The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-12-18
BY BAILEY WOLFE

| What had happened 10 Terry ana lip
and herself, that they must try to de-
GIVE each other?
Mrs. Warren was laxative as they
washed and dried the dishes. Was
Sally thinking of taking vacation
this summer? No, Sally did not think
she would be allowed one. Anyway,
sh could not afford it. Then Sally
must certainly take more rest at
night.
When the kitchen was neat, Sally
turned TO her stepmother. Pm going
out and lie in the hammock for
awhile. It's so hot in my room"
Better put on your light jacket,
then" said MRS. Warren. 1T turns
cool out there in the garden"
Sally got the jacket, not because
she needed it, but because she was
touched by Mrs. Warren's small
thought for her comfort It was not
Of. n that Mrs. Warren noticed
Sally's comings and goings except to
CT iticiZe.
The hammock was haven of peace
until some friends of Ray and Tip
arrived and bridge game was start
ed on the side porch. Sally looked
longingly toward the garden of the
Page house, where she had sought
refuge in the days before Philip Page
came TO live there The Page house
was in utter darkness. There was
scarcely a chance that Philip Page
would leave the Office so early in the
evening. Sally slipped quietly out of
! J t own garden gate, and entered
the Page place through a gap in the
Japonica hedge, which was higher
| than her head.
The heavy fragrance of honey
! Suckle was everywhere about her
Sally wandered through the deep, I'M
Gu grass, picking a handful of the
| blooms and sucking the honey from
them as she had often done when she
was child. The great magnolia trees
were in full bloom, and their heady
sweetness was like a strong current
in the air Sally stumbled against a
/ big wicker chair that someone had
placed under one of the bigger trees.
She sat down in it with a little feel
ing of guilt. This must be Philips
| CT cir, but then Philip had little time
| to enjoy the peace of his garden
Solitude And Decision
CALLY had come to be alone and to
, decide on the answer she must
give t. Terry Maynard by the end of
the week. But why the end of the
week? She would spend tomorrow
evening with him. Why not give him
hel answer then, and end the
strained situation they all suffered
| over?
The peace of the old garden worked
its magic with Sally'S understanding
II cautioned her to wait, not to mar
ry Terry in haste. If she waited, she
would be sure of Terry's feeling and
her own. She would give Tip time TO
recover from her infatuation and fall
ir love with someone else. Terry was
not going away yet. His South Amer
ic1.i job was not yet certain. Let him
see as much of Tip as ne chose, and
more of Sally than she had let him
see these last weeks. 1t would be bet
ter for all of them.
When Sally inally rose to go, she
had settled nothing but the fact that
she would put Terry off, And yet,
she seemed to have solved every
thing At any rate, she had found
peace. AS she left the garden behind
her, she wondered what Mary Morris
would dc with it if ever she became
mistress Of the OLD Page house. Ger
tainly she would trim the shrubs and
cut the grass. Probably she would put
in a swimming pool and tennis courts.
Or she would decide the place was
hopeless, and build new home for
herself and Philip in the fashionable
section toward the club.
Early the next morning, Sally's
neW-found peace was shattered by a
disturbing announcement that came
through Lola Hopkins at the Office.
"Oh, there you arei" Leila entered
breezily and came straight to Sally's
desk. IF you aren't the close-mouthed
one-holding out on your own news
paper"
What do you mean?"
Ever hear of a young fellow
named Terry Maynard?'
He--he hasn't crashed" Sally's
face turned white. 40.
He's crashed into darn good job
with South American Air Lines
better than what they offered him a
couple of months ago. And don'tlooiz
as If you didn't know it, either. His
mother told me this morning they've
cabled for him to come right away.
She wants me to put the story on the
FROM page, and there's where it's
going"
Hes going-right away?" Sally
felt faint. The words she mad typed
on the sheet blurred before ne: eyes.
Want me to put in something
about the wedding?" asked Lola.
Mono. of course. not. L mean, so
far as l know there isn't going to ve
wedding"
Just as you say" agreed Lola,
looking at her keenly. "'Terry's moth
er said he was going to be married
before he left town. If it's not you,
who is it,"
i don't know" said Sally slowly.
She scarcely knew what she said. IL
lsrry had got the news last night.
why had he not called her? Had he
til Tip first? Sally refused to believe
that
Copyright. 1886. Bailey WoifeJ
Tip argues desperately with Sally