The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-07
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3eated, not getting the significance
q the statement at first.
To med school" Jack said.
'Oa, jack Your father woulu be
90 happy If he could only know!
Ms Barrie smiled through tears
at her son and daughter.
I rather suspected you Aad
some good stuff IN you, Buddy.
Media twinkled at him, although
her own eyes were misty
"You know that experience had
al the hospital sort OF opened my
eyes TO the fact that doctors arr
he grinned self-consciously-weu
Necessary. But it wasn't until
last night that It occurred t. me
that by Becoming a doctor m sell
I could be Of some use 70 Sutft-ing
humanity"
This vas an inefTable moi-.ent
that Would always be a sweet
memory to Media. She loved thai
high. inspired light OF lofty mis-
SIGN in his eyes loved that tou. hing
mixture Of deep feeling and yCuth-
full fipcancy.
eve decided" he went or, the
blood beating in his young cheeks,
that I'm not going 10 BE ju-t an
ordinary doctor. I'm going Il Tor
special things. Big things in 5ur-
gery!
In that n1ere Jack Barrit the
boy, venished and IN MS place
stood john Francis Barrie, the
man. the great surgeon to be
Claire wrote, inviting Nelol 70
stay at her home when she cane &c
S5n Francisco TO shop for her
sclool wardrobe and TO attenL the
dianer-dance.
In a cheerful little note Media
accented she had made nearly
$1,000 on her lettuce, and she was
going to indulge in a shopping
orgy. She would drive TO the city
two days before the dance, X.hile
Reck would come on the train
and return in her car.
Blind Alley OF Emotion
ON the way TO town 10 ma the
" letter to Claire she saw Bill in
his front yard. He waved for her
to stop.
"Ihave a check here"-he "a )ped
his breast pocket-''that says 1 can
give dinner party 70 celebrate
our success IN marketing our crops
and also 70 pay back some OF the
hospitality that has been extended
to me I've engaged Mrs. JefftrS 10
cook It. VIII you come?
I'D love 10, Bill"
when are you going bac.i to
college?" he inquired.
Around the first. Anything you
want me TO get you IN town to-
day."
NO, thanks. I'm going il this
afternoon TO get my car"
"A new one!"
He nodded and grinned.
Not that I need a new on"
'-Oh, Bill, I'm 50 glad for youl"
How would Friday night suit
you for the dinner?"
''Friday-Why, that's the 18th.
I'm afraid"
I'm invite Reckless. too" he
ITS not that, Bill. You see we're
going to a party in San Francisco
Friday"
7 see" He was staring st the
ground.
I'm terribly sorry, Bill"
He Strengthened and his blue
eyes met her dark ones. Her heart
/ twisted at sight of the unhappineSS
| in his face.
81 love you" he said. Il nave
from the first moment I met you.
'sBill-pleaSe-"
You're not going to be happy
with Reckless. He's not your kind"
The statement aroused resent
ment In her because always in her
subconscious mind was the thought
that Mrs. Reckless felt she was not
their kind. Il had become a sort OF
fetish with her to prove she was.
She forgot Bills unhappineSs and
her resolve never to hurt him.
You're just saying that be-
cause" she began stormily.
No, I'm not. You've run into a
blind alley OF emotion All you can
see is the luxury and"
She waited TO hear no more. Her
foot pressed the gas pedal hard
and she fairly few along the high
way. She seethed inside.
Blind alley Of emotionl AS IL I
don't know my own mind"
That afternoon Ray Powell
came to the rancho and offered to
lease her land on shares.
tI'n see how Jack and Mother
feel about il, she said slowly, al
though the final decision would
be hers. Strangely, she felt a reluc-
lance TO turn the land over TO an
other.
Doris and / viii miss you" Ray
said. i suppose well not see you
very often when you're Mrs. Reck-
less"
Don't be silly, Ray"
Is came to her that she would
see her old neighborS very. very
seldom when she went 70 live in
/ the Spanish hacienda. None Of
them would have time for golf. or
leisurely motoring. or for scarcely
any OF the things she expected 20
I do when she would be Reck'S wife.
She resolved, however. that she'd
go 20 see them. for she would never
forget how kind they had al been
20 her. Most OF al. Bill. And she
had hurt him again
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