The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1936, Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1936. SYNOPSIS: Frankie Derwent and Bobby Jones suspect that either Roger Bassington-ffrench or Dr. Nicholson murdered Alan Car- stairs. Frankie inclines toward the doctor, whe runs a drug cure; Bobby toward Bassington-ffrench chiefly because Frankie seems to like Roger. Bobby. posing as a s0- licitor. is pumping a Mrs. Rivington about Carstairs, and learns that the latter showed much interest in the Nicholsons—which would be more to the point if either Frankie or Bobby could prove that Carstairs actuall~ was the man who was mur- dered! Chapter 25 TENDER SCENE Boe asked how the subject of the Nicholsons had come up, but this Mrs. Rivington was unable to tell him. “But what is it you want to know about Mr. Carstairs?” she asked. “I really wanted hit address,” ex- Dlained Bobby. “As you know, we act for him and we've just ad a rather important cuble from New York—you know there’s rather a serious fluctuation in the dollar just now—” Mrs. Rivington nodded with des- perate intelligence. “And so,” continued Bobby rap- idly, “we wanted tc get into ouch with him—to get his instructions. And he hasn't left au address—and having heard bim mextion he was a friend of yours, : thought you might | Possibly have news of him.” “Oh, | see,” said Mrs. Rivington, completely satisfied. “What a pity! But he’s always rathera vague man, 1 should.think.” “Oh, distinctly so,’ said Bobby. “Well—" He rose. “I apologize for taking up so much of your time.” “Oh, not at all,” said Mrs. niving- ton. Dr. Nicholson was holding Sylvia's hands. “So that’s all right,” thought Bob. by, as he walked away down Tite Street. “I seem to have taken Dolly What's-her-name's character away for good, but | daresay she deserves it. And that charmins idiot of a woman will never wonder why, if I wanted Carstair’s address, | didn’t simply ring up and ast for it!” ACK in Brook Street he and Frankie discussed the matter from every angle. “It looks as though it were really Pure chance that teok him to the Bassington-ffrencher,’ said Frankie thoughtfully. “I know. But evidently when he was ‘own there some chance re mark directed his attention to the Nicholsons.” “So that, really, it is Nicholson who is at the heart of the mystery, not the Bassington-ffrenches?” “It seems like “Why only**seems’?” “Well, therelis Just one other pos- sibility. In same way, Carstairs may have found out thac the Rivingtons were going down to lunch with the Bassington-ffrenches, He may have overheard some’chance remark in a restaurant—at the Savoy pethaps. So he rings them up. very urgent to see them, and what he hopes may happen does happer They're very booked up and they suggest his com- down with them. That is possi- . Frankie.” “But it seems a very roundabout method of doin- things.” ‘o more roundabout than your nt,” said Bobby. y accident was vigorous direct action,” said Frankie coldly. Bobby removed Lord Marching: ton's clothes and replaced them where he had found them. Then he donned his chauffeur's uniform once more, and they were soon speeding back to Staverly . “It Roger has fallen for me,” said Frankie demurely, “he'll be pleased I've come back so soon. He'll think 1 can’t bear to be away from him for long.” “I'm not sure that you can bear Today In History} Boston “Mas-| \ 1770—Historie sacre.” 1836—Cleveland a city incorporated population about 6,000. 1918—New York City’s “Rain- bow Division” beat back German raid and take some prisoners in} it, either,” said Bobby. “T've always heard that really dangerous crimi- nals are singularly attractive.” “Somehow I can’t believe he is a criminal.” “So you remarked before.” Bobby drove up the drive in s!- lence. Frankie sprang out and went into the house without a backward glance. Bobby drove away. The house seemed very silent. Frankie glanced at the clock. It was half-past two. “They don’t expect me back for hours yet,” she thought, “I wonder where they are.” She opened the doo. of the library and went in, stopping suddenly on the threshold. Dr. Nicholson was sitting on the sofa holding both Sylvia Bassing- ton-ffrench’s hands in his. Sylvia jumped to her feet and came across the room towards Frankie. “He's been telling me,” she said. Her voice was stifled. She put both hands to her face as though to hide it from view. “It's too terrible!’ she sobbed, and brushing past Frankie, she ran out of the room. R. NICHOLSON had risen. Fran- kie advanced a step or two to- wards him. His eyes, watchful as ever, met hers. “Poor lady!” he said suavely. “It has been a great shock to her.” The muscles at the corner of his mouth twitched. For a moment or two Frankie fancie. that he was amused. And then, quite suddenly, she realized that it was quite a dif- ferent emotion. The man was angry. He was hold- ing himself in, hiding his anger be- hind a suave, bland mask, but the emotion was there. It was all he could do to hold that emotion in. There was a moment's pause. “It was best that Mrs. Bassington- ffrench shovld know the truth,” said the Doctor. “1 want her to in- duce her husband to place himself in my hands.” “I'm afraid,” said Frankie gently, ‘that I interrupted you.” She paused. “I came back sooner than I meant.” +. 8) 6 On Bobby’s return to the inn he was greeted with the information that someone was waiting to see him. “It’s a lady. You’l’ find her in Mr, Askew’s little sitting-room.” Bobby made his way there slight- ly puzzled. Unless she hed flown there on wings he could not see how Frankie could possibly have got to the Anglers’ Arms ahead of him, and that his visitor could be anyone but Frankie never occurred to him. He opened the door of the zmall room which Mr. Askew kept as his private sitting-room. Sitting bott up- right in a chair was a slender figure dressed in black—the girl of the photograph. Bobby was so astonished that for a moment or two he could not sreak, Then he noticed that the girl was jterribly nervous. Her small hands were trembling and closed and un- closed themselves on the arm of the chair. She seemed too nervous even to speak, but her large eyes held a kind of terrified appeal. “So it’s you,” said Bobby at last. (Copyright 1933-35-36, Agatha Christie) Bobby's visitor fears murder, Bobby learns, tomorrow, covering four years of the war re- veals firm made about 40 percent of total world’s production of powder. for Allies, 1933—President Roosevelt, just inaugurated, proclaims bank holi- d and summons Congress to special session. 1934 — President Roosevelt, | speaking to an assembly of busi- | ness leaders, said that the recov-|wald Lux of this city, is cutting SPORTS BY JOVE FOLLOWING | DEFEAT RESEARCH DEPART- MENT IN GAME PLAYED YESTERDAY AT PARK Wm. Cates has the following to} say about the challenge issued by; Fred Mathews in these columns | {yesterday: At that, the Park Ti-j | gers will play them the three-game} i | series as scheduled. but as they are; The Sanitary unit and the Re- short two players, Dopp and Alvin! search Department played a thrill-, | Smith, they have had to secure! . " = yest it Bayview | the services of J. V. Woodson. (Fa pied game yesterday, 2 s |they take the trip they expect to; Park. : ‘ mzke they would like to have the; At the end of the eighth in- jcomplete team. Their club isjning the score stood 2 to 2. In jcompesed of the following: Hale,!the ninth, with two down, J.! j Albury. Ed. Woodson, J. V. Wood-) Garcia hit a homer into deep right! json, Johnson, Beccaise and Wil- : fame Gat ee ag can | center with two runners on bases ' : : jand cinched the game. | pick as many players as he sees j fit to play on h club. The! In their half of the ninth, the j games with the Bakers would only} Researchers made a bid for the! ;be exhibition affairs to get the| game but fell short two runs, with Tigers in trim for the trip. The). | ‘ 2 | writer hopes that Mathews has his | °7° TumBers om bases.and one ran| lelub ready for tomorrow night at} scored, with only one out at thei {7:30 o'clock for the opening con- | time. | | Peter Varela ended the game} Star! When he hit to short. A double the | play was executed. 1 | | | Tomorrow nigit the Ail tgirls’ bsaketball club wil! pla H | Convent gi in the f of aj Hale and Albury, with two safe- | five-game ies for a spied lov- ties in four times at bat, were ing cup whch the San Carlos In-: 4. jeaders,,Gabriel and J. Garcia stitute is offering to the winner| |. 5 of the series. A cup was offer-! hit two out of five. ring the Week of Joy but} In the field, Garcia, Molina and from Cuba played a dif-! Ubieta for. the winners, and Lu- style of game than the! ilo, Sibila and Hale for the los- locals and easily won th2 cup. Soj ers were outstanding. another trophy has been purchas- Score by-innings: red for the local girls to play fer.! sanitary Department— } Remember the game will start at 000 200 003—5 7:30 p. m. The official referee | Research Department— be Cates, and Fred Carbonell | 200 000 001-3 6 5! ill umpire. Time keeper will be! Bateries: C. Stickney and Hop- Cooper and scorer, Sogzy Smith. | kins; Jocdiinleaud/O: Cacaballo: The second game on the progrem e will be between the Busy Bees} Today, the Administration ten’ and Park Tigers. This will be} plays the Bayview Park outfit at the first of a