The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-10
EYES UKCHARD.
By MARGARET WIDDEMER


pose you want them 10 do more than
snare actual expenses, do you, Ever
laundry and cleaning woman and
light and heat and telephone and
table?"
You're wonderful, Ellen SAID
Maryiin admiringly. Il wish was as
businesslike as thatls
Wen. you might try to be-" Ellen
mad Tended for herself since she was
10. She continued: Eve can manage
u but | think you had better sign
paper saoly the money. Peter. Here's
what It will come to, prpportionately
Ior the three Of you, I'm counting in
TWO tons Of coal. Eve. and If
know anything about houses. repair
moneyH1H .asg M3ra
And now we'll sign away our souls
Marylin lamb" said Peter gaily. He
drew up a very formal statement OF
me bargain with his fountain pen, on
the sheet Of paper Judge found for
him; and added of his own accord
that he would accept Ewes account of
what the expenses were without any
questioning. He bordered it with In.
dams and settlers and firewater bot
ties and insisted on sealing it with
yellow wax from the candle on the
mantel.
And now you have US in your pow.
err he added blithely. lifting his pen
from its neat artists signature of
Peter Featherstone and Marylin his
Wifel" But you're going to have to
prorate. can't. just dumb. that's the
Featherstones. !. Seriously, Eve, this
is heavenly thing you're doing, the
sert of thing that makes one feel
friends are worth while and the world
a pretty darn fine place"
And Eve just one of the finestla
added Marylin. Never mind, darling,
when our ships come in we'll remem-
Der it of you. And they win come in"
Marylin ended calamity, eand you
and Ill be glad we wouldn't do pot
boilers. Petesweet.1
AIitzi And Marriage
THEY began to plan about the work
then. Peter said he was magnifi-
cent about sweeping.
And Judge is practically the per-
feet housemaid." Marylin added.
And we must all be adamant about
company" said Peter sagely Week
ends are devastating
Nobody admitted under two chick
ems or whole haml" Marylin added
joyously. billiard will want to get in
on gin, and drink it all before he goes.
like the stories of old-fashioned do
nation parties"
Girl, if you think fashioned
donation parties included gin. | can
only say you Sound irreligious to the
last degree" Her husband rufIled her
hair affectionately.
billiard went too far with Mitzi
this time. if you ask me-" Marylin
added irrelevantly. "One thing you
mustn't tell Mitzi is that she couldnf
get married three times a day if she
wanted to. ! call it a siren complex.
Probably some secret inferioritv:
somebody may have Tilted the poor
darling when she was seven. And
know poor Dill was hoping to get an
other loan from her; he needs it badly.
They both have such silly baby tenn
pers. bless their darling hearts,"
"Oh, well, all she has to do to prove
1t isn't true is to get married sgain."
Ellen said idly from her half of Ewes
love seat.
Marylin objected. Il don't think our
Mitzi would be happy married. III
hate to see her tied down. and we
mightn't like him or he us, and our
crowd would miss Mitzi."
Just the same" Ellen persisted, 81
wouldn't put it past Mitzi to marry
now. just to show billiard. don't like
her, as you know, but she interests
me lot, and I've watched her"
We'll, Peter said. yawning, stretch
ing his long tweed-clad arms above
his head in smoky dimnesS. Tets
hope that the happy man fits into the
gang. and especially that he isn't the
latest pretender. the Kilian lad with
the pink cheeks and black mustache,
illustration by John Held"
Time you went to bed, son." came
Uncle Henry's voice from the back
parlor. "Your mother said she'd
rather you slept in with her, so we
put you up cot. Take the candle
and run along now"
Il said that what Judge needed
was somebody who possessed his own
fine old republican virtues" Marylin
said sleepily. Simply swelling with
delight at being ordered to go to bed at
a proper hour. aren't you, darling
child? Well, may even 60 myself,
now / think of it."
But Judge scarcely heard her.
Il think Belle is very handsome
cow" he was saying as he followed
Uncle Henry out ofstlae room.
Copyright. 1887, Mdk0dret WiddenaerI
Eve sings happily at breakfast,