The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1937, Page 4

PAGE FOUR the dark shi BY HULBERT FOOTMER SYNOPSIS: When flashy Pres- cott Fanning abducts Janet from Baltimore on his yacht, she gets word to Neill, a young federal agent who loves her. Dashing to Absalom’s Harbor, he boards the yacht and finds, in.a locked cabin, Fanning shot dead and Janet ina Saint, a gun beside her. Neill hides her nearby in a disused liner, then joins forces with Mark Bon- niger, keen local investigator, to keep tab on developments. Neill takes food and clothes to Janet. and loses faith in her story of in~ nocence when she produces $500 of Fanning’s money. She runs on deck to give herself up. Chapter 21 Attack In The Dark ING that Janet would cry out, Neill clapped a hand over her mouth, and started dragging her along the deck, resisting every foot of way. With great diffi- culty he got her through the door ot booby hatch, and closed the door behind them. He sat down on the iron stairs to recover his breath, holding her close. Janet suddenly broke into tears and clung to him, and by that he knew the crisis had passed. He had never loved her so well as at that moment. He wanted to laugh. “Oh, Honey, what a fright you gave me!” “How could you say such things to me?” “By God, I’m sorry now!” “Tf you don't believe in me, I don’t care what hap} “I do! I do! I will you again!” “How can I be sure that you mean it?” “I love you better than my life!” be murmured. “We can’t quarrel. re in this thing together. What to one happens to the other. We’re like two parts of the same body. If we separated it would finish us both!” Gradually she quieted down. They returned through the ship hand in hand. Neill was sore and at the same.time immensely tender. He did not believe her story. In the ears of the trained de- tective it had a fatally fictitious ound but he loved her far too to question it further. It doesn’t matter, he told himself; she is my gir} ana I'm bound to stick to her anyhow. When they entered the suite, the candle was still burning as they had left it. Janet, who been the struggle da desk, ran into the on deck, ran in’ ie bedroom to comb her hair. Neill lita cigarette. As he waited for Janet it gradually came to him the room had been visited during their absence. The cushions if the couch had been disarranged; one of the drawers in the ‘was pulled out a little. Suddenly with fear, he ran out on the veranda. The window where the ladder hufig was open again. ais bole into Rag et Bis ion appeared terrible to cn It seemed impoatible to leave Janet alone if her re! had been disco And equal, hyo sible to ay with her. y had only a day’s food and almost no drinking water. Almost worse than the one was the mystery that surrounded the unknown spy. If he was aware of everything they did, why didn’t he show himself? Why didn’t he denounce them? What was he after? Meadow Lark’s Call gener called to Neill from the parlor and he went in, forcing himself to smile. “Much as I hate to do it, 1 must send you away,” she said. “You had no yt last night. .. . Unless you could sleep here?” she added wistfully. “I suppose I must go,” he said flatly. “.. . Listen, Janet. When I leave you, you must take the gun.” “What good would that do me?” “If you were attacked, you could FS cogion t you? It is the right of every human creature.” “I suppose I could. ... What has made you suddenly anxious?” P jing. But T mustn't neglect any precautions.” He started pull- ing in the lencth of twine that hune overboard. t are you doing that ot R wT are too many peop! hanging sround these parts.” he bape “The ships are objects # curiosity. Somebody might come around in a poat and see the string hanging down.” “How will you let me know you come?” “I will whistle. Do vou know the of the meadow: lark?” She shook her head. He taught it to her. “When you hear that tomorrow night let the string down with a small object. tied to it so that it will fall true. Hold on to the string and I will twitch it four times, wait a sec- ond and twitch it four times more. Then you will know it's me and reg cen let down the Iedder.” y all these precautions?” Neill grinned until his face hurt. “T's just because you mean so py a me. I iy = Sant ment I am away from you.” He looked at all the doors into the w to make sure that the bolts were festened. “Y. bes safe here. Certainly no TG FIGHT PREJUDICE never doubt lesk | The sound