The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1938, Page 3

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1938 THE ARMY POST MURDERS Rv Virginia Hanson The Characters Katherine Cornish, myself, vise iting Elizabeth on a mid-western Army post. Elizabeth, Colonel Wright’s daughter. Adam Drew, acting command- ing officer. Yesterday: The wecpon,a Malay kris belonging to Elizabeth’s fai is found in the ice cream freezer. Chapter 25 Company For Charlie ‘HERE were still five or six cars parked in front of the club. The Shaws and Mrs. Orpington left reluctantly in one We watched from the veranda while they turned left along Officers’ Row, the car lights growing small- er in the distance. Elizabeth was looking at me ex- pectantly. “!'m going over to bachelor quarters with Adam for’a minute —to see Charlie,” I explained. As soon as | had spoken | saw that she was thinking with horror of the hour. And bachelor quar- ters."As a matter of fact | knew the army was still very strait laced about such matters. | had never seen Charlie’s rooms—and for all I knew there might be regulations about unchaperoned girls in bachelor quarters at any hour. “We'll come with you,” shc was beginning resolutely, but plainly remembering her father’s pcinted instructions, when Adam neatly solved the impasse. “That won’t Le necessary. We're taking Mrs. Flower—the_ captain is waiting for her there. You and Annie run along home, and [ll bring Kay shortly.” Elizabeth’s face cleared and a faint sigh e-caped her, betraying that she, too, was tired. She patt my hand lightly, murmured al- most word for word Adam’s ex- hortation not to worry about Char- lie. Then the little coupé mean- dered off toward home. I rode with Barney the short distance to the Officers’ Club, He had been silent, almost painfully patient, while the arrangements were being made, ard I had seen Adam anxiously watching him, wondering when the forced inac- tivity would wear down his con- trol. “T can't tell you how sorry I am, Barney,” | ventured as the car drew away from the curb. He was silent for the space of a minute. “1 su {i begin to realize it when IT get by myself.” he said heavily. “Just now I'm numb.... She was a. beautiful little thing, wasn’t she? So light, so delicately made, so—so vital.” The words of Doe Moore trem- bled on my tongue—the wor hope, of that long fighting chance for life.in. the small, vital body. But I did not speak them, sensing that in his present stupor he was feeling no- pain, knowing that ere is no cruelty like suspense. What would become of him if she died? Would he care seeps after the first sharp grief? Woul he let it ruin his life? Would he build a shell around himself, like Adam? Or would other women brine him forgetfulness? Women found him irresistible =-that much had emer from the evening’s questioning. But what was his attitude toward them? Tolerant, I decided. He liked to be admired, he enjoyed his success, But they were not in- dispensable to him. He had chosen to love the most beautiful, the most popular. in compliment. per- haps, to himself, And. having chosen, baviall anee?, he was being thwart yy the incontro- vertible fact of death. Bachelor Quarters 5 tom put the car away if you don't mid,” he said in the same patient, courteous voice. assented quickly and we drove into the long low behind the massive brick building where the bachelor officers lived. As he helped me out I could feel his arm tremble slightly. His hand was eold and unpleasantly damp. He was nearer. then, than I had sus- pected. to collapse. Mrs.. Flower and Adam were waitin; for us on the unscreened front porch, vacant at this hour except for a half-dozen battered armchairs and rockers. cog the hall lights were burnin; jown- stairs, and as we crossed the worn strip of