The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1937, Page 4

PAGE FoUK BY MARIZ DB NBRVAUD SYNOPSIS: Josh Hastings, own- er of the Flying Siz, tries to buy Kay Crandon’s Lazy Nine after her ranch house and barn burn. He also tries to court Kay. She distrusts him and is determined to keep her ranch and rebuild. Hastings’ cowhand, Scrap John- son, molests Kay, but Ted Gay~ nor, a puncher she impulsively hired, rescues her and whips Scrap: Later they shoot it out, wounding each other. Hastings, who hates both men, finds them unconscious and murders, Scrap, using Ted’s gun to frame him. Ted criwls to a shack where a girl takes him in. Chapter 25 Who’s Gun? O days had passed, and still there was no sign of Ted Gay- “I don’t understand it, Flicks,” whis brokenly, as she Flicker’s bridle and her head for a moment his mane. “Do you _sup- she broke off abruptly, as saw Shorty coming toward “Hi, there! Let me do that!” He took the bridle from her hand. “You hop to it and get some chow, or-you'll be out of luck.” “Thanks, Shorty.” Kay braced herself, and tried to smile. “Has everyone finished?” ca “Do you know that gun?” asked the sheriff. “Seth and a couple of the boys are still there,” Shorty Peowt at down: to Flicker's cinch. sit ink of the timber “T think it’s fine. Only I hate to see those great tamaracks come down!” ain't that just like a low, Shorty commented to Flick- | er, poeeng @ quizzical eye at Kay to eatch the effect of his words. we're breaking our backs a barn for her, and she ‘wants us to keep the trees to have ‘ies under!” fo, I don’t, Shorty.” Kay at Shorty’s comical ex- in spite of her heavy “T'm as anxious to get the barn built as you are, only I wish—” She left the sentence un- So do I,” Shorty. agreed, answering Kay's unspoken it with the freedom of an old id. “You know, it almost as seam something must happened to that t He 't the kind to go on his “He wasn’t, was he?" Kay eagerly. Then, fearful of too’ much, once. the, gal of med pace ae 2 ‘were- opened, she turned and made forthe mess shack. The Sheriff's Queries § SHE and Seth were discuss- ing the dimensions of the new barn, a sudden clatter of hoofs brake in on them. Springing to-her side her, and took the-gun out of | the sheriff's hand. “Sure, it was,” | he corroborated, and then added ; before Kay could stop him, “But, | look here! Wasn’t this the one you | gave to that Gaynor # } ape hist Ree the she r ad snapped, his keen eyes traveling | from Seth to Kay. “Gave it to who? When? Whereis he now?” | Kay moistened her lips, before | attempting to answer this rapid | fire of questions, Her mind was! leaping im lightning flashes from one desperate conjecture to an- other, What did this gun in Zeke Far- ley’s hands mean? Was Ted hurt —or—killed? Or had he killed someone else? Beating through | her fears for him, was the instinc- | tive feeling that she must watch | her step and not say it that would incriminate him. | “Where -— where did you find | it?” She stalled for time, by meet- ; ing the sheriff's questions with an- other. “Never mind that now.” Zeke Ladys a tag more os , as he y’s distress, but eyes | were none the less keen. “Just / you tell us everything you know; about it.” | Realizing that all she could do | was to tell the truth, Kay ex- | plained how she had given the gun | to Ted Gaynor, and had last seen it when he started off. for. Si Water Basin, to get his mother’ sister and bring them back.’ - “How did the gun come into} feed hands?” Kay ended, forcing erself to face the facts whatever a4 might be. | rhe sheriff hesitated, and gave an imperceptible nod to Seth over 's head. 't worry about that,” soothingly. “I'll talk to Seth outside.” “No you won't!” Kay interposed, pak cg flashing, and her body t t and taut with determina- t “You've got to tell me any- thing aig have to say about it! I won't be kept in suspense.” Found: A Dead Man "THE sheriff shrugged. “Well, 1 | reckon you've got to hi i about it, sooner or later, so there’ no point in making a mystery’ about it. Also, I want to know all you can tell me about this Gaynor S7-siare you met him and how you've known him, and so “But Row did you “Su mae! gun?” Kay insisted. “You it rhe ev: from ‘gra’ it in his hand, as he eyed it criti- ‘here ain't much doubt,” he Said slowly, “but what this gun has Kay put he he y put her hand up to her throat. “Yes—yes—go ont” . “One of the patrol was com- ing back over the divide, yester- | day, and by the head waters there, he found a dead man, shot through the temple. And not 30 feet away, he came on this owalk of,Ley Memorial church, fleftryesterday afternoon on "Guba for Tampa en Mr. and Mrs. S. V. McCarthy left on the bus this morning for Miami where