The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1938, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE ARMY POST By Virginia Hanson The Characters Katherine Cornish, myself, vis- iting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army post. ° Elizabeth, Colonel Wright's Yesterday: Shaw proposes the that the bullet may have been meant for Barney. Chapter 13 On The Wrong Track MURDERS against Anne. And wasn’t that e motive for anooting her? On the other wy would Seciae to put out of the way? ‘Aue. was di that for I had floundered into confusi Barney or Anne? And mg motives for the death of either. Against my m: thoughts circled back to the’ starting point. Strong motives. Elizabeth, if she loved Barney. | Charlie. ... | But I refused to think of that. Adam was pacing the floor with S ACTIVITIES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN OCIAL ‘Three One Act Plays For Benefit | Radioman Arrives Community Christmas TreéF¥iday Hée On Vacation A romantic comedy, a mystery, 2s'20 |! v Jone hand against dhe duaperate + E. Howard, radioman, U.S.N., Lazetto gang. Othtr members of | WaP 4h arrival this week from S| afternoon from Havana with 47 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1938 e ©} These will be the Brazos from | | TRANSPORT, ‘ATION Galveston to Key West and New | York and the Ozark from New ° * | Orleans to Key West, Miami and Steamer Cuba Arrives | Jacksonville. | Steamship Cuba, of the P. and! |O. S. S. Co., arrived yesterday first cabin and two second cabin passengers for Key West; 12 first ; cabin for Tampa. Key West arrivals: Fred Kess- ler, Vaillant Ramos Puentes, M. W. Hellsman, Josephine Hells- and anchored until this morning} when she came up to the Porter} | Dock and made her berth at 8:20! | o’clock. | The vessel is from Newcastle on | iells-' Tyne, England, bound to Corpus} |man, Wm. A. Macfarlane, Minnie | Christi, Texas, and came, as an-! | Macfarlane, Mary Munn, Edith! nounced by radiogram, to this !Shepard, Bernardo Atlias, Frank) port for a supply of fuel oil, ————— | disappointment when she French Tanker Aragaz arrived| pares her second husband with in the outer harbor last evening | ™*- A Considerate Man Client (making will)—And if my wife marries again, I want the bequest to be doubled. Lawyer—What’s the idea? Client—I want to soften her com- MONROE THEATER Virginia Bruce in WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN —also— GATEWAY Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ uick, nervous strides, his open face tnirrori lecisi fe jand a farce comprise the three ring ion, “But if that’s true I'm on the ' Ogize, Helen Ogize, Pauline Se-| one-act playg to be presented at this cast are Ernest Yates and | jhis' station at San Diego, Calif., 5 ee . bestyn, Jose Maria Bauer, Rita B.| land will spend a vacation with Ean: burned in Adam’s upply of eyes. Tommy Curry. Yacht Returns Here “Well? I’m listening.” “Why, I was in the reading room, here, this afternoon, polic- ing up for the party. I'd come over to make sure there were enough dishes for the ice cream. That stuff must be melted to soup by now! ‘They were to deliver it at eleven. The balloon dance was to have been the last before the intermis- sion.” Adam made a gesture of im- patience, “Get on with it. What time were you over here?” i rT ame. wat tint tee a pole ee thirty and six. There’s usuall, two or three soldiers in the read- ing room, but they’d cleared out. ‘The place was empty as a tomb.” Be shivered. “Tomb is “Well, as I said, I was pocin ja a bit in here when I hear what I took to be a pistol shot. I tore to the reading room door—it was shut--and ~pened it. “Barney was standing in the en- |! tryway with a box of colored light bulbs in one hand and the pieces of one at his feet. I said, ‘What was that noise?’ “He said, sort of weak, ‘It did make a noise, didn’t it? Must be the arched roof. I dropped a bulb.’ “But when I got up to him I could see his face was white and he was shaking so the bulbs all danced and rattled. And I could smell burnt powder. “Well, that was his story, and he stuck to it. But I think somebody was gunning for him and he knew it. And that would mean——” “That somebody got the wrong tonight. Did you see any- one? Outside, I mean?” “I never noticed. There were cars passing—the polo game was|sg, just over. I say, I never no- ticed.” “He would have been an easy mark there the doorway, Adam mused; “he was all in white.” Suddenly I remembered some- thing that turned me cold. What mean doubt was filling nd mind with pictures of Elizabeth’ beth, determinedly alone, lea te club before Tape: Elise beth, jour ago, er own front door og Sheed with— what? Horror? Di intment? Fear? And now—Elizabeth taking me tacffully but firmly home from the polo e, leaving me. there and propelling her shiny little car back past the long row of officers’ quarters, past the Service Club, past the chapel, past the Post Ex- change, and so out of sight among the small, orderly row of quar- ters known as Noncoms’ Row. And Shaw had said there were oe seine, Passing the Service ud. I wanted to deny those sus- picions, I did deny them. I was ashamed of them. I despise people who are always looking for evil where only good appears. ‘ better! grit pathor eked im) nt; they had real signifi- cance if 1 could have puzzled it out. But fog te ta hem = enough — the principels in tha’ fe oy tragedy, And even Adam, wi toward morning, I told him all the things that were troubling me, was slow to see where they pointed. Horrible Understanding I TURNED my thoughts resolute- ly in a new direction. There was still Shaw, the man. who had tried to spoil Swede's beauty. I hadn't been able to fit that in with the murder of ’s fiancée, But su the killer had intend- ed the bullet for Barney? We had only Shaw’s word that he had been in the reading room afternoon when the first shot was fired—if it was a_ shot. Couldn't he have fired at Barney from in front of the building, run around the side and in at the door of the reading room? It would be a smart move to tell the Rng first, before Adam could hear it from ey’s lips. It was e to discount his wife's pee refusing to marry Barney. No girl in her senses would have made such a choice between the two men. A more likely surmise would be that she had made a erate play for Barney, only to find that he had been amusing himself at her ex- 1d Shaw's. She was ably still in love with him; that would MANY PUR OF FURNISHINGS Large scale furnishing opera- tions have been noticed lately in connection with the establish- ment locally of a. representative of the Maxwell Furniture Com- pany of Hiami. George A. Patton, 705 Division street, as local rep- resentative, announces that sev- eral hostelries and rooming houses in Key West have pur- chased furnishings from his com- pany. Included in the list are these account for her turning! Temerrew: The girl frem the train. wrong track—I’ve been asking all | the wrong questions.” He frowned thoughtfully at Shaw. “Who hated | him? Who on this post would be | glad to see him dead?” _ H Shaw turned a seasick green. | The man who tried to spoil Swede’s beauty. | He moistened his lips and I saw | them form a word. Charlie, He was | going to bring that up again. But a sudden thought, as visible as a shadow on his face, intervened and he brushed aside Adam's ques- | tion with one of his own. } “Where is Swede, by the way?” | Something in his tone arrested | Adam. The two men stared at each | other in rather horrible under- | standing. | “You're thinking .. .” Adam’s | voice trailed off. He crossed the { room to a crowded hatrack, | reached down from the top hook | a white uniform cap. | “You—you think the murderer might try again?” Shaw’s voice was a little shrill. “Adam—wait! wpere are you going? What about | Adam paused at the side door I had used more than an hour be- ‘ore, “T’'m going to bachelor quarters after Nelson, I'll either bring him back here or set some! on to | f= pam, just in case. You stay | ere; I'll right back. Look— have Mrs. Orpington in and see what you can robably won’t be much, but keep er until I get back.” It was not much, Inside of five minutes Shaw was squirming; an: by the