The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR DANGEROUS SERVICE ¥ GRA ~The Characters Peter Mallone: A potential mewspaperman. Petronella: His young sister, and staunch supporter. Yesterday: Peter’s chance comes, with an outbreak of riot- ing in Rangoon. While he covers the story, Petrel runs @ canteens Then handsome Tony Lance ap- pears again. ‘ Chapter Eight Petrel’s Fate Touws eyes met hers, surveyed the unexpected scene, then re- turned to her face again. While she stood looking at him, it was as if a hand rested on her shoulder, and a quiet voice said, “This is fate.” The next moment she repudiated the idea. She did not believe he even recognized her. On his long-boned face was an expression of perplexed amuse- ment. He walked across the room. He stood facing her across the ae Vaguely, he had recognized er. “This is very good. I’m proud to realize that I’ve met you, and ashamed I can’t remember where it was?” “You're Tony Lance. You played cricket against my brother, Peter, in the Sutter’s old boys’ match, two years ago. I'm Petrel Mallone.” “How do you do?” Tony Lance took her outstretch- ed hand. “Stormy Petrel!” he smiled. “Of course I remember.” But Petron- ella knew that, though he re- membered her face, he still could not recall their last meeting. But she was too busy to explain fur- ther. She offered him coffee. He refused. “Tm only passing through Ran- goon, on my way to China,” he told her. “I thought I'd see if I could be any use here. But, so far, I've done nothing to deserve extra nourishment.” “I suppose you would like to get me some milk? I've run out!” He smiled. “If the sergeant has no other job for me, I'll try. It. would be much easier to arrest rioters, but I'll do my best.” He turned away. Leaving her, with a nod, he crossed leisurely towards the door, leading to the inner office. He was a journalist first, real- ized Petronella. A young, gauche girl, surrounded by too many oung men, was of no interest ‘to im. He wanted to get into: the thick of trouble. He was like Peter. He was in search of news. She must not trouble him with any- thing so trivial as milk. Watching, she saw him speak to the police sergeant, at the desk. The sorgean’ stood, instantly, It was the first time he had done that tonight. realized Petronella. And many men had reported for duty. He was a dark-skinned Anglo- Indian, business-like and inclined to self-importance. Was it any- ey eee had said to him, that had had such effect? Or did men always stand up to speak to Tony ince? Sent the men munchin; sandwiches, and drinking roun her, also felt the interest of Tony’s Personality. They interrupted her observance of him to inquire: “Who is that tall fellow, Miss Mallone?” “He's Tony Lance, a well-known jamais le’s on the staff of the ily News.” They turned to stare at Tony’s back and half-averted face. One confirmed her description. “Of course! I've heard of him!” ‘Stop This Escapade’ TT telephone bell was ringing in the inner office. The sergeant sat down again and answered it. Looking up, he spoke to Tony, who nodded, and turning, came to the| doorway. He beckoned to her. “That call is for you.” She went hurtiediy to him. “Not my brother? He isn’t hurt?” Tony Lance shook his head. His eyes were amused. “No—your father, Colonel Mal- lone! Rather angry, from the sound of it.” Petronella’s glance ee Saaventy- seas she bed expecting this. She passe him. At the desk, she took the re- ceiver, but stood hesitating. She was tutoring herself to try to keep her temper. She must not answer hysteric: lose her self-control. She was sud- denly aware of the fearful weari- ness of her body. The strain and excitement of the evening had not slackened, since Peter heard those cake eee the Pwé tent. That was hours ago. It must be after four o’clock now. It would soon be light. The canteen had no more poey heer father was going to send her home in disgrace. As if she were a disobedient schoolgirl. “Hello, syste dst ~~ mee an- gtier than even she had imagined Possible. He was nearly incoherent with rage. oe sould amagine his neck, and the tight, an, skin of his forehead. . zt eries, ant erged again. “You're Jou matemtondt The sorpeat e eof giv. it to cmiikennTsuared FEEDS PIGEONS MACON, Ga.—William Lee El- . It would be easy to| k E ELLIOTT TAYLOR she arrives back safely. Goodby,” he said. i “And who the devil are you?” Petronella hear her father shout, furiously. Smiling, Tony Lance hung up on him. He took her by the arm, “He'll think differently about it tomorrow. But I feel he is right, I is time, vou, got. some rest, jon’t you Caen jhe asked the men, who, ‘realizing ‘the trouble, had crowded to'th ‘doorway. They as- sented. m But Petronella was angry. She felt disap) inte” and frustrated. What Tone ha father to order her home like that? Or Tony Lance to take her? She stiffened. “T’m staying.” But his hand was firm on her arm. He smiled, and it was-as if he had paid her a com- pliment. “No, you’re coming home, Pet- rel.” He gave her the reason in his persuasive deep voice. “Tt is half-past four. They can carry on here perfectly ay without you. There are eno’ sandwiches to feed the whole force, and plenty of cold drinks, If you get knocked out, you put your irate parent in the right. Whereas, when he hears the other side of this business, and sees the headline I’m going to get for you in the Rangoon News, I think he'll change his mind, and nearly burst with, pride. Tomorrow, you'll fURRnS, a really. well-org ‘show, with other women, and ser- evemts;to help you. ready?” “Yes,” gulped Petrel. “Good night, everybody!” 