The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1933, Page 3

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fd Thre White Cockatoo by Mignoa 6. Eberhart eovcceee @eccvecccccesccovsencese eed ‘OPSIS: Javiss Suittean @ large hotel in Armene, Southern France. with @ curious group of quests. and d depleted ate A rusts the manager, nem. aiid 4s Mat case with Gil the others—ezcepting an Amer- icon girl named Tally. Suddenly fe 4a awakened from a doze by 38 hig chy hysterical plea to be sf? ager: seis room, He has just es- followed ony vaned an ai abe Iuctor who her into the hotel. She will not it Sundean to give an alarm, 18, him. to. go for the key of her room. whten whe ag 4 Testa e hotel office, Sundean bids his Gaktenet quest to remain under Cover wnt! he returns. Chapter 6 DRIPPING HANDS 'B corridors were sti?! dimly Nt. 1 glanced over the railing into the lounge as 1 went past, but it was a black well with a lightish strip along the fiocr from the faint light of the eorridor back of me. I.had no troublé getting down the stairs, tor 1 could follow the railing, but when i had once. crossed the twilight of the’ faintly tightea strip in the lounge 1 was f ¢otifilete darkness. ‘Thus it took ime some time to fum- 616 Abollt in the blaékness for the elettrte Hight switehes, aud all the time’ the wind was ‘rattling and slirieking in the court just outside. { couldn't find a match in my. poe kets, and althomgh in hunting for the light-switeh my ‘fingers encoun- j “ieee ho into a light that looked bright but | sh 2 net lobby probably wasn't. And even after that it took @ moment or two to convince Rot one of the keys ingly on the board Pee unl bare Ibs seamen cone: teen, . wie oy e0ssése it and into the éorridor, and thei I could see it im the light from my own room. It was a man. I did not kndw whl) he was, He was dead. i knew that at once. And it was a véry dgly death, for he'd been stabbed: 1 remember saying to myself: “Don’t touch any- thing, this {3 murdet ‘Don’t. fouch anything.” Then I was in my room: No one was there;. Sue was gohe, 2 was pressing the bell with mg thumb, finally released the button; noted that my thumb: had stained the white button in a perfect and grie sone thumb mark, and hurried to the bathroom, where 1) washed my hands. And then £ came baef te the bell and washed it, too, with a cor- ner of the towel, and rang again: 1 was still pushing the bel ant wishing the dead man wouldn't Stare so, and in the same moment cursing myself for being so shaken; when I heard the door. away down at the beginning of the north cor ridor open, 1 stepped out into the hall, avoiding a hand which had fallen slowly outward, Lovschiem himself, fully dressed, wavered out of the gloom. ; eos E didn’t ask me anything for a moment, He justféll on his fat knees and stared at thé: déad man. Lovschiem's at that th : “Did you kill iifw? Lovschiem asked, “My God, no.” He stared at mé, dark 1 nally snapped out the tight } yo, is ‘The switch was near the door into the courtyard, and 1 glanced through the glass. The court was still black with flying shadows, but there wasa Mght—it was from the doot of my own room. The door was oped, The light'streamed out. And at that very instant @ dark figure flashed acfdss the light, was silhouetted for a fleeting moment against: it and was gone, 1 caught only a glimpse of a dark figure, but 1 was sure it wag Sue Tally’s. ‘The door of the lobby was locked, but the key was fu {t, and f had un- nae gee re courtyard. The breath out. of my my heart was pounding had reached thelittle way. ‘step.mare to the door. 1 could Se@ HO one against the light Streaming from the still open door fate my room, E.took the step. There was some- thing on the landing. 1 was stum- bling: > Was plungtig down upon tt. 1 was confused with it and couldn't extricate myself, My hands were pushing agai it and I was kneeling. | brought my hands wp and tried to see them through the dim half tight. They were wet, and 1 could barely see that they were darkly stained. The next few moments are not very clear th my niemory. | mat- fazed somehow to get the door open end the timp thing draneed through “Then what happened? He didn’t ieill_ himself.” ; “I found Bim. Theré oh the land- tig. L dragged him into the corridor band back as ff it shtunk touching the wetness about it, it out winked evilly at me, I sald: “You'd better leave i¢ alone, hadi’, green. este police. But tlie Sear = ruined. f am ruined? teed to call the police. 