The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-02-01
Chapter Is
Jealousy

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Jealousy
"T'M not going to have you charg-
ing things" Allen told Patsy.
! increased your allowance last
month-though you'd said you had
laid in your whole seasons outfit;
and vet here is perfect sheaf of
bills. It would hurt the firm if /
got behind with my payments.
Even if / could square it with my
conscience-with my sense of the
fitness of things - to let you
squander money like this, |
couldn't let people think business
was so bad for Monroe, Davenport
and Long that one of the firm
couldn't pay cash for his wife's
clothes. Unless you give me your
woodland keep it! that you'll not
charge another thing. | shall be
compelled to go around to the
various shops and explain that |
will not be responsible for what
you buy"
"Allen Davenport, you wouldn't
think of it,"
He gave her glance for glance,
and her eyes dropped beneath his
steady gaze.
81 would will, if you make
It necessary for me, Pats!"
She shrugged, and the subject
dropped. There were no more
bills charged at the store, and for
a time life flowed along smoothly
for Allen. Then a new order of
things set in.
"Sue, honey, you won't mind
sleeping on the couch for a night
or two, will your" Patsy said
coaxingly one evening at the din
ner table. There's friend of
mine coming from Chicago and
there isn't place in the house for
her"
Take her in with you, Pats, "
Allen said quickly. I'll sleep on
the couch. don't mind bit, and
it's asking a lot of Sue to leave her
own room"
His sister told him affectionately
that she was glad enough to do it,
and the matter seemed to end
there. Grace Griffith, a plumb
woman somewhat older than Pats,
arrived that night and took calm
possession of Sues room. Two
nights passed. a third, a fourth,
and Grace made no suggestion of
terminating her visit. Sue was
obliged to sit up until all hours,
since Patsy had people in to meet
her friend. She dressed in the bath
room, sighed at the litter of spilled
powder, smeared lipstick and rolls
of blond hair on her dresSilgtable
She was taking advantage of the
guests absence late one afternoon
to tidy her possessions when her
brother came in.
where's PatS?"
Sue looked up from the fresh
cover she was putting on her table.
Taking Grace for drive"
''Your carr"
She nodded. 81 was glad to let
her have it. Allen. truly | was"
Even after crumpling both
Tenders the other day."
Sue Sighed little. The car was
a constant source of friction in the
little family. Patsy drove very
badly. but was bitterly resentful
of the slightest criticism. Sue was
proud of her little car and hated
TO have its beauty marred. But she
had learned that anything was
better than TO be the cause of a
quarrel between her brother and
his wife.
pats say anything about Grace
leaving soOn?"
mot a word. think she'll stay
another week anyhow | know
they plan to 90 to Barbara's lunch
and that's not until next Thurs
day"
"A Mistake
LIE BEGAN to pace the small
L i room, his head bent. his hands
in his pockets.
Sue. this is terribly hard on
you. Not Just having Grace keep
you out of your room. | mean:
everything-the whole arrange
ment. Would it help if we took a
larger apartments houSe?"
She folded her hands on the edge
OF the table. looked down at them
10 hide gathering tears. Allen, her
adored brother, was unhappy In
less than six months after his mar
riage he was tacitly admitting it
was a mistake.
II think" she said when she
was sure of her voice-"that the
only thing that will-help at all,
Buddy, is for me-to live by my
self. All-all the things that upset
you are done-done to make you
see I'm in the way. Even the bills
last March; Pats didn't really want
those clotheS-not enough to make
you angry about them, at any rate.
She wanted you to see that there
isn't enough-enough of anything,
Allen dear. for her and me both:
enough money, enough room.
enough =. love-"
Two months, even two weeks
ago, he would have denied this;
sharply and with resentment. It
made her young heart sick for him
that he nodded quietly now.
She's jealous of you, Sis. Has
been from the first, l think. Be-
cause you're because you
have qualities and advantages she