The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-08
TWO AGAINST LOVE
By Frances Hanna

| footsteps was the chuckle that
| drifted down to her now. She had
never heard sound like II before.
It was gleeful. yet miTfhIess: &c
static. yet somehow deuOnjacal
Her uneasy movement awak-
ened Sandy. He yaWned. sat up and
put his paws on her knee. wagging
his tail. She lifted him into her
lap, relieved TO feel something
warm and alive against her. She
tried to shrug of her mood Imagi.
nation. The three servants were
only few rooms sway
Yet the melancholy of her mood
persisted: She wished Thorn Wotild
come home Twice she started to-
ward the stairway and came back
to the Gre. At this moment u
seemed impossible that people
were talking and laughing and
being happy on the other side OF
| the house. It wasn't the sturdy par
|tition which kept her away. she
rejected: itsWas q stronger barrier.
A barrier she had erected by means
Of selfishness. resentment, and
stubborn pride. There was no need
OF this loneliness; this feeling OF
isolation. She could have been IN
there right now with Bob and the
others. She could have made her.
self one Of them But worst Of ali.
she thought miserably, the man
she loved was on the other side Of
that barrier.
Tears Of yearning and misery
and self-recriminatiop splashed
Gown her cheeks, tumbling of to
dampen the dogs black fur. He
wrigg1ed around. thrust up bis
head and kissed her chin with bis
pink tongue.
You haven't been very happy,
either. have you. Sandy2 she
Whispered. Deep down in your
heart you'd like to make friends
with Tex, wouldn't your"
lie growled low Elm bis threat,
! karked sharply She turned her
head TO see Fred Jones peering Of
her from the doorway She had not
heard him come down the stairs.
With an effort at composure she
asked:
did you wish something. Mr..
Relief
ME? Mo- He came on into the
IVA room, walking with q queer
shambling gait. He kept looking at
her. You own this place. Miss?"
Part of it. Why?"
Just wondered. Will this fog
keep lp?"
sometimes have fog several nights
running but its always nice and
sunny in the afternoons be quiet
Sandy Sandy had kept up the
low growing and even her stern
admohition failed to quiet him.
Il guess your dog don't like me,
Jones grinned Say. amt il pretty
hard for ears to get through this
fog7s
Jocelyn. becoming more and
more puzzled and uneasy. said.
They do have to travel very
slowly She thought. IF he doesn't
60 away before count twenty. I'm
going into the Macks. barrier or no
barrierl Pm moi going to SD here
and calmly wait to te strangledl"
She had not vet counted fifteen
when there was o knock on the
door. Come in!" she called.
Tally opened the door and en-
tered Relief, sweeping her. left her
weak. III hello. Tally, Oh. please
come In and close the door This IS
Mr.. Jones. He has taken one of my
rooms for two weeks. He = he's
from San Francisco
Tally nodded curtiy but did not
offer to shake the little mans hand.
He came over to Jocelyn's chair be-
side the fireplace. leaned close and
rubbed Sandy's ears.
Nola said you were alone. ]
thought you might be afraid," he
murmured in a low voice. Louder
he said, what are you readipg2r
EFT C0n't Happen Here She
smiled family TITS fascinating, "
'Fve read reviews of 1t. he said
in a conversational tone. Would
you lend It to me when you've fin-
ished2y
The strange Mr.. Jones com.
mented dourly, Il guess you and
your boy-friend would like to be
alone. Well. good night. Tn going
to bed.
| HIS eaf-like tread died at the top
of the stairway.
Thank you, Tally JOcelyn