The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1937, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ' wo’s Compan By MARGARET GUION d Chapter 56 7 The Old Combination [A suspected .. . She hoped ™,,. She dreaded the awful let- wn if she should be wrong... iddenly Button gave a howl of A om ay But in the hall ‘ée@-how, Nina knew. ai +t. oP fella...” 7 David had ‘come. She began-to tremble all over. e?."-whispered Bridget, wide- 9 Aad Nina could only nod. fou'll see him, dearie?” i Ninanodcedagain. | In another minute he was in the room with her. “ It couldn’t be. All this simply couldn’t have happened to them 1's Every inch of him belonged to -” ‘as it possible that she didn’t have the right to fly into his arms? He stood in the doorway, one hand holding the dog’s two front, etched paws. His hair ed under the hall light, and ima saw that he was very sun- oe id she said: “Come in, David 4:2%ou're so very brown!” *(He crossed over to her quickly, isin the hall, Miss Nina | Oh, began to talk very fast. ® Nina heard only’ the—sound of ‘voice, not his words. She drank the dear a him, and felt nearness. She thought surely must be telling her that he sted her afteriall ... in spite of rything; but after the first de- second that was merely full ations, she was able to real- seat and she realized that he speaking of Honey. 2 Werk eee agp bea a few min- , Nina. They gave me a va- pe and T’ve been to Bermuda. knew where I was... yin at noon, and Jack just told } Mow, at the office... hurried over...” 2m Liege you told me, David... YitHought you would have. .,I anh, no matter how you felt to- ; me... But, of course, I un- d now.” And she said: “Did have a nice time?” in a strange ‘voice that was not at all her ¢..nor was the question what rad meant to ask. oe his lip, and looked down oes, down, David—over here, it's comfortable.” followed Nina to the fire- 4, and sat down on the couch her. Button jumped u im, and laid his head on ee. three of them, there to- -— The old combination that t—a combination, any more. couldn’t bear to look at and she couldn’t bear not : “1 Understand, Nina’ F I cry, or anything stupid, vid any attention will you? Now that most of ork is over, I'm sort of—let n, I guess...” ie looked down, up at i ceiling, anywhere but directly p gaid: “Poor Nina... poor lit- d all the tiny strength she had d her at the gentleness in| hap i xi Her heart seemed to melt Puwithin her, and drip away in it drops. She could hear them feel them; but when she looked white she saw that they were tears “You... see, David?” on her hand. His brown eyes met hers, direct- ly, for the first time. “Go ahead, cry . . .” he said soft- . “I understand, Nina... I un- d a lot more than you think, my dear. More than I did. I came here mainly because of Honey, but, now that we're oe let me tea about—us. ‘Will you? ... wn there in Bermuda, and on the boat, I did some tall figuring, ina, and it suddenly came to me you had married«me in the fine clearly, from tie eegianing: clearly, from ing; and instead of blaming you for whatI thought was a terrible dis- Wyalty on your I was able to reciate the long struggle you made, to loyal.” He paused for a moment, ani patted Button in a preoccupied bag: Rael just saying all this, not just sayin; Nina. I mean it. Lord! I know what it is to be in love; and I can stand doing almost anything ause of it. You tried, heaven ws... you succeeded in giving Me enough happiness to go on for the rest of my life... And now ! want to see that you get yours. I want to make it easy for you to di- ‘yorce me . . . so that some day— whenever it will be—you can be free to marry—Richard.” He said the name with difficulty. Nina had turned icy cold at the vorce; but somewhere in- fof her, a feeling of enclteonant ‘to a gee eck. age, lore has. king like a been killed Ife could forgive her, understanding that dread-| was di Athan Gi business... if he |“ = doa 2 eecce Today In History Saeneeescees-eeesesessese 3831—Insurrection among the black slaves of Jamaica—had mis- taken belief that British Govern- ment had granted them emanci- pation, which was held back by the Jamaica planters. told css? 1835—Dade