The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-21


him in lumber camp managed
By Gdry Brent-the man Judith
loDes Gary insists thpt Judith get
a diDorce. telling likrlthat Rehbet
Is going to Garyy. ,Cissv Also, he
discharges Reuben for disobeying
orders. There is q skelr-dowR be-
t1Deen husbaAds and tDife, and
tieifioId ffadAbr auEs out again.
- 5tll Chapter Al
of Your Pedestal
II DID not fell the pines be-
i cause"
you wanted to cheaper Gary
before Galbreath."
Because" in deadly level
tones, hose trees were unsound.
Blighted to the heart"
"You expect me to believe
that?"
"You must believe either Brent
or me. Suit yourself"
Gary didn't know that" It was
a statement, not a question.
ssHe knew. He saw chance to
cover one of his plumbers by a
quick cash sale"
II don't believe you"
II didn't expect you to"
They glared asa0acif Dther from
masked eyes. Neither tried to
penetrate the mask.
WAS the respopA BDity yours?,s Z
Judith asked coldl8 1-1A-
Strictly speaking, no. But that
timber. ready tox ergmble at the
slightest weight, FAsgto have been
used for a dormitory-a place
where little children 60 to sleep
believing they're safe. Little un-
. fortunates of no great value to So
) -ciety, perhaps, but
She made gesture. She didn't
want to hear.
Reuben continued, as though to
himself, my only home for IL
Is years was an orphan asylum! 1t
would have been a poor return"
"You preferred to be driven off
the only decent job you've held
since married you, like, lit gave
her pleasure to hurt him, he want
ed to marry Cissy- like mad
dogl"
: $. He left the fireplace, came to-
wards her slowly, "You allowed
Brent to talk to you about me?
You believer"
Instinctively she got to her feet.
''Why shouldn't | believe2 Hasn't
your every action since I've know
you-?"
His laughter, sardonic, Aerrible,
might have issued from Satan
himself. "You're right Since the
first minute / saw you I've been
something less than a Inar cater
ing, cringing, fawnihg! But I'm
standing UP straight now-free! It
was hard chain to break
He pondered this for & second.
4 surprised that ii was So Then: tri-
umphantly: "You're of your ped
estall You're standing shoulder TO
shoulder with me. on The same
level"
"Do you mean to be fiattering?"
Il mean that from now on I'm
my own man and yours. Glen
warned me you'd make poor ifni-
tation of nothing of me unless /
made an Oliver of you"
1tGE laughter lit4CQ tttC WuOtG
universe with contempt. ''Don't at
tempt the impossible. Fit your
pattern to your CLOTH"
And instantly hurricane arose
TO join the landslide. Before its
fury they were swept, willy, nilly,
two feathers headed for destruc-
ton
+. Reuben said. sTm through sIav-
ing to keep things soft for you.
Leaving you with nothing to do
but play around with Brent, listen
to his Islander, his questionable
love making"
Take carel" she ierked out.
Never Come Back
LIE WAS Beyond taking care
II 'sWe're AedHiha out Of ythil
cabin, now.i Getting out of Thu
camp as soon 1assI swork out my
debt. We're going back TO Warder
= I still own ampphols there.
Go wallow in it!'' Judish famed
sT'm going 20 Maryland"
Following Brent?" he formed
: the words stiE1iy through asher
lips. "Oh. no you're not"
"Oh, yes I ami"
IF you 90 now" Reuben said
mad beyond al madness, ''yoI
need never try to come back"
'I'll never want toi''
Brent may disappoint you
-. again."
&. He closed the room. picked uE
his hat. opened the door. I'm re-
minding you my children are
divers not Goodies. They're
moi going 10 stihe and stagnate be-
hind a lockwood hedge. I'll fight
soG them 10 the last ditch
From her own Quivering, seth
- snk rage judith dragged these
wordx Sweetly uttered, venom
tipped: "Cissy will feel right al
Aonle in Warder."
Tie door hanged behind him
Judith stood staring. She said
aloud: Il needn't have feared Il
So. Leaving sour husband. end
i1g your marriage vas easy
Rsat "a hain.s ann Ina "a Skapd
and wonder at it. She must get
a~sy quickly before Reuben came
back While Lu Wing fed the chill
dren she would pack Their clothes
Take all her siiver-holfow ware
ard lat. to pike-Borrow money