The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-30
Chapter 20
Swimming Party

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Swimming Party
DAVID and Polly went to say
- goodbye to Mango and her
father.
Warren Mcneil did not go
with them.
He stayed where he was, doing
lot of thinking. Polly Jenkins
sweet little thing. Now there, he
told himself, was the sort of girl
a doctor ought to marry. Small,
but strong. Pretty, but possessed
of good common sense. Taking
care of her aunt, and working as
a cashier in a moving picture
theatre. Plucky, that's what she
was.
Mango saw him standing alone.
and came over to him.
'Why that faraway look?" she
asked.
81 was thinking" said Warren.
what about-or is it a profess
sional secret?"
mo, it's no secret, Mango.
was thinking about doctors and
their wives-about settling here
in Ardendale 49, about a lot of
things"
Would you really settle here?"
said Margo--watching him.
yes Why not?" said Warren.
Il like the people I've met, espe-
cially your friends David and
Polly. They've got character, they
are made of the same sort of stuff
that made our ancestors what
they were, Mango: yours, mine.
David's and Polly's. The country
can't go to pot altogether, as long
as there are people like David
and Polly in it."
81 see," said Mango, not really
seeing at all. When Warren got
into a serious mood like this, he
was almost like stranger to her.
"They do seem to have made a
hit with you" She took his arm.
Come on, there are some more
people l want you to meet"
Warren smiled down into the
lovely eyes.
Odd / ever tell you that you're
beautiful. Margo?" he said.
"Once or twice"
mind if I repeat?"
Certainly not. A girl never
tires of hearing things like that"
"All right--you're beautiful"
said Warren. "And / could do
with another cup of tea"
Plans
"WEDNESDAY afternoon, a mag
w niicent sunset, and four att
tractive people diving and SWIM
ming in the pool out at Freddy's
Folly.
Doctor Warren McNeill, Slen-
der, splendidly built, and looking
extraordinarily youthful in his
brief swimming trunks; Mango, in
a suit which was perhaps little
too revealing, a bit too sophisti-
Gated for Uncle Frederick James
Wiley's unfulfilled dream; David.
in a pair of trunks that were
faded and darned, but which did
not make him appear any less
handsome: and Polly, last and
least in size though not in i'm
portance, wearing a brightly flow
cred bathing suit that had a
tricky little skirt, which made
her look like ballet dancer.
Laughter - jokes and every
body by now using first names!
I'm getting hungry!" David
called out from the pool.
"So'm II" said Warren.
"All right" said Polly, Mango
and / will go dress. Then we'll
unpaek the baskets while you
two boys get into your clothes"
''Boys?" laughed Warren. POL
", you make me feel like some
thing just out OF high school"
IS "Andsyou look like something
Just out of dligh school," said
Mango.
what with all these gray
"oh, they're premature" said
Polly. anyone can tell that"
"Boy. is my ego swelling!" said
Warren.
'Pve already started fire in
the outdoor oven," David said.
"Pll get the coffee started as soon
as Warren and I have one more
swim"
Polly and Mango ran across the
grounds to the Inn.
And while they were dressing
in the Inn parlor, Warren and
David swan the length Of the
pool a number of times. Then they
swung themselves up to the pools
side. and sat there smoking.
you've got a beautiful layout
here. David" Warren said.
Think so2" David said.
seThanks. I'm inclined to agree
with you, although the place has
been white elephant on the
family's hands for a number of
Something ought to be done
about IT,"
ayes that's what I think"
attractive location--well-buil,
house - this pool. A lot to werk
with"
Right" said David.
Then almost before he realized
II he was telling Warren Mcneil
about those wiShful thinking
things he had dreamed over upon
his front porch.
Warren listened. interested
"Do YOU know" he said when
David had finished. IF had the
money. I'd Join UP with you. and
make the Inn just what you de-
scribed."