The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1936, Page 3

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1936. BOOMERANG cz THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THERE | | saat mart go and acted a5 sce jman of tickets, looked after ad- vertusements, made the prog™ams. HEALTH TEN WON | | BOXING NOTES OVER FERA BOYS. BY 4 gTtE GATHA CHRIS Cheta Baker, better known im SYNOPSIS: Although they have $e ,lepat proof, Bobby Jones, and ankie Derwent know that Roger Bassington-ffrench is the murderer 9f Alan Carstairs. But Roger has escaped them, leaving them trying to convince the police that the whole thing is not a practical joke. Now Bobby and Frankie are hav: ing breakfast at the Chipping Som erton ian. while their fellow con- spirator Badger sleeps peacefully above.them. Bobby found a photo- graph in Roger’s cottage which they hope may be a clue. Chapter 41 ROSE CHUDLEIGH WAITRESS had just approach- ed, bearing toast. “Do you know who that Frankie asked. The waitress regarded the photo- graph. “Now I’ve seen the gentle- man—it’s the gentleman who had Tudor Cottage, Mr. Templeton. They've gone away now—some- where abroad, I believe.” “What sort of man was he?” “I really couldn’t say. They didn’t come down here very often—just week-ends now and then. Nobody | saw much of him. Mrs. Templeton | was a very nice lady. But they | hadn’t had Tudor Cottage very long —only about six months—when a very rich gentleman died and left Mrs, Templeton all his money, and they “went to live abroad. They never sold Tuder Cottage, though. I think they sometitnes' lend it to people for week-ends: But I don’t suppose with all that-money they'll | ever come back here and live in it themselves.” “They had a cook’ called Rose } Chudleigh, didn’t they?” asked | Frankie. | But the girl seemed uninterested | in cooks. Being left a fortune by a rich gentleman was what really stirred her imagination. In answer is?” to Frankie’s question she replied | that she couldn’t say, she was sure, and withdrew carrying an empty toast-rack. “That's all said plain sailing,” Place on for the convenience of the gang.” They agreed to divide the labor as Bobby had suggested. Frankie went off in the Bentley, having smartened herself up by a few local purchases, and Bobby went off in quest of Albert Mere, gardener. They met at lunch time. “Well?” demanded Bobby. Frankie shook her head. “For- gery’s out of the question.” She spoke fn a dispirited voice. “I spent a long time with Mr. Elford—he’s rather an old dear. He'd got wind of some of our doings last night and was wild to hear a few details. I don’t suppose they get much ex- citement down here. Anyway, I soon got him eating out of my hand. “Then I discussed the Savage ease—pretended I'd met some of the Savage relations and that they'd hinted at forgery. At that my old dear bristled up—absolutely out of the question! It wasn’t a question of letters or anything like that. “He saw Mr. Savage himself, and Mr. Savage insisted on the will’s be- ing drawn up then and there. Mr. Elford wanted to go away and do it properly—you know how they do —sheets and sheets all about nothing—” “I don’t know,” said Bobby. “I've never made any wills.” “I have—two. The second was this morning. I had to have some excuse for seeing a lawyer.” “Whom did you leave your money to?” “You.” “That was a Dit thoughtless, wasn’t it? If Roger Bassington- ffrench succeeded in bumping you off ; should probably be hanged for it!” “| NEVER thought of ¢hag”-said Frankie. “Welf, as I wis ‘say- Ing, Mr. Savage was so nervous and wrought up that Mr. Elford wrote out the will then and there, and the servant and the gardener came and witnessed it, and Mr. Elford took it away with him for safe keeping.” “That does seem to knock out forgery,” agreed Bobby. “I know. You can’t have forgery when you've actually seen the man sign his name. As to the other bus!