The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-06

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big oversluffed chair. laughed. SIZE
always looks after himself the lamb.
N fact. he takes complete care Of Us
lazy worthless ioafers. doesn't be.
pefer?S
Peter smiled and nodded and
squeezed Marylin's hand. Marylin
went back to what she had been say
Ing IL my useless lazy life has taught
me anything, it's that. just being tol-
Grant to all. loving them for what
they are. not what they qrents
Eve was not surprised. II was the
fashion among the crowd to approve
everyone. to understand the tempta-
tons Of even gunner and kidnapers.
Talking about billiard" Ellen iii.
formed her. from her seat Ii the
shadows.
George, on one knee before the fire.
putting on another log, said bluntly,
You mean you don't believe Ia maxi
ing any difference between decent
people and the other kInd?" There
was a silence as If he had mentioned
something not quite nice; but Eve had
noticed that George didn't mind SIC
lences.
I'VE all feel" said Denny. his usu-
ally casual voice little curt, .'thas
only Puritans and fanatics can make
hard and fast rules about poor human
nature. Old Dill. for instance: he may
drink too much and sponge q little.
But Ia the depths Of him. he may be
a hero"
Pretty far down. I'd say" Kilian
interrupted from the shadows, with
laugh. M 80
Eve said nothing, She wanted. "a,
back up her Denny; but. on the other
hand. she knew perfectly wen that
there was no hero anywhere il DIG
lard Betz5 only a self-pItying bads
tempered little weakling who Waajusf
the kind 20 rush first for the boats ia
time Of shipwreck. 49, hs'2s. isass'ts
George spoke again, tifhufried 81
Trouble with your attitude. Car
ter. Is that according to history every
time people begin having no feelings
about right and wrong everything
smashes. and presently fanatics do
take over with a lot Of blue laws
backed by brute force"
There was another long silence.
which George did not seem to mind
IN the least smoking placidly on the
rug. Silent pressure of disapproval
apparently had no effect on him: and
Eve. In spite Of agreeing with him, ID
spite OF their friendly footing of the
past week. was suddenly angry. He
and kilian with their swank and their
money and leisure and their casual
arrogance toward the restl She
Jumped thei.l together in her mind.
though she knew 1t wasn't fair.
Marylin turned to find an ash tray.
and George handed it to her with his
usual polite smile. oh yes. his kind
waited on women hand and foot-the
sort OF chivalry which never adj
mitted you as anything but a fool.
Probably gave SNUG toasts about the
ladies. God bless them -.
AIaryIin's Surprise
TNHE horn Of the limousine broke
4 the silence.
Great Scott. Mitz said she'd send
Jean back for US IN time to get the
last decent train to Grand Central
Denny said, 1T can't be that late al
ready" He began to laugh. 81 wonder
Il poor old Dill Is going to walk back
homer"
"I1l put him up Il he isn't found "a
time" George said this as calmly as
he had said the other things. Kilian
and Denny began to look for their own
and Marylin's things. Ellen was stay
ing till next day.
Better begin TO hunt up Judge.
Marylin." Eve said warninaiy: It was
well known that it always took Mary.
lin twice as long to get started as il
did other people. Before Marylin an.
swered Jean came in. to say that the
car was ready.
"And here are your bags. madam.
he added to Marylin.
Everybody looked surprised and
said, "Bags?"
Marylin. relaxed In the firelIehi
dusk. stretched easily and laughed.
Exactly" she said. "Gang. ! have
the grandest surprise for y0u-flrat
Is. everybody but Eve. You're going
to get rid Of your old nuisance az
Marylinl" ~
whats our Marylin going to do,
jump in the lake?" inquired Denny.
slim and amused, his hands, in his
overcoat pockets. Don't do II, dar-
ling. we really quite like YOU i
mot a BIT Of it." said Marylin, sit-
ting up and beginning to gesture.
Listen. my children and gou shah
hear. To begin with, Peter and i arr
homeless with big R Nell Martins
had to come home because her mother
was III and she wanted her apartment
OF course we can't exactly blame her.
il was magnificent of her to loan II
to as for so long. but / do think she
could have taken rooms in a hotel
just couple Of weeks. However, she's
a lamb and ! suppose she was just
thoughtless and upset. Well, here we
are. out In the snow with shawIs over
our headsl And suddenly had brain
wave. We'd board here with Evel
There's the Blessed Dividends, you
know. Eve. in June, so you're safe.
Il can't tell you" said Marylin,
reaching out for Ewes hand. show
we'd Worried over you this week. And
this settles everything unless Of
course you don't want US. Then all
you have to do is to say the word and
well take the old suitcases on one
more journey. They're used to it"
She smiled up into Ewes face.
fcopvri0ht. 1857, -f0rooret WiddemerJ