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The St-ry $9 Fer: The dor- vo0d hedge surrounding Good- loe’s Choice in the Maryland hunting district is a symbol and a sacred boundary. On the inside, th Goodloe is longing to hear proposat frem dashing Gary Erent. Outside, on horseback, Reuben Oliver. selt-made, mil- Hionaire, peers enviously over the hedge until Jim Goodice invites him in. Attempting to jump the boxwood, Reuben ts thrown at Judith’s feet, badly wmjured. Chapter Eight | Anether Outsider os the house, while she directed an excited and bewildered Han- | nah to bring towels, gauze, hot water, Judith. despite a vague pity | for his plight. wa with a fierceness that actually shook her. Keeping her from Gary —as if two years of waiting wasn't long enough! Keeping her whole | future hanging in the balance. her | happiness— “I won't be kept another min- | ute! I’m going down! Why couldn't | he have selected some other spot |. in which to smash nimself!” | Hurriedly she turned back jas- mine scented sheets of the guest room bed. As they laid him upon the wide four poster bed. Reuben epenred his eves. “He's coming round." Mr. Blout murmured, “Eh, Oliver? How do vou feel? What did you'say?” Reuben had merely sighed. eves upon Judith standing be. | tween him and the west window. | The sun made reddish lights in her | hair. Subconsciously he reached | out a straving hand, attracted as a child to 2 dream—" “Ot course you didn't, Oliver, Dick Blout assured him. “You tumbled all right!” Then to Judith cheerfully: “They don’t usually | talk so soon when there's concus- sion. [t may not be an operative |* case after all,” briskly. “Now if you'll get me sc » Judy, Wil cut that sleeve.” | Twilight was closing in before , Judith was free to go do It seemed a lifetime since she had been kissed fn the | garden, but woman-like she tried | to take un her enchanted moment where she laid it down She ste d out on the wide porch. ri e in her eves. “I’m sorry. Gary. Hannah wasn’t a bit of good 1 had to stand by | But it was not Gary who paced the porch impatiently. It was a strange little figure whose head made a red blob in the twilight “How is Reuben?” was blurred with throaty notes not unlike the first chirpings of a mudlark. “Don't stand gazing like | a@ wooden Indian! Hurry and tell me how he is” Judith. submerged in her own affairs continued to stare at the intruder in prised silence. Here wos a person she had never seen | before and of a tvne foreign tb the valley Even in that moment she noticed the stranger's expensive: ness. Paris was written all over her. Who was she, where had she come from, and what had brought her? From the shadow «/ a vine en- | closed corner. Gary came for- ward. “Miss Rogers is a friend of | Oliver's.” he explained, “Miss | Goodloe will give us a cheering ac- | count of the patient. I'm sure. Miss Rogers.” “Tie isn’t badly hurt.” Judith caught up with the moment “The doctors sav Mr Oliver will be as gord as new in a week or 10 days.” Cissy siehed her relief For an in-tant was bevond speech Then: might have known nothing could do Rube in for long!” She scanned Judith's face~ the girl who had taken him from her. if she had ever had him -low v d. poised. beautiful he has something | haven't.” Cissy thought. “Something I would give the world for.” Aloofness ’M sorry you've been anxious.” Judith saw this uninvited guest as one more obstacle between her- self and Gery. ff she would onlv hurry and go! She wanted to be alone with Garv— wanted him to take her in his arms--wanted him to_kiss her. Seated upon the porch railing. a smile upon his handsome face. Gary showed no sign of impatience for the guest's departure. He said: “Miss Rogers was wandering in and out between the box like a lost soul. when | salvaged her.” “1 corralled him.” contradicted Cissy. She was conscious of Gary's charm Conscious of his ap proval of herself. “I should be run ning along, but—" Curiosity ab: Judith Geodloe made her linger. Curiosity and the fact that Reuben was upstairs. She was nearer to him here. Judith. still in riding togs. swung up on the porch rail beside Gary: “You're a guest at Five Chimneys?” she asked politely Cissy modded and helped het self to a cigarette from a nearby table. Gary gave her a light. In the flare of the match her hair showed very red. Very short. Her eves) were two flawless emeralds with | black centers. “Reuben hay .