- ness—murder, it’s going to be hard to find out anything about that now. The doctor who was called in has died since. The man we saw last night is a new man. He's been here only about two months.” “We seem to have rather an un- fortunate number of deaths,” said Bobby. “Why, who else is dead?” “Albert Mere.” “Do you think they’ve all been put out of the way?” “That seems rather wholesale. We might give Albert Mere the benefit of the doubt—he was seven- ty-two, poor old man.” TO SUSSCRIBERS if you do pet receive your Paper by 6:15 o'clock in the afternoon, call telephone 51 and a paper will be sent to your home. A complaint boy is on duty at this office from 6:30 to 7:15 p. m. for the Purpose of delivering com- plaints. Help us give you 100 Frankie. “The Caymans have given | up coming here, but they keep the | Percent service by calling 51 if you do not receive The Citi- nen, “All right,” said Frankie, “I'll al- low you Natural Causes in his case. Any luck with Rose Chudleigh?” “Yes. After she left the Temple- tons she went to the north of Eng- land to a place, but she’s come back and married a man down here whom it seems she’s been walking out with for the last seventeen years. Unfortunately she’s a bit of a nitwit. She doesn’t seem to re member anything about anyone. Perhaps you could do something with her.” “Tl have a go,” said Frankie. “Ym rather good with nitwits. Where’s Badger, by the way?” “Good Lord, I’ve forgotten all about iim,” said Bobby. He got up and left the room, re- turning a few minutes later. “He was still asleep,” he ex- plained. “He's getting up now.” “Well, we'd better go and see the nitwit,” said Frankie, rising. “And then I must buy a toothbrush and a nightgown and a sponge and a few other necessities of civilized exist- ence. I was so close to Nature last night that I didn’t think about any of them. I just stripped off my outer covering and fell upon the bed.” “I know,” said Bobby. “So did 1.” “Let’s go and talk to Rose Chud: leigh,” said Frankie. Rose Chudleigh, now Mrs. Pratt, lived in a small cottage that seemed to be overflowing with china dogs and furniture. Mrs. Pratt herself was a bovine-looking woman of am- ple proportions, with fish-like eyes and every indication of adenoids. “You see, I've come back,” said Bobby breezily. F Mrs. Pratt breathed hard and looked at them both incuriously. “WOU were with time, weren’t Frankie. “Were I which, ma’am?” “With Mrs. Templeton for some time,” said Frankie, speaking slow ly and clearly. “I wouldn't say that, ma'am. Only two months.” “Oh! I thought you'd been with her longer than that.” “That was Gladys, house-parlormaid. six months.” “There were two of you?” “That's right. House-parlormaid she was, and I was cook.” “You were there when Mr. Sav- age died, weren't you?” “I beg your pardon, ma‘am?” “You were there when Mr. Sav- age died?” “Mr. Templeton didn’t die—at least 1 haven't heard so. He went abroad.” “Not Mr. Templeton—Mr. age,” said Bobby. Mrs. Pratt looked at him vacantly. “The gentleman who left her all the money,” said Frankie. A gleam of something like in- telligence passed across Mrs. Pratt’s face. “Oh, yes ma’am—the gentleman there was the inquest on.” “That’s right,” said Frankie, de- lighted with her success. “He used to come and stay quite often, didn’t he “I couldn’t say as to that, ma’am. I'd only just come, you see. Gladys would know.” “But you had to witness his will, didn’t you?” Mrs. Pratt looked blank. “You went and saw him sign a paper, and you had to sign it too?” Again the gleam of intelligence. “Yes, ma’am. Me and Albert. I'd never done such a thing before, and I didn’t like it. I said to Gladys, ‘I don’t like signing a paper, and that’s a fact,’ and Gladys she said it must be all right because Mr. El- ford was there and he was a very nice gentleman as well as being a lawyer.” “What happened exactly?” asked Bobby. “I beg your pardon, sir?” “Who called you to sign your name?” asked Frankie. “The mistress, sir. She came into the kitchen and said would I go out- side and call Albert, and would we both come up to the best bedroom (which she’d moved out of for Mr.