Massacre — Maj. Dade with 110 soldiers and seven, HERZOG She said it, quickly. Blurted it out. “IT was—tricked into that Atlan- tic City trip, David.” And she held her breath, “Tricked ... Nina?” “Yes. Richard lied about Honey, to get me there, Oh, I had thought | I loved him once, I admitted it, but then I got over it, completely. | Weeks 2g David... right after | he came back from Europe; but he | ee on pursuing me, He couldn’t | believe it. I wanted, so terribly, to tell you everything, but... but... , let me tell you now, darl- | ing...” Ana she did, with absolute truth- | fulness, from the beginning. She | laid everything bare about herself and Richard. David sat listening, quietly. At | first he still looked away from her; | but as she went on—her voice | | husky with emotion—he watched her more and more, until at last, his brown eyes never left her face. And Nina could see them chang- ing; see something that had been in them go away... and something that had not been there, come back.... He was believing her. “Richard has gone away now,” she concluded. “Sailed for Europe. He asked me to marry him, but I said—no.” Nina hesitated. “That | ought to prove that I’m ‘over it, | oughtn’t it, David?” She couldn’t | say, as she wanted to: “That ought to prove that I love you... .” “Yes,” he answered slowlyi*“It should.” 5 And Nina repeated: “Yes sit: ting, like an anxious little oR | the very edge of her cushion. ‘I—Love—You, David’ UDDENLY David smiled. It was very nearly his old grin. | He said: “So—what, Nina?” and | though the question wasn’t very | much to go on, his smile, and the | way he said it, gave her the cour- | age to answer “I—love—you, David. I have, | underneath, all along; only lately | —these last weeks—I began to | realize it: I fell in love, just as you were falling out of love, with | me...” “T never—fell out!” Oh, God, what was he saying? “Tm loving you so very much this minute, that... that...” but he preferred to show her. ie was across the four feet of carpet that separated them, and had her in his hands, before she could grasp the wonderful mean- ingest is words. jut she didn’t have to. All the. poor substitutes for heaven that she had thought she had experienced before paled into nothingness beside the radiance of this momentwhen he kissed her. “I could have-saved. us—you— so much,” he muttered, after an interval in which words had no pat “if I hadn't left Nee like a ead-strong fool, my datling; if A oe to a chance to ex- BD se “But, angel... how tiny. that is, compared with what I could have saved us! ... And, David, it isn’t | just that I've gotten over this thing and found something new, I've really learnt a lesson ... about val- ves in life, I suppose you'd call it. What's worth while and what isn’t. It may sound foolish to say, but I can much happier wit you, now, than if all this had ne ed... why, think of it! ... I might have ay on and on, just adoring you for your grin, and your r hair, and the darling absurd things you do! I might nev- er have appreciated ...” But he wouldn’t let her go or. “And what about me? Don’t think there was py room for In: provement there? How about if I'd | been a little less headstrong and made you get over Ric! my- self, instead of letting him do it? ideas s0 bull-headedly, so that you | ideas so bull-hea , 80 that you would have been happier as my wife? How about...” And now it was Ning who Sto) him. “How about if you to find faults in you aren't there,” she ly, “and kissed me instead?” _ And this time, when they starté ed talking again, it was about the future; about the raise that had come with his new job on |for the winter, “The Light of the World”, a pageant written, by the pastor of the Crescent City, Florida, Meth- odist Episcopal Church, was a night at the Ley Memorial Metho- dist church. Direction was by Mrs. Tom the Misses Catherine Knowles, Elizabeth Rosam and Lenora the ‘lighting effects. The voice of the prophet was ably portrayed by Miss Gladys Russell. The complete cast follows: First Scene Mother, Agnes Thompson. Entertainments At Habana-Madrid Habana-Madrid Club is featur- ing a big floor show and dance Jimmie Heffner ;epd