The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1932, Page 3

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 uying Barbara) hy Sulla ee © Author of “YOU CAN'T MARRY*'%, Chapter |. A Bind ON THE ROCKS = HE ROAD to Kings Mallard held | steadily west, When the most remote of cathedral cities had been left behind and the last big: spread farm had ditch- ed down into wasteland, there was etill a sign- post to point due. west “To Kings Mallard.” Then, hard on the post, came an uprising of hills — heather-covered bills, lying in a plumy curve like the tips of a feather fan; open to the sea. And in the center of the fan, the bay. And in the most shel- tered lip of the bay, the town, Kings Mallard; west of the world. The old quayside—for Mallard had been a king’s port, once—and still Farad Yarn Market, were in by what had once beep ’ and w% now ne offices at ing Matas pro inn a iota lathe house of which the top trembled, she craned to hear him. But Mr. exploding again. ‘em all right. I can like ruin and bank- well as you and better entin.” has lost his grasp of irs; he'w ill; dying. By God, 1 thought to envy a dying man t I envy him! Whatever is in #tore for us won't hurt him—he’ll De out of it! Gone!” “He'll leave his wife and the Fit 2 if g Mrs. Quentin hasn’t a penny of her Why isn't he worrying out ~ ong soca 3 trying to provide for Mr. Lodely, it's not be lost his grasp of things s—tt’s because he never had none, 2, 1932, Gardening. Not his profession— anything but that. And the same with you. Hunting. Sailing. Dog- breeding. An, “Isn't that just a little—imperti- nent, Cane?” “Plain facts, you said, Mr. Lode ly. And the plain facts are that there’s only one of us knows any law in this firm anu that’s me. And there's only one of ns has done a full day’s work in the last ten years and that’s me, too. “Year after year — office-boy, clerk, partner—have | worked at building up this firm. What do they call it in the town? Cane’s. What do the farmers call it when they come in about thelr mort- gages? Cane's. “Mr. Quentin and Mr. Lodely, oh, they’re gentlefolk, they have private means, they live out on Upper Mallard hill. The only one that needs to earn his fees is Cane, he lives above the premises, he’s worked himself up from Jord ‘knows what!” * “Well? Well? What of all this? Hf Quentin and | didn’t need to sit poring over deeds and conveyances, why should we? We've thrown every farthing of our private in- comes into the pot and if it isn’t enough te save us from ruin, what more can we do?” “You can refrain from twisting the blame so that it lays at my you've overrode me—you Mr, Quentin. pnd you can } get poor James crash did not come. ys terrible silence and then the drawing-room door ed. Peeping through her Own, she saw the visitor cross the upper hall and go heavily down the stai ‘big, red-faced man in rid- ing-clothes, He looked dazed, she thought; for a moment she won- ina whether he were drunk or. She went to the window of the hall. when his slow footsteps had finally faded from the house; she could see, by peering out and down, into the yard of the inn next Within five minutes Mr. ely came into ft and she hed him dig into one pocket “the other for the sixpence to the boy who was getting his horse, Sixpence? She sgniffed—a shilling, more likely. They'd never had any sense of money, either him or his wife. They'd spent every penny of their income for the last ten years, although they insisted that they lived @ simple country life. Mrs. Cane, mouse-brown at her upper window, checked over the Lodely simplicities; open house to ie county, horses, dogs, servants, gables and tailormades for shop- Ding days in Toxeter, hand-spua tweeds for every day. Of course, there was poor little Mark, he was @ great expense and one had never grudged him the best of everything. And what hope was there for his future now? Mr. Lodely, down in the tun- yard, mounted and rode slowly out ‘of her sight; but the eyes of her mind remained upon him, much as her thin shoulder remained against imagination she followed the rider's home-faring; she saw him. come out from under the old archway of | the inn and turn into the Yarn Market, and then up High Street; he would take his way out of the | town by one of the many lanes that climbed into the folds of Upper Mallard hill. She raised her head and gazed at Upper Mallard hill, that great, { golden buttress curving between Kings Mallard and the world. “The gentry” lived up there; al- most she: could-see the roofs of the house she called in her west-coun- | And she could | try way “Lodely’s.” see that all the way up to that house, people touched their hats to the man on the horse. Bankrupt he might be, out they would always touch their hats to him. Whereas they would only stare at her and | James. / “Em! Here a minute!” é She jumped and turned; James was motioning her into the draw- ing-room. But her thoughts were still vaguely with the man who had recently left it and, as she mechanically straightened cushions | 4 and emptied an ash-tray, she asked— “You don’t think he'll do any- thing to himself, do you?” The reassurance she expected did not come. “i'm facing ‘em ail rignt. | can spell words like cuin and bankruptcy as well as you and / better than Mr. Quentin” “He might. It’s all he can do, And if he did I'd be the last to, stop him.” She glanced at her husband and her pride in his: deflance gave place to her usual faint fear. Yes, for all he was so thin and sandy-colored and harmless-looking, and