The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1939, Page 6

PAGE SIX OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by Phoebe Atwood Taylor The Charact: Asey Mayo, Cape Cod sleuth. Brinley, a Billingsgate select- man, Yesterday: There’s no trace of @ shell around Mary's house at Hell Hollow. Chapter 11 Slurs At Slade 1 3 WAS on his way back to town that Asey met with the soprano who had been practicing with the chorus the day before at the Town Hall. She was pushing a bicycle with a flat tire, and Asey gallantly stopped and offered aid. “Like to put it in the rumble an’ drive back?” “Thanks.” The woman was rather massive, and Asey suspected that was more or less unaccustomed either to bicycling or walking. “I didn’t expect this. And I tell you now, as far as bicycling goes, my figure can stay where it is!” She was so emphatic about it that Asey grinned. “You're the soprano, ain’t you?” he asked as he lifted the wheel into the rumble. “Madame—” “M-e-a-u-x,” she spelled it out. “Not Moo. The next one who moos at me is going to get his teeth Pushed in. You,” she surveyed with admiration the sixteen-cylindered Porter, “are not a native, are you?” “Not of this town, so go as far’s you like,” Asey said. “Tell me, what do you really think of ‘Bill- ingsgate Beautiful’?” ladame Meaux looked at him. “Don’t! Mrs. Brinley brought me here—she heard me at a Women’s Club convention—and I'm grate- ful, and all that, but I didn’t know about ‘Billingsgate Beautiful’ until I got the contract signed. She wrote the words, and the music. And the music, mind you. Let's just pass over Sister Brinley. I want to have kind thoughts about her till Sunday night. I get paid Sunday night. She pays me. Words, mind you, and m , both! Why. the words alone should carry twen- ty years to life with ‘em! Say, after you leave this bicycle some place, Could you take me down the road} a bit? I want to see a man named Slade.” “Mike Slade?” “Yes. I didn’t know he lived} here, but | bumped into him last night at the carnival. 1 was with Sister Brinley—say, she got stuck on the ferris wheel, and I nearly died laughing! Anyway. Mike gave | me the high sign—I guess he and Mrs. B. don’t click—and later when he fot a chance, he said to drop in on him. Great lad, Mike.” “Known him long?” “Well, I was working on a thea- ter project a couple of years ago. and he was on an art project, and we were in the same office. He got kicked out. Too words. Gee, he was gore last night about something. He looked just the way he did when Blickstein—he was our di- rector—fired him.” “That must have been after the fire near his studio,” Asey said. “He was only a little sore when I saw him—but say, he ain’t home. I just been there. He’s probably been found and put to work by now. He's a big shot here, you know.” “He's all right, really,” Madame Meaux said, “except he likes to talk, and he gets sore easy—well, if he’s not around leave me here at the garage, and I'll get home on that thing somehow. I ought to rest, anyway. I got to sing with the rhythm cats tonight, and I need a rest—” “With the what?” “The yokel swingsters. Upjohn’s Merrymen, or whatever they call themselves. Thanks. Be seein’ you.” Asey waved and set off for the Town Hall. He had a higher opin- ion of sopranos, somehow. And it would take considerable force, he felt, to compel this one to warble the ditty about tying apples to a lilac tree. Pompous Little Man a ARTHUR BRINLEY*stopped ® him as he entered the Town Hall by the rear door. Asey knew it was J. Arthur, because his badge said so. There was even a hint of een in the inch and a half igh letters. le was a short, fat pompous lit- tle man, and Asey wondered if the shoulder seams in his blue flannel coat could take it until Sunday. - “Er—Asey Mayo? [ understand from Weston that you're helping the town, and I want you to know we appreciate—” Asey barely listened to the little h. He had a definite feeling at J. Arthur wanted something, and he waited rather inipatiently [pe the preamble of thanks to fin- “Now I know,” Brinley said, “that you will be able to do the town one great service. I refer to Slade, who has—well, I