this.gang is presenting for the show gorgeous costumes, beautiful cginlsa:.and some real vaudeyilleractscinglud- guerite, Mepsh;; hives singer, Billy and: Manigold Armond. psuqe or Goldy Lawrenee,-the little girl with rhythmatiefeet and Jaqu- line Rey, sensational Oriental dancer, will be highlights on the program. * With no stagé shows in the city and with many visitors now here Mr. Carbonell made arrangements with Jimmie Heffner to come here for a few weeks. Shows will be changed twice weekly. Same show will be staged on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Complete change for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Special program is planned for tomorrow evening in the form of a Big Apple Contest. Two prizes will be given to the best Big Ap- ple dancers. Enjoyable Dance Last Evening Dance honoring Miss Joyce Cavanaugh of Chicago who is a student at Trinity College, Wash- Betty Moreno, Miss Ruth Rose |Galey, and Mr. Walls Zurhorst, at | Raul’s Club. About fifty college boys and girls and: guests from the younger |set were present for an evening of lively dancing. Miss Cavanaugh will leave on the plane today for Palm Beach, where her parents are wintering. She will later go on to Trinity. Miss Cavanaugh was the house guest of Miss Marie Thompson at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norberg Thompson. Ww {OL ys epow Kore Is- land; about the little Queen house, near Carl and lelia, at | aire wat they io rent... ey tal crazily, hurriedly, between kisses .. . asked and an. swered questions, as though they | had only so many minutes to be | together. ... But now they had al] | their lives. hey clung together, as two great giants were trying pull them apart... but there was only Button, ti ig at David's coat. Nothing separate them, now. The past had ceased to exist. David had swept it a with one magnificent gesture of his arm, and one magnificent kick. “There it goes!” he said, it was over. “Oh, darling ANA she murmured: "Ob, n murmured; vid!” as though she had never it before. She a quite that way. This The opwright, 1637, | | erporet Berseg) officers attacked by a band of Seminole Indians and ali three of the Americans killed. Tonight (PRIZE NIGHT) RS ee ERO ROR BN Miss McBeth Has | tained during her visit here in Key West. Testing Time At Hand O'Keefe: “I guess you got a lot of silver for wedding presents. What did your father give you?” McPherson: “A bottle of acid to test silver.” but +00 20060 0000000000000 0COSOOOSOOSSOCCLCDEROOCOOES Pageant At Ley Memorial Church On Sunday Evening very pretty affair given Sunday; Curry, with Mrs. O. C. Howell in| charge of the music, assisted by | Whitaker. Tom' Curry handled) Father, Albert Carey. Child, Leo Stanley Hicks. Col bo; ‘1 dance by lege boy and gir’ Miss Leonor Warren. Raul’s Mary, Mary Louise Bowery. Club. 10 P. M. Joseph, Ray Pierce. - Third Scene ..1(12 |. YfHURSDAY— " Balthasar, Rev..O, Howling University. of Florida Conch | * Gaspard, Tom Curry. Se es Club Dinner. 8:00 P. M. Melchoir, Archie Roberts} '!"|' Public Installation of officers, Fourth Scene Order Eastern Star. Scottish Jabal, Malcolm Johnson. Rite Hall. 8 P. M. Simon, Malcolm Watler. —Oo— Samuel, Cecil Cates. Fifth Scene Joel, Dan Sturrup. Sarah, Joan Doughtry. Rachel, Della Mae Curry. arene taie emer David, William Cates. Among the foreign residents of | Children’s choir were: Jackie] Japan, Chinese number more | Doughtry, Grace Torres, Leo} than ten times as many as any FRIDAY— Annual Casa Marina Dinner Dance. band every night except Monday. | | Hicks and the Symmonette chil- dren. ‘NEW GOVERNMENT PICTURE WILL BE SHOWN TOMORROW | "THE RIVER” TO BE EXHIBIT- i ;oEVENING AT MONROE THE- ED IN AFTERNOON AND) other nationality. country, and soon it will be seen in thousands of towns and cities. “Motion pictures which com- bine education and exciting enter- tainment are a new venture for the Federal Government,” Mr. Griswold said. “Being a modern ' government it is taking advant- age of the contributions of mod- | vey—important information © | modern citizenry.” TITLE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DUayA | ience, musit; and'art to