The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1933, Page 4

Outrageous Fortune Palhicia Wentatorth SYNOPSIS: Caroline Letgh and Nesta Riddell have quarreled ve ' the identity of the man. picl the shore after the wreck o} the rden. Nesta has iden ime a her husband, Jimmy Rid- crook, and the man who Stole the Von’ Berg emertide— ont ‘she docen’t mention the latter to Caroline. Caroline thinks the man must de her missing cousin, Jim Randal. Nesta will not let Caro- ine see the man, and the man can- sot help, Because he as loot Me ‘y. ‘esta jusi eer Muabana’ to bed. ie 4 Chapter 15 TRIAL BY WATER 4 the rest of the house had v™ settled: into darkness and sil- e, Nesta Riddell still sat on in the lor, She sat leaning forward with cheek propped on her hand and eyes fixed. It was being difficult—he was be- Ing difficult. Would he be any easier Hf she waited? Or was her best chance now, before he had got back strength? Everything in her said ‘ow. She hadn’t risked so much and jeome so far to lose everything for jthe want of a little pluck. { ‘The emeralds were half hers. She risked as much for them as immy-had. If Van Berg died, they'd ig her in accessory after the fact. e’d risked that, and she wasn’t tobe done out of her. price; ‘much she wasn’t, She'd have her hare of those -emeralds whatever b had to do to get it. bid td It was‘a-long time now sitice the overhead! had ceased.*For little while there ‘had ‘been the it whisper of voices, but it wad @ Jong time since they too had died way. ; She wondered if there was any- in that stunt of old Caroline i's. It was whispered in the age that Caroline knew a good things that she hadn't eny it to know. People in Packham she had a hold over Mr, Ent- whistle and could do what she liked (with him. Suppose she had tried this stunt hers. on him, Suppose had into his room at the dead hour of the night, the hour between mid- Right and the first hour of the day, ipping in on her stocking feet with bowl of water in her hand, You'd ve to tread like a cat and keep ourself almost from breathing so to know by the breathing of the ping man whether he were deep h asleep. Old Caroline always quietly. She gave you the creeps in broad light the way s! come on you Ithout the least sound, with her eat upright figure and her prim ied collar, her face that always pert Nesta in mind af a plump floured and her front that er had a hair out of place. There ‘--it was all nonsenge, and creepy at that. Only, if = man ‘de got to talk like that ig the ot night with uo power to hold wees She sprang up suddenly and Nooked at the clock between the cherubs. The bands stood at} of past twelve, Nesta kept het fixed on them for a moment. with a jerk of the shoulders @ stooped, undid her shoes, and, out of them, went to the ‘and opened it. There was no light in the passage on the upper landing. The lino- ‘was cold under her feet as she t through into the kitchen and on the bulb in the ceiling. 'IN'S big mixing-bowl would be about the right size, She it down off the china shelt 4 Hilfedit half way at the tap. The ‘tad to be cold—that was what ) Caroline’ said, But how cold it have to bet You could call ing cold water so long at it out of the cold water tap. © * This wasn't very cold—no bite in} ate so to speak. Perhaps a drain out the hot water tap wouldn’t do it, harm. She let in a little and her hand into the bowl. ‘that wake you up if you were leep? Not if you were really fast. it near enough cold to do the ? You couldn't tell that till you = and it was long odds that it nothing but a pack of rubbish how. ~ ‘In her heart of hearts Nesta did believe that it was rubbish. At the kitchen door she hesitated, ‘then put out the light. Now the was all dark and silent with warm, breathing silence of p. Even the newest and rawest houses is a haunted house fn the ‘of night. The bodies of those LANDMARK GIVES ‘ WAY TO PROGRESS conducting evangelistic who five there are Unaware, Dut, their thoughts fill the silence. Nesta wes not thinking of this, but as she stood with her hand on the door of the room opposite the Kitchen, a little ohill just touched her and her heart beat audibly. = had the bow! in her left hand, an ah had to keep it steady. The door swung in and she fol- lowed it, taking three or four steps forward and then standing still to listen. The bedroom was on the left the fireplace straight in front of her, the chest of drawers across the corner, and the window on the right. She listened, and at first she could hear nothing at all because of the drumming in her ears. Then, after she had stood there for a while, it Dassed and she could distinguish his slow, deep breathing. The window pen eat aa cool air came Nesta turned Hareg closed the door with a steady han There should bea scnte at the foot of the bed. She frowned to find it heaped with his discarded clothes. ihe had slid them off on to the |the hurticane season is over, ¢ brought the chair to the bedside and set the nowl of water Gowan upop it, By this time she could see the ont- Ine of the window and the black jutting « corner . of -thé-ehest® of drawers. The bed was just visible, and: when she «bud -looked*a ttle longer: she could see that he lay facing the: window/ with “his*right arm clear obthe bed-clothes, SH ineclod town: ‘by-thie wed'end oreathed:for the bowl’Phe chair wes too high: It hampered her, and she pustied it away. She could hold the bowl in‘one band and have the other free. Yes, that was better: She put out her hand and felt for his, bringing her Singers down upon | for the bureau, with its local sta-| curate his wrist bythe slowest of degrees. It seemed as if an interminable time passed before her hand lay on his, and he had not moved. There was something almost terrifying about this contact. His hand was heavy, fuert, and warm: It was. warmer than her own. She began to guide it very slowly towards the edge of the bed, and.all the time shé listened for 9 change in his deep, slow breathing. The came with an extra- ordinary suddennéss. He oried out. and flung over towards her, startling her 6o much that she jerked sharply. back, letting go of his wrist and slopping some of the water over on to the floor, Hér heart thumped hard, and through its thumping she heard him say in a rapid mutter, “Eight - them—the fest in the ‘work one knows—” After the first recoil she stayed Quite ‘still. The mutter died. The bow! of water bepame heavier aid heavier in her*hand. He lay now almost on his face, his left arm un- der him and his right hanging over the edge of the bed. His breathing became slow and deep again. She let the time go by. At last she put her hand on his and slowly, slowly, brought the bow! of water up to, it; time her fingers covered ‘hip. Hers touched the water first. And then almost im- perceptibly their two hands sank inte the howl. not move. He breathed in the deep, slow way. hand wag heavy and still. She in e voice that was just not a whisper. “Where are the emeralds?” And at once he stirred in his sleep. His head moved on the pillow; his band moved in hers. He sald, as = Tepeating her words, ~° ~*The-etitralds?” “Where are the omeraldar There was, the same. movement again. He said, “No one knows.” » “You dknow? _ This timo there was no movemoat and no answer, : “You inow- where the eueeuide “Be eyo ond pid wats, wine’ are they?” si Serce excitement, a fierce nd. His hand pulled on hers. She | foreed her will, and felt that he re- sisted it. “Where ere ther?” he) eas felt & He wretched big hand from het. ‘The water ran over the lip of dow! inte her lap. Then, before a could recover herself, he reached\ out and eaught her by the throat. (Copyright, £938, J. B. Lippincott Co.) ‘Tomorrow, & corieue situa! "| | |} | | Ipeeabano WITH BIBLE THEFT} “DES MOINES—While he was! services, | __| Des Charles Arthur De Bussy Di Sentiment was cast from the path of-progress here when a 71-year- old magnolia tree was uprooted to make way for a new drug store, The tree was sent here in 1862} Woodruff from] Charleston, where he was stationed | of the civil war,! by Capt. A. B. at the beginning and it was planted in the Pont yard of their home by his wife. John Courtney Heatherington was j arrested on a charge of | Bibles, | Buagginsdale Vincent Maurice! stealing! 6 66 LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS Checks Malaria in 3 days, Colds: WORST HURRICANE SEASON IN 50 YEARS; COASTS RAVAGED BY FIVE THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TO BE PRACTICE HEAVY TEMPESTS, RECORDS SHOW | OF HOUSE SOLONS 1 } The year 1933 promises to be) the worst hurricane year in recent} history, even surpassing 1887,| which is generally looked upon a$ the banner tempest year. With several weeks to go before | the) weather bureau announces that ready 16 hurricanes ha’ same number as in 1887. hurricane season lasts from Aug-} ust to November. Five heavy tropical storms have struck this country since mid-sum- mer, the bureau says. The other 11 gales, however, either went out to sea or veered to the southward. | From the weather expert’s point of view, many of these hurricanes really have just been tropical cyclones. A cyclone does not en- ter the hurricane class until it reaches 75 miles per hour in velocity. The eastern seaboard and Flor- ida have put up with two tropical storms so far this season, although the second detoured out to sea aft-} er it got as far north as the Vir ginia_ Capes. has not been so luck; ad. three temptests, although onesof them was rated a small matter,as hurricanes go. The oth- ers Jeft more destruction in their | wake, The~burean - has chart showing the hurri for the season. Cou such storms are plotted, showing their progress nad velocity. Tracing of the land course is a simple matter tions sending in detailed repc Citrus fruits of Texas were most wiped out early in Septem- ber. The department of agricul ture estimates the damage at 88 percent. A record crop had been expected as new acreage coming | into production. Besides, productive power for several years has been lessened | because of damage to tr Some} ‘ i Sunday f N ecce ‘PERSONAL MENTION B. D. Trevor, of the firm of Trevor and Morris, who was on a short business trip to points on |the east coast, was a returning ger on the Havana Special RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT ARE SAID TO BE INCREAS. ING; IS PATRONAGE OUT- STANDING ISSUE By HERBERT PLUMMER Uty Anxocinted Presa) WASHINGTON, October — 4.