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

Ss Sonya shook her head as though saying, “Well, aren’t the rest of you?” An instant later a vicious ar- row whizzed over her, so low that she dodged and gasped. Another splintered the thwart she was sitting against. A third hit the sleeping poke which Curt had at her side, If the poke bad not been there, -| that third arrow would have shot THE BATTLE ‘T THE mouth of the pass the next morning, Curt stood up in ance fora last look ahead. To: ‘his party through that narrows -@ job that he would gladly have to someune else. He had the feeling that eyes were watch- were toying with fluted ar “be pass was more than a mile long, with a strong current to buck “and no midstream islets to take s on. He and Paul had scouted “it-out that morning while the others 4 ‘still asleep, and had discovered were watching her through the breast, ; Francois shipped paddle and Brabbed for his rifle. “Drop that!” Curt snapped at him. “You can’t touch ‘em. They're in cover, we're on open water. That paddle will get you out of danger quicker than a gun!” ¥ Bent low, they clipped on up stream, trusting te sheer luck. Slowly the arrows tailed off, began falling bebind, and finally. stopped altogether as the range became too great. Curt let the other two cances catch up and looked them over. Nineteen arrows in the three craft!—it was a miracle that none of his party had been killed or vcunded. Ralph flicked the sweat from his face and stared across at the forbidding woods, with fright in his eyes. Frangois and Jocku were ready to, turg fn their tracks and whip back south Sonya was the coolest of the ithe: arrow out of the sleeping. poke ans examined it curi- ously..A-superb-piece of workman- ship, its obsidian bead was pointed ‘needle sharpness and its shaft Was, -Meatly feathered with split hawk-gaills. Paul touched. the rocky ravi: EY'RE \léaving the ravine, teh, There by the four bircheg goes one now!” Ses: Curt giimpsed a shadowy figure slipping into: a buck-brush: thicket. followed. Bight only eight, they cer- tainly bad let loose a flock of arrows! He knew why they were hurrying up stream. Their first ambush had failed but they still had time to lay || another one before his party could gét through the pass. No use to race them; they were loping along a game teall while his canoes were fighting @ ten‘mile current. There was noth: Ing to do but go ahead, keep a sharp lookout, and try tc get by them ave the word, and his party went Near the upper end of the narrows & long granite rock jutted out into »| the river, extendin, fully a third of y'll have to mate targets of u They skimmed on, bugging the S THEY came exactly’ oppdsite iy Favine, the Klosohes hem again, thia time in r 3 come sing 34 ite dodged by an Dn, for thelr polished heads the sun and their fight at the height of te aten.| came too thick to watch. struck Paul's paddle, upraised for @ stroke, anc pierced clear through the ash-heart biade, One hit the canoe in front of Curt’s knees, clipped through the thin side, and whanged Into the aprucegum pot. dehind him some! body yelled. He turned and saw Frangols grabbing at his hat as it fell iato the water witb an arrow through the crown, Ralph had gone pale, but he kept dis eyes straight alead and was pad- dilng valiantly. Tenderfoot though be was, in those hectic moments that Brought out a man’s real nature he showed more courage than the “breeds who had spent all their lives dn the bush. “Disobeying orders, Sonya had sat up, seized her paddle and was help Curt. ordered her. ' the way across; ana at its tip a big pile of break-up débris had lodged, ‘quite sufficient to hide eight men. Curt looked at it sharply as the ‘canoes approached. If the Klosohees ‘wére hiding there, it was suicide to ‘try to get past. ‘ ‘On. ing, 9 him, that broad sun-glistening water. lo teff minutes bis party could be) skimming out upon it. ' He teached his binoculars, drew the granite tock up close, studied the pile of débris, but saw nothing suspicidus. He had almost made up his mind to take the risk, when a magpie with a stolen egg in its bill came flapping down stream. Direct- ly above. the rock it suddenly bréasted up high, nearly tumbled Over itself In the air, dropped the egg. and veered abruptly out across the Curt and Pau! looked knowingly fat each other. That magpie was a vT lying behind that drift. The,three eanoes pulled tn to shore. and landed, Sonya apoke up.) know bow you ean do. ttt We're not stopped! We ean't pasa themon the-river, but w ‘can’t We portage-around them? Just. we would at a rapids or fatis!” The move was so simple and self. evident that Curt felt ashamed for hot thinking of it himself. if his party kept three hundred feet back from the water edge, they would be entirely safe TLey could portage their stuff at one hitch and be up at that widening in ten minutes, Paul and Francois shouldered one eanoe, toad and all, and headed tor the bank above Jocku and Ralph Staggered after them with tue sec ond. Curt banded the paddies and his rifle to Sonya, swung up the third canoe and followed. At the bank he pui down his load, told the others tc wait there, and started back along the beach. Directly opposite the ambush he walked out on the sand to the river edge, palms out ti the sign for peace. Tt was @ risky act; at so short a Tange he was completely at their merey. (Qopyrtght. 