The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-08
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By MARGARET culON HEROIC Y Y
|, MARGARET CuION HERZOG

yet.
it was just as it hat always been,
after Honey's yearly returns from
Europe.
Presents for Nina. Showing of
of new clothes. Anecdotes -.
Honey looked marvelously well
tanned and plump as ever, but
asking, as she did every year, il
Nina didn't think she looked thin
ner.
Marie, raving over the new I'M
\ dies. Honey dashing into the libra
ry with still more little animal fig
ures for that crowded room
Flowers arriving, in stacks Of
white boxes -.
All Honey's favorite dishes for
lunch, sent up by old Margaret IL
the kitchen, tickled quite silly with
her bag and scarf and lame blouse
from Paris.
Incessant telephone calls .
Sometimes in the past, Nina had
felt a little hurt that Honey was
always so full of her own trips, SC
eager to show OFF her new things,
that she didn't have much time to
ask what Nina had been doing. Oh,
she would ask all right, but usu-
ally with her eye on her trunks :.
or her mind on something else -.
and then she would say, repCoach-
fully, the next day: Now, baby,
you haven't told me a thing about
YOURSELF" :. just as though 1t had
been Nina's fault.
But, today, she was glad of it.
/ When Honey asked about kherseli
and David, Nina said: Now, this
is yeuF dayc darling :. lets talk
about you" And that was what
| Honey, really vented, The rest
| would come later, when the first
excitement of homecoming had
| worn offlbIi6 ,IiiuiD9nl 3iilo1
About $50, Nina managed tdigei
away. She had to take a taxi, heI
arms were so full Of presents. un-
derwear, and perfume, and things
for the house, that made her fee
| badly, like Italian linen, and some
marvellous old decanterS and
a dressing gown for David, too :.
Al little of her early-morning
thrill had worn off, It was not easy
to be carrying back presents from
a mother you were planning g
supplant !. to an apartment and
a husband you were planning tc
leave -.
Anything You Want 4
lDUT an hour later, Richard a
ID her door brought the thrill al
back again.
When he kissed her, it was q:
though ne poured a burning, life
giving wine into her tired body.
He followed her into the bed.
room while she put OF. her hat ane
found a fresh pair of gloves; aTle
though he devoured her with hi!
eyes, she could not help noticing
| that he did not mess her up AGAR
las David would have done
| once she was fixed.
! The afternoon was fresh---it haG
trained in the morning, and ther
| it had stopped.
The Renault was maroon, witt
| pigskin upholstery quite di
vine-looking. Richard drove witt
an ease that was not exactly Da
vid's careless abandon, but wa
expert and casual, just the same
The extremely long wheel basI
was no more trouble to him thar
| if il had been shorter car; AMI
| he looked as though he belonget
| in its foreign smartness =. So dir
Nina.
She felt as if she had been ava,
on a long journey, and Tas homt
again.
He said: Look around you, no
tice and remember everything
This is a big day for Us m!
sweet Nina"
II was I'll never forget 10
day"
She never did.
1--WE feel better about Il, nov
that we have both really tried AM
failed don't we, Nina7"
She had wanted him to say that
Yes, Richard >. wanted yol
to say that"
He reachedS 0xeR and took he
hand. Placed it, under his, on tn
thins black ReeriRgy sKheehnog
We've both said lots Of Yer,
wise, soleNn thiRg ssaRp utEs laas Joy
of ours, haven't we, angel? Blu
now, we're just going to be-
50 qRlSlhfap Happy. s'odv
He said: "Are you going to max
me- really happy; little nina? ].
More than just talking about it?
The little pulse at her wrist be
gan to beat, franticaliy, as she ar
swered: 1" Anything, darling !. s.
anything you want -.
you s.now what I want, hin
whaf I've wanted for so lon
that it seems like dream G
; heaven to hear you say it win conn
. true
sYou'd better give me back NJ
! hand, Richard, and just--drive 70
| a while, or we shall have an acci
| dent / can't stand having 20
say things like that, without bein
hriSxad
. Il think / could arrange tAat.
smiling.
! But she said: @No, no. Co eg
, Later Where are we gofnH, D
the waygs
ooh, up toward TarEytown.
vaguely.
1t was q play. II was % ewsi1An
that il couldn't be true -.
: fcspwtSSt. 1857. Marssrss Hsrsssa