The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-12
TWO AGAINST LOVE
by Frances Hanna

mot yet, he corrected. There's
a rosewood cabinet"
Which came over from England
in eighteen-twenty," Jocelyn
pleaded. GRANDMOTHER treasured
it above everything else. Please
let me buy it from you now?p
ooh. no." he refused. Il have
plenty of money for the present.
Besides, my grandfather has taken
a fancy to il: He says your grand
mother and he used to write each
other notes and hide them in Sc
cret drawer. / think it's only right
he should have it. It couldn't mean
as much to you as it does to him."
"But I'll bug it!r
at isn't for sale. Now viii you
go?"
Listen, " she pleaded, a real note
of desperation in her voice, "if
you'll give up this idea of farming
I'll see that Thorndyke settles part
of our money on YOU"
Eve don't want charity His
tone was curt: his eyes forbidding.
Anyhow. what is so terrible about
chickens and cows and vegeta-
bles?"
"Nothingl" she snapped Moth
ing at all to peasant who knoacs
nothing betteri"
His black eyes, disdainful and
insolent. bored into her. Perhaps
/ am peasant. Miss Russell, but
if you are an example of blue
blooded aristocracy. then I'm quite
get out or I'll throw you outi"
Thoroughly Infatuated, Jocelyn
gasped: Don't worry. I'll 60.
wish never had to see that ugly
face of yours again as long as !
live!"
Sentiment
Mt THE end of the first week
a Jocelyn complained bitterly
to Thorndyke of the ubiquitous
Macks, for it seemed that every
time one of her friends cars
stopped before the house it was a
signal for old Talbot Mack, gar
rulous and chuckling, to appear.
He was impervious both to Joce-
lyn's GOODNESS and to her suggeS-
tons he might be needed else
where. Also. most of the time
Betsy accompanied him and be-
tween the two of them they mo-
nopolized attention and converse
ton. AS if this wasn't enough there
was an added anathema in the
background: Tally guiding pillow
over the proud green lawns: his
black hair shining in the sun; his
work shirt, its sleeves rolled high
on brown muscular arms, open
halfway down his chest.
Jocelyn could no longer relate
to her crowd the doings of the Tex
ans with any degree of amusement.
Her sense of humor deserted her
completely.
ut is not humorous to see Sea-
cliff turned into a truck aud dairy
farmn she told Thefndyke.
Thorn. plucking nervously at his
neat mustache, said: It'll speak to
the bounder at once, Lynl shall
insist he stop this nonsense. We
must have some rights before the
law, my dear. Whatever was
Grandmother thinking of, any
hoW?"
II don't know Lyn frowned,
gazing absently out at the spilling
spring sunshine. II only wish she
were here to enjoy her beloved
1egatees! &c she had hated every
one of US she. couldn't have con-
ceived a more diabolical punish
ment-but she didn't hate us,
Thorn-she loved US. She sold the
land, piece by piece over a period
of years, so none of us should want
for anything; so she could leave
us enough money to last until we
all married and could take care
of the place il we, wished. You
know she never denied me any
thing"
He nodded. "She told me once
she knew that she had spoiled
you: that you would probably
marry Godfrey, not because you
would be in love with him, but
because your craving for luxury
would make you believe you loved
him. She said she felt sorry for the
person who tried to cross you or
balk your desires: vet If it was a
man and he was handy enough, vou
might find happiness with him"
Thorn, am lish--spoiled?s
Don't be ridiculous, Lyn. OF
course you AREN'T
perhaps / ana and don't realize
it." she reflected. eStill, j. don't
quite see how to finl.out Certainly
I'm not going to worry about N.Y.
self when Thorn, what can't
understand is why, since Grandma
knew long before she died OF this
will. she didn't prepare US. And
why did she stipulate I had to
marry young Talbot before the
estate could be Sold?n
Thorn cleared his throat: spoke
with confident authority: "Senti-
ment. It must have been. Doesn't
| il occur to you that she wanted
you to marry him? That she knew
this house would not survive two
families and sooner or later we
would be driven to sell it?"
But why would she want US 70
sell it? She loved this house."
Il wonder il she did. really" he
unused.
sYou think she didn't?. Jocelyn
gasped, astounded. "Oh, Thorn,
that's silly. You don't mean--you
don't believe she was unhappy
here? That she regretted marrying
Grandfather Russell and - and
leaving that impossible old mani"
Aren't you forgetting that old
man was only twenty-five when
this ancient love affair took place?
He was fiery young Scotch-I irish
man. He must have looked great
deal as his grandson does now. ]