died ee 7 ee get in from the river. If anybody should try to smash these doors you can throw down the ladder and escape by swimming.” “Why imagine anything so ter- rible?” “We must be prepared. Promise me you’ll do what I tell you.” “All right.” He went down the ladder feel- ing as if he had left the best part of himself behind. He. half ex- pected to find his skiff gone. But it was there just as he had left it. Whoever had come and gone that way had had a skiff of his own. Neill reflected that the spy must have been actually hidden in the suite at the moment when he had come back and shut the windows. Whoever it was. he was gone now. Neill rowed all around the ships and searched up and down the shore. No skiff. He finally tied his skiff in the place where it be- longed, and started back across the fields the way he had come, looking over his shoulder at every other step and pausing often to listen. It was a dark night and he could see only a yard or two. Coming to the state road, he lay down in the weeds behind the wire fence, peering through and listen- ing. His intention was to wait un- til the motorcycle policeman had passed on his patrol. All Neill’s attention was directed on the road and for a moment or two he neg- lected to look behind him. He ae warn! gee cea lenly a powe: igure drop on_his bi: knocking the wind out of him and pinning him down. Captive NEEL struggled with all his power. It was useless. He was borne down under an incredible weight. of bone and muscle. The man planted a knee on the base of his skull crushing his face into the earth so that he could not cry out. He hit him repeatedly on the side of the head until Neill be- came and was unable to fight back when his arms were dragged behind him.and tied to- gether. Then his S. The man turned him over and pasted his eyes and his lips shut with strips of surgeon’s tape that he had ready for the purpose. In the brief second that Neill could see him he was just a shapeless bulk of humanity looming be- tween him and the sky. He flung himself down beside Neill, pant- ing hoarsely after his efforts. Neill heard the motorcycle com- ing down the road. and exerted himself to shout. Only feeble groans issued from his sealed lips. The policeman, deafened by the sound of his own « ust, swept on, and the man lying beside Neill chuckled. After a minute or two the motorcycle past again. away up the road. The man rose and, asin ob the helpless Neill as if he had been a child. dropped him over the fence. Once more the breath was pretty well knocked out of him. The man scrambled after and, picking Neill up, carried him across the road and threw him over the fence on the other side. Neill wondered shakily how much of this the human frame could ae icked in ang le was pi up again an shouldered like a sack of meal. The man set off across another ploughed field. The going was bad through soft earth and he —— and panted. Neill was not di to make his job any easier. As soon as he got sufficient breath he started twisting and rolling on his carrier’s shoulder. Whereupon the man flung him down and kicked him in the ribs. Neill took the hint. No use exhausting himself in a vain struggle. After a time Neill recognized by a new smell on the air that they were nearing water. bably the head of the inlet. They followed it for awhile along the edge of the bank. Neill could hear the little waves below. His captor finally slid down the bank in a cascade of loose earth, crossed a striv of crunching shin- gle and tossed Neill from his shoul- der to a sort of wooden shelf. Neill judged from the weathered feel that it was the deck of an old ves- sel. Tt was canted at an angle. but a rail kept him from rolling off. He heard the man climbing aboard. He was picked up again and dropped through what ap- peared to be an open hatch ‘Into the hold. This was the hardest fall he had had and he lay partly stunned There was water in the hold and he wondered if he would drown, without greatly caring. But it did not cover him. It was water in the bottom of the old hulk. The smell was horrible. The man dropped into the hold and for a few minutes was mys- teriously busy heside Neill, breath- ing hoarsely. Neill heard the slap of a rone. As his full senses re- eet i. — a renewed lesire ive, the suspense agonizing. . ee the heute prevering? Neill groaned and rolled in his bonds and worded with another 7" az (Cotvriekt, 1937, By Hulbert Footner) | Nelit sends his capter on a wilé “ose, fomerrew, Highest Lowest Mean Norma! Mean | Yesterday’s Precipitation .92 Ins. Normal Precipitation .... .18 Ins. | “Phin reeord covers 24-hour period ending at 8 @elock thin morning. Tomorrow's Alma, Isun rises 6:19 a. Sun sets 6:15 p. Moon rises 2:41 a. jMoon sets - | Tomorrow’ High jLow ..... Barometer rei Sea level, 29.93. