The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-10-26

| to him. / shall make 1t Up 70 him, .
he said with quiet firTnness.
Tim" The word came IL. :ae
merest whisper. We're both e ~
in-in a fix, do you rea.izs that:
How would it be Tiff We joined
forces?"
| He turned pcrplcxed and
frowning look upon her.
How do you mean - Join
forces?"
Il need someone to take care of.
You need to be taken care Of" she
said simply.
Both your premises are false,
my dear, but even if they were not,
what could we do about it,"
They're not false!" Stars of
anger shone in her eyes. II took a
course in psychology it lasted
only four months because Lance
had to go to Englan6--or thought
he had to-but had my textbooks
and l kept on studying. I discoy-
cred that I'm definitely the ma
ternal type" A flush rose ia her
cheeks, either from the heat CT the
fire or from. embarrassment. Tim
could not decide which. "I'll al
ways need someone to take care
Of. And it's simply rot for you TO
say that you don't need to be
looked after. You do-ycu will.
for months. You have" she f:n-
ished proudly, "a scar on your
psyche" :.
Great gunsl" was his startled
comment. "If that's the sort of
thing you learned in your course,
I'd say you were definitely better
without it. Scar on my psyche
indeed! It sounds as if I'd had my
appendix out, or had stopped a
bulletl"
She said coldly and sweetly:
you're simply betraying how lit
tie you know of psychology! l
shall pay no attention to you-any
more than you would to me if
came in all excited over finding
bit of FOOLS gold in the mountains
and declaring to you it was the
real thing!" Then seeing his ex-
preston change, she hurried on:
What matters-the thing that
really counts-is that we. should,
as | remarked before, join forces"
"Meaning-?"
Meaning marriage" she said,
though this time the fire could net
be held responsible for the brighG
color in her face.
A WOman's Privilege, Too
DUFF, you're crazyl think It's
- you who have-wkat was it?"
"a scar on your psyche. Good
gosh! Marry you because let
woman fool mel Dump my tror!-
bles on a child? Ask YOU s."
Child! I'm twenty years old,
Tim CorliSs!"
"And l, my dear, will be TWEEN
| ty-seven in November!"
$50 what?" Buff demanded,
striving to maintain her usual
composure. She was remembering
several conversations with her
friends in which it had been decid-
ed that i was as much the woman's
privilege to propose marriage IS it
was the mans. She had subscribed
heartily to the theory, but no one
had told her how difficult it would
become in actual practice.
SO you will advertise for an
other foreman-or didn't you say
that DR.. WestIand could get you
somebody?-and will run along to
Canada or Chicago or wherever
your parents are anxiously await
ing you; and will hustle to Boul-
der and relieve old George. In a
couple of months you will Ssy-if
someone should happen to men
tion the unlucky wight who put
you to so much trouble here-'iet
me seel What on earth was his
name? Tim Something, I beiiepa.
A perfect nuisance, but l did my
Boy Scout good deed for months
to come because OF him"
you seem to have forgotten the
letter / had from E.ieanor-frUm
my mother. They-tfey want &C
be alone for lew months; per-
haps for always. They'd be glad if
| were-Were married. or solile-
thing!"
MAKE it something them" was
his advice. "See here, Buff! I've
never studied psychology but
seem to know more about its prac-
teal application than you do. It's
plain that your father and mother
want you to build up life of your
own for your sake, not for theirs.
You're an odd sort of girl, did you
know it? Modern to your finger
tips in most things, but regular
old-fashioned daughter just the
same. The kind that would forego
matrimony and devote herself to
the care of an invalid parent
that sort of thing.
But your father and mother are
both perfectly healthy people, so
far as can make out; amply able
to take care of themselves. So for
get all this duty business. turn
over a new leaf, and go in for
something on your own"
"As for instance?"
"Well-daneing ~and-er-well.
dancing. Parties. New clothes. Isn't
that what interests most girls?"
None that ] know. One of my
friends lives in New York and has
a good position in an advertising
firm. Another is an interior deco
rator@"
He interrupted her wildly.
whatever you decide on, promise
me you won't interior decorate!
Great Scott, the crimes that are
committed under that head-espe-
cially by your sex! Seems to me
their sole object is to make a room
as hideous and uncomfortable as
possible. Take this living room
now"
What's the matter with it?" she
asked belligerently.
''Nothing. That's what I'm get