The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1938, Page 3

SYNOPSIS: Our love for « young English girl has kept my uncle, James Clyde, and myself (Paul Thorng) im tropical Balin- gong through a Dyak revolt end Malay defeat. Christine Forres- ter, visioning «¢ great empire here, has made Clyde rejch. Clyde antagonizes the sultan’s representative, Rentongen, by trying to end the traditional dep- redations of the Malays. War threatens. In the pouring rain we are paddling down-river with Christine and her sick brother who are finally leaving this fever-ridden spot. Chapter 36 Whanging Nerve Strain ‘OU’VE heard Rentongen talk,” I said. “You know how bitter he’s become.” = “T've heard him often,” Chris- tine agreed. “But—lately it has seemed to me that we have heard very little from him. Perhaps I've been foolish to hope; but I've been hoping that the Malays were be- coming reconciled. It’s weeks since we've had a really vigorous com- plaint from Rentongen.” _ 2 “That’s just what worries me, I told her. “Something is happen- ing in the background; I see evi- dences of it, but I can’t find out what it is. I know what I think it is. Something has happened to I think we're going %& from them in a way that we won't “And all this is what you're making me run away from,” Christine said. “We'll handle it a whole lot bet- ter without you here.” Her voice lashed at me hysteri- cally, like a whip across the face. “You've got to stop talking to me like that!” “I'm sorry” We were coming to the mouth of the Siderong, and I could smell salt water. For a moment some trick of the torches showed us the jungle wall, a black lacquer pali- sade webbed over by giant creep- ers. Our roof was beginning to an occasion- soak putting al drop of luke-warm water down our necks. Perhaps that cramped shelter of matting over our heads was what had given me the sense of being near to Christine for a while; whatever it was, that feeling Way 2s We now crossed Siderong Mhere was open sea ahead, and Christine would soon be beyond it: but she would hardly be farther away from me than she was already. I said, “We're going to pull this | ; thing through. I promise you that. I admit I don’t know how we're going to do it. But it will be done.” Her face was as lovely as I had | ; ever seen it, but it was no longer to me. For a little while it had seemed to me that I could have reached out and touched it. Not with my hands alone, for that would have been easy enough, there in the bankong—but with a feeling of possession and a knowl- edge that her face was held be- tween my fingers because she wanted it to be. That was all gone now; this was Anthony Forrester’s daughter again, with her grave} clear eyes set on a future in which I could see no part for myself. | “Clyde will win this,” I said. “That is a hard man to stop.” Christine faltered. “There is so much danger ahead—” “That's what makes a victory | out of it. Otherwise ¢, weg = just a trade.” . Change Of Mind a Ye ” she said slowly, “that is/ . . This will beithe est | thing that has ever ha te | the islands, when it is done.’ i * 2 1 agytersi Wi banenay, nice thing ‘here some day. I was watching her profile; dim- struggle against going broke. There were years of it ahead with- out anything in them that a rea- sonable person would want. Yet I knew that Clyde could not quit, and neither could L And § knew that we were fools. We were alongside Robert For- rester’s bankong; we were under the Avon's black hulk. Clyde and Marvin Stocker were calling back and forth. Christine groped for my hand, and for a moment pressed it against her cheek; her face was wet, but it was impossible to tell now whether with rain or tears. Then abruptly she threw my hand awa’ ry. can't do it,” she said. “It’s too much to ask.” “You can’t—what are you talk- ing about?” She was silent for a long mo- ment. Then she called out across the narrow strip of black water. “Goodby, Bob. .. . Fm going : but balked. But it was "Same as before—nothing ve been more different. Harassed By Desperation ATAUT, hard strain came upon both Clyde and me, in spite of ing Christine could do to got over the first shock of the idea that she was going to stay with us we had the feeling that Balin- gong must somehow be pulled and hauled and hammered into a fit place for Christine. t must be done immediately—and it was im- pogsible. Clyde and I fought our work a than ever fat. harassed by an‘unsleeping desper- ation. That whanging nerve- strain, in itself, later accounted for many things. —for no better reason than