The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-08
Chapter IA
LueIla Has A Dale

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@Pye, Henry. dear. Marie said.
- We're gong places. yon
Goodbye, Marie" said Henry.
Good luck.
he watched the taxirab drive
OH. Then he turned and headed
Tor home, deciding TO walk as he
could think better when walk
Ing. FIe hated the way things
Were with him and Lnella and
he made I'D has mind that as
soon as he reached the apar trnent
he wonld DO his best to get mat
tiers back On the old bass.
He guie4kenea his stem. yrn5l-
ing q ltt1e-E0t knowing, Of
course, thai LaeIla was with
Tommy McIntyre-taat The two
Of them were facing each other
across small table IN a cock tail
lounge somewhat sInilar to the
one wherein he and Marie Mason
had just had their drinks
Funny thing, Tommy" LIZ
ella was saying, my being here
with you Like this.
What's funny about itg~ Tom
my asked
Ii concerns q book ! read a
few weeks ago Lne1la went on.
1T was a book called Ladies OF
The Lobby. and il was about
neglected wives In big city.
wives Ike myself whose has
bands had become so involved IN
business or other matters that
they no longer had time for the
women they had married. And In
the book those wives fell into
the habit Of meeting ether men in
cocktail lounges. like this one
Tommy, or in hotel l0bbles
u stia don't see jagt what that
has TO do with las. said Tommy
DO YOU know what did after
finishing that book" Llel1a said.
No
Il actually said q prayer, ask
ing God never 10 let me become
z wife like those I'd read about .
Ll1ella laughed somewhat nairth-
aegsay. And yet. in spite Of nay
fears of becoming IA lady Of
the LOBBY here am. having
cocktails with yoaa
That's different, Tommy said.
Were friends good friends.
And Henry and ! are friends,
also
Yes. I know" said Luella. Ard
then: TIN feeling lower than
low Seeing yous Tommy, ought
to-"
do you no good al all LII
ella, Tommy said. I'm feeling
low myself. He GRAINED Il
guess this is one Of these tifaes
when misery is certainly g83-gs
to love company. Drink vo1sr
cocktail It viii help some may
BIZ"
Lucia glanced around. People
Laughing and joking she sad.
Sometimes ] wonder if I'll ever
laugh again. and really mean il.
That's no way to talk VIXEN
you've got a man On Your hands
who needs cheering, said Tom
my. y asked yDu 10 meet me
here because I felt you'd do me
good
Luella Lifted her glass, and
shrugged Only q matter Of
months. my life Ia New York.
she said And YET there are times
when It seems Ike an eternity
Married life, even when yet re
married 70 man you've known
practically all your life. can have
endless alF3calties.
They say. Tommy remarked.
that the FIRST year IS the hardest,
Or Is il the first hundred years?
Anyway, maybe if you weather
this first year satisfactorily. LII
ella, you'll be ali set for the
other ninety-nine.
Lucia leaned forward There
was great intensity Id her face.
ard her unhappy gray green eyes.
@Dh, Tommy. she said. wiTat
has happened TO Henry and r1aeggs
l cant put my Finger on il, We
were gong along 50 happily.
and all at once he has gotten To,
be almost ike a stranger. I know Z
haven't been perfect. but / haven't
nagged, or anything Ike shat
Its not your fault. Tommy
said quietly, $50 don't condemn
yourself"
Then. whose fault is it7'
af1eDryss mostly. 1 think
How do yeu mean2
ttDo yoa really want TO know.
LueIla2
Eyes. Tommy. I do" said Luz
ella i suppose it's awful Of ne
to talk about my husband like
this--to discuss him with you
and hate seeming to be a Whin-
ing, complaining wife. but--but
well. I've simply got to discuss
him with someone, Tommy, or
or--blow up
Facts About Henry
THEN discuss him by ali
! means said Tommy. Sure
you don't mind If I'm pretty
frank2" he asked. and when Luz
ella said no" as though she
meant il. be went on.
9ManhattanSs gone 10 Henry's
head II often happens with high
strung ambitious young men
especially those who are Inpres-
sionable. Like Henry. They get
the idea that they're going TO be
big shots overnight, and they
forget all the decent human
things. Henry's gone haywire
over Marie and her work. She's
made him think be can become
radios Number One Song Writer.
She's got Henry all I'D ii the air
no pun intendedl--and he's
just kid enough In some ways to