The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1934, Page 3

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“If I weren’t such an improvident fool,” he went on, “I would have pro- vided us with some kind of a sail. make some kind of a sail out of a sheet.” With the aid of the fireman's ax and the rope which he had brought, | with the driftwood, and there a mile Bowers succeeded in stepping a beyond the barrier-reef, sudden!y ar | whippy mast and setting a kind of | rived as ft seemed out of nowhere. sall. But it was long past noon when | slowly steamed a spruce gray cun- he bad accomplished these things. | boat. $28 ninety thirst amounted to suf-} Bowers bad no sooner emerged s- Helen was all for drinking sea- water, but Ivy would not let her. for after st>pping the mast and rescuing ship to be sig- Setting the sail no calm could have | naled, a bonfire already laid, and a; been flatter. The sea was of that | blanket. * turquoise blue peculiar to the trop | Not far from where Ivy had laid ics, but presently to the westward. | the fire, he had piled all the gear inthe direetion of Borneo, the color | from the raft, He dug about with his darkened and this darkening spread | hands for matches. They had been rapidly and came toward them. packed that morning. together with “Looks like @ real breeze,” said | the canned things, salt and sugar Bowers, and as he spoke he was | 24 so forth, into blankets wet from careful to touch wood. the heavy rain of the previous His guess was justified, and the | Sight. raft was presently moving forward} They were damp through and’ table sounds of chuckling and slap }2 Hisht. ping water. The breeze held. The} Meanwhile the gunboat was not sun was now at their backs, and the | Standiag still. In a general direction entire profile of Tiger Island could | 8¢ wis standing along the barrier be seen. reef nnd moving further and fur; Streaks of white where the ocean | ther away. There was just a chance.' encountered the barrier-reef and be | That damned elephantrifle which ‘Sout, Medwiek flied out, Collins Busy Bee + ‘grounded out to first. |” Batteries: A. Lunn and Ingra- at such a rate that there were delec | through. He was not able to strike, | out. Collins also struck out. De- i i | Rogell going to tmrd. Fox also Hdoubled, scoring Rogell. Rowe; The Lopez Funeral Home, ten} | struck out for the second time, re-' Fifth Inning tock hit line drive to Gehringer. | DETROIT—White lined out to’ Frisch. Cochrane walked. Gehring-| }Goslin, left handed batter, facing! = Heft handed pitcher, flied out to! the’ winner. { center. ‘ Pea { ee | S by itinings: No suns. no-hits; po exgprs... Ce WF? | Sixth Inning bes ST, BOUIS“Frisch-”' grounded | “° HEADER FORFEITED To doubled. |, Owen) ‘ARMY BY ADAMS tiring the side. | shutout the Busy Bee aggregation! im the presidency, born at Lees- One run, two hits, no errors. iin the first game of a scheduled ST. LOUIS—Hallahan struck) doubleheader of diamondball last out. Martin grounded out. Roth- night at Bayview Park, Each pitch- | fighter and gold pioneer of the No runs, no hits, no errors. fer ‘allowed three singles, with three errors by the losing club | Pa. Died Jan. 20, 1894, fer flied out. Greenberg walked.‘ accounting for the runs made by R. H. E.| 1819—Franceseo Crispi, Italian! ami; “Key West Architecturally per. 201 000:0—3..8. 0' statesman, born. Died. Aug. 12 000 000 0— 0.3 8) 1001. - /jand'“Key West Under the New | Ne ran¥.-no hit> no errors. “”! ham; C. Gates. and Elbertson. DETROIT—Rogell ‘hit to Mart-) .