The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1936, Page 3

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, DO SY AGarna Cnristle SYNOPSIS: While Bobby Jones and Dr. Thomas are playing golf near their home in Wales, they find @ man dying at the foot of a cliff. But Bobby is haunted almost as much by the woman’s face he saw on a photograph in the man’s pocket as by the occurrence itself. He has been in London for a few days, and on the train home he meets his friend, Lady Frances Derwent, a childhood friend whom he has not seen for some time. Frankie is bored with London, and not too thrilled with the prospect of going home either. Chapter Four ABOUT BADGER ' Bo relationship with Frankie was a peculiar one, As children he and his brothers had Played with the children at the Cas- tle. Now that they were all grown up, they seldom came across each other. When they did, they still used Christian names, “I'm so tired of everything,” said Frankie in a weary voice. “Aren’t you?” Bobby considered. “No, I don’t think I am.” “My dear, how wonderful!” said Frankie. “I don’t mean I’m hearty,” said Bobby, anxious not to create a pain- ful impression. “I just can’t stand people who are hearty.” Frankie shuddered at the mere mention of the word. “I know,” she murmured. “They're dreadful.’ They looked at each other sym- pathetically. “By the way.” said Frankie sud- denly, “what's all this about a man falling over the cliffs?” “Dr. Thomas and I found him,” said Bobby. “How did you know about it, Frankie?” “Saw it in the paper. Look.” HE indicated with her finger a small paragraph headed “Fatal Accident in Sea Mist.” The victim of the tragedy at Marchbolt was identified late last night by means of a photograph which he was carrying. The photo- graph proved to be that of Mrs. Leo Cayman. Mrs. Cayman was communicated with and journeyed at ance to Marchbolt, where she Identified the her brother, Alex Pritchard had re- ently returned from Siam. He had been out of England for ten years and was just starting upon a walk- ing tour. The inquest will be held at Marchbolt tomorrow. ased “as hard. Mr. Bobby's tpoughts flew back to the strangely haunting face of the photo graph. “I believe | shall have to give evidence at the inquest,” he said. “How thrilling! I shall come and hear you.” “I don’t suppose there will be any- thing thrilling about it,” said Bobby. “We just found him, you know.” “Was he dead?” “No—not then. He died about a quarter of an hour later. I was alone with him.” He paused. “Rather grim,” said Frankie with that immediate understanding that Bobby’s father had lacked. “Of course he didn’t feel any- thing—” “No?” “But all the same—well—you see, he looked awfully alive—that sort of person—rather a rotten way to finish—just stepping off a cliff in a silly bit of mist.” “I get you, Steve,” said Frankie and again the queer phrase repre sented sympathy and understand- ing. “Did you see the sister?” she asked presently. “No. I've been up in town two days. Had to see a friend of mine about a garage business we're go- ing in for. You remember him. Badger Beadon.” 1986. QNERANG LOE “Do 12” “Of course you do, You must re- member good old Badger. He squints.” Frankie wrinkled her brows. “He's got an awfully silly kind of laugh—Haw, haw, haw—like that,” | [FOLLOWING THROUGH continued Bobby helpfully. TILL Frankie wrinkled her brows. “Fell off his pony when we were kids,” continued Bobby. “Stuck in the mud head-down, and we had to pull him out by the legs.” “Oh!” said Frankie in a flood of recollection. “I know now. He stam- | mered.” “He still does,” proudly. “Didn't he run a chicken farm and it went bust?” inquired Frankie. “That's right.” “And then he went into a stock- broker’s office and they fired him after a month?” “That's it.” “And then they sent him to Aus- tralia and he came back?” “Yes.” “Bobby,” said Frankie, “you're not putting any money into this busi- ness venture, I hope?” “I haven’t got any money to put,” said Bobby. “That's Frankie. “Naturally,” went on Bobby, said Bobby just as well,” said Bobby had played at the castle. “Badger has tried to get hold of someone with a iittle capital to invest. But it isn’t so easy as you'd think.” “When you look round you,” said Frankie, “you wouldn't believe peo- ple had any sense at all, but they have.” The point of these remarks seemed at last to strike Bobby. “Look here, Frankie,” he said. “Badger’s one of the best—one of the very best.” “They always are,” said Frankie. “Who are?” “The ones who go to Australia and | come back again, How did he get hold of the money to start this busi- ness?” “An aunt or something died and left him a garage for six cars, with three rooms over, and his people stumped up a hundred pounds to buy second-hand cars with. You'd be