The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-05

right."
NAnd be an angel and powder
"Surely: What dress are you
wearing?"
Richard called out from his
dressing-room.
THAT you, Nina?"
Instinctively, she drew her neg
ligee closer about her.
"Uh-hmm. Want something's"
"Yes. Button this stiff shirt up
the back for me, will you? !
say, Honey, let's sack Marie and
hire Nina. That Frenchwoman's
fingers are always cold"
Nina knocked on his door and
went in leaving it open.
How do you know? Does she
dress you every evening too?"
He was standing before a long
mirror, chin up, tying his white
tie; but when she came in, in her
trailing chiffon, he looked at her in
the glass, and let his hands drop.
Somehow, with shaking fingers,
she managed to fasten the two but
tons at the back.
He smelled of freshly Numbered
linen, and an expensive soap, and
eau-de-Cologne or powder or
something he had patted on to his
cheeks.
When she had finished, he swung
around and took her two hands in
his.
"Thank you sweet thing"
he said softly, and pressed her
palms against his face, for mo-
ment.
Over his shoulder, in the mirror,
Nina could see her mother put
ting things into her evening bag.
MY powder, my ipstick, my
hankie therel"
TO Be Alone With You
"COING, Nina? Hold on Sec
" ond, will you, while get my
coat? Honey dear, / want to leave
that Francotte IL gauge of mine
down at Abercrombie's. The fore
arm needs repairing Nina can
drop me off,"
I'm only 1oing to Bergdort's on
57th street ="
''Then I'll drop yo, BY,
sweetheart"
Richard stepped over to Honey
and whispered little endearing
something that brought the quick
color to her cheeks.
Outside, in the taxi, he drew
Nina'S arm through his.
swell, now perhaps you'll ex-
plain why you've been avoiding
me lately. Things have come to a
pretty pass, when have to invent
an errand to be alone with you'll"
That was right where was the
gun he was going to have re-
paired?
Nina felt first hot and then cold.
"You know, Honey, Nina's
Stacking up in her duties as a
daughter. She hasn't shown up for
breakfast for the last two morn
ings. I'm being neglected"
Nina, darling, haven't you felt
Just lazy, guess"
We'll, / warn you, child, if you
don't show up tomorrow, I'll bring
my coffee up to your room. Honey
sleeps like lazy rabbit and / re-
fuse to eat alone"
"Richardp
II warned you, didn't I? Move
your feet over. Do you object if
people sit on the foot of your
bed?"
David said: "You look tired,
beautiful Nina. Why?"
Il don't know"
Il do. You don't know enough
poor young men, who can't afford
to keep you out late Of nights"
SIS that it?"
"Um-m-m. You'd better let me
take charge"
They were in the comfortable
loge chairs at the Capitol theater,
and he would have her know it
was a very--large-evening.
It was fun doing simple, slightly
prosaic things with David. He
never let them seem too simple
(. or at all proSaic, really. They
walked in the park. once or twice
with the bounding Button, In the
late afternoons; and once he took
her back for, what he called, a
Blue Blazer, in his apartment Just
off Park"
The apartment" was a poorly
disguised bed-sitting room, and
''juSt off Park" meant Lexington.
Nina supposed, vaguely, that she
shouldn't have gone, and she was
quite sure that she would again.
il he asked her.
She chung, rather feverishly,
these days to his friendship: and
the fact that it wasn't friendship
at all on his part any longer,
failed to trouble her. She had too
much else on her mind.
When she was with David, she
was in a different world. Cordelia
had Just met him the night of her
Nominate party Richard had
Just seen him going out the door.
Nobody else knew that he existed.
She was glad. She wanted TO keep
him separate-not connected in
the fainteSt way with a world that
had her Stepfather in il
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