1238. Wiliam 8B. Mowery) bove it.lay a big river-widen- Tomorrow. Curt faces death. * LONDON, Dec. 6.—Since the! British budget in April made beer | cheaper by a penny a pint, the! amount brewed has grown every and breweries expect the in- erease to continue for another 12 months. | Before the advent of prohibi-' tion America consumed between! 148,000,000 and 150,000,000 gal-! Jona of whisky annually, j CARD OF THANKS” We wish to express our sincere appreciation to the many friends who assisted us and extended sympathy during the sickness and death of our beloved husband and father, For the many beautiful floral offerings and to the donors of cars we ate thankfc!. We are especially deeply grateful to the Lopez Funeral Home for the prompt, efficient and kind atten- tion rendered. These acts of kind- ness will never be forgotten. MRS. W. HILTON CURRY dec6-1tx AND FAMILY. evencccoccenseceoesooece SOCIETY :-: | eeccccccccescoctenessnsasceued| Arranee Farce Comedy A High School Friday Night That mirth and merriment will be rife at the production of “An- ties of Andrew,” farce comedy t6 be given for the benefit of Bat- tery “E,” is assured, says the man- ager of the play. i One glance atthe cast below will be assurance sufficient to warrant all lovers of light amuse- ment to be in attendance at the high school auditorium at 8 o’clock Friday night. The Cast Andrew‘ Browne—George G. Brooks. Petunia—Mrs. Julia Sweeting. Jacques—John Esperdi, Jr. eocccccccsooesesesooeoes FLORIDA TAKES The Steamship Florida sailed yesterday 12:25'p. m., for Havana with 60 passengers, one ton of freight, two automobiles and 121 sacks of mail. a _ Ferry Parrott arrived yesterday Willie Waldo—Fred. Knights , [afternoon from Cuba . with, one Harold Hadley—William 'v:|ear of sugar, four miscellaneous, Daughtry. ‘ [i tt * fone’ of limit’ atta express. 4 Alethea Russell. i i Unele Isaac—W!(Cuiry’ Harris.} Sbowls: lighthouse to deliver’ oil, Miss Prunella Thorne—Mrs. Katie and will return at once to this sta- Eldridge. 4 tion. PEM PO Betty Boynton+1Miss *“Harriet| (4.46/77 Hiort. ; re Meat cures better if the ani- Julia Boynton—Miss Mary; mai has not been fed for 24 hours Whitmarsh. before killing. Dean Socrates Boynton—Emil Sweeting. 2 2 | O'Flarity—Bernard Waite, Jr.| Royle—Merton Plant, Reverend Doolittle—P. Bernard}: Roberts. ~~ |: PROVED BY 2 GENERATIONS Woman’s Club Conducts Very : ; Enjoyable Meeting Yesterday a : There were vocal solos render-|| CTION S Al ed by Mrs. C. B. Joyjés,, Maes Bya <i , sii, 2 Warner and Mrs. Paul Vecker, all BIG: AU pe tec a cs CY UE ba Starts: Tomorrow Night 7:30 p. m. And Continues All Next Week Until Our Entire Stock of Christmas Goods is Sold The meeting of the Woman’s Club held yesterday afternoon at the club house on Division street proved to be a most enjoyable and inspiring one, Following the usual club routine of receiving reports from the va- rious heads of the different com- mittees, Mrs, William R. Warren spoke of the convention at Coral Gables, which was attended ‘by the speaker and Miss Minnie Porter delegates from the local organization, Mrs. Warren spoke of the club’s president, Miss Harris, who was highly complimented by the state president on being the only one present being able to make a re- port from mere memory. It was shown in the report made of the state meeting that a very befitting honor was ex- tended Mrs: Watren by being of- fered the office of vice-president of Section Eleven, but for certain reasons Mrs, Warren felt disposed to decline the honor. The Public. W¢lfare, Committee, with Mrs. G. N. Goshorn as chair- man, had charge of the program which was put on during the aft- ernoon. Enjoyable Masical Given Last Night musical The entertainment 8 end of the pass. [t tempted } given last evening at the First; Methodist (Stone) _ Church was well attended, aid-with but a few exceptions, the program was car- ried out as outlined. There were a number of. vocal solos and other musical selections rendered, all.of which. were great- ly enjoyed by ‘the audience present. Sumner Sweeting was an arri- val yesterday over the East Coast after spending several weeks in Miami with relatives. Floyd Baker, who left last week with his father, Will Baker, for Miami, returned yesterday. His. father remained in .a Miami hos- pital for an eye operation. W. W. Demeritt, superintendent of lighthouses, Mrs. Demeritt, Mrs. B, A. Baker: