The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-10
FOR The LOVE OF PAM
~ WYNN GREY

N the sun. May smiled at her.
Aren't I getting to look Ike s.s
mlllionaire'S girl-friend. though9s
May surveyed her tanned les
and arms proudly. Talk about
Palm Beach and Boca RatonI /
might as well have gotten this
there"
You do tan beautifully" Pam
answered th0ughtfully. And then:
But now that you're rested. don't
you think it's about time won
looked around for something 10
DO or some way &c get homer"
May stared up as her, her eyes
suddenly hard. You're not out.
ting me out, are your"
: No, May" Pam smiled. 'But
l know you want TO be on your
own and independent. lust a.
much as do. It gives YOU such 4
grand feeling-being independent.
l mean"
Jerry hack Of this?"
1 haven't seen Jerry'-pam
was impatient with herself for
the foolish tremor in her voice
@for days. Not since-well for
several days"
May FriSbee looked at Pam IN
tently for a moment. Not since
I've been here" she said finally.
That's what you were going to
say, wasn't it? You haven't seen
him since then"
Pam wondered that Mays voice
could be so cold and hard.
believe everyone should push
MS own wheelbarrow," Pam said.
You're rested now. IF you want
to stay on, you can. But III ex-
pect you to help Melita with the
canning and preserving begin
nIng tomorrow morning"
May looked startled. and then
tried to use the old trick Of
laughing II of.
I'D spoil anything I touched.
Better leave me out of ven
kitchen plans"
MelIta can teach anyone any
thing. ] think she could teach
even you to prepare guavas for
cooking PANS voice was as hard
as Mays now. "Pu expect you to
De IN the kitchen when / come
down tomorrow morning" She
walked away and left the girl.
New Offer
n 60 was coming in the gate.
II She met him and they
strolled back to the rose garden.
Pam knew there was something
definite on his mind, and the
young doctor lost little time in
speaking Of it.
Pam"-he took her hand; his
voice was earnest-"what are my
chances? Is it still Jerry VIM
thrope? O. do I have a chance?"
Pam turned unhappy eyes to
him. 1T isn't Jerry. she said.
It can't be after the way he's
acted. but. Leo. / can't give you
the poor second that's left"
I'd be grateful for even that
from you, Pam" he said
No. ! can't Leo. / can't!"
i won't urge you any more,
Pam" he said after a brief
silence. But / did do want
to take my wife with me when /
leave here"
"It'll be Freda, won't it," Pam
asked in a voice little more than
whisper.
Freda Yes, dear, it win be
Ereda then. Pam, come from a
line Of family men. ] can't live
alone. I want my wife with me
when ! leave. / want my home
and a family. | suppose I'll
never forget you"
You viii" she said finally.
"Freda's a grand girl"
4 know" he spoke again
after a little silence. She's a
straight thinker. She's pulled
LenOre out of a situation with
jim Perry before it's too late.
Lenore was letting Perry pawn
her jewels to play Bolito, at
which she never won. Count de
Bellefort heard about Perry and
has broken with LenoEe. I SUD
pose It was really the loss Of
their money more than Perry.
And maybe IGNORES lucky az
that, / never liked that fellow"
Pam knew a feeling of grati6ca-
ton Lenore had been saved
then. =.
At the Winthrope home that
afternoon Lenore was raging az
her mother;
IF you'd only let me manage
my own affairs once in a whilel
II I could Just be myself instead
Of a descendant Of the me old
Winthropes with pack Of traii-
tions 70 keep up IT,"
Lenore. Lenore, her mother
interrupted, you're not being
reasonable Your father and !
have tried TO let You do exactly
what you've wanted
You know / never cared for
de Belieforti" Lenore stormed
= was afraid Of that. child. but
i wasn't your father or ] VINO
urged you into that engagement
Tn glad it's broken OF. Z yOu
couldn't have been happy with
him. You're young, my dear.
You'll find someone else
Find someone eise7 Ignores
voice was bitter. 81 haVei But II
I attempted 70 hang him On the
WINTHROP family tree i would
shrivel I'd and de And hes
What's all this?" Bart VIM
throne had come in from mailing
= letter. What's this about TIE
Winthrope family treef And
whom do you want 10 hang On Il.
I,enoreg Who is he7 Can BE do
anything at all? II be can dig IN
honest ditch bring him cns I'm