The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 3, 1936, Page 3

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1986. 8 SYNOPSIS: Frankie Derwent and Robby Lones have one too many candidates for the murderer of Alezander Pritchard—or Alan Car- stairs as Frankie is convinced that the name is properly One ts Roger Bassington-ffrench who now seems too -trank and charming to have done it Another ts Dr. Nicholson, who runs a drug cure in the neigh- borhood and seems very strange. Bobby, disguised as Frankie's chauffew has explored Nicholson's place and found there a frightened woman whose tare was that on @ photogiaph in the dead man's pocket, Chapter 23 CONSULTA? ION “N R. HAWKINS?” l “Yes,” said Bobby—his voice slightly muffled owing to a large mouthful of bacon and eggs. “You're wanted on the telephone.” Bobhy took a hasty gulp of coffee, wiped his mouth and rose. The tele phone was in a small dark passage. He took up the receiver. “Hullo,” said Frankie's voice. “Hullo, Frankie,” said Bobby in- cantieusly. “This is Lady Frances Derwent speaking, that Hawkins?” “Yes, m'lady.” “1 shall want the car at ten o'clock to .ake me up te London. “Very good, your ladyship.” Bobby replaced the receiver. “When does one say ‘my lady’ and when does one say ‘your ladyship?” he cogitated. “I ought to know, but 1 don’t. [t’s the sort of thing that will lead a real chauffeur or butler to catch me out.” At the other end, Frankie hung up the receiver and turned to Roger Bas- sington-ffrench. “It’s a nutsance,” she observed lightly. “to have to go up to London to-day. All owing to Father's fuss.” “Still,” said Roger, “you'll be back this evening?” “Oh, yes.” “I'd half thought of asking you if you'd give me a lift to town,” said Roger carelessly. Frankie paused for an infinites!- mal second before her answer— given with an apparent readiness, “Why. of course.” she said. “But on second thought | don’t think 1 will go up to-day,” wen. on Roger. “Henry's looking even odder than usual. Somehow | don't very much like leaving Sylvia alone with him.” “I know.” said Frankie. “Are you driving yourself?” asked Roger casually as they moved away from the telephone. “Yes, but 1 shall take Hawkins. I've got some shopping to do as well and it’s a nuisance if you're driving yourself—you can’t leave the car anywhere.’ “Yes, of course.” He said no more, but when the car came around, Bobby at the wheel very stiff and correct of demeanor. he came out on the doorstep to see her off “Good bye,” said Frankie, Under the circumstances she did not think of helding out a band, but Roger took hers und held it a min ute “You are coming back?" with curious insistence. Frankie laughed. “Of course. 1 ouly meant good-bye till this eve ning” “Don't have any more accidents.” “L'll let Hawkins drive if you like. he said Se sprang in beside Bobby, who Y touched his cap. The ear moved off down the drive, Roger still stand- ing on the steps looking after it. “Bovby.” said Frankie, “do you think it p ble that Roger might fali for me “Has he nquired Bobby. “Well, | just wondered.” “lL expect you know the symptoms pretty wel aid Bobby, But he spoke absently. Frankie shot him a glance. “Has anything—happened?” she asked. “Yes, it has. Frankie, I've found the original ot the photograph!” “You mean—the one—the one you ked so much about—the one that in the dead man’s pocket?” oa” “Bobby! I've got a few things to tell you, but nothing to this. Where did you find her?” ta Bobby jerked his head back over} his shoulder. nursing home.” ‘ell me.” Carefuliy and meticulously Bobby described the events of the previous night. Frankie listened breathlessly. “Then we are on ta: right track,” she said. “And Dr. Nicholson fs mixed up in all this! Bobby, I’m afraid of that man.” “What is he like? “Oh! big and forceful—and he watches you. Very intently behind glasses. And you feel he knows all about you.” “In Dr, Nicholson's ” said the voice coldly. “Is: Ce Y AcAarna CHristil “When did you meet him?” “He came to dinner.” She described the dinner party { and Dr. Nicholson's insistent dwell- ing on the details of her “accident.” “1 felt he was suspicious,” she end- ed up. “It’s certainly queer his going into do you think is at the bottom of all this business, Frankie?” “Well, I'm beginning to think that your suggestion of a dope gang isn’t such a bad guess after all.” “With Dr. Nicholson as the head of the gang?” “Yes. This nursing home business | sort of thing.” “That seems plausible enough,” agreed Bobby. “L haven't told you yet about Hen- ry Bassington-ffrench.” description of her host’s idiosyncra- cies, “His wife doesn’t suspect?” “I'm sure she doesn't.” “What is she like? Intelligent?” “I never thought exactly. No, 1 sup- pose she isn’t very. And yet in some ways she seems quite shrewd. A frank, pleasant woman.” “And our Bassington-ffrench?” “There I'm puzzled,” said Frankie slowly. “Do you think, Bobby, that just possibly we might be all wrong about him?” “Nonsense!” said Bobby. “We worked it all out and decided that he must be the villain of the piece.” “Because of the photograph?” “Because of the photograph.” No one else could have changed that photograph for the other.” “I know,” said Frankie. “But that one. incident is all that we have against him.” OBBY looked at her coldly. “Did you say that he had fallen for you, or that you had fallen for him?” he inquired politely. Frankie flushed. “Don’t be so ab- surd, Bobby. 1 just wondered if there couldn’t be some innocent explana- | tion—that’s all.” “1 don’t see that there can be. Especially now that we've actually found the girl in the neighborhood. That seems to clinch matters. If we only had some inkling as to who the dead man was—” “Oh, but | have. I’m nearly sure that the murdered man was some- body called Alan Carstairs. “You know,” said Bobby, “we re- ally are getting on. Let’s spread out our facts and see what sort of job we can make of it.” He paused for a moment and the car slackened speed as though in sympathy. “First, we'll assume that you are right aboyt Alan Carstairs. He cer- tainly fulfils the conditons. Alan Car- stairs comes down to Staverly with these people—what did you say their name was—?” “Rivington. There’s a possible channel of inquiry there. In fact I think we ought to follow it up.” “We will. Very well, Carstairs, comes down to Staverley with the Rivingtons, Now, is there anything in that?” “You mean did he get them to bring him down here deliberately?” “That's what 1 mean. Or was it just a casual chance? Was he brought down here by them, and did he then come across the girl by accident just as | did? Lt presume he knew her be fore or he wouldn't have had her photograph on him.” “The alternative being.” said Frankie thoughtfully, “that he was already on the track of Nicholson andl his gang.” “And used the Rivingtons as a means of getting to this part of the world naturally?” “That's quite a possible theory,” said Frankie. “He may have been on the track of this gang.” “Or simply on the track of the girl” “The girl?” “Yes. She may have been abducted. He may have come over to England to find her.” “Well, but if he nad tracked her down to Staverley why should he go off to Wales?” “Obviously, there’s a lot we don’t know yet,” said Bobby. “Evans,” said Frankie thoughtful ly. “We don’t get any clues as to | Evans.” They were both silent for a mo ment or two. Then Frankie woke up to her surroundings, “My dear, we're actually at Putney Hill. It seems like five minutes. Where are we going and what are we doing?” “That's for you to say. I don’t even know why we've come up to town.” “The journey to town was only an excuse for getting a talk with you. (Copyright 1933-35-36, Agatha Christie) Tomorrow Bobb: bby becomes ane other person entirely. > Today’ s Birthdays William Green of Coshocton, Ohio, president of the American Federation of Labor, born there. 63 years ago. Walter Kohler of Kohler, manufacturer, ex-governor, born at Sheboygan, Wis., S ago. Robert Hunt Lyman of New 61} York, editor ‘of the World Alman- jac, born at Huntington, Mass., 72 years ago. Edward D. Duffield, president | pany, Newark. N. J., born at Princeton, N. J., 64 years ago. Jean Harlow, in Kansas City, ago. sereen star, born! Mo., 25 years Lawrence Aldicks of Bel Air, | Md., noted eonsulting engineer, born in Philadelphia, 58 years j ago. details like that,” sald Bobby. “What ! would be a very good cloak for that i Bobby listened attentively to her | of the Prudential Insurance com-; THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SPORTS BY JOVE SANITARY DEPT. | SOCIAL LEAGUE GAME PLAY- ED YESTERDAY WAS FIRST ONE IN WEEK i DOINGS AROUND THE GOLF LINKS (By GRAVY) course | Otto were some seven up but, of a good | course, Li and Russ’say they were seore they made the day before: just foolin’ around and any day | (providing it was a good one!)