5 They were lent a police ‘ear. Petronella sat in the back,‘ be~ tween Tony Lance and an Anglo- Indian policeman. A third guard sat alongside the driver, his ser- vice revolver ready, in case of emergency. ‘A Brave Girl’ ‘ONY looked down at her face close to his shoulder, “How old are you?” “Seventeen.” “What made you do that?” She described the scene at the Pwé. “Peter went back,” she finished. “You ran a canteen so that he should have a cup of coffee! It's a wonderful thing, family affec- tion!” She laughed with him, But she explained. “A girl feels she has a reat many brothers in Rangoon.” e looked at her, curiously. “That's your version of the re lationship.” “No, they really are friends. You don’t fall in love round every cor- ner, as the older people here seem to think, when they pair us off.” “Some of them must at least imagine themselves in love with 1. you, { “Any girl gets spoilt in Ran- oon.” Ahead of them a volley of firing le her jump and cling instinc- tively to his arm. He leaned for- ward. “Turn right, driver! We must avoid the fireworks,” he joked. But Petronella was shud- dering. However hard she tried to prevent it, her teeth chattered to- getner. He heard them. “I can’t s-stop them,” she apolo- ized, ashamed. He was so casual. ‘here was no danger. It was terri- were really to let go, she would cast her head forward, and sob and sob. She could just manage to spare him that. But she kept think- ing of those horrible dahs, tee with blood, lying on the floor of the police station, of the incidents the patrols had described to one another, when they forgot her, or thought she was not listening, of the terrified women, and little brown children, who were even at this moment dying of gash death, in their fral shuttered ouses, ‘i “You'll think I'm a coward.”. ¥ou're one of the bravest’ girls Tve ever met,” he told her gently. “Oh no,.I'm not,” she denied it, “Nevertheless, if I had the write- ofithis show to do, that is what bg eats a headlines, for the British breakfast table. They’d like it. That kind of stuff goes over. peomsDiy ue fellow who in cover- ing this for my paper will agree with me, and do the same.” “I hope not.” Petronella was sure Peter would do nothing of the | ‘ind. “Any idea who he is? They gave some young fellow the opening. He was coming out on an ordinary job. The news gets cabled from Calcutta. But it isn’t the same as a first-hand story. I might the dope about you, toni; They seemed to think he might make a mess of things.” “No, you mustn’t! Anyway, how should I know who he is?” Petron- ella denied, deftly. Doubt, as well as modesty, checked her confess- ing the truth, Perhaps Peter | would m: of it. Perhay his actitles wedi te tefused, If Be hear nr AF ntehad te who knew oul r changed the subject hastil ly. " is} ot Xoulre: to China! What is ae g? Miss was going out to hel; i § om bat re Person. I'll tell her ace rm yw mi Petrel. If I could miss that steamer, I would. Burma is (Copyright, 1989. Grace Bliott Tomerrow: Love and parting. |cisnteen Pounds of grain annual- ly to the pigeons that gather on {the lawn of the local Federal Are “you | ‘WASTE, WASTE EVERYWHERE, | RUINOUS AND DESTRUCTIVE | (Bernarr Macfadden In Liberty) | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | i i We are an extravagant people.: at that time that billions would} | Waste is the order oi the day. Colossal expenditures which do‘ not in any way represent stable; investments are clearly apparent in many parts of the country. be donated by Congress to be , Spent at the President's dictation. | There is only one _ intelligent procedure in handling relief with, We are not only facing the cost! a reasonable degree of economy. of this huge unnecessary expense, l but the youth of the country has |been demoralized, emasculated, by this unnecessary squandering of the nation’s wealth. Relief has been extended in many sections in such a prodigal 'manner that many families are receiving an income far greater than they ever earned before. Such imprudent expenditures | are bound to end in disaster. There is only one way to learn; ‘the value of money, and that is | to be compelled to earn it and to save it for future needs or for the building up of a fund for carry- | ing out plans for living a life of| | achievement. And when we realize that the | billions of dollars spent by* the Washington government in the | last few years have been handled by men who have had little or no | experience in building fortunes | of their own, you can well realize be | the costly errors that must have | been made with such amateurs | in charge. Previous to. the President’s | election to his high office he very clearly indicated that relief should be in the hands of the officials of |each state. There was no thought “WEEKLY SCRAPBOOK ee 1 | WEEK'S BEST RECIPE | Stuffed Cabbage: Mix together 4 cups ground cabbage, 2 cups ground crackers or dry bread, 1 |onion ground, 2 eggs (or 4 egg | yolks), salt and pepper to