The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 6, 1933, Page 4

7he- HIDDEN DOOR BY FRANK L, PACKARD eo After weeks of trail- the New York under- as Lanna Hewitt finds himscif, 7 chance, a member of one each side of the table—and, flanking the companionway, a locker, whose top appeared to be a catch-all for everything from nautical instru- ‘ments and charts to bottles and glasses, Dollaire waved his hand toward *|the locker. “Help yourselves,” he invited with a grin; “and then you, tell Heimie how many bottles he can make out of one, with the kick she’s still there! By gar! Me, sometimes I think I will do that like you fellows before I leave St. Pierre.” grr Cs one Danae. vs MG Shae cattle jer, Of muses as Buck Chapter 39 z DOLLAIRE’s TRICK Bowe was shaking hands ae ate someone—and then Colin ‘heard him speak: oe Buck O'Mara. Heimie sent “me, You're Dollaire, of course. Glad) The bottle was steady in Colin's 5 er Tee” hand as he poured for himself. * “Me? Sure, I'm Dollaire!” There| Queer! They were going to kill Dok ‘Was a tinge of boastfulness in the/laire in here. And his, Colin’s, hand _ other's voice. “So Heimie, he’s not} was steady. The fiery three-fingers eh? He said maybe he'd come| was like so much water. % Dollaire took one of the chairs. “Heimie—out here!” Buck O'Mara} Buck O’Mara took the other, facing » laughed derisively. “He must have|Dollaire across the table. Colin, en corned to the toes if he said| obedient to a nudge, slumped down ‘that. He doesn't take any chances of | beside Benny Malone on the settee getting his feet wet, or getting pep-| behind Buck O'Mara. Benny Ma by the revenue men any more.|lone’s hand was thrust negligently * {He don’t have to. Heimie’s big busi-| into the side pocket of his coat. Dol- | _ Bess now and nothing else.” laire was in full view from, the set- + = “Well, me,” said Dollaire, “I don’t tee. ‘give 8 damn about that. But maybe Buck O’Mara tossed a. rubber- the sent something else besides you, | banded pile of crisp new bills down eh? That was the bargain. What you|°? the table in front of Dollaire. call 4t?—spot cash before a case} “Here's the dough,” he said. “Go she’s go over the side. Yes?” ahead and count it.” . “ye got it here.” Buck O'Mara Dollaire reached for the money his pocket. “1 suppose you'll| sreedily, ripped off the rubber band, “want to count it, If you do, we'd bet-| @nd began to count. He counted la- - ster go down to your cabin, ‘hadn’t|boriously, steadily, wetting his fore- ‘we? You can’t count it in the dark.”| finger on his tongue. At the end he “You betyou I want to count it,”| Snapped the rubber band back into Dollaire asserted bluntly. “Do you| Place around the bills. think, me, I am foolish? Heimie,| “She's right!” he announced. “And - ‘maybe ho is all right, but the money,| Heimie, he’s all right, too. I put he is talk.” this in the safe. Yes? Then we all “/#@ot your fingers crossed, eh?”|bave another little drink, eh?” O'Mara ‘inquired jestingly.| “I'm glad you're satisfled”—there ‘Well, lead on. We're wasting time, | ¥@8 4 Durr in Buck O'Mara’s voice. ‘The boya'll probably have to make “We wouldn't like you to feel when ‘more than one trip tonight to land} You're sitting in with our outfit that and, pouring out a stiff portion, downed it at a gulp. Benny Malone did likewise. “Thanks!” said Buck O’Mara— { ecececccecscoes Entertains At Banco Party ' Miss Shirley Fay Russell en- tertianed a number of her friends last evening with a Bunco Party at her home on Grinnell street. 'Mary Louise Albury was winner ,of the first prize offered in a contest, while the second went to; Rosemary Bethel. Refreshments}! were served and all in attendance] thoroughly enjoyed the evening’s entertainment. Those present were: Dorothy: Mae Dongo, Gloriana and Minnie} Louise Williams, Dorothy Nottage, Virgie and Flossie May Key, Dorothy Albury, Roberta Buckley, Xinia Hoff, Olga Kent, Mary Louise Albury, Gwynette and Ruth Rose’ Thompson, Beulah Lee Williams, Phillis Esguinaldo, Mary Phillis Gray, Ruth Osterhoudt, Rose May Bethel and May Kelly. Leroy Roberts Weds Virginia Whitaker | Leroy Roberts, 31 years old,! jand Miss Virginia Whitaker, 28, {were married yesterday afternoon) in the office of County Judge! Hugh Gunn. The ceremony was | performed by Notary Public J. G. Piodela, The. bride has been a resident 1 | | SOCIETY cece Return To Home Over Highway Mr. and Mrs, Louis R. Edwards, and Mrs. Edwards’ mother, M E. J. Prescott, of Lakeland, Flor- ida, returned to their home over the highway Sund afters pleasant stay of ten ¢ spent at the home of Mr. Edwards’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Edwards, 6 Fletcher’s Lane. They were accompanied home by Miss Rubie Edwards who wili spend several weeks on the wes coast. To Render Program Tomorrow Night that