The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-06-12

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quite glad when the time cssns sor,
her departure.
Nobody considers what / want i
or what don't want" Edward Ban
croft answered. II suppose yon came
back because 1t suited you.' =
Il came back because there
wasn't anywhere else for me 70 go. = |
George said.
@Didn't your mother ask yon to
stay?" he demanded
mo"
He laughed hoarseiy. "She
wouldn't. She was always selfish
woman; all women are selfish
He closed his eyes and huddled
down into the shabby aressing.gown,
and after waiting aanoment. George
stole away.
She felt a little lost and lonely,
bit she supposed phil0soph ically
that In day or two she would have
settled down again cutie happily.
She ate 4 solitary iuneh. mrs.
i.ogeioek declared that she had in-
digestion and could not eas q mouth
full II anybody offered her the Throne
ri England, so George sat alone in
The dining room and wondered why
she felt so disgustingly Ike tears.
Il was mouse crying anyway: be-
sides, she didn't know why she
wanted to cry: she blinkea hard at
an nnappetizing sHet plidding
which Mrs. I1ovelock had served up
because she thought II uas time
George had .'Good English food
after all that heather rubhish'') and
felt az II she would choke
Was Nelly Foster feeling like this2
Perhaps she was too busy serving
the nasty old women she had spoken
about to think OF other things. At
any rate she wouldn't be alone; and
She Was occupied.
= wonder IL ] could work in a
shop, George thought II wouldn't
be no bad in a tobacconist's perhaps,
or even sweets"
Mrs. Spears always declared that
without work to do she would go
mad. Without work TO do. you've
got to much time to think so she
said in her brisk way. ''And II you
think too much You get sorry for
yourself. and that's fatal
"Its what's happening 20 me.
George thought IN sndden panic.
ana ahs pushed hack her chair and
rose from TIE table. leaving tie Snet
pndding 20 grow cold in nncut Hoii-
lnde. Y
THE house seemed silent and de-
Z serted. Mrs. Loyeiock had retired
10 her room. and Edward Bancroft
had gone out. no doubt to the Bears
Head.
''And don't blame him. GeoEgie
thought In revolt sits better to be
down there talking TO people than
sitting up here alone with nothing.
In the wide world to do.p
she took her hat and went out !
The sun waeahining now, but AZ
It YVES everyh0dyss lunch time the
streets were deserted.
Georgia turned sway from the d. !
rection 81 the Bears Head and
walked lloWn kAe long country road.
TOO much time 20 think" yes.
that was what wqs the matter with
her. r. only she could do something
! useful, make herself necessary 10
one single person Ia the great vide
world; there must - somebody Who
would be clad 60 hare herl
she tnEnea aside and leaned her
arms oia i gate that shut on 4 wide
geld Of beans. George liked leaning
0Fer thlngsshe found II restgul.
she remembered suddenly how she
had leaned over Nicholas Hoyd's big
trunk ana he had come along and
asked her IL she felt iii.
she smiled az the memory. then
an az once she found she was crying.
Well. II didn't matter IL one cried
out here; there was nobody to See
ana perhaps &c she had one coed
howl she would feel better and step
being sorry Tor herself. So Georgie
howled; not loudly. but with her
face hidden ca her arms till the
sleeves of her thin coat we're
drenched.
she ara not know why she Has
wseping; che only knew that there
was . hard little feeling round her
heart that had got TO be melted or
she would never be happy or salts
nea again.
After all ona had 70 60 on. no
matter how lonely and nnwanled
one might b. but for once her
CHEEKY optimistic belief that there
waa something wonderful lying
close % store Cor her. had let
George down badly and tears waFe
tha Oaly way ont.
~Ism . fool--s she told hersalfs
egon ~ she wepk
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