— the gentleman—the night before), and there was the gentleman sitting up in bed—he’d come back from London and gone straight to bed— and a very ill-looking gentleman he was. I hadn’t seen him before, but he looked something ghastly. And Mr. Elford was there too, and he spoke very nice and said there was nothing to be afraid of and I was to sign my name where the gentle- man had signed his, and I did and) put ‘cook’ after it, and the address. And Albert did the same. (Copyright 1933-35-36, Agatha Christia) her for some you?” asked ma’am. The She was there Sav- Tomorrow—Bobby finds a trace of Evans. = $a CASA MARINA Key West's Hotel De Luxe AMERICAN PLAN 200 Delightful Rooms, Each Vith Private Bath Evening Dinner $2.00 Luncheon . 1.50 Afternéon Tea 50 or a la Carte Palm-Shaded Sandy Beach with CASINO Masseur in Attendance PETER SCHUTT, Manager SPORT BY JOVE 'BIG BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT HI SCHOOL GYM | HOMESTEAD ALL-STARS WILL MEET PARK TIGERS; SEN- IOR AND JUNIOR GRLS TO OPEN PROGRAM { | | Everything is ready for the | big basketball game tongiht at the High School gym between the Homestead All-Star five and the Park Tigers, local champions. The line-ups will be as follows: Homestead Gene Campbell, forward; McCormick, forward; Ed. Brooker, center; Ansel Barrow, guard; Roland Tolson, guard. Park Tigers Wm. Cates, forward. J. V. Woodson, forward; Ed. Woodson, center; Joe Hale, guard; Alvin Smith, guard. Substitutes: Wynn and 0. Campbell for the visitors, and Al- | i | i ! | | | | ! \ | { | jfor the locals. 4 ; The opening game will be play- ied by the Senior and Junior High | girls. j The girls will play by boys frules. Both clubs have been prac- {ticing hard for this game. The curtain-raiser will start at 7:30 o’clock and the second game immediately afterward. SECOND GAME OF This afternoon at Bayview Park the second zame of the champion- ship series will be played by the Sanitary Department and Admin- istration. The teams will have their full strength on the field and a great game is expected, Batteries will be Frank Stickney |and Rueda for the FERA ten, {while the Health boys will use the old reliable, Clyde Stickney, | (By GRAVY) So many boys were out enjoy- ing the golf course on Sunday that there were not many players left in town. Most of the play- jing was in anticipation of the dinner match this Thursday. Even Hurricane Eddie was out batting a few around Sunday; once it went jin the pond (the report it was casual water but it was deeper than the place where O. K. went in the other day). Then our hero jhad his caddie put a ball down in jthe middle of the fairway( to make everybody think fhat is jwhere he knocked it) and then made a good shot toward the ‘hole. But of course Mamup & Caddie claim this was only prac- tice anyway. But let us get on with our Sunday story: Mr. John Robert Grandpa Stowers is quite the fair haired ‘boy these days. imuch (the hair) but then what there. is, is still noble. For in- i stance, he played against Mr. Ber- lin Aloysisus Sawyer as usual. i Mr. Sawyer kept the score and jbe framed and sent to Grandpa |to put among his souvenirs. Mr. ‘Sawyer and Mr. Grandpa will tell j you exactly how it oceurred if you will but ask them. In fact they i will tell you without asking if you |pause long enough in your con- !versation. That is how Mr. Jim | Keaton gets things said. . .he nev- ler pauses. .. Mr. Charlie Salas elected to fill jthe place of Irish Russell Kerr drew Li Plunjymer for a partner and admits he always was bad at jthese drawing games but Mr. Li |remembered some of the lessons |Mr. George Pro gave him and put ithem into good effect. When the smoke of battle was over (poetry) | Mr. Li and Chas. were on the top- on the bottom were Winsome Wil- | in the box and Hokpins behind the | plate. The contest will get under way at 5 o’clock. Of course it isn’t; tand made a very good fill, too. He} BALL SERIES TODAY. side of a six-up score. The guys; lie