./in the week they can give Willie j Should it have been a bad score,; and Otto two strokes a hole (one | they won’t even tell the score-}each) and play them one handet keeper. All of which is absolute-' and still manage to lose. (Fooled ly no pleasure to the guy who did! you that time, Willie; you thougi:t the beating part. However, gentle! § was going to say win.) 'yeader. rest assured that the win- j ner tells various and sundry per- sons what HOE Now it seems that there are cer-; all was over Mr, |tain players on the golf | who will tell you what f Mr. Bascom Grooms was so busy | \thinking about that airplane trip/| }that he could not “keep his head} For instance, on Sunday morn-/ down” esd therefore Mr, Pete [ing our genial Postmaster was no-| Taylor beat Bascom by ong stroke. ! where around the place. For last | Suffice it to say that he won. . week he beat himself so badly that | what matters the score. Mr. Ammy ‘he was ashamed to arrive to be! Hewitt, he of the port side swing, ; Jeered by such guys as Li or per-| went along and played rings} jhaps Old Bye. Anyway. in his: around Bascom and Pete but nev- | stead was his friend of former|er had near the fun that Mr. Tay- matches, Mr. Cookie Mesa, he of;lor did. Maybe we all should | the electric personality. It seems ‘take a day to practice. | further that for about a half doz-} jen holes at the beginning of the} The Strunk-Russell combine} day, Mr. Cookie could not get the} must be slipping because Willie; paleey out of his eyes and there-| Kemp and Johnny Kirschy got fore turned in some sort of a 52; through the game with one point; score. But on the back nine, he'to spare. Charlie Salas went|! was going home, and stopped with | along to help keep things in al! ‘44. His opposition was Mr. Louis; jovial mood. Mr. Strunk (the Re- | | Cruickshank, who has never got-| lief baite rextraordinary) got al ‘ten over his scotch ancestry and| couple of good scores but they} | hates to take more of a score than| were not good enough to balance | lis necessary and had 45 on the|Johnny Kirschenbaum, who gave| i first round. But toward the end/ Willie too good support. Perhaps j{ | of the morning he got to soliloquiz-| it should be the other way around! ing and forgot his scotch parent-| because Johnny beat Doc by some! age for an instaht and the score| six strokes which makes the laun-! went to 49. dry man very happy indeed and! —-— causes him to say that Doc was} Mr. Winsome Willigm Watkins; helping him and not the other way; ; (Hokey Pokey et al) had Otto| around. | Kirchheiner for a partner as usual | | and the last sick spell did Otto As soon as can be determined, ; more good than it did Willie. Tre; the winners of the tournament! result being William got 91 while| with the prize for each, will be, Mr. Tax Assessor got 96. On the | announced. Maybe you will win: opposing side were Russell Kerr; and yoy never dreamed you had a and Mr. Lionel Plummer. When | chance. FOLLOWING THROUGH I strolled out to the Coral Isle | Casino yesterday and watched | Emory Blackwell in training for this coming bout with Baby Ray} | Atwell. Emory looked well andj peed eeepe ae pow. paring for will take place on workout with Kid Tony, that light-| Thursday, March 19. On that day weleht ech fool i they must weigh in at 175 pounds. | Blackwell will continue _ his : | training every morning at the Ca- | sino. He will have a couple of |more partners by the end of this | week. til 4 o’clock. i ning’s festivities. From the Casino I went straight | to the Navy Ball Field aaticrel Baby Ray is getting in shape. None other than Lennie Licata is personally in charge of his train-| ‘ing and he sure is treating him like a baby, for he must do every | thing right to the mniute. The date is March 19. Ray skipped the rope for five| place, Navy Field Arena. } minutes, shadow boxed five and/ bout, Emory Blackwell, did a light workout for another! weight champ of Key West, | five minutes. He ‘will increase} Baby Ray Atwell, his exercises five minutes every} Length of bout, eight day, until March 17 when he will, Time of rounds, three rest. | each, jsor the card and they will guar- Ines the fans that no fighter will | ibe paid unless he puts up a good,’ j Dlesaitig exhibition. j The Main heavy- vs. minutes Today’s Anniversaries | 14, 1915. | POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS | DEMOCRATIC PRIN PRIMARY ELEC. TION, JUNE 2, 1936 1793—William C. Macready, English tragic actor, born. Died | April 27. 