The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 26, 1936, Page 4

PAGE FOU Gypsy Weather You and Your By MARGARET BELL HOUSTON ~ SWS ! ‘ | { Nation’s Affairs ‘amd Occidental Steamship Company, Gulf Life amce Company, Florida Temes-taien, Rafwey Ex press Agency, Inc, Jackson THE KEY WEST CITIZEN |LOFTIN SUCCEEDS RECENT VISITOR PARK TRAMMELL ESE cces ee ree os jresort hotels, land com- Insar- SYNOPSIS: aster Eunor Flem- “All right, then. Ready?” ing jilted him, Rupert Joris mar- ried a girl who came, late at night, to the old Joris estate looking for a lawyer. Rupert was drunk at the time; now he is sober and resent- ful, Dirk. his brother, knows the girl, whose name is Hope Devine. She has been making a living as a circus rider — but she is of good family. Rupert expects to obtain an anuuiment without trouble, and somewhat to his surprise Dirk: finds himself ou the girl’s side. For the girl is lovely. Chapter 12 DISAGREEABLE DUTY 'S [E it was your own idea,” Dirk said, “I'd let it be a solu. tion, annulment or not. You’d have to pay your gambling debts. You might as well pay this one.” “Thanks,” said Rupert. “I'll look after that end of it, if you don’t mind. 1 suppose she’s in the house. Ask her to come in here.” Dirk urged him to wait. “A little later. Your head will be clearer, and the chances are you'll be shaved.” “V'll talk to her now,” said Rupert. His hand moved to the bell. “I'll tell her,” Dirk agreed. The less the servants saw of this, the better. He went down the hall, and knocked at the tower-ruom. A voice bade him enter, and he opened the door to see Hope standing beside the window. She wore the same black dress with the deep white collar. Her hair was smooth, not moist and cur!- ing as it had been last night. She looked small and elfish beside the immense furniture. Her eyes met his, and she wai Dirk disliked his errand. “I watched for you at breakfast,” he said. “But you had gone out.” “To church,” she said. “So Mary told me. | had been out to look for you. 1 thought you had run away.” She smiled. “Where would I run?” “To the circus, 1 supposed. The cir- cus is gone. Did you know?” “Yes. They are traveling south. | could have gone with them, of course. . . ., Your brother—does he want to see me?” Dirk wondered if she had over- heard their conversdtion. He glanced toward the door between the two Tooms, a door that had been put in during his grandfather's final 111 ness. It ot thinner, frailer Structure th: the other doors in Lowrie. It was closed, he noticed. and the bolt had been drawn. “AS a matter of fact. he does,” Dirk said, “] hope you won’t mind going to him. He's not very well.” She came over to him. “What's he going to do?” “L hardly know, He’s talking of annulment. In that case, you have “You could make it diMficult for | him, if you wanted to. Publicity, and that sort of thing.” She said in a low voice, “I wouldn't do that.” ‘o, but he doesn’t know you wouldn’t. You have your rights, your monetary rights. He must pay for his prank.” A light came into her eyes making them bright and eager. Her eye-lids narrowed slightly. Dirk said at once, “Don’t make settlement difficult. Publicity is your weapon and you can’t afford to use it. If you make things too hard he may try to find something in your motives, in your life. It wouldn't be hard for him to find the circus.” HE admitted this. “At the same time, I want you to have justice. You married him in good faith. and he has no right to throw you out next morning. I'll be in the room while he talks to you; he'll keep me there as a witness. I'll stand where he can’t see me, and if you can manage to look at me each time before you answer him, I'll try to convey to you—you must man. age that all the proposals come from him. You are merely to accept or refuse. Understand?” Her eyes searched his. “You are siding against brother,” she said. “This is not a battle,” Dirk in formed her. “You came here to get a lawyer. You still need one. Do you understand my instructions?” Yes, she understood. She would try to follow them. your | Svecvecsessees PERSONAL MENTION A ESS Roy Goodman, engineer in} charge of WPA projects, and Roy! Rupert glanced at the girl as she entered. The hand holding his cigaret was unsteady. Dirk was closing the door, and Rupert said | to-him, “Leave us alone, please.” Dirk, surprised, stood long enough to catch the girl’s eye. He went | then, leaving with her a reassuring smile. Her eyes continued to rest on the door when he had closed it. Rupert’s voice called her back. “Won't you sit down?” She took a chair close to the door. Again he glanced at her, surprising revulsion in her eyes. He was con- scious for a moment of his un- combed, unshaven state. aware too | that he could not have looked much better last night. Why, then, had she | married him? Or was the revolted | look mere acting? . . . She was a brown, small pixie of a girl, a type | he did not care for. “You realize,” he said, “that I was not sane last night?” Rather surprisingly she answered. “Yes, 1 realize.” “Then you realize, too,” he added, “that it won't hold. What are your terms for getting out quietly?” She was silent. “You need money,” he explained. “How much do you want?” She answered. “I need money, yes. And I thin | you should pay for .. . your prank. But | don’t want to get out .. . quietly, or any other way. I want to stay here.” “It’s out