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Thursday; moderate to fresh northeast winds, becoming moder- ately strong at times in passing squalls. Florida: Cloudy tonight and Thursday with occasional rain in jsouth and east portions, slightly warmer tonight. on.extreme ‘north- east and extreme southeast. coasts. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate northeast winds increas- ing to force six at times in passing squalls and overcast weather to- night and Thursday with occasion- fal rain and considerable squall- iness. East Gulf: Moderate northeast winds increasing to force six at times in passing squalls over south portion and overcast weather to- night and Thursday with occa- isonal showers over south and central portions, some squalliness over south portion. Bulletin, 10 A. M.—High pres- sure over the Atlantic States in conjunction with relatively low pressure over ‘the northwestern Caribbean is causing squally northeast winds up to 30 miles per hour at times off the Florida east coast, in the Florida Straits, and over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Caution advised small craft in this area. WEATHER CONDITIONS A strong high pressure area, crested this morning over the Lake and Appalachian regions, overspreads the country from the Mississippi Valley eastward and in conjunction with moderately low pressure over the northwestern Caribbean is causing squally weather off the Florida east coast, in the Florida Straits and over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. A moderate low pressure area, cen- tered over northern Colorado, covers the Rocky Moxntain and Prateau States. Rains have oc- curred during the last 24 hours throughout most of the Atlantic States, being moderately heavy at Miami, 1.05 inches, and Key West, 0.92 inches. There have also been light rains on the north Pa- cific coast, and in Montana, North Dakota, the upper Mississippi Val- ley and portions of the Lake re- gion. Temperature, have risen over the western portion of the country, but continue abnormally low in most sections from ‘the Mississippi Valley eastward. G. 8S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge ' CHURCH CIRCLE | _ PLANSMEETING All children’s workers of the jthree Methodist Churches will meet at Fleming Street Church Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. An | interesting program is being plan- ned. Rev. J. A. Tolle will conduct} the devotional service. Mrs. 0.) | C. Howell, formerly Director of | Children’s Work for the Tampa! | District will discuss several phases; |} of the children’s work. A round: j table discussion will conclude the} | program. All teachers of children and} thers interested are urged to be | Photo Grace Ling —me 5000 MILES TO JAMBOREE ERE’S a loyal group of Scouts who came all the way from Chile—with their leader Don Alvaro Wicencio, Secretary General of the Chilean Boy Scouts—to attend the National Jamboree in Washington. These “citizens of tomorrow” thus were afforded an opportunity to size UD, Dot.only their neighbors in the United States, but in the Latin American countries as well, for in all the leading ports of call local scout delegations greeted them and conducted them on sightseeing tours. The group left Valparaiso June 12th on the Santa Clara stop- ping euroute in Chanaral and Anto- fagasta, important outlets for Chile’s rich mines; Lima, capital of Peru, founded by Pizarro after he con- quered the Incas, and nearby ruins of pre-Inca cities; Talara, center and outlet for the oilfields of northern Peru; a trip up the jungie-bordered to Ecuador, and outlet for balsa, the featherweight’ ‘wood, tagua nuts {vegetable ivory), cacao; coffee, and Panama ‘-hats;) a: daylight. trip through ‘th. Panama ‘Canal with a chance to: wateh, the.giantJogks per- form escalator duty. and to see the strange sights offered by the cities on this crossroads of the World; hurrying crowds where one can find everything from the largest ships that sail the seas, to a city built in the heart of a city ... and finally, the town of tents set up in the great capital of the United States, a chance to visit the great govern- mental buildings and to meet brother scouts from all parts of the United States. NAVARRO SELLS MANY USED CARS Several used cars have been sold at Navarro’s, Inc., local Dodge- Plymouth dealer, since the “an- nouncement which was made Mon- day that drastic’ reductions were now being made on all second hand cars. Because of the large number of new cars sold this year, this firm has a tremendous stock of used cars which were traded in on | THE ANSWERS — 1. It is estimated at $70,000,- 000,000 for 1937. 