The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 14, 1940, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUA 7 14, 1940 a ie YESTERDAY: Cecily vanishes from St. Joseph as uickly as she came, leaving Pat in a bad spot. Pat has antagonized Sue and now wants the lururies Sue can give her, 2 Chapter 24 Eric WHEN Pats, temporarily dis- couraged in her effort to break down Sue’s calm aloofness, had departed, Barbara gave her hos- tess. hand a_ congratulatory squeeze, “Good for you, honey! That's putting her in her place. I can’t forgive her for the way she toad- ied to Cecily al? summer.” On Sue’s small dark face lay a sudden shadow. “You can’t make people over, Babs dear! I haven't the slight- est h any I can accomplish is to teach her to show an outward loyalty to ‘amily. Poor Allen! If the baby had only lived!” Her friend said sapiently: “He'd have been more unhappy than my dear. You ahd 1! can gine the sort of mother Pats id make. Either she’d spoil a till it was unbearable, or she'd be so severe by fits and starts that Allen would protest. They'd quarrel, he and Patsy, and that would be'a nice atmosphere for achild to grow up in, wouldn’t 1 Sue shaded her eyes against the light of the leaping flames. “It's Dest as it is, of course; but bara, it’s hard to know made such a mess of his veek later she met Patsy town by appointment and not the luxurious gar- h were the older wo- 's choice, but simple, severely ings of the best material. Only the purchase of two ex- tremely expensive evening gowns consoled their owner for what she called “being bullied into taking the old-maidish sort of clothes Sue wears herself!” Something Vital FEW w thing Sue had been subcon- sciously dreading all her married life happened: she fell completely, assionately and unreasonably in love with another man. It came, as such things are so to come, just when she felt safest. She and Bob had settled down into a comfortable jog trot of marriage. The crisis of Cecily n met and conquered. Sue, ving this to be the ;-Teatest test which could be exacted of her affection for her husband. relaxed her anxiety about the future. Jronically enough it was in Pat- sy’s living room, it was through the sister-in-law of whom Sue al- ways more or_less disapproved, that she met Eric Farraday. “She's home, but she’s got com- pany.” old Maggiehad said with the ‘significant emphasis which indicated the sex of Mrs. Daven- port's caller. “Hello, Sue!” Pats, wearing a hostess gown that had not been one of Sue’s purchases for her, and lounging, cocktail in hand before the fire. looked up without rising. “Mr. Farraday — my husband’s sister, Mrs. Trenton,” she went on. “Eric, make your prettiest bow to the lady. She’s got scads!” Sue flushed a little at the bad taste of it; liked the way the tall stranger ignored the admonition. He was rather a surprising per- son to find here, she told herself: lean, almost ascetic looking, with a streak of white running at ei- ther temple through his dark hair, gray eyes mildly amused behind their pince-nez. The name rang a faint bell in her consciousness. “Eric Farraday—the Mr. Farra- day?” He gave her a formal little bow but before he could reply Pat said indolently: “Exactly, my dear! Columr essayist. critic! Now ask me f I lured him into my parlor.” Sheer astonishment kept Sue si- lent. Farraday, as all the world knew, was the author of a volume of essays full of a strange and bit- ter wisdom. His weekly column was a controversial affair which had torn apart many a literary club, had provoked acrimonious discussion among staid business men. His was the dubious gift of probing the average man’s and woman's heart, and voicing their most unworthy sentiments so that only the blindest egotist repudi- ated them. Black eyes and Fy exchanged a long appraising look. “I have a cousin here of whom I'm very fond. He’s ill—mortally ill, I'm afraid. I'm staying on until there's a change, one way or another.” : He gave the explanation quite as though she had a right to it; there was a simple friendliness in his manner which clearly sur- prised his hostess who said so. “Look here! Have you and Sue met before? I’ve never heard you talk so—so simply before; Eric! Usually you seem ta be poking PIRATES WANT TO PLAY BALL MET MONDAY NIGHT: SEEK SERiES WITH KEY WEST CONCHS Ww Pirates’ baseball team held a lay evening at the ting Monday home of Manager Ray Bush. The principal object was to decide whether the club was to enter loved $ after this, the| BY LOUISE PLATT HAUCK fun away down deep in your mind at everything I say.” Neither of the two