com) ington, D. C., was given last night} by Miss Marie Thompson, Miss | 9 Wedding. will take place:in the | near future. ORDINANCE NO. 326, COUNCIL SERIES, BEING AN ORDI-' |NANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDI- |'NANCE PROVIDING FOR AND motion picture, “The River,” will) hele geeG L se pan be shown here Wednesday after-| 4 ~p\CORPORATIONS ENGAG- noon and evening at the Monroe | ED IN A BUSINESS, PROFES- Theater through the courtesy of SION OF OCCUPATION IN THE Oliver Griswold of the Documen- CITY OF KEY WEST,. FIXING tary Films Section, Farm Security | THE gge eee bir FOR ae pope xan U.S. Department) 11936, AND FOR eAGH SUC. g EEDING YEAR UNTI Mr. Griswold, who is known to | PEALED: “REGULATING AND numerous residents of Key West,| RESTRICTING LICENSE AP- has long been a publicist for the) PLIED FOR AFTER OCTOBER government. He is visiting his)1 OF EVERY YEAR; PROVID- mother, Mrs. H. Griswold at 417, ING TERMS UNDER WHICH United Street. SUCH LICENSES MAY BE OB- “The River” is the second ma-/TAINED; REGULATING THE jor educational picture produced CARRYING ON OF BUSINESS by the — gel foine o It is UNDER LICENSE; hoon a dramat ion of the Mississippi| 4 PENALTY FOR THE - | River System written and direct-|T19N OF SAID ORDINANCE, ed by Pare Lorentz, with a spe-| aND REPEALING INAN- ane tan musical score bY | CES NO. 185, COUNCIL ayntes It tells the story of the Missis- SOD ees Sean 4: sippi from pioneer days of color- Passed by the City Council on ful cotton plantations, ‘steamboat first reading December 2, 1937. great cities and terrifying floods, | Os" Sesene by TITLE, December Touching on the subject of flood Dp by City Council on third control, the film reveals the con-| : trol dams in the Tennecsee Val ooo final reading, December 16, ley. | Coe of the most exciting | (Signed) EARL ADAMS, — {scenes show the floods in the! President City Council | Ohio River, a major tributary, in ATTEST: (SDG.) the spring of 1937. | WALLACE PINDER, Motion picture critics have been | City Clerk lavish in their praise of “The Riv-| Approved: (Signed) er’, not only for its vivid por-) WILLARD M. ALBURY, | trayal of the realities of a vast) Mayor. Section of America, but for its Attest: (Signed) quality as exciting and impres-/ WALLACE PINDER, sive entertainment. | dec. 27-1t. City Clerk. “The most important film of; | this season is ‘The River’,” says) | Meyer Levin in the January issue| ISLAND INN | rn ; aca t of Esquire Magazine. The film —TOURIST— HOT Ebavome was rated as “an exceptional pic-| ture” by the National Board of) “Where Southern Hospitality Meets Northern Friends” ATER The Federal Government’s new Review. | Tire Magazine called: it “a mo- | tion. picture of si ii photo- Key. West will be the first cities in the Vodhtzy 4 see} | the film.” ‘So far it has opened in} Chicago, Washington, New Or-} leans and Cleveland. | Mr. Griswold stated that Para-| mount Pictures, Inc., have recent- ly asked to distribute it to all their theaters throughout the! Feb hahha al Extra Good food | CUBAN COFFEE Is Deliciously Fresh! —TRY IT TODAY— On Sale At All Grocers Miss Mary Beth O’Steen of Jacksonville is the houseguest of Miss Carmen McBeth. She is being delightfully enter- | Extra low prices We Carry WELL KNOWN BRANDS “JUST AS:'GOOD” Our Fruits and” Vegetables will make your mouth water. They are the very Finest that. money can buy — yet still priced low. norman brothers $22 FLEMING PHONE 11 o/ 22222 ittiLiiggeidda (LAttbdddattbiddddedde PERSONAL SOCOCOCO CREO HOHADOOOOOOOSOSEOSODORENSEOOLOEEE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jenkins of Newark, N. J., arrived here last evening to spend a while as the houseguests of Mrs. Jenkins’ sis- ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huhne, 724 Eaton street. Manuel Gomez, of the Coast Guard Communication Service, left this morning for a vacation at points on the Keys. Mrs: H. W. Emrick, of Dayton, Ohio, who was spending a vaca- tion with Mrs. Matilda Manegold, over the Christmas holidays, left this morning for Miami en route LEGALS OTICE OF MASTER'S SALE NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN ‘that in pursuance of a final