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

Nelly wen, on, lyon won't svsl
see him az i any more than Ishail
ever see yon. Ships that pass IN
the night that's what we are"
"But / shall see you aslain.'
George said quietly. y want you
20 come and stay with me iG you
WILL"
stay With your
The two girls looked a. one anoth.
or silently for o moment then sud
denly Nelly began to weep. ~You
don't really mean Il. 1 know II we
hadn't had to share cabin you
wouldn't have spoken 70 me at all.
| It's kind Of you to say gOun ask Lie.
but I know you won't when it comes
to the point"
81 don't think you know much
about anything" George said comic.
ally. you've got everyone and eF.
erything all wrong, Life isn't hall
so bad n you won't let II be. Ana:
George went on positively, You're
quite wrong II you think I'm in.loye
with Mr.. Boyd"
Nelly climbed into bright pink
pyjamas.
Alright, have II your own way"
she said. sFm going to bed"
"And when VIII you come ana
stay with mei I'll give You my adj
dress before we land, and You must
let me know when you are free"
"Weekends are my only time"
Nelly said; she sat on the side OF the
bed, enc feet already ander the
sheet. II SAY. do Jon mean it2e she
asked again tensely.
SOk course ! do
The foot came out again, and Mel,
" took an impHlsiVe dive across the
narrow cabin and dropped q half.
shamed kiss on Georges cheek,
"Weil. you're decent she said.
Goodnight
She disappeared beneath the bad
clothes.
GEORGE finished undressing and
- lay down. She had never felt
more wide awake in her life.
MANY . better man than he II
has gone overheard just before the
boat gets in-" Nelly's words haunt.
ed her.
Il was al nonsense Of cOurae;
Nicholas Boyd was not that sort Of
man--not Q coward! and yet, well
he certainly hadn't much left to hys
Cor, not now. He wasn't anybody
any more, and Il was quite possible
that eEen his wife had turned him
down.
How could . woman be 80 eyaeig
A woman who had shared bin sne.
cess tea. Geergie's haagt aehe1 foF
the man whe ha6 sid - her 80
quietly. ane witAonf . sestiga os
selespsty, You're q llEtle fool, Robin,
q bigger little fool than even { took
you for Il yen can squeeze out q
single tear Cor an agiy, Scared deyil
who has toppled on hss hrass pin
nacle into pbscurity,~
That was the only time be bad
ever spoken about himself 20 her;
no. ne was not 4 coward. Life might
hare knocked him down, bnt George
was sure 4 could nsyer master him;
be would take up the broken thsaads
and make something Out OF them,
even II be had q DO Il alone.
eBnt ! beIiexe ! shah be there %
help him, : she told hsrnelf. ssome-
thing tn me tells me quite surely
that ahail be there TO help him"
She fell asleep at last. fun OF
quiet confidence the only trouble
being thar when she awoke next
morning lie did not seem quite 30
simple. IS
She could not End Nicholas though
she hunted the decks for him.
Il was raining q little and the seq
vas grey and rather ehoppy.
People we're packing and the
gnngways and passages we're al
ready stacked with Bic trunks ana
snit-cAses.
George wandered about on
soyd's deck peeTing RI the lahels on
ail the BIG trunks fshe was sure that
Nicholas would have quantities OF
iuggagel but when at LAST she found
q trunk that bore his name. a was
simply labelled London And
London was such . bis plaeel
Her amelia had once told her thar
n d man wished 70 hide. Il vas eater
20 50 oHt az bis own houss and into
the ene Rext aooF than q 60 % Lon,
don an0 hops 60 he loas. but % the
ogheF hand MrA L1Ovalock wh0
cooked and cleaned the honse and
got heT own way IN everything. had
always declared that melody could
ever tlne yon In L.ondon u you
didn't want them 20.
sYen cen walk about Lonaon Ter
a monkh and nsveR see . soul yOa
know" she had once told George.
~London's the loneliest place In the
world Tor al that it's supposed to
bars ava million people In II.
fcopwseAs. 1858. Doaeisaap Doranl
Nlshelss ssSssss oaersls's fslsna.