end of that time Lou Or- pington was asking the questions and Shaw was on the defensive. | To do him justice, she learned little enough from him, and her tongue shi ed. ‘ A Woman In White “Eu This certainly is send- wind ae eat ol a I did. know someth » hing else,” she murmur- ed, -and behind her. veiled eyes brisk thought was active. “I see— ‘ou think the killer. was after Either she was very quick wit- ted or she did know something. For the first time she betrayed signs of nervousness. The high- arched foot in the silver sandal that revealed her scarlet-tipped toes began to lash like the tail | of an angry cat. : “T don’t believe it,” she said de- fiantly, but.her cheeks had paled | around their spots of rouge. “It's that girl. She was looking for trou- | ble and she got it. Everybody's crazy about Barney—he’s a prince. | If he wasn’t she’d never have got | nee She shut her lips tight on a “But you do see that you should tell what you know. Time may be important,” Shaw wheedled. thi gan gee Itt Enews py. , don’t you suppose ave telat an hour ago “But you said——” | eck ue yf 1 knew anything. 4 lon’t. I've got good eyes an | keep them o) that’s all. You've had us much chance as I have. | You've seen Anne Carewe, haven't if You've seen her parents? And that was all she would say. I don’t know what made me look over = shoulder. The long lower A ht the stairway where I was was in semidarkness. But the lights from the lounge were Teflected upward from the central well of the ne and illumi- nated the landing where the stairs turned left about three steps from the top. : A woman was standing there— a woman in white with floating draperies. Her head was back, her face white and conto! and one arm hung limp at her side. But with the other she was maki fantastic gestures, Fist clenched, she was and ighten- ing it at shoulder level, as if she | were in weird calisthenics Thing desperately beck that toreat- rat reat- ened’ oes et just beyond the turn of the stairs. (Copyright, 1938, Virginia Hanson) establishments: Trevor - Morris Apartment Hotel, being renovat- ed and refurnished by Edwin Sanchez, owner; Casa Manana at ‘Duval and Petronia streets, Mrs. Beulah Howard, owner; building owned by George Smith at Pe- tronia and North Beach; South- ern Cross Hotel; Williams House on Fleming street; George Parks’ apartments at White and Newton streets, and the Trumbo Island properties now being completed by Sam Anderson, T. E. Price and Associates. Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. the .Harris School Auditorium And just to send off those in Mrs, Howard. who is associated Clark, Leah Richey, Clyde Sim- Yacht “Pat”, owned by John L. | which is to be presented by. a! | special id | Chicago. Emil Sweeting, as the! WPA Recreation Division, and | |“Master of Solitaire”, |holiday during the Christmas va- ‘that the galleries be open one; tral music. | evening | the evening attendance has been| development of the New World| | o’clock on Sundays. Friday night by the Key ‘West' attendance with a good laugit, a Drama Club for the benefit of perfect farce finishes the pro-, the Community Christmas Tree.' gram. “Sing or Swim”, with Mr. | They are, “Camouflage”, “The Schoneck and Mrs. William Swim”. jhow not to act when the ship} Key West Drama Club will’ one’s on in mid-Atlantic is to} winter season. | play contains more ridiculous The Key West Dramatic Club’s situations in five minutes than} regular meeting was turned into:any normal couple could put! a practice session last night. The themselves into in five years. | three one-act plays were re-; Johnny Esperdy appears in this! bearsed at the Harris School. } number as (of all things) a tailor. | The three plays will be pre-| This “must be seen to be appre-! sented with musical interludes ciated”. between each one. The first is! Where will be another rehears- a romantic comedy, “Camouflage” | al of these plays at 8 o'clock to- in which Patricia (Mrs. Wm.'night at the home of Miss Ida White, Sr.) thought’ she Would’ Engel, 1214 Voii Phister street. have to give up her lover because! The performance will