@ house party over the week end.” she explained Britain Develops Plan Te Save Fuel la War vn sare ssed s hating Reuben ye Se his 3 bright bauble! “I didn't |G The voice | ¥ +A FERGUSON z it! Talk about herd Juck!” Gary felt a sudden ympathy for the man lying up- Stairs in the four poster b: “He isn’t so crazy about i Cissy said. “It was my idea en- tirely.” “His fiancee. of course.” Judith decided and asked: “Do vou wish to see Mr. Oliver?” Terribly C v Aue to'see Mr. niver. She hated the assistance Jags hed been able to give him. Was jealous of the minutes—of the very walls a surrounded him, She said; t tonight. Pil come, tomorrow. it may.” Proud of the way she said it. “Please come as early as you wish." Judith invited cordially. \“C'm sorry your party is getting off to such a gloomy start.” e gang won't be gloomy * Cissy dragged on her ciga- She felt the other girl's aloofne “They ll have a great laugh m they hear that any- thing so a ic as a horse did | Reuben in. Judith gasped: | Horses?” “I’ve made a bad break.” thought. She stuck ‘Aren't they?” Maybe! hadn't thought. Ours are part of the family.” 3ut hardly the modern means of locomotion.” flicking an ash with slender ringed finger. "a like patures. well enough. I around the park metimes. Usually though, I'm in hurry to’ £0 places and do things “Then a car, of course— Cissy blew a perfect site. ring, “1 usually fiy:'an‘RX Super. “How very modern!” Judith murmured without interest but ary flung away his cigarette and slid from the porch rai! “I knew there was something tantalizingly familiar about vou! You're C C. opers the av ~by all the ecds! The C. C. His glance sweeping her was openly admir- ing and surprised. “You're just as big as a minute!” rette. “Archaic? — Cissy to her guns. Blue Eyes Meet Green "M five feet one inch “Sure about the inch?" Gary grinned. “I've pictured vou a--a sort of Juno.” ‘m flattered that you a thought! Devastated bec: sted e Tm not Juno?” impishly “Heavens no! But your pictures give t impression. I was among the mob the dav vou land- ed at Croyden That was a grand flight vou made — remember. Judy?” “Yes,” Judith remembered only cause Gary hed written, not be- use she carec about the flier Where have you flown from to- Miss Rogers? “Civica ago I came down in Rube’s prize cornfield” Cissy laughed and turned to Judith: “Making @ esuntry squire of him, aren't you? i surprised. “You.” “The credit belongs with unconscious hardly know Mr Oliver “Snob.” thought Cissy resent- fully. She .ad a sudden desire to hurt Judith You should get around more,” lightly “Why?” lazily “Travel ir broadening. “So I've been told.” Blue eyes and green met. The cirl who knew 1 ttle of the world beyond th- va!.ev ane the girl who knew it from sea to sea took mea- sure of each other former had the traditiens and et? of a long, proud line & uoneld her The lat- ter made fer own codes when ne- ssity required She said “Until he came here the only thing Rube sed 1 ’se_ for was to pull trucks wut of mudholes, now --it's funny.” “Mr. Oliver's going m for sport? 1 agree with you.” Judith said a bit too smoothly With the swiftnes of lightning Cissy's not temper burst the care- fully acquired shell of her veneer. Sport. m, eye!” scornfully, What's so sportsmanliky in an able bodied manwith a gun in his hands or a‘ pilek’ of dogs at his heels, chasify ‘@ defenseless rab- bit, fox or what have you, to its death? The pastithe of cowards, if vou ask me! Cissy took a savage delight in the vibrant silence that foll her speech. She rushed on face with man sizec opponent your so called sportsman probably turns tail anu runs!” “Oh, come now!” Gary started @ protest, but Cissy’s spurt of an- ger dict suddenly it had flared “E've been rue,’ re} ‘when [ mean. to be Please forgive me! I with small girl honesty a good impression Now fully. “You've made a wonderfu. im- pression,” Gary assured her heart- iy. He found her amusing. He had nm ver met a girl just like her. Cissy’s green eyes proved nim, cove rity e IOti eapeat her hostess approved , fens Oh hot at was where Judith's Heart lav. Cissy pirits rage with t surge. kept fight on rude. a els as as entantly, nic wanted, to make * regret- Be She belr eer Wwe whe Smeth P ergeson) ° w: Jadith waits they ex Buses equ are already (Ry Anametated GLASGOW, April comes, Britain will power her ve hicles with gas as far as possible conserving soline for use Two methods 3 oped—self-gene fed by charcoal or c ried on the vehicle: bottle The fuel manufacture tish prime for Sir Geor They Don’t Like Living On “Easy Street” (Ry Axxociated Press) WENATCHEE, Wash., April 13. —People in the Sunnyslope dis- trict don’t like living on Easy street Residents of the district peti- tioned county commissioners to vacate a street by that name, de- claring it had been abandoned «and unused for some years, CLASSIFIED COLUMN pre ene If you have a house to MOVE If you have a house to SELL or if you want to BUY A HOUSE Call or See LEONARD BROTHERS Transfer & Storage House Movers 1401 Division Street apr13-tf MISCELLANEOUS 408 Greene rte tx FIRE woop FREE. street. 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EXPRESS & STOR 51 S W. ist St. mar23-tf THE KEY WEST CITIZEN P PAGE FIVE ee e e ecoececce (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, April 13.