The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-21

| to look into, that's all.
The Chiseler clssped his hands
behind his back and bowed his
Ihead.
State the proposition" he said
with dignity.
Every we'll" Miss South said,
lSettling herself in q chair and
Fighting a cigarette. when you
decided that It would be q good
idea to set me up In this gilded
cage, my job was to try and get IN
amongst the rich and lofty wasn't
lit? ! mean, so that you and Angel
Face here"--she indicated Caletti
could strut your stuff better?"
aQuite Sc" assented the Chisel-
| er.
Miss South made fan OF her
crimson-tipped fingers. "Okay. I'm
in amongst it"
Splendid" said the Chiseler
approvingly What's the story?"
The story" Miss South COM
tinued, Els roughly this: A few
days ago just as ! was leaving this
apartment house.. a young gent
drives up to the curb. And what
do you think he drives up in? A
very snooty Isotta- Fractini. And
you know as well as do. Chisel-
er, that young gentlemen who ply
up and down the streets Of this viii
lage in Isotta-F tachinis are not
I,exactly on relief"
This appeaEe logical to the
Chiseler. He nodded. Proceed"
| Miss South laughed. That's ex-
Eactly what / did. proceeded. No
sooner had ] lamped this baby in
this ritzy bus than proceeded 10
put my left foot in front Of my
right foot in such manner that /
coi1ld not help stumbling over it.
! landed on my silken knees right
alongside Of the Isotta-F rachini.
As ! did so, let my handbag fly
one way and my gloves another.
And did it work? Well, ask me, big
boy! The young gentleman was out
of the car like a shot and began
helping me upl OF course, put
my hand tony forehead and pre-
tended to. be hurt. :"
"An' you wuzns holt, huh2p cut
in Colettb in. a burst of keen pene-
tration. "Geez. OATS aShot one!"
Pretty WOrk?'
THE Chiseler waved him into
1 silence. go on, Dorothy!
What happened?"
We'll, he picked me up. And
then he wanted to know could he
take me anywhere. or course. i
said no right away. !. / said was
all right, except that my knee felt
bit funny. T doubted if could
walk very far on it. So he said
where was going and /, told him.
shopping. So he said he'd takeme."
I'm de ISotter?" INQUIRED, CO.
letti, just to get things straight.
No, sweetheart. In the back of
his watch. So, Chiseler, after a.
decent amount Of girlish hemmirg
and having. / planted these old
bones in. the Isotta and said drive
on, James.
Well the young lad was a fast
worker. We hadn't gone half
block before he said how about
skipping shopping and taking
breeze through the Park? All this
time. mind you, I'd been giving
him the double-o and saw he had
class and how.
$50, after little more maiden I
ly hesitation, Isaid that the shops
were always with us, but what
with all the panhandlers and dis
honest people going around nova
days, one never knew how long
we'd have the parks. And this Isot-
Ia baby laughed and headed her
into Central via the Fifty-ninth
street entrance. Pretty work or
pretty work."
You appear, Dorothy, saidsthe
Chiselers to have exercised con-
siderable perspicacity in this mat
ter"
Il should hope to tell you'll And
wait'll, you hear the rest. had, Of
course, to find out who this bird
was. ! began by asking him il. by
chance, he lived in the same apart
ment house that do. He said no,
but he'd been just about TO call on
a girl who did live there when /
came down on the sidewalk like a
duck full OF buckshot. He added
that as soon as he saw me- it oc-
CURED to him that the other girl
could wait He didn't know this
girl that he'd been going to call on.
And the next minute he pulled one
that nearly fioored me. He came
straight out and asked me did /
know a girl named Dorothy South
who lives in this building. Because,
he said, that was the name of the
girl he'd been going to see before
he decided that / looked neat
enough to be given awhirl through
the Park.
"WelA | don't know If you've
noticed or not, but I'm ca0ey
gal. It took me just two minutes
to get head clear after this hay.
maker, but when / did I began to
do some heavy thinking. I said to
myself. Dottie, ! said, here's where
a smart lady would tiptoe on eggs.
You get it? For all / knew this fel-
low might be a detective all
camoufiaged with an Tsotta and )
pongee suit. And girl can't be too
careful. So ! said, Why how
strangel ! do know Miss South. but
Just slightly: And the young cent