2. Chicago. 3. 2,160,000,000, according to the League of Nations yearbook. 4. The first president of Cze- ' choslovakia. { 6 No. j 6. Several nations, including the United States. have urged Japan not to do so. 7. ‘Italy is cooperating. 8. A recent order transferred Miss Edith Felton, who was ; Visiting with relatives for a brief time, left on Florida Motor Lines bus this morning for her home at Matecumbe. Mrs. A. P. Knowles, wife | Captain Knowles of the Key 'Miami, where she goes for treat- | ment to her eyes. ; West Fire Department, left yes-| jterday afternon on the plane for, i | Mrs. James C. Hancock, who jwas visiting for one week with j her grandmother, Mrs. Rebecea [| Roberts, left on the bus this j morning for Miami en route to her home at Vero Beach. j ‘fare Board in the southern dis-| {trict of the state, left jplane this morning for } quarters in Miami, i 1 | Louis Menendez, who was in the head- on Miss Bernice McCollum, field {representative of the State Wel- ; the city for a brief visit with rel-' !atives and friends, returned this {mornng on the plane for Miami. | Guayas River to Guayaquil, gateway | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1987. You an Nation’s d Your Affairs : Cuckoo Economies in Canada By J. E. LeROSSIGNOL Dean, College of Business ini: University of Nebraska When two acts of the Alberta Legis- Jawure were pronounced: unconstitu- tional by the Supreme Court of that Province, last February,” it was thought that the Honorable William Aber- hart, Premier of Alberta, Dean of the Pro- hetic Bible itute, broad- caster, and sometime schoolmaster, was politically finished. But not so! Instead of or ap- pealing to the People, he pro- » claimed his un- shaken faith in social credit, persuaded the Legisla- ture to reenact some of his\debt-re- duction measures, and had a board of five House members appointed to draw up a new social credit plan. After that, on April 14, the Legisla- ture adjourned, and on August 3 it | -Mrs,.Ruth B. Owens, supervisor; met again in special session. ,of Women’s and Professional | Projects in this WPA District, is| g On July 22, having consulted the board and two missionaries, F. Powell, “effic! expert,” anc ‘a visitor in Key West conferring! L. D. Byrne, “technical expert,” the {with the heads of the several de-| Premier sent th.ough the Provincial | partments. Mrs. Owens was aN: jetter arrival over the highway last , night. gay Havana; and then New York— | the fantastic city of skyscrapers and | | William Fuller, Coral ‘Gables manager of the Florida Power ‘and Light Company, who was in | the city yesterday checking up on jleases for light and power ac- tivities on the Florida Keys, re- | turned’ to Miami this morning on the plane. i ‘Plan For Dance ‘At Boca Chica Enlisted Men’s Club of the local i | | Treasurer, Solon E. Low, a circular to all the banks in Alberta ask- ing their help in launching and oper- ating the new plan, of which the chief provision was a demand for the long- Promised and oft-deferred monthl: dividend of $25.00 to all adult citi- | zens, to provide purchasing pow:r, to enable the people to pay their debts, and enjoy such goods and services as they might want and need. Of this | extraordinary missive two paragraphs are worth quoting: “The sort of action which must be taken immediately is indicated by the definitely ascertained fact that for every dollar owed by the people of the province only approximately 20 cents with which to pay it is at pres- ent available to them.” “Since nothin, but a dollar will discharge a debt created at its issue, the disparity disclosed above must be |peg quickly adjusted as also must all other similar disparities. Arra..ge- Army Post will sponsor a dance, .ments must be made also that such , tomorrow evening at Boca Chica