was to week at the} under the} ee of Poca- The entertainment have been given last School building auspices of the De; hontas, and which postponed on account of the inclement! weather, will be given tomorrow; evening at the same place An excellent program has been rranged, and an enjoyable ev ning’s entertainment is promised all who attend, of the city for s 3 ginally coming from Stems, } The groom is employed at a local| hotel. PERSONAL Francisco Garcia, who was} spending a few days in Key West! with his family, left yesterday for his home in Miami. { Rev. F. X. Dougherty, S. J., left! over the East Coast yesterday afternoon for a visit of several days on business in Miami. MENTION Mr, and Mrs. Henry and daughter, Joyce E who had been spending a ple: visit with Mr. Warren’s parents,| Mr, and Mrs. Leo Warren, left! over the highway this morning for their home in Miami. |ducted by ‘TOM 0. WATKINS IS RE-ELECTED Tom O. Watkins, who has been municipal judge in Tampa for the past six years, was re-elected to the office in the city elections held in Tampa yesterday. Word of his victory over his op- ponent, Roy Brooks, was received last night by his brother, Roger Watkins. He was elected, the ad- vices showed, by a comfortable majority. ISERVICE TONIGHT AT STONE CHURCH There will be a prayer service held tonight, beginning at 8 o’- clock, at the First Methodist (stone) church which will be con- Rev. Margaret Gran- diston, pastor of St. Luke’s Meth- odist Episcopal church of Chester, Pa. It is expected that there will be a large number attending the vi | FAST DIRECT FREIGHT SERVICE TO KEY WEST from Key West Thursdays and From New York ate Wednesdays. Sailings ante Also NEW ORLEANS te KEY WEST on alternate ‘Tuesdn: . SMITH, Agent, STINGY PARISHONERS BATH, Eng.—In his farewell sermon to his congregation in this} city, Rev. W. C. Glengle said, “I am glad to leave the stingiest parish I ever served.” 1 ! Mt WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1933. CHILDBIRTH LEFT HER An alarm clock for the deaf, - THIN, WORN, NERVOUS | er batten the sleeper at the time for which the alarm is set. “After birth of my baby I was thin, nervous, run-down. The first bottle of Vinol (iron tonic) helped. gave me strength, needed weight.”—-Mrs. M. Gunstone. _ LEGALS RT OF THE MONROE A. COUNTY COUNTY, IN THE COU UDGE, In_re the Estate of: PERCY BERNARD To all Creditors, L butees, and all. Per: Claims or Demands Estate: You, and each of you, are hereby id estate of Percy Bernard deceased, late of Monroe Florida, ‘to the Hon. 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And, say, Dollaire, : the other way too—we're counting the cases as we get them. enough, eh?” "That part, she’s all right,” Doliaire. “Come on!” followed by Buck O'Mara. ‘Behny Malone and Colin trail behind, led the way aft. , Malone’s elbow prodded Tod handy,” whispered ne. “You're going to see , Clarkie, take it from me ‘trot “cabin. the boys'll pile ‘aboard and mop up the rest.” ~ But the sweat at the moment was on brow—not on Dollaire’s. An the he wiped it away ‘with @ sweep of his sleeve. His feet eemed unsteady—perhaps it was progeettr fall of the deck as the ee ert swells, “The chattering voices around hir the screams and yells ar rieks of doomed men—the for’ Saw lining the rail and the f ‘ures that filtted here and th ‘about the deck were but wraiths + \turned gibber and havnt Schooner, which once, in thc jearthiy existence, had been’ * ‘habitat. | ND there was no single t #* that he could do, no warning ‘could give that would have any ¢ fect other than to precipitate 1! is holocaust and br about his own destruction as we’ “That goes by me!” Unbelieve was his own voice speaking ‘with even a jeer im it.“ “feoming to him, isn’t it?” “Clarkie,” sald Benny Ma! open-heartedly, “you're the + I wish you and me had © ‘ap before. Now watch your step. you'll bust your neck.” ~The advice was not {lltimed. 7 descent to the cabin was by way ja-short, steep, ladder-like comp fonway. Colin, bringing up the negotiated it--and stood in thr He flung a swift, comprehensive lance around him. The cabin was not elaborate, nor it large. Running fore and aft, a} ie Was On one side, a settee of a1 with torn covering, on the other, A swinging oll lamp, lighted, hung low over a table in the center. small safe stood against the after | | t ‘There were two chairs, one on ALBERTA CARR “GETS ACQUITTED Alberta Carr, colored, was giv- en a preliminary hearing before Judge Hugh Gunn yesterday, charges of assault and battery. The charges grew out of trouble Alberta had with a man friend in which she is alleged to have given}. Students in a child development i 3% (class at Louisiana Tech have six} After hearing the evidence the} four-year-olds as their “laboratory | him a trouncing. judge decided there was not