The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
Chapter II
New York Hears
EILEEN first stared, then

1LEEN HrSt stared, then
IL laughed.
You mean-you mean that
mousy, frightened little Mr.. Wei
gand, who adores Martha so that
when she isn't here he holds any
other hand"
That's what / mean. He adores
her Just that W2J. Amy other
hand. Yours. Mine"
Good heavens. He's no tempta-
ton"
Not to me. But Martha sees
him like that"
Eileen said, even while she dug
in her trunk, which, draped in
a Spanish shawl, stood against
one wall and wasn't unlike a seat
if covered. they hoped. Molly,
that's so impossible.
"All right. Anyway, put up the
photographs. If you don't want
to keep a rose under the hand
soonest, I'll do it myself"
Eileen set them out-there was
no lack of them, girls and men.
groups and singles.
This is he." Molly said SOL
EMMY, and thereupon dug a Wool
worth spray of daisies and a small
glass vase from her own posses
sions and set them before Jordan
Estill's picture.
Eileen forgot all about it, for
she was very busy. That is. some
times, seeing the daisies gather
ing dust just under Jordan's we'll
held chin, she laughed. diving in
and out of the sunny cement
walled room.
Forgot it so completely, that
when Mr.. Weigand slipped his
hand mechanically into hers if
they happened to be near each
other, half the time she left it.
He looked so hurt when she took
it away that she felt like some
body being rude to a child.
The thing which was most i'm
portant to her blotted everything
out for a while. The cable to
Martin. She had used, fippantly.
like everybody else, a phrase
about being "all burned up" She
knew now what it meant. She
was burned up about the cable
Her palms were hot and she
went from rehearsal to work in
a painful state of tension and ex-
pectancy. She tried not to show it
to Molly, but Molly. shrewd-
eyed, and herself bouncing on
Eastern mails with frank eHc:te-
ment, knew that. a. least. there
was someone. something. not Jor'
dan Estill, whom Ellie n waited TO
hear from.
And there was no answer.
She said to Molly finally, after
a fortnight of waiting, What
happens when there isn't any
body to take cable? Don't the
company tell you they couldn't
deliver it or something's"
"If it isn't delivered"
That was true. 1t had been de-
livered. Naturally. Martin was on
the boat. But he hadn't wired
again.
Of course ne hadn't and
yet-he still might. =.
So it was an Eileen with
seven eighths of her mind on
something far removed from sing
ing, records, anything III the
world but her own affairs. who
strayed into the recording room
in response to a message about
one OF her songs. Something
important" the messenger told
her.
Little Mr.. Weigand was fussing
|. with the monograph in corner.
81 want you 10 listen to a
couple of your own recordings, "
he said.
eWhat for?"
He smiled mysteriously. "rll
tell you later. or Martha will, 7
he said "Were both ali excited
about it."
She sat back. She listened.
There didn't seem to be much
point to hearing herself sing:
"Just Awearyin' for You" and
"You Are My Lucky Star" They
sounded all right: that IS. they
sounded like somebody else's
voice with occasional touches Of
familiarity.
Casanova
MIR. WEIGAND took them off
IVA and came over TO her. BEAM
ing.
I'VE got a wire from one of
the big New York studios today"
He named l..
Eileen sat up. all her indif-
ference gone.
you know. we send them re-
cordlugs from time 10 time, 10
keep them interested. You never
know
She nodded.
Well my dear. they wire that
they'd ike TO rent these two re-
cordi1gst"
he 5eamed with innocent Joy.
They do7"
yes knew you'd be glad 70
hear it,
she waited, but that was all
"But-Mr. Welgand-don't
get any royalty from that7"
Mr. Weigand cleared his throat
Well now, my dear ~ you
know how we are fixed here II
takes al We have 20 carry the
sts;i0a- And Martha and I take il
Cor granted that you young peo-
pie are as interested in the cause
of art as We are. We try 20 choose
only real enthusiast"