they will spend a brief vacation with relatives and friends. Miss Mary Semple, who was’ visiting for several days with her aunt, Mrs. Nellie Williams, and other relatives, left this morning by bus on the return to her home in Miami. Mrs. Verna K. Stone, super- visor of premium stores for one of the large companies, arrive Monday morning on the Cuba from ‘Tampa and sailed yesterday on the return trip. Mrs. Edwin Trevor and little daughters Ellen and Judy, sailed’ on the Cuba yesterday afternoon for Tampa and from there will go to spend a vacation at points in Georgia. Mrs. A. L. West, wife of Bridge Engineer West of the Keys Proj- ects, and children Arthur J., Mary Jaequeline, Richard Lowell and Lawrence Christopher, left on the Cuba yesterday for Tampa and, after a short visit there with relatives will go to Quiney, Fla. ‘tocround out a vacation with other}, members of the family. Mrs..Cy.0, Howell, wife of Rev. the route to Clearwater for a visit with rel atives and’ friends. Miss Martha Robinson, who is attached to’ Wesley Community House, left yesterday afternoon’ for Tampa en route to Jackson, Tennessee, where she will spend a vacation with ber family, Juan Rivero, who was visiting in Havana with relatives and friends, was a returning passen- ger on the Cuba from Havana yesterday. Mrs. Andrew Page left on the Cuba yesterday afternoon for Tampa and wil] proceed to Talla~ hassee to be present at the grad- uation of her daughter Mrs. Cor- -nelius Bradford Harvey, nee Goehring, on Friday from Florida! State College for Women. Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the board of county commissioners, Mrs. Bervaldi and, daughter Fay: Elizabeth, who were spending a vaeation in Miami and vicinity, returned over the highway last night. Bertram Russell, who holds an’ important position with the Eugene Sands interests at Mara- thon, arrived over the highway last night to spend a short vaca- tion in Key West. Mrs. Arnold Swain was ineluded in the recent arrivals from Mi- ami for several weeks’ visit with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs Mervin Thompson at their home on Margaret street. Miss Anita Gato and Edna Gato, datighters of Mr. and Mrs. |, H..Gato, Jr.,. who were visiting relatives. in Havana, were return- ping passengers on the Cuba frem Havana yesterday. Hy.S. MeClanahan, director of activities of the State Plant Board in this area, Mrs.. MeClana- han and their two daughters, whe were vacationing with relatives in Chattanooga, Tenu., returned over the highway Monday night. John Wojten, who was spending: several days im the city with Mfrom the record, or claim that 1| fof a guy, so F'll stay out on my} Hinwd; even if Fred did hop up and; fsaw it right out frony under me. fand sincere and in his own pe- ‘culiay way is trying to do what the thinks is best, but unfortunate- MIECCCOOOSCSE CES OSESEECEECES TOO LATE T6 Goccccosccecencesocoasce Yow know this business of writ-; in’ a column a week im advance of publication ain’t as big a bowi} of duck soup as you might imag- ine. Take last week for instance: I see by the papers where Fred/ and the Citrus Commission have; signed an armistice and every-| thing looks Jakz, so I thought it? might be a good idea to say a kind} word or two about His Exceilency. seein’ as everyone else had been vompin’ on him with hob-nailed boots. } Unfortunately, not bein’ a Gov- ernor, I can’t contend _ that “Ii didn’t say no such of a; thing.” ) ‘What I said is in print. and while; Tnight move to have .it, stricken ; didn’t mean it, I’m ngt. that kind} T still think that Fred is honest ly he lets his “I wanna be boss” complex run away with his rea- ! | | | ! H | I | i WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1987. » } The Pythian Sisters entertained: hall last night in honor of the{ > (Knights of Pythias. Grace Line—Von Baumann Photo FLOWERY WATERS he’s rowing through flowers! But—they’re water lilies grow- ing so thick the surface of the river seldom shows. It is a scene on the Guayas River upon which rests the chief port of Ecuador—the city of Guayaquil visited weekly by cruises from New York. The trip up the Guayas River! to Guayaquil, located about thirty miles from the Gulf of Guayaquil, is remindful of the trip up the Con- go. The banks are smothered in jungle and studded with the stilted thatched huts of the natives, The channel is animated with every type of watercraft—balsa rafts roofed over with leaves and crowded with CIO pickets. You'd think {the job of bein’ governor is a hard ‘he’s always insisted on doin’ it the} backbone down throngh the body. | natives; steam launches of ancient vintage; barges®heaped high with produce; rickety rowboats and the trimmest