The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-01

Gus of. And Tlot1 LoUely has burst
out to Roger, not knotcing that
Emily IS in the room, and has
been overheard.
Chapter 26
New Quarrel
p OGER and Emily stood trans
fixed as Lovely ran from the
room.
81 never thought this could
happen" Emily was the first to
speak. 81 shouldn't have kept
coming here. IL had no idea"
Don't Emily. 1t isn't your
fault. Perhaps its Lovely's. Prob
ably its mine. But certainly it
isn't yours.
"I-I-but it seems I" once
more she didn't finish but stood
helplessly looking down at beau
tiful Getta. so like her mother.
Emily seemed more frail than
ever then, with a certain puzZling
incompleteness about her; exact
ly like her little broken phrases
and unfinished sentences.
Impelled by som ething he
didn't understand or pause to
think about Roger moved toward
her, gathered her in his arms and
kissed her.
. 4 And Emily was saying softly
against his shoulder:
Don't mind, Roger. Don't mind.
There always have to be sacrifices,
I suppose"
Lovely went home. She didn't
stay for the pleasant Sunday
night supper that was a feature
of life at the big Cosgrave house.
There were always guests, inter-
esting conversation and COM
partnership.
Emily was taking a nine
twenty-six train from Harmon
back to New York.
"T'll run you down." Roger Of
fered.
"But do you think you should?"
Emily objected in her lovely soft
voice. after this afternoon"
"Of course I should"
you'll be back. Roger" Mar
cia asked as she turned from
kissing Emily goodbye.
"No, dear, I think I'll push
right on home" He smiled into
his mothers anxious eyes and
then turned to Getta. She was too
small to sit in the car beside him
after Emily got out at the station.
Leave Getta here, Roger" his
mother seemed to read his
thoughts and 60 be eager at the
same time. She loved and was
proud of her beautiful grand
daughter.
Roger went home to a dark
house. He let himself in and
knew instinctively Lovely wasSin
bed. There was a subtle scent of
her about the house, like flower
garden slightly muted. He didn't
turn on the light in the bedroom
but undressed in the bathroom
with the door closed so Lovely
wouldn't be Weakened.
The shades had not been drawn
in the bedroom or the windows
opened. That was like Lovely.
Roger reflected. He paused for a
moment to stare at the moon
etching the almost bare trees
against the night in exquisite
beauty.
He tried to close his mind to his
quarrel with Lovely. There had
been something especially un-
pleasant about it. There had been
a time when their quarrels. like
lovers quarrels, had drawn them
more closely together than ever.
But this had been different, ugly,
a family quarrel and had brought
with it the peculiarly cruel, clear
judgment of family disagreement.
He didn't want to see where
Lovely had been wrong. But he
was forced to.
where's Getta?" was the first
question Lovely asked when they
met at breakfast. She found it
hard to keep the smile from her
eyes as she looked at him. Lovely
never held to her quarrels.
cat mothers. You left, her. you
know" Roger was grinning faint
". He knew she had had her
punishment.
"You should have brought her.
Roger" sEo
There are a great many things
that should be done. One is to
make some sort of apology 10
Emily. She's suffered enough
through us, and / know she won't
want TO come back If something
isn't done to right what happened
yesterday. We shouldn't be the
means of robbing her of friend
ly week end haven"
who is? That's your mothers
house. I don't live there any
morel"
mo, but Emily knows she'll
meet US there"
SWELL, so what?"
'That isn't any answer, Lovely.
II you'd only get over this cheap
gutter talk"
Lovely smouldered.
"Gutter talkl Well, that's what
I am. Gutter stuff And II you
don't like Ii you should have
thought of that before. You can't
change me! I'm what am and I'll
stay that wayl don't want 10 be
anrto tliar way. I wouldn't be like
your wishy-washy Emily for an
thing in the world. No woman'd
get my man from met The softie."
Lovely" Emily can't help be-
ing as she is and she's not nv
Emily. Stop talking like that. And