The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1932, Page 4

PAGE FOUR A PATH T BY NOVSL BS: Chive, aricmg * wildly through the night to Santa. reviews his situation. He loves Santa. daughter of his guardian, frie. Dawn, whom his mother jilted in favor of the handsome ‘man who became his father. Port- ly through jealousy of Clive, Benta’s mother has kept Santa in men on to . Now she has telegraphed -Giive. on vacation at Cape Cod, $90 to her at once. At last she de ready to settle down to mar- 4 ‘wlage with him. Clive feels eure. Chapter 4 ENTER DICKY DAK PICK and span after a bath at his club and a ‘telephone call to Santa, Clive set out on, the last lap of his long drive from Cape Cod to the Dawn country place in New Jer sey. The Dawn butler had told him Santa was out, and he had suspect- #1 a white lie. This time, however, he thought he divined her motive. Preliminary speech would spoil the high ecstasy of their impending drama. Like all lovers, Clive was esiening to an ambush, After an hour’s drive through isvely summer country defaced by »tvertisements and hot-dog stands, came to a village that was truly iral. At its far end in a green 3 of shaven lawns grew up a white house, immaculate as @ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN COCCOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOS | SOOCOHOOOOOOOOSOOOOSOOOSOSSOSOOSHHOOOSOOOOCEOOO® ARADISE ) DAWSON. Sue ied, tne way LO @ iittie wd where an arbor, stood beside the swimming-pool. The omen was pro- pitious. “Get rid of him,” Clive whispered. | “Rid of whom?” ‘The foreigner.” “He's an awful dear and as much American as you are.” Having seated herself in the ar- bor, she smiled angelically. “Nice old thing.” She shot him a melting glance. This time he described his symp- toms more eloquently, rising to poetic heights. This sacred day. The arbor sacred. The swimming- pool sacred. The wood a shrine. And to meet thus after all their wanderings. (She being eighteen; he four years her senior!) The so- Jemnity of the moment. “And I can’t live without you.” “But, darling,” she protested, stroking bis aand. “Except for our last parting you've always been most comfortable.” Their fingers intertwined, Hers twitched and fiuttered. Unsur prised and smiling, she came to him without a struggle, He stooped, drinking in her eyes. The white lids fell like shutters. Her lips pouted. “Noses do get in the way.” Her bubbling laugh recalled him. “eel better now, don’t you?” ‘ “Clive, dear, I'm engaged,” said Santa. fyacht at anchor, partly screened; He felt exultant. ifrom public gaze by flowering] “I saw at once what was the Sehrubs and rose-covered pergolas.| matter with you,” she continued. Turning in at the neat drive, he}“You've not kissed a girl for ages. , weve to @ halt with a flourish be-| Now let’s be sensible. Why do you pmeath the smiling windows. Spring-| think I sent cor you?” fing: out, he tooted his horn acci- (dentally. + ™ Before he could knock a uni- od maid had opened. She ap ; Dated to take bis arrival casually. i ing ber service with the Dawns /Sh@‘had seen so many of these gay f issoxd Giant-Killers. The ogre's are was still intact—and the ‘spry young Jacks, where were they? Miss Santa was on the courts ig tennis. With a grateful grin ‘be signified that he would go to her. At this point his romantic imag- things received a box on the ears; ‘Ber: voice floated to him through the: brooding stillness, addressing semeone as “Dicky, darling.” The }Boz om the ears was quickly fol {l6wed by a blow between the eyes: ) tbe vision of her insolently cool young figure as she kept a perspir- ‘img opponent on the run by her : placed shots, >. “But, Dicky, darling, you ought Ptehave got that one; 1 made it spe- cially easy for you.” open the door in the wire her, Clive entered. This person was a new one—a jetriking contrast to the college boys who had constituted her pre- {He was obviously a good sport, for jhe was making a jest of bis own ; clumsiness. j “You must come riding with me. + I'm a wizard on horseback.” ; "So much to learn about each {other,” she shaved him, H Clive concealed his chagrin by jBbe lapsed into French, which the ;mam across the net spoke with ;equal fluency, As far as Clive was ;SeRecerned, most of what they said [was Jost. Suddenly, with premeditated | ebraptness she flung down her racket. “Gather up the balls, Dicky, and ‘sarry them