ships that ever spanked a wave, “A Above Guayaquil, the river wa! ders into dense jungles, aaa ead shrubbery grown banks channel. Orchids and ot! parasitic blossoms hy trees close enough to pie! gators slither through the bushes and splash noisily into the water— offering excellent spert to the hunt- er. In many places, like the one shown here, Hlies grow so thick that one seems to be rowing over’ a gar- den; and the air is heavy with per fume. As a neck-sticker-outer and! 3 whvody ase Towr mew er} THE ANSWERS = | got anybody else I ever knew or} r heard of knocked for a aa, w i | } 2. Out of every five traffic/ enough .one without a Buy goin’ ta two are pedestrian fatali-| i make it any ee eee —— Bes ‘eal 2. The aorta, -which curves; time Pred got his mits on the Pag fied the heart and follows the} «« ” 3. '¥es; South Carolina. { a . for the fact that! 4- The United States has about | the poor citrus grower, as usual, 70 percent of the motor vehicles is: behind the eight bail, this. little |of the world. brawl between the Governor and} 5 The New York teams, the the Committee would be down; Yankees and Giants. right amusin’. But cuvexaete| 6. The veport of the Depart- ly it affects the welfare of a lot} ment of Commerce investigators of innocent bystanders who don’t lists the “most probable’. cause seem to think it’s # bit funny. . :48 the iznition of leaking hydro- Either the Citrus Commiission 2¢" by St. Elmo’s fire, aeenies should resign as a body and pass electrical discharges. the well known buck to His Ex-|, 7- Yes; write the Rural Elec-| celieney, who has asked for it eens Administration, * Wash- | all the lan; 2s ineladin’ the, "ston. : UNKNOWN tongue, ox else tho| 8 No; mortality, at younger) Governor should request their. hg (api to 29) haw been ae) resignations, apponit the guys he,""~ } wants on the Mosé, instead of, % years of age. takin’ up any niore time talkin’) sd The French, but both are) im circles and throwin’ monkey-;?U"'"E- j ‘wrenches, It was bad enough when Dave! gave the industry a nervous: broaly, down foolin’ around in his efforts f j to locate 11 honest men, agit See Son ay. (ea here it is August and Mother Na | a eS Desi ture is goin’ along about ber!" ere doesn’t szem to be anything business. of matin’ fruit. even’ if. ‘hat anybody can do about #. I the Governor has got “nuthi know a lot of sincere friends of: more to say” ang the Commission | ‘** Governor who are anxious has gone. home in, « milk to stage | 28 willin’ to help him, whose ad- fo aitdeun strike. S#zst thing you | Vie® and guidance would aid him/ know we'll Be sa far behind with|i" avoiding the jams and pitfalls our plans fap te coming jhe continually gets himself in.) tbat even the. Chale Mares | But the Governor doesn’t seem to be able to save: the: situgtion, want help or advice from anyone. And another jigaaw mat} THe governorship is his owm per-| Ouse }sonab little red wagon and nebody is awful hard to Ce a on ee | batter ween look like they’re:gon- pray Pred.cheemig ve q {Ta ome near it. Reseovelt i alee Protas sMad iGall makes one wonder es tt ae ergthing’ 22607 Nother ‘thee great commonwealti ‘ongress and the Supreme Court on do 1%, hut gale up om Me aaah and howls like a wolf whem Mr.| Roosevelt attempts to extend his “bossing” proclivities into Mr. (See “Wh-; Knows” on Page 3) other beeause both want to be IT! of Florida is a soverzign state or ‘a kindergarten. MONROE THEATER Coecccercavevcesesessaes 'Today’s Birthdays TPodty's Hor { The ladies prize was won by ‘Mrs. Grace Fernandez, and the prize for men was taken by Emil! Sawyer. | After the Bingo game dancing |vse enjoyed until a late hour, ‘music being furnished by the Py- }thian orchestra. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Ketchum, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Archer, Mr. and Mrs, Carl L. Soule, Mr. and Mrs. Mor- ris Cochran, Mr. and Mrs. ©. ©. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Johnson, Mr. with a Bingo party at the Pythian! ' tended to your | oceccccecesecccseecsoses | EOPLE’S FORUM eee eSeeeccosooeese EXTENDS THANKS Editor, The Citizen: me At the last meeting of Key West Lodge No. 163; Knights of Pythias, by unanimous vote of the mrembers present, the lodge ex- valuable paper their thanks for the wonderfal pablicity given the order during the recent visit of our Grand Chancellor and party. I am in receipt of a letter from Grand Chancellor McDaniel _re- questing me to thank all who helped to make his visit a pleas- ant one. I assure you that your paper was a very great help. Please accept our thanks for alb you did. J. WINFIELD RUSSELL? |and Mrs. W. H. Roberts, Mr. and J. N. Stirrup, Mrs: Flora Michael, Mrs. Bernice