The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 1, 1936, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE WORLD WITH A FENC A New Novel by Marian Sims Chapter 42 DECISION ( Peele took his hands and pulled them down into her lap. “Listen, Blake, and look at me. It won’t make any difference unless we let it. I told you 1 was willing to fight it out be- side you; that even a triangle didn’t have to be too disgraceful. I've— been expecting this from the begin ning.” The muscles of his face relaxed slowly, until he smiled, wonderingly. “Lord, what a baby you make me feel! You’ e of a man than I'll ever be, and why on earth you should love me like this is beyond me. All I ean do is marvel—and worship you!” “Idiot! You're pretty well worth loving, since you ask me.” Be casual, she was commanding herself; make him think it isn’t important enough even to talk about. ... She stood up and held out her hand to him. “Let's fet a drink and see if that won't change the color of the world.” He extracted ice cubes with un- steady fingers, half drunk with the knowledge that she was willing to stand by him. He saw the situation now as she had tried to paint it; painful and bitter, perhaps, but sweetened by a belief in ultimate success. He put down his glass and smiled at her. “I haven’t even asked about your trip home. How was it?” “Almost perfect, considering the circumstances. “How was Pat?” “Fine.” She flushed. “I finally broke down and told him about you: I had to talk to somebody!” His face glowed. “Did he approve?” “Heartily. He says I’m to bring you to see them as soon as possible, and that you sound like a grand gtq’- “Then maybe I'd better not go.” “Nuts to you!” Their lightness was false and perilous, with a throbbing undercur- rent that might come to the surface in a breath. Because he realized that, Blake glanced at his watch. “Dinner time, precious. Get your hat.” Before I devour you, he added in his heart. But when dinner was over and they were back again in her living- room the lightness failed them. For all his discipline Blake felt the old hunger—more insatiable than ever, and because the waiting seemed end- less now he had no hope to restrain him. He kissed her hotly, and knew that she understood his hunger. His hands were caressing her and she made no move to withdraw. She made her choice then, clearly and honestly. This is no way for us to live, she realized. feeling him tremble against her. A few months of this can destroy us. And I can’t go away and leave him alone. She sat up. “Blake. ...” ONG afterwards, when he had gone, she sat at her dressing table with her chin in her hands, staring at her own reflection. She probed her mind for a feeling of guilt or regret, and failed to find it. Irma was incapable now of dealing them a mortal wound. She rose and went to open the win- dows, and stood looking at the black star-dusted sky. Blake would be at home by now, and perhaps looking at the same sky—unless he had gone straight to sleep! She tried not to think of the time when he would not have to leave her, and to cling in stead to all that she had of him now. A quick. icy wind struck her, like a breath from the world of darkness, and she shivered and turned from the window. And then she stopped short. Someone was knocking softly upon her door. She snapped on a light and hur- ried to the door. and Blake stumbled into the room and stood, swaying. She thought incredulously: he’s gone home and gotten drunk. What a queer thing to do. ... He spoke finally, shaping cach word with great care, like a mute who has learned to talk. “Irma—has—killed—herself. . . .” The icy wind swept her again, straight from the world of darkness, She put up her hand as if to shield her face, while an unfamiliar voice whispered : “No, Blake, no... .” “She must have done it this after- noon. Long distance has been trying ” He rubbed a hand across his eyes as if to blot out a visual horror, and shud- to find me since five o’cloek. . . dered once. MAKES REPORT - ON HOSPITAL Maria Gutsens, matron at the Merecedes oni, reports there are now seven patients be- ing taken care of at the institu- tion. The inmates are Charlie Cul- | advocated by President Manuel L; mer, Pedro Paramo, Jose Sanchez, Francisco Garcia, Edward John- son, Santiago Escovedo and Louisa Hackey colored, that Five o’clock. Then all the time they were together Irma had been dead—because of her. She laughed, and the sound was queer and mad. “She chose the only possible way to keep us apart, didn’t she? Really, it was terribly clever of her... .” own teeth chattering. She sat down, staring at the floor. He leaned his weight against the table and looked at nothing. _ “I have to go down there,” he said to the floor. “There’s a train in three hours.” “How—what did she do?” “Does it matter?” He wanted to spare her whatever horror he could. He didn’t want her to see Irma as he would always see her, slashing her wrists with a razor’ blade, and perhaps smiling a small, secret, triumphant smile. Their thoughts were stumbling along the same black path. Because the suit was filed this morning, they knew. Because she must have wired or phoned his lawyer to know if he had been in earnest, and found that he was. Because she had to defeat them, even with her life; she had to have the center of the stage—the last word. ... Blake moved restlegsly, like a man struggling to escape the toils of nightmare, and looked at her. “She left a note,” he muttered, “but thank God she put all the blame on me. I made them read it to me....” Irma had been