The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-06
TWO AGAINST LOVE
by Frances Hanna

Tor the future, hao proved uu0e-
sirable: Tally, q man as irdepen-
dent and arrogant as herself,
whom she had come TO love. had
proved uninterested In her: Bob,
the brother she had adored, had
found his own happiness in his own
way; Thorn, responsible for her
welfare, had blundered and lost
everything.
Yet now she recalled that houses
destroyed by smashing surf were
built again on higher, more solid
ground. Very wei: IL followed
then that she would have to take
the remnants left b. disaster and
build again. Thorn. at least tempo
rarily, was beaten and useless. II
anything was to be done rae would
ha, to do it
Her shoulders Strengthened: her
chin thrust up stubbornly; her lips
frightened. The broom of necessity
cleared her eyes Of the cobwebs
made By years Of untouched Sc
curity.
When, late In the afternoon. she
found Thorn pacing restlessly up
and down the terrace, she was no
longer an irresponsible girl. These
few hours had placed the burden
of responsibility on her young
shoulders. and with 1t Q new ma
turity.
Thorn" she announced, aT've
figured out exactly what we are
going to do"
He stared at her In astonish.
mert. amazed at the assurances OF
her tone and bearing. Relief food
ed through him as he realized she
had taken misfortune with unexr
pected and admirable fortitude.
Tell me. Lyn.
Advertise
"TsHIS, We have twelve rooms.
beside the drawing-roorn and
the servants, rooms on our side Of
the house. Eight Of these rooms
can be made into bedrooms. This
is an ideal location for Eastern
people spending the winter In
California. Close to town. quiet,
roomy, and llxllriously furnished.
We will keep the cook and hire an
extra maid, and turn the place into
residential hotel. We can adver-
tise in the Los Angeles and San
Francisco newspapers. See. I've
already written q draft Of the ad
~ planned It like others in the
classified section Of the papers and
think It's attractive and we'll
worded."
Thorn took the slip Of paper
from her hand and read:
Luxurious, spacious rooms IN
secluded quiet mansion on the
ocean, three miles from Santa
Barbara. Swimming pool. rid-
ing stable. surf bathing. Req /
son1ble rates for board and
room on the meek OF month.
He returned the paper to her as
II the edges we're on fire. The
whole idea Is horriblel" he de-
clared. Turning Seaclin into B
hotel RESORT Strange people using
our things, sleeping in our beds.
sitting in our chairs! won't lei
you do Il, Lynl Tits preposter-
GUS -sacriiegiouslp
Her eyes narrowed. Then what
do you suggest as an alternative1'
He thought q moment q guess
there isn't any. But don't like 1t.
I'm glad you realize we have
no choice. I'll phone this ad TO the
papers right away and then 20
town we 60 20 sell our cars and
hire another maid to help get the
rooms ready. Humphreys will have
| to 20, Thorn. ! hate losing him.
He's beer. with US so many years
he seems part Of Seaclih."
"Geoffrey might take him on.
Thorn suggested. til ask him"
81 guess this Is the end Of the
| traditional Russell estate" Jocelyn
sighed. sFirst the Macks turn hall
of it into q dairy and vegetable
farm then we turn the other hall
into resort hotel"
"Grandma would have q &C Il
she knew Thorn mOaned.
Somehow don't think 80,
Lyn murmured. II wouldn't be 81
all surprised IL she foresaW some
thing like this when she made on,
that queer. win Of heral"
Thorn. disregarding this prem
Use, said, I'VE could avoid all OF
this unpleasantness, Lyn, II you
married young Talbot. OH he
explained haskil y 81 mean so we
could sell Seaelii1. just one oi
those In name /. only marriage
contracted for legal formality--s
"Thats out OF the question
Don't ever mention II again
II suppose" His eyes were sud-
denly wretched. Il wish Nola were
not coming back
$50 do /. But she Is. so let's for
get II. Right"
Right he echoed without
much conviction.
| Nola. arriving four days later
learning from the Macks tina,
Jocelyn and Thorn had turned
their division Of Seacliff into an
inn, promptly returned to Santa
Barbara for her luggage, came
back to Seacliff and with charac-
| teristic assurance demanded from
Jocelyn Q room with view.
Continued tomerrsw.
fCopgrieAs. 1881