The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 1937, Page 3

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- |, {Pew that 1 think of it,"'said Bigelow é ifully. * y We initivt'ddmit that—judgea simply shield him. out of @ quixotic impulse to two men completely unknown To Shield His Wife? AuSthelitz carefully pierced the > end of the cigar and lighted it. 1° doesn't sound very convir.cing. bytihis’ conduct throughout this affair tthe man would seem to be an im- pulsive, hot-headed foot But he had i i fel 8 although spring off, i , zi 5 d 2 g ‘d the me a florist’s shop ible young man discourage him” an elaborate uex blues and greens and smoking one im cigareties. hed?” she asked. “1 thing—only gaviar . » So~after all—it med Uryden who countryman. eh? 80 it must be so announces every- fi Ht # li i ; iri i is nel Hill 4 et i @ shrug and turned . “And you, my feeling better, yes?” 4 ‘@nswered Anne, hesitatingly “opal A wed it is foolish to con- too much over anything ts Gnished—one can do sbout it. And the future no- ws When w arrives, one onsider it Until then. it is no we plans So it is only the is important. That is how af life Wf the present is agree- ene cannot ask more.” teaned back, smiling. and clasp- hands behind her head, called jing to Mariushka in Rus- 1 will surprise you, now gnother gift from that ridicu- ly Taylor which you must plained. “Mariushka is at Tsarevitch Gets Fed ARIUSHKA came in smiling for @ wonder, ih @ tiny yellow im her arms. Its eyes were aif open, and it was very plump. 1 ead larger thap_@ good ts it?” cried Anne, staring. »” eried Karsanakoff, “but She took it into her arms it “Isn't he sweet? He You see? And he is called Until now, he takes only trom @ feeding bottle. You shall But when he grows teeth, he eat all my creditors and the who de not admire me. and dancers, perhaps. and lovers fo longer please me. So be will fat, no?” was dispatched for the bottle and serious matters ignored for the rest of the visit. Bigelow and Anne passed the lobby of the hotel on if way out, Bigelow saw an in- Gohspicuous littie man rise and fol- them. And going uptown his tax: just behind theirs. But Bigelow Ot mention the matier to Anne. He dropped Anne at her door, ex- ing thet he had promised to look on Austrelitz, and was relieved to §8@ that the little man in the second taxi tratied him instead of remaining @@ wateb before tne Pheips nouse. He Was the quarry. apparently, and not This fact encouraged him con- hough it did mean that vi already hot on the tall. Was it only Strong. he won- or the police? t the doctor's office. Bigelow, gave big mame to the nurse in attendance ip the weaiting-room—an attractive. Gompetent-looking young woman with auburn hair with what patience he could muster Until Austrelitz had got rid of a num- ber of patierts. However, he had plenty to occupy his mind. Austrelitz was still sitting behind this big desk when Bigelow was final- ly ushered in half an hour later He Was looking tired, Bigelow noted “Did Strong call upon you?” asked} the doctor. nodding a greeting ana Wasting no time over preliminaries. “Yes, but 1 admitted nothing an denied nothing.” answered Bigelow “Did he call on you, too?” “Yes—with the same result,” stated the doctor. He drew forward a hard- Wood cabinet and opened it with an eager air to select a cigar. “I some- jhow feel disclined to accept his state- fment that Dryden refrained from ‘Making this disclosure to the police, .| then didn't tie use-this weapon of de- Phen he waited | ay lay 10 consider his situation after 't thn cement of Vronski's an ‘e his arrest. He must have “ealized''the delicacy of his po- sition. [t must have become piain to him upon careful reflection, that nis one hope of clearing himself trom this charge lay in fixing the suspicions of the police in another quarter Why fense which lay already in his hands? Why didn’t he attempt to arouse doubts of his own guilt by implicat- ing us? He'd never even met either “Isn’t he sweet? He has my eyes.” Karsanakoff held up the tiger cub. of us. He owed us no consideration. Bigelow nodded. “Why do you think?” “Could he have been afraid to center attention on us for fear the trail might lead back to his wife?” ” asked Bigelow. puzziéd.