The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1936, Page 3

1503. FRIDAY, MAY 1, olden ain by Aargaret CWiddemer BYNOPSIS: Ever since Iris Lan- ning has been attached to her Aunt Phina’s glittering train in New York she has been pursued subtly by Allan Beckley, scion of @ very important family. She just has left a party at the house of Allan's very impressive gr and- mother, sibly to drive to a@ roadhouse ha few of the guests. But the Beckley car has had trou- ble; they have arrived at a rather shabby roadhouse all right, but none of the others in the party is there. Chapter 31 FRIGHTENED ‘HEY lingered over the food. Still none of the others came. “Tell me the time!” Iris de- anded He hel? out his wrist to her. “Four o'clock?” “1 think so. watch.” “Four in the morning — three hours from home—the others lost —an- the car broken down! Aren't you going to do anything?” “What” Allan dl, It's an accurate inquired rather intly mocking in his tone puzzied her, but she was too nt to take much notice. jephone Aunt Phina.” shrugged. “At four? Why, of ‘se, if you like. You're a delight- ful child, but you do remind me a ‘ttle of the actor who blacked him- “We'd better go home. There must be « car somewhere that we can telephone for,” She spoke ‘Just as you say.” His voice was neutral. He went back into the other room and slipped his coat on. Iris followed him down the twisting stairs, and waited while he talked te the sleepy cashier. “One of the waiters has a car, which I have hiired,” he said. He was smiling again, rather amused and superior, but still smiling. “Only five ~inutes more of entrapment by the villain, Miss Prudence! Iris’s temper flashed a little. “I was fast asleep, and | was waked up by a man standing over me in a sttange place,” she said. “If you want to go on teasing me, do. I am from a part of the country where things like that are fright- ening—you knew that before you d me to dinner tonight.” owe a darling child, and | won't tease,” he said contritely. |“‘You shall be anything you please, from Helen Morgan to Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, Want anything to eat or drink? I hear the how! of the | approaching ear.” | JT was broad daylight, of course, when they got home, so late that Owen and Phina had gone to work. She drepped her clothes in a care- Iris waked with a cry of fright. scif all over to play Othello, How- ever; here's some change. Not that ahe'll tha u for disturbing her beauty-sleey She went off. nevertheless; and remembered only after various vain efforts that Phina disconnected the phone with a pressed button after twelve. She came back, a little dis concerted. “What you need, som? rest. Run along upstairs, the woman will show you. Give ‘em a half hour before turning in the gen- eral alarn aid Allan, “i the roadhouse 3 heavy, amiable, overfamiliar young woman in bright blue silk, up narrow brightly-var- nished worn stairs to a neat rather shabby room with a slanted roof. She turned to the broad old- fashioned sagging, bed in the corner aid was She waked with a cry of fright. A door behind her was open. Light streamed from it: a man stood above her in his shirtsleeves. She sorang up. full of horror. What was this dreadful place she had come to? And then she saw that it was Allan Beckley. Her seconc reaction was relief. . ber triend! , thank goodness. ! thought it was a strange man. Where are they . have thi come?” she demanded confusediy. E laughed Hive ma pretender, they haven't come,” he said and put his arms round her. “Come on, put the cards on the teble and stop they were coming. She screamed and pushed him away. She sprang up. horrified, still @ little dazed. Alla so gentle, so he~ friend. Allan being this! He stepped ba Iris, Iam nov the villain of the melo- dzama. If little girls who go driving in'> the night and land at road- houses alone with their friends don’t want to be kissed, one doesn’t kiss them in this year of our Lord. If you want to tell :ne sternly that you are ‘guarding your lips for the s he p before she knew it. | sat down on| ‘o, you funny little ying you thought | eally, my dear | yh cirele, darkened the room and | went dead asleep again. | She wa> awakened by Aunt Phina, ‘rilliant and delighted. | ly darling child, 1 heard you |Lad a wonderful evening, and | walked out with Allan Beckley un- der everybody's nose. | knew you were just the type to make a hit |with his grandmether. My child, |s2e’s lettirg me have the house!” | A girl who had been used to be | spoken to a little solemnly about staying downtown longer than was uecessary of an afternoon wasn’t | prepared for this. She couldn't help, Jas it were. beckoning her scolding jtoward her and getting it over. “When did Owen get back?” she |asked Jwen—” It was hard for Phina to concentrate on Owen. “Oh—how sbould | know “We got mixed up”—lIris felt she |hed to confess—“and Allan Beckley avd I drove to a roadbouse on the Albany Post Road and waited there {cr the others till four or so—” >hin.. laughed. Accidental-done-a-purpose, as we ‘as little Irish girls