such a good father to little Leila, she was nearly always frightened of him. He had a fixed smile that—well, she couldn’t put a name to it, But’ when he told her to stop fidgeting « and come to the window, she obeyed him anxiously. “Look out there!” he com- manded. “Out along the line of the bay to the old ccastguard’s cot- tage. See that bit of level green field just below it?” And when she nodded—‘Well, that’s w! I was going to build my house. No Upper Mallard for me, with gentle- men’s residences all round me, eye ing me right and left. I planned to build for myself, oyt there, with the sea under the windows and a private road between the back door and this god-forsaken holé of a town. But all that'’s—gone.” “Poor James!" she said timidly. “Do—do you think of going back to London for a new start? Speak- ing for myself I'd be glad enough. People’ll ‘be staring and polating | here for a long white yet, whatever sort of a home we manage to keep together.” “Let ‘em stare! I'l! be king of this dung-heap yet!” “James!” “But in London I'm nobody.” Hi passed his hand over his face and seemed to wipe away some of his bitterness. His lps were folded in their habitual half-smile when he asked—“Where’s Lelia?" Mrs. Cane went to the door and called. Down the upper staircase | came sidling a child of eight or nine, whose eyes fitted from one parent to the other with a sly, at- tentive brightness. (Copyright, 1932, bh aula Cleft-Addama) the window-pane, because she her. “TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Frank White, one-time U, S.! Treasurer and ex-governor of! North Dakota, born in Stillman Valley, Til., 76 years ago. Rev. Charles 5. MacFarland,} ee emeritus of the| eral Council of Churches of Christ in America, born in Bos-! ton, 66 years ago. William N. Doak, of Virginia,! | Secretary of Labor. born in Wy- ithe Ce., Va., 50 years ago. Bake xl Bristens, noted column-} editor and publisher, born at fea N. Y.. 68 years ago. Dr. Edward A. Ross, eminent Two women are “are, intraguaed, to. fmorrow, who have much to do with Tuture events. ne J of Wisconsin orn in Virden, UL, University i gist, ago, Dr. Martin Nelson. versity of Arkansas born in. Crawford Co., years ago. } | Arthur Garfield Hays, Wis. 61 ter, N. Y., 51 years ago. 1 RELIEF DEFEATS { | ip, Mark Pinder | | sociolo-} 66 years noted Uni- agronomist, noted | iNew York lawyer, born at Roehes- ¢ Tensis — Held At av, Park Yesterday In the tensile itch of the first double contest yesterday at Bay-' iew Park for the city shampion-/ and” Oliver} rmayor eliminated Bernard Gar-j{ CONTEST AT NAVY FIELD RE-| ois’ and Chas. Salas, 6-2 and 6-3. SULTED IN SCORE OF 10 TO, On Tuesday afternoon Ignacio i ‘Carbonell. and Peter Varela will; 5; FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER’ meet Ellis England and E, L.| Gomez. | Anchor Lodge To Hold Election Of Officers: Anchor Lodge 182, F. and al FLORIDA IN BALL | GAME YESTERDAY ' ATTEND t By PEDRO AGUILAR The Relief defeated the Florida ‘in a poorly played baseball game} 5 yesterday afternoon at the Navy M., will hold their annual election} Field, by a score of 10 to 5. | of officers in Scottish Rite hall! Lunn, the famous diamondball | tomorrow night. } pitcher, held the Relief to two Names of those who are elected hits for six frames, but the Relief , Will be shown in the‘tssue of The | started bunting in the — seventh,, Citizen on Wednesday: | aaa | land when the dust cleared off the; {field, seven runs had crossed the} |plate. Albury finished the game} {for the Florida and Bethel pitched} ithe whole game for the Relief. H The Florida started scoring. in the first frame. Acosta doubled to left, and was out at third; J.} Hale singled to right and M. Ace-/ | vedo was out, third to first. Then} Abevedo singled to center with! ‘Hale scoring, and Acevedo went io ; second. Cates singled to left and Acevedo scored. | The-Relief tied the count in Hie} ‘second, Pellicier walked, Scott singled to left, Gates singled to} j¢enter, Pellicier scored, Baker hit} to Bunny who fumbled the ball, ; | Scott scoring. In the 6th the Florida scored! itheir last three runs. Acosta hit! ito short who threw wide to first,! ‘Puff counts the money, the pieces Acgsia” going to second; Hale: of eight, jstruck out; M. Acevedo out, third! In four tidy piles; thebe is one for {to first; A. Acevedo singled to! each mate. j jeenter, Acosta seoring, A. Acevedo | They!re not millionaires, {going to third; Cates singled to’ hero first said, |left, Acevedo scoring; Machin! But nevertheless, iwalked; Albury doubled to center! the red. jand Cates scored; Roberts flied! VEER LE, out. Lopez flied out to pitcher, Ubieta In the seventh the Relief went;Went to second on wild pitch; Leo (wild. Baker singled to center, out, third to first; Ingraham |Bethel bunted safely, Scott bunted singled over third, Ubieta scor- safely, and the bases were full;! ing. ean jUbieta bunted safely and Baker) Score by innings: and Bethel scored on a bad throw/| {by Hale; Lopez doubled to left) Florida. 200 003 000— 5 9° 8 and Scott and Ubieta scored;, Relief... 020 000 7ix—10 14 4 {Lopez out, third to first; Ingraham| Batteries: Lunn, Albury, Cates {singled through third; Gates ‘and M, Acevedo; Bethel and In- lwalked; Pellicier flied to center, |#"#ha™- Ingraham went to third; Baker| bunted safely and Ingraham} scored; Bethel was hit by pitcher; cott flied out to left, 7 runs, 8, hits, 4 errors. The last run was scored in the 8th. 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