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After a inful aiid Santa techs bet a. his Be be the nt 2% er Pg 3 poe é merely has been rude. Chapter 36 A CLEVER GIRE ND no more bossi: 1g.” barricaded her lips with the speak You've promised that” aald ‘ane é “You've been awfully bossy,” she (ropalsed him: “O, beg pardon: re not Fad ring to your own orteonts “Well, haven't far te te eyes |twinkled. _“Bossed you? I certainly haven't, shoe's been on the other. foot. (ee Tean’t salute your lips, your nose pes ‘will do.” She forestalled him by pulling the sheet higher. : see Sas Wet oie ioe Thier | “Not to boss mie.” , “Enever have—but 1 promise.” ‘ ‘The sheet was lowered. “Young devil!” He caught het to m0, : He left the apartment. grinning. fer ruse had been the revenge of a capricious girl, The chill November alr was (ui: He was {i « mood io eat this blessings. A wife wor ‘shipped him, An employer who at ‘ope throw had more than doubled ‘his salary. Scarcely more than six months ago he'd been that most des- olate of creatures, a bachelor. ‘ Marriage to him had been‘a vision the road to Damascus, revealing in its fulness. He'd lacked faith re mag ability till Santa had inspired oa @ It became certain that she con- no reforms. She still in- of recoficiliation, it would be it to Keep conversation on a diy basis. Op the other hand, he didn’t, he might as well not we spoken; affairs would drift Dlacidly into their old channels. With the half-formed idea of im- pressing her with. his importance, ‘be stuffed a stack of wagers Inte his eatchel. “What on earth have you there?” ishe challenged. wecevork, darling.” “What. shame!” “No, Santa. A salary of my size requires earning. Give me a pencil Paper. Divide the days of the \year into twelve thousand. I'm earn- _ fing gust. short of thirty-three dollars bie ae ghey & week. A thousand a month. Think head over time in the evenings?” “'Fraid so—at least at thé start.” “Can't I help?” He jras, touc! “You can’t typewrite and. take Shorthand.” “Girls wiore dumb than I am can: | “Trne.”. He took her face between Dis hands, “But they'te. trainea. lumb-bells. Pvé. agen samples of Your spelling, Bexides———” “Besides pothing,”. Her earnest. Ress increpsed at his refusal. “Pm Prins 2706.» Gam leat, Tye of WO Bi lent interest in you. I'm pet “You're better than intelligent.” He drew her to bim. “Have you, a how fe Wieser girl: ts ae ever been in.the Piste Helen. at oy, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Vi. WY) ‘Row thi on. You're pe ely 1s mies mate you blunt “sa! 7 fae i plach Tio hire” eh © 3 OR aa ce pe , “How would it suit you to merely decorative? In a way thal’s Ber. | 17-17, IBASKETBALL GAME LAST| EVENING AT HIGH SCHOOL ia | ¢YM RESULTS IN SCORE OF 37 TO 27; FAST CONTEST (By NEVY). A scrappy Stone Churéh quintet |, downed’ the fast DeMolay fe gers 37-27 in a basketball ¢ played. last evening in he ae School gym. The contest was undoubted- ly, the fastest afd most “thrilling of court matches seen by local {fans this season. Gilmore Parks of the Church team accounted for fourteen points while Joe Lopez led the DeMolays in coring and was with- | out exception thé fastest man on the floor. .: The two aggregations ran néck and neck duri the first three quarters. The third Period ended Lopez was taken out of the game shortly after the final what_you were while you were. gut |: of cee ae didp’t Ard ‘fe so hot, ‘om the fii ron leave we ip bed. fn, the .. morning 1 you re. | turn, I fritter.” “For instani ig wily fale, abanigaring Getting into’ mischi ‘< jit you liaVe the housekeeping: jon’t be t live. I tidy tl our bedroom; the maid doés the Test, I plan one mea Now si a were learning to typewrite alt day, Id be doing something tor you. rd have a sé. How long would it take to learn?” “L.don’t. want you to learn” , “Being bossy again.” She shook @ finger. : He triéd to change the subject. . "Talking about. Being bossy, do you remember the agreement we last night; that everything's ing to be‘not me.or you, But us? Now chat. I’m earaing, an, income ie enough to provide for both of “You've. only. been earning it a She tape at him. ”" he tefused to a, “How ag ie moving gut. from, this shelf in. a enebanrd sete a real home? By iba ou pot place where you can have an open fire, your own cellar and your own “Tt sounds sweet,” whe. beamied, “especially the. cellar..._Haye you some partict ne in ming?” “Not at the moment. “and keep chickens, 1 suppose, ‘burn our own garbage? But fee Cilvey I'm all_excited.”