be Fri- she had deceived him as to her. day night 8 o'éléc? &f the Harris! age, but as the plays ends she School and the procéeds will be} learns something surprising which | used for the Community Christ-| leads to a satisfactory outcome. | mas Tree. Miss Barbara Guerra, with her} A number of entertaining num- youth and beauty, remained the! bers for specialty between acts is jilted lover. \ being arranged. Among those who The most dramatic number .on' will appear are Miss Elizabeth the program is the “Master of Gartenmeyer and Edward Gar- Solitaire”. This is a royalty play cia. This first performance of the the! Drama Club and is under the di- of the arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company of; rection of Eva Warner plays a Miss Lois Williams. { ‘Visual Lecturer | Heard Yesterday | By ULRIC GWYNN, JR. School Reporter Students of Key West Junior- | Senior High School and Harris ‘School were yesterday featured) es will ‘be resumed on January 3.' with a visit from Robert Thomas The open evening at the Art Newcomb, noted lecturer i of! Center galleries on Friday nights; American History. ' will henceforth be discontinued.| Mr. Newcomb presented “The These open evenings with the| Pageant of America”, a glorious gallery director, Townsend Morg-}color-pageant of American His-' an, in attendance, were arranged | tory, combining pictorial art with | because ot a number of requests/ the descriptive power of orches- Art Classes Have Vacation Announcement is made that} classes at the Key West Com- munity Art Center will have a cation, beginning Monday. Class- each week. However,! The program presented was the | so small that until there is a/from the landing of Columbus greater demand for these open down to the administration of, evenings the galleries will re-; Abraham Lincoln and the Civil |sume their regular daily sched-) War. jule, 10 until 4 oclock weekdays, | ‘except Mondays, and 4 until 6! sented by the faculty of the High This entertainment was _pre- | School as an experiment on vis- aseismic aint ual education through lectures Garden Club And Tree oe of historical sub- state, is expected to draw a large Guild Meets Tonight {representation at the meeting. A meeting of the Garden Club} and Tree Guild with many im-j} portant matters to be discussed is announced for tonight at 8 p./ m. at the Key West Library. The Guild, which annually con- tributes to the beauty of Key West and sponsors an annual tropical Flower Show, one of the most beautiful shows in the CAMERAS) ForChristmasPresents “——an excellent idea” At Gardner's you will find a complete selection of Came: both still and movies—and fi of all types. SUGGESTIONS: Keystone MOVIE PROJECTOR CAMERA Univex PROJECTOR CAMERA Margot Grahame-Paul Cavanaugh CRIME OVER LONDON —also— COMEDY Oseenerccccacccace $19.50 | 27.95 || 14.50 |} 8.395 2.85 | 5.95 4.75 3.28 BULLET CAMERA AgFa Falcon CAMERA Kodak BANTAM “Bulls Eye” KODAK Univex DEVELOPINOG OUT. } FIT $2.50 |) AgFa—Univext Ehsaan L || FILMS FO! 5.50 | CAMERAS 5.00 || FoTO-FLASH Gardner’s Pharmacy “The Rexall Store” with case AgFa CLIPPER AgFa KADETTE Ce" me SOc = ) 534 Duval St. Phone 177 with the Welfare Board work in Key West. Mr. Howard has a large num- ee se ies i a ber of friends here, made during’ | Master of Solitaire” and “Sink or| White, Jr., in the leads, shows! nis tour of service at the Key West Naval Station, who are ex- tended a hearty welcome to him |present other plays during the sink in twenty minutes. This) on his vacation, which will last until after Christmas. eo PERSONAL MENTION Peoccccececccoscccccsoce Miss Dorothy M. Esson, who jihad been visiting briefly in Key} Wet, was a passenger leaving gn the, eagly bus this morning. Frai . Worthington was a visitor two days in the city and said before leaving on the return to New York this morn- ing that he was amazed at the changes which had taken place since he was here two years ago. George M. Parker was a pas- senger leaving: on the bus this morning for West Palm Beach, after a visit of several days. R. E. 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