The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-01
chapter 80
Lorna's Story

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IHTHATs ne idea Of disappearing.
w anywayf~ asked Anne.
~itb = lcnR story said Lorna
wafningly and she took q drink.
We can take II" said An1s with q
muilo
-WeIi-then--" began Lorna. tag
re long dras 81 her cigarette As
itau9h t0f Inspiration. You know
whei : fool was before / married
Inofnef About men ! mean"
- O." sale Anne.
~pon1 limi' ~ put IN Toppy.
-fou see. said Lorna. ignoring her
and lneiudine Biselow with . grave
ioas. whei ms mother died. nv
fateef didn3 know what 70 do with
me because ! was only ~ and some
ialne 81 . responsibility mean. {
was psefiui Fhai lsn1 lmmodesiy OF
sills vanity o. anything y II. Amer
/. mean ! reaill was wasn't ~" A
-Yea@ admitted Anne. poddins
splemniy. =
~And Drecocious.- sighed Lorna, as
lAcusn she dsepiy regretted 4 so.
whaf 90 ltta~s Do oui clap ms Qliclss
y lnto g conveni IN Beigiuml Anc
lhe nans Nere terribly strict StOeef
80 know ouf strict and we never goi
. io1A oatsiaf the place except With
fifs nuns % kker an eye on Us And
4 esf preity poor sport Bun there
/ stayed sntii ! was l9i Imagine It.
-. A
rs llke something let loose when
cane csek and then men were . nov
city r. ne and liked them"
sha looked appealingiY At Bigeiow
aca ha nodded She diInpled. then.
ant oeamed 81 him as she went on:
~NstuIailb. | went q little wild
Aag SRI tDouid N those elrcpm-
afancea Even rhorne understood
that We laikeo q al over when We
hucame engaged and I was quite
tEsna 9lth him F"
what q. you mean By quite
a. nsf- asked Anne
~Weil I uean I told him almost
epefslhine thsTe was 70 tell" ex-
piaine5 Lorna
"fsus not absolutely eveFvthing5"
asked Anne
MOE admitted Lorna. Z was
cTatn about atm. you see. and didn't
wani d risk losing him"
Anne and roppy exchanged COM
pretending glance.
~foo mean" T0ppy interpreted.
~ygu gave IAN . general idea Of your
gaines on without exact oetsils2"
YES brtsthed tsorns gratefully
- than We were married and then
Tnsrna turned cut 70 De frighnully
faslaus- She looked at them wide
eeed. csuntlns on them 70 share DER
surprise After ell "a told him. !
uean aud-EnQwine me. mustssay
sidn1 expect that. but there Il was
- When vrouski called up and said
~ had b zee ne. | went to lunch
.sith Nm without telling Thorne. And
Nr5nskl saio be was hard up and
cIsLld / lenc him some money. and
IL was 90 distressed 81 having 10 ask
rse save him . check Of course
And Ia 5 week or two. be came again
and then aeain The third time. told
am thaf n couldn't 60 on OF Thorne
would and sui and be furious. and
thrn Vronski said that he had some
lettsrs Of mine and they 1eTenf
3 ted / hardly epeT date letters do
Vouf- she l0okeo from one TO the
oihef tppeaiingly Is she reached Tor
sn3ihsf cigarette
Assay answered roppy grimly.
e. Biselow struck . match
Never mind. -. Go on. begged
Anne.
4 was In A SPOT
skKrEI.L. be said that he'd had
w photuaraphs made Of the checks
rs alrssdy gwen him and that unless
{ cent On paying ned so 70 fhorne
a.. sNeaf u letters had been writ
tao urce nv maFriagei And the dates
o. ne checks would bear OF: bis
wen I'm damned" sasped sige-
lo0
-of course thea Lorna assured
thsm. 4 saW that ! was In spot 50
/ weni straight 10 Thorne and told
b everything. And he was furious
srs sald he would deal with VronSkt.
anc he made Il bis business 70 meet
Vranaki that night and be went
straight ap and Knocked Vronski
d5un ana told him he was going to
d q every tina he met him sc Vron-
IA. would save himself . lot OF pain
ar humiliation u be got out Of this
country AZ once. Wasn't that
aplendld7~
very satisfactory" agreed Toppy.
niVcl0w drew a long breath but said
nothing.
-And fhen what happenedf" asked
Aras.
aVronski called me up the next day
and sid that unless Thorne paid nm