. heaps of country round oi! when, you've decided, let a6 ae mut about my ade to type—* “Heavens, Santa? Can’t you con- centrate?” “That's ‘what Iam doing, darling. first” mane baskets’ from all anglés of! the floor, At.the final whistle the ceoroh Bas were on the oS end Stone Church Pasiti Keene Knight case Parks nes os Cooper % “Baker Yates Lun Substitutons: "Stone Church— Armayor for Parks. DeMolays— Albury for Baker. Pinder for Lund. Doubleheadér Will Be Played Here Tomortow Although the Pirates baseball team was left off the league by a majority of votes, the Key West baseball loop will continue its weekly schedule, it is shown. The league now comprises only three teams: Sluggers, Key West nd All Stars. Tomorrow’s game will be be- tween the Key West and Sluggers, and Key West and All Stars. The}* first contest will start at 1:30 sharp as usual. Angelo Patri, noted author and authority on ‘children, born in Italy, 55 years ago. Rear Admiral William H. Phelps, U. S..N., born in Baltimore, 63 years ago. Ky., editor, born in Kentieky, 58 years ago. Lincoln D. Godshall, of Los An- géles, noted mining engineer, born at Lansdale; Pa., 67 years ago. Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior under Harding, bor# at (Frankfort, Ky., 71 yéars ago. oes Tom Wallacé, noted Louisville, Sir Aurel Stein, famed British explorer ad archaeologist, born This day*gives a nature that is j affectionate; and a:mixture of the demonstrative. and’ the cautious. It may even appear secretive until - /the niind is fully made up. There is considerable daring and perhaps , |@, love of the contentious.. When the nature is fully comprehended it, will be found to be well worthy ; of regard. \Fred Bossert Returns (Conve 1211814: Cantosibs Demise) | seasiat affairs of Clive ane Seats, et : Monday, THE ARTMAN PRESS PRINTING For Another Wititer Just iatecs. le ienving Detroit on jhis annual visit to Key West, Fred Bossert, who arrived on the Ha- jvana Special today, had a dinner/« ‘of bass caught in the lake, through ffour inches of ice covered with snow. H Mr. Bossert who spends several ® |weeks in Key West each year, ex- peets to spend Christmas here [Before continuing his fravél®. He jis glad t6° get to Key West, he {Says as when he left Detroit there was about 10 inches of snow and {correspondingly cold. Subscribe for. The Citizen—20¢ ie Fe injury. ae important magazines. | attach to your THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Dram And Bugle €orps Will. Give Concert At Bayview Park Dec: 9 Knights of the Golden Eagle {Drum and Bugle Corps have plan- ined a.concert to be given at Bay }view Park on the night of Decem- |ber 9. This date was decided at | the regular meeting held last night, | Several members of the, corps @ave talks.on the uplift and main- tenance of the organization, after [weet Captain Charles Sands an- onuuced tedate of the co the date of the concert. oveseccesesoscoes: eeerese! . If Lt, Commander Frank Wead had not tripped in the dark and a flight of stairs, the screen would one of its greatest aviation clas- sies.. The accident which turned \the naval flyer’s talent to the pen instead of the,controls was in rectly responsible, for “Air Mail,” Universal's great drama of the government pilots showing at the Strand Theater tonight. Wead is a native of Peoria, Il., and a graduate of the States Naval Academy at Annap- olis. He saw extensive service all ever the world before his acci- dent, providing the material for vhis vivid fiction and screen plays, and -during the war laid a barrage of-mines in the North Sea on an iéxteptionally. hazardous mission. panne to writing after his naval ; career was closed -with Wead contributed to He has written} one book; “Wings For |Men,” and his, screen plays in- clude, “Flying Fleet,” “Dirigible,” “Shipmates,” ‘Hell Divers,” “Ice- berg,’” “All America” and “Air | Mail.” Dale Van. Every, co-author with )Wead of the stirring air drama, was born in Levering, Mich., and took hjs Aj.B. degree at Stanford University; After service in the ambulance‘corps of. the French ‘army during the war, Van Every returned to New York with the United Pféss. His newspaper ex- |perience fitted him for scenario work ‘which he undertook later. “Telling the World,” “The Duke Steps Out,” “The Spirit of Notre Danie,” “East of Borneo,” aré among his best remembered screen plays. _ TODAY IN HISTORY 1789. ei ‘ing . Day. by sof ota of President Wash- 1832—First street railway in country began operation in New York City. 1931—18 Americans and Euro- peans among killed in China-Japan fighting. SOME. NERVE MT. CLEMENS, Mieh.—Charles Fresard, of this city, at the age of 85 years, has just taken his sixth bride, Mrs. Marie Sprand- burg, 63. HEZ, 0. 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