Park, Mrs. Viol: Higgs and Mrs. Isabelle Garing. Misses Anna Whitmarsh, Joyce Whitmarsh, Viola Mae Whitmarsh, Sallie Russell, Rose Mary Kelly and Nell Archer. Messrs J. Winfield Russell, Everett G. Churlow, Ross Roberts, Robt. Whitehead, J. Solares, §, ‘ Curry, Chris PSawyer, M. Rosam, BL Sawyer, B. Saw- = Bai sovepecce Today bestows tread views and wide sympathies; with a roper admixture ef favoring aspects this. Mrs. A. Fernandez, Mr. and Mrs. K. of R&S. Key West, Fia., : Aug. 3, 1937, i } i | day might prod>ce a great teach-) er in some rnusval linc. There is love of friends, which is most ely not tg be properly appreci- ated by them, and met with op- position. sires for sensuous pleasures; there is danger of trouble from Rev, Rolert#. Shuler of Los} abdom al troubles. Angeks, noted M. E. clergymai born in Grayson. Va. 57 years ago. Co., Arch W, Shaw of Chicago, pub- lisker, born at Jacke*n, Mich,, 61 years age. Prof, Jseot Papish of Cornell University, noted chemist, born in Poiand, 50 years ago. Queen Elizaveth of England, jborn 67 years ago. Sir Harry Lauder, famed Scot- tish entertainer, born 67 years ago. Knut ‘-amsan, noted Norwegian nove.ist, born 78 years ago, Junior Clab Will ' Meet Tomorrow There will be a social meeting of the Junior Woman’s Clyb held tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 5 o’clock, at the rooms of the Public Library on Duval street. The hostesses on the occasion will be Miss Georgia Saunders and Miss Edna Gomez. All members are requested te be in attendance. w V4 La ATE an BLOW AWAY THE HEAT! 1AM 87 AND EAT AND SLEEP WELL. GO TO CHURCH REGULARLY AND OFTEN ATTEND PARTIES.1 NEVER FEEL TiRED. + TAKEVINOLIRON From and To -:- Boston, New York, Miami Jaeksenville, Galveston New Orleans and Beyond From From New York every Tuesday From Boston every iy aed Jacksonville, Miami and Orleans every two weeks LORY tne: CLYDE-MA Cc. E. SMITH, Agent Key West, Fla. West alternate Fridays Seek t» curb the de-| , JASE SONVILLE FLORIDA nero t Effective May 30, 1937 8. S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 4:00 P. M., arriving Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays. 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Here is a fan that gives you every- thi: id it can be purchased for only 95c down and the Parley, the sheriff of Butte county. | ; " eit . rit ; o, there!” he pullea off his | ig apie e a | Joe Crusoe, radio expert with|*remtlin malin" faces at each haf as his eye caught Kay. “You're | Clear Water Basin, but he was oft the J. L. Stowers Music Com-j the girl I wanted to see. Do | after a bunch of rustlers, and his | pany, left this morning on Flor-} Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orehes tra, 15-20e; Nighi: 15-25¢ know that gun?” | a moment, everything swam ' before Kay's eyes, as she caught of the gun the sheriff held to her. She felt as th every nly of blood was her heart as she stared at braced herself against one chairs. ough | % | i ot | ious of curious faces erewded into the doorway behind the sheriff, she cleared her throat | or ;. she could | herself to speak | a yes,” she faltered. | Dad's.” “That was one of Seth came around the table be- | deputy ee until] he could join me. “Who was the man?” Kay got } the question out through lips. “A fellow named Scrap Johnson, who was one of the Flying Six outfit. He” He got no further, for Kay, with a cty of mingled relief and dis- suddenly may, chair near her. (Copyright, 1927, Marie de Nervaud) Kay questions the sheriff about Fed, tomerrow. . eoeceeccesenes GRAPH Heathen Learns Beathen are slow to adopt the white ma whi bu the need of his views. —East PARA cence ee discovers conducive Pedestrians} One of the doctors that the antomobile is te. heart disease. mad> the same discovery some ago.——Boston Transcript. Polite Mr. Shark William Beebe, naturalist, says the to take one’s g.—The ready arm = whi wim Oakiand = Tri- dune, Subseribe te The Citizen-——20e weekly. asked me to help cut on |ida Motor Lines bus for Miami ®! jto attend a meeting of tadio re- pairmen for the R. C. A. com- pany. yesterdzy and will be the guest Mrs. Manuel C. Perez of 506 Etizal street. Miss Albury is quite popular with the younger set, and anticipates an acation with her many friends. Mrs, Milton Henriquez and we} tle som David, left this morning, j>y bus for Miami where they will! sank down om the | Visit for several weeks with rel-! fatives and frends. | Mrs. Julia Saunders and four children, Helena, Rose May, Rebah and Florene, left by bus ‘this morning for Miami and will) icontinae on to Opa-Locks where! they will visit Mrs. Saunders’ [brother Dave Griner for a while. 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