The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 30, 1939, Page 6

OLD HOME WEEK MURDER by Phoebe A Chapter 46 Interview With Win ACK at Aunt Sara’s, Asey ex- claimed at the terrific litter of Depers in the living room. “That’s Jeff Leach,” Sara said, ring to balance his accounts. He'll spend the winter with ’em, the looks. For once | don’t him. What can you do, with old settlers and new tourists and everyone giving you odd sums and Saying it’s for those taxes in 1929, and for this and that and the other thing. Weston had some fancy flies. but we ran out of ’em day before yesterday. You all go to bed. [’ve got to help Jeff figure. He counts on his fingers, and with his arthritis his fingers are none too reliable.” “Where's Jane?” Asey asked. “Upstairs in bed, long ago. Mike's been here most of the eve- ning. I told him about Eloise. How'd he take it? He was per- functorily sorry, and brought out the budget he started today. The two of them argued themselves hoarse. It did Jane good, She ha: t been anywhere near so lugubrious since hc left. He told her to trust you, Asey and I guess she is. Oh, this is all such a hor- Tible thing! Asey, what are you going to do now?” “Figure,” Ase *'Night.” Asey was eating breakfast when Zeb got down to the dining room i: the morning. * * “Marvelous day,” Sara_ said. “Thank goodness, it'll end in a blaze of glory, this week will, and all I’ve go‘ to do todsy is hand out silver cups at the Town Hall with ie Brinley and Mrs. Philbrick. 'm going to watch the yacht races, and tonight is the grand ball; that will doubtless exp the last ounce of strength I have. I look forward to Church Day and the end of it all. Not for a Billingsgate wallow- ing in gold wouid I go through a week like this again!” “When,” Bertha asked anxious- dy, “when is the jelly? I mean, the prizes?” “Three o'clock,’ Sar. said, “and 1 want to give wart.ing ‘o you all, this is the last meal Bertha and Sally bother with till Monday. Jeff and I will have lunch with the notables, and the rest of you will have to fend for yourselves. There's a buffet suppei at the golf club, and you can come there with or not.” ay, what are you doing?’.Zeb “T’'ve got to get my stuff ready for Shorty. Asey, Win’, picture was in last night's paper. [cut it out for ycli to give “him, if) you want to. And what are you doing?” “] figure,” Asey saic rather geomily “T just figure‘and figure (ee or. His figuring led him first to the ball field. where the sports pro, gram was already im \prozress, He allowed himself to be dragged into the horse shoe pitching, and won the event, to his own amazement, from Weston and Mike Slade. Mike Slade rushed up. “Come on, we neec yo for the tug of war, natives versus visitors, and Wes wants you to pitch the soft bal] game—' “Dream on,” Asey said. “1 shot my bolt with the hoss shoes. I done my bit.” ‘Asey!” Weston raced up “Did Mike tell you—” “He did, an’ I'm not. Wes, 1 never seen such vigor! Rushin’ around—” “Someone's got to!” Weston said. He rushed off after Mike. Asey grinned and strolled over to the Town Hall. In the exhibi- tion rooms, Mrs. Brinley and Aunt Sara and half a doz.n other town women were matching up. contes- tants’ names with the prize-win- ning numbers on the various en- |¥ tries. ‘Three Prizes’ “LJERE'S one!” Mrs. Brinley said excitedly. “Here — oh, look, girls! Look at this jar of jelly! It's bs amg gracious sakes! It’s the best in the show, best in all the and best beach-plum jelly! tt do you know about that! Three prizes! That means three and the big pvize tad at’s the number?” ra asked. “Thirty. let’s see. Oh, isn’t that i Tee, now! That's Bertha. My Bertha. Bertha Cook from over by the point, She'll be simply tickled ‘o pieces, and she it, She’s a marvelous lendid jelly—” Mrs. Brinley sniffed. “Well, I don't think that jelly looks like much, if you should ask me! Those told Arthur, I said, Ar- ur, you couldn’t have picked ewe lodges And when I see one fount y_ told her. I twood Taylor ee sack mil the ae beach, where his cous! 0 edi him sheer me layo greete 5 . Want Win?’ “How is he? Been some?” “He ain’t a mite of trouble,” said. “Good’s gold. Nice old fel le just sleeps an’ sleeps—” “No,” Syl sald “You know wh No,” Syl sai ‘ou know what I think, Asey? I think the old fel- ler’s been starvin’. He an’ then he sleeps, ai while né bobs up to see if I’m here, an’ he gets some more to eat, an! then he sleeps again. 