carpet and started up the stairway our low-voiced murmurs seemed unnaturally loud. Barney stumbled once, and echoes rolled back endlessly from the empty corridors. Adam unobtrusively helped him to negotiate the re- ma oy og Mrs Flower for once was silent. She was carrying the black velvet! wrap which was still knotted and tangled and much the worse for wear: the velvet was creased and flattened, and great gray patches room had been mopped up its retentive surface. It was ra ashame, I thought—the wr: Probably a prized possess: she was being a good spo" in too. Not once had she lamented its Tuln. Adam knocked on a door at the rear of the second floor, an- nounced, “Ladies to see you,” and entered. After a prel ry in- spection he swung the door wide and invited us in. Whatever I had young bachelors’ fancy had picture expected the uarters to be, nothing like this. The windows were bare; s0 | was the floor. There were S. mahogany, massive, battered, with shovel-shaped seat had been scooped out by years of squirming spines and never been reversed. A table littered with magazines and spilling onto the fioor replaced the well-filled book- case of my imagination. There was a mantelpiece whose sole use was obviously for the reception of sorgosten cigarettes and emp- tied glasses. There were numer- ous ash trays, mostly on the floor and all overflowing. Through an open door I could | uarter= | master bed and Charlie’s as | he stuffed something hurriedly | see a tossed and tumbled into a closet. 2 Then Charlie was 1 the doorway of his bedr exe | plaining stiffly that he had not expected company and trying by his manner to counteract the ime pression given by his red He was*not looking his best. He | had slept in his clothes. The tawny hair, whose engaging effect of un- tuliness was one of remembered about _ looked: wi were bloodshot, and him, now the hand which held a nonchalant cigarette | trembled pereeptibly. His eyes, anit mine but gleamed redly. at Adam for a moe , ment. ‘Too Soft’ [AT'S ‘the idea of keeping me. here under demandedly eel casing me cm oper channels,’ eep UE shirt on,” Adam ad- mu you're ac- ly. “It’s my impression | that you were confined yout own — er -- indisposition. You shouldn’t have tanked up so liber- ally if you wanted to stay on deck all evening—you ought to know | your weakness by now.” Charlie was going to be one of hose choleric old men. I had a jistinct momentary picture of | him bulging on both sides of a Sam Browne belt, raging purple ew Army, Cor z_ an, | he had been on his feet for hours but had been forbidden to leave os) ee Bic “hh Captain Filo saw behind the joan, correctly stand- ing, a thumb between the te! magazine—a little, pe | | husk of a man with a tired, patient of} mouth and extremely alert, intel- ligent dark eyes. He was looking at his wife—an intimate, under- papas. look that was foe ase Sollee complacent “You spacial of that, did you?” she him brightly. “I thought you might.” Conversation paused to grope for a footing. Charlie’s jaw Barney was standing in the h peeeh { leaning against the cas- ing, lool ing from face to face with a stupid sort of perplexity as if they were speaking a fo: n= age. Someone ought to put him bed, I thought. Adam ested that, since the orders had come from Captain Flower, that gentleman was the | ‘one to Cay mi bvious,” he mur- itened Chagnon her. I know the boy—in my troop. Hotheaded but too soft bet for the ki ir the k: th Chaslie | you | over here e. made to look like suici know. .. .” He paused, glanced at his wife, nodded. “So you came up here. What time was that?” Adam ted “Twelve — twelve-thirty., Don’t as early. He know exactly. It wi was sound = before Ethel Curtis was killed. I felt as if Thad been hold- | for hours and only | ing my breath now dared