content, then, to take half hér revenge in secret. Her vanity had lived as long as she; had forbidden her to tell an avid world that another woman had beaten her. Blake made a heroic effort to pull himself together. “I'll have to go now. Have you—any sort of sedative here?” She lifted her head as if it carried a great weight. “No. It doesn’t mat- ter....” “Will you plione a drug store and have them send you something?” “8... She stood up and held out his coat, as if she passed it across a chasm, and he took it without a word. He made no move to touch her, but his eyes were sick with pity and love. He said brokenly: “Carol—you won't go away? You'll be here when—I get back?” She realized that flight would sure- ly damn her if she was not already damned. Only the guilty fled before they were accused. “Yes, I'll be here. But you can’t come and see me.” “T'll arrange it—somehow.” His eyes compelled her, and she met them finally, and read in them all the things he could not tell her. The measure of his own suffering pierced her so that she went to him and gave him her hands. “[ll be there, Blake, every min- ute. If that helps any.” He lifted the hands and kissed them slowly. “It’s the one thing that will help. It’s what I’ve been praying to hear and couldn’t ask you to say.” He went out, closing the door soft- ly behind him. HE made herself read the morn- ing paper, and realized that it had been kind. The story was rele gated to the inside pages. Mrs, Thornton, the account said generous- ly, had been in bad health; she was in Florida for that reason. ... She dropped the paper and went to make coffee. Her mind was merci- fully numb, so that she felt nothing —not even misery. The only sensa- tiots of which she was conscious were a dull headache and a strained feeling about her eyes that came from sleeplessness. The telephone clamored and she looked slowly towards it, wondering if she could bear to answer it. And then she knew she had to. The voice over the wire was Cor- nelia’s; crisp and matter-of-fact. “Carol?” “Yes.” “1 wondered if you’d have dinner with me tonight? Either at home or uptown?” She knew then that Cornelia ha@ read the paper, and that Cornelis’= swift mind had grasped a great deal that had been unsaid. And she knew that Cornelia’s interest was far more than morbid curiosity; Cornelia’s contempt for gossip and personali- ties amounted almost to loathing. She said: “I'd love it—but please come here instead.” Where I won't have to see people, and wonder tf they know. ... (Copyright, 1986, by Marian Smiay Cornelia delivers some sound sense to Carol, tomorrow. Enforced Schooling Now Being Favored (By Associated Press) MANILA, P. IL, Oct. 1.—Vice President Sergio Osmena, of the Philippine Commonwealth, who also is chief of public instruction, favors compulsory education as Quezon. Subscribe so The Citizen—20c ‘The sound faded and she heard her. | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN [ ‘ f KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years: Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen e More About Cocoanuts | —By— THE MAN ABOUT TOWN € The United States practically all of the products! | ;produced from the cocoanut./ ; Cocoanut oil, a high priced prod- |uet that is extensively used, is) Fred Bonnett, former manager of {brought from the outside. Grated! the Key West Gas company. Death cocoanut, that is used by millions} 9¢curred Saturday in the Govern-} home in the land comes from the ment hospital at Osteen, N. C.} | Mr. Bonnett had a wide circle of} outside. Cocoa butter, cream and shampoo, used in} friends in Key West ‘who will: learn with regret of his demise. beauty parlors and barber shops, | jis brought from the outside. All the above can be produced right here in Key West. Aside from the above named, we could bottle or can our cocoanut water or imports News has been received in Key West announcing the death of} of cooks, and in practically every extensively While the Rotary Club will not, {have a special booth at the Coral Isle Casino for the entertainment jtomorrow night, President An- ‘drew Miller and Sebastian Ca- milk; we could can our cocoanut jelly for making ice cream, and we could matufacture and put! on the market our delightful! cocoanut candy as is prepared by{ the good old ladies of Key West. The shell of the cocoanut makes expensive and beautiful buttons, and may be further utilized in making ornaments, ash trays, ete. In fact there is no limit to the sibilities of the cocoanut in- y. This is being proved by actua] experiments and demon- strations made day by day. The writer in dealing with the cocoa- nut palm in a_ recent article, promised to go further into the bject of the, cocoanut in a future article, and “believe it or jnot,” he has come to the con- clusion that the cocoanut tree can be used to almost the same, extent as the Chicago pig, “all; except the squeal.” With us we! can use all except the delightfal} breezes that blow through its; branches. In less than a year, it is prob-j able that all government relief activities will cease, and Key West with no industries will be right back where it was three years ago. In fact we will bel worse off, for during that time we have lost the railroad andi kindred enterprises which has seriously cut our payroll. The only advantage gained by the city} in this time is the foundations that have been laid for a tourist jcity. But we must not lose sight of the fact that it will take years( to develop Key West as a tourist resort, and what will the twelve thousand people