The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1937, Page 3

An Invitation that 1 |p ye sphag tg ‘This story proper begins on the February morning when the note arrived. We were at breakfast, and the prospect consecutive po f day had lent the finishing touch been nursing for a week. Due .o a birthday check from his aunts, Michael's spirits ———— excellent grouch I Searing. swell day, old son,” he ob- the check down with tray. My response was brief 1 glanced morosely yourself!” he exploded. “Of the lousy luck—" hastily. “There's an- Pu read it.” Martha has decided that I necd and I'm afraid that ‘will do but that you ard your, devotional in 5 choice this year is een, bot I have heard on subject. In any of my acquaintance, but his family consisted of two Seats with whom he had lived as a ehild, Being unable to tear himself ‘Sway from the unquestionable swank- iness of my suits and ties—as he so | 1 B 8 $ & 5 &@ fixed one, and by the time @f this yarn it was nothing short of ‘an institution. We usually favored the | Biull in May or June when swim- Ming. boating, and fishing were par- tial compensations. In February it as unthinkable. I glanced at Michael. | Red Hair And Freckles ¥V YE could,” he ventured feebly. “have the measles. You could anyway. and—" "No, we couldn't!" I felt rotten @nough for anything that morning. | “You cm, take care of your aunts for! TOOTHPICK TOPICS | (By C. G. FLINT) Seteeeescccececseccocccs| im the manner of H. Bond Blus Key West, simmering in rain- ks forward to wa- | less aridity, lo ter. Running water. That is th ering need pow j “Man shall not live by bread alone.” Bread without water Is dry. Arid, Without nour ment. Money is like water. Cir- eulates. Key West needs both. | southward over miles of = ___ I swore loudly and Gay rapped on the window as.we swung up the driveway. i Chapter One To The Bluff __ I mer Micnart at college, where I was busy spending more than I like to think about learning that a Shakespeare once in many centuries, and Michael was busy spend- than es te wear my suits and shirts. After- wo ene ito a small apartment on West 80th down to writing bad fiction while he mas- once in your life. And I warn you 4M you drag Gay Palmer out there and explain her to M. Farrington as my fiancée, ['U break your neck!” Gay Palmer was a young lady in whom Michael had been increasingly engrossed for some months past. A nice kid with red hair and freckles, a g | little inclined to break furniture when aroused and not too difficult to arouse. Michael, of course, enjoyed it. The deadlier the row, the wilder the reconciliation. To get back to the story, | was fond of the Skipper. Having no aunts of my own, I had more or less adopted Michael's. Martha Farrington was small, stout and prudish—or at least as nearly so as her over-developed sense of breed- ing would allow. It was Mike’s story —and I have never questioned it— that she presided over his cradle with Emily Post in one hand and the social directory in the other. Ever since | had known him, she had certainly presided over our annual visits, armed with an exceedingly eligible young lady to hurl at Michael’s head. But the Skipper was different. If I had an aunt, | should like her to be like Barbara Farrington. Tall and square, even mannish in appearance, and possessed of a deep musical voice and a pair of tragic looking dark eyes. She wore mostly rough tweeds, could golf like a champion, had taught Mike all he knew about sailing and fishing, and spent her time diverting the attention of her sister's yearly choices from his luckless head. Yes, I was extraordinarily fond of the Skipper. And so we went. By we 1 mean Michael, Gay Palmer and myself. Mike consigned me to the rumble- seat with the luggage, pointing out that I should have too much tact to break up the tender téte-a-téte in the front seat and kindly assuring me that if the cold got too bad I eould yell at him to stop for coffee —or get under the suitcases where it was probably quite warm. | didn’t argue much. Managing to get him to the Bluff in February was a feat not ruthlessly to be jeopardized by a | mere four hours’ freezing. Generally speaking, 1 can take it. Sol did. | ‘arrington Bluff stands on a rocky | hago Sin. |to put on my long underwear if the little island connected with the land by a none too sturdy bu tremely picturesque bridge. P directly on the bluff, it lo: Sound and to the north long sloping lawn, terminating in water and the bridge. East and west lie rocks, and below the ro th beaches. The pier and the stand on the western beach them and the hou: courts, and on the r Once they come, Key West w bloom again. Blooming, already, are Kéy Saturdays, A stream of cars parade West’s “Broadway”. From F' ing to Angela, Duval street is like a river, rough in spots. ere gather the denizens