The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-24
Chapter 80
Milxi'e Letter


TIVE next fortnight passed In .
\ drive o. exciting work and plan
nine. Uncle fenry's vegetable stand.
deceuiiy hidden from the house By
TIE cedar wlndbreak 10 the north. was
yet near enough 20 let Uncle Henry.
o. Judge. II he was az home. dash al
the sound Of its large dinner bell.
8omeiimcs Eve herself would run
Down across the lawn and breathlessIy
measure early peas or lettuce into
bass Ger the motorists drawn pp be-
side the road.
A. Tor TIE baking. she worked mos,
az ne evenings. and through the
morning tiil about two In the after
room. AZ hrsi Il tired her: but II was
. healthy WEAKNESS. Having helped
her aunt till she went 70 college. Of
eourse. she knew the old routine well
enough. She had been brought up in
the middle Of H. She was young and
very strong. she was. IN the country.
phrase. mot afraid Of hard work"
TIE sheets OF little crisp yellow
cookles. the BIG pans Of warm-smell-
ms brown pocketbook rolls. the Jars
q Baked beans. she remembered
them an from her childhood and
young Elrihood. a brought Aunt Lima
back. that capable quick-stepping
ghosl moving pleasantly about the
be sunny kitchen.
he summer people came just about
MS time: u was not too late. Things
always straightened out II you loved
people and they loved you. and
waited. The thing 20 DO was TO be
sensible and 60 on ordering supplies.
and set fun cut Of being here in the
old house with its garden. and its
people she loved and work she liked
and could do we'll
And one Of these days Denny would
teigphone-tomOrrow. perhaps-in Q
Ucek # his sulks were worse than
usaai-and things would lift from
eonientment 10 happiness.
Saddenly. one morning as she
worked 81 her molding board. cutting
cut cookies. she realized that a part
of her had 50 dreaded leaving this
house and It's life that In Q way the
postponement Of her marriage was q
relief. Denny had been so firm about
iig ending any chance Of her living
here. Marriage az the end Of the sum-
mer would be better. By then surely
she wouldn't want 10 stay here any
longer. That was what made her wait
Cor Denny 70 make the FIRST move. not
any maidenly modesty. From day TO
day she expected him TO. and so let
things slide. always with the feeling
NAT g gave her little longer time
here.
Meanwhile. Judge fourished: he
was outdoors most Of the day riding
on his bicycle or. deeply thrilled. at
tending the vegetable stand. He put
On weight Uncle Henry whistled
about bis work: George was In and
oui. everybody seemed supremely
eonieuied az the way things were
They had their Eve all 10 themselves.
ave Writes To Denny
NJ WAS Judge who said at the end
i % . fortnight. where's Denny?
Why don't you call up and ask him
ouig"
Simple as that-why didn't she?
He'd BE- over his temper by now. She
decided she could write him. But
there descended on her an excep-
tlonaliy busy week during which
there were two public suppers plus
hordes Of summer people demanding
rolls and cakes and bread. The rush
stopped as suddenly as il had begun,
bat not the hot wave which had ac-
compsnied a. and Eve was too tired
ID do anything but manage regular
orders and 60 swimming in Georges
pool which he had allied the FIRST hot
DAY.
Il vas Just three hard-workins,
crowded weeks after Denny had
founced OF that she did write him.
sitting 81 her Governor winthrop desk
In the corner Of her bedroom late on q
scented June night She meant 10 give
Adrlano the letter 10 take 10 the post
office next noon. but he went of early;
she had 20 keep Il another day. Uncle
Henry came back from a trip OF his
oNfn after dinner and handed her
and Judge each q fat letter. post
marked Hollywood and addressed in
MaFylln's wild pretty hand.
Judge took his OF somewhere to
read alone. Eve lying in the porch
hammock In her thin white dress,
opened her letter iazily. Her own
long letter 20 Denny had been almost
like having him close 10 her. The sense
% his presence still drenched her
happily She was mentally commenc-
ing one OF those delicious foolish
conversations with her lover. -.
"And Maryiin actually wrote back