to let it go. I beamed upon the little man with admira- tion and gratitude, but he was not aware of me. “And you've been here ever since?” “ “And Charlie hasn't been out of these “Te kept my eye on im. A most affable, engaging in spread over Adam's face. aaa deguea Charlie. ae oung man, you t down on your p! fy il and beg the captain to Very much against your will T judge he's done vou a neat service, Mat- showed where dust of the vacant| "eT of fact.” he added genially, | “he mev have saved your worth- + 1998, Virginta Hanson) ‘yen with Charlie USGA to Insist Amateur Rules Be Upheld on Women’s Winter Tour (Speetal to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Word that the Unite ates Golf Asso- ciation would take active meas- ures this winter to prevent South- ern resorts and cities from giving special rat other advant- ages to wom jolfers of nation- al reputation has thrown the sponsors of a number of the win- ter circuit events into a panic Putting on a women's invita- tional tournament has been one of the most reasonable entertain- ments the resorts have sponsored. The pros insist on laid on the line, but for years the ladies have been making a South- ern circuit at no more expense to sponsors than free golf, tail parties id a discount on the bill. The USGA does not think that the women's winter tour is ama- teurish enough, and plans to in- vestigate each tournament this winter to see that the rules and regulations of that body are re- cock- having cash | spected. e things you | id. His eyes | 7” he | let’s see you | rooms’ “Not once,” said Captain Flower — ‘Reor Baseball Cocccccccoveccesoococees OLLOWING THROUGH | By AGUILAR | peecccccqcccccscooocoocs Following is a review of base- | pant games of the year prepared ee The Citizen's sports statis- tician, Pedro Aguilar. The review | j | | | will be a regular feature of The/| | Citizen until the year in baseball | has been charted: | May 1— Red Devils -. Sluggers —. 910 0 Gates and C. Griffin; Bethel and Al. Rodriguez. Acevedo Stars - Red Devils —. Malgrat and D. Lopez; Mo- lina and Gabriel. {May 15— Acevedo Stars - a Sluggers -.....- ee ae lee Malgrat and Lopez; Bethel and Al. Rodriguez. Red Devils -612 1 Sluggers - -313 4 Gates and C. Griffin; Salin- ero and G. Acevedo. May 22— Red Devils - ae ae } “Acevedo Stars - 25 3 { Gates and C. Griffin; San- | chez, Torres and Navarro. Stars 2 3 2 Sluggers - a dt Wee § Lucilo, M. Griffin and Na- Rodri- 6 8 4 varro; Bethel and Al guez. | May 29— | ogee 8 eS Red Devils 8 6.4 Salinero and Al. Rodrigue: Gates and Griffi Acevedo Stars - Red Devils — 1013 3 Stone, P. Carbonell, J. Na- | varro and J. Carbonell; Villa- real and Gabriel. ; June 12— Acevedo Stars - = lec ie” aaa ee Molina and A. Rodriguez; | Bethel and I. Rodriguez. June 19— Picked Team 0 Git All Stars —. ONG, 1 Carbonell, Stone, Casa, Beth- el and C. Griffin; Malgrat, Mo- | lima, Salinero and Al. Rod- | riguez. | June 26— ; All Stars — | Picked Tea | P. Carbonell, Q. lina, ©. Griffin and I. Rod- | riguez; Bethel, Casa, Al. Rod- | riguez and P. Carbonell. July 2— U. S. S. Charleston 4 § 4 Kev ver a8 §°3 | Mims, Linke, Royal, Daubeus | and Royal; Malgrat and C. Griffin. Railey-Milam (Miami) 8 9 4 | Key West Graham, Adams, Schemer | and Bandera; Bethel, Gates, | Rodriguez and C. Griffin. | July 3— | Railey-Milam (Miami) 5 6 4 ken Wert... 4 @ 6 Graham, Adams and Ban- dera; Carbonell and C. Griffin. Cuban Navy -.... ts eae | Railey-Milam (Miami) 0 7 5 | Torres and Queveddo; Sche- mer and Bandera. | July 4— Railey-Milam (Miami) 1 5 3 + Key West EP UioaRe” Ys ae Adams and Bandera; Bethel, Maigrat and Al. Rodriguez. Cuban Navy 6:82 Key West 252 D. Quevedo and J. Quevedo; Malgrat, Gates, Al. Rodriguez | and C. Griffin. {July 10O— | Stars Sluggers - av Villareal, Bai and Bat- son; Bethel, .Malgrat and Al Rodriguez. July 17— CCC Camp . 