The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-28
TWO AGAINST LOVE

BY Frances Hanna -


'eeseesseaeesesessssssess
| softly. 'You see. when ! was 1
/ little girl my grandma always
bought me everything ] wanted
| and ] didn't realize how Q little girl
would feel when she saw pretty
things she couldn't have. / want "a
| give you the doh and the singing
box and I'll buy you q bracelet thai
will at your wrist much better
than this big one"
'You mean can keep Molly?''
Betsy asked In an awed voice.
Eyes"
A little hesitantly Betsy went
close to Jocelyn and reached out
her chubby arms. Jocelyn drew
her near and Rugged her. ssIs
everything all right now7" she
whispered. deeply stirred by the
feel OF the child's trembling body.
No." declared Tally, sit isn't
Betsy cannot have the thinRs.s
Jocelyn stared at him over the
not?"
Because she has to learn not to
help herself to other peoples pos
sessions. Do you think this expert.
ence will do her any good IL now.
after raising q row and accusing
her Of stealing, you very generous
~ give her the thinEs?"
Jocelyn stood up, contempt
darkening her eyes as they met his.
81 think she's had her lesson. ! also
think you're being unfair and I'M
reasonable"
Sand ! think you're being In
consistent and stupid" he retoCt-
ed. "Come along, Belts.
81 want the dolly" she walled.
"Joshlyn gived It TO me. Uncle
Tally
Mire OF Self Pity
LIE PICKED her up in his arms.
[! "You cant have it. Betsy Il
isn't yours"
"You are the most impossible,
the most stubborn, the most cDn-
trary male ever saw In my Nfel"
Jocelyn ragged.
"Oh. be quiet" he ordered. sY6u
make me sick. I'm not going TO
have Betsy growing up into q
spoiled brat, and that's final. II she
finds out now that she can't have
her own way whenever she wants
it. she'll be q at companion for
people when she grows up"
Meaning I'm not7"
Exactly"
Thorndyke opened the door and
peered out at the bristling antag-
onists. Whats going on out here.
Lynn"
Good night, Miss RussellI"
Tally said with stiff politeness, ig-
noring Thorn. He strobe of around
the back of the house, holding the
weeping child against his shoulder.
Thorn tried again. aLyn. what
Is the troubled"
"Oh, its none Of FOUR businessl"
she snapped and pushed past him
into the drawing-room.
Thorn, his feelings injured, waa-
dered of toward the beach: set-
tied disconsolatelS on the wooden
steps leading from the TERRACE
down to the sand He had no place
in particular to 60; nothing in pare
ticular to do. He was very lonely
man. He felt very sorry for hifn-
self. Nobody wanted him around.
Nobody liked him. Nola was prob
ably having . grand time in Homo
lulu and was glad to be rid Of him.
He wallowed in q mire Of self
pity.
If. he considered. he had fol-
lowed Nola to Honolulu at once
there might have been q reconcile
alton. He really had wanted to,
but that procedure would have
rscassitated digging into the intact
bulk Of inherited securities. It
seemed to him now that he had
been very foolish to hoard the
money. Bob was independent Of il
and Ign, marrying Geof. soon
would be. There was no valid rea-
son for being misery. That forty
thousand. invested. might make
him q great deal more. Any sort
OF business venture was out, Of
course. but he had heard tales Of
making money quickly. And since
the entire sum was practically
his, he might as well put Il to
some good use, for IL he lost II -.
and nothing like that would hap
pen. for he was much too shrewd
=. no one but he would be hurt:
and. If he made lots of money. Lyn
as well as himself would benefit.
Besides. Nola had so much money
that he, comparatively speaking,
was q pauper. Nola might have
more respect for his capability II
he could demonstrate concrete
A shutting sound on the other
side Of the fence disturbed his re-
Elections. Good heavensl couldn't
a man think without being aware
OF the intruders who shared his
house7
A gaunt stopped figure rounded
the last outpost of fencing and am
bled through the sand toward him.
Hlo. Grafnp offered serenely.
It's q mighty purity night out. amt
it2 I Jest couldn't make my old
bones be still with that there moon
a-shinin' over the water. That old
sea Is mighty trech-rous though,
even II It looks mighty harmless
from here
Thorn followed the old mans
glance out over the vast reach OF
ocean and surprised himself BY
saying. q guess Il Is treacherous.