The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1936, Page 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936. SYNOPSIS: Bobby Jones and Lady Fra Derwent, better known as Frankie, have’ decided that Koger Bassington-ffrench ts the man who pushed Alexander Pritchard over the clif at March- bolt. and killed him. But now that Frankie has gotten herself into the Bassington-Qrench country house bya ruse she wonders. Roger seems too nice. and Henry his brother, turns out to take morphia and be less pleasant Resides, curious un- der-currents seem to lead Frankie toward the Nicholsons, who run @ eure for drug addicts. Chapter 19 ALAN CARSTAIRS “\7OU'D better call her Frankie as 1 do,” said Sylvia, “Isn't it odd how whenever one talks of any per- son or thing, somebody else does the same immediately afterwards?” “They are Canadians, aren’t they?” inquired Frankie. “He is, certainly. | rather fancy she is English, put I’m not sure. She’s a very pretty little thing— quite charming, with the loveliest big wistful eyes. Somehow or other 1 fancy she isn’t terribly happy. It must be a depressing life. “He runs a kind of sanitarium, doesn’t he?” “Yes, nerve cases and people who take drugs. He’s very successful, I believe. He’s rather an impressive man.” * s Shane’s at Claridge? On the 16th it was.” “It couldn’t have been on the 16th,” said Sylvia quickly. “Roger was here then. I remember, be- cause we had a children’s party that day, and’ what 1 should have done without Roger, | simply don’t know.” She gave a grateful glance at her brother-in-law and he smiled back at her, “1 don’t feel I've ever met you before,” he said thoughtfully to Frankie and added, “I'm sure, if 1 had, I'd remember it.” He said it rather nicely. “One point settled.” thought Frankie. “Roger Bassington-ffrench was not in Wales on the day that Bobby was poisoned.” The second point came up fairly easily later. Frankie led the talk to country places, their dullness, and the interest aroused by any local excitement. “We had a man fall over the cliff last month,” she remarked. “We were all thrilled to the core. 1 went ta the inquest full of excitement. but it was all rather dull really.” “Was that at a place called March- bolt?” asked Sylvia suddenly. Frankie nodded. “Derwent Castle is only about seven miles from Marchbolt,” she explained. “It must be a depressing life.” “You like him?” ” said Sylvia abruptly. “I don’t.” And rather vehemently, after @ moment or ,wo, she added, “Not at all.” Later on, she pointed out to Frankie a photograph of a charm- ing. large-eyed woman which stood on the piano. “That's Moira Nicholson. An ap pealing face, isn’t it? A man, who came down here with some friends of ours some time ago was quite struck with it. He wanted an in- troduction to her, | think.” She laughed. “I'll ask them to dinner to-morrow night. I'd like to know what you think of him.” “Him?” “Yes, As | told you, | dislike him, and yet he’s quite an attractive looking man.” Something in her tone made Frankie look at her quickly, but Sylvia Bassington-ffrench had turned away ana was taking some dead flowers out of a vase. ‘| MUST collect my ideas,” thought Frankie as she drew a comb through her thick dark hair when dressing for dinner that night. “And.” she added resolutely, “it's time I made a few experiments.” Was, or was not. Roger Bassing- ion-ffrench the villain she and Bobby assumed him to be? “Mem..” wrote Frankie on a sheet of paper. “One—find out where Rog- er was on the 16th—day when Bobby was poisoned.” She thought she saw her way to doing that fairly clearly. “Two,” she wrote. “Produce pic- ture of dead man and observe re- actions, if any. Also note whether R.B.F. admits being in Marchbolt then.” She felt slightly nervous over the second resolution. It meant coming out into the open. On the other hand the tragedy had happened in her own part of the world, and to mention {t casually would be the most natu- ral thing in the world. She crumpled up the sheet of paper and burnt it. She managed to introduce the first point fairly naturally at dinner. “You know,” she said frankly to Roger, “I can’t help feeling that we've met before. And {t wasn't very long ago either. It wasn’t, by any chance, at that party of Lady Tod 1794—Great campaign through-| out country to raise money for} ransoming of some 100 Americans| held in slavery by Algerians, “Roger, that must have been your man!” cried Sylvia. RANKIE looked inquiringly at him. “1 was actually in at the death.” said Roger. “I stayed with the body till the police came.” “I thought one of the Vicar’s sons did that.” said Frankie. “He had to go off