The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1933, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT th The White Cockatoo by Mignon G. Eberhart ent NOE RIS: One moment merety Gn engineer on a holiday, dozing in his room, Jim greigee neat finds Aimself accused oj . It be- ih a plea from’ ‘sue Tally tor i$ an unseen abduo- tor; he pag HEL, for the key of Sue's finds a body in the halt Bers almost empty French hotel. @ priest praying over the jundean follows the lead 0; ‘ondirgyenasMadidgr? hotel. search 0} own, fe feat ht is shot fr his hand: he plunges down a stair into the dark court as the hotel lights wink out. He brushes against his assailant in the blackness. and more shots are fired at him. Then the lights go on; the court ds empty. Chapter Ten SUE’S FRIGHT XCEPT for the witches and the wind and myself, the courtyard was empty. | crossed it again and had the good sense to find and put the discoverable pieces of my flash- light into my pocket against the search the police would make, be- fore I ascended the little igon stair- way and stepped again int6 the cor- The priest had gone,,and the lit- tle porter wore an anxious look, and Sue Tally was standing there beside him. “Go bring wood,” | said. Bhe looked at me, and I closed the door and shut out some of the wind, and she said, “Oh,” in a gasp- ing way, She looked stricken, The toe of her scarlet slipper was near the dead man’s hand, and I got the impression that she had been lean- ing over him. I said to the porter: Father Robart?” “I don’t know, He went away, As soon as you left us he went away too.” _#¥ou were alono here?” “Yes.” His wiry little shoulders s) of shudder, and f “Where is him, although that,left-the |. porter and the priest’ each to*his | own devices at a time when I was pursuing and being pureued in the courtyard below. "I paused to consider whether the priest or the porter could have got by way of the corridor into the in time to discover me still on the landing with my flash- Nght and fired at me, and decided oe neither of the two bad had time to do so, Still, there it was: the priest or the porter or Lov- 3; I imelined toward Lov- schiem. ‘The porter repeated: “But yes, monsicur. Until Miss Tally arrived.” ‘Thete were things I wanted to ask Mies Tally, I said to the porter: “What was the matter with. the lights?" shrugged and spread out his bands. “I do not know, It is very bad here without lights. There Was one that moved, | think, { think he move—but it is only that T havo fear.” Sue Tally caught her breath, and the little porter added quickly with an anxious glance at her: “There was only the wind. Moe, Iam not afraid.” “Go and—" And what? I sought for an excuse, “Go and bring some wood, please. The fire in my room is down. The police will soon be here and will question us all.” He gave me a sharp and rather @ubious look but went. “Do you know this man?" L asked Sue across the thing on the floor. “To'the best of my belief,” she Said slowly and so gravely that at the- moment I did not note the curt us wording of her reply, “I have Serer seen him before.” @@hen he wasn't the man who— @b@ucted yout” “i dou’t Know,” she said. “I don’t know. How could I know? I didn’t see him.” She was white and tired and; frightened and lovely, 1 turned my} eyes resolutely away from her and! | beauties of the state, said: “Why did you leave my room? Why didn’t you wait?” “IL was—afraid,” she said in a small voice, “When you left, I afraid. 1 followed you almost at once, thinking to meet you in the corridor, But when I reached my Toom the key was in the door. ! can't think why I was so. stupid— it still seems that I left it on the key board.” “How long did you wait?” { asked, despising myself and staring through the shadows at the lighted lobby. “Only a moment or two.” “Long enough for me to reach the lobby?” “Ob, no,” she said, “As a matter of fact, I was counting, I thought 1 would count up to three hundred, and I could begin to expect you back again. But I got to my first hundred, andthe wind was rattling things, and—1 ran out and along the corridor.” Her voice broke, and she added more steadily: “Silly of me. To be so absurdly afraid. I'r not as a rule.” RRIBLY 1 wanted to believe her. But something inside me kept saying coldly: Circumstantia! “Counting” and “afraid.” Too cir cumstantial by far, And, anyway you saw her leave your room. Ycu saw her leave with your own eyes. and it had been far longer than she says. There were other things I had to ask, but I looked at her, and our eyes met, and I was silent again with all my doubts and half-certain- ties and fears crowding and seeth- ing inside me. My hand went out toward her, and with a kind of quiet directness that made the gesture the most natural thing in the world, she slipped her own in it, and I loathed myself for doubting her, and then the courtyard was alive with Short-caped figures and stiff little caps, all so active that there seemed many more than there ac- tually were, and the policemen were tumbling up the winding stairs. Tholr examination of thé body was brief, and I could not see it for the blue capes. It was only a few moments before the Lovschiems and two of the police followed us into the light and comparative warmth of my room where we stood in an agitated group. From the first 1 was at a disad- vantage owing to my inability to recall any but a word or two in the French language. It was a disad- vantage of which Madame Grethe took the fullest opportunity; or at Jeast, so I've always suspected. That night the police let me al most alone beyond.a few painstak- ing questions as to how and when Tt had found the murdered man. The queries were made by a slen- der young man whose eyes were remarkably bright and quick, and! | who spoke very slow and distinct and remarkably idiomatic English to me and then relayed my replies to an older man with a gray impe rial and mustache, who was th commissaire de police. and 1 charge of the affair, and who was unnecessarily pompous about it. (Copyright, 1982, Mignon @. Bderhart) ‘Witt the police believe Sundean’s story, tomerrow?t THE ARTMAN PRESS PRIN TING THE KEY WEST CITIZEN '|Key West Featured In Story Under Caption “In Florida” i In the Williamson County } jat Franklin, Tennessee, appears jan article entitled “In Florida,” written by Julia M. Walters, who 'vividly portrays the scenes and, featuring | Key West as the most southern! ;Point in the United States. The| jwriter especially mentions the {picturesque ride on the Overseas Railroad from Miami to Key West along the Florida Keys. The jarticle in part follows: “Another incomparable trip to make from Miami, one which you will never forget, is to the island icity, Key West, the most southern point of land in the United States. It is said all roads end at Key West, Florida. Here the. Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic ocean join and you come to the journey’s end on land. “Boarding the New York-Ha- vana special at 7:20 a. m. for the 275 mild ride southward, we sped past Princeton, Homestead and other villages to Key Largo, the first of the keys,. (the Spanish spelling for the same is Cay) I expected to pass though jungles of tropical growth, but found the low, level country cleared and open. are islands built up by the coral insects, countless trillions of which give their lives to the work. In of ages, no doubt, the entire strips of water will have re- ceded and the submerged - coral) formation appear as part of our mainland. “A man with a vision conceived the idea of building an over-sea railroad. Henry M. Flagler, who|® spent $20,000,000 in the construc- tion of this marvelous railroad, connecting the mainland of Flor- ida to the extreme southern point. “The splendid over-seas high- way for motor travel,.which has been under construction for years, is now open; the last water gap, thirty miles long, between Mate- cumbe Key and No Name Key, is now spanned by ferries. “Thus the most tropical country in the United States is now open to motor tourists and winter vaca- tionists, easily accessible to the finest fishing grounds in Ameri- ca. “The architecture of Key West is Spanish, giving an old-world at- mosphere amid colorful surroundings. “The highway covers 125 miles of ocean. The climate is unsur- passed anywhere. Not only is it the warmest city inthe winter, but the coolest: in summer, with ocean breezes sweeping its shores the hottest days, There is no win- The keys, as you know,| } tropical ter in Key West. It is a chimney- s| less city, and the only frost free jcity in the United States. | “The world’s celebrities, titled ‘nobility from European countries, |multi-millionaires ‘and _ industrial \kings, come here annually. Many arrive in their own yachts and |spend weeks cruising around the i keys for game fishing. The Wan- |namakers, Vanderbilts, Astors {among the number. Key West was an old city when Miami was ja baby. The houses have not been injured by tropical storms, as the people know how to build them for safety. “I have never experienced such kensations in any city as __ this, when on a sightseeing tour of the city and loitering around the curio shops. Duval street is the longest, fone mile and a half long, extend- ing from the Atlantic ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. “Conspicuous among the church buildings I noticed the Methodist, Catholic, Presbyterian, Bpiscopal Christian Science and Church of Christ, and felt quite at home, for I knew I should find friends if I prolonged my visit. “One of the most prominent men of the town, Judge. Harris built his residence on the most lextreme southern point of land, with the Atlantic and Gulf laving its shore almost at the foundation; a beautiful and large dwelling, {where he and his family can al- j ways hear the wild waves singing their mysteries of the deep, and be lulled to sleep with their cease- less music,” TODAY'S HORCSCOPE eeecacecsaa eonee This day brings a tendency to search in uncommon paths and to seek after strange things. There is a little lack of the power of selection in the character of the work, but the life generally falls into proper channels and ends in success. The thing to be particu- larly avoided is evil associations, ifor the influences of the day lead toward loss through the envy of others, "Melos To Se ceiies Please be prompt in paying the carrier who delivers your paper. He pays The Citizen 15 cents a week for the pa- per and sells it to you for 20 His profit for deliver- ing is 5 cents weekly on each subscriber. If he is not paid HE loses. Not The KEY WEST TAKES FOURTH PLACE IN EXPORT MATTERS BUSINESS HANDLED IN MONTH OF - FEBRUARY SHOWN TO BE $270,890; IM- PORTS, $16,369 In a statement issued by the collector of customs on merchan- dise imported and exported for various cities in Florida for the month of February, 1933, Key West is shown to have handled ex- portations to the amount of $270,890. The Island City’s im- port business for the same period was $16,369. The complete re- port follows: Exports - $ 564,240 270,890 737,834 335,396 9,625 56,486 28,350 0 0 2,289 85,995 0 Tampa . Key West Jacksonville Pensacola .... Fernandina Miami Boca Grande . Apalachicola .- St. Augustine West Palm Beach Panama City . Fort Pierce Total— $2,091,105 Imports Tampa . Key Wes Jacksonville Pensacola Fernandina 0 Miami 40,531 Boca Grande 0 Apalachicola 0 St. Augustine 400 West Palm Beach 445 Panama City 11,795 Fort Pierce Y $161,123 16,369 360,429 18,929 Total— $610,021 QUEER AGGREGATION WYCOMBE, Eng.—Each mem- ber of the Bachelors’ Club, of this city, is put under oath to pay a fine of 6 cents every time he kisses a girl, dances with a girl, or takes a girl out for a ride fn a car. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 24-Hour Ambulance Service Skilled Kmbaimer, Piaatioe Sersety Phone 135 Night Phone 696-W SY Nin SOOOETI ORM. a CA he dodo hed dhe de de de dee she abe heuheuhoubeude ute ule, } | j ' FIPFPIALZELL A eel This Sale . . . 95c 2 Gallon $3.15 Gallon, To Go 1x4 No. 3 Com. Floor- ing, ro? No. co 1x6 No. 3 Com. 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