The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 23, 1937, Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1937. oa BY MARIE DEB NERVATD SYNOPSIS: Kay Crandon of the Lazy Nine impulsively hires Ted Gaynor, a jobless puncher. He helps her fight Josh Hastings, a “friendly” neighbor who wants to buy her ranch and marry Kay. Ted pummels Scrap Johnson, a cowhand who molested Kay. They shoot it out, wounding each other. Hastings sneaks up and kills Scrap with Ted’s gun. A girl named Marion finds Ted and her nursing saves his life. The sheriff arrests Ted on a tip unconscious- ly given by Kay. His trial for Scrap’s murder is going against him when Kay stops it by pro- testing on @ technicality. She is kidnaped by Hastings and locked in a cellar. Chapter 41 Marriage, Or Else— gun! sight of Josh Hastings brought to the surface Kay’s subconscious feeling that he was at the bottom of this outrage, and a sense of furious indignation swept away her fear at this confirmation of her suspicion, “How dare you bring me to a place like this?” Her voice vibrat- ed with scorn as she faced him, proudly erect. He came in and started to pull the door to behind him, without speaking. With a broken cry of rage, Kay ng for the slowly closing door tried to force her way througt Josh Hastings closed his hari r her wrist like a vise and led her back, as he slammed door. Kay tried to wrench her- away, and called loudly for , but the grip on her arm only tened. ion’t be a fool!” Josh Hastings finally made himself heard above Kay's shouts. “There’s nobody to hear you.” Panting, and with her breath coming in great suffocating gasps, Kay braced herself against the closed door. In the darkness she could make out the bulk of Josh Hastings’ figure, and feel his pro- truding eyes peering at her. “There's nothing for you to wor- ry about,” he said at last, “if you'll behave like a sensible girl. The time has come for us to reach an understanding,” Kay’s eyes burned at him out of the darkness, but she made no an- swer as she waited, every nerve tense and tingling, for what was to come, How far would Josh Has- tings dare to go? He paused a few moments, as though summing up his arguments to himself, before he brought them out. When he finally spoke, his voice had the coaxing tone that one might use toward an unreason- ing child. “Now there’s no point in getting all wrought up.” He loosened his grip somewhat, although it still held with a firmness that admitted of no paling away. “I had to get you somewhere where I could make you see reason, even if it took some time to do it.” There was no mistaking the veiled threat in his suave tone. Kay held herself rigid and motion- less, waiting for him to go on. “The first thing to get clear is that I intend to marry you,” he went on. “The sooner you give in on that point, the easier it will be. Not that it will make any differ- ence in the long run.” “Tl never marry you!” Kay said through clenched teeth, “I expected you to say that,” he observed calmly. “But in an hour or two, or a day or two, or”—he paused for Sinister emphasis — “a week or two, if necessary, you'll think pie hol a at leadly weakness ij Kay’s knees, and she nearly col- lapsed at the realization of how completely she was in this man’s power. It would be easy enone for him to give out some plausible explanation of her absence to Aunt .. Kate, and no one else would have ® any way of knowing she had dis- appeared, Shrinking back, she stared at Josh Hastings and waited. ‘He'll Hang, Unless ..! “wr: you pulled this fool stunt. / at the trial, God knows!” he went on at last, “unless you think ‘ou're in love with that murderer.” ie waited a moment to the effect of this remark, but pre- served her same attitude of rigid attention. He gave a disagreeable laugh. “Not that it matters to me! I'll soon cure you of that, after we're mar- ried. But it struck me that it might be a good bargaining point.” “What do you mean?” Kay hard- ly recognized her strangled voice. “Just this. You've succeeded in delaying his necktie party, I'll ad- mit. But it is nothing but a delay. A necktie party in Montana can do the trick as well as orfe in Idaho, and, believe me, Ted Gaynor’ll have one, in a week or less. Blazing indignation got the bet- ter of Kay's caution for the mo- ment. “Don’t be too sure!” “I couldn't be,” Josh Hastings answered coolly. “He'll hang as sure as you and I are talking here. Unless—” he left his sentence un- finished, waiting for Kay to take him up. “Unless what?” pen to know. And that something won't be told until after you are Mrs. Josh Hastings. It’s up to you, whether or not that necktie party | comes off.” A muffled groan escaped Kay as she realized the diabolical clever- ness of Josh Hastings’ scheme, “I thought you’d see the point!” His voice held a cruel satisfaction. “How about aren ab now, and getting the holy knot of matri- mony. tied good and tight? Then Til tell my story, and your friend Gaynor can clear out, with his neckesaved, anyway.” _Kay’s mind worked like light- ning while Josh Hastings was talk- ing. Her momentary weakness left her, and she determined to meet his brute force with cunning, in- stead of futilely trying to defy it. . How can I tell you could save him, if I did marry you?” She had an air of considering his sugges- tion. “How do I know this thing you say you know isn’t all a bluff?’ “You'll have to take my word for that.” Josh Hastings growled. “You can’t expect me to trust your word, when ayou treat me like this, can you?” Kay gave her arm a sudden jerk but his gp tight- ened on her wrist as though op- erated by an automatic device. . It’s all one to me,” Josh Has- tings observed. “I'll wear you down in time.” He glanced around the cellar. “Not such a gay place to spend a week or two, if you ask me. I’m giving you the choice of marry- ne me now, and saving the neck of bs is eb gy oy-of ing ie later, for the sal bate here.” 8 ont oe ‘ou_can’t force mé to ma you!” Kay blazed. “No matter how long you keep me, I can refuse to marry you when I do get out!” ‘Sure. There’s a chance of that,” Josh Hastings admitted with an air of brutal detachment. “That’s the reason I'm making this other prop- osition, so you’ll have an incentive to go through with the marriage without any fuss. On the other hand, I kind of reckon that by go- ing easy on food and keeping you here long enough, I can break your spirit so you'll be glad enough to say ‘ves.’ The way I figure it, it'll be a lot pleasanter if you say ‘yes’ now-and save your boy friend into the bargain.” A Rash Accusation “WHAT is it you know, that will Be nee noe a eecanded, ‘m no’ in, ig Ne oye gaecgeines “I don’t believe hi fo thing to tell,” Kay founted. me An ugly look flashed in Josh Hastings’ eyes, but he made no answer. “Unless you're the murderer yourself,” Kay goaded. ‘Td Sethe es gees that if I was, wouldn’t I?” he sneered, but Kay detected a strained note in the hoarse laugh with which he ed this suggestion. “Look here!” he temporized. “If I tell you what T've got to tell the sheriff, will you agree to marry me now?” ‘ “T'm not making any Pepmisee never mney ithor cpeacton ‘ou. without it first. I happen to know that you were up there at the scene of the murder, and that you haven't said anything about it, Josh Hastings grabbed Kay’s other arm, and ging her round so that she faced him, he bent down and peered into her eyes, “What are you talking about?” he panes roughly. “You're | ea Ki ting her a pe the ‘She'd have to be cleverer than that to trap Josh Hastings! “Perhaps I am.” She felt his Fi loosen at her indifferent tone. P lowing a sudden impulse, she twisted herself free, and made a dive for the door. The next instant, she was rudely pulled back and held in a suffocat- ing embrace. Blind ic seized her, and she struggled like a mad thing to break away, but the powerful arms only held her the tighter. Forcing her head@“back, Josh Hastings deliberately kissed her, then carried her in spite of all her desperate struggles to the far end of the cellar, Kay around and sank her teeth his hand. With a howl of pain and rage, he Sropmed her and made for the oor. Before Kay could recover, he had rushed out and slammed it be- hind him. The next instant, there was the grating of a key in the lock, and Josh Hastings’ muffied but raging voice came to her through the heavy wooden door. e “Have it your own way, Pan little devil!” he shouted. through with bargaining! And I'm through with proposals of mare riage, too! I've used this place be- fore and I know what it will do! T'll be back to take what I want when I'm good and ready! Then we'll see how you feel about wede ding bells—perhaps!” stamped up the sais, leaving Kay up the stairs, i crouched ih shivering despair on the floor, where he had flung (Copyright, 1937, Marie dg Nervoudh, Ted overhears @ [CUBS INCREASE LEAD TO FOUR GAMES IN RACE CARDS DEFEATED PIRATES IN DOUBLEHEADER, WITH DIZZY DEAN BACK ON MOUND; YANKS DOWN A’S i (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Chi- cago ‘Cubs I:mited Cincinnati Reds to three rans in a twin bill to take both games by the scores of 4toland5to 2. The Bruins, with the Giants idle, increased their lead to four full games. Root twirled a six-hit affair in the ‘opener and Grissom, Derringer and Mooty held the Windy City Tribe to eight bingles. The Reds outhit the Bruing in the nightcap, +9 to 8, but committeed two er- rors. | St. Louis Cardinals recaptured Pirates in Loth ends of a double header. In the initial fracas, Bob Weiland turned in an_ excellent pitching performance, handcuffing the Buecos with three safeties. Meanwhile hig. teammates were pounding three Pirate mounds- men for 13 bingles, scoring a 12 nearly two months in the final contest, despite poor support ~ in the field. Again the Gashouse Gang secured 13 safe blows off three pitchers. Brooklyn Dodgers, behind four- hit twirling by Hamlin, took Bos- ton Bees into camp, 5 to 1, in an abbreviated game. The contest was called at the end of the sixth because of rain. The nightcap was also postponed. Lefty Gomez turned in another three-hit performance for New York Yankees in another abbre- viated game. The victims were Philaddiphia Athletics and the score was 4 to 1. The second ‘fracas was postponed because of rain. Clevland Indians and Chicago White Sox divided a double bar- rel affair. The Chisox took the opener, 5 to 2, in a tight pitching duel between Bob Feller and Wyatt of the Tribe and Lyons of Chicago. Mel Harder held the Sox to five hits as his teammates squeezed out a 3 to 2 win, Detroit Tigers defeated St. Louis Browns twice, 11 to 3 and 4 to 3. Lawson limited the Brownies to six safe blows in the initial fracas. The nightcap went 10 innings. The summaries: NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game At Brooklyn Boston Brooklyn R. H. E me Se ee oe ve Be | end of sixth, rain) : Lanning, Bush and Mud ler; Hamlin and’ Phelps, | Second Game Postponed rain. New York at Philadelphia, two games, postponed, rain. First Game At Pittsburgh ; St. Louis 0 Pittsburgh i 2 Batteries: id and Owen; Lucas, M, Brown, Swift and Todd. R. 12 1 0 Second Game At Pittsburgh St. Louis Pittsburgh = Bh Batteries: J. Dean and Owen; Weaver, Brandt, Tobin and Todd. First Game At Cincinnati Chicago Cincinnati a 1 Batteries: Root and Hartnett Grissom, Derringer, Mooty and Campbell, Second Game At Cincinnati Chicago ... Cincinnati .. aeceieneas Batteries: Carleton and O’Dea; Schott, Hollingsworth, R. and i, R, H. E. f 0 1 R. . 5 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE () First Game At New York Philadelphia —.......... “Timlese T tell something T hap-! through bis cell windew, temerre® | | New > | Eee Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Effective May 30, 1937 S. S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 4:00 P. M., arriving Key West 7 A. M. Mondays and Thursdays, Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 A, M. for Havana, Leaves Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 5 P. 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