1873. 1831—George M. Pullman, the} Chicago contractor-builder who | made the Pullman car known the j world over, born at Brocton, ke Died Oct. 19, 1897. n, | For Representative to State | Legislature T. S. CARO 1847—Alexander Graham Bell,! Boston University professor of} vocal physiology, inventor of thej telephone, outstanding figure of this day in the betterment of wel-| fare for the deaf, born in Scot- land. Died in Nova Scotia, Aug. 2, 1922, Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For County Judge W. CURRY HARRIS For State and County Tax Collector FRANK H. LADD (For Re-Election) 1860—John M. Ward, great baseball plaver of the 1860’s and early ’90’s, born at Bellefonte, Pa. Died in Ai ta; Go, Meh) ee trasee eye wee" |For State and County Tax Collector JOE McMAHON Supervisor of Registration JOHN ENGLAND For Justice of The Peace Second District ENRIQUE — UINALDO, | | 1874—Richard Mills Pearce,} |xeted New York pathologist and | Rockefeller Foundation official, bern in Montreal. Died Feb. 17, 1930, 1887—Lincoln Beachey, Amer- ica’s pioneer skillful and daring aviator, born in San Francisco, ; Tournament here Aug. 14 to 26, 1000 first place. Baby will be at the Navy Field, every afternoon at 2 o’clock un-j; The fight these boys are pre-| The card will have four other| good fights as supporting bouts. | A battle royal will open the eve-j The American Legion will spon-! challenger. | rounds. | eee! Died there, in plane crash, March | ‘or Representative to State! i The Social League yesterday played their first game after one week’s rest. The Sanitary Department PLAN BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT WICHITA, KAS. THHIRTY-TWO TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN NATIONAL SEMI-PRO ACTIVITIES FOR) CASH PRIZES OFFERED 18 to 10 score. The Park boys led for six in- der blew up and Soggy Smith fin- ished the inning for him. Eight runs were scored in this frame, enough to cinch the game. At bat the leaders were, M. Tynes with four singles in five} times up; Molina and J. Garcia | with four out of six times up |each, two good for doubles. (Special to The Citizen) Gabviciihitsieechome cane WICHITA, Kas. March 3.—'! tive times at bat. Thirty-two recognized | In the field, Varela and Baker | state champions, will compete in! for the winners and F. and M.! the National Semi-Pro Baseball; Tynes for the losers were out-| | standing. The latter two turned in double plays. State commissioners are being| Score by innings: jappointed by the National Semi-| Sanitary Department— Pro Baseball Congress, according} _ 102 022 803—18 21 to Raymond Dumont, president, to} Bayview Park— supervise each of the 382 state 223 020 010—10 15 4 tournaments that will be staged| Batteries: C. Stickney and M. in every section of the United Arias; B. Pinder, Smith, Moore States, with only the winners com-;2"d Smith, Gonzalez. peting in the national event, Last year the National semi- Today—Administration vs. pro* tournament here attracted} search. 105,000 fans, 32 teams from 17} Wednesday—Sanitary vs. states. search, Semi-pro, teams interested in the program may communicate with the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, Wichita. teat, for a minimum cash prize of $5,- four R. H. E. Re- Re Bayview Park. Friday—Research vs. tration, Adminis- DOWNS PARKERS, de- feated the Bayview Park by an! nings but in the seventh Berl Pin- in! RE 7|F. Mathews Thursday — Administration vs. PAGE THREE 'PLAN SKATING ___ HERE TONIGHT Twice weekly skating, sponsored by the recreation section of local WPA, wil be resumed | night, starting at 7:30 o’cock, the Coral Isle Casino. ie skating . on Mo ¥ Tonight at the High School . Smeg |gymnasium the basketball fans! tis, “sted op will be treated to a doubleheader i that will be humdingers from start to finish. The first game will bring to- gether the Convent girls and the All-Stars. ed three times this year and each and every contest has proved hard-fought battles. and tonight j will be no exception. | In the second game the Busy | Bees will tackle the strong Park Tigers, with J. V. Woodson in the jline-up. Those Tigers will be hard | [BASKETBALL AT SCHOOL TONIGHT | DOUBLEHEASER TO BE PLAY- ED WHICH PROMISES TO BE VERY INTERESTING i . as Horoscope re le ndenc ment These clubs have play- nm will it is necessary partner t mon. It sa well-row d jto beat. 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