suf we'd hold anything out on you, or that you're not getting all that’s coming to you.” “Sure. I'm satisfy,” grinned Dol- laire as he stood up, moved over to the safe and swung its door open. “Sure, I’m satisfy! I’m satisty”—he swung suddenly around, @ revolver in his hand, his face working with fury, his voice a snarl—“I'm satisfy, by God, it is a trick. You move—one of you three—and I shoot. This, money—I got lots like this. I know where she come from, She’s coun- terfeit.” (0 one moved, The metamor- phosis had been dynamic, almost, instantaneous. In the fraction of a second, Dollaire, the condemned, had become Dollaire, the executioner.; Dollaire, behind that ugly, unwaver-’ ing muzzle, held the whip hand— and Dollaire would not have the slightest qualm about using it. And then Buck O'Mara spoke. “Aw, snap out of it!” he retorted coolly, contemptuously. “You sound * like you'd got a leak in your dome cover. If you think there’s anything phony about that dough, slip it back to me quick, boy, for, say, I can use it, believe me. Counterfeit hell! It’s so good it’s worth a rake-off where you come from anyhow. What's the matter with you? Have you gone crazy—or what?” It was an about face—and Colin, listening, as he stared at the re- volver muzzle in Dollaire’s hand, did Jnot need to be told that Buck O'Mara had no other chance, no other play to make. Counterfeit money! So that was it. It seemed as though he could see again Dol- laire’s attack upon the. club. It seemed as though he could hear, from out of nowhere, the Mask's burst of laughter as he had con- ceived this ironic bit of by-play. But now? Buck O'Mara perhaps +: had not expected that the spurious money would be recognized at once, and possibly not at all, in which lat- ter case he had obviously Intended: to taunt Dollaire with it in the end. On the other hand, should Dol- laire recognize it of his own accord, O'Mara bad undoubte,ly expected some sign of the facy and had in- tended to act accorA%gly the mo- ment the sign came. Bu } could not have guessed Dollal cunning, 8 have anticipated change that came as to the room from the « ee, There was Dollair:’s gun, and there sat his three vigitors. (Copyright, 1998, Frank L. Packard) Tomorrow action somes aboard the Alouette. 1 j ficient facts to hold the woman in {the case and dismissed the defen- dant. Milo A modern Venus de ant Chirepractic convention in her home city for most nearly ap- the (preaching the proportions of Italian goddess. equipment.” is Blanche McDonald of Los Angeles, oot. who recently received a} trophy at the American Progres- Attorney J. Lancelot Lester, who was in the city for a few days, left yesterday afternoon for Mi- ami. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lunn and son, Arthur, who were in Miami for several days, returned on the Havana Special yesterday. i 1 Miss Florence Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross C, Sawyer, returned over the East Coast yes- terday after a few days spent with relatives and friends in Miami. Mrs. Thomas James and two daughters and sister, Miss Anna Corcoran, who were in Miami for ‘a few days, returned this week. Miss Elizabeth Thompson, boarding pupil at’ the ‘Convent ‘of Mary Immaculate, who was spend- ing her vacation with her parents in Miami, arrived yesterday to re- sume her studies. Mrs, Lillie Wallace left yester- day afternoon for Lakeland, Fla., to be the guest of her daughter, Mrs, C. N, Regan and afterwards will go to another point to spend a while with another daughter, Miss Elise Wallace, in Tampa. Mrs. Beryl Curry and son, Ken- neth, \left. over the East Coast yes- ; terday for Miami and from there { will. go to Fort Myers for a stay! with friends, | Miguel Lianderas, Juan Alfonso jand R. Morales of Key West are} j among those registered at the Hotel Seminole in Jacksonville. | G. D, Edwards, of Tampa, Flor- ida, returned to home yester- jday after spending an enjoyable | week with his parents, Mr. and j Mrs. Louis Edwards. | Mrs, Raymond Baker left terday for Miami to attend the | funeral services of her sister-in- ‘law, Mrs. Leon Sawyer. She was jaccompanied by her grandson, | Eugene Baker, | Mr. and Mrs, Anthony Bow-| , ers, who were spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Dav | and family, left yesterday after-[ j}noon for their home in Miami. j Miss Dorothy Cleare, daughter tof Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clea was spending a vacation in Nor folk, Va., as guest of her brother in-law and sister, Lieutenant Wa! ter T. Eckberg, U. S. N., and Mrs.} Eckberg, returned on the Havana/ Special yesterday. i Good Tobacco—Rea Note the smooth, silky ho the center leaves. We d leaves—no stem—no Lucky is fully packed tobaccos. Round, firm W. H. 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