The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1936, Page 3

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22 SYNOPSIS: vespite the en- gagement of attractive Sally Warren, society editor of the Warrenton Courier. to Terry Maynard, boyish blend aviator, love grows between Terry and Sally’s pre ty, headstron, younger sister. Tip. Philip Page, returning to «is boyhood home, buys the Cou-ier and backs the workmen of the Morris mill in their fight for better homes. He quietly admires Sally Terry, des- tined to leave fo a South Ameri- can job in a week, is released from his engagement by Sally, but before he can tell Tip, she disappears. Chapter 20 Scouring The Town IEN she reached home. Sally found her stepmother in the liv- ing room, weeping over the telephone directory, which she was searching for names of Tip’s friends. “I've called your father,” said Mrs. Warren. “And Ray is out «th Joe Morris, looking for her. 1 know some- thing’s happened to her. | just know it. She never did anything like this before.” “Don’t you fret, Mother,” Sally comforted. “She’s probably spent the night with some girl and sent you a message which someone forgot to deliver.” “She's careless,” sobbed Mrs. War- ren. “But she’s not a bad girl. She wouldn't treat me this way on pur- Sally was moved. She nad never seen her stepmother cry but once be- fore, and that was when Ray had scarlet fever and the doctor had given him up. “If anything had really nappened to Tip, you'd be the first one to hear,” she said practically. “It’s a good sign that we've heard nothing.” “That's tru said Mrs. Warren, taking heart. “I called the hospital and she’s not been taken there. Ray and young Joe Morris are mak:ng the rounds to see any of the girls that might know where she is. But I'm nearly crazy. 1 can think of a thou- sand things that might have happened to a young girl—alone—” “Don’t let yourself imagine things.” Sally’s voice was sharp. She was re- membering how Tip had looked when ‘she left her the night before. Tip had been so crushed, so hopeless. She her- self had been angry and said what she thought for once. She had not spared Tip. She had said crvel, hard things She had even suggested that Tip go and find a job for herself. For ithe first time since her mother had caijea, it came to sally that she nad been the cause of Tip’s disapvearance. Not daring to face her stepmother with guilt in her eyes, Sally left the room and went upstairs. {_ Tip’s empty room haunted her with the memory of last night's scene. She opened the door of the.closet. Tip’s clothes were all there. Her weekend bag was on the shelf. Tip had left without even her light jacket. ». For a moment, Sally thought wildly that Tip might have killed herself. | But she forced herself back to reason. Tip was too fond of life to throw it away lightly. Duke’s Plane Smashes ‘HE telephone rang downstairs, and even before her mother called, Sally knew it was Terry. His voice was tense and anxious. “Have you found out anything at all? Your mother says—” “We don’t know anything. Just that she’s not in the hospital—” “Duke Adams is in the hospital at Ridgeview—fifty miles north of here. He had a smash-up last night.” Terry’s voice was taut. “Maybe she was with him—and they didn’t find her,” said Sally weak- ly. “Terry—" ‘ “Tt wasn’t a bad smash. He landed in‘a tree and broke up the plane, but he’s not much hurt. I'm calling the hospital now to see if they'll let me talk to Duke. It’s only a chance— Just a bare chance—she was with “You're telling me the truth, Terry? You're telling me all you know? [| can bear—the truth.” Sally stared at s. Warren's pald, swollen face. “T'm telling you all 1 know,” said ‘Terry. “I'll call you as soon as I get ‘through to the hospital. I'm hanging yup now to make the call.” \_ Sally was too weak to lie to Mrs. Warren. She told her what Terry had said, adding what comfort she could think of. Mrs. Warren took the news calmly, as if she had expected it. “] knew something had happened to her,” she said over and over. “I ‘knew it, I knew it” H Sally. watching for Joe and Ray to ‘come in, and waiting for the cali from (Perry. was surprised to find that it ‘was only 10:30. She called the office told Lola what to do with some icopy on her desk. Then she tried to her stepmother to lie down and But Mrs. Warren sat by the tele- one, quietly waiting. To Sally it seemed an hour before ithe bell rang. Terry’s voice came and vibrant with relief. “She wasn’t with him in the wreck, She went riding with him last it, but he brought her back home. asked. her to go up with him but 3 wouldn't go.” “Thank God for that.” Sally sm ‘ingly at Mrs. Warren. awhat shall we do, Terry? , 1986. “I'm.coming right over,” said Terry. “Maybe you can tell me