The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-17
FOR The tIo !s|!yy I; OF PAM

who has Just made an ; =, : nal
discovery. He turned slIddar,Iv
and went into the han ra .,S;.,;,.y
e e I, then that the girls voice ", was {
Aasllliiar.
In the ball Lenope sk6oa elo.a
70 Vlncenzo Baroiil. n Il ssss;3 ss;,Sk
lips upllfted slightly ~ hsSusss
voice, as ne looked dou-1 ~ 49, -
poured from his throat Iika 49, 80.
=. water flowing over a bed Of
aEeiyety moss. Antoine was strl,eIr
~ y something IN their voices ard
slieir faces. He remembered see
ing barolii at the window ,rb;Io
6ehore sang at his Marty ~
Fena's, sang with that odd brigg1t.
ness IN her eyes that could have
been tears. N0se
Many things came back To him
ds ne watched and listened. Pa
rom on the beach in c9sII7I 60
VeEsation with Lenore. EaroIIi
ana Lenore at that little stand an
me other end of DuvaI Street
where they sold that pecJIiarI1
.-opIc dencacy, Sour-sop ice
cream; talking interestedIy over
.Mo olSnes Of the sweet with lis
strange, half sour, musky favor.
Lenore and BarolIi sitting close
on the steps Of the cabana at Rest
6eaeh where a white oleander
Dusn grew out Of the sand.
Barolli glanced at Antoine then
ana took up the baton, giving the
boys the down beat. going
through the number again with
out the voices. II was BaroIITs
orchestra, then. Lenore walked
toward Antoine.
You've caught me, Eddie" she
Doing very creditable Job"
was MS answer in a preoccupied
lone. Lenore sensed that he want
ed to give Barolli and his music
undivided attention, and said
nothing more.
A New Lenore
a S HE crashed into a finale that
4 ! softened gradually until il
was only a whisper, BaroIli
turned to Antoine and held out
the baton.
My name is BaroIli." he said.
Give my boys a whirl. See how
they follow" It was evident he
was proud of his collection of
young musicians, their dark, SEN
sltlve countenanees testifying
xlslbly of their Cuban heritage.
There was an eagernesS in their
faces as they turned TO Antoine.
And this is Edmund Antoine,
Vim, Lenore said. Hes maestro
at the hotel"
"Yes, / know" returned Ba-
rolf.
You've evidently done some
fine selecting and training here,
Barolli," Antoine said. Il didn't
suppose the island would produce
this sort Of stuff"
''Oh, yes. They're born musi-
clans They are so grateful for a
chance to let il out"
They should have plenty of
chance" Antoine turned then to
the musicians. He looked them
over calmly, seemed to be taking
stock of them. The music on the
racks was the old number FRITZ
Scheff made famous: Kiss Me
Again" Antoine gave the boys a
quick down beat
Lenore and Vincent took up
the words. Their voices scared,
died to a tender pianissimo, and
scared again. People passing on
the street stopped to listen
Barolli'S smile, when he turned
TO Antoine as they finished, COW
cred a riotous yelling of emotion.
He had been singing beside beau
tiful Lenore Winthrope, his voice
blending with hers, and his boys
had played as they never had be-
fore. It was almost too much for
one day.
EYou do with them what l
never can" he said.
'No"-Antoine was quick to
give credit where it was due-"all
you need is little time. Come
around some morning. I'd like to
have a talk with you. I've got to
push along now. We play for
lunch, today.
Edmund, I'm going your way.
Let me drive you," Lenore Of
fered quickly. And then, as An
tome suspected, after they had
settled in IGNORES car, Lenore
wanted to talk.
Eddie, you won't say anything
TO Adele, win you? I mean about
my being there with Vim? She and
Father would just die if they
knew. OF course it's not serious,
I mean with Vim. It's Just my art,
my singing. And GervaSe is COM
ing down with Father any time
now. I just don't want anything
unpleasant. You see they wouldn't
understand"
But | understand, Lenore,"
Antoine said seriously, wishing
to set her fears at rest. Il won't
mention anything to your mother
or father or your handsome Count
Gervase de Bellefort-though /
hate to see you throw yourself
away Ol AltdI G1AGtG SGhL4GAAoA-
He laughed a little on the last.
you know Barolli really has got
something"
sOh.s Eddie, do you think so.
really?" Her eagerness was slight
Iy surprising to Antoine. 81
When they. reached Casa MAJ
rina Antoine dropped down on a
bench for the few moments ne
still had left. and watched Lei
more go into the hotel.
He wasn't so sure IL was alb
lust her art that took her to that
barren hall to practice with Ba-
roll. He had seen her face as she
stood beside Barolli lifting her
voice with his in song. Lenore
hadn't realized how much was