The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-03-17
Chapter IL
HONE


TIE physician laughed. "Bevins
Il Is a bull headed old rascal" he
admitted; then. with concern. Are
you III toO?"
"No, but am worried. and what
I'd like to ask you shouldn't be dis
eussed over the telephone, only I'm
afraid | won't sleep until 1 receive
the answer"
Better ask then: he said he'd
worked You pretty hard"
Doctor Kelly. I'm engaged to be
married. and IL Big Tom is in serb
Gus condition I feel ! should wait,
He told me he was liable to die any
minute"
"WeIl. aren't we all? Walk against
q traElc tight. work overtime in the
het sun, do any one of q number OF
foolish things and see what hap.
pens"
"You mean?"
.'tWIth proper caution. no more all
night yigils and particularly with
common sense where his emotions
are, concerned your friend may live
to be a hundred. There Is nothing
in his present condition to warrant
your putting of your wedding. Now
go to Sleep"
- .
"And so they lived happily ever
after" quoted Judith Lane Dale. as
she lay on the sand. staring al the
blue of late September sky. Norm
+. member how fairy tales always
used TO stop with the marriage of
the, mysterious prince TO Cinderella?
ella says they stopped there because
fairy tales had TO have happy end.
ings. and II they'd gone on any fur.
Their there wouldn't have been ="
Judith found her mouth gagged
with a rubber cap. Don't start
preaching clialsms on your honey.
moon" admonished NOtman. aside
from being poor taste 1t disturbs my
reading these. 80"
He'had been going through hand
full Of mail brought to the beach by
I.ige from the honeymoon cottage
where DeIphinium presided and per.
sisted in her efforts to "fatten tibet
skinny chile"
Here's a note from the contrac.
tor. Indy. he says We can move into
Hillendale by October 18th, that's
three weeks away !. and 'Will Mrs.
Dale he c0niented with white picket
fences? The stones won't be avail.
able for two months and Farmer
January's COWS came in and ate the
sYerereens Jimson planted and now
January wants us to pay the dam.
ages" So
''To our eytrgreens?" demanded
Judith.
"No. his cows"
'Drat January. Norm. our living
room drapas are sEaeily the color
of the Gulf out there a, the horizon
line. aren't they?s
"Ai!d here's a note from Mathile.
says Big Tom is feeling fine. they're
going on up the coast"
Judith sat up-"So lilly writes
my man does she7 Look here" she
showed Norman an envelope across
which her name was scrawled In
heavy masculine writing. Your wo.
nan gets written TO by Slim San.
hrd."
Mice chap. | like him." observed
Norman. then with q quick laugh,
n. need 10 return the compliment,
come on Judy. I'll beat you to the
third breaker with a two minute
aandicap."
JUDITH came up through the third
- breaker eve1s with Norman and
sthsAther they swan Teyond thegsurf
! u iiaat lazilY
sseMhaus 9uuftH TOteu over anu
began TO tread water. "how.s your
mother enjoying the cruiser"
We'll" observed thar young man,
she said they put on . Havana to
Ntaml tournament OF contract and
she won ssFenty-aTe dollars. Need
| say more?"
Judith laughed. They swan on IN.
q another question came TO her
mind Norm. Il certainly was gen.
eroas OF her 10 gIEe as Lige and
Delphy. feel like I'd always known
them"
"Generons. my eye" he retorted.
Mothers suita Isn't big enough for
our tliil,blossomed Oelphininm to-
turn around without knocking over
card tables.-
Judith sputtered - she went I'm.
der. then came up salt water star.
rspg her eyelashes.
ella ssya lane Allen told her
that u ron bad married Mathile.