— . K. Wilson, who left;There are many indications that short stay with rela:ithe house of representatives will tives and friends in Miami, re-|be a much more __ individualistic turned over the East Coast yes-/bedy in the future and that a terday. jlarge proportion of the members - iwill be out for themselves from IMCS oi Morrison, enginehouse | now on. foreman at the Florida East Coast| The days when they stood un- at Key West, ye from St. where he attended the power meeting. Mrs. terminals over many observers So are the days when they ;more or less graciously consented to being stifled by special rules. of | Rumblings of discontent are in- creasing. They range from dissat- Augustine jtion are monthly agree. Mrs. Florentine | vy York, who wi rinted asurer for the Authority Ten- the V posi- nessee is the line. rst wom All members of the house will be up for reelection a year from now. They must do something on their own during the coming ses- sion if they hope to return. Consequently pleas for support | jof the administration likely will fall on less responsive ears unless {such cooperation fits in with their jown plans, On Their Own? uit had, been harvested and certain amount of fallen fruit was salvaged, but this will not help, much, the department said. A hurricane which struck Flor: jida at the time Texas was being, ted caused about a 25 per- loss for grapefruit and 10| percent loss for oranges and tan-} gerines. There is even talk among some Property damage from hurri-|of the members of the house of canes has been heavy but no ac-|seeking reelection in 1934 on a returned |swervingly behind the administra-| ! INDIVIDUALISM i P.-T. CONGRESS TO MEET OCT. 11 Mrs. Meyer Schwartz, publicity {chairman, states that a board meet- jing of the Thirteenth District of the Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the home f Mrs. M. H. Tallman, jdistrict director, 1709 S. W. 9th street, Miami. The Thirteenth District includes Palm Beach, Broward, Dade and Monroe counties. CAPTURES BURGLAR ST. PAUL—Mrs. J. C. Johns- ton of this city pulled a burglar from under her bed and marched him to the police station, money from the public works ad- ministration for two waterways in his district. “If I can get these three pro- jects approved,” he says, “I'll be riding high in my district. I can be reelected next year regardless of what the party has or has not isfaction over patronage on down|#ccomplished. Speakership Possibilities In that connection the very in- teresting subject of the speaker- ship comes into the picture. Speak- er Rainey, of course, has been elected for the whole of the seven- ty-third congress. His election, however, was made possible by the support:of the va- rious so-called radical,~ groups among the democrats in the house. McDuffie lost the speakership be- cause he was considered too con- servative. However, if these groups disin- tegrate and embark on a course of timates can be made of|platform fashioned by themselves. !their own choosing, it may be a | That is, to appeal to their consti- |different story in the seventy- ck crops along aboard from the V uthward — suffered tropical storms. ginia and Mary Fruit and corn st felt the effects. Corn came|trying to get a post office approv: ck in many ons, although ‘ed in the largest in his dis it will be hard to harvest because | tr’ ict. He is also working night alks were blown down, jand day in an effort to get some y ea nituents on'their own record and not | inia Capes, that of the party. from the | One member of the house, for nd was damaged, | his time since the adjournment of all through re; Tobacco in Vir-jexample, has spent virtually all of | the/the special session in Washington! fourth congress. The conservative group in the house will hang to- gether and might hold the balance of power. It could then elect the speaker. McDuffie might not be the one to get the job, but one of his group could. The odds are now that Sam Rayburn of Texas would be the man in such an eventuality, ARRESTS MOTHER-IN-LAW NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT RHEUMATISM? LIVER’ TROUBLE? CONSTIPATION? 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The event will be given at a lat- (By Associated Press) er date, probably tomorrow night, STOCKHOLM, oct. 4.—The|weather permitting, it is stated. wholesale price level in Sweden now shows a definite tendency to rise, in keeping with Swedish monetary policy, According to} CHICAGO—Robert Holwyn of the Swedish Board of Trade, the|this city had-his mother-in-law ar- wholesale price index has risen{rested for knocking out two of his from 106 in June to 108 in July.|front teeth when he swore at his The greatest increase is recorded |wife. for finished manufactures, from 107 to 110. MORE JAPANESE ENTERING BRAZIL (Ny Annociated Press) SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 4.— The Japanese immigration society reports that it brought 13,816 settlers to the state of Sao Paulo in the first six months of 1933. The society has a contract with the federal government, which has} several years to run, deat, ion conte at a giass of oe CARLSBA! 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