The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-23

now on well be raising more greene
stun thar we can eat. We can nut il
py the road on the lot beyond the
front lawn This roads a by-pass.
there's lots Of traffic already. And n
yoa wanted to take orders for rolls
end bread like your Aunt Lima did.
tnat would help too. I don't think YOU
can count on renting this late.s
Eve thought fast. II Den hadn't had
tnis ut Of temper just when she needed
70 discuss plans with himl wei.
the main thing now was, fhey did,
nave to have money. And these plans
We're as good as any. She could
pick somebody W, surely. to carry
on mere with the house and all the
rest OF II. II Den insisted on her set
iling In the city this summer; though
when they'd talked It over he
wouldn't. surely. His passion for good
times would be stated by few more
o. Mills gilded weekends. He
couldn't 60 on insisting she give Judge
up.
Very WELL" she said resolutely.
And-will you ask George il his
mother still wants to buy my LACQUER
eaoinet9 That should cover the
taxes"
You're q fine plucky girl, Eve"
said Uncle Henry: and then: 'sYou
better as: him yourself. You could
have had your pick of those two young
men And hoped you'd pick right"
She didn't answer; she only patted
the hard old hand he had laid on her
knee.
Georges Gesture OF Help
NEXT day was whirl: telephon-
Y ing half the morning TO Aunt
Lina's old list of customers, dashing
down with Adriano to put UP notice
/ In the post Office when be went for
Georges mail. ordering supplies. lis
tening to Judges excited solemn
plans for saving money, arranging
with George about the cabinet.
He would write his mother imme-
dlately. he said AS to the Feather
stones. he said nothing at all except,
:" have such bad temper that l
have practically no use of it; If I
started to talk about your friends,
Id say too much"
He flushed as he spoke. and his lips
took the set that Eve knew by now
meant, as he said. high temper con-
trolled. He added:
Eve. II there's anything else on
earth can do. you trill let me. won't
your Don't forget 1 got you into this.
In Q way sending you off with the
kid. And lin glad | know you. Eve.
You're-pretty fine a well as--as all
tie other things we aren't going to
talk about"
He was leaning In at her open
kitchen window. where she was stand
Ing at the long table making out lists
OF supplies His blue eyes looked
straight into hers. In spite of the hair
that had been red when b was little
lit cleaned now where the sun beat
down on his uncovered head and on
the strong sunburned neck above the
unbuttoned collar Of mis- sportshirt--
there was steadiness an dependable
ity Ia everything about George Cleve-
Land. II We q comfort to know he was
her friend. G
Il won't forget" she saio, smiling at
MIN. He reached through tn window.
nearly broke her hand with the pres
sure Of his quick tight grasp-was
gone. Eve sensed. not for the first
time. the intensity that was almost
frightening under the kind cool man.
ner. But there was enough to do with
out thinking about Georgel She fell to
her lists again. She would show
Denny when he came back that she
could earn money. that she could
carry on gsily.
SO far as summer people went. the
Mannersheld house had stood for an
unbroken dynasty Of baked stuff for
20 years now. Eve had only to stop
refusing to take orders. she had some
already. Just from going down to the
post Office and telling Emily.
So when shl ole. man and the little
Joy and Eve sat on the portico that
evening eating their bread and milk
and scrambled eggs in the sunset. she
was honestly cheerful Georges first
gesture If help. II appeared, had been
TO buy the shiniest of the new BIZ
cycles that the local hardware store
afforded. AMI present it to Judge.
And Judge, understanding that by
making deliveries he would be pay
ing his way with Eve. beamed with
content.
you've don d fine thing for that
child" Uncle Henry told her after
Judge had run of to try his bicycle
again, excited and proud. Il guess
he's had to take charity pretty nigh
always. And it's ground him. young
as he is. | haven't handled stock all
my life. not to know humans too.
ICES 4 throwback to old Judge
Allaire, as fine a man as ever lived.
But he's sensitive; he'd been ruined
boy If this summer hadn't happened.
And, child. don't you get downhearted
because his people were lightweight
and fooled you. There are those that
are responsible and grateful. I'm one.
You've done a fine thing for me too,
giving me a chance to earn my way
till | could do something else and I
don't forget It.
"Oh. Uncle Henry. whatever would
have done without you? We're all
living on :our greenstuf now. Like
locusts!"
He smiled and patted her hand
rhey began to discuss biscuits and
vegetables. but they understood each
thor.
copyright. 1887. afGr0aret WiddemerI
Eve learns tomorrow that Denny Il
= marry Mitzi.