sur- prised what bargains there are to be had in second-hand cars.” “I bought one once,” said Frankie. “It’s a painful subject. Don’t let's talk of it. What did you want to leave the Navy for? They didn’t ax ¥ou, did they? Not at your age.” Bobby flushed. “Eyes,” he said gruffly. Tt was just after five o'clock when they feached Sileham, which was the station for Marchbolt. “The car’s meeting me,” said Frankie. “I'll give you a lift.” “Thanks. That will save me carry- ing this beastly thing for two miles.” He kicked his suitcase disparag- ingly. “Three miles, not two,” Frankie. “Two miles if you go by the foot- path over the links.” “The one where—" “Yes—where that fellow went over.” “I suppose nobody pushed him over, did they?” asked Frankie as she handed her dressing-case to her maid. “Pushed him over? Good Lord, no Why?” “Well, it would make it much more exciting, wouldn't it?” said Frankie idly. (Copyright 1933-38-36, Agathe Christie) said Mrs. Cayman disappoints Bobby, tomorrow. Reecccccccevecsccccccoee! WN 7 = i Teday’s Birthdays) eeeee | William Allen White of poria, Kansas, famed editor-au,! thor, born there, 68 years ago. Miss Marguerite M. Wells of; Minneapolis, president of the Na-! tional League of Women Voters, | born in Milwaukee, 64 years ago.! prof rv of Eng! born in At- tala Co., Miss., 57 years ago. Charles W. Bryan of Lincoln,! Em-! Nebr., former governor, brother} of the late William Jennings, |born at Salem, Ill, 69 years ago. | William T. Tilden of Philadel- phia, tennis champion, sports writer, born there, 43 years ago. Cornelius F. Kelly of New f THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BY JOVE SPORTS eee eccce Opening game of the second- half of the ocial Diamondall | League will get under way at 5 p. m. today, weather permitting. The Administration ten will meet the Sanitary Department outfit. Both clubs have strengthened | their line-ups and it is expected |that the game this afternoon will be hard-fought and _ interesting. j The little spark plug, Peter Cas- tro, has joined the Health forces, and Esquinaldo the Office outfit. Batteries will be C. Stickney and | A. Castro for the Department ten, and F. Stickney and Rueda for {the Administration. The schedule for the rest of the week in the Social League fol- lows: Tuesday—Stowers Research Department. Wednesday—Bayview Park vs. Administration. Thursday — Sanitary Depart- ment vs. Stowers Park. Friday—Research Department vs. Bayview Park. This will give each club two games for the week. All games will be called at 5 p. m. The first named club will be the “home” team, Parks vs. Do not forget that tomorrow night the basketball league will play two games at the High School Gym. The ABC five will tackle the WPA team in the first game, and the Bakers will meet the Park Tigers in the nightcap. Opening contest will be called at 7:30 p. m. On Friday, the Key West Conchs will play the Ida Fisher five from Miami Beach. This will} be the first time the Miami Beach| outfit has been in this city. They ,have a very good record, as good !as any five on the east coast. The ; Key West boys will have a very {hard fight on their hands. The ‘Fisher quintet has defeated such clubs as Homestead, Miami Edi- son, Lake Worth, Fort Lauder- dale and other fives equally as strong. So, watch out, Conchs, or the Fisher team will put it over on all of you. I am pulling hard for Key West, and I say that the only way to success is “or the local players to practice every day and practice hard. The El Mundo, Havana daily, has the following to say about our La Semana Alegre week, in} its issue of Saturday, February 8: “The Deportivo Pous basket- ball five has been picked to make the trip to Key West for the! Semana Alegre week. They will) play three games in Key West. The laddies making the trip are: Misses Olga Palacios, Olga Tous, Raquel and Martha Vardes, May-| ita Salmon and three others.” This Academy five is third in the league standing bf the basketball league for ladies in Ouba, with two victorics and two defeats, but is one of the favorites to win the pennant. The local girls should! get in.trim and make a brave at-} tempt, to defeat the invaders. So get together, girls, and be out at the gym every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings to prac- tice. Some real coaches will be on hand to see that the girls learn the filer points of the game. ISTARS DEFEATED MONROES SUNDAY FINAL SCORE WAS 9 TO 3; RODRIGUEZ HURLED GOOD GAME FOR ACEVEDO NINE The Acevedo Stars won from the Monroes yesterday afternoon at the Navy Ball Field, 9 to 3. It was a good game until the ninth inning when Wickers weak- ened and a walk and three hits scored four runs for the Stars. E. Rodriguez, on the mound for the winners, pitched a very good game. With four trips to the plate, Mayg, Kelly and D. Lopez con- nected safely three times, Wm. Cates, F. Acevedo, G. Acevedo, E. Rodriguez and O. Caraballo each hit two safely. M. Lopez connected for one hit in his only time at bat. Outstanding in the field were Kelly, Salinero and Barcelo for the Monroes, and Mayg, P. Cas- tro and Cates for the Stars. Score by innings: R. H. E. Stars - 102 000 204—9 13 1 Monroes 002 001 000—3 11 6 Batteries: E. Rodriguez and G. Acevedo; Wickers, I. Rodriguez and Rueda. PUNISHES PICKNICKERS BALTIMORE.