that the magic auguries were unfav- orable. Throw against the poor crop the waste and spoilage of war, and it is hard to see why they eet anything but famine. hen a one-crop food runs out it runs out suddenly; most villages had come to the end of their rice long ago, and it was | very difficult to see how they lived at all. It was a fortunate thing that whatever rice was going te be | = was already in the ground, | for certain that in their ex- the people would have i tremi! | eaten the seed. They knew better | than that, and it was against cus- fom, but these were at the end of their string. Game © websearce, and the fishing bad. The situation could hardiy have worse. Daily the Siderong before the imboo palace was banked with tirauis of people who had l'to beg the white rajah for aid. We pid what we could; but if we were able to give a few handfuls of rice to the exhausted men at the pad- ly seen by the torchlight, but very | dles we could no longer expect to near; I was unwilling to lose one | do anything more. moment of memory of her. She} The jungle was stripped of turned now, and looked at me very | everything fit to eat, and it was straight, but with a curious ex-/ strange to see so much vegetation pression in her eyes. | “Of course, some day all of this | will be yours.” I knew that this was not so; I} had helped Clyde to draft his/| will. I knew that all Clyde's claim | on Balingong raj, and everything in it, was deeded to the Ranee Christine. “The hell with it,” I said. “You—you don't want it?” “No.” “But, Paul, you've given so much of yourself—" “What I want is to sit on a cool veranda overlooking the sea, and take a good rest, and drink a sloe gin fizz. The Harbor Club at Singe- pore has a better veranda for that than Ciyde will have in years.” She turned her face away fr scccces esecccocceces Today’s Horoscope Today, a turning point of the year, is also a turning point of destiny. It is a critical day and genera produces persons of There is a strain of mind_4s trained on but there 1s a rigid t should be e char good the high ngs. unbending watched carefu y, acteristics of the day ones, in moderation. are jot and yet so little food. The people were eating weeds. and soup made boiled grasses and scraped moss, They ate the bark of trees, and even weighted their poo. flat stomachs with a kind of clay found on the river banks. It was a temptation to send our vessels to distant islands with our precious store of riftes, to trade for food where and however we could, But we knew this would have been fatal. It would not only have fn- ished us, but would have finished Balingong. We had to sit there and , endure it while we watched the people die. (Cobwright, 1938, diaw Laitoy) Is i love that keeps Christine n ‘there? Continued tomerrew. NEED NEW NAME Brookiyn.—The Club Satan, r-0ae formed by truck drivers of this city, cannot incorporate under that name, a judge ruled. clain that it has anti-religious significance. The Florida State College for Women will open its 25th annual summer session June ses n will last eight be co-educational. and will offer courses required for regular de- grees. LOCAL SCHOOL PAPER GROWING {LATEST ISSUE VERY INTER- ; ESTING AND ENTER- TAINING Slugger baseball nine yesterday afternoon at Army Barracks de- feated Acevedo Stars in-the first game of a Monroe County League doubleheader by the score of 4 to 2 and then downed Caraballo Red Devils in the nightcap, 8 to 6. The Sluggers outplayed and out-batted the Stars in the open- ing contest, which gave the vic- tors clear title to first position in the league. It was a fight to hold the lead as both the Stars and Sluggers were tied for top hon- ors. ero, the Sluggers were in no dan- ger at anytime. out 14 batters and was very good in pinches. The hitting of Lucilo, Slugger star second beseman, who got four out of four, was the out- standing batter of day. Soldano, Roberts and Rodriguez also hit well for the Sluggers. The fielding and hitting for the Stars of Am. Acevedo and Mal- grat were outstanding. Stone pitched the first three innings for the losers and did a pretty good job. Box score of the first game: Acevedo Stars Player— Machin, If a= AL Acevedo, 2b _— Am. Acevedo, ss Barcelo, 1b — F. Acevedo, cf F. Rodriguez, rf Rueda, 3b - Lopez, ¢ Stone, p 5 | ee B Ble | a mmoonenem of mrocHnonmonm mm 2 a ee al rmomoconony wl occccccommy Totals— 12 Summary—Two-base hits: Lu- cilo, AL Acevedo, Am. Acevedo, Rueda; three-base hit: Soldano; stolen bases: Machin, Am. Ace- vedo, Lucilo; Soldano, Roberts; bases on