+« lin. who threw wild to first, Rogeil| The second, game .was losiee to second, Owen hit to pitch- 2@ to the Army by the ,er, who threw Rogell out at third. Dairy club, who did not have ten} Jan. 17, 1893. ns and L. M. Edmunds Owen safe at first. Fox grounded ‘time. the last time he had three Official standings: [balls and no strikes, before fan-; Club— ning. , Lopez : No runs, no hits, one error. | Adams . | Seventh Inning : Busy Bee ST. LOUIS—Delancey ground-, Sibilas led out. Orsatti rolled out, second; Army rae codl forfeit- Adams _| out. Rowe struck out for the third "me" on the field at play time. L, Pet. 0 1.000 2 .600 3 .400 3 .250 4 .200 {to first. Durocher fouled out. No runs, no hits, no errors. | DEFROIT—White out on in-| Ut j field fly. Cochrane grounded out. : | Gehringer walked. Greenberg, due! Tenth Inning }for a home run, struck out. | Neither side scored in No runs, no hits, no errors. i ning. ; Eighth Inning i Eleventh Inning | ST. LOUIS—Hallahan flied! ST. LOUIS—Durocher | second base, Cochrane grounded One run, one hit, no errors. this in- struck lout. Martin out, short to first.| out. Martin doubles. Rothrock | Rothrock grounded out. struck out. Frisch grounded out. } No runs, no hits, no errors. | No runs, one hit, no errors. | DETROIT — Frisch makes; DETROIT—Fox fouled out, to | wonderful’ stoy of grounder and/ first. Rowe struck out for the throws Goslin out at first. Rogell| fourth time. Goldjack grounded ‘flied out. Owen grounded out.’ out. Frisch to Collins. No rans, no hits, no errors. No runs, no hits, no errors. | Twelfth Inning Ninth Inning } ST. LOUIS—Medwick ground- ST. LOUIS—Medwick struck! eq out. Collins flied out. Delancey called out on strikes. laneey grounded out. No runs, no hits, no errors. DETROIT—Fox singles, Rowe; DETROIT—Cochrane {out at first, Fox going to second. | ed out. | Walker batting for White, singled,| berg walked. Goslin scoring Fox with the tieing run.; scoring Gehringer from Hallahan relieved by Bill Walker.| with the winning run. No runs, no hits,.no errors. ground- Gehringer walked. Green- singled, second yond, a low spreading mountain of j he had never fired! It would make a; | waixer caught between first and| One run, one hit, no errors. classic shape which appeared to rest | B0ise like a young cannon. on a level plain. An hour later they| With fingers which now shook could see that the level plain was | from excitement, he unstrapped the forest and jungle, and that three|elephantrifie’s case and jerked parts of the volcano’s graceful|back the lid, but instead of the slopes were covered with verdure.|Ominous brown barrels and the An hour later Bowers sprang to well-oiled walnut stock, spools of his feet with a cheer. His sharp eyes | copper wire met the eye, lead sink- had distinguished among the tree- | ers. and pieces of broken metal. His tops the unmistakable fronds of co- | heart almost stood still. conut trees. He opened the remaining gun + cases with the same distressing re- ‘HE breeze blew more strongly, | Sults. Except for an ax and his and they had reason to bless it. | Pocket-knife, he was without weap, Bowers.had managed to shape the | °"S- raft’s course for one of the breaks} Kneeling beside the lastof the in the barrier-reef; But with no|Tavished gun-cases, “The damned stronger motive poWer than one|$wine stole my guns,” he said. And broken oar, the-ratt could never} Prescutly he added: “and that’s a, have made head against the current | Pretty kettle of fish... - which flowed from the lagoon Into| He got to his feet and slid an arm the ocean, and Im sight of plenty | around her. Together they watched they must have perished. the receding gunboat She was Bven with the sail , drawing|turning in a great sweep to star strongly in the freshened breeze, | board, and when at last the dark- and with Bowers steering and at the | 2e8s closed down upon her and she same time sculling furiously, it was | "anished from view, sho was head- @ battle. But inch by inch the raft | ed for Borneo. triumphed over the current, entered| “Never mind, darling,” said Bow- the lagoon and was soon wholly be | ers. “I've got you and tomorrow is | yond its influence. another day.” The lagoon was the usual com} From somewhere in the jungle | glomeration of deeps and shallows. | not far off there sounded the full Of landing-places there was