The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-22
He gave one back.

rected.
"You don't stay at one thing very
long, do you? A couple of weeks
ago, it was fish that engaged you.
Fish and carpentering. I'm
rather a dilettante. you know,
dabbling in this art and that. And
doing very WELL" he added with
twinkle in his eye. in fact, 4 sold
two pounds of mushrooms to old
man Fuller for half a dollar this
morning. ] was planning to have
a luscious meal of them for myself
but gold tempted me-" 81
Something struck deep IN Cecil
ly's breast. What had he had for
| lunch? ~
"And the berry. season is here
with more bright prospects. BY the
way, Cecily, what do you know
about making raspberry Jam?
Does it take much sugar."
Cecily had risen and stood be-
fore him. t
Locke, are you serious? Are
you really going to make jam for
yourself?"
He tilted her chin up and smiled
down on her but his eyes did not
laugh. 4es
"Why?" he asked softly.
She couldn't say, Il can't bear for
you to be so poor-hungry, per-
haps." She couldn't say anything.
Yet her eyes were full of things.
And there in broad daylight. in
a shop where anyone might walk.
in, he bent down and kissed her on
her parted lips.
-Cecily closed her eyes and
sWayed toward him. Then his arms
were around her, holding her close,
tenderly. She chung to him for a
moment, then he let her 60.
Still she kept her eyes closed.
reluctant to let the breathless
moment go. g
a., His hands grasped her arms,
commanding her to open her eyes.
When she did. she saw that his
eyes had darkened and sthat his
face was wooden with his effort
to conceal his emotions.
'T'm sorry. dear" he said. re-
leasing her. ...,---~..
ooh, don't be sorry" she whis-
pered. Pm glad! I'm glad. Locke!
I wanted you TOT
did your" His question was for
her eyes which answered him.
"You shouldn't have" he said
strangely And then. abruptly. he
turned and left her.
She couldn't move. She felt
powerless, although she wanted to
call him back. She felt that that
was the time 10 ask him questions.
In that moment she. could have
said. do you love me?"
But when he was gone. she was
glad that she hadn't
He will come again and some
day I'll understand" she said.
The Simple Life -
TONY ICHARD SON dug
around in the smooth stones of
the beach. She selected a handful
with flat edges. Her careful scru-
tiny was worthy Of better things
--of pearls, let US say. al Carriers.
Tony had pearls. inherited pearls
She was the debutante of Gloria
Watts season perhaps you will
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mother bought
her foreign car. accompanied by
chauffeur Of her own; a silver
fox cape, and the suite de luxe on
the smartest of the trans Atlantic
floating palaces to celebrate her
seventeenth birthday. $780,
At the moment. like the other
five girls on Gloria's picnic lunch
con, she was embracing the simple
life.
She scaled a very flat stone into
the icy blue water and watched
it skip across the surface. Hi.
Gloria!"
Eyes, darling" Gloria answered,
concentrating on getting the first
olive out of a bottle.
Why didn't you ask me up here
before? / think it's grand!"
do your" Gloria retorted.
Fancy ever hearing Tony Riclf-.
ardson say that Since you like Il.
how about a little help?"
Tony continued to skip stones.
Am / supposed to be so hard to
entertain? I'm not. really. Further
more, like the simple life
Allene Bixby lifted the. top side
of sandwich, peered hungrily
into the interior and said jeeringly.
TONY and the simple life!"
Lucinda Shaw touched a match
IN tha fro yxyhich Wilson, had nro
pared. ''Tony's idea of the simple
life is having only one maid. and
lots of handsome local yokels
around. Something out of a
movie"
Wrong, as usual" Tony said
with the complacence of the ac-
knowledged leader. AS started to
say, like this aItumnal sunshine,
| like the smell of this place. like
the tempo of Vickersport and I'd
like to be invited again" She took
a deep breath. ITS a great change
from Newport and Southampton"
Il really feel grateful to you,
Tony" Gloria said. Mother does
insist on my being here most of the
summer and the only way it's
bearable is to have guests. But it's
all so dulll"
Dull, eh?" Tony stamped out
her cigarette in the sands. Life
shouldn't ever be dull for us, but
unfortunately it isl BY the way,
why isn't Cecily here? though,
this picnic was to include all the
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