to the house, Clive and Uf will be with you tn a second.” MEANS SAME THING CHARLOTTESVILLE, While waiting in jail here gin a two-year prison sent robbery, Marion Gibson married. Va. Canada was the best of the United States for pes in the first seven months of 19: Subscribe for The Citiren Santa's balls. Meanwhile|; SS Don’t Trifle With customer “Because you've been hungry for me the way I’ve been hungry for you.” She shook -hef head, not exactly in denial. ‘ “I always miss you, Clive. But that wasn’t why. It was because I've done something. I was id you might hear, It second-hand. Clive, dear, I'm engaged.” ‘They sat so silent that they could almost hear the tinkle of the sun- shine. “You're disappointed in me.” “Don’t be absurd.” There was rough tenderness fn his voice. “I'm thinking what's best to be done. Is this engagement official? What [ ae is have your parents consent- ed?” “Mummy has. In a way she made it, Daddy’s been told, if that’s what you call consenting.” “Who is the poor sucker?” She shrugged her delicate shoul- ders. “Sucker’s not complimentary. He's my late partner at tennis.” “Good grief, Santa! of a mother have you?” “What's the matter with Mum- | my?” she asked on the defensive, “Nearly everything.” be blurted. | “Don’t exaggerate, Clive He's only fourteen years older than I H an.’ “Only! Then he’s only six years younger than your mother, She must be crazy.” fol consider wise.” “Consider again,” he snapped. | “Let me ask one question. Do you love him?” “No girl's so dumb as to marry for love nowadays.” “Then for what?” “Companionship,” Ho withdrew his arm. (Copyright 1931 . Contagshy Dewsen) An ally im nis trouble ie granted Clive, tomerrow, In the last 25 years the lectrical energy has inc from about 11 billion to more than to be-| 85 billion kilowatt bh urs Coughs Don’t let them get a strangle hold. Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion oom bines the 7 best helps known to modern science. Powerful but harmless, Pleasant */ to take. Ne narcotics, Your druggist will refund your money if any cough or cold Lieved by Creomulsien. (ade) What kind | You've got it wrong, Clive. Tm’ | owing my instinct—doing what | SOCIETY oi? ee. 3° IARIE CAPPICK, Editor - - - - PHONE 436 lee | Arrange Party \To Help Poor The first of a series of enter- |tainments to raise funds for | Thanksgiving baskets for the poor, {will be a Hallowe’en party tomor- row night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Moore, 1208 Pine street, sponsored by the Philathea ; Sunday school class of First Con- |gregational church, Mrs. Hattie Baker, teacher. It will be recalled that this Sun- day school class furnished Thanks- giving cheer to many poor families last Thanksgiving Day, who would otherwise not have had a dinner on| {that day, and it is the hope of ther class that they will be able to fur-| nish as many, if not more, baskets this year. To help in this. great charity” work the class appeals ‘to the pub-! lie to come out tomorrow night} and enjoy the evening, and also give toward the fund being raised. All the features of Hallowe’en will be carried out, with witches, black cats and spooks to enliven the evening. Aid Society To Entertain aaa. > saioeat ' A delightful entertainment is; planned for tomorrow afternoon “and night by the Church Aid Society of First Methodist Church, | for young folks and adults. This! will be a Hallowe’en fete with) games, contests and thrills of Hallowe’en during afternoon andj night. The little folks will be en- tertained during the afternoon on the church lawn, grown-ups will have their thrills, and adven- tures into the realm of spooks at) night in the recreation hall. It is requested that everyone; ‘come in costume, but this is not at! all necessary. There will be re-| freshments on sale and a good| time is promised all. H and | Merrymakers Club Meets The, Jolly Me nakers . Club met yesterday with Mrs. Henry Saunders, Varela street, where .a pleasant afternoon was spent doing needlework, Guests of Mrs. Saun- ders were Mesdames Fieldon El-| bertson, Bernard Roberts, Louise Thompson, Roland Weatherford, Sam B. Curry, Charles Lewin, Charles Russell, Paul Archer, Ellis Vernon Lowe. This club will meet next week with Mrs. Fieldon Elbertson at her is street. CALLEJA’S GROCERY STORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SLEDD’S PEANUT BUTTER, 2 Ib. jar .... 