decree made by the Honorable Arthur Gomes, a Judge of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial. Circuit in and for Monroe County State of Florida, bearing date the 24th day of De- cember A. D. 1937 and duly enter- ed in that certain cause pending in said Court wherein Walter J. Lowe is the plaintiff and P. G. Walton nd Aline T. Walton are the defend- nts, a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage, I. Allan B. Cleare Jr., the undersigned Special Master in Chan- cery, appointed by said decree, will offer for sale and sell at public sale to the highest bidder for cash at the front door of the Monroe County Court House in Key West ida on Monday, the 7th day of vit: between joon and 2 f said day, al estate land on the west side of the right of way of the Florida East Coast Railway Company; commencing at a point where the North boundary line of said Lots Three, Four and Five intersect said right of way. Fro said point run Southwesterly along said right of way 425 feet Six inches; thence Wesi Thirteen hundred and eighty-seven (i387) feet, more or less, to the Waters of Barnes Sound; thence Northeas- terly along Barnes Sound 425 feet Six inches, more or less, to a point due West of starting point; thence East 1587 feet, more or less, along said North boundary line of said Lots Three, Four and Five to the point of beginning, containing fifteen acres, more or | to- gether with all riparian rights thereto. Also excepting there- from @ strip of land on the Easterly side of the right of way of the F. E. C. Railway Company where the North boun- dary line of Lots Three a Four Section 23, Township 2 South, of Range 38 East inter- sects said right of way. From said point run Southwesterly a- long said right of way 425 feet thence East 900 feet, more i less, to the center of Dove Creek; thence Northeasterly along the center of Dove Creek 425 feet to the North boundary line of said Lots Three and Four; thence West salong said North boundary line 1000 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning. Excepting therefrom a strip of land 100 feet wide being 50 feet in width on each side of the line of the F. EB. C. Railway Company as now locat- ed on or across any.of the above described property, the proper- ty hereby conveyed containing 105 acres, more or less. ALLAN B. CLEARE, JR., Special Master in Chancer: JOHN G. SAWYER, Solicitor For Plaintiff. dec. 28, 1937; jan. 4-11-18-25, 1938 7.1 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937. Yesterday ee > to San Francisco; Calif. to bc| Mrs. G. F. Widmyer entertain- with a brother, who is seriously | ed yesterday at a tea in honor of sa aes nit Captain and Mrs. C. D. Harring+ Mrs. Francisco Fleitas left on| 0m and Miss Mary Bert O'Steen, Florida Motor Lines bus this| of Jacksonville. MENTION Entertain With Egg-Nog Party: ESL ESER eqprehem S00F iF A Robert Baker Wilbur Wahl, who was visiting with relatives and friends, left this morning for Miami, where he Mrs. Mary V. Daniels, who was | visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.| Daniels, left this morning for her} home in South Miami. Cleveland Johnson, constable ot| the Third Monroe district, and | Mrs. Johnson, arrived over the highway last night and are spend- ing the day meeting friends. John Van Mill arrived on the MONROE THEATER Preston Foster and from Miami this morning the purpose of taking com- mand of the Yahct Sybil, now in the Key West yacht basin. Habana-Madrid Club MUSIC AND FLOOR SHOW —by— | JIMMIE HEFFNER’S GANG EVERY NITE 15 PEOPLE Except Monday | Gorgeous Costumes Beautiful Girls Comedy Hot Band 5 Vaudeville Acts Featuring ? DICKIE REY in NEW YEAR'SEVE] ORIENTAL N $1.00 Couple DANCE ADMISSION 75c Couple Ladies, without Escort, 25¢ Phone 220 For Reservations BIG APPLE CONTEST, WED. DEC. 29--2 PRIZES FOLLOW THE. ARROW! ---And You Will Find In This Directory, Stores Which Aim To Serve and Please You. They Invite You To Visit Them! PHONE 138 Package Liquors of All Kinds Beer and Wine BAK MALONEY & PEACOCK Bakers of Baker Boy Bread Phone 818 612 Fleming St/ Cakes and Pastries ERIES visit or call Fulford’s Poultry Ferm Free Delivery, Phose 880 t | f i : i