The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-10

Signing A Paper
kriEN Eve returned. Ellen was
- taking.
i Nas telling Eve that you'd better
ST your finances Strengthened out, !"
sfe said res0laiely. Then there won't
= anything 10 come up and be o
bother.~
-1usi my idea" said Peter. cor
daily. Let's go"
Let's go"
ITS about the expenses" Eve be-
eao bTefely. 4 think we'd better pro-
rate them"
Swell" said Peter sunniIy. -Can
you prcraieg ! can't" He turned the
eolteeptt upside down again. shook
BE head sadly. and said: swell. after
en- iWo cups are enough at eight o. m
IL tell you. Eve. how Il is. We
haven't . penny right now. We gel
oar money in a lump twice a year.
sxcepi what ! pick up by my work. /
ihought that II you could carry US
from row ill June first We could turn
ever the trust money 10 you then
foa said you had enough savings -
manage with tin fall"
4 wouldn't blame YOU said Peter
earnestly. IL you didn't want to do
that. It's horribly unbusinesslike
And ! know you'll find IL a nuisance
keeping track. But at least we'd Law
every penny at your feet when /,
comes. We wouldn't chatter. wouli
He. Aarylin? You can tell US exactly
shat you think we ought to pay and
We hand Il over like gentlemen the
minute the old firm comes across. I'll
tell you-we1l sign a paper" He
briEhieaed az this.
And II she can't do il that way.
esked Uncle Henry from the back
parlor. what them"
Peter laughed and shook his head
Frankly. Mr.. De Remer, don;
know. You see, we can't get on relief
because We do have this money twice
: Eear from old Judge Allaire's es-
tate Nell Martin throwing US out o.
the apartment rather put us on our
beam-ends. I've read about all sorts
~ HNAAAAA. IA4 aAAAA DdUEl
shack IN Central Park. or you throw
> stone through a plste-glass window
and they put you in nice warm Jail.
We'd have 10 throw three stones"
said Peter whimsically. through
thEes windows"
Judge looEed up. scared.
-Oh. darling. don't talk like that,
esea In fun said Marylin. shivering
~ her pretty rose-colored wool sports
ffock.
Peter pushed aside the little table.
and sat down against Margins knees
en- the hearth. ohe hand In hers. He
e4ueexed the hand and said: Il. won't
be as bad as that sweet. We both
knoN how wonderful our friends are:
snd what a splendid. friendly lot Of
People we've always run across In
The World. through no luck of our
oen except just believing in them
and loving them"
Ellen Figures
ELLEN had a pencil. She began
u Gguring. There was a silence,
bgoken only BY Judges obliyious,
eaRer questions about the book he
and Uncle Henry were busted over,
ard BY the cracking Of the logs. Eve
thanked her stars for Ellen. She was
Beginning 30 feel rather like a pig.
SIZE wished for Denny. 10 handle the
things Tor her; and then hastily I'M
wished Denny never had much pa
ti1ucc with the Featherstones. though
he enjoyed them. .. Denny was go
ing b telephone tomorrow. he'd said.
she'd told him 10 be prudent and put
ths money In their painted pig bank.
bat she hoped he wouldn't. He'd said
BE- wouldn't: he'd said: Five minutes
of Four voice is cheap at the price.
and ven hear no more about pigs or
prudence. miss"
She came back from a long way TO.
hear Eien's deliberate. clearly
rn4nded Dice.
I've Hgured on what Eve has
saved. and on what Mr.. De Remer is
aoiug 90 help out expenses with the
n.iik and eggs and butter. don't sup