heard her. They fell into talk at once: ear- nest, purposeful talk that all the world might have listened to, but which had an odd air of intimacy about it nevertheless. When Sue stood up to go, Eric said quite openly that he’d accompany her on the errand she had mentioned. Patsy watched them with half- closed eyes. Usually the least per- ceptive creature alive, she knew that something vital, something important had taken place here in the last quarter of an hour. The promising flirtation into which she and Farraday had been drift- ing was as if it had never been, she knew. Not that she minded that! The man was too clever for her, she was always slightly un- cemfortable under the mocking undertone he used toward her. She hoped to exhibit him as her captive celebrity; had chafed at his bland refusal to go on display. When a few days before she had privately invited a select group of friends to meet him, he had not scrupled to punish her by turning away at the door when he heard the sound of voices. Highbrows “TF IT was anybody but Sue I'd say they had been — well, pretty good friends sometime in the past,” she mused. “But Sue’s no actress; she’d never laid eyes on him when she came into this room a little while ago. Highbrow recognizing highbrow, I suppose,” she concluded with a contemptu- ous little shrug of her shoulders. Down on the street Eric asked abruptly: “Walking or driving?” “Walking: At least as far as the garage where I left my car.” They fell into step almost si- Ae It was the man awho spoke rst. ‘Who,” he demanded, “are you? Don’t say Mrs. Davenport's sister- in-law. That tells me nothing. Who and what are you yourself?” Her heart was hurrying, the bright color flamed suddenly into her face but she said with compo- sure: “That’s a difficult question to answer, isn’t it? We're each of us so many persons, a separate one for each of our friends, the people we love.” “What are you going to be to me?” There was no least trace of flirtatiousness in the question. It was the earnest inquiry of one deeply interested. “A passing acquaintance per- haps. Tell me mire about your cousin. What hospital is he in?” A rasping note of impatience crept into his voice. “Don’t waste time! As it is, we’ve met too late —or you will probably think so. Mrs. Trenton, Pats said. So you're married. Have you children?” She shook her head. She found her thoughts frantically summon- ing Bob—Allen—Barbara; all the safeguards and foundations on which she had built her life. It was fantastic, she assured herself, it was more than that, it was in- credible that a strange voice. the look of a pair of strange eyes should be doing these frightening things to her! She summoned her natural dignity and told him: “Tm really not a very interest- ing person. Please don’t make the mistake of over-rating me, It would be so horribly humiliating. to have you do so and then find me out!” He was silent so long that she glanced up at him to find some- thing like real anger in his lean face. It’s unworthy of you—that sort ot talk! 1 won’t have it! Must I cross-examine you, or will you tell me about yourself?” Sue, the high-spirited, Sue who resc. ted the least attempt at fa- miliarity from a stranger, an- swered him meekly. “I'm Bob Trenton’s wife—Tren- ton’s Treadons, you know. We live | out north of town in a big house with a garden. I I've read | everything you've written. I | think; wondered about you, cer- tainly. I never expected to meet you “Did you likeswhat you read?” “No, nor admired it; but ad- | mired your power to read us all like open books and reduce us to | the simplest terms of the written word.” “Yes, it’s a damnable gift- -if one can call it a gift! It’s made me the loneliest soul on earth, I think.” “Why do you exercise it then?” He gave a wry smile. “What else would you have me do, my dear? Sell Treadons? Open a real estate office? Be a dentist? Be- sides, I suppose I take a rueful delight in making thousahds squirm. It's power, and power is what we all long for, isn’t it?” She considered. “Men, perhaps. «.. love.” “Another name for the same thing. There is no greater power on earth than love—while it lasts.” __ No; you shan’t do it, Lure me into a discussion in which I'll come off second best—utterly de- feated,” she declared lightly. “And here’s where I left my car.” She extended a small gloved hand. “It's been delightful — meeting you. I hope your cousin will make a safe recovery!” e next Monroe County League whether they were to con- sder a proposed se with the West Conchs. 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