The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-23
Chapter 10
NOIa And Tally

Chapter 10
Nola And Tally
DETSY, with native dignity. her
~ chubby fingers clutching Tex
went straight toward Bob. ooh
Mister Bob" she trebled into the
sudden silence. "can ! please have
some ice-cream?"
STOPPING, he unfastened her fin
gers from the cats fur. then picked
her up. mo ice cream" he pro-
nounced. Back to bed for you
young ladyl"
Her cherub face puckered with
dismay. "Please, Mister Bob?"
isn't she the cutest thing!'
Mary Adams exclaimed. "Who i!
she, Bob?"
aOld Talbot's grandchild."
aOh, let her have something to
eat" Mary urged. want sand
witch. honey?"
Betsy nodded tearfully. mink,
Bob laughed and carried her into
the dining room.
So once more that evening one
Of the Mack family became the
center of attraction at Jocelyn':
party.
81 think / shall have to choose
between Mysteries or isolation,
Jocelyn informed Geoff, dropping
into chair.
At that precise moment Tex OBJ.
served his benefactress. Memorie:
of delicious salmon erased his an.
noyance at being peremptorily in
troduced into a room full Of
strange people. Jocelyn was moi
strange and, although Tex did no
care particularly for women. she
deserved consideration because
she allowed him bed and unusual
board. And so, without more ado
he sprang into her lap and rubbed
his big furry head under her chin
Geoff stared. He started to reach
for the cat. "Here. Lyn. I'll put thu
beast outdoors"
Jocelyn smothered a giggle
wondering what Geoff's reaction
would be if Tex scratched him. Al
least this was not the time ano
place to find out.
Never mind" she said sharply
Hes dangerous. Geoff. He might
bite YOU"
Geoff drew back. 'sThen why
does he like your" he demanded
suspiciously.
Il haven't the slightest notion,
she fibbed. "but I'll put him out
side"
Just as she reached the dool
with Tex, Tally and Nola came in
Were looking for Betsy" Nols
smiled. "Oh, there she is, Tally"
And another Mack was gently
but firmly removed from the party
and taken to bed.
Geoff said: "Lyn, I've had
enough of this, haven't you? Let's
collect the crowd and take them in
70 my place for an hour or SC"
sYou manage it, Geoff. Pm
not very responsible right now"
With renewed enthusiasm every
one piled into cars and started fol
town. Godfrey and Jocelyn ar
rived far enough ahead of the 9TH
ers 10 open the house, turn on the
lights and the radio.
Stark Jealousy
THE Kensing house was Colonial
y style, tastefully furnished
Godfrey lived here with his
mother who. right now, was sum-
mering at Arrowhead Springs,
relieved. she had confided to Joce-
lyn, TO be able to use the summer
heat as an excuse to open her
mountain place and get away from
polo and polo ponies. Jocelyn liked
Mrs. Kensing. She was a tolerant
person with a keen sense of hu-
NOR.
The concentrated blasts of many
horns announced the arrival of the
guests. Jocelyn declared, II must
powder my nosel'' and left Geofl
TO welcome the crowd. Descending
about ten minutes later she
stopped at a turn in the stairway
20 look over the heads below and
see II everyone had come. Bob,
Mary, Ruth, Jim. Eleanor
where was Nola?
Discreetly questioning here and
there, she discovered no one had
seen Nola and no one had brought
her. Thorn had been around few
minutes before, she ascertained
An intuitive twinge warned her
Abruptly, she was positive OF
Nola's whereabouts. Nola had
taken advantage of the rush and
stayed behind at Seacliff with
TaIlyl
Il must be blind" Lyn though,
duly. 'Nola is in love with Tally,
Thorn Thorn mustn't be hurt
-. he mustn't know. ! won't lei
her hurt him this way. I'm going
to Seacliff and drag here here II
have tot For Thorn's sake. -"
Slipping unobserved through the
conservatory and thence through
q side entrance, she found Geof-
freyss car, slid under the wheel
and eased it as quietly as possible
down the driveway and into the
street.
Once on the highway she stepped
on the accelerator and covered the
three miles TO Seacliff in almost q
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