wants to marry someone who
doesn't want to marry him and
nothing makes a man more blind
and deaf to every other specimen
Of exquisite young womanhood.f >.
No, not meaning me. intended to
marry him; but I never thought I
cared about him. Neither did he.
So we're friends, instead"
What is this girl OF his like?
Beautifully"
YES" admitted Leila. "She's the
most beautiful girl I'VE ever seen.
And clever. And good. And a
fool"
ANY clever woman is a fool to
be good" declared Miss Raoul.
tloning briskly into the Park. why
won't she take Armitage?"
"She loves Mark Lodely."
Miss Raoul emitted a screech OF
laughter.
And whom does Mark lover"
Mark"
Hurry up! commanded Miss
Raoul. Il have to go to Malavie's
before the theatre. hope he has
anished your Marks studio because
my place must be re.done at once.
I've just decided It,"
That day we first met, in New
York, you told me It was perfect"
That was because was in New
York. was homesck. | was in d
condition to say anything. The mo.
ment ! got back / saw that the
whole atmosphere is wrong. It tries
10 tone me down. It almost apollo
gises for me. That's fatal. I want
q setting that will make the most
Of my ugliness. They say Malavle's
might be able to do t."
Il don't think so. His studio for
Mark was not particularly inspired.
Divans. screens, all the usual clut.
ter. Patsy. wish you'd try this
girl instead"
Which girl%
Leila tried to recapture discre.
ton.
"The girl who decorated and fur
nished my home in the country. IT'S
been enormously admired. And she
did our fat here In Town or some
OF e. She's the cleverest kid-she
designs my clothes, too"
Il wondered where you got
them: felt sure you couldn't AFFORD
them from the big shops and you
need a lot OF dressing" Miss Raoul
tossed her pochette into the air and
caught II again. II an een-spee-ra-
ton have, as SO quantity say In
my jargon. The money you're pay.
ing me to vamp Mark is Just about
what Malavie's will ask for doing
the whole OF my house. Pay me half
and the girls fee. instead. What's
her Manner Sc
Barbara Quentin"
els that her real manner" -,
To her own surprise Leila threw
up her head,
Quentin has been q west-coun.
try name for centuries. SO has Lode
~. They don't heed to assume
them"
The next instant she regretted
the fash OF spirit
We'll now. my name isn't Raoul.
It isn't even Patsy. I long for Lon.
don when I'm in New York and for
Paris when I'm in Berlin-Fm at
home nowhere except on the boards
and rye been pelted on them. twice.
and shall be again."
Mss Raoul seized the door or q
taxi which happened to be cruising
past. and hurled herself inside. Be.
fore Leila could move away. her