The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-27
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"Cissy," he stretched his taut
muscles, "you must be dead tired"
He climbed from the cockpit and
| turned to help her down. when
Amos has fed you, promise me
you'll sleep the clock around"
She would sleep the cloc k
around but not at Goodies
Choice. A hotel in Baltimore was
better-any place where she could
not witness Reuben's reunion with
Judith was better-there was
limit to everything. 'I'll send flow
ers for poor Jim and III see Ju-
dith later"
"Cissy, if you knew how CRATE
full | am for everything-If you
knew"
Gratitude was the one thing that
Cissy could not stand. Knew she
did not deserve. Hastily she re-
frightened her helmet. III ppy
landings. big boy, and good luck
all the wayr' She waved a casual
hand and set the planes engine
humming.
Hatless, motionless, Ret b n
watched it take the air, then.
breathing deeply, like swimmer
about to plunge, he started across
the meadow. The branch was high
! this morning, its edges ice-coated
i He had to make I running leap to-
span it Thin patches @Ynow lay
| here and there hFtsknRtR tkVeen adj
/ Jenturous bla a8 kdf 1Nek wheat
pespea up ane ! aak ead was
the hedge! &
Green. p9Rg@1t iR.thq frosty air,
planted in Tradition, nurtured on
pride, it stood sturdy as valiant
old soldier on guard Reubenl rah
| his hand lightly over 1.-THE price
| of his acceptance by the Goodies!
/ Web, many a man had bartered
/ more for less. Once, because his
| dollars could save it he had been
welcome here. Today?
Meeting
LIE DREW his hand away May
L i be he had been a fool to come.
fool to hope
He went doggedly on to the
higher level of the terraced lawn
He saw the house Even the sha-
dow of death upon il could not
| mar its air of hospitality. its dig
nifty. its beauty. It's comfort. No
| wonder Judith had longcd for IL
had desplsed what he had given
her and now. with little better to
offer her he was back.
He had an impulse to turn and
rim, but love, stronger than pride.
lsent him forward
Judith, making sure that Gran
4 Was, at last asleep, hurried down
1.-THE wide stair and let herself soft
~ out the front door. There was
| something she wanted to put in
Jim's still hands before he went
| away on his last journey Some
thing that would speak of Good
] loe'S Choicesand her love-a sprg
| of lockwood. and If beneath the
| dining window. buried close
| and warm Hinder blanket of fall
/ en- LEAVES, She could find few OF
the big purple violets Jim loved
Safely outside she went down
Ton her knees where the sun shone
warm and commenced hurriedly
3 10 delve beneath the leaves. All
"a violet another
She was still dazed from the
tragedy of yesterday. All night
long she had relived ii again and
again--Jim and Biddy were gone
Jim had promised to help her
rear her babies-her babies whose
. father did not want them; who
hadn't answered her letter: who
had spent Christmas with Cissy
who wanted to marry Cissy--
Lost in her thoughts. intent
upon her search. Judith did moi
! hear Reuben's steps upon the ter
race. He had been standing beside
her for long. breathless second
before she looked up and saw him.
Strong. bronze. vital. his eyes
held hers steadily But she could
not tell what gas behind them
The words of Judith's letter
Knocked her. Ii was one thing tC
pour out words 10 an image jpsths
heart. But II wax another &ifhk ID
see that image came alive before
} her. the man Rkhoi had been a
stranger to her for so many
!. months, whose thpTHEHvHgfs
secret.
Suppose he had come to tell her
that he and CiSsy- Color drained
from Judith'S face Her slim brown
hands with the violets in them
, Iiuttered TO her throat.
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J Tomorrow: The boxwood barrier