364 Acevedo Stars _.._.13 138 2 Johnson, Mraden and Berg; Gates, Molina and I. and A. Rodriguez. Miami All Stars Key West .. wee ee Spence, “Furlong, Coville, Lake, SOR and Lake; arid Al. Rodriguez. July 1i— Miami Alj-Stars __ Key} Ween 16.174 Spence, Furlong, Coville, Laké\-Tayior, Furlong and Lakej‘Béthel and Al. Rodri- guez. July 24— Bacardi Club 915 0 ccc Camp 1915 0 E. Rodriguez, Torres and E. Garcia; Johnson and Crecenci. Acevedo Stars 833 2 Teens 9% 4 @0 Innings) Molina, Barcelo, Gates and 1 Rodriguez; J. Carbonell and J. Navarro. July i— Key West __ -2 8 2 37 98 ae eorganize Monroe County — League aide aa 510 5} 44 THE Last Night Key West Conchs Replace | | Poultry Nine; Double- | header Scheduled For Sunday Monroe County baseball league | j held its regular weekly meeting; last night. | It was agreed to drop Poultry te Egg Co. nine and place Key} | West Conchs in the vacancy. The 1} Conchs will not withdraw from |the Miami Winter League, how- | | ever. i} | Drawings were held for Sun- }day’s games, which resulted in, the following: Trojans and Cuban} Club will play the first contest, {and Pirates and Key West the inightcap. Opener will begin at! 7 p. m. and second game 15 min- j utes after the first: }. League play will continue un-}| ' til the last of March. Each club | will play the other teams of the league six times. Misses Vanessa Collins and Josephine Ubieta were named as collectors at the gate. Players who start with a club cannot play with any other team! until after the end of the sched-| ule. | Present at the meeting were: M. Sanchez, president; Roy Ham-| lin, R. Gomez, Domenceh, C. Her- | nandez, A. Castro, Al. Acevedo, G.' Valdes, M. Varela, S. Thomp- HARDWOOD GAMES ‘TOMORROW NIGHT PONCE DE LEON FIVE WILL) NOT PLAY HERE \ THIS WEEK | Basketball doubleheader will | be played at the High School | gym tomorrow night. | First game will bring together | Park Tigers and Army. High/ School and Seafood Grill will meet in the nightcap. | Qpening contest will get under-' way at 7:30 o’clock. i Due to an error, it was an-| nounced that Ponce de Leon High | School five would play the local | | School varsity this Friday, but) ; this mistake has been corrected | ta read that the upstate five will Play in Key West next Friday, | January 6. i | League standings: | } ISLAND CITY BASKETBALL | } LEAGUE Club— Lions Club . Seafood Grill - “ i oe 2 ioe Aimy 6 = 9 1 0 | Park Tigers | High School .. | DeMolays WO Oo Hts "THE WEATHER | Sececgccageconesoorecescas Temperaiures” Highest | Lowest Mean exces {Normal Mean .___. } Rainfall" Yesterday’s Precipitation .10 Ins. } | Normal Precipitation .04 Ins. | Phin record covers 24-hour period | | ending at § o’el thin morning. | Tomorrow's Almanac poe See a {Sun sets 5:48 p. m. | Moon rises 12:37 p. m. Moon sets - 0:44 a. m. Tomorrow's Tides | H AM. PM} | High 3:32 3:5) jLow . ‘ 9:14 10:44! Barometer 7:30 a. m.. today: Sea level, 30.15, WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Prob-| ably occasional rains this after- noon; partly cloudy to cloudy! | tonight and Friday; not much} ' change in temperature; moderate | | easterly winds. i Florida: Mostly cloudy, scat- ered rains this afternoon and pos-! sibly in north portion tonight and in extreme north portion Friday! | morning; not much change in temperature. Trojans 350 ; P? Carbonell, Malgrat and Al | Rodriguez; Bethel and Navar-' } rej Trojans 5 8 | Batardi Club _ 06 | igkers and Navarro; Re: ta Torres, Diaz and Garcia. (To Be Continued) N N N N N N N N) N N N N N N N N N \ N KEY WEST CITIZEN NEW YORK BUSY-BEE BARBECUE OPEN DAY and NIGHT SERVING— : the Best Sandwiches in town and Short Orders. Refreshing Drinks. 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