to play the organ or something—so I took over.” “How perfectly extraordinary!” said Frankie. “I did hear somebody else had been there too, but | never heard the name. So it was you.” There was a general atmosphere of “How curious! Is’nt the world smali?” Frankie felt she wa doing this rather well. “Perhaps that’s where you saw me before—in Marchbolt?” sug- gested Roger. “I wasn’t there actually at the time of the accident,” said Frankie. “1 came back from London a couple of days afterward. Were you at the inquest?” “No. 1 went back to London the morning after the tragedy.” “He had some absurd idea of buy- ing a house down there,” said Sylvia. Roger laughed. Then he turned to Frankie. “Any points of interest about the accident? {t didn’t turn out to be suicide or anything?” “Oh, no, it was all painfully above- board, and some appalling relations came and identified the man. Did you see his picture in the papers?” “I think I did,” said Sylvia vague ly. “I've got a cutting upstairs from our local paper.” Frankie ran upstirs and came down with the cutting in her hand. “Don’t you think he’s good-look- ing?” Frankie demanded. “He is, rather,” said Sylvia. “He looks very like that man Alan Car stairs.” “He's got quite a look of him here,” agreed Roger. “But there wasn’t much real resemblance, you know.” Frankie went to bed undecided. Everyone seemed to have reacted with perfect naturalness. The only thing she had succeeded in getting was the name of Alan Carstairs. (Copyright 1933-35-36, Agatha Christie) Tomorrow the dark blue Talbot re-enters the puzzie. LRoretan Legion, first American to ay In History) die in the World War trenches. 1922—U. Supreme Court unanimously upheld suffrage amendment to Constitution. Ss. 1931—Bill granting veterans loans on bonus up to 50% pass THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPORTS BY JOVE CUBAN NINE TOOK SECOND STRAIGHT GAME FROM LOCALS BY CLOSE SCORE ett we a es CUBANS FAILED TO : PLAY YESTERDAY GIRLS TEAM WUULD NOT MEET LOCALS IN DIFFER- ENT STLYE OF GAME which the Cuban Navy nine defeat- ed the Key West All-Stars, was played yesterday afternoon at the |Navy Ball Field. The Cubans made it two straight victories but i | The Tous it was a close score yesterday—2 Havana did not want to play the : local girls yesterday afternoon and _ {so there wasn’t any game. The first game of the series,; The Key Westers have met them in two games so far in which they lost both. The visitors play un- the termination of the ninth in-|der men’s"rules, something the lceal girls’ teams have not dong But to the good sports, the Conchsj, to 1. played Monday, ended 0 to 0 at! ning. The contest Tuesday was} i won by the Cubans, 8 to 3. With Robert Bethel of game. the| Yesterday, ‘the ee Cubans were tors had a harder fight winning} Women’s rules, but they did nog, ‘show up for the game. + pe The Key Westers had to bittkiv You! the same thing the visitors would have had done yesterday—play a brand of ball unknown to them. It should be remembered that frame. With one down, Griffin, |° “siting team must abide by the rules prevailing in the city in M. Acevedo and Vidal singled in| which they will play, it is said. succession, but Gabriel flied out} But the local girls were sports to center to end the contest. enough to, play the visitors’ styl It was a pitcher’s dual between] in the ci rey games, ee seems that the Cubans must have Bee end Leconte Bercanen got “cold feet” when asked to twirler held the visitors to but play by rules they should have three safeties. Lecoubet was; been playing by since they came nicked for five hits. here, it is said. Griffin was the leader at bat, The cup that is to be given to collecting three of the five bingles| the winner of the series should in four trips to the plate. Davila, not be awarded under these cir- with two walks and a single in cumstances, it is shown. tour times up, came next. Deccccsecccce eccoces Fielders making great plays during the game were: Davila, sac mas ac ote] FOLLOWING THROUGH pecccccscccacsscoccesces Cubans; Baker, Cates and Ga- The big swimming events dur- briel for the Key Westers. ‘ling the Week of Joy were schedul- Pitcher Bethel handled fiveled to begin at 1 p. m._ today. chances and fielded all of them} Some of the best swimmers in the perfectly. country were to compete for hon- How the runs were scored: yesterday than the day before. It was the kind of game usually read about. The locals came very near win- Ining in the last half of the ninth ors—the best in the Cuban Navy In the second inning with the|and the U. S. Army, High School visitors at bat—Abreu hit a long{and others were lined up. The of- fly to center which Carbonell! ficial time will be held as local dropped. Rodriguez struck out.