The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-22

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He leaned back as though he felt
he had completed a detailed auto
biography in those few jerky SEN
fences.
"Okay. Miss Davenport"
They surveyed each other
frankly, slim, dark eyed girl and
blue-eyed stalwart man. A for
giving grin began to twitch at the
corners of Sues lips. There was
an endearing frankness about this
Trenton person.; trustful belief
in the goodwill of the world to-
ward his appreciative self which
was hard to resist.
That's right" he encouraged
her. "In the words of the song:
smile. smile, smile!' You look
much. much nicer when you
smile. All dark people do There's
touch of grimness in knitted
black broWs, did you know it?
And have no intention of begin
ming what is going to be one of
the most charming friendships
that ever came into my life with
grimness."
you take a lot for granted. Mr..
Trenton!"
Bob" he corrected. Its one of
the easiest of all names to pro-
nounce. Even a baby can say it.
Sue now is harder. The sibilant
sound presents certain difficulties
which do not appear to be sur
mounted before the second or
| third year - or so my married
friends tell me. Not that I've ever
known any girl named Sue; but l
had an Aunt Susan"
She was toe young not to
chuckle at his blithe audacity. En-
couraged by the sound, he beamed
at her.
Now we're getting some
placer
EffOrtIess Ease
4 LMOST before his roses were
"A faded. Bob Trenton had be-
come an intimate of the little
household. 1t was accomplished
with the effortless ease character
istic of him.
Met peach of a guy today"
Allen had announced that first
night. He interrupted himself
amazedly. "Golly, look at the
flowers! You and Kettle settled it
between your"
She dimpled at him as she I'M
| folded her napkin. Jim? Jim
would regard such a display as in
the worst possible taste. It's a new
man." A sudden thought occurred
to her. Maybe it's your man,
Allen your peach of guy. This
towns not so large that he could
remain undiscovered long; not a
shrinking violet like Bob Trenton.
anyway"
"Trenton! That's the name!
Trenton's Treadon Shoes, you
know. But he's only been here a
day or so, he tells me. How come
the lavish floral offering?"
"He bumped into me yesterday
afternoon" she answered, pru-
IDENTIFY SURPRISING the details.
mo harm done. but the roses are
a peace Offering"
Il asked him out to dinner to-
morrow night. All right?"
"All right" she said demurely.
She was young enough to enjoy
meeting this personable young
man before her friends did. The
towns social set was small and
closely knit. 1t would not be long
before Trenton was a part of it.
And as the days went on, she was
amused and little startled ct his
whirlwind attentions to herself.
He had behaved from the first as
| though he had some claim upon
her. If he had not informed him.
self of her activities for the day
before he left the previous eve
ming, his telephone call caught
her before she could leave the
house in the morning.
| He made no secret of his devo-
ton; rather invited attention to it.
If she appeared at some function
with Jim Kettle. or Forest Webb,
or any other of the men who had
known her for years, Bob was all
ways to be found lowering near
the door, awaiting her entrance.
He would join her as matter Of
/ factly as though it had been ar
ranged for him to relieve her eS-
cort of all responsibility toward
her.
who does he think he is, any,
how?" Forest would growl. "Just
because he's Trenton of TreddonS,
with Harvard accent and Lon
donmade clothes. doesn't give him
| the right to monopoliZe you all
evening" Sue. Unless you're en-
gaged?" he demanded.
She shook her head. Hes Just
giving me a rush. And why on
earth do you let him bluff you.
Forest? He asked me to come
with him tonight and / told him
I'd already promised you. Why
don't you stand up for yourself?"
He grinned in frank defeat.
''He's the white-headed boy of
the Chamber of Commerce. and
Dad and his friends won't have
him scared away; not while he's
negotiating for a branch factory
here, at all events"
It's love you. love your job. is
it. Forest?"
'You betl hope to get married
one of these fine days, honey chile,
and ] don't see old Allen turning
you over to jobless husband. Be-
sides, this Eastern guy will he on
his way pretty soon--I hope and
trustl Just sit tight, and don't get
your head turned by all this
crown prince stuff"
'You think he's amusing him
self with me?" she asked IN a
voice sweet enough to have
warned him.
Continued tomorrow