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

BY MARIE DE NERVAUD Cnapter one right, all evidence to the contrary, Face To Face With A Firebug flashed over her. AY CRANDON pulled her mount in for a breathing spell, ayshe topped the steep rise to the eastern ridge of the Bitter: Root moun- tains. Below her, through ‘thescant growth of pine and tamarack that timbéred the ridge, she could see thé‘ ehing water of a lake, and beyond, the sharp, Mmagtiificent peaks of the Cabinet range, that, rose precipitously from the valley floor. E - The breathless stillness of the warm S j tember afternoon was unbroken, save for the blowing of Kay’s roan horse, and the creaking of saddle leather, as he shifted his weight and turned an inquiring head toward his mistress. ‘ Kay laughed softly, as she slipped off her broad-brimmed hat and fanned herself with it. “Don’t worry, Flicker. I promise we'll get home in time for Rie weaned forward to pat his neck, and the sunlight slant- ing throug the pine branches gleamed on a mass of auburn curls that glinted back, as Snongt cele- brating their release from the rigid ponfingmons of the unyielding hat- band. pic beads of perspi- ration stood on Kay’s forehead, and she dropped the reins over her pommel as she pulled out a handkechief and wiped them off. , No use hurrying, Flic ,” she Several hundred feet below her, a man was piling up some brush and dried needles in a seemingly purposeful fashion against a dead tree that ae its ze t nelaD in sharp relief against the green o: its neighbors. though sensing observation, he paused suddenly istened, glancing furtively over his shoulder. Then, evidently assuring himself that he had been mistaken, he went on..with his as her mount again stiri strange task. soothed, restively, “If it’s hot as this wy Her throat tight, and*tiér eyes Kay’s lifetime on the range had made her a keen judge of men, ani something instinctively told her that this man wasn’t bad. In spite Of his desperate look, his eyes were honest, and his mouth was straight and decent, and yet-— She hardened herself against the unreasoning sympatl at_stole ver her, and steeled herself to play her part in bringing him to justice. ‘You've Never Been Hungry’ commanded. voice reflected the di ot his general attitude, and spite of her suspicion, Kay felt the ring of truth in it. “You were about to set a forest fire,” she accused. The man made no attempt to deny it. “What if I was?” he challenged | harshly. “Why not?” “Why not!” Kay echoed, her voice shrill with indignant sur- prise at such a question. The thought flashed over her that the man must be a lunatic, but she in- stantly dismissed nothing insane, about the eyes that gazed at her with bitter intensity. “Yes, why not? What harm “Throw out your gun!” Kay commanded. She steeled herself against sympathy : for this man who looked honest and decent despite his action. here, it will be even warmer in the veKay paused t, and then: a moment, an raged fait aloud and half to her- self: “Babs is having supper at the Flying Six, and ‘vith Aunt Kate away, there’s no special reason to get back early. I may as well go out. on my point, and give us both a bit of.a rest.” Suiting the action to the words, Kay dismounted, and flin; Flicker’s reins over his head, him on the trail, as she made her way along a rocky ledge that led to 4 projecting cliff. From here a ma; t panorama of the sur- rounding country could be seen. Stretching out at full length, i : ws propped on the ite, and her chin rest- hands, gave a long igh of satisfaction. as one her favorite spots, and it wat, frnere thana month now since shi ad been here. Her Fagong brown eyes half Giceed the drowsy warmth of ®the sun that beat on her relaxed body, Kay thought back to the last strenuous m nth, Everything seemed to pen at once, and the climax had nm reached when Aunt Kate had fallen and broken on hip, and had to go to the hos- pital. “If Dad were only here!” Sud- den tears dimmed Kay's eyes as this thought, that was always up- permost in her mind, half uncon- Sciously voiced itself, but she res- olutely forced them back, There had been no time for tears in the Jast year, since the tragic death of her father, when Kay had decided jto stick to the ranch, and make a {home for her young sister, and her }sreat aunt. 4 . Tt had been no small undertak- ing for a girl of 19, but Kay had braved this first year, and come through, in spite of all predictions | to the contrary. Now— Strange Actions Wi a sudden exclamation, | Kay brought her reminiscing to an abrupt halt, and sat up! straight, tense muscles, as