balls: off Salinero 1 @arcelo), off Stone 0 in three in- nings, off Malgrat 1 (Roberts) in five innings; struck out: by Sal- inero 14 (Machin 2, Barcelo, F. Acevedo, Rueda 3, Stone, Mal- grat, Lopez 2, E. Rodriguze 3), by Stone 3 (Soldano, G. Acevedo, Smith), by Malgrat 6 (Soldano, G. Avevedo, Smith 3, Fernandez); CRUISE PLANNED AMI ICH 26 Nassau - in - the - Bahamas, San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Havana, three of the most colorful islands of the Caribbean, may be visited by the southern vacationist aboard the T. S. S. “Iroquois” of the Clyde-Mallory Lines sailing from Miami Saturday, March 26. This voyage concludes a series of Popular West Indies Cruises. Puerto Rico, which Columbus christened the “Isle of Enchant- ment”, is one of the most colorful of the islands in the West Indies. Its great volcanic mountains reach up from the fertile foothills inte scenes of tropical splendor. breath-taking in beauty. uu, British Colonial resort, agg Ha- vana, the “Pearl of the Aijiles”. offer widelp divergent at ions which ve placed them among the popular leaders of wititer re- sorts in the Western Hemigphere. Nassau’s Paradise Beach t i sea,.is as at@active vana’s "La Playa. and yet their differences, their people, their backgrounds, make them in dividually entrancing. But the days ashore are only a partof these new West Indies cruises. Aboard the Iroquois, during the days at sea, experienc- ed cruise directofs will conduct a carefully arranged program of With superb pitching by Salin- Salinero struck | | winning pitcher: Pitcher: Malgrat. Sore by innings: Total Stars __ . 002 000 000— 2 Sluggers 001 621 00x— 4 Salinero; losing In the second game the Slug- gers made their hold on first po- sition safe by defeating Caraballo Red Devils by a score of 8 to 6. The hitting of Valdez, Calleja, Soldano and Roberts was the fea- ture of the game. Lugilo, who pitched for the winning Sluggers, was master of the game at all times. The running spectacular catch of Leo Stanley, right fielder for the Sluggers, was the treat of the contest. Outstanding for the Red Devils at bat were A. Garcia, G. Garcia, Sweeting and Molina. Box score of the second game: Caraballo Red Devils Player— A. Garcia, If _ Kelly, 3b G. Garcia, ¢ Baker, ss D. Navarro, cf-p Molina, p-cf Domenech, 2b Stickney, 1b Sweeting, rf Caraballo, rf xH. Gates IS eae iar a aes alo OPNOONK HN ew Current issue of The Snapper, Seecccccscescoseseseeses informative and progressive pub- lication ‘of ‘the Key ‘West High MONROE COUNTY |School, is being distributed te pa- LEAGUE STAN VG : trons today... Circulation,, under aientie U A DING management of Lucille De | Barritt, grows larger ‘with “eact Club— W. L. Pet. issue-of the: interesting: paper. Shuggers 3 0 1.000; The, current publication, as Acevedo Stars 2 1 .750' usual was printed by The Art- Caraballo Red Devils _@ 3.600 man’Press, contains a number of jimteresting contributions. Second Today’s Birthdays installment of the story, “Staked For Toll”, by Hildegard Ott Rus- Dr. George E. Vincent, educa- Billie Camero. tor, former president of the Altogether, the latest issue of jsel. is also printed. Poems are Rockefeller Foundation, born at The Snapper is very entertaining. bi Rockford, Ill., 74 years ago. jand warrants and deserves the in- —_——_ terease in circulation, which has Dr. Thomas S. Gates, president | been accorded. of the University of Pennsylvnaia, ' —— born in Philadelphia, 65 years California Grows The ago. i . . ss | Biggest Kids, Too Gen. James G. Harbord, board; ee chairman of the Radio Corpora-; (By Aeenciated Poresd tion of America, born at Bloom-' SACRAMENTO. Calif. March 21.—Californig,-is growing larger ington, Ill, 72 years ago. = aS ESF children than any other state. Howard W. Blakeslee, science h s o edie of: heh jated Press, health came to this ———— af- New York, t at New Dunge- ter recording the heights and ness, Wash. 58 years ago. in California and 25,000 born out- Albert Kahn of Detroit, noted , S¢_ the state. |architect, born in Germany, catysil 69" Angeles, who was in charge of | the study, said: Ce BEB | “We are able to state that the Prof. George D. Birkhoff of ' average height of children of a Harvard, noted mathematician,' given age born elsewhere than born at Overisel, Mich, 54 years’ California in invariably less than tg the average height of California {native born children. jcontributed by Mario Napoles and | The state department of public | j weights of 50,000 children born : SHOES 114.009 HORSES Chestertown, Md.