The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

| the table. and took his daughters
| hands in his.
"It's wonderful. Mango. having
you home again" he said. Il sure
have been a Ion ,ly man. All |
could do was just work and wait.
You're going to stay with me now.
aren't you?"
"Of course. Dadl" said Mango.
"For the summer--anyway."
Good" her father said. 81
won't look beyond that. Mean
while, be nice to Polly and David.
They've had pretty hard time of
it during the years you were see
ing the world I'm fond of them
both, and | want you to like them
also"
"All right. Father. I'll do my
best" Mango watched the wait
ress place their soup before them.
and thought of David. How mar
velous he had looked yesterday
when she saw him standing on
top of a pile of lumber-a silhou-
cite against the sky! The wind
playing with his hair. while he
took some snapshots of the lum-
Der yard Dad" she said.
Eyes. Margo?" said her father
"You want me to marry some
day, don't you?"
''Of courser' said Mr. Powers
But what brough: that on?"
"Oh. don't KNOW was just
thinking" Mango tasted her soup.
There doesn't seem to be much
husband material hereabouts. I'm
always being introduced to an old
maid"
Don't let that bother you"
said Mr.. Powers. "A girl like you
will never end up an old maid.
Like the soup?"
Eyes, do. It's delicious" Mango
glanced over to where Polly was
counting change. Funny. Polly
never married. especially when
you think she's such a beauty"
Shell marry. all right" MIR
Powers said And soon Now that
I've got David with me. he'll be
able to make some money He and
Polly have had hard time trying
to live their own lives. I'm going
to help them all can"
There was a quicker between
MARCOS fine broWs as she turned
her attention to her lunch Polly
and David Getting married. That
meant that David Wiley would
soon become just another small
town husband He would never
see the things she had seen, visit
the places she had visited.
She again thought of him on
polo pony, dashing across a great
expanse of green. Again she visu-
allied him on a surf board, being
driven shoreward by great
gray-blue roller topped with a.
fringe of foam What man to
show off she thought. Imagine
taking David with her to all the
gay and colorful places she want
ed to visit again.
Discouraged
TAT your LUNCH" her father
l. said That chicken viii melt
IN your mouth"
Mango smiled IT'S all that you
said 1t was. Dad" she told him
But 1 think it would be more
fun lunching at home. You can
very easily manage 1T.
"Of course" said Mr. Powers. 81
was only showing you off today
.hotfc - II IIo 1NJIaI faxryapI pol
ly. why not ask Polly and David
up some evening soon? You could
play bridge. and start really get
ting acquainted.
"All right. Dad" Mango said,
but without a great deal of en-
thusiasm. IF you'd like"
But she decided not TO say any,
thing to Polly just then. She
wanted to see David alone once or
twice before extending any invi-
tations to him and Polly to come
up to the big house on the hill.
Thanks a lot for the nice
lunch" she said to Polly as she
was leaving.
Don't thank me-" laughed Pol
ly. Thank Martha. the cook"
She watched the lumberman
and his daughter go out and get
into their car. Then she went
back 10 checking the lunch slips.
And as she worked she did a lot
of thinking.
She found herself remembering
her mother. and a lot of plans
they had made - lot Of things
her mother had said to her.
You'll go far, Polly. with your
background. The Jenkinses are
among the first people to settle
in this part of the country"
Her mother had also spoken
with pride of her own family. the
Marshes. The Marshes had also
been first settlers. with youI
background" Polly shrugged. A
lot of good il had done her. that
background. Look at her-work-
ing as a cashier in a tearoom.
And look at David. He had
background. too. Lots of il. The
WileyS had always been we'll
known in the state; David said
they could trace their American
ancestry back 10 1885. one hun
bred and forty years before the
Declaration of Independence was
signed. And a lot of good that did
David. He was right - a little
money would help.
Then she got to thinking about
Mr. Powers. His family had come
from the wrong side Of the rail-
road tracks ~Just uobodies. that
Powers family" she had heard
folks say. And yet Polly thought.