she gazed in- tly down the ridge: : {of the pines. blazing with ing indignation, as the meaning Hh ar actions led over her, y slipped off the and into the shadow ling out her pes she started a rapid and noisele: descent toward the spot that she had seen above. Her heart beat like a trip-ham- Sy at Spe ee i al ad spo’ ie a the whole county had been looking for. During the last two months, a series of forest tires had broken oul, and the vig:lance of the fire patrols had saved the region from disastrous losses. The convic- tion that the firec were of incen- diary origin had gradually grown, ng ae able to prove ii Her indignation completely blot- ting out any thought ‘¢f’fear for If, Kay slowed down ani adied her nerves with an iron as she noiselessly slipped from one tree trunk to another She could see the russet, color of the dead pine now, and the out- line of the pile of brush at its base, had| The crash of the dried branches as they were stacked up on the side of the pile away from her told her that she was‘in time. With her heart in her throat, she hurried it forward. She rounded the pile and point- ed her gun at the stooped figure of the man, who was bent over, prop- ping a long branch against the others. + Her clear “Throw ‘em up!" rang through the woods in no uncertain tones. Whirling about, the man straight- ened and faced her, then slowly obeyed the command, his eyes fixed at first on the gleaming bar- rel of the gun that covered him, then lifting to meet Kay's stern gaze, A stra Ling clutched ‘> peng ° n's expressions Mis face s t“ahd drawn," there were great dark circ) der the desperate ey: hers, She had never s¢ Ee ont a Took at defianc as to wh ie, a doubt susp) a Was would it do to burn off the timber ‘on this er There are plenty of men ‘to fight it, and keep it from reaching any of the houses. Plenty of men!” he repeated, with a wild, harsh laugh. “That's the only job a man can get these days —fire fighting.” At Kay’e shocked look, he added fiercely: “You've bong es hun- gry, have you? Or seen mand mother and sister hungry? iy shsuldn’t I make a job for my- self?” A conversation Kay had over- heard between two of the punch- ers, to the effect that the fires were being started by the desperate un- em) ed to give themselves jo! into her mind, as he these questions at her. “You mean to say,” she faltered, “that you've been setting these d | fires because—’ “T haven't Setting ~ he broke in. “i itor oe ; idn't with his burning black eyes. “What are you going to do about may met his question with an- other. “And you mean that your moth- er and sister are—are. actually hungry?” He gave a wild laugh. “No; they’re not hungry right this min- couple of days Do couple know why? Because food for them! That's why!” He straightened up and reiterat- ed his defiant question. et aed are you going to do about ‘Fora moment, the two con- ei other, and then Kay | an uncontrollable im-' “This,” she said, simply, and) slipped her gun into her holster. »dCopyright, 1987, Marie de Nerveud) leaning forward with/sut® REnQOAisTSeD bad istedd } Sifeys wits are tested, tomerrew, by the unexpected arrival ef the fire; patrel ‘HROW out your gun!” she | The man’s shoulders twitched } into a shrug. “I haven’t any.” His | it; there was | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Chapter 53 Aunt Martha’s Machinations SUPPOSE Martha thought she | had done away with all possibili- ‘ ties of Mike’s hearinr about his fa- ther. She handed Higgins the gun and went quickly back to bed. Poor Hig- gins made sure that he could do noth- ing for Jude. He cleaned and reload- ed the gun and resolved to talk to me — he said anything to anybody 1 else. “As for me, my situation got in- creasingly worse from the moment I walked into the kitchen. I felt sure that either Martha or Norman had done it, but I had not one shred of proof—and didn’t have until Higgins spoke to me yesterday. Martha staged i a frightened, elderly woman act. L could get nowhere with her. I did | nothing because we were as much on our guard as we could be and I want- ed to avert’ panic. “How the dickens Norman man- aged to elude us when we searched ; the grounds in broad daylight, 1 don't know. He. may have let himself into the house more than once with that j key. I don’t think there’s any doubt that he was the intruder who dealt with Cook,and Annie. That handker- chief he used on Annie was yours, as a matter of fact, Mike. He'd been | using some of your clothes. Higgins | was the-prowler in the hall. He told | ‘me so. But poor Norman must have ransacked Martha’s room and muti- lated the cat in just the sort of frenzy. the doctors had predicted. : “T'm sure that you and William suf-| fered at'his hands, Jim. Then, ‘I’ fm-| | with his key and concealed himself'th | that hofrible fashion. Martha mdsti | have known that he was there. | sup- | pose she really thought that he was, better dead than confined. At any rate, the minute I realized that he was gone, I could think of only one thing -—the spot on the bluff where his | mother died and where Martha used to brood for hours as a girl. In her mind she had made, a martyr of her mother. Something told me that she | intended to do the same with her brother. 