1 gendarmes nosing cL ea age recatied that he was speaking aléta and to me and checked himself with a quick sidelong look at me. “It's murder,” I sald, “Yowil we to’ call the police.” Ais narrowed gaze measured mid; tried to plumb my owt eyes: Fihalty he said: “I was thinking of the hotel, Any- thing like this ts very bad for the place. Do you know thé mant” “1 fever saw hits before.” “I don’t know hint either, I never saw bim before. He certainly had ao business in the hotel.” (Comyright 1938 Mtanon @. Eberhart) Bene’. in fines. ‘et ™ unex janger, Monday. THE ARTMAN PRESS PRIN TING IN THE CITIZEN BLDG. BAND CONCERT AT LOCAL GOLFERS — GOTO MIAMI TO | ENTER fl MATCHES} KEY WEST DELEGATION WILL| Meet MIAMISYLTMORE AG. GREGATION TODAY AND TOMORROW ‘There are ten jolly golfers in thé téam’ that, left yesterday to represeht the” Key ‘West’ Country Club in the matches to be playéd |with the Miamii-Biltmore aggrega- tion today and tomorrow in Mi- fami: THE plliyers aie aéteriiined to nidke thé greatest attempt they have ever made to wrest victory from theit opponehts, wh, on two former occasions, have won. Last yed# on invitation of the Miami-Biltmoré téam the Key West dggregation went to Misti and left all of the ionors with the opponents. In d réturi imvitation match ‘the Miami pliyérs cathe heré aiid while the home téam did thei bést they wéle défetad. | Now they feel that the tide has! tifned! atid it is timé for thera to return victorious and with this ideit ih find they say they will rétuin With’ vietory ‘pouched ” of! ‘their banner, The Key West tedin is donipased of Cléth C. Price, J. t StoWers, Charles Ketchum, J.J. Kir bavi, Willian’ W. Demeritt, Lionel Plummer, Wm, A. Malone, Siar Strunk and Goldsmith. ey will Bé guests of the Miami-! Biltmore hotel BOUBLEBILL Of BASEBALL SUNDAY Theré will be a doubletiéader of baseball played tomorrow aftér- nodir at the tiavy fielt when the, Youlig: Shiguers will take otf the Pirates in the opening contest and will line up with the Key West feam in the closing frddas. Two excellent exhibitions of the sport is expéetell, did there will ho doubt be a Wge drowd in at- tendancé. eateeeogeat aes pers: KEY WEST MUNICIPAL BAND)! TO RENDER PROGRAM ON OCCASION as st Key Wést’s mutieipal band will be heard in concert Sunday after-' hoon in Bayview Park. This, the third of thé béries to’ be given by! the organization, follows: 1 March, “Phie ‘Ainbassador”—L.| P. Laurendau. Overttre, “The Golden Scepter” —R. Schlepegrel. Waltz, “Persian Moontight”—J. L. Kitig. Popular Medley. “Sky High’— T. M. Taylor. Intermission, ‘Overture, “The “Anidzon”. Kiesler. stage “Sobre fa! Tas. Olae't—J.) “ray, “Pha , Glow... Worth’+P. Linkle. On Baste? Sunday. afternoon progritm, of s¢lectiony suitable to| the day will be featured . ii the} woheert to be given by thé organ- | ization. The concert to be played on Mothtr’s Day, the seeond Sunday in May, will consist of numbers, both instramental and vocal. This ‘will be the best progtam yét of-) a | fered by this excellent local or jton sufgeon, born in Cleveland, | \64 Yearsiago. COURT RULING MADE | sarpricitcra, actres, ganization. AGAINST ROSENTHAL (Contititéed from Page Ovey Mown a decision in the nititfer ani {quo warranto proceedings were | Henry: A. tides matter (of the Chicago, Milwaukee, ‘started. Oral hearings in the pWere héld oh Mafeh 10 in Tal- [iahassee. Fudge Taylor argued thé case with Attorneys J. Lance-j lot Lester and William V: Albury presPit during the arguments, } With the decision handed down poy the supféiné Gout foddy, the jmatter of the bridges over id Pigtway stale’ practically sm it} ‘was before applications for loans! fwere made by either the Oversea: [Bridee Corporation of George J. osenthal. In othét words neither of the Pplicahts has @ fratichise | time {that { Margaret Ayer Barnes, alepeberer born there, 47 years ago. | Fairbagit, Minn. Ibern 54 years font bs AIRCRAFT DAY AFTERNOON AT PAN- AMERICAN FIELD A Stinson, : single motofed mon- oplane, NC, 10816, from Havaia, iwhith Jande dat the Pan Améri- can landing ‘veld yesterday. after- noon; was séizéd by customs au-} thoritiés and. is béing held pend- ing an inyéstigation, For