of the question,” said Rupert. “I’m talking about annul- | ment.” “1 understand. You can have it | annulled if you want to. it wasn't my idea to marry you, but 1 did it in good faith. And I went in and got | my trunk. I'm all unpacked, and : it will be hard to move right away.” | “You were rather sudden about j getting your trunk, weren't you?” wre had told her to do that? “I think not. 1 had no idea that } you intended to put me out. | sup- bose you don’t know what it feels | like not to have a home, and then suddenly to find one.” “I suppose not.” agreed Rupert. ; “But 1 believe you have a home .. . elsewhere.” = “I had a home,” she corrected. “1 cut all ties when | came to New York. My father is a clergyman . . . as | told you last night .. . one of the old-fashioned sort. He wanted me to stay at home, and | wanted to go. | was here teaching music.” “I see. My brother has looked into your story. 1 have no reason to ques- tion anything you say, even your statement that our so-callea mar. riage was not your idea. But it’s out of the question for you to stay here, | | Much Interest Centers In H Card Party Thursday Night' pending the annulment, or after it. If | give you money you can find a home. Suppose | pay you five thou- sand dollars.” She looked at him, silent, gone rather pale. Apparently the sum spelled wealth to her. Rupert, who had been ready to bid for his tree dom on an ascending scale, realized | | that he might have had it even mor cheaply. | “You agree,” he said, “to leave, if 1 give you a check for that amount?” She agreed. “When may I have ; it?" she asked. He looked at his watch. “At four o'clock,” he said. “1 will come to your room then with a wit- ness. | will give you the check in return for your written agreement.” She rose, and Rupert who had not sat down, opened the door for her. “I may stay tonight?” she asked. He agreed to that. After all, sh could not cash the check until tomor- row. A gust of feminine voices ascended from the hall below, Dirk’s voice | responding. Callers, obviously. Ru- pert watched the girl go down the hall and disappear into the tower- | room. Dirk had been right, he was thinking-Dirk had appeared over-so licitous about the girl—it was natu- ral, of course, convinced as he was of her innocence—so he—Rupert—had shut him out. But Dirk had been right in his de ductions, and obviously in his find- ings, too. The girl was respectable (Rupert's mind veered slightly from the word “decent”) and inexperi- | enced to the point of naiveté, She would make no trouble. They would dispose of her, per- haps less expeditiously, but certain- ly as effectually, as one clears a stray cat out of the house. He must dress now, and drive into town to look over the marriage-rec- ord and bring Connolly back with him to witness the agreement. (Cotsright, 1935, Margaret Bell Houston) But the news gets out. tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. have willed their W. C. 10,000 Conference Baptist General Texas, Dunlap acre iranch on the Pecos river to the of The Great Divvy | By GUS W. DYER All weal : sharing policie. are based on the technical ownership of wealth. The ownership of property. ; bowever, has no necessary signifi- H cance with ref- erence to the rewards of those who use property Rent- ers may get better rewards than the owners of houses. The employees of anindustry may receive high wages while the owners lose millions as has been the case in many in- stances in re- cent years. The really great advantages :a wealth ownership are moral rather than material. It is the effect that Wealth ownership has on character and stability and citizenship that gives it its great social value. It is on | this basis that the sanctity of prop- erty is protected by the Constitution, and that every feasible encourage- ment is given to citizens to acquire and hold property. The extent of wealth ownership is not determined by the amount of in- come received, but by the character and habits and ideals of thuse who spend the income. People of small incomes often accumulate consider- wealth. Many with large incomes sume what they make as they i ions of people who rent could own their homes. The idea that property ownership is determined by the amount of income received is too sh to be given serious consider- in. ealth ownership fs less attractive | to the rank and file of the people to- day than ever before in our history. | In the early days of our country gov- ernmental activities were simple, and he cost of government was very small. Taxes were too small to be given consideration in the ownership of property. Property was made so secure by the Constitution that the owner was never in doubt that his property was his “to have and to hold.” There was no government j Snooper to molest or make him afraid This conditior was a great incentive to every citizen to own property. It Projessor of Economics and Sociology, Vanderbilt University tically all'did own property. Within recent years a radical change has taken place. The govern- ment is spreading itself into every field of human activity. and with its great army of employees has become the most extravagant, wasteful s, end- thrift the world has ever seen. In order to finance this spree of extrava- gance and waste the government is , placing heavy mortgages on future generations and laying heavy taxes on every piece of property