your taste. Form in ball and place in ‘five or six large outside cabbage leaves. Tie up in cheese cloth. Place in boiling water and boil until done, about 1% hours. (Putting a plate in bottom of ket-} tle will prevent cabbage from burning.) Serve:.with . browned | terrible. . p | | butter. You can add carrots or: {any other vegetable if desired. | PEANUT BUTTER POINTS , To make peanut butter ’at |home, shell and roast peanuts, discard the broken skin. Put pea-: ‘nuts thru finest, knife, on food) chopper. , Repeat. several times! juntil mixture is pasty. ,Add %} teaspoon of salt for each, cup of| } paste. Store in covered jar in re-| |frigerator. . .To make peanut! | butter spread easily, add a little! | boiling water and a speck of salt! | for flavor. Mix until creamy,} | feeding the hungry. . .they should | If such a procedure had been ; looking Local communities should haye) jentire charge of relief expendi- tures, and the officials who are! | handling this money should not} be paid employes; their services} should be donated. . .they should | work because of their interest in give their services to the needy,! and every dollar spent should be dévoted to the purpose for which it was donated. adopted, the amount of money spent for relief would probably | have been reduced by 50 or 75 percent. i In some sections of this. coun- try; although there may be hun-. dreds of thousands. of unemploy- ed, jobs often go begging and! farmers and_ industrialists are! unable to secure workers because : of the competition of charity jobs and the dole. Such a situation is indeed, a scandalous disgrace. There are noi words in the Eng- lish language which. wauld prop- erly, describe , the deplorable character of such lack of intelli- gence on the part of our officials managing) relief expenditures. And we will have to pay for this prodigious waste. .'.this im- prudent squandering of govern- mental finances. .. We are pay- ing for it at the present time in a manner that has aroused caus- tic criticism. And when we real-! ize that the Washington govern- ment at the present time is spend- | — H Walter H. Chute, director of the! John G, Shedd, aquarium at; Grant Park, Chicago, is a visitor| jin Key West today and was at! the local aquarium looking over | the specimens in the tanks. } He spent a delightful time with | Joseph Romero, in charge of. the| : i c A Key West aquarium, and said it| ing twice as much as it receives is the first time he has been in| .. that it is gomg deeper into) Key West since the hurricane of | debt at the rate of millions of! 1935 when rail transportation | dollars a day, we have good rea- x rf . son for being appalled at this| pceacd jane athe) Auer any prodigious expenditure of public money. ‘Waste, waste everywhere! We’ have good reason for believing that it is ruinous, destructive, | The average citizen who is, to. the future. ...who! wants stability for his own future ; and that of his dependents. . , Whd warits to! sed his ¢Hildrén’s | and his children’s children’s fu- ture, stabilized....he. indeed. has} cause for wondering what the fu-| ture may_ bring. | In former generations extra-| Let Us Estimate vagance was branded as a source | oo ge of certain disaster. Perhaps we! on YOUR Printing may have scrimped and saved to! Fa such an extent that the lives of POSTERS dull, stupid routine. There is such ble to be so uncontrolled. If she | | with fork, Add some chopped/@ thing as being too stingy. Al-' STATIONERY |raisins to butter and use as fill-| though such a policy might nar-| ing for graham bread sandwiches. | Tow our field of endeavor, cramp wounds, or conver wating for | “Natural physical revulsiont | ive him | |Chpped dates and peanut butter, | mixed to a paste, makes a de- llicious filling. Peanut butter (1-3 of cup) creamed with 2-3 cup | French dressing, mixed and chill- | ed, is a favorite dressing for salad. ee | OPEN PIECE-BAG | For scraps of material we usual-| | ly have a piece-bag. A good idea} \is to make it of msquito netting or a lace curtain. When you want | to find a certain piece of material} it can be seen from the outside ‘and it isn’t necessary to empty }the entire bag. | A GOLF GAME Use a medium-sized round rub-| ber balloon for a golf ball, a short pole or walking stick or yardstick can be used for a golf club. Each player has only three strokes. One player at a time “tees up” and in the middle of the floor is placed a wastepaper | basket or a large pail. By gent- ly striking the balloon he at- tempts to get it inside the bas- | ket. Those who succeed in thus} | getting the inflated balloon in- side without using more than three strokes, wins the prize. INSPIRATIONAL | You keep the Sabbath in imi- tation of God’s rest. . .and keep also the rest of the week in imi- tation of God’s work.—Ruskin, PROTECT OFFICE FORMS our lives, create an unpleasant, | unhappy outlook, the other ex-/} at Reasonable Prices treme means disaster not only in- | dividually but nationally. | PHONE | 51 Eases Angry Itch For itch tortured skin that needs ing of Eezei ae é ae ‘Totter “nine erhioney ee hae Be etc, Money back if TRANSPORTATION C0., INC. ) Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST THE ARTMAN PRESS THE CITIZEN BLDG. 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