| records. Abreu stole second. Martin flied out to center. E. Garcia singled to center and Abreu scored. Visitors in theeseventh frame— Abreu Iked. Rodriguez doubled breu going to third. Mar- tin Docal flied out to short left field, Baker making a wonderful running catch, but Abreu scored atter the catch. The locals in the ninth inning— I would like to compliment Cap- tain Fernandez of the Cuba Navy and manager of the Cuban Navy baseball team, for his great sports- manship displayed at the baseball {games now being played in this city. He and his club are great sportsmen. They know how to lese aswell as win. Academy team from! decided to play them their style! mound for the All-Stars, the visi-|to meet a:team and play... undey! 'DAILY NEWS FIVE " DEFEATED PARK TEAM LAST NIGHT YEAR SO FAR; SCORE WAS 60 TO 41 The Miami Daily News five, | champions of the Commercial Bas- | ketball League of Miami, turned | the tables on Key West teams last | | nigt at the High School gym and won the first game in which local fisatt Joe iv \cagers have, played visiting bas- | ketballéls.<° In all fairness to the High \School team, jet it be known that they. hag of, vet been defeated Py anvad Re Sly, The score,.of the contest last night was 60 to 41. Those boys are really champions, jwhich they showed last night against the C Champion Park | Tigers. The. shooting of McKemmie and | Harney featured the game. Be- tween them, they rang up 18 field goals,. The passing and general playing of the entire club was very good. This outfit has won 23 straight games this year without ja single defeat. The locals were minus two of their’ star players—Smith and Dopp.. Woodson, who substituted j for one of them, played a great | game and it is doubted if either of the missing .agers could have done better. Hale and Cates shot six field goals each and Woodson five. Al- bury. Beceaise and Johnson play- ed well, but those boys from Mi- | ami had better teamwork and out- | classed the locals all around, MIAMI FG FT PF Cooley, rf Curry, rf .. Fiencher, rf McKeemie, If Buck, ¢ Harney, rg Piering, lg Wilson, lg .. i i HoOCOMMOn wre OM HOH Totals— KEY WEST | Beceaise, Ig Albury, rg | Johnson, rg Woodson, c Griffin singled to center after Baker was out. Cates flied out to center. Acevedo singled to left. Bidal singled to center, scor-; ing Griffin. Gabriel ended the! game on a fly to center. Box score: CUBA AB R. H. PO A. E. Davila, rf ...2 0 Quintana, ss .. Velez, ss .... Estrada, 2 Abreu, ¢ . Rodriguez, 3b Martin, cf -... E. Garcia, lf Docal, 1b ...... Leocubet, p -. DONT FREE FOR oo ccooonooco eooronmocoor Hoe hoORNOonE WHORNMONNWO orecoocoo Totals— 262-3 27 14 ~ K. W. A H. PO A. Sevilla, 2b .... Baker, ss C. Griffin, ¢ _ W. Cates, 3b M. Acevedo, If Vidal, rf . Gabriel, 1b Carbonell, Bethel, p . 4 4 a 4 4 3 cf coooooKrooPF COSHH OwWOS CONCH NEN ASHOORH NO onococooon™ The Company will i: ner ELECTROMASTER 3 Totalsk— 33 1 Score by innings: Cuba .... 010 000 100—2 Key West 000 000 001—1 Summary: Two base hits: Rod- riguez; stolen bases: Abreu; left on bases: Cuba 4, Key West 6; struck out: by Bethel 4, by Lecou- tbet 4; bases on balls: off Lecou-| bet 1, off Bethel 5; hit by pitch-| er: by Bethel 2 (Quintana and} Rodriguez); passed ball: Griffin; double play: Cates to Gabriel; time of game: 2:00; umpires: Li- cata, Puebla and Griffin; scorer:: Aguilar. part. the rate. three months without any obligations on your “Be modern. and cook by wire. 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Although the skeet shoot sched-) uled for tomorrow afternoon has! been cancelled because of the in-| ability of Miami sharpshooters to} come here, a full card of ama-| teur boxing has been arranged for; tomorrow night at the Navy Bail! Field, starting at 8 o’clock. Some} of the “scrappiest” amateur fight- ers in Key West are on the card, | and will give the fans plenty of | action. those in charge aver. A! battle royal will open the card, and a colored bout also is includ- ed. GETS ORDER FOR BUGGY | CHILLICOTHE, 0O. — Henry) Schneider, who formerly made/ j honie-diawn vehicles in this city,: but now runs an automobile re- pair shop, recently received his first order for a buggy in 20 years. i Cates, If | Hale, ae Totals— Score by quarters: Total Miami_ ............16 13 14 17—60 Key West 10 16 10 5—41 Free throws msised: Cooley 1, McKemmie 2, Wilson 1, Albury 1, Woodson 2, Cates 2, Hale 1. Today’s Horoscope oe Today's native is tactful, full resource. 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