The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-01-26

I"Ycu are Farrell Armitaas.
know"
The sound OF the clear. soft3 voice
speaking through that salty dusk,
sent the blood to bis temples.
Roughly. he took control Of himself.
There was so much to be sfsid and
he must not keep her longfon this
spray.swept shore. He mott ced that
she had tweed coat on, not very
heavy.
"Turn your collar up" E6s said.
"rm not cold. I came down here
because I wanted to feel the wind
and the spray before go away from
the west country. I'm starting
work in London tomorrow"
"You are so elusive" heAsaid, his
voice strange to his ears. 'seHow do
you manage to be here by the sea
when you live neither in 'Toxeter
nor Kings Mallard?"
"But don't you know I'm staying
with Mr.. Frere at Upper Mallard %
Armitage laughed. At the old,
well-loved vicaYags, the one place
he had not thought Of!
II didn't realize you and the vicar
were such friends" he said. ~
never imagined you'd be there"
/ I'VE aren't: though I've known
him all my life. in a way. You see,
when I'd done the alterations at
South-the.Water and finished the
Toxeter house and sold it had ne
home. And then ! met Mr.. Frere in
Toxeter and he said must come
and stir the creatures in his pond.
Twas afraid I should be a nuisance
to him but he said shouldn't, SO
long as didn't make him drink tea.
So I'm always out for tea. But, FAR
reil--"
"Basbara?"
az the vicar didn't tell you ! was
down here by the sea-, how could
you possibly have known2"
II shall not tell you that until I
am quite certain that yen win be-
Ilieve me-"
He thought that the color swept
her face but the moonlight was
Itfeacherous. The end Of her scarf
touched his shoulder. He held II
gently.
"You didn't marry Mark" he said
very low.
"You didAt cheat" she said on
ia quick, timid breath. eve been
trying 10 find courage to apologize
for accusing you Of It. but simply
couldn't write. And I thought Il
might be easier when I met you"
SIT was Poole you heard com.
menting on Lodely," he said after a
silence. ITO MeLoushlin. the car
tUonist. apparently Leila Cane told
Lodely that yon were downstairs
but went home directly afterwards.
When I heard that yon had come
to my house." his voice thlckened.
"alone. late at night, and had not
received the barest sign Of common
hospitality, you, who ought to have
been carried over the threshold"
He checked himself 60 she took o
startled step backwards.
"But It wasn't anybody's fault"
she protested, except Marks. No
harm was done"
"No harm. Since you didn't mar.
ny Mark. had no means Of finding
out whether you and he were mar.
|ried for some days
@But why not? Mark would have
told you that. surely?"
Mark" he said slowly, chad
gone to q hospital at three o'clock
on that same day that you wrote to
me. Sir Robert Philhay was there.
I'd brought him down from Scot.
land by easy stages. Just got him
there in comfortable time. He's old,
you see and not too strong"
"philhay. the bone.setter2"
Eyes. He had q look at Mark and
said he thought he could do some
thing. So Mark was put under an
anaesthetic there and then and Sir
Robert Tearranged most Of his
spine"
"Mark-Mark didn't tell me there
was any question Of such thingl"
'Tn three months he'll be allowed
to move. Barbara And Sir Robert
says that within the year. II all
goes well. he'll be- walking without
. crutch; at most. with a slight
limp
The sound OF the incoming tide
crept between them.
@ComA lets walk back TO the car.
We can't stay here: it's getting late
and cold"
He came nearer, standing h@
tween her and the freshening wind.
ibid you say" she spoke care.
fully. 40 though repeating q mes
sage-"thak on the day aftsx Marx
gave that party. he went into q hos
pital. 10 about three o'clock IN The
afternoon. and--and was cured az
his Iamenessf"
tCepsFteAt. fsss. JA.iso Clsfs-ASdaa.s,
Aan Rsrhmen rAallS lone har tov.