that the horde of tax gatherers can find. In ad- dition to this by raising doubts about the sanetity of property, and by put ting our standard vf value on an ‘1. convertible paper basis. the governs ment has created such paralyzing fear with reference to the stability of private property that wealth owner- ship is becoming more and more un- | attractive. The institution that was commissioned by the Constitution to protect the sanctity of property, and thereby encourage property owner- ship has become the chief agent in de- stroying that which it was ordained to protect. Governmental! policies and activi- ties are more and more driving people to the conclusion. that investment in property. now is hazardous. Hence the growing sentinient that “the game | is not worth the candle.” Government is destroying the incentives that are essential to effective property owner- | ship. Why economize and save and in- vest in property that may be taken | from you at any time to meet the obli- gations and costs of a reckléss govern- ment? Spend your income as you pro- duce it; spend it before yo- produce it. Enjoy it while you can. The habits | and ideals that grow out of such a con- dition are destructive both to the in- dividuals and to the social order. The character and strength of the social order are determined by the char- acter and strength of the individuals that compose it. Those responsible for this untoward condition distribute bonuses, charity, and other gratuities, and propose pen- sions and wealth sharing. These serve as palliatives and narcotics to close the eyes of the simple minded to that which awaits them. They only aggra- vate the disease and hasten the disso- lution. lf the objective is a communistic dictatorship, these destructive poli- | become a property owner, and prace | was the ambition of every citizen to (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) cies are logical, and easily interpreted, 200 Passing days but increase the being manifested in the arrangements announced d party to be given ; night in the Hotel Colo- y of The Sea church. ince the first announcement of this affair was made last week those who are sponsoring it have | been besieged with questions rel- ative to the plans and entertain- ment features, and of all of the questioners the same answer has | been given to the effect that it is inte! ing party of its i in } many months. | kind given Pinochle to game to be played will be d@ upon by the players and at all, from. | The ag hee | 5 i Mrs. Hellings To | Leave Thursday | Mrs. Marguerite Hellings, who! has been enjoying a delightful va-| cation as guest at the home of her {cousin Miss Minnie Porter Harris,: is planning to leave Thursday norning en route to her home in! .os Angeles, Calif. H This vacation was the first in 18 years which was spent in Key; West by M Hellings, and ,she’ ‘cannot find words to express her} {happiness at being with her old, {and dear friends again, nor can {she think how to express her re-! jgret at leaving, she says. | | Mrs. Hellings wil! sail on the! | Steamship Cuba Thursday morn- ng for Havana, embark on one of lthe large passenger liners, go! thro: the Panama Canal and up! | the west coast to San | Angeles. | | Leading shoe stores in Berlin i ~: SOCIETY :-: ied to be the most interest-! Cards will be played. any game | Poker.! Francisco, | jand then to her home in Los ,the score will be kept of each ‘table to determine the winner of | each group. There will be a prize ‘for each table. | Aside from these table 'der for a permanent wave, bridge lamp, 12 pound ham, large bunch! ‘bananas, one pork loin, one box of apples, one case of beer, one box! ‘selected groe two large | chickens and one pork ham. | Reservations are being made rapidly and to secure a table for, this delightful affair it is suggest-! ed that Mrs. Wm. Ellsworth, in| charge of reservations, be con-| tacted at once or phone for reser-! vations at 538-J. | It, is requested that those who| intend playing. bring their own! cards. a a KLOEPPEL The GEORGE WASHINGTON 300 Rooms with {his ; the changes which had been made | features for Key West. | Petersburg. and immediately aft-| Hicated person in North j is forbidden by la’ | with all these Goodyear Safety ' SAFETY with tough, sure- | EVERY PLY because of patented The MAYFLOWER | 300 Rooms with Bath acd Shower Famed bor tt howpcaity end levered Raa. MAYOR OF ST. PETERSBURG! panies, public utilities and EXPRESSES PLEASURE IN H LETTER TO THOS. ORR ! John S. Smith, mayor of St.} Petersburg. in a letter to WPA! Director Thomas D. Orr, expr \ es himself as being delighted with j visit in Key West, and hopes; to make a return visit at an early | date. { In company with City Manager A. F. Thomasson, Engineer Frank ! Lee, director ef public works, and! Tom D. Orr, Jr., Mr. Smith came } in a Coast Guard plane last! week and spent two days here. | They visited all projects of the! and NYA, and ex-! ed surprise and pleasure at! and the outline of proposed new fter a night’s rest and an- other visit with Mr. Orr and hi: family the visitors departed on the | plene, which was piloted by Lieu- tenant W. R.! Burton, commande of the Coast Guard base at St. er arrvinig Mayor Smith Mr. Orr. wrote | The sale of sasoline to an intox- Carolina Here SPEEDWAY Come sec why we're selling ’em fast! 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