we have living on the island do in the meantime. Miami thought for a time that she could get along without in- dustries, and while she developed\ into one of the greatest tourist ; resorts in the world, she soon, found that she had to have indus- tries, as her three months tourist business was not sufficient to keep her population the twelve months. As a ¢onsequence she went after industries, and is at the present time grabbing every- thing in sight. Tt is estimated that we have ‘ten thousand bearing cocoanut trees in Key West, and that we have twenty thousand more that will be bearing within the next} three years. We have sufficient) cocoanuts at the present time to make a start, and there is no rea- son why we should not begin a planting campaign, here and on the keys, and in a few years have sufficient cocoanuts to supply the whole country. The writer contends that we can provide work for our twelve thousand people by developing the cocoanut industry. We have the raw material on the ground, we have a dozen or more empty factory buildings that could be used. The Thompson canning plant could easily be converted in- to a cocoanut plant, and a thou- sand or more people could find work there. Yes by all means, let us have the Chamber of Commerce again, and let their industrial committee get busy and find some men with capital and vision to look this proposition over. It is a golden opportunity that capital will not overlook if brought to their atten- tion. Let’s erack the cocoanut, let’s get busy. We've been sleep- ting at the switch. The writer is simply trying to awaken interest in a proposition that he after leareful study and _ investigation | believes will put Key West back on her feet. The next and third article will | deal with fish. We propose to! \tell you a fish story, but this one |will be the truth. Did you know {that we have a floating gold mine (that passes Key West every win- iter. Tons and tons of kingfish oe mackerel that we scarcely touch, that could be canned, | pickled or put in cold storage.| | They wave their silvery tails at) lus as they go by. But this is {another story. [ JOE ALLEN | wus ee | \ \ | | i i | brera, chairman of the enter- ment committee, urge all Ro- tarians to attend. “Owing to the short time in which to prepare for; tomorrow night’s entertainment,” | said President Miller, “It has been} decided to put on a special auction) sale by the Rotary Club. All Ro- tarians are urged to attend and: in every way possible lend theirj aid to make the affair a success. The sale will be conducted by; Allan B. Cleare, pioneer auc-} tioneer. Bill Bates will be cashier and Andrew Miller will be super- intendent of sales. Sebastian Ca- brera will assist the auctioneer; and Dr. William R. Warren will be classifier and announcer, The Monroe High School foot-! ball players returned, to Key; West this morning accompanied! by their score of friends who! went with them to cheer them on| during their play with St. Peters- burg, in which the Key West ag-! gregation was defeated by a score} of 28 to 0. The local boys went; up against the last year state champions. They expected to make a showing, they said, but! not against a team which out-} weighed the Key Westers 30! pounds to the man. The St. Petersburg paper which carried} the story of the game said the} Key West team played a good de-j fensive game the entire way and; that the contest was played dur-| ing a heavy downpour of rain. The pretty home of Mr. and} Mrs. G. C. Saunders, 920 Eaton! street, presented an entrancing’ scene last night when their daugh- ter Miss Helena Saunders was united in marriage to Jose Fleitas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Fleitas, 802 Duval street. The! marriage rites were said .at 8 o’clock by Rev. L. Munro, of First’! Methodist church, while the couple stood beneath a beautiful arch of flowers and ferns. The’ bride was attended by Miss Grace! Pelaez, while her maid of honor} You and Your Nation’s ’ Greeks Knew Affairs the Answers! By HARLEY L. LUTZ Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University The ancients had what we would regard as a very queer idea about the world. To them it seemed flat and they thought that it was supported by the god Atlas. who 1rriediton ficed, but when pressed to say how Atlas was supported, their wise men said that he stood on the back of an immense tor- toise. On what | i odid the tortoise stand? Any one ‘So inquisitive as «to ask this em- barrassing question was regarded as an unpa- triotic, irreligious blaspheming un- believer. He was lucky to escape be- ing stoned, As we listen to some of the present- day spellbinders, it appears tha: their notions about government and eco- nomics bear strong resemblance to the ancient cosmology. They seem to believe that the government can and should support all of the people with- out realizing that this doctrine im- mediately raises the question of how the government itself is then to be supported. Any one who asks this question is declared to be a tory, an economic royalist, a friend of Wall Street, a hireling of big business, or an of the greatest ogre of all, the international banker. Only a believer in private capitalism would think of such a question. and this fact alone would put him beyond the pale. Our modern economic mythologists ; apparently do not realize that there is only one way by which both the government and the people can be supported. This is by the maintenance of a large and steady stream of pro- duction. Within certain limits the ser- vices of