—William E. Ringgold, for 57 years blacksmith, retired. He estimates that he driven 16 tons of horsehoe with 17,508,000 hammer into the hoofs of 114,000 during the 57 years. The Executive Committee of the Florida Elks Assocation has set May 8, 9 and 10 as dates for the association's convention Daytona Beach. The dates are set later than usual te avoid conflict the tourist season events. ISLAND INN —TOURIST— HOTEL 404 DUVAL STREET “Where Hospitality Priends* Southern Dr. Orren Lloyd Jones of Los * PaGE THREE Beue: Bury Hz Widow—I want t mmset a= obituary notice @ FoEr pepe How much will = bet Edutor—Twenty-five cents inch, madam. Widow—Oh. land sakes John was sux feet wil Marnanne ss piememg som thing new im the farm af cK — tertanment li s propesee ta “Marianna Bicycle Rode: There are twelve welfare c= tricts in Florida. with headquar ters at Jacksonville. Tampa M ami, Orlando, Green Springs, Live Osk. Quincey. De Funisk Springs Clearwater. Por: Myers, Fort Pierce. Lecsburg [FRANK JOHNSON | } WATCHES = PIRATES COVE: On Oversea Highway 20 Muses From Key West —SWIMMING (Chrarmng Surrouncings Excelien: Cuisine *} Bvening Diace <2. Luncheon os For Reservanons Teephome PIRATES COVE) ’ EXCURSION TO PORT TAMPA Effective Immediately and Expires Tuesday March 22 ADULTS. Round Trip. First Class Sit wl eeconoconot wl ceenooconom al conocconHonny Plans are underway to raise a cargo of whiskey which sank with the Steamer Alice in the Apale- chicola River 73 years ago. The present value of the cargo is esti-| mated at $300,000. { Totals— 39 11 x—H. Gates hit for Stickney ninth inning. Bel pcosoecceoooom Player— Valdez, ss = Soldano, cf - Geo. Acevedo, 3b __ A. Navarro, 3b __— Rodriguez, ¢ Roberts, 2b Stanley, rf ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO BE HELD MAY 3. 1838 Scinanuuwe ao Caen eloommonocennt For Representative State Legislature gr! cone nnoonnt ol e2ccoacccoem | Summary—Two-base Garcia, A. Garcia, Valdez; three- jbase hits: Calleja, Soldano, G. Garcia; hit by pitched ball: by Molina 2 (Fernandez and Sol-! dano); struck out: by Lucile $ (Kelly, D. Navarro, Stickney 4, Caraballo, G. Garcia), by Molina} 3 (Stanley, Calleja, Fernandez), by D. Navarro 2 (Fernandez, J. Navarro); bases on balls: off Lu- cilo 5 (Molina, D. Navarro, Dom- enech, Gates, Baker), off Molina 2 (@ernandez, Rodriguez); win- EVERETT W. R ning pitcher: Lucilo; losing pitch- For Judge of Criminal er: Molina. of Record Score by innings: Total Red Devils 000 030 300— § WILLIAM V. ALBURY S'uggers 201 003 20x— 3 T. S. CARO | For Representative State | Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For Representative State Legislature | | | WOODRING TALKS ON DEMOCRA SECRETARY OF WAR ADDRES. —__ a SEs CLUB ATLoRLAN., . Fer Sega Commies B r, DO, FLORIDA CLEVELA’ — (For Re-| ORLANDO, March 21 (FNS).— “There is a definite correlation between length of body and length of stay in California.” Florida Motor Lines have an- nounced that in coordination with P. and O. steamers, they now are able to give through service be- tween Florida cities and Havana. 4 ~~ A CHILDREN. Round Trip. First Class 73 —GOOD FOR TEN DAYS— THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S. S. CO. For Information. Tickets end Reservations Phone 14 OF AMERICA---By Tremendous Margin Secretary of War Harry H. Wood- ring told the meeting of the Young Democratic Clubs of Flor- ida here that, “We believe that our representative democracy is ideally suited to the needs of free Americans. We want no dictator- ships, no Communist state, no cor- porate government, no totalitarian nation, or any other alien political institution. We are satisfied with our republic”. Woodring pointed out that re- cent events have created*a diplo- ation of extreme gravity ‘watchword of our mi high state officials includ- ing Cary Landis, attorney gener- al; Robert Gray, secretary of state; Tom Long, state beverage commissioner; W. M. Taylor, state hotel com joner; Hon. Rivers Buford. justice of the supreme court, and Mrs. Hortense K. Wells, State democratic cor jeewo- man Carl V. Cesery of Jacksonville offered’a resolution endorsing the national length bill, limiting length of trains to now before the house; the resolution was adopted. shipboard entertainment deck sports, concerts, dancing. contests, talkies, etc, which will provide constant amusement, while cuis- ine and Service will be maintain- ed on the Clyde-Mallory standard of quality. NO NAME LODGE At Its Best GARDEN BREAKFAST Fine ——————— FOR SALE TWO CITY BLOCKS Known as TRUST FACTORY Building. $0x300 Fest