j Casino. Affair is scheduled to start at 9 o’clock. A good program of dance music jhas been arranged and all who attend are promised a delightful , evening. | pecceencnnensevsnecsenes | POLITICAL __ ANNOUNCEMENT | new models. These must all be}17 patrol squadvons to the scout- | disposed of to make room for the 1938 models which are expected to be on display within a week. Used cars include ’36, 35 and °84 models in Chevrolets, Ply- mouths and Dodges, ali in ex- cellent condition. ecece VIEWS AND REVIEWS What They Say Whether Right Or Wrong Seveccccccecsosesesoeses Lewis J. Taber, Gra Master, Nationa] Grange: “Rising production eosts are affecti farmer must be and William Green, president, of L.: “If there hag been no Commit- tee for Industial Organization STAR > BRAND CUBAN COFFEE Is Deliciously Fresh! —TRY IT TODAY— On Sale At All Grocers A. F. Twas. Chk d hb hed dh hd dbdoded OLD PAPERS C2 COSSLOSOSSEDEOESSSESSOLSEESSSSOSESSSOS RUSSELL’S CIGAR STORE fe | i | labor} z everything the} ing force. it sports, but generally 25 years of age. 10. No. varies with different to 30 (See “Who Knows?” on Page 2) iset up, there would be no division j within the ranks of labor.” ; of Chinese leader: | “The Militarists of Japan intend jto show the world their contempt for international honor.” Adolf Hitler, .G dictat “ff private enterprise does not ‘the Four-Year :Plan, the State’ wilh assume full |controt of business.” (a learry » threngh |CITY ELECTION, NOVEMBER | BENJ. (BEN) ADAMS For City Councilman BASIL TYNES | For Captain of Police _ T. F, (BUSTER) RUSSELL SUNG A ETT { PALACE \ Jim Hanvey } DETECTIVE | Comedy and Short Reel i RANA TT || Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company S53. CUBA Leaves Port Tampe 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 6 P. M. for Port Tampa, Fia. For further information and rates call Phone 14 N) For J. H. COSTAR, Agent. Sale anomalies do not recur.” These and other profound state- ments are coubtless clear to Mr. Aber- hart and his followers for, as he has > averted: “Albertans are the best in-' tered under federal ju: not cooperate to Mr. satis- faction, the plan suggested by the viding be fined from that the courts would them. This act wes a veritable in banking and political though quite in line with the tion of Major Douglas hii Agricultural Committee ii i Ef federal authority, with the British North America of 1867, which gave the federal gov- ernment control over defense, bank- ing, currency, interest, and all other matters not reserved to the they were dirallowec Council on August 17, Aberhart had refused to question to the Supreme Court. What the Alberta go now do remains to be talk of resistance and secession, Mr. Aberhart repudiates clares that he will go plans, but it is rds Mackenzie il F i! F i 5 eff whispered i 2. 3 4 z i gle see social credit tried a anything like that ever us’ g 2 i (Address questions to the author care of thig newspaper) Fellowship Club Holds Meeting Fellowship Club of First M. E. (Stone) Church held its regular weekly meeting and supper Sunday School building on Eaton street last night. ‘There were several guests at this session. Charles Taylor and Allan B. Cleare, Jr. were guests Ben Adams was guest of Fernando Camus; George Saunders was guest of Gerald Saunders and Anthony Knowles was guest of Norman Lowe. | Dance Tomorrow Night At Pena’s | A danee to bid farewell to Slot Machines will be held tomorrow Pena’s Garden of admission will be evening at Roses. No ' charged. John Pritchard's Orchestra will furnish a lively program of dance rhythm for this affair which will start at 10 o'clock. 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IMPLEMENT Washington.—A Daily (except Sunday) Service via motor trucks Matecumbe and return—serving BARTLETT, Texas. — Kirk Knight, farmer of this city, has nstructed a tractor-powered issors which cuts down trees. campaign te be Rst to combat what is said “growing prejudice” the employment of persons 40 has been begun by The Founda- of Mature is to prevent | FEEL TIRED: 1 Take VINOL TONIC REGULARLY AND THIS 4S 3 Bundles for Be cans, ciGARETTES,|/y THE KEY WEST CITIZEN aga over BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century i \ ® ) N a N I) & N) NY N) N ) tien for America Age, Inc. Their a “the tremendous and waste” which would result fr “discarding the expe training of maturity.” CJ ei e edd indi dnidd Ni ence