something that will help me to find her.” He hung up abruptly. Sally turned to ner stepmother. “You see, Mother,” she comforted, “she wasn’t with Duke Adams. I’m sure aow there’s been no accident. | When we find her she'll probably | laugh at us for all the trouble we've stirred up on her account.” “She'd better not laugh,” said Mrs. Warren. “If it’s some prank of hers Tl feel like turning her over my knee.” Both sally and Mrs. Warren were so relieved that Tip had not been in Duke’s plane crash that they were ready to hope for the best. Just then were excited. “She’s not anywhere in this town, Mother,” cried Ray. “We've gone ta everyone she knows.” “I'm for calling a detective,” said young Joe Morris glumly. “We haven't any time to lose if she’s been kidnaped.” “They only kidnap people for money.” said Ray impatiently. “Sometimes they kidnap very pretty " said Joe slowly. ‘What a cheerful mother’s com- forter you are!” A Note From Tip NS of them noticed a small boy LN in faded blue overalls who had turned in at the gate and was coming slowly up the path. “Is this where Mis’ Warren lives?” he asked timidly. “Yes,” said Mrs. Warren, and added hastily. “We don’t want to buy any- thing this morning.” “Why it's Joe McDonald!” ex- claimed Sally, recognizing the eldest of May McDonald's brood. Little Joe grinned delightedly. “Mom give me this to bring Mis War- ren.” He held out a folded sheet of blue-lined paper. “She said maybe you'd give me a nickel for bringin’ it.” Sally opened the note, and after the first glance at it turned to the others. “It's from Tip!” They gath- ered around and read eagerly. Dear Mother— This is to let you know I'm safe and well. I’m at this little boy’s house and his mother has been simply grand to me. I'm sorry I've caused you worry but I'll ex- plain everything. Please get somebody to come and get me in a car. Love, Tip. “Well, I'll swear!” Ray stared at the others bewildered. “She doesn’t say how in the world she got where she is and why—” “It’s enough to know she’s safe,” said Mrs. Warren. “I'll try to get your father, and the rest of you can go for her.” “Til show you the way,” said little Joe importantly. “Tell _us about the lady at your house, Joe,” begged Sally. “Is she all tight?” “Sure she is,” said little Joe. “Mom's taking care of her. She was eatin’ like everything when | left.” Sally smiled wearily. The world was right again if Tip was found, and Tip was right again if she could eat while they hunted her. They made a dramatic entry into Milltown, with little Joe giving direc- tions from the rumble seat. Little Joe’s friends hailed him as he passed, and he announced himself to any that failed to see him, riding in state in the shiny car. “Where's the house?” demanded Joe Morris anxiously. “This is it,” cried the boy. But before they could get out, Tip came running to meet them. “I thought you were never coming,” she said. “I couldn’t phone because there’s not a phone for miles. I'd have walked in, only 1 wasnt fit to be seen on the streets.” “A nice mess you got yourself into,” said her twin brother sternly. “Come on, tell us what you've been up to, toward the car, and a curious crowd of neighbors had gathered to watch and listen. “Let’s get Tip home to mother as fast as we can.” “Just let me tell you this much,” said Tip, with a grateful look at Sally. “1 went riding last night. There was —an accident, and 1 had to walk to town. | got as far as this hi saw a light and stopped in to That's all—except that I went to and Mrs. McDonald didn’t wake till this morning.” “That's crazy,” said Ray. “Tell the truth.” May McDonald had come up to car, and now she interposed in her gentle voice. “I know now I did wrong not to wake the child,” she said. “But I thought she lived way off from here. Didn't know till this who her folks were. 1 guess she didn’t know how close she was to home.” “Tll come back and see you later,” said Sally hastily. “We owe you a great deal for taking care of my sister, and I hope we can do something for you.” “It was nothing at all,” said May. ——e wasn't much we could do for er.’ They tucked Tip into the car be- tween Ray and Joe Morris, and a very sober and solemn Tip she was. | (Copyright. 1936, Bailey Wolfe) Tio explains her escapade te the TOOTHPICK TOPICS (By C. G. FLINT) ee All my life I have been told that someday we should go to war with Japan, Looking at the gentle little fel- lows with glasses, and the cameras that all Japanese seem to have jU.S. A, Ray and Joe Morris drove up. Both ; VICTORIOUS IN GAME YES- TERDAY WITH COCA- COLA OUTFIT Sanitary Department won the :first game of the play-off with |the Coca-Cola nine at Bayview (Ee yesterday afternoon. The final score was 17 to 3. The Health boys simply mur- Idered the offerings that Julius and Floyd Villareal threw over the plate in the shape of a d:amond- ball. The ball was in the streets as often as three times an in- ning. Five home runs and_ three doub’es were incl:ded in the 20 hits that the Sanitary boys got. Gates held the Soda Water out- fit to four safeties, two by Floyd, jone by Russell and one by Lucilo. This afternoon the second game will be played, and the Coca-Co‘a boys will have their full line-up on the fie'd. Score by innings: R. H.E. Sanitary Department— 343 034—17 20 2 Coca-Cole .... 