25¢ Everyday Bargains BUTTER, Cloverbloom or Brookfield, Ib BUTTER, Daisy or Lakeview, tb CREAM, Pearl or Carnation, can . SUNBEAM GRAPE JUICE, pint ..... SUNBEAM PRE-, SERVES, 16 oz. jar . ONIONS, bi) | 15c}| GEISHA WHITE MEAT TUNA, can ae te 20c SHRIMP, 10e | can SUGAR, CIGARETTES, Carton ... . CHICKEN FEED, 10 Ibs, a VERAGES, 16 oz, bottle jinger Ale, Root Beer, Sarsaparili Raspberry : g Si) 10c WHITE CLAMS, can 15¢ | SALT, Sel b 18¢ x 25¢ 1 25c} 25e] 25c } | } } } 2 SWIET PREMIUM HAMS, by whole, POTATOES, 10 Ibs. 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Photo Of Statue To Be Exhibited A recently diseovered photo of {the original statué.of Our Lady of Prompt Succoy Will be exhibit-; ed -in the front of St. Mary’s Church tomorrow: evening, and may be viewed by those attending the novena services now being ecn- ducted in this: church in honor of, Our Lady of Prompt Succor. Invocations to the Blessed Virg- in as Our Lady of Prompt Succor form part of the Friday evening devotions in this church. These supplications are to ask help in; this time of distress, and large crowds of Catholics and non-Cath-' olics attend the services which be-! gin at 7:30 o’clock. Salvation Army Board To Meet Members of the advisory board of’ the Salvation Army are asked to meet tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock in the Salvation Army hall, Fleming and Grinnell streets ',| relatives. Personal Mention Miss Mary Perez was an arrival; Louis Menendez, son of Mr..and lon the Havana Special yesterday |Mrs. Joseph Menendez, arrived on from Miami for a visit with rela-|the Havana Special yesterday from tives and friends. Miami, called here on account of the death of his father. Felo Rodriguez was a passenger jon the afternoon--train ‘yesterday | going to Miami’ for a brief visit |with relatives and friends. Mrs. Alvin Key and little daugh- ter arrived yesterday from Miami for a visit with relatives for a few weeks, William Pinder (Slim) left yes- terday afternoon for Tavernier | where he will spend a wile with} Paul Albury, who arrived from Miami several days ago with Mrs. | Albury, left yesterday for Miami | Bernard Elwood was an _ out-jand will return about Saturday, ; going passenger on the Over Seajand make his home in Key West. Limited yesterday for a visit with Ee Ee a Claude Albury, chief of the im- { migration service in Miami, was an arrival yesterday with two aliens, who have been spending six months jon the continent, visiting the home | Meria, defectives, to be deported jof Mr, Thompson at Dublin, Ire- 1 ‘land, and other European capitals, arrived on the Havana Special} Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Steffan, who | yesterday from New York and re-| were spending a week in Key West 'mained for a brief stay with Mrs.{/rounding out a vacation in the , Thompson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. |south, left yesterday afternoon for | Newton Curry. their home in Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Thompson, ‘Mrs. Hadson 'Clab Guest ! { Mrs, Rev. Dougherty Given Surprise Clement Hudson was a! Reverend F..X, Dougherty, pas- guest of the Happy Gathering|tor of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, Club at an; enjoyable ‘afternoon} Catholic Church, -was agreeably meeting yesterday y@th Mrs. Leo|sprprised by a number of his Warren hostess. During the busi-| parishi i Lrdice 4 parishioners last night, and pre- ine ecient ined a! decidgd® thats nted with a large assortment of jthere will be no meeting next! ~ ¢ | Wednesday, the members will have | gifts. a Hallowe’en party Friday at the | Those attending met at Catho- ‘home of Mrs. Ansel Albury. |lic Daughters hall on Windsor lane, | Members present . yesterday tf were Mesdames Otto Kirchheiner, and after the gifts were arranged Ed Saunders, Ansel Albury, Ulric Gwynn, Cleveland Dillon, Russell Kerr, Ivan Elwood, Frank Papy, jon tables, Father Dougherty. .was :invited to the hall, where his sur- prise was great at the reception Lionel Plummer, Sam Kemp, Rex Shaw. and gifts presented him. In addi- tion to the pantry supplies -there was a silver offering, and to all jthose who contributed in any way, ‘the honored guest expressed’ his {heartfelt thanks. ‘Island City Mr. and Mrs. William B. Nor-| man’s parents, Mr. and Mrs,’ Wal- man, and daughter Nancy Newton ter H. 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