three-game feries. | 4:30 p. m., in Bayview Park. Bat- = teries: E. Roberts and F. Stick-! Believe it or not, but if the! ney for the Office boys and Joe} boxing fans of Key West want to] Russell and E. Sweeting for the! get a real treat, go to the Navy| Parkers, Field Arena any afternoon and 8 2 jtough for both ithe fi DOINGS AROUND THE GOLF LINKS (By GRAVY) An interesting match was held yesterday afternoon on the course when Harry Hampton, former Key West pro and Bob Spottswood | were paired against George Dodge and Sam Goldsmith. The match 'started very uneven when Hamp- ton and Spottswood had their op- ponents five down at end of the fourth hole. However. Dodge and Goldsmith quickly recovered and at the end of the first nine were three up. Scoring was low and aggregate, two points to the hole. Each team shot a best ball of 70, the first round ending 33 for Hampton and Bob while George and Sam had 32. On the back nine things were pretty sides. Hampton demonstrated that he has not for- gotten the course where he was pro for several seasons when he had trouble on the holes that were always his Nemesis. How- ever, hé had the best score of the day. 35-37, while Dodge Goldsmith divided honors with 35-40 each and Spottswood had A flock of birdies fell on t round when eight were obtained, three each for Dodge KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Elevator Popular Prices ' watch Baby Ray Atwell in train- ing. He worked out yesterday with Battling Baker and Lennie Licata and he looked like a mil- lion dollars. The writer watched | him for an half hour. He is im- proving every minute, too. Keep up the good work Ray. With the help of Licata and others, you will get somewhere in the boxing world. Atwell has weight, reach very young—all good qual- tics and the requirements that a up end coming heavyweight fiehter needs. As to Blackwell, who will meet Ray. the writer can sey that he is at the Casino every , working cut with Kid Tony,} Waugh and others. Will pay his} camp a visit tomorrow. i Sunday afternoon the Acevedo Stars will cross bats with the Mon- roe nine. Last Sunday the Mon- roes won by a 2 to 1 score, and that deciding run was brought in by a homer in the ninth by Danny Lopez, off the offerings of § villa, This Sunday, Sevilla pre-| dicts, he is going to pitch the whole game and if he does not shutout the oposition he will quit baseball. The veteran twirler ha: been in the game since he was 15 years old and he is now 40. That makes 25 years of baseball play-| ing. On the other hand, the Mon-| roes will use the same pitcher as last week. Salinero, and claim they will win again. Sally is good when he is in form. The contest will start at 2 p. m. at the Navy Ball | Feld. Arrangements are under way | for a Key West five to play a series of games in Havana, Cuba. | As soon as the plans are complet- |ed, the writer will publish same in these columns. REGULAR SKATING | PROGRAM TONIGHT The regular skating’ program jat Coral Isle Casino: will be held {starting at 7:30 o’elock tonight, ‘under the supervision of the rec- {reation section of the local WPA. Because of the amateur night | program at Bayview Park, there; | will be no music tonight. Here-| | after, however, musie will be of-| fered Monday and Thursday! nights, recreation leaders said. ' j | | ‘NEW TEETH AT 89 { | } | KANSAS CITY.—At 89, Os-| Os- EF £ OrR IN BOTTLES PPA! Ss Bt andj and ON wRAUGHT WrakG@ muda © | Cacoupin Co.,“ I. 1929. Died Dec. 12, Today’s Anniversaries 1853—Howard Pyle, Wilming ton, Del., artist and author, born lin Wilmington. Died Nov. 1824—Lucy Larcom, Lowell,! 1911. Mass., mill-hand, pioneer teacher in the wild West, Mass., teacher, editor, -writer, lecturer and noted poet of her generation, born at Beverly, Mass. Died in Boston April 17, 1893. 1870—Frank Norris, noted au- More gallo 1830—Theodore T. Munger, noted New Haven, Conn., Congre- gational clergyman of his - day, born at Bainbrdige, N. ¥. , Diedj Jan. 10, 1910. | i i H ¢ i 1832—Isaac I. Hayes, physician, noted explorer of the Arctic re-; gions, born in Chester Co., Pa.| Pa. Died in New York City, Dec. | 17, 1881. GASO are sold to | 1836—Charles Goodnight, Tex. jas frontiersman and ranger, cat- tleman of New Mexico, Colorado |and Arkansas, whose J. A. ranch | ‘took in a million acres and includ- ed 100.000 head of cattle, born in; becaus and Sam and one apiece for. Bob {and Harry. On the back nine} ‘only two were made, Hampton andi Sam birdied number 8 and number | | 9, respectively. The cards fol- jlow: PER GA Out 444 443 465 554 464 354 344 364 444 343 | aes 45435 264—40 { 243—35 353—235 | ! 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