The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-08-12

1 - &A<0eAA(L one Oh t0QSG ElXUES
when misery Is Just going to love
aOt course not Tommy as
sured. Only, IL I'm going to be
with you, / shan't be miserable"
"Carefrl--Tommyln
Tommy laughed. See you as
soon as | can get into my Tux,
and grab a taxicabI'' he said.
LueHa turned sway from the
telephone, and went into the bed
room to dress. She kept asking
herself IL she was doing wrong;
and there was no answer. All she
could think of was the old adage
about the goose and the gander.
And that, she knew would dis
please Henry. Henry Pell disliked
people who were so mentally ster-
lie they had to resort to WORKOUT
saws and sayings.
Alma Speaks
THE rehearsal went over per-
= fectly. Henry Pell, listening,
watching, was erlraptured by it.
To his way of thinking il was not
only perfect, but brilliant as well.
Alma Latham. who sat beside
him, was also pleased.
| II do hope she said, "that
Malcolm decides to 60 on with the
program. Did YOU like my
Il certainly did, Henry as
sured. Its Just the intelligent
sort of humor I've always wanted
to hear on the air"
Thanks. Marie certainly brings
alive those songs of yours, doesn't
she?" Then before Henry could
reply, Alma said .She hiss talent,
no doubt about that: but it would
be useless il she didn't have the
right sort of material"
Then take it, you really like
my verses?"
II do. BY the way, where is that
pretty wife of yours?s
She's at home, said Henry.
mo one was permitted at the re-
hearsal, you know. but selected
audience"
II see. Did your wife tell you
that / considered her q most re-
markable young woman?H
mol" Henry replied, surprised.
Imagine worldly person like
Alma Latham considering little
Luella Brown Pell remarkable!
How do you nlean?"
Alma nodded toward Marie.
who was talking 10 Mr. Everett.
Letting you spend so much time
with her. she said.
ooh, thatp Henry laughed.
Marie and I are old friends.
THAT doesn't make her any the
less dangerous" Alma retorted.
Anyway. when I'm Mrs. Malcolm
Rector. I'm not going to give my
husband as much rope as your
wife gives you: not by q long
shot"
ooh, well, l reckon Luella
knows me-" Henry said, trying TO
sound casual, but knowing darn
well he didn't, Then he changed
the subject. Those three Broad
way people in your sketch were
great. Didn't you think sol"
'sYes," said Alma. Malcolm GER
tainly knows how to pick them. ]
don't think he could have found
a better actress and two better ac-
tors if he had looked for years.
Before they could talk further,
Marie, Rector. and Everett joined
them. They went on from the
broadcasing studio to a restaurant
for a late supper. There the pro-
gram was discussed thoroughly.
suggestions made, criticism given
and the final decision as to what
was going to be done about it left
up in the airi
II was after midnight when
Henry glanced at his watch, and
said he had to be going.
after all" he added, Il have
job, you know. Office hours. and
all that" He grinned. feeling the
cocktails he had taken. Besides,
my boss, Herr Crabb--a man with
leanings--is beginning
TO resent my interest in RADIO
Don't let that worry you too
much" said Malcolm Rector. Il
still think we'll have a place for
you in our organization"
Thanks" said Henry. TN
probably park on your doorstep.
What sort of place do you
mean, Malcolm?" Alma Latham
asked, with lust shade of sus-
picion.
'Oh, I'm not quite certain yet,s
Rector replied. .But we shall see."a
Later when Henry was taking
Marie home in a taxicab, he said:
alma Latham looked a bit an
noyed, though, when Rector
spoke Of a place for me in the or
ganization"
$50 ! noticed" Marie replied.
That's why you've got to be on
the alert. ! wouldn't trust that
woman any further than ] could
throw couple of grand pianos"
Henry chuckled. boy, how you
women adore each otherl" he said.
And then: Pretty swell evening,
wasn't it?"
eyes, pretty SWELL" said Marie
somewhat listlessly, Then she fell
silent.
Henry watched her, admiring
the way the street lights silhou-
cited her lovely profile against the
taxi window.
"Why SO silent?" he asked pres
emily. "Tired?n
"a little" said Marie. She
caught her breath, and faced Hem
ry. suddenly. Eve can't 60 on like
this indefinitely" she said. "You
know that as well as I do" "a
Like what, Marie?" said Hen
ry, He knew it sounded silly. He
knew perfectly we'll. just as Marie
said he did. And he had knpwn all
along that sooner or later he and