1 knew what we would find at the foot of that cliff before | taken a single step. “You see, I still hadn't talked to | Higgins. | knew tha. we were at the } mercies of a homicic:al maniac, but I | had not.one shred o* proof and my chances of being belie red were pretty slender. I put her to bed and | thought she waS sleeping when I left her. Ap- parently she wasn’t. Higgins was on | the verge of telling you the whole | story, Jim, when he saw hér stand- ing outside the window in my oil- skins—listening. She frightened him half out of his wits. What she was doing out there I don’t know. Look- ing at the scene of Norman's death possibly. At any rate from then on ne began to distrust Higgins. After you went looking for Mike, Jim, he let her in, And she threatened him, poor old boy! He was terrified. He got ber to her room and went’ in Search 5s ‘ne. ‘My Aim Was Rotten’ "M EANWHILE you got the wacky notion that you were insane, Mike, and I did the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. I went to Hig- gins’ room, got his revolver, and walked straight down the hall to | Martha’s door. In view of Higgins’ story she must have just left the oil- skins in my room and started to un- dress. She was at the dressing-table | and as she turned toward me, } shot her. Unfortunately, my aim was rot- ten. Higgins had caught sight of me in the servants’ hall. As | turned around he was right at my elbow. He never said a word. Took the gun out of my hand, wiped it clean with his handkerchief, and shoved me to the head of the stairs. To all intents and Purposes we were coming up them } as you rushed down the hall, Mike. Higgins had the alibi right on the tip of his tongue. “When | heard that 1 had failed, } knew that | had endangered your lives more than ever. Martha knew who had shot her, although | don’t think she actually saw me. She knew and she laid her plans accordingly. Thad | | asleep, but | knew that she wast’t. She was my sister—practically my agine, he let himself into Judé’s Tdvih!] 5 T eeccccece ace ‘AKE “DREAM GAME” (Continued from Page One) ; edecccoscosceseoocesnees A U. S. Senator Vic Donahey of} center. Dicke: t an infield hit : over second; ‘Averill on second. }/Ohio, born at Cadwallader, Ohio, ‘West flied out to center. Gomez 64 years ago. struck out, No runs, two hits, no errors. Frank B. Noyes, noted publish- Third Inning er of the Evening Star, Washing-| PAGE THREE™ **] City, noted Jewish editor, born in (Today's Birthdays|®==* "7 r=» +. William ‘C. Hays of San Fran- noted -arehitect, born in Philadelgsia, 64 years ago. Frank R. Acx<ms of Whitehall, Mich., noted. author-playwright, born at Morrison, Ill, 54 years - 8 iy frag ' BEB a ge Pade i E He HE a2 Hl 2 : t i Hd let’s not talk about.” The Skipper’s pauses were becom- ing longer and more difficult, but she ‘went on. “1 think Higgins suspected her, but the place had never been used in his time. He didn’t know how to get into it, and he knew that Martha was ; ning an bargin someone tap- hg around down here the, and I im 36 probably wasn’t si lartha’s nearly dy- ahe finaily..took the. powders , Made him, wonder whether x pt Simply attempted to murder »@ second time and then beat it to escape being caught. “I heard. him calling to me several times through the floor in kis room. ! He apparently knew | was there, but thought I could answer him or come down if | wanted to. When Martha knew that I had been found—dead or alive—she knew that Higgins would talk, Poor old Higgins had been protecting her with his life. He even removed those letters that she planted in ‘William’s room. She begged the originals from me long ago and kept them all this time. Those letters were forgeries, of course. Higgins had j saved her life, but now he was dan- gerous. And so—she killed him.” A Moral Somewhere 8 cad Skipper stopped abruptly and the sudden silence was painful. Michael sat with his head in his hands, motionless. Gay's subdued face was turned toward