The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
Chapter "a
Love You Truly

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AT ABOUT the time that the
a Chiseler's pants lay in dry
dock, the party in the dining-room
began to break up. Not that the
revels were ended by any means
The participants, replete with
food and champagne, had merely
decided to adjourn to the living
room.
On the way they had to pass
through a spacious hallway with 9
loor at either end. Mr.. Tacks
ADAMS was not the man to let such
N opportunity get past him. He
uddenly tucked an arm through
me Of Packy North's and drew hel
Jut into the night.
By now Packy was getting used
. the precipitous ways OF Mr.
.Adams.
Where are we going?" she in
1uired calmly.
mo place in particular" Tacks
said. Il just thought you might
care to look over the grounds"
Packy shrugged. "Ohl All right
This really is a beautiful place. 70
love to see it by day."
IT'S date" said Tacks quickly
How about tomorrow"
We'll, don't know. ! think III
be busy tomorrow"
Just then it occurred to her Il
wonder why her lips didn't cir
out a short sharp mo" as they hac
been accustomed to do heretofore
to all proposals made by Mr.
Adams. Was it possible she wa!
losing her grip? If so, she woulc
take immediate steps to correct
this condition.
"Pll call for you at one o'clock,
Tacks said.
NO" said Packy, making ;
colossal attempt to summon de
cision. mo. I can't do it."
But it was obvious, even to Mis-!
North, that something had hap
pened to Miss North. Her words
did not carry the ring of convic
ton. Tacks just laughed at her.
you're failing, holder-outer,
ne said. "You didn't mean that"
Il did too"
II don't believe you"
'"Oh, come on" said Packy sud.
denly. Show me this place"
They went down by the Sound
The water lay dark and simmer.
ng under a star-hung sky.
II love YOU" Tacks said.
Packy made no reply. She WASH
honestly prepared to reply to this
Under the drifty. interminglins
perfumes of the formal garden
facks tried again.
Il love you," he said.
lnvoluntarily, Packy drew ;
little closer to him.
That's a heavenly scent" she
said.
You're a heavenly girl" sale
Tacks. II love you"
But there was no soap in thu
formal garden. Well, perhaps he'C
have better luck under the gian
trees in the parkland. He escorted
her thither. Overhead, branche!
Stlrfe0 reSLleSSly.
81 love you," he said.
Packy sighed. what a one
track mind!"
Tacks put out his tongue at thu
trees. AS objects under which Il
speak to a woman of love, he de
cided, trees were distinctly behinC
me door. He would leave the trees
1at.
But there wasn't any Other
Lace to 60 unless, of course, HI
conducted a second tour of The
Saltair Acres premises. He rulec
against this. He felt chilled anc
Junk. And then, all at once, he go
sore. Here he was laying his lift
IT the feet of this woman and sht
treated him like a mess of cole
-pinach. It was more than morta
.,esh could bear.
Casting Discretion
JE STOPPED and faced Packy
They were in the shadow o
he house, beneath a lighted sec
lnd-story window, and Tacks fan
lied that he heard voices dimly
But it made no never mind. He wa:
soing to put this thing across. HI
was tough, that was what. Sud
denly he seized the shoulders o
Miss Patricia North and shool
them hard.
Listen, you," he said abruptly
casting discretion to the foul
winds. "You can't make a tramp
out of me. What the dickens do yol
think / wrote you those letters for,
What the dickens do you think
burned up your telephone wirl
Tor? What the dickens do vol
think / risked my life with tina
ravenous wolf-hound for? VIVA
the dickens do you think Sc
night clubs on fire for? What tn,
dickens do you think / buy ambu
lances for? For fun? Hey? Well
z this and get it once and for all
I love you, do you understand
love YOU so much I'd curl up ant
die for you and I don't meal
maybe. And I'm getting sick o
having you toss me aside like ;
pair Of old shoes. I love you, you
you--you stand-in for an icicle
And, so help me, I'm going Il
marry you if it's the last thing
do on earth and just try and stol
me. Try and stop me, do you hear
DO YOU HEAR Me -. GULPin
AS general rule. Mr.. Adam
would have forborne to "gulp" il
such circumstances as these. Thu
'.gulp" that he now loosed of wa
really a protest against something
that had come hurting down on
of the night and draped itsel
around his head just as he has
been on the verge of reiteratinI
his undvinc love FIR Mics pnfrirs.