“T'ge never met his wife. Have you?” “Yes. I've t,et her, But | know her only very ally.” “Do you Dryden knows you've met her? Do you think he thinks you know her better than you do—that she might have come to you to help her ag Vronski?” “| don't know. “ut : can think of no other reason for him to remain silent except to shield his wife Per- haps that is why he sent his lowyer | to us—to out just how we were involved before betraying us to the | police. So his wife were ‘n- v . he could withhold on altc_ ther. admitted refused to vhatever, he >w’ on my trail to see ‘over without our | ed Austrelitz now.” rederick Jackson) Seecesevcscccooecooes “TOOTHPICK TOPICS Mrs. Beatrice Houdini, speaking from Tampa in a press interv does not believe that spirits ghosts “come back,” or even exist. Her noted husband, the late Har- ry Houdini, performed an able crusade against spiritist fakirs and *& vther frauds having to do with ghostly phenomena. But ghost-lore is an Frequent references ‘spirits gad daenens” are found in the Bible. Modern science ignores what was once, for centuric he com- mon belief in demon-possession, or an evil spirit’s taking hold of a person and working through him.| act Yet more’ tlim-half of mankind sti’l believes in. demons, The M astogemade the tout of devils mcumbent upon his | désciptes' ahd ‘there is reference to As for ghosts, there are people iwhose veracity is beyond dispute {who claim to have seen them. | All modern mystics, including |Mrs. Eddy, believed that there | were influen for evil, more sub- tle than man’s dull vision, more! jpotent than m | . But that forces can be controlled & mediums, lis doubtful. Anything outside man’ te world can have no] | control of material obje le: the forces of all na |eome hopelessly Man can on-two planes, physical and it all through the New Testament. | Play Ball!! ed in this column, there will be eight clubs in the circuit this year. Thanks!! The Mami Daily News quoted the writer’s article of February 5. Thanks, Coach McGuire, for your thoughtfulness, tisiicy Five Contac Next Friday, the Key West High | School will have as its guests, the Delray Beach High School basket- ball five. Advance reports in: eate that Delray has a very good |team. In the opening contest Friday night, the Convent girls will meet the High School fems. Miamians Go To Havana The Miami girls’ basketball and diamondball club left there yester- day morning for Havana, Cuba, where they will start a series’ of games with the girls of the capital of the Island Republic. Games will start ttoday. The Miamians will meet the Electric Club five. Saturday and Sunday they will play the Miramar and Vedado softball tossers. Wins First-Half Flag The WIOD basketball quintet of Miami, last year’s city champs, won the first-half of the Magic City league this season. Local fans are familiar with this team as they played here last year. Pres dent Joe Engle claims that 300 boys will get 14 days of base- ball instructions at Sanford, be- ginning March 1. The only ex- pense the boys will have will be their board and lodging. They mzy g@a chance in Sanford, Jacksonville or Chattanooga, ac- cording to their ability. Many good p'ayers may be discovered by this -modern method of observing the talent of young players. Louis ys. Brown Tomorrow night the Brown Bomber will fight Natie Brown of Washington. He will try to do better than he did with Pastor but some of these young battlers aré upsetting the dope bucket. Who knows what this Brown can do? Fans will find out tomorrow night. If the Brown Bomber is just a false a'arm it is better to be found out aow. New Manager For Tars Bob Fisher, general manager of the Jacksonville Tars, of the South Atlantic League, announced today that Alex McColl, who has pitched for Cleveland and Washington in the American League, and for years in the Southern League, wil} manage the Tars this season, and Travis “Stonewall” Jackson will manage the Jersey City entry in the International League, for tal tain of the Giants. Ho!ldouts Leading players holding out in the big show are: Cardinals — Dizzy Johnny Mize. Pirates—P. Waner, Young, Bru- baker and Suhr. Cubs—Demaree, Galan, Carle- ton, Marty, Davis and Jurgeo. Dodgers—Mungo and Hassett. Reds—Herman, Lombardi, Bren- nen and Frey. In the American League the jfollowing players want different terms than those proposed by the Dean and g|owners of their respective aggre- jgations: Red Sox—Foxx, Grove, W. Fer- rell, McNair. | White Sox—Bonura, Appling, } Sugar Cain, Hayes and Radcliff. |" Senators—Buck Newsom and Johnny Stone. Tigers—York and Wilburn. Athletics—Moses. Indians—Sullivan, Hudlin, Allen and Averill. { Yankees—Gehrig, Gomez, Ruff. ing, Powell and DiMaggio. { It is the writer’s opinion that this holdout -vsiness is just a pub- | mental. Why might not a spiritua plane have its unseen denizens? ami, Fla., ‘Feb. 14, 1937, | Dusty Rhodes will be used at third base. 3 Travis Jackson As Mentor the Giants, and Dick Bartell has} n over Jackson’s job as cap- PeSOSdoeseoveoocooeooooone FOLLOWING The Florida State League will! by the plays and that by the, open its season on April 18 andj First of Apri!all will be signed on intended to play golf were on} close Aug. 28. As pretiously stat-|the dotted line, : $ BY, JOVE .. f& “ evcescccove ; por ike i THROUGH "se teu ‘ Se 1 licity stant pulled off every year) Last Thursday, everybody that inumber one tee at the same time a }but in order-to make things move |’ Sunday's Iuaidents la little faster, some of the boys), The writer.was told last n'ght Started from number 6. One of by several *baseball fans that the| the first outfits to take the field incident whigh occurred Sunday Was Old Bye Duke of Rock Sound! was no moze fault of Mayg than! ®ainst Samuel Ephraim Harris it was of amy other player. | (our genial Postmaster) and for Umpires “Should cal! the plays company they had John Telegraph as they see them and not pay any Pinder and Chief Texas Hood who attention to’ what eny player is not an Indian but one of the says. When the umps are like that Navy's finest. After many. vicis- they we will have good officals, Situdes, the gang arrived in. the No matter what the decision: | Clubhouse and said that had it met re, some players are bound to been for so much wind they would! find fault. jhave been about 20 strokes each! Big league p'ayers kick on de- | better than par. of course they cision$ rendered by men who get! Were referring to. thes. hurricane big’'stms ‘for ‘impring: wird “have| and not to any of the veminises| su doing it ‘tor year’, jences of Sam Harvisand id Bye Ag to, the other. incident men; | Sands, tioned in this column eyesterdayy the writer wishes to state that Ald Rodriguez, should, Kip that Wii {| Penebabe Kenip' and’ Oh: & manager cally a,player.dowe, he met the team, pf, Melvin : should listen‘afd mot'throw-away | and Samuella Goldsmith: « in) :one! his glove and ‘argue. {match and Willie PiowsWatkins And stil another matter that|and Willie Kemp together against} happened Sunday. Some claimed | Melvin. & Sem in another resulted | that they did not care anything: in so much bookkeeping on the| Aboug the fans and that they are part of Doc, that he intends to not playing for the fans. Then, | hang out his shingle as a certified } for whom are: they playing or why , Public accountant. Mr. Pious does} do they want to watch them? Flys| not agree to have him do any and other insects? work for himself because he says Remember, fans are the one?! Doc always changes the wrong} who make the ball player. If Babe | Score. For instance, Bill says he} Ruth would mot have packed the’ made a five on the 10th hole and) Yanks’ stadium, what would he'd; Willie marked it down a seven and been worth? .The same goes for; When he changed the card he Dizzy Dean, Gehrig and other great Tubbed. out Charlie’ Salas’ score stars—stars’ because they know; and put the five down for him} that they will out the crowds by | Among other things, Mr,. Pious} their playing and color, Other, #lso had trouble with the wind but players just as good can not de-| admits it might have been worse. mand the money they can because | } they haven't the following. | Mr. Bascom’ Grooms ead Mr. Al! The fans are as much a part of | Hewitt elected to play Earl Julian the game, or more, as the players, and Cookie Mesa and all report a are. Without fans to pay the ex- fine time because thy could dis-| penses, there would be no base, | cuss business as well as golf while,’ ball. [enjoying each other's . company.| A fivesome’! with “Deen Willie) ‘Salas’ | Copyright 1937, Liccrrr & Myzrs Tosacco Co, venue, ik digas ape ipare Boee ti aie whiskey ... really ri mellow straight +++ %t a really easy price. Get a bottle at your store tomorrow! Ask for it at your favorite You-and Old Quaker ought to get together. STRAIGHT _ COPR.A9S7, THE OLD QUAKER CO., LAWRENCEBURG, IND. .. - because they, give me the good things I want in a cigarette I work hard and I play hard...and I guess I smoke more cigarettes than most anybody I know. The reason is... Chesterfields give me a lot of pleasure. It’s easy to figure why...they’re mild, not strong...and they’ve got a taste and aroma that clicks every timc!

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