of t little parched houses, to exchange ideas and pleasantries. Everything that promotes | must circulate. Water, Money, Trade. Key West’s Chamber of & ‘stand the stable and the garage. Over the entire estate towers a collection | of beautiful old elms. In all, I should say, the island covers about half a as we drew up to the house. But my fury was short-lived, for once in- side the house I had something more important to think about. M. Farring- ton’s vague remark about the Skipper was far from unfounded. She was not actually ill, but her hair had grayed appallingly and there were tense, strained lines in her face. I was startled and so, I could see, was Michael. ‘What's Wrong?” were established in the library almost immediately. Before the numbness was fairly out of my hands and feet M. Farrington was sys- tematically catechizing Michael aboui - his fall and winter activities, With Gay’s assistance he launched into @ dramatic account of a débutante ball, and I was left to the Skipper, who stood gazing into the fire, the new silver.in her hair glinting in the light and the knuckles of the brown hand resting on the mantel standing cut livid, so tightly was it clenched. As I stared at her broad back, feel- ing more and more disturbed, she whirled and looked me full in the eyes. “Skipper,” 1 said, grabbing her hand, “what's wrong?” She smiled. “Great Scott, Jim, do 1 look as bad as that?” Her voice was natural and ‘easy in its booming cheerfulness. “Good Heavens, boy! You're half frozen. Mike, take that kid upstairs and pour something into him.*He's cold. Time to dress, any- way.” Definitely uneasy, I mounted the stairs with Michael. In my room he parked himself in the best chair and fumbled for a cigarette. “Jimmie?” “Yeah?” “What the devil do you suppose is wrong with the Skipper? Aunt Mar- tha doesn’t know. And—well, damn it, she looks rotten!” “You're telling me!” I said. “Why the deuce can’t you stay here and look after her?” Michael lighted his cigarette and glared at the end of it. - “I should, that’s a fact,” he said. “If anything goes wrong with the Skipper, I'll never forgive myself.” And right there, just in case | either of us had changed our opinion of the Bluff in February, a long, | whistling shriek of wind seemed ac- | tually to shake the house. I thought of the ride back on Monday and | Shivered. | “Listen to that,” growled Michael. “Enough to make anyone sick, And | when I tried to talk her into going to Florida this winter, she told me climate bothered me.” I didn’t point out that the Skipper had listened to that wind all her life and thrived on it. Instead I looked at my watch and observed, “If we don’t get a move on, Mr, Farrington will explode, Scram, Mike!” Still fuming, Michael scrammed, (Copyright, 1987, Esther Tyler) Jude Blinshop wangles a private word with Mike, tomorrow. Commerce promo‘ | arid is Key West romance. Hot.!from the flow of tourist money ly. Now pect a Lounteous “catch”. Key West, Fla., ‘May 6, 1937, @s all three, with jan eye to the future. (0. j t { | | | | | {New York Water, between here and the! Chicago .. West’s ladies. Never dry or! mainland, has held Key West back | Boston - | Philadelphia | Duval street scintillates at seven,! that made Miami ripen so quick-|¢ Miami is over-ripe and| ° is set for greener pas- to the South. Where else can one, by taking thought, select! New York . the fish that he will catch, in ad-|Detroit . In Key West waters the! Boston . ing grounds are marked. Drop; Philadelphia ... our line here, and you may ex-! Cleveland” _ (Special io The Citizen; NEW YORK, May 7.—Pitts-| Greenberg, Gehringer, York and burgh Pirates’s winning streak—}Rogell of Detroit Tigers. Also’ just four in a row but which ear- jried them to the top—was snapped yesterday by Brookiyn Dodgers. | Burleigh Grimes’ boys jumped on three Bue pitchers for 12 hits and won the game, 9 to 5: The loss! leaguer, begins a comeback, Old automatically cuts the Pirates} lead to but a full game as ‘St. Louis Cardinals were idle, their game with Boston Bees being j postponed because of rain. Up and coming Chicago Cubs took a_ five-inning game from Philadelphia Phillies, 1 to 0. Bil Lee twirled a one-hit affair twas the Oubs’ sixth | victory in a row and |into a tic with New for third place. Again Cincinnati Reds did the ; unexpected and not only that but (4 'shutout the powerful Giants, 4 te i Grissom held Terry’s players ;to a measely five safeties, while the New Yorkers used three pitch- ers. Seesawing is the term to use in this New York Yankee-Detroit Ti- Cochrane’s team was a game behind day before yester- day but came back to Yanks for American League lead- ership yesterday. The Tigers de- feated them, 12 to 6. McCarthy jparaded four twirlers before Ti iger batters but to no avail, Chicago White Sox went down into