The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-07-15

Eve resolved she would stand il
no longer. When Neil suggested
that they again walk down to the
shore for awhile, she agreed at
once. But her face was grave as
she fell in step with him. This
would not be easy.
Hard Job
INCREDIBLE sort Of night. isn't
A it?n
Neil waved an arm at the mist
billowing In front the ocean, scud-
ding in great puffs ahead Of a
light breeze.
1T makes everything seem even
more unreal than usual" said
Eve. ~The house Up there on the
terraces looks like something
done with lights, for a stage
scene.p
Neil had been investigating a
log which was lying well back of
the water line, half imbedded in
the sand.
@It's dry" he announced. 'Let's
sit here"
But Eve held back. NO." she
said, anot yet. ! feel like walk
ing" She did not know why, but
she felt she could only say what
she had to say, if they were
walking along together, not sit
ting side by side, her words fall
ing weighted in the stiffness.
"Walking's what you can get
plenty of, on this island" grinned
Neil. IF you'd said you wanted
to dance to a name orchestra now.
1t would be serious. We're fresh
out of name orehestras. Speaking
of music, though, you'd think the
Jacksons would have had a radio,
away off out here. wouldn't
your
"They're a strange pair" said
Eve. Listen, Neil. / wanted to
walk because ! wanted to talk"
Honey, you're a poet" Neil
laid his cheek caressingly agairst
her hsir for a moment.
Eve moved away, smiled at
him, her eyes big and dark in the
mysterious night. Don't be sweet,
Neil. You're making it harder for
me to tell you--I'm an imposterl"
you're not Mrs. Somebody"
demanded Neil. after brief ST.
lence.
mo, oh no." Eve said hastily.
Eve Prentice is my right name.
too. That's not it. But / haven't
any money. ! never had any--I
mean, I'm a working girl. ] don't
belong here" She said it all in
one breath, stopped suddenly.
feeling that she was not making
a very good job Of her explana-
ton.
No Surprise
MONEY!" Neil was genuinely
lNl surprised. II never thought
you had money. / mean never
| thought Of it at all, in connection
with you.p
well" said Eve. She began
to feel little desperate. How
could she make Neil understand
how very different her life had
been before she won that prize.
before she met the Marburys?
She must make him understand
I II was the only fair thing to do.
Maybe If begin at the begin
ming 1t will be clearer" She
spoke slowly, choosing her words
/ carefully. "Just a few weeks ago
| was working in an interior dec
Grating shop in New York. / had
a job, and I was glad of it. The
/ job, you see, paid me enough to
live on--not the kind of living
you know. but the kind that pro-
vides three meals a day, a small
room in a boarding house. and
some clothes"
/ Eve glanced up to see if Neil
was listening. He drew her arm
through his. go on, darling" he
murmured you have beautiful
voice. / love the husky way it sort
of breaks, every little while"
aOh, Neil. I'm talking serious
"And I'm listening, sugar. !
heard every word. You had got to
the boarding house. Was it a fair
ish place, darling? With nice peo-
pie and everything?"
1T wasn't nice at all, in the
sense you mean said Eve, almost
sharply. my room was small and
plain and apt to be cold in winter.
II The only nice thing about the
boarding house was that Julie
! lived lived there, too
'sYour aunt" supplied Neil.
"She's not really my aunt.
That's part Of the deception. But
we got TO know each other very
we'll and we sort of stood together
! against the rest. Julie had no Jobs,
but she had tiny bit of an in
come, and that kept her going.
Several months ago we heard
, about a contest-it was in all the
newspapers. Julie and formed a
partnership and went into it, and
we won: We won three thousand
dollars" said Eve, her voice tax
|; ing on a note of pride, in spite
of herself. ut was after we won
: that Julie had an IDEA. dIdn /
| like it much from the first, but
) she seemed so set on it,
at was her idea that we take
the money and 60 to smart re-
sort. The plan was for us to meet
} some nice people" Eve paused for
a moment, feeling the hot color in
/. her cheeks. She was glad they
, were outdoors, walking arm in
. arm. so that Neil could not look
, | into her face. Julie hoped !
would meet an eligible man with
money who would m-marry me,
, she finished. Now that it was
over, she felt tired, Lets go back
, to the house." she whispered, af-
| ter minute.
Neil swung her round and they
started back along the shore.
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