some time officials of the | customs serviee shave been on thé lookout ‘for the plane. When it landed yestérday :Special: Agent Galvin with Inspectors Harry War- rén and H. E. Day, were right on the job. and seized the plane with Pilot Wm: R. Gravés and ¢o- pilot Louis Guerra. The pilot and his companion were released. Sometimé ago this plane made a forced, landing north of Miami and immediately thereafter took- off without .making any report. Since then customs authorities have been anxious to get the plane fand investigate. It is being held under guard. SMALL PAYROLL RELIEF MEN isements is invariably in advance, t The a ie hd payrolt-tyet~Wistti- i ye pagan Relief Council of Monroe county is: being paid out today by Eugene Roberts, paymaster- ire so few men working Roberts decided not to Therg have thiént come to’ the office for}i, thé money but hinisélf drove to the differént projects and paid the meh’ Without loss of any time on their part. A st0ry that combines quaint humor, rare satire, uproariously |funny Situations, snappy dialogue and delightful romance; was chos- en by “Warner Bros. as the star- ting vehicle in which James Cag- hey mi his return bow on the screen, after an absence of several months, _ ant; ‘pontpous and ovet-contident publicity promoter, entitled “Hatd to Handle’, which is scheduled to be shown Strand. Theater \ was written. by Houston Branch, one of / Pioneer, press agents of the m 8, who should know what he is talking about. _Mr. Branch is also'a former newspaper man, and ‘the first motion picture edi- tor of the St, Paul Pioneer Press. Wilson’ Mizner and Robert Lord, both former newspaper men, {who have dabbled in publicity, en- “hanced the huniér of the story with ‘snappy dialogue and unique situa- tions which should stir everyoné’s risibilities, Cagney, as the p¥ess lagent, puts over every sort of promotion scheme marathons, treasure hunts, cold cream atid grapefruit campaigns to building up a one horse college into a tremendous institution. Mary Brian has the leading fem- inthe role as Jimmy’s sweetheart, who jilts him when he is a suetess jand Ynarriés him when he gets in- té ttoublé. Otliers in’ the éast ‘elude -Allet+ Jenkins, Ruth D. Inelly, Claire, Dodd, Gayin Gordon, Enima Dunn, Robert McWade, ohn , Sliechan and Matt McHugh. The picture was directed by Met: ty oe eossde BIRTHDAYS Dr. William H. Weleh, fatied Baltimore pathologist, born at Norfolk, Conn., 83 years ago. Dr. Harvey Gushing, famed Bos- ‘orénté, Canada. 40 years ago. Chicago paiten Pau} and Pacific-R. R., born 57 years ago. Robert Haven New York. noted Schauffler, Albetf, King of bern 58 years ago. the edee dee TODAY IN HISTORY ° SOdesaaccecarcévesss 1513-Ponte de Leon took pds-} session’.of; Florida in the name of per-} itting thémi to contemplate the; SPA". - onstruction of the briiges buat! h party is in @ position to take | guese Synagogue, New York City, pplication te thé Reconstruction ‘inance Corporation for a loan to ito the work proVided it is armed 1730-—-The Spanish and Portu- consecrated. 1888:The Great Western, first ith a legal franchise pérmitting ‘regular ttansatlanti¢ steamer, left construction. | Bteland for New York. Yesterday’s Precipitation A Normal Precipitation -... cuinae at's wade | re ‘Teiitdrrd Ws Ribas Ri¥owieter av 8 aw w idiiny. Sea fevel, 29.98 from daneéy* al of} author-lectufer, Belgians, | CLASSIFIED COLUMN Advertisements witet this Head will bé insérted in’ The Citizen at the rate of le @ word for eath in- sertion, but the minimum fo¥ the Aes insertion in every instance is 25, Payment* for classified adver- but regulat advertisers withjledgér. ‘accounts may have their advertise- ments charged, { Advertisers should give their streét addvess as well as theit tele hoes number if they desire re sults. With ééctt cladsified advertise. ment The Citizén will givé free an Autostrop Razor Outfit. Ask for z FOR RENT _|FOR RENT—Furnishea _apart- ments, $15.00 to $25.00 per month. Trevor and Morris, op- , Posite new Post Office. Ne marl FURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT, ‘eontaining 12 rooms, oh tot 50x198 feet, in séléet séetion of j city, 1807 Whitehead street, op: t posite beautiful Coral Park, and facing the sea. Ga¥age itt rear. “Rent $50 monthly. Apply to L. P. 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