The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-08

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perhaps It's the life she Lives. the
excitement, that appeals TO hlrn-
The way she gets him into an
strnaspaere he's never known be-
fore =
She paused, was thoughtful fer 4
moment. Maybe he should have
married Marie AFTER All. Maybe
he Ct1ghtn't to have rushed into
marrying me Until be had coEne
up here, worked awhile as =
bachelor. and seen 4 lot Of Marie.
What do yOa think. Tommy
y wouldn't know said TOM
my. But I do know that If yOu
we're my wife. Lueila. things
wplla be different for you--f8r
Us both Have you forgotten
what I said To you on Rector ;
yacht, about maybe ii was ycu
I'm IN love with
Let's not talk about that. Tom
my, L1ella said uneaslly. !.
''One Of tfle men IN that book !
told yOu about, said almost the
Same thing TO one of the married
women In il. They GOT terribly
involved before the final chapter
~Drat your old book" said
! Tommy.
THE drafted thing does haunt
me now and then, said Laaella-
But. maybe hQok like that does
some good, alter all -- makes
wives STOP and thasak."
Well. to the devil with ii any
way, Tommy said And now,
much as ] dislike the idea. Eve
I got to be getting back 10 the Of
4 fiee. >
1T was fun seeing yoaa. Tom
my. said Lucia. pushing back
/ her chair.
Fun is hardly the word, Pm
afraid said Tommy. Regards
10 Henry, as added, as they
went out We mustn't Let hlEn
4 get the idea I'm . menace. or q
! friend In Villains clothing al
though I'd sometimes like 10 beat
him up for not sppreclat1ng YOU.
LHefls-
Thanks said Lucia, trying
TO sound . lot more frivolous
than she felt. Z wouldn't ike
that Henry would LOCK awful
with q black eye1"
Bye. Lpella." said Tommy.
You're sweet-6amned sweet.
LIsella waved 10 him, and was
1 gone-hcsne TO z waiting and
4 hungry Henry, man who IaDked
as though he would take her IN
his arms, and then, for some IN
explalaable reason. didn't
Social Life
4 CUDDENLY, and without warn
~ ing. there began a series Of
/ social events IN the lives OF Lu-
j ella and Henry. During the next
few weeks they were invited to
two dinner parties. q theatre
I party, and for a weekend visit
q a charming little town over in
New Jersey
Helrys business associates and
their wives had come alive AZ
last. Laella decided. And heaven
4 knows il was tiisaei Down where
Sae came from, folks would GER
taln never neglect q pair Of
I rlcWc2m9rs as the people I'D
here IN New York had neglected
Henry ard her.
4 They dIhed In the oyer-dec-
Grated Park Avenue penthouse
belonging to a couple called Fran
and Van. two amazingly good
looking young people who adored
the opera, ard Who kept refer
4 rang 70 Lily PonS, John Charles
I Thomas. Grace Moore. and
others connected with the operate
world as though they @eEe as
I thick as peas In q pod
They SEW a rap-roarlng musical
comedy as the guests of couple
called Fred. and Mae. 9 forfy-lsa
pair who drank too much, and
were bridge crazy. speaking of
winnings and losses that made
Llella gasp.
They had dinner with Pete and
I sue IN pleasant small apartment
in Jackson Heights. Pete and Sue
being a couple IN the middle
thlrtles who apparently got q
tremendous kick out of each other
and the JOY Of merely being alive.
Finally they spent from Satar-
day noon to early Monday morn
ing in the Colonial house of
couple called Carter and Irene,
Two people who talked endleSsly
of golf and tennis, and the ..pros"
they knew personally. when they
were not singing each others
praises.
Four couples who. Henry ex-
planned 70 Lllella. we're typically
New York.
All from somewhere else, lust
like us, he said, "and getting
ahead in the wOrId-that Is, al
but Pete and Sue"
Aren't they getting ahead?"
Lucia wanted to know.
I'm. afraid not" Henry an
swered. @Pete's the one man in
our organization who doesn't
seem TO be progressing. He's too
'eagy-g going. too well satisfied to
have a fair paying job that keeps
him and Sue in the bare neces-
sites
Il thought they lived rather
well. said Luella.
4Oh, / didn't mean they were
poverty stricken or anything like
that, z said Henry. ssBut they
haven't got the push the other
couples have. No vision"
Then be told LueIla that he
thought the best way to return
the hospitality Of the four couples
was to have them for dinner.
You know" he said, aone Of
those dinners like you had for
Marie and Tommy"
rBut won't il be rather
crowded. Henry, having ten peo-
pie for dinner2s
We can manage" Henry said.
Besides you always shine as q