hate to say it, but he has communistic tenden- cies. T know, Mr. Mayo, that you Ol be eis Pa seetal meth or other me! necessary—to Eee Fs “What's he done?” Asey asked. “My wife and I have always felt that Jeff and Sara Leach rather overstep; ix you know what I Mean, when the! him, and actually allowed him a place on the town board. When you allow a communist an avowed DAUGHTER BORN IN UPP FAMILY Announcement has been made of ‘the birth of a daughter yes- terday to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Upp at 1207 Newton street. The new arrival weighed six and a half pounds. Mother and communist, to become a town offi- cer like anyone else, well, as I said to my wife, that is stretching the democratie form of government a little too far!” yes,” Asey said, “seems }, don’t it?’ His bland Pasir never wa- vered as Brinley looked at him a ih “Well,” Brinley said, “you will restrain him, won't you? Why it was disgraceful last night, the way he was ranting around about that brush fire! All over town. Some of our guests were most disturbed, and indeed they had ney right to be! It’s what comes, as I said to Bessie, of letting—” “Uh-huh. But after all, his studio did nearly burn up, an’ he charred his hand. Sort of had. some provo- cation, don’t you think? He wasn’t just rantin’ for the sheer love of it, was he?” “Why, I—” “Brinley!” Vincent Tripp beck- oned to J. Arthur from the door. “Brinley, eee TS yee ed J. Arthur bustled off, and Asey followed leisurely to the large as- sembly hall, which was overflow- ing with people. Old Settlers, he assumed, since most of them looked both old and settled. Up on the stage Sara looked cool and poised and unperturbed. Jeff, sitting directly beneath the Ameri- can flag, was picturesque and im- posing, and more of a McGuffey’s Statesman than ever. He caught sight of Weston in the background, a orders like a major-gen- eral. ‘Home And Mother’ 'HE welcome,” J. Arthur was saying, “the welcome of the town to you former residents who have returned to do honor to Bill- ingsgate, the welcome is the wel- come your mother would give, and so Mother Billingsgate extends it In this changing world of ours, with its noise and confusion, its airplanes and fast cars and tall buildings and — er — streamlined trains, still two things remain sa- cred. Home,” he paused, “home and mother. A mother’s love is the most beautiful and sacred thing in life. The older we grow, the more we cherish the associations ot childhood, and our old school friends and our old school days. And so, those of us who have stayed here in Billingsgite, so we sent the clarion call out to you, who responded by traveling from all parts of our country, and some of you from foreign lands, to come back home. Home to Billingsgate. Home for this week of celebration All of us here have banded to- gether in one great thought to make this home-coming a real welcome to you, a welcome—” Asey’s eyes met Aunt Sara’s. Hurriedly, he edged his way back to the roadster. But it was not Brinley’s orato: that puckered up his forehead. It was the absent Slade. Brinley was Substituting for Slade. Why should a wordy fellow like Slade pass uj a chance to talk his head of without interruption in front of so many people? Something was wrong. After all, why fish in si- lence when an audience that size was waiting? “Mr. Mayo!” He hardly needed the badge to identify Mrs. J. Arthur Brinley. Like her husband, she was short and fat and pompous, and her face was red and perspiring. He knew it would be. She reminded him somehow of an old table someone had given his father, a table made of sixty million different little chips of wood. Perhaps it was her three strings of beads, or her rings, or the buttons on her big-figured chiffon dress—anyway, she had a built-up look. “I do hope,” she said, “that my husband has seen you? He has? And he told you about that Slade? You will restrain him, won’t you? Rushing around Sige oe It was disgraceful! A town officer, brandishing a shotgun, with all our guests! People were shocked! I eae to my husband, Arthur, I said—’ “Look,” Asey interrupted, “let’s get to the bottom of this. You an’ r. Brinley tell me that after the brush fire last night, Mike Slade was uptown, brandishing a shot- gun. Am I right up to that point?” “Well, he wasn’t exactly bran- dishing it, but he had a shotgun with him openly, and it upset a number of People, including many Old Settlers. It upset them very much. Naturally it is upsetting when—” “Yes. But what did he have a gun along with him for? Dec tion, or use, or what?” pagel ges lay ee he was just as rude as you'd expect someone like him to be. i the tangs he said!” es, I know. An old spade caller, But what ex- [photo did he give your hus- campaigned for| ; (Copyright, 1939) RAT STOPS BROADCAST NEW YORK — A rat forced the broadcasting system off the air for nearly an hour when it scampered into a transmitter and was electrocuted. SSSR SE Sere se See ‘baby are reported to be doing “nicely. s Mr. Upp is a radioman attach- ed to the Key West Naval Sta- tion. S SHURSDAY— Square Dance, auspices Knights of Rotary Club meeting 12:15 p. OCIAL C ALENDA Pythias, 8p. m. : m. St. Paul’s Annex. R-- iyses ysnig fy vi Armoty:' SOCIAI ACTIVITIES Meeting Key West Lions Club. a Church Annex. al Be! Concert by Key West Hospitality Band. 8 p. m. Bayview F = en Brotheshieed Banquet 7:30 p. m. Fleming Street Methodist the summer in this city. | | 3 i; { | Church parsonage. | FRIDAY— { SUNDAY— TUESDAY— “The Crystal Queen”, a de- lightfully: entertaining operetta in three scenes is to be presented on’ Friday night, April-21, at the Harris school by pupils of the school, at 7:45 o'clock. The play is one of the most in- teresting productions which have been attempted in Key West for some time, and brings to the fore !some of the exceptional talent of Key West among the juvenile members of the Harris school. The play is directed by Miss Alce Curry. Appreciation of the costumes for the operetta is voiced by the =e. Concert, Key West Hospitality Band. 5 p. m. Art Center Park. Slee Stone Church Service Club supper. 6:30 p. m. Church Annex. ‘sul in Key West, and Mrs. Rod- |Tiguez, who had been spending brief vacation in Havana, were returning passengers on the Cuba = | yesterday afternoon. ' .’| Arriving in Key West recently fot a visit of only a couple of weeks, Miss Jennie C. Monteur of Miami has decided to spend Miss Monteur is the niece of | Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Boardman of “The Crystal Queen” operetta auspices pupils Harris School.» 7:45 p. m. Harris School Auditorium. Seg \Mrs. Charles Lowe ~ Honored By Lodge Mr. and Mrs. Chas: S. Lowe, | Adolpho Lopez, Cuban business man,-was an ar- rival on the Cuba yesterday aft-| ernoon and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Juan Carbonell at the home on Southard street. } J. Ed O'Brien, editor and pub- lisher of the Cuban Monthly P.A.R., was an arrival on the P. and O. S. S. Cuba yesterday aft- ernoon. J. M. Horre of Miami, was an arrival over the highway yester- | day afternoon for a business visit and with friends. Mrs. E. L. Sanchez and chil- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1939 CLASSIFIED COLUMN i! + if FOR SALE—2 lots, each Séx 100 Run from Washington to Von Phister street. $1,000. Apply rear 1217 Petronia street apri4-s accompanied by Mrs. Fernando dren, Jacqueline and Catherine, 1°35 STUDEBAKER COMMAND- E. Camus, have returned home left on the early bus for a visit | ~-—~——— ' from Tampa where they had been With relatives in Miami. ncuetee To Be Presented On Friday Night At Harris School’ | attending the 35th annual session lof theeGrand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of Florida, which was held in that city April {11 to 14. Miss Florence Sawyer, deputy clerk in the office of County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, who had , been enjoying a brief vacation in Miami, returned over the high- of Earth, Metta Smack; Spirit of .. Mrs-Lowe was honored by be-' way jast evening. Air, Kermit Sweeting. ing-appointed Grand Warder of | | the Grand Chapter for the en-' Fairies: Nancy Norman, Yvon sying year. Lones, Cynthia Higgs, Betty Lou; Green, Betty Knowles, Geraldine Qyeen Contest Shirley Roberts, Rose Marie Pinder, Lil- lie Mae Adams, Elizabeth Cates, ! Rose Marie Alfonso, Mary — Jones, Laureatte Bethel, Is Ovened Contest for the election of Misses Barbara Guerro, ~Mar- |garet White and Athita! :Ber- | kowitz, who’ had: been * ‘spending a pleasant visit im»: Miami, _re- ‘turned to Key West Monday. evening over the highway. Clerk Ross C. Sawyer of the ER, good condition, $250 cash | 727 Division street. apri7-Iwkx SECOND SHEETS—500 for S56 The Artman Press. noviS-tf FOR SALE—38-ft. Double Cai Cruiser, sleeps. 