and Miss Catherine Lightbourn, returned over the highway last night after a visit of one week on the west coast of the state. * Captain Phillip McKinsey, re- tired ship master, who was in Key ; West for a few days, and was yesterday the guest of G. R. | Steadman, cable foreman of the Western Union. Telegraph com- for Miami. ; Wm. R, Porter, chairman of ithe Monroe County District Road jand Toll Bridge Commission, left yesterday afternoon for “Miami land after spending the day there jit leave tonight for Washington, D.C Rev. F. X. Dougherty, S. J., who attended the Sodality Conven- tion in West Palni Beach last | week and stepped over for two | @ays in Miami while em route te Key West, arrived on the Havana } Special yesterday, ] eee 'PIMPLY SKIN ) soon improved and blotches cleared | away by daily treatment with 'Resinol of which were very patit e&joved Rev. DeBarritt gave a very in- AUCTION SALE Frank Johnson’s Annual Auc- tion Sale starts tomorrow night at his store in the Colonial Hotel building. This yearly event gives every person in the city an oppor- tunity to buy high quality Christ- mas goods at their’ own prices. The sale starts promptly at 7:30 ‘ps m. Tse. ai se nen There will be an auction every night for the next few weeks until the entire stock of toys, holiday goods, dolls and other gifts has been disposed of. Outstanding debts of municipali- ties in the United States are esti- mated at $18,500,000,000 BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 34-Hour Ambulance Servieo Skilleé Embaimer, Piastic Surgery Phone 135 Night Phone 696-W conan neared teresting outline of ths welfare work bejng= in mentary manner of the activities of William W. Demeritt in his capacity-as chairman of the Civil Works Administration in Key. West, i Mrs. Géorge F. Archer ‘and Mrs, Allan B. Cleare in turning in reports on ‘earned dollars’ for the club, regited their «efforts in..a poetic way. The verses follow: “Together” We stand wit lar in our|#) hand, @ ; : | Answering. your demand, i s “Together.” *% We found; it handy.to make coc nut candy, ‘ Which turhed out dandy, “Together.” We went down’ Duval street, “if Stood on our feet, OG Peddled. out our sweet, § r “Together.” | Col ial Hotel Bldg. THE ENTIRE STOCK OF TOYS, DOLLS, WHEEL GOODS AND CHRIST- MAS GIFTS MUST GO. REGARD- LESS OF PRICE | Hundreds of valuable articles will go to the highest bidder. Don’t miss this opportunity to save. FRANK JOHNSON / about 428 Duval Street ; hy high-speed machines @ minute, and the cigarettes ate practically “not touched by hand. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933. STEAMSHIP Co. UNITED STATES FAST P& O*trEs PORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES Effective April 27, 1933 Leave Key West for Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 12:15 sa aa Havana for Key West Wednesday. and Saturdays Leave Key West for Port Tampa Wednesdays and Satur- days 6:30 P. M. Tickets, Reservations and Information at Ticket Office on the Dock, ‘Phone 71 J. H. COSTAR, Agent. _ Give Her a GENERAL ELECTRIC on our G=E CHRISTMAS GIFT PLAN! OUR G-E Christmas Gift Plan, you deposi amount down and pay mothing more until Mareb time your G-E will have saved enough on food costs and household expenses to more than meet first payment, Bera Gol sows for Christmas, ood Your were uy a now, for both a gife and a necessity. e General Electric is recognized as the Standard of Excellence and lowest in ultimate cost. Only a G-E has ali of these features: @ All-Steel Cabinet. @ Stainless Steel Preexer. @ Shelves. @ Foot Pedal Door Opener. @ Automatic Interior Light. ® Monitor Top Sealed-in-Steel Mechanism. @ See out Christmas of G-E Monitor Top _.._ _ models. Prices ace within « dol- lene of the Somat in history! Let us show a Gift Cert:"~te, that you can present on she can choose later just the model and size she prefers. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY A. F. AYALA, Salés Manager Cigarettes Not so long ago practically all cigarettes wereomade by hand pany, left on the afternoon train]: Y the uise of long steel ovens —drying machines of the most modern type—and by age- ing the leaf tobacco ‘for 30 months—like wine is. aged— Chesterfield tobacco is milder | and tastes better. Only pure cigarette paper— the best made—is used for Chesterfield. ‘ And to make sure that, every- is just right, expert chemists we | | Chester Gehl cigarettes are just : as pure as the water you drink @ 1933, Loccerr & Myans Tosacco Co. in any ‘way in the manufacture. Chesterfields are made and packed in clean, up-to-date fac- tories, where the air is changed every 4% minutes. The mois- ture-proof package, wrapped in Du Pont’s No. 300 Cellophane —the’ best made—reaches you just as,if you went by the fac- tory door. Ina letter to us, an emi- “Chesterfield Cigarettes are just as pure as the water you drink.” ees