used to say.” | She reverted to the matter that in+ terested her. “It’s the most beauti- | ful estate yow ever saw. I signed the jlease this afteruoon.” Aunt Phina swooped down on Iris and gave her au emotional kiss. Her eyes burnt with satisfaction, and she added, fiercely, “I'm doing more for you t Ella ever did!” It seemed so queer to hate any- body for so long. “Poor Aunt E! | getting the long years of old-fash- ioned obedience her aunt had im- | posec on her, and remembering the steadfast self-sacrificing affection | that had gone with it. “You wouldn’t dislike her if you really knew her now—a tired gray thing going in a day dream about around | Father.” “Is she? Pretty well shut off from iety—ola for her age—” “She has the friends she always jhad. I don’t think she minds how | Q ” Iris defended her. She | was chilled by the wind of hate she se hero of your dreams,’ all right. 1} uidn’t quite realize that was your lr. 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Help us give you 100 ; Percent service by calling 51 if you do not receive The Citi- xen, your f SPORTS STOWERS PARK CLUB WON GAME’ NEW MEMBER OF SOCIAL the LEAGUE GETS OFF TO GOOD START SECOND GAME - | PAUL DEAN HURLS HIS TEAM FEAT CHISOX AND PRO- TECT LEAGUE LEAD | {Special to ‘The Citizen) | NEW YORK, May 1.—The St. | Louis Cardinals, with Paul Dean, jyoungest of the famous Dean | brothers, on the mound, defeated ‘the New York Giants for the sec- ond straight time in as many nes and thereby sweeping the | :. The first game was post- 'poned. The Redbirds are now in |third place, right behind the Chi- ago Cubs. The Boston Red Sox took the Chicago White Sox into camp for their third success win over the Chisox. | Washington Senators went to victory over the Detroit Tigers. A ninth-inning single by Jake {Powell scored Buddy Myer with jthe winning run, The New York Yankees downed the Cleveland Indians with Monte Pearson on the mound for the winners. A home run was the enly Indian score. Philadelphia Athletics were victorious over the St. Louis Brown: Puccinelli led the hit- ting for the winners with three |singles, a double and a pass for a jperfect day at bat. | The Chicago Cubs won from the | Brooklyn Dodgers in an eleven-in- |ning pitchers’ battle between Tex {Carleton and Ed. Brandt. Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the | Philadelphia Phillies. Weaver and ; Brown did the hurling for the successful team. The Boston Bees downed Cincinnati Reds, sweeping two-game series between clubs. The summaries: AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York R. H. E. | Cleveland se od, New York = 8 40 1 Batteries: Allen, Milnar, Gale- house and Pytlak; Pearson and Dickey. the the these At Washington Detroit | Washington — -8 10 6 B:.tteries Lawson, Kimsey and jCochrane. Hayworth; Newsom, ; Russell. Coppola, Linke and Bol- ton. At Philadelphia St. Louis 8. E -811 3 Philadelphia 1214 4 Batteries: Cain, Caldwell, 2s, Meola, Knott and Hem: Giuliana; Matuzak, Dietrich, y and Hayes. At Boston ' Chicago R. H. E = AIS 3S |Bomton 2... 96.48) 12 | Batteries: Whitehead, Tietje, ; Brown, Chelini and Sewell, Grube; | Cascarella, Wilson and R. Ferrell. NATIONAL LEAGUE At St. Louis R. H. E. New Yor 211 St. Low : 25806 Batteri Smith, Gumbert an | Mancuso; P. Dean and Davis. 1 id At Chicago Brooklyn 5 ies fae | Chicago eae este Batteries: Brandt and Phelps; Carleton and Hartnett. R. H. E. | At Pittsburgh R. H. E. Philadelphia o.8- 2 ; Pittsburgh -.,.. Gt 3 Batteries: Jorgens, Passeau and Grace; Weaver, Brown and Todd. At Cincinnati E. | Boston 1 | Cincinnati 2 j_ Batteri Macfayden _ and Leas Schott, Brennan and Lom- | bardi. ‘Today’s Horoscope Today carries an indication of a firm, persuasive sort of person, with domestic tastes. There is | lead to a tendency to satisfy the appetite to the neglect of more important matters. Be careful that the associations are of the best. FROM GIANTS: TO VICTORY; RED SOX DE-| R. H. E.! quite a strain of self-indulgence, | which, if allowed full rein, would’ { Golf Links | (By GRAVY) | | It looked like a bad day yes- |terday for any kind of sport ex-} |has to be so foggy that you can’t see the ground to stop him from; And so excepting the few rain drops, a good time was had _»; BY JOVE Doings Around The | Pecccccccccococnccccenc’ cept golf; to a golfer the weath enjoying his favorite pastime all. The first foursome to finish had Winsome Willie Watkins and Irish Russell Kerr for partners against Otto Kirchheiner and |Samuella Goldsmith. It seemed that Pious Bill and Irish were go- jing to take Otto & Sam but were :took’n instead. When the battle |was over, Mr. Otto by diligent |putting, the match stood 2 up for the county & govt. employes | against grocery & govt. empl jIn order to do same Mr. Kirch- heiner shot a 41 which is as good a round as he ever had. On the other hand, Irish Kerr no |slouch with 41-43 score. | aS Mr. Willie Curry against Louis ree and Del Thicket Woods until Handsome {Horace (Preacher) —O’Bryant |eame along and joined up. The |scores were so marvelous that \they have not yet been found ‘and so gentle reader you will have to guess the same as the rest. was Harris was Mr. Charlie Ketchum had as his lable assistant Mr. Earl Julian ex-; ;cept he was no abler than Old} , Bye Duke of Rock Sound Sands because Earl and O. B. D. R. S. ;each shot a 99. As assistant to Old Bye was Mr. Cookie Mesa {with 96 but Charlie was the best ;of all with 92. Being the four- some started in to play on num- ber six and inasmuch as they for-! got to enter the team score, yours; truly is in too big a hurry to} {figure same out and inform you; the next time you meet Old Bye! or Earl they will explain the! score to you with gestures. | sie i Mr. Pete Taylor had his dad; jin law, Mr. Freddy Ayala for a! partner and if you ever get a pa| jin law, get a good golfer like! |Pete did. For then when you | play against your friends you will] |come out the winner. The Beau. Brumme! came along with 44 hits] on the back nine, which shows what a heck of a good pa in law| golfer can do. | | It was very evident to all per-' jsons in sight of the golf course, | yesterday afternoon that Mr. Hur-; jricane Eddie Strunk was either; | losing or was not congenial with} ithe other players. It happened lon this wise: Mumpsy took his {old pal, Doc Willie Kemp and gave! | Bob Spottswood to Charlie Salas! ‘and played the game as it should} be. When all was over Eddie had, 85, the same as Bob while Willie jhad 86, the same as Charlie. But, Bob and Charlie put their scores} {together at the right moments} \and got a margin of 4 up at the! end of the game and thereby con-; ‘signed Martello Towers Strunk} | and Percival Kemp to the regions} jof gloom. But a day of reckon-, | ing will soon be at hand. so claims! {Eddie and Willie because Eddie will practice on those putts until; ‘he can sink them every time from} ‘15 inches to 15 yards. When Mr.} | Strunk plays a couple of other op-j | ponent: he never has any trouble; | with putts .. . now how do 70) {do that Eddie? ! LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— y. ie ; Boston |New York j Cleveland ; Detroit | Washington | Philadelphia jChicago - | St. Louis nn MOMMA an NATIONAL LEAGUE | Club— Ww. L. |New York 5 Cincinnati Pittsburgh | Philadelphia .. Brooklyn . Boston ... ANMwOAIAAL staged at Bayvi | | ARRANGE TRACK | The new member of the Social ;Diamondball League, Stowers AND FIELD MEETS ; Park, defeated the Administra- jtion outfit yesterday afternoon at! AT | Bayview Park, 18 to 2. | BAYVIEW PARK: The feature of the game was ‘the hitting of Sterling, who col- i lected five safeties in six times EVENTS TO BE PUT ON TO- MORROW MORNING UNDER home runs. \ Tynes pitched a great game for | DIRECTION OF RECREA-' the Park boys, allowing just eight TION SECTION OF WPA hits Thirteen errors were marked up against both teams, nine by the |FERA players and four by the Stowers clan. i Kelly was czedited with four direction of miscues during the contest. t the recreation section of the local Every member of the Park WPA unit, it has been announced, team secured at least one safety Score by innings: R. H. E. owers Park— 005 026 023—18 18 Administration— A track and field meet will be w Park Saturday morning under the Most of the best amateur track St and field stars in the schools here are expected to participate. Prizes will be given by the Past 001 100 000— 8 3 Pocahontas Club. and these, it was _ Batteries: M. Tynes and O. Es- said, are attractive on which qunialdo; E, Roberts and F. Vil-; will be valued by the winners. In- lareal. dividuals will not be permitted to win more than two first place, Today the Stowers Park team awards, although they may par- will cross kats with the Sanitary ticipate in many events as they Department. Batteries will be M. wish. This procedure was decided Tynes and Esquinaldo for the upon so that the pri would be Park players, and C. Stickney and distributed among as many con-' Gabriel for the Health boys. The testants as possible. contest will start at 5 p. The track and field meet will ay ailaisis iwi Sanaa a take place immediately 2 the Kiddie Kabaret, also sponsored by the recreation section, which will be staged from 9 a. m. to 10; a. 4 m. TODAY’S GAMES AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at New York—Lyons vs. Broaca. St. Louis at Washington— Walkup vs. Whitehill or Deshong. Detroit at Philadelphia—Auker vs. Turbeville. Cleveland at Boston—Blachold- | s. Grove. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Chicago—Schu- macher vs. French. Boston at Pittsburgh—Chaplin \vs. Swift. team from! Philadelphia at Cincinnati each class of the high school. | Moore vs. Grissom, [Four-men relay, team from} Brooklyn at St. each of the grammar schools. | shaw vs. J. Dean. nts in the meet follow: Three-legged race. (Potato race. For Boys: High jump—junior and senior.! er Pole vault—junior and_ senior.) Broad jump—junior and senior.! 100-yard dash—junior and} senior. Exhibition shot put. Four-men relay, | ! { | { di throw and i Louis—Earn- JOHN C. 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