The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-10
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10 be frank, SAID, II never did
like Caroline much, hlleen. but
she's being q sport About g6ss
and Martin, mean. Hyefybsdgss
had them married for . ysaf,
Even Wineheil, you know he
scarcely ever tiops When they
got up the skiing party We
thought II was an ANNOUNCEMENT
=. like you BETTER RobiHa said
in her fiat child's voice, but
d'yon know Good joke on Caro-
lines
Caroline was apparently taking
the joke well. As the party
streamed its reluctant way home
she said. you and ] must get
together. Childhood friend Of
bridegroom, you know. Hasn't lost
Martin but gained an Eileen, all
that. I'm all tied up ahead ale
ready for ages. -. Breakfast, my
hotel tomorrow morning round
nine thirty?"
Ellen said, "Swelll' Not that
she wanted to.
Martin only said when she told
him next morning where she was
bound, BE back by eleven, we're
swimming with the Delands. Meet
you on the beach"
She nodded, one white-shod
foot on the car step, smiling at
him through the rosy transparent
brim or her big sun hat. WORD
of honorl" (And sooner than
that, if she could managel)
Good kid. You always do keep
your word"
And she always must. Because
to her knowledge of Martin, built
up watchfully piece by piece, she
had added along with his pleasure
IN wild chances his sense of the
importance of a given word. And
she chung to that. Because if he
had that value he must have
others. He must be the man she
had always wanted, the man she
had known at sight.
Caroline, like a fair tall page in
her white Stacks, ran calling out
down the hotel steps, and carried
her off, talking and laughing, to
group of little outdoor tables
under an awning.
"It's too wonderful out here to
drag you into the dining room,"
she said. "And we're more alone,
at this hour"
Bitter Attack
THEY talked conventionalities
L over the coffee and pineapple
slices. Neither girl actually ate.
Presently a silence fell which
Eileen did not break. Caroline's
face quieted to a pleasant hard
ness. She said, across the cleared
table, "And now, let's talk BUSH
ness" Her voice was neutral,
amiable, like. a saleswoman's.
Il don't know of any there is
to discuss"
Martins my business. He has
been since we went to kinder
garten. He practically Tilted me.
when he went haywire and mar
ried you on one of those fool
playboy impulses. / know Martin
right through. I'm seeing him
through this. / hope you'll save
us both time and nervous strain
by talking straight. What are
your plans about the marriage?"
Eileen stood up and said, Il
have none except to make my
husband as good a wife as / know
how. Goodbye"
Caroline said, sit down or I'll
shrek the place down. Do you
want some more stuff in the pa
pers? I'll spoil things, you dumb
bell. Sit down."
For Martins sake she mustn't
make a scene. ct it over and 60.
She sat down.
you can't plan to waste much
time on Martini" Caroline pur-
sued quietly. you must want to
get back to that Greek florist
who's your sweetie."
Eileen said, IF you know Aris-
tides liked me, you must know
too that / didn't like him"
That's very thin, Eileen. Mar
tin took chance with you, and
lost. You began, being bright, by
picking up what . said, that a
woman has chance to court a
man and have him take il, just
like the other way about. I'd
heard Edith Willesdon say 1t
dozen times, of course. Martin fell
for it. Just one more crazy sport
ing proposition to amiise the poor
little rich boy. He's a puShaver
for them, however you knew it.
And dumb luck, and being small
enough to be able 10, made you
take the only other line he was a
pushover for. You took the kind
of risk he takes himself. And I,
all knocked out, the fool. weep
ing into a tree instead of register j
ing heroism! Well, skip that.
Didn't mean to get excited. Here's
the nub. You want out, with |
enough to make your time worth
while. ! want you out, so does
Martin So for goodness sake let's |
cut the conventional line and get
al it."
Eileen tried to speak, but Caro-
line interrupted her. You're get 1
ting me wrong. I'm not blaming
you. Any hard-up girl with wits |.
would have done what you did
with rake-of out OF nine mil i
lions that means q night-cIab
spot and prosperity for life with I
your good looking Greek boy. /
But ] don't want % wait. You
might consider my side Of ii; its /
simply rotten publicity under the !
circumstances. You might be de- /
cent ard not stall any longer
apparently nothing can make
you believe I'm IN love with Mar /
IN and want 70 stay married 10 !
him. 50 | won't try. Eileen said.
But the answer Is No and never
dare q sneak 70 re about II ]