government contribute to the size of this stream. Government is only a form of social organization. It is the people acting collectively to perform certain services for them- selves and for each other. When these services are rendered, efficiently and economically, government is a factor of genuine importance in the produc- tion of wealth. The expansion of governmental activities, which means an increase of governmental expenditures, must nothing more is total preduct, and if tinued still further, the additional activities and expenditures must become a positive drag on production. Thus. protection is essential, but a city can have too many policemen. Education is a valu- able public service, but it is passible to spend money wastefully on this” activity. So it is with every other governmental service. man ef Jacksonville, was a= ar vival today for 2 wait a= the guest of Sebastian Cabrera, Jr. and was the guest of Mr. Cabrera jat the Retary luncheer tedsy Captain BH. S. Dexter, wrecking j master of the Tug. Warbler, be gras relieving Captain Sideey [ates on Geena Sag OE ferig at Kingston, Jameka. re turned by plane this morming from Awami. é _— Heury Bate, whe was 2 visiter lin Key West about twe weet: age Many public administrators and | 0" business and returned te Mi- some of the ambitious contenders whe | ami, arrived this mernimg om the would like to those now in office, dislike to face these facts. They the public services. forget that every penny vernment must come of a taxpayer, and that certain limit the burden far exceeds the benefits of expenditures. It requires 2 of political and moral courage on part of a candidate to say that. if elected. he will spend less rather than more money. The ancients said that Atlas stood on a tortoise. In the economic ‘fan borrow spend, or it can print paper money. In this way, it is contended, the benefits of ever greater can be diffused without burdening the people through taxation. This method postpones one diffi- culty while it creates others. Event- ually there must be beavier taxation for the debt service, unless the obli- gations are to be repudiated. in the meantime, the inflationary effects of the borrowing and spending are likely to lead to price increases. and the results of such price changes will be diffused very unequally. Some groups will gain while others lose. The losers will include both rich and poor. All who receive fixed incomes. as interest or as wages. will be doubly penalized, first by the higher prices and second. by the heavier taxes when debt redemption begins. Grover Cleveland's proposition thet the people should support the govern- ment rather than be supported by it sweeps away this curious economic mythology as effectively as the doc- trine of Copernicus and Gallileo destroyed Atlas and the tortoise It | platie from that city. Mrs. Isabel Ge Poo. who last week for 2 shert stay = Mi- jam and to meet ber sister, re jturned this moremg accompeneré by her sister, Mrs Evangeline ‘ Booth, who will remain for the } winter season. F. H. Reis. assistant district manager of the Southern Bel Teiephone and Telesraph compar in Miami, arrived this mo-ming iy plane to attend a session of ce time that we grounded our thinking | again on this fundamental propo- sition. (Address questions to the author. care of this mewsbater) Arrange Dance At Country Club Key West Country Club will hold a Membership dance at the clubhouse on Saturday October 3, o'clock. C. G. Hicks, secretary of the| evening, | beginning at 9:30 | i ARCHER’S GROCERY You can get FRUITS, VEGE- TABLES and GROCERIES any- was Miss Camilla Saunders. Miss club. has requested all members of} where, but are they FRESH? Fay Albury was brdiesmaid. God-} frey Thompson and Harold Al-| bury stood with the groom. Dur- ing the ceremony Miss Ruie Wat- kins played on the piano the “Angel’s Serenade.” An ap- propriate solo was sung by Rob- ert Pritchard. Rupert Knowles, uncle of the bride, announced his approaching marriage to a_ girl; from Paris, and invited the party to attend. The young newly weds: left this morning for a honey- moon in Havana. The U.S, Destroyer Cassin ar-| rived in port last evening from! Jacksonville where the _ officers’ and crew had been doing relie: work since the storm. * The Cassin! brought most of those Marine! units who have been on duty since! the disaster. They were rushed; to Miami as soon as possible after-| ward. The Marines have been! highly complimented- by the com-, mander of the Seventh Naval Dis-! trict. ' | Editorial comment: A “mie ton paper records that a_ sailor) “was killed by coming in contact with a live wife.” Possibly the; error of a linotype operator, yet such things have happened. Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer of 1307 Duval street announce the birth of a daughter 6 o’clock on the afternoon of September 27. The baby weighed seven pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Saun- ders, in the rear of 824 Fleming street, announce the birth last night of an 8 pound boy. | | 1 N N N ‘ N N N) N N N N N N \ N N N N N , Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Maloney of, Elizabeth street are receiving many congratulatory messages to-; y on their fiftieth wedding an- niversary. i iF MONROE THEATER Jack Oakie-Sally Eilers in FLORIDA SPECIAL Guy Kibbee-Alma Lloyd in THE BIG NOISE Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night: 15-26 this organization to attend the; i { affair and make it- a big suc- cess, THOMASINE M. 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