201 000— 3 4 6 Batteries: Gates and Hopkins; F, Villareal, J, Villareal and Lew- is. Temperatures* Highest - Lowest Mean ... Normal Mean R Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. Normal Precipitation .05 Ins.) °Thin record covers 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock thin morning. Tomorrow’s Almanac Sun rises ... -- 7:09 Sun sets -« 5245 Moon rises 1:42 Moon sets 2:14 Tomorrow’s Tides A.M. High 5:36; Low 10:31 Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.22. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m.. Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Wed- nesday; not much change in tem- perature; moderate ~ northeast winds, . Florida: Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; scattered frost in interior of north portion but not so cold on the northeast coast tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate north and northeast winds, and fair weather tonight and Wednesday except partly overcast over ex- treme south portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure continues low over the far Northwest, Seattle, Wash., 29.70 inches; while high pressure areas, crested this morning over] the Ohio Valley and Plateau re- gion, overspread most of the re- mainder of the country, Louis- vil'e, Ky., 30.60 inches ,and Salt Lake City, Utah, 30.32 inches. Moderate rains have occurred dur- ing the}iast-24 hours on the north Pacific .coast,,and light snows in portions of the northern and east- ern Lake region, and upper Ohio Valley; while’ elsewhere through- out the country generally fair weather has prevailed. Tempera- tures have risen in Montana and the Dakotas, and has fallen from the Lake region eastward over the North Atlantic States, and in the southern Plains States and north- ern Texas; while elsewhere chang- es have been unimportant, with readings still below ‘normal in Florida, and light frost as far south as Tampa. Temperatures at 8 a. m. this morning ranged from 12 degrees at Duluth, Minn., and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., to 66 de- grees at Key West. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. GOES BANKRUPT LONDON.—Judgments he had to pay for slanders uttered by his wife caused Robert Weiner of this city to go bankrupt. the sun” of commerce. But I grave injury upon our mighty!seriously mistrust the advant- age of imitation, when match- Yet. disturbing reports do come|ed with the real thing. As in - | in from China, where the armies} small matters, so in large. And of “The Son of Heaven” are doing} we all know the soap-bubble frag- ;@ lot of killing in the name | “law and order.” of} ility of those pretty little do-fun- It seems that i | “law and order” has spread from}! (a mere platform slogan of Calvin! next hundred years I fear it would ! Coolidge’s to a serious campaign] be another case of “all the king’s, {of aggression in the far East. horses and all the king’s men, ; Japan has a wonderful way of}couldn’t put Humpty together imitating things. She has put out} again.” ja pretty big navy for an island|50 S. E. 7th St., been born with, it seems hard to) but slightly larger than Cuba and] Mia: believe that they could inflict’she has made herself “a place in Dee. Today's Birthdays ‘Frank B. Kellogg of St. Paul, Minn., ex-secretary of state, born at Potsdam, N. Y., 80 years ago. Opie Read of Chicago, noted author, born at Nashville, Tenn., 84 years ago. | Deems Taylor of Stamford, Conn., noted composer, born in New York, 51 years ago, Gov. Frank F. Merriam: of California, born at Hopkinton, Towa, 71 years ago. Bainbridge Colby of New York, lawyer, ex-secretary of state, born in St. Louis, 67 years ago. Prof. Alexander Petrunkevitch, noted Yale zoologist, born in Rus- sia, 61 years ago. Laurence L. Doggett, president of the International Y.M.C.A. College, Springfie'd, Mass., born at Manchester, Iowa, 72 years ago, CLASSIFIED COLUMN LOST LOST — Pocketbook containing sum of money and postal Money Order. Liberal reward will be offered if returned to Willard F. Russell, 920 Eaton street. FOUND FOUND—Boys’ Bicycle. Owner may recover same by proving identity and paying for this ad- vertisement. 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