— Three hundred fifty-four students including Miss Edna Roberts of Key West are candidates for de- grees and certificates at the 32nd annual Commencement exercises May 28-30 at Florida State Col- lege for Women. Miss Roberts is a candidate for the two-year teacher’s diploma. The graduation candidates are from 110 Florida cities, also from Virginia, South Carolina, Wash- ington, D. C., Cuba and France. Of this number, five seek the master’s degree; 267 the bache- lor’s degree; 79, the two-year teacher’s diploma, and three cer- tificates in piano, voice and vio- lin, respectively. Miss Lois Bow- en, of Jacksonville, is a candidate for both the bachelor’s degree in music and a certificate in voice, and Miss Betty Parker, of Ar- cadia, is a candidate for the bach- elor’s degree in music¢ and a cer- tificate in violin. Commencement speakers are Bishop Charles Wesley Flint, D.D., of the Methodist Episcopal MEDAL FOR LIARS BURLINGTON, Wis.—The Na- tional Liars Club of this city has for many years assumed the func- tion of collecting and judging the work of America’s best prevari- cators. A medal is awafded each year. church, Atlanta, who will deliver the Commencement sermon May 30, and Rev. Victor B. Chicoine, ot the Congregational church of Winter Park, who will preach the baccalaureate sermon May 29. Candidates will receive their diplomas or certificates only upon satisfactory completion of the year’s work and fulfillment of other graduation requirements as set forth in the college cata- logue, according to announcement of Registrar S R. Doyle. Named recently among a staff of 33 Florida State College stu- dents to serve on the student mewspaper, the Florida Flam- beau, was Miss Mary Sullivan, of Key West. Miss Sullivan will serve as assistant editor and columnist. bling would pass, AROUND MIAMI a CONTRIBUTOR) . Half se successes of life come from “knowing the ropes”, and pulling the right ones. Miami's politicians may know little about the higher things of life, but they know the Old Town. They know the ebb and flow of the tides that relate to gambling and how. to obtain a fair distribution. of pro- fit and when to “put ‘the lid on”, The county and city would, we believe, feel worse to see ‘ the gamblers go than the gamesters themselves.’ Yet, the moral angle is, occasionally, wheeled out just to please the religiously opposed. Now that the millionaire “sports- men” have had their “run” the little “tin horns” will step in to tun their machines and games unmolested, maybe. Why else should there be these comings and goings, these closings and openings of hot spots, bookie joints, ete.? Ask another. If it were not for the indignant out- ery of the churchly souls, their employed representatives gather- ing. evidence here and there, gam- unnoticed, as The Key West Citizen PRESENTS Fiji Pigs And Dogs Harass Island Men (Ry Associate SUVA, Fiji, April 1 dogs are fighting it out en sev- eral islands of the Fiji group, with white settlers the chief vic- tims. Press) Pigs and On, Taveuni and Vanua Levu the wild pigs eat the commercial coconut crop, uprodét youn’ trees and keep the settlers busy: trying to exterminate them. Settlers on these islands favor breeding a race of wild dogs to keep the pigs down, but from Vita Levu comes warning that this merely creates another prob- lem. There, roving bands of wild dogs are extremely troublesome. one of those things that some people do and others don’t. But it has to be put a stop to when the big money comes to town and opens its tracks to the dear people. Why should the pub- lie’s chosen representatives not make a virtue of necessity and regulate the sport, especially when they find that gamblers are TALKS “LEFT-MANDED” HAZELHURST, Pa.—Compen- sation because he has to learn to talk “left-handed” is being sought by Earl Bills, a mute of this city. While chopping trees hé lost the index finger of his right hand which he used to form words in the sign language. LEGALS THE COUNTY JUD IN AND FOR WOAKOR COUNTY. FLORIDA. LV PRONATE. IN ANN the H Inder Monroe fent oa Mate of the of. AN ¢ presented w fir aims and thin the manner p rred_as pre daw ated March 17th, A 1938 AMELIA SAUNDERS. of the Last Will demands on time and scribed herein sha rix and 5 apre-1 COOKING SCHOOL A THRILLING TREAT FOR EVERY WOMAN at the an? PALACE THEATRE Wednesday, Thursday and Friday April 27,£28 and 29°at10:30 A. M. Each Day “Star in My Kitchen” was produced in one of the major motion picture studios in Hollywood and has a large cast of well-known actors and actresses. It combines in a feature-length picture the romance and glamour of Hollywood with the everyday problems of home-making. You will laugh at and with Auntie Bella, the large, jolly, colored maid, and be thrilled by the love scenes between Mike (the movie star) and Dedee, the lovely heroine. And, most important of all, you will see in complete detail demonsrations of many recipes developed by several of America’s leading home economists.