The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-05
ALONG CAME CINDERELLA
BY WHEN GREY Z

over their COCKTAILS at Leon
and Eddie's, where a throaty-
voiced girl was talking song.
Hugh left Lovely few moments.
Telephone call that / must
make" he said.
And up in Westchester Aunt
AmaIia and Roger were alone in
the lovely old Cosgrave, living
room. A fire Of cedar logs burned
on the hearth and the tall candles
were lighted. Their glow brought
out the FURNISHED beauty OF
tawny chrysanthemums splitting
from a great bowl on low
table near Amelia. Toward the
door English violets, trimmed with
their Waxy, green leaves lay
their fragrance on the air.
Roger" Amalia was saying
earnestly, "the Cosgrave men
have never lost their women. /
hope you're not going to be the
one to break that tradition!"
Rogers mouth drew into firm
line. He was about to answer
when he was called to the tele-
phone.
"But Roger. it's show you
shouldn't miss" Hugh Chase said.
"And there's girl there you'll
never forgive yourself If you
missi Come on old stick in the
mud! Snap out Of it and grab
yourself some fun. I've reserved
the table already"
And so finally Roger said he'd
be there.
Next m orning, Roger was
anxious to be on his way to his
date with Hugh--anxious for no
reason that he knew. There was
a sort of nervous excitement
about him all through lunch. And
it was still with him in the after
noon as he dressed.
Through come strange sense of
loyalty, perhaps because he knew
she was lonely, Roger called
Emily when he got to the city.
He knew as she eagerly accepted
his invitation that he really had
hoped she would be busy that
evening. Why had he called her?
Old habits. family customs, chung
to humans like ivy to wall. And
sometimes - often - h e recalled,
the ivy was bad for the wall and
had to be ruthlessly torn away,
even though beautiful.
"Oh. Roger it's like old times"
Emily said when he arrived at
her door. She was TREMENDOUSLY
glad to see him. And something
about it irked Roger family as
he kissed her with brotherly
sort of duty.
Kilkenny Cats
THEY were Immediately taken
1 to the table Hugh had re-
served. Emily sat for moment
after their first drink had been
brought to them and then went
to the powder room. There she
scanned her face anxiously. lean
ing toward the mirror. touching
her already over-rouged lips with
her lip stick.
The air was thick with cigaret
smoke and powder and heavy
with the scent of flowers and per-
fume. There were several other
women there but none of them
had mattered until Lovely ap-
peared. Then they all turned ner-
vously from her to their vanity
cases.
Lovely's eyes went straight to
Emily's.
''You here?" Lovely said.
Eyes, hope you don't mind?"
The answer was typical of Emily.
"Oh. no." with blithe casualness
from Lovely. II haven't any lien
On the ROOM"
We'll, you needn't get nasty
about it." from the still not un-
Outstanding Emily.
Every woman in the room had
stopped. It looked like a stage
setting. And some of the women
recognized both Lovely and
Emily.
What do you mean by that7"
Lovely's eyes had narrowed.
Anger licked along her words
like flame.
"Just what I said!"
"Oh no you don't! And I'll make
you eat those wordsl I'm finally
going to tell you just exactly
what you arel And what you've
been doing. You couldn't take de-
feat honestly and hanoRahly. You
think you have taken my husband
from me. Well. you. haven't. And
right now. this minute. I'm get
ting my husband back"
II hate you'll" Enily's words
were smothered. Tears were ruin
ing her makeup.
Lovely stood for an instant
looking at her and then walked
out of the room.
Seeing Roger with Hugh was
like RELIEVING a year in one quick
beat of her heart. But IL was like
her that her courage did not de-
seft her.
Surprise darling, and greet
ingSW she said as she sat down
between the two men. And then
on a more tender anxious note:
"Oh. Roger, how are Midnight
and Merry And Blaze? And your
mother and father? And Aunt
Amalia9" The name OF the one
she had been most anxious about
she had not dared utter.
They're all right" Roger said
a little stiftly. and quiet settled
OVER the table.
And then Roger asked faulty:
Where's Emily? She went 10
the powder room. too. ~GS 2 4
DO YOU always hava0 too assxsr
about Emilys" from Isovelys EAsn: :
She's ssill there. CRYING. We dad !,
a fight. We fought like two Xii ,
kenny cats on the roof on an old
barn."