The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-04

don't put your hopes too high. It's
so long ago; perhaps l mayn't be
able to find any trace"
She shook her head.
1.-THE aunt that went away with
him was younger than Aunt Ella.
She might be alive. too. Oh. find out
everything you can from Uncle Will.
l don't want to talk to him about It;
he's always so gentle, and I'm afraid
I'd ge, angry and scold him for not
telling me. Please find out why he
never told me-"
Her trust in her people. he saw.
was shaken.
after all, your father didn't tell
you. Perhaps he wouldn't let your
uncle"
Her face lighted. "Oh. that was It.
that must have been it. After all.
it is fathers place to say about
things. isn't it?"
She was so eager to believe in
them.
"Of course" he said. furious
meanwhile at the unfairness for her.
I'll find out for you the first minute
| can"
1t was good deal to do; to de-
mand OF that proud. gentle old man
so intimate a thing But the next
night. when they were together
after dinner. he did it, He was. as
his habit had become, helping Uncle
Will with some briefng. Iris was
still in the kitchen. helping her aunt
with the dishes .H3AiIi}
He laid down the fountain pen
with which he had been making
notes from the law book and looked
across. % ESD 49,. ..tiH
Mr.. LaHuing. there's something
Iris wants to know. and she's so
fond If you she can't bear 10 ask you
herself. know I'm barging in I'M
it were for anyone
but Iris. She found out yesterday
that the brother she thought dead
is still alive. I've promised to help
her find him. have to tell you
and ask you for any data you have
about him."
I TNCLE WILL took it quietly, ex-
- ceptine for a whitened face. and
a trembling of the long wrinkled
ivory hands moving among the pa
pers.
"Is she angry?" he asked. II
couldn't bear to have her angry"
mo" He felt as if he were sitting
in Judgment. and he hated it. shes
hurt. but she thinks there must be
a good reason"
"My poor little girl! There's rea-
son. but don't know how good
she'll think it is. My brother was so
afraid that if she knew about any
Of it she would go away from him.
He made US promise. He-he was a
person of great charm. my brother,
and Of immense talent"
Morgan wanted to cry out. But
he's dead!" He did not. He only
asked quietly. Can you tell me.
then, anything that will help me to
find your nephew?"
THE last time | saw him was in
Philadelphia, after Jeans death.
The next time | went Josephine
had moved. leaving no address. l.
had still hoped. I-cared for Jo-
sephine."
"And yet you gave her up!" He
could not help it.
"My brothers. talents made my
financial help necessary" Uncle
William stiffened. 81 never gave her
up. l hoped on till she terminated
the engagement"
Morgan did not pursue this
further. The story was plain: Miss
Ella had insisted: Uncle VIII, like
many otherwise good and wise men,
had 0sen coward and slave before
his womenfolk.
Morgan asked the last address of
Josephine Ross. and everything
else about hsrithat might lead to her
discovery. which Uncle VIII gave
with lawyerlike precision.
But if JOSEPH heis living, and
~ Il
doing well-and She was the type
that succeeds-she may want to
take Iris way fforpi u.s. he said. He
looked across the faded tablecloth
with terror. And Morgan. with a
like ear in his heart, could only
say, But it's her right. SIR"
Uncle Will nodded. "Yes. It's her
right" He put GU. the hand that
had been leafing over the briefs and
took Morgan's.
Iris. in the kitchen, was saying
about any of it to her aunt.
Miss Ella was just as usual. The
scene had passed. When you have
lived with anyone all your life
routine holds you. Iris was used to
her Funt: she loved her She was
used &c having everything sacri-
feed for her fathers genius" And
so. instead of demanding or re-
preaching, she took for granted the
fact that Miss Ella always had put
her father first and always would.
and talked about the dishes and the
next days dinner.
(Cotr,,skt 1850. Margaret WiIIewsrJ
Morgan gets highly important