4, complete Sawyer, Joan Elbertson, Amparo Queen for the Annual May Day circuit court, J. Lancelot Lester, FORD TRUCK, 1%-ton, mechan- Ovide, Betty Jo Tolle, Mae Romaguera, Betty Jean Young People’s Union, opened Nellie Festival, sponsored by Island City assistant state attorney, and Dr. Armando Cobo, left over the Wharton, Patricia Duane, Betty last night. The contest will close highway last evening on a busi- Rae Brady, Virginia Smith, Betty Armayor, Camilla Rodriguez. Dorothy Buckley, Saturday, April 29, at 6 o’clock. The candidates from the va- tious churches are as follows: ness visit to Tallahassee, and ex- pect to return in a few days. ically perfect, good tires, very economical in operating A real bargain, $150. Phone 810. apré Ime Lost director to the WPA _ sewing room and those operatives who were employed in fashioning them. Those who will imper- ysonate the characters are: 1 Mortals: Cissie Rosebud, Pa- tricia Goehring; First Schoolgirl, Geraldine Valdez; First School- boy, Waldo Collins;, Milly the Milkmaid, Ruth di Negro; First Fairy, Joan: -Elbertson;. Johnny Stout, Billy Ladd; ‘Jirtimy Thin, Donald Pearlman; Policeman, Bryan Cooke. Immortals: Crystal Queen, Marian Solano; Prince of Slum- berland, Arthur Armayor; Spirit of Fire, John Monsalvatge; Spirit of Water, Dora Henriquez; Spirit Wooden Soldiers: Stanley Higgs,‘ Ruby Seombee, Stone Sees SPECIAL SHOW AT Leo Hicks, Frank Sardinas, Buddy Dorothy Mae jungan, leming Rodriguez, Ronald Neithauer, Street church, and Agnes Thomp- MONROE TONIGHT Angel Garcia, Manuel Monzon, son, Ley Memorial church. { LEE ‘ Charles Curry, Kermit Roberts,’ Plans for the festival, which Charles Perez. ; will be held in Bayview Park, School Girls: Marguerite’ de are | underway. Further an- Leon, Maud Rose Brady, Julia: nouncements as to date and time Cruz, Grace Pota, Claudina Cor-. will be made later. deto, Barbara {_ ‘Thompson, Vir- | ginia Wijliams, Dora. Henriquez, Jennie *Saunders, Betty Rose Kerr, Wilma Taylor, Doris Boza, Carolyn Suarez, Emilia Boza. LOST — Yesterday somewhere between sunrise and sunset two golden hours, cach set with sixty diamond minutes. No re- ward is offered for they are gone forever—Horace Mann. novs0 A special show will be present- ed at the Monroe Theatre to- night, starting at 10:30 o'clock. “Slaves In Bondage’ is the name of the picture, dealing with - i uncensored secrets of the _na- ROOMS tion’s sinister vice scandals. - - Adults only will be admitted to NEW. WALDEZ INN, 521 United . School Boys: Jack Salt, Sitise' ; DINNER MATCH er ecepewe. toot: Py mae be ig aa a . - 9135. - Alonzo, Kenneth Kerr, Harry; . | Ceecocccccevesscerese Bove Sail aa ntugtene,, ohn Regular monthly dinner match | THE WE ATHER 1 of the Key West Golf Club will: 5 a Monsalvatge, Daniel-Lujan, Ken- neth Meadow, Kermit Sweeting. be heii ai mow afternoon with -----—————— | the winners getting a free din-; Tage i Sh of fet from:the losers Friday night — ‘Misc Miriam Care: OF 180 ‘o’ctbek. ¢ (Till 7330 p. m., Thurgtiay) | Ci S Key West and Vicinity: F ! 1 Pairings for the match are; ‘ ey West and Vicinity: Fair Entertains ircle | Spottswood and Price vs. Parks tonight and alge + _ slightly Ze que Fe ei ae ae eee and Harris. cooler tonight; light to moderate, ‘Square Dance will be given’ The Young Women’s Circle of Giubtensith atei Kemp vs. Kemp’ winds, mostly westerly. " tomorrow evening at Armory un-" Ley Memorial Church met Mon- and Russell. } der auspices of Knights of day evening in the church annex O’Bryant and Mesa vs. Plum- Pythias. Dancing will begin at with Miss Miriam Carey as -hos-| mer and Grooms. 