an inf | throated angry roar of a tiger. nite choice. The foreshore wasasuc| They had forgotten all about the cession of points and bays. Some of | tigers. The hair on Bowers’ scalp the points were wooded. Some were | tingled. i of raw coral. There were white} “Must have missed his Kill,” was | beaches of sea sand, and biack | all that he said. Ivy did not speak, beaches of volcanic sand. (Cobyright, 1934, by Gouverneur Morris) Some of the ridges which swept down from the volcano and divided the island into so many valleys Bowers makes, tomorrow, am >| Important discovery. Notice To Subscribers i | { This is another of those days Please be prompt in paying | with a duel nature, when much} the carrier who delivers your | depends on the other aspects. It paper. He pays The Citiz-~ is changeable; not vacillating, but ‘1K ocantktewoeke: 068 Poem nd ' shifting from an appearance of per end qaile it 40 a0ni Sans 30 high endeavor to the opposite. In ka, iia ae Ge. some cases this is due to diplom- acy, which is a prime factor in| ms is 5 cents weekiz on each this degree. Under other condi-| subseriber. If he is not paid tions it may lead to various occu- HE loses. Not The Citizen. Pations or engagements. ecececcecccecce owners. are gi ing such economical, EE ny 8 service ... % that G-B now offers Refrigerator for every home, every income. Let us prove to you how it will pay for itself in savings ‘Why not make your selection now? sumer tsar ra es Sasa THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY A. F. AYALA, Sales Manager | Died Sept. 12, 1874. —— t ' 1810—Eliza McCardle Johnson, | | | set him on the road which ended burg, Tenn. Died at Bluff City, Tenn., Jan. 13, 1876. 1813—William Gilpin, Indian} Nature’: ! Rockies, first territorial governor|.yertends a, Cordial of Colorado, born at Brandywine,/ ay” py Maj. C. BR. Collins | Hon. Andrew T. Healy, respectively, of the |. 1814—Jean F, Millet, famed} Motorists Alliance Club; French painter, born. Died Jan.| West, a City of ’ | 20.1875, Schools”, by Professor J. at | Clouse of the University of Mi- ttractive”, by Donald Corley; 1822—Rutherford B. Hayes, In | Ohio, lawyer, _major-general - if! articles there are special Civil, War, congressman, govetner.} trom Governor Dave Sholts, 19th president, born at Delaware,' p. stone, Jr., and B, M. Ohio. Died in Fremont, Ohio, | with editorials by Maj. C. H of Si ' Florida Motorists. 1846—Agnes Booth, noted ac-| Credit for sponsoring this tress of her day, born in Aus- cellent publication of Key West’ i tralia. Died Jan. 2, 1910. jcharms and for obtaining the) Tee ,collaboration of the Florida freight. Se —<_ | 1861—Frederie Remington, art-} Motorists’ organization with —< ——— ist, author, seulptor and illustra-| Key West Administration, as well! Wells 308 to 700 feet deep are Ce ee ee !tor of the West, born at Canton, |as for obtaining the 100 per cent) being bored in the Hart mene go ATL Stace game {N. Y. Died at Ridgefield, Conn.,| cooperation of local merchants i8)tain game preserve im Green te = “ s iit Dee. 26, 1909. | given to Fred Dion, Jos. W. Saw-) provide water for antelope other pn = == = semen Nantienies etn |yer, Wm, A. Freeman and a small’ game and stock. -— Projected air conditioning of, group of Key Westers by L. M. deep gold mines in South Africa; Edmunds, of the Florida Motorists,| Ninety-six persems were “ilied Lost is expected to increase production’ who personally directed the work in mine accidents i: Slentecky by making it possible for miners! in Key West, with the able es-| guring 2933. LOST te eee are wee to work at greater depths. jsistance of Maj. C. R. Collins,| wee | President of the Florida Motorists local organizations to enable Key: o= Pheaamg = Seeetee eee Cast-iron roads are common inj Alliance. | Westers to obtain copies of this Finder Duisburg, center of the German} Arrangements are being made!magazine. 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