Watkins and his erstwhile pal | ana opponent, Mr. O. K. Kirch- heiner. Mr. Willie says he has to quit playing with Mr. Li unless Mr. Li counts straight or quits {beating him. Mr. Li says that is all baloney. He suggests a cou- {ple of lessons for Mr. Willie from a lefthanded pro. A Mr. Freddy Ayala slipped up on the first round and went over that usual 49 by four strokes. But jon the last round he was himself jagain. Of course there were a few mud puddles that had to be dodged on the first round, per- haps that accounts for some. Mr. Bascom Grooms was slightly lost jon the last round due to the dazz- ling pace set by Mr. Pete Taylor. Mr. Pete forgot some of the \ things you should remember. . . was not to splash water on this da | Mr. Louis Cruickshank showed |Earl Julian the way to go home jexcept that Cookie Mesa also had }8 hand in the showing business. ‘bury, Dopp, Beccaise and Johnson! also the score-card. Maybe it will| Mr. Cookie was hoping that our |genial Postmaster would arrive on | the course but he did not. There- ifore Mr. Cookie could not get over ithe second hole like he did on all | the rest (fives were too numerous jto mention). Mr. Tim Pittman will take can- dy from a baby. He got Charlie Ketchum, Delmar Butler and Handsome Horace in a match last week and went home rejoicing. The four horsemen were at it jagain. Mr. Johnny Kirschenbaum told Willie Kemp to give him 84. Mr. Strunk says, “But I got 85!” Still Kirsch claims that 45 and 43 add to 84, but some other guys jthink that Willie adds bills the same way. However, it seems that Willie is still on the losing side. This time he failed in the | skin game again. He has chang- ed places with Kirsch, so it ‘seems. The ex-summer-pro got two, as did Cupid Melvin, while Hurricane Eddie got four. On the total for the day, Eddie and Quarter inch brown: finish, SPECIAL AT UPSON TILE only, fine for SPECIAL AT PRESTWOOD stock only, SPECIAL AT sheets and 18x32”, price $60. 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Every time the score} ends that way and once Messrs. Strunk and Russell were seven-up but of course you have to remen- ber that at that point Mr. John Jumpin Jehosophat Kirschenbaum came to life and made a few pars and there was Doc and Johnny back in the running again. In the afternoon Bill Fripp got Handsome Horace to play a bit. Afterward Mr. 5c & 10c wishes he had picked out Roy Lade. It seems that Prof. O’Bry- ant beat Mr. Bill by too many strokes. Then along came Tim, who was not satisfied with the Saturday business, and played Roy Lade. But Roy got out some of his gas equipment and started digging holes before he realized f it should have been golf and not gas stoves. Mr. George Pro Dodge got Cur- ry Harris for a partner to play against Josie Lopez and Louis Pierce. The first named boys man- aged to get one round but all the glory went to Curlylocks and Louis. Watch the column tomorrow for the pairings for the dinner Administration jfight at the Navy Field Arena ont jthe great card that is gging to! |hear from someone. been down here for the past two months and helped Emory Black- well in training for his last fight, so wishes to go imto the ring with anyone in the city weighing from 135 to 148 pounds. There are plenty of boys im this last-named division. Among them Willie Jackson, Pie Traynor. Kid Tony would like |to hear from them. jare: Figueredo understands tha’ er dark horse ge for Emory Blackwe! old-timer and knows So I think Emory wil so easy the next time - He is 2 gam have no} ! ; Lennie Licata, who matched the |fit scoreless until the sixth can- | to. | Ubieta and Eugene Roberts jconnected for home runs during the contest. | Leading hitter was J. with three safeties in four times | at bat. ; Barker, Domenech, i Ss i: Garcia, M. bieta 2 in the nines: ation— 000 001 140—6 Department— 215 000 60x—8 E J.B Russell; Stickney ou Ss Adminis Sanitary Batterie erts and J and Hopkins. Roberts c. 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