—Rev. 3 |Storey of this city locked the!FOR RENT—Furnished apart. gates of his estate, imprisoned five women picknickers until they had picked up rubbish they had strewn over the ground. TODAY’S Lowest Highest last night Jast 24 hours = £6) 54 - 26 44 Be | 34 10 52 2 34 2 44 4 58 10 82 32 68 22 82 8 50 38 50 20 18 34 62 40 74 38 -16 Station Abilene Atlanta . Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago ... Denver Detroit Galveston Havana . a + 40 nae ‘ansas City -. KEY WEST - Little Rock .. Los Angeles .. Louisville Miami Minneapolis New Orleans 42 New York .... 16 Pensacola .. Pittsburgh | St. Louis Salt Lake San Fran. Seattle Tampa Washington .. Williston -... Yemperatures* Highest . ; Lowest Mean .... Normal Mean 68 75 Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation .... morning: Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises .. 7:04 | Sun sets Moon rises . Moon sets .... Tomorrow's A.M. High Low . Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 29.87. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Tuesday; colder tonight; moderate north- erly winds. 24 BY PLANE FROM KEY WES1 TO MIAMI Make Reservations by Phone Telephone 620 Regular Planes, Miami-Key West Airways, Inc. Daily Except Friday RATE, ONE WAY, $7.50 Leave Key West 4 p. m., Ar- +825 .|of the remainder of the country, .| Williston, N. D., Huron, je | Kansas ‘City, Mo., and Oklahoma j WEATHER Florida: Generally fair and! colder, much colder in south and) central portions tonight; tempera- ture 23 and 32 degrees in north and near freezing in interior of} central portion; frost in north and} ! central portions if wind subsides; | Tuesday fair to partly cloudy. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate north- jerly winds; fair in north, partiy overcast in south portion tonight and Tuesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS { A disturbance that was over {the Lake region yesterday morn-} ing has moved eastward to the} Canadian Maritime Provinces, Eastport, Me,, 29.48 inches, and pressure is moderately low this {morning southward over southern, | Florida; while an extensive high | pressure area crested over the Plains States, overspreads most 8. D.| City, 80.42 inches. Light to mod-| KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business #and Theater District erate snow has occurred during the last 24 hours from the lower Lake region and upper Ohio Val- ley eastward over the North and Middle Atlantic States, and rain southward along the Atlantic coast over the Florida peninsula, and in southern Texas. Tempera- tures have risen somewhat in the | West Gulf States and throughout most far western districts, and have fallen in the eastern portion of the country and the extreme upper Mississippi Valley, and readings continue below normal from the Rocky Mountain States eastwe~d, except in southern Florida. Temperatures were below zero this morning southward over Missouri, and 20 to 32 degrees below in tae Dakotas. u. S. KENNEDY, Officer in Charge. NOTICE OF SALE STREET CAR RAIL PROPOSAL Sealed proposals will be receiv- ed by the undersigned up to and including Tuesday, February 25, !1936, for the purchase of approxi- mately 400 tons of street car rail which are now lying on vacant lots. Ten per centum (10%) off the standard weight will be allowed for corrosion. Bidders shall furnish price bid per ton and the successful bidder shall remove the rails from where they are now lying at the present time. The City Council of the City of Key West reserves the right to reject any or all bids. WALLACB PINDER, feb8-10-15-17 City Clerk. OVER-SEA HOTEL CLOSE TO THE BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Its Quiet Rooms and Wide, Hos pitable Porches Invite You 919 FLEMING STREET PHONE 9104 Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Erfective December 22nd, 1935. Ss. S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:30 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays. Leaves St. Petersburg on Sundays at 4:15 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. M. Monday. Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. for Havana. Leaves Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 5 P. 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