The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-01

tKfHATs those words mean. Ever"
w Judge asked as Eve hummed
l1a ed French tune that Uncle Henry
inevitably whistled At work. She
tafned q snswef him. the brown Sc
floua little bag who was 50 sure now
people Here kind.
IT'S french
~TAs ~ q lore e lasts only an
hoaF.
Ths pain 81 lore forever and Q
day.
~f'm eoin' 10 learn French." Judge
lnlafmed her. I'm goin' 10 be a
hIzhlg edncaied supreme court judge
i'sr my grandfather was named for.
fieerae SAYS / can 4 1 want to hard
enuaah. Georee says
SIC wished be wouldn't talk about
0refGa. GeoFEe. 80 near. engaged TO
klan. iosing her. going 70 be happy
ulIh her. Good kind little Ellen.
arlan1|4 stable George AT least
SO could Be decent She could love
t.eofep enouah % BE- glad Il was Ellen.
not somebody who irouldnf make
hIm happy Glad that Ellen would
- sufe q kindnesS. ease. comfort,
Fhliaren 49,
No she couldn't be glad Of that
Tta kulfe that went through her at
lhsi uas TOO sharp.
uneic Henry came in. whistllng It
slli under bis breath:
pIaisir d'amour ne dure qa'un
faomenf ChagriR d'amour
aafe ioufs "a riei
weil. perhaps Il didn't. Perhaps
4 Nouldnt Aunt Lina'd had her
love affair that didn't end happily;
bai she'd some on. she'd liked living.
been contonl with her life.
These are Tor Mrs Hickson 10 take
10 gha Congregational church supper
iamurroW night- she told Uncle
fienrg cheerfully. Grand for me
she Wns zoo laxy TO bake. Nine dozen.
ard . nice little batch left over for
ua~
-You're . good girl. Eve Uncle
fienfy said irreleyantiy. washing his
hanas al me sink. ~
bui al the evening. doing accounts
At tis old secretary. chasing Judge
10 10 bed. planning with Uncle
IieuFy. the vague. silly terror Of what
Lsnce Seymour might do to George
g persIsfed. Sha lay awake watching
tfs mooniight out her window Her
bed vas % placed that she could
Eiimpze one upper pane Of glass just
above the next rise. down the road.
sad knew Il was the window of
shuuld climb through. Or shoot or
attack. You read dreadful things in
TIE papers. 49,.
she rosa and stood close to her own
wiudou. watching the moonlight on
fhe pane far OF. She thought vaguely
haW Miirl or Marylin. those phan-
lnms from q past time. would laugh
User . Kifi who watched mans win
d1N. Ia moonlight. because she loved
hlfn. And did not care.
Eve Sees Flames
as she watched she saw some
u ihIug that was not moonlight.
SIZE thought Il was Imagination. and
llen knew Il was real. The faint
pInkness Is Of reflected fame. A
lellosef bonfire. maybe. George was
careful. he would wake and see it,
OF Adriano or John. for the matter OF
thaL Suddenly she realized that
tha window she watched was not
Cesrfe's window. now. al all. On
rs mother's last brief descent she
had made him move 70 the other side
of fhe house 20 be nearer her. He had
nol tr0ubled 70 move back. That side
81 ina house was empty.
No u.s. telephoning. Matte did
conscientlously what her mistress had
niNass done. pressed a disconnection
buii0n when the family went 10 bed
a. mixht be 3 bonfire halfway be-
laeen. o. Lance Seymour setting the
heuse on IRE. Il was silly. But she
eoulint take . chance. And she saw
ne color deepen.
she thrust her dress and shoes on.
hurFied down aud called the village
hfe depariment-amateur. and slow
8 amateur IRE companies always are
Ihen she ran across the laws. and
thFouEh ne orchards in the noon
lshl The quarier-mile seemed
elernaf She remembered all sorts
- terrible things. Lance had been