8 o'clock. ' tess. ; Fripp and Ketchum vs. Pierce Funds raised by this entertain-; An interesting program on! and ‘Sands. ue ment will go toward the Lynch “New Realizations of Democracy” NOTICE TO CREDITORS Memorial in St. Petersburg. This was given. Mrs. Merrill Sands arigesr es memorial will be a part of =e read letters from missionaries = any bills transacted in my name. | chestra 15-20c; MNight—15-25c new school building in that city. India and in Africa. Mrs. Archie! J. CLIFTON RUSSELL. | Mr. Lynch was superintendent of Roberts read a lovely poem, aprl8-2t see & OVERSEAS | schools in St, Pete and a Past’ “What Is In Tay Hand?” AY CAFE AND LODGE Square Dance To Be Given At Armory rs MONROE THEATER Lane Sisters—Jeffrey Lynn t Claude Rains FOUR DAUGHTERS —and— THE SISTERS I will not be responsible for Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- |/ NEW SUMMER RATE TERRACE OUTDOOR BOWLING Duval at Angela 10¢ DAY or EVENING free Instruction Free Parking Coolest Cor. Now Under Roof It is hoped that there will be oq a large attendance at the affair.’ present were: i eR apeiaelin ean Mrs. Roland Weatherford, Mrs: Mrs. Linton Carry | Tom Curry, Mrs. Marnie K. Saw- i Lea 0. z - yer, Mrs: O. C: Howell, Mrs. ves Un iri 4 Archie Roberts): Mrs. Merrill | BSiioe iocmaes } Sandy Mrs. Alecia Boyen, Miss y Mrs. Linton Curry, head of the Miriam Carey, Miss Elizabeth |“77-——~ WPA sewing room project, was) Rosam,. Miss Catherine Knowles. @ passenger on the early bus this; -- - So | morning going for a brief visit: with her son-in-law and daught- “Key West's Outstanding!’ er, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hinton; LA CONCHA HOTEL } and family at Jennings, Fla. i Beautiful—Air-conditioned | Mrs. Curry’s grandson, J. W.| Rainbow Room and Cocktail | Hinson, III, will graduate from! Lounge DINING and DANCING Garage Grand Caancellor of the Knights After the business meeting en-' tof Pythias. - joyable refreshments were serv- | Marathon. Fia. Phone No. 4 “The Best in Food and Rooms” | Between Key West and Miami COMPLETE GARAGE'SERVICE Charley Toppino," Prop. Are mostly a bad habit. ‘You can talk 100 miles for 38e: S00 miles for $1.10; 1,000 miles for $1.85, by using night station - to - station m.” | =; service. Day rates are slightly higher. the High School at Jennings this! week, and it is at his request that | Strictly Fireprobf she is making the trip, and will} * Open The Year Around be back by Monday. Poetry Society To Meet Thursday ! { | Next meeting of the Pans | American Poetry Society, of which the president is Miss Ma- ‘rie Cappick, is scheduled to be | held Thursday night, April 20, at | the home of Mrs. James Adams ' on Waddell avenue. 5 } Mrs. Eva Warner said that f Mb eel yay peed eared afer d ehemetogy didi ta there is a-wonderful program be-| ; seed a " ~~ prayers a mage \ing arranged for the meeting. : Pease & stocks these Every man in front of you but MEMO: The ARUNDEL is IALALLLLLLLL ALLL your noise is a breach of To BusINEss OPPORTUNITY ‘ONG DISTANCE service will help you in your business. It has many business advantages—witnessed by these statements from men im for me to time my visits to meet all customers’ City of Key West a lot of SQUARE DANCE EN See eS > a Sif a#: Automobile fiorns menace to the health and peace of Key West. It is illegal to blow a horn ‘noisely or im 2 disturb— ing manner” or “after midnight and before 5 a In Rome, Italy no horns are permitted and the accident rate has been greatly reduced. You blow your horn it is heard not only by the who do not need any signal from you and to whom No Good Driver Uses the horn except im an emergency. Try deiv- ing one day without using the horn at all—dsc prized how easy it is and you will be doimg your Auspices Knights of Rythias Benefit Lynch Memorial in St. Petersburg ARMORY April 20, 8:00 o’Clock DONT BLOW HORNS CITIZENS TRAFFIC COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE POOOOOIOIOOIIIOLE: APARTMENT lie eos street. oppeste Tifts Grocery Medern bot water See Sey monc Lerc Counts Comet Gor Jers Marsa He THE tosc sucT COMEDY est SHOeTS Their careless use is 2 Time the peace. TIALALLLLAALALLLLLLLLLLZALLALLLAN good. (LLAAAAAAA .