defeat at the hands of Phil jadelphia Athletics, 3 to 1. Washington Senators also lost | yesterday, being beaten by Cleve- | land Indians, with Brown on the} Jim Weaver pitched great game for the Nats. Lowly St. Louis Browns lost a heart-breaking affair to Bostow Red Sox, 2 to 1. The summaries: National League Sout there with all eyes on {again go on the hill to pitch—for Springfield. He will try to win i pitcher of days gone by, is mys- ,| tified by the fast pitch of Fetler. and Todd; Mungo and Lopez. ‘|loose pebble, figures it was worth }it—to see a grand gay like Wal- som and Davi Melton, Gumbert, Smith ard Man- { At Philadelphia Passeau and Atwood, St. Louis-Boston, postponed, | American League At Cleveland |among the few that has hit over | Cleveland | Brown and Pytlak. \P ne Dietrich, Brown and | Detroit and Dickey; | Bridges and Cochrane. |rell; Tietj2, Knott and Hemsley. STAN Trosky, Hale, Hughes and Lary of Cleveland Indians. eee Old Pete Alexander, former big 1915 and 1916, winning losing 22. But the book reveal the drama of those moments when Old Old Pete and “fogged ’em in.” The deciding game of the World Se- ries. The Cards were leading 3 to 2. The Yanks had the bases at bat. Hornsby, then manager and told him, “Listen, Pete, the place to put this guy Lazzeri; re- Pete. “Vil take care of hill, tugged at his cap and fanned Lazzeri—swinging—to clinch the game and the world’s champion- ship for the Cards. Old Pete will the flag for them. eee Bob Feller’s fast pitching puzzles the speed king of other days. Walter Johnson, speed ball eee Jack Bentley, the New York Giant pitcher of other days, who lost a Won'd Series because of a ter Johnson cap iis career with a triumph. It has been 13 years since that lute afternoon , when Earl McNeely’: 12 inning ground- jer struck 2 pebble around third base and bounc:d over Lind- ‘strom’s heid for a double that ored Ruel with the run that gave Washnigton « world’s champion- ship. He batted .412 and made 246 hits--: reeord that still istands in the Internaiivnal League. He won 12 games end iost but one in 1921 for an aver- age of .923. He also played first base. In 1923 he batted .427 for j the Giants, which placed him |.420. Most of Bentiey’s hits were under pressure, for he was used (mostly as a pinch hitter. ee ee Locally speaking—The writer ‘has only a few remarks but one {of them is that Armando Acevedo jseems to want to keep his .462 batting average intact for a full year. If he does not play any more he will do so. . .Barcelo is | still hitting well, as is D. Navarro + .-Malgrat is sick and will not ‘be in action for the time being. . . {It is possible that Al, Rodriguez and his brother will not play next | Sunday. . .Salinero, Hale, Sterling, Armando, Freddie and Puby Car- >| bonmell are expected on the field. | With these players, the Demons | should have more competition than in the past. . .Stanton sits on his iporch every night and can not go jout. Wonder if the cop has him under control, or he sits there of {his own free will?. . .Army nine i3 ready to nlay all comers. Notify Nodine if you are interested and jgames will be arranged for Sun- jdays. ‘CUBS AND TIGERS | WILL CROSS BATS | Baseball game will be played ‘Sunday afternoon at Navy Field. Navarro Cubs and the Tigers will CEDIA aAmROh AMERICAN LE. c Noncam ome My .500| -364 | morrow. -333| The contest is scheduled to start 300’ at 2:30 p. m. | eross bats, The latter nine has strengthen- ted its lineup and will use Mario {Sanchez in the box, with Al. Rod- Pet.|riguez catching; J. Garcia, Se- -667/ villa, Lefty Garcia, Molina and -667 | Hale have been added to the club, .667| For the Cubs, Salinero and D. varro will be the battery. A complete lineup will be given to- of the Redbirds, waved Old Pete; from the bull pen to the mound{Harry Paul Curley. Barth Curley, ORDER OF P' tated cause that Mary non-resident of State of Florida and resides at the ‘Wyngate Apartments, 50th and ruce bases are full and there ain’t no} Mary member that.” “OK,” said Old] And Old Pete shuffled out on that/ Barth, Cu STR th i ABA IE A Di Po Bo SIE SS RE PH oN a 8. ESTs, SEAS CeAdkdttLA dA A AA dh dddbddhdh dd Added de doiddid, White and Eliza Streets OL ddd. exceutive ability loaded and two outs and Lazzerijin THE CIRCUIT COURT, STA’ TY. IN CHA’ . Complainant, fendant. Penn-, over the age of twenty-one years; mons in chancery upon whom would bind said defendant. plaint filed in said cause on or be- fore Monday, the 7th day of June, D. 1937, otherwise the allega. tions of said bill will be taken as }admi ed by said defendant. urther ordered that this or. published once each week for four consecutive weeks in The Key « Leonor C. West Scone sev arepar. published BaP na ronger sm of the Estate county and state. 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