him, and her eyés were anxious. But the Skipper sat ‘straight and stiff between them, her face a mask and her eyes straight = Finally Michael raised his ; that all?” he said in a muffled voice. ‘The Skipper’s smile was twisted. “That's all, If you like, Jim, you'can send Jack Blinshop out here to me. 1 suppose it’s poetic justice that I should be the person to tell him.” Blindly 1 groped fox words, found none, and choked out, “I'm telling ; - & divesed 2> | “1 was with her for some time, you}, | may remember. She pretended to be|: mother+-and—and a grand girth God! |'* How I pitied her! But we sat there!!! |RED DEVILS, CELLAR OCCU- | PANTS, DEFEATED | TH=M, 10 TO 9 won't be for another [ you want to | I stole some | Cota-Qpia, leading club of So- jcial Diamondba‘l League, lost their | Ce ececcevcccososoeooooes famed | New England divine, born in Eng- Died at Hartford, Conn., | land. Today’s Anniversaries 1586—Thomas Hooker, July 7, 1647, 1768—Philip S. Physick, Phila deiphia surgeon, cal ed the “Fath- er of Anverican Surgery,” born in NATIONALS — Bartel out,! ton, D. C., born in Washington, shortstop to first. J, Dean flied! 74 years ago. out to right field, DiMaggio mak- : ing a great running cateh. ° P:}\\ Maj’ Gen. Upton Birnie, chiet!| FOI I aaa aL! Waner flied out to left, i oftef, ied; grtiiery, born at Carlisle, , No runs, no hits, no erro’ Pa, 60 years ago lax RUSSELL s AMERICANS—Ro!lfe ut; shortajooe osc )5CL ", stop to first. Gehringer out, >} »Dr;M,, Lyle Spencer, dean of! jond to first. DiMaggio siigied syratine’ ‘University’s School Jet 4: to center. Gehrig hit ball cover Gotirdstivtt ‘born at Batesvilfe, right field stands for a home. ; scoring DiMaggio ahead of hi | Averill out, piteher to first. Two runs, two hits, no errors. ago. ¥ haa years ago. : Abraham Cahan of New York BENJAMIN LOPEZ ERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24-Hour Ambulance Service Licensed Embalmer Phone 135 Night 696-W Fourth Inning NATIONALS—Bridges now on mound for the Afnericans. Herman singled to right fied. Vaughan; out, Herman going to second. Medwick hit a double to left, scor-{ ing Herman. Demaree out, sec- ond to first. Mize out, shortstop to first. . One run, two hits, no errors, AMERICANS — Hubbell now on mound for Nationals. Cronin flizd out to right-field. Dickey walked. West singied to right field, Dickey going to third. Bridges struck out. . Rolfe. tripled CUBAN COFFEE | Is Deliviously Fresh! { ODAY— Cc to deep center, Dickey and West scoring. Ghringer shigled to fright field, Rofle scoring. King {Carl was sent to the showers and replaced by Blanton of the Pirates, DiMaggio struck out, ‘" Three runs, three hits, no rors. er- Fifth Inning NATIONALS—Hartnett singled to center. Bartell flied out t> left. Ott, batting for Blanton, doub’ed to right, Hartnett going to third. P. Waner flied out to left, Hartnett scoring after the catch. Herman hit to third, who fumbied the ball and got an er- ror to his credit. Vaughan flied lout to first. One run, two hits, one error. of the struck out. “dream game.” hit ball to center fie'd score board for a double, scoring Cronin. West out, third to first. One run, two hits, no errors, Sixth Inning NATIONALS—Medwick singled to center. Demaree singled past third..and Medwick went to that base.” Mize flied out to center, Mdwick scoring after the catch. Hartnett forced Demaree at sec- ond}. second to shortstop. White- hill’ went in to. run for Hartnett, Bartell’ hit to third, who madejan error and both runners ate a | Collins, batting for Grissom, out to left, DiMaggio making the greatest catch of his careér and executing his second great per- formance of the afternoon. One run, three hits, one error. AMERICANS—Mancuso_catch- ing and Mungo pitching for Na- tionals. Foxx, batting for Bridges, went out, pitcher to first. Roife walked. Gehringer singled to Heft, Rolfe going to third. DiMag- j}gio struck out, swinging. Gehrig doub‘ed to left center, scoring Gehringer and Rolfe, Gehrig, try- ing to stretch his hit to three bases, went out at third, Medwick to Vaughan. se Two runs, two hits, no errors. Eighth Inning NATIONALS—Mel Harder of Indians now on métnd for Ameri cans. P. Waner out, second to first. Herman singled to center. Vaughan forced Herman at sec- ond, Gehringer to Cronin. Med- wick doubled to right field, Her- man going to third. Demaree out, shortstop to first, No runs, two hits, no errors. AMERICANS—Averill walked. Cronin hit a line drive to short and Bartell threw to first for a double play. Dickey flied out to center. 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