The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-09-01
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&NA@H -
lAhhMea
NNfETN = murmursd response Bob
W Eslilesi: be saw. with q tight.
miaa - heart thas Maraha's place
a Sc satie VS. undisturbed. Per.
hnsa aAs weuid appear soon.
nMFl1siemsw LETT the room: Bob
lue&sa - maFnha's empty chair to
nes BEE face - be had seen 81 the
mlNA& heforA she had seemed a III.
- aiFl ffom The wild fear that had
So hef eyes and her stammered
axeianations that had told him MOTH
- VIZ had ha said that about her
ngslsndihn BE mother gave her this.
gAaks What particular devil had
wampisd those wordsg
Hs glazed eniekly away from
80 chair amd toward the sunny
wla9osa A bowl q ionquils in the
MaieF 81 the table echoed the out.
siaa likht with . yellow blare. One
mim8ow. allKhtly raised. admitted n
fIail. snail breexe. which carried
lha pgomlse % the warmer DAYS
lhal wers 20 come. with the mood,
e. TIE heart for Il. one would
aeew spring bad come. Bob realized.
fls tried 10 eat and failed. He was
9FAssfai % Der. be decided. as he
paahsd away bis hardly touched cot.
ise sup. Cor not coming down. If he
salg e0aia Get beyond seeing her as
Sc haa iookedi Beyond remember.
lee that panic IN her eyes. beyond
telling her sob as she had. in his
&Ema'
bartholomew stood near, crest
hian from knowing another dlsap.
polnfment. Affairs were obviously
~ from bsing as he had hoped! Mr..
Mohsrt I'D 20 more than touched
hss tood and bis face wa gray and
strained
Has Mrs. Powers breAkfasted?"
80 Questioned abruptly.
no. tir: | presumed. Mr.. Robert,
ma she had slept late ard would
MsakiAat In her room. had hoped
aat she was getting enough over
ne shock. SIR. She worked steadily
sn6 hard these last. long months.
Wight on nlEht up"
"nat the nurses" Bob prompted
sharply.
~fes err nnt your mother wanted
saF. Mr.. Robert And she knew It.
AID she answered every want and
aeoa Of your mothers without a
mefd IL complaint and when Han.
nah o. Ella or ! would demonstrate.
tlE. enc always answered with. But
/ uAnt to be with Mrs. Powers: |
aauld 30 nowhere else II she needed
mei'"
Hum" Bob murmured.
And Mrs Powers. Il meant
mtgythlng 20 her. Mr.. Robert, II /
mas 40 oag"
&c on" Bob prompted heavily.
Airs. Powers said one day to me.
sAs said. We knew. didn't we. Bar.
lhelomew. that Mr. Robert would
aafry someone like our dear ehildT
end I agreed. as one must knowing
hsF. yUur wife. sir. That was the day
Ma Powers gave your wife the
psaFla"
sgod,~
Bartholomew stlfened: perhaps.
be reasoned. be had gone q bit too
Af 4 beg pardon. Mr. Robert?" he
aid ansteadily.
~R'a nothing. Bartholomew. Will
yea hll my glass. plssseg'
Bartholomew allied the glass:
nsh drank deeply from It and rose.
tHfHEN he reached the upper hall
w be found Hannah. a disturbed
Hannah. stepping from Marsha's
Foom.
ar. Robert" he heard.
Yes. Hannah"
Mrs. Powers IL not at all well
lhla moFnlng. Mr.. Robert | just now
Fan heF tnb for her and as she made
aay 10 the bath room she was very
anslsady. I toviched her skin as ]
pa her negllgee around her. She's
ahfe with fever and ! thought per-
haps we'd best save Doctor Jackson
h,
IN call him. Hannah, thank you.
NE. Powers yoa say Is bathing
naegH #Ne
-fes. Mr. Robert"
lle turned into his own room;
ailh her return 10 her room from
ne bathroom which adjolned 1t, he
would bear hes. And meantime.
Wiih . view Of understanding Mar
sha better and so. perhaps. giving
hef more lastlee. he would open the
bon.
Re stepped into his room. closed
me door after himself: locked It.
The bon opened readily. Bob took
from Il q miscellaneous assortment
That made his eyes smart and his
threat stllIen. Every small marker
that haa lad 10 do with him. in all
changing boy.t0-manho0 eras. had
been preserved. neatly ticketed and
silh Ma Powers speneerian writ.