1 alwa: heard tell he was an ewful old a Bit need : much. ems ink a heap of you, he does. I'l go fetch him es Win pumped Asey’s hand. “Nice feller, to him. When you want t’eat, he feeds you. What you got there?” “Picture of you, cut from the Boston paper.” Win peered at it and then held ié off at a distance. “That me? You sure?’ “Certain sure. See what it says underneath?” ae gorry,” Win said. “Whad- dye know. Huh. That thing: goin’ or yet?” “You don’t want to go back, do you?” “Didn’t know L‘looked sc good,” Win said. “Look pretty good, don’t ah Don’t look such a fool's; I 01 “ ught.' ‘Lookéd pretty: swell,” Asey said. “Say, want ‘to be in on, the finish? Syl, take my car an’ go get him some‘clothés-fron. my Stag Mine’ll fit him. Got one of them white suits. I'll wait here.” “The Nosey Thing’ “ HE SAT down with Win on the Son's wooden settee outside the shack. . “Win,’ he said finally, much do you know about Bi gate, anyway?” “Keep posted.” Win puffed at his pipe. “Hear a lot. See a lot. Folks thir.k I’m an ole fool, say a lot of things trey weu'dn’t say others. What you want to know?” es scratched his head. “Hon- est, Win, I don’t knuw how to put it. S’pose there’s trouble in town. Trouble with the runnin’ of the town. Who's to lame?” “Sairey Leach,” Win said after due deliberation. “An* Bessie Brin- ley, the nosey thing.” trouble- “how lings- “What do you know about Mary | Randall?” “Up to Hell Holler? Nice wo- man, no nonsense. Knows whén a man's! hungry.” “Who didn't like her, Win? 1 mean, who don't like her?” Win caught his slir into the past tense: “Oho, Didn't, huh? Thought they Was’ troub'e. Daughter hates her:‘Hellcat. Hated the other. girl, too. Seen ‘em fight.” : “Who?” ‘Asey was confused. “Daughter’d fight Mary Randal) an’ ‘the: girl, Throv ‘ings. Hell- cat. Seen alot while f was to the ice house’ Know what? Daughter went off atinight. Ofter ” “Win,” Asey said, “what do you mean’ You talkin’ about Mary Randail's daugiter Eloise? Let's get this straight. * “Fat woman,” Win . “Jerky talker. Used t’go off nights. Some feller. Don't know who. He'd laugh funny, an’ she'd walk ‘round the pond to the east road an drive oft. Know Brinley, tat telier? Seen her with him on the beach once.” “So that,” Asey said, “is the answer to the other path, is it? That’s Eloise’s own. By—by the Almighty! An’ thar laugh is her boy friend, signalin’—no wonder Jane thought there was folks around! Win, tell me more about Sara an’ Bessie.” “Brinley woman hates Sairey,” Win said. “Jealous. Know what? She made Brinley switch Jeff Leach's books. Made mistakes. Jeff's no good at books. Brinley “Wint How do’ you know?” “Cold spell this’ spring,” Win said. “Had tleave Philbrick’s place, He was comin’ Slipped:intc ‘own Hail “ Lived there week o1 so. Heard a'lot. Brinley’ et Jeff out. Wants t ie board, n’en ge tthe legisla- ture. Wants t’go t’Congress. Fixed Weston’s books, too.” ppt can” hardly believe “Didn't b'lieve it m’self at first,” Win said. “Sly une. 1 know. Gre- mpa said, look out for pot- lied fellers with sharp eyes, an’ they, got a naggin’ wife, look out wice. Before Syl returned, Asey be- gan at the beginning and ques- tioned Win all over again. But he couldn't shake the old man’s story. With Syl's help, he dressed the last Billings up in a white linen suit, combed his hait and shaved ing to tell him what | h Syl | ler. | yl.” he said. “No nonsense | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SeCccerecocsconccncecocs Dr. R. S. Rodriguez and Dr. F. Carbonell, who had been attend- ing a convention of the East Coast Dental Society at Holly- wood, Fla., returned to Key West yesterday. Mrs. L. Hood, formerly Miss | Texas Weleh, was an arrival in|. | Key. West Sunday for a visit with | Telatives and friends. |< Mrs. ‘Annie Page and daugh- ters, Miss Marguerite Page, and’, | Mrs. C. B. Harvey and son, B./ 'C. Jr., returned to Key West last | evening over the highway from! | Miami. They were joined in Mi-| |ami by Miss Page. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beaver were | passengers on the midday bus, | yesterday leaving for Cincinnati, i Ohio,.for a visit with their daugh- | ters and to witness the gradua- | tion of their daughter Mary from \the University of Cincinnati. | Mrs. Salvador Napoles left on | the early bus today to join her}; jdaughters in Miami and will leave this evening on the Steam- |ship Florida with Miss Aleida | Napoles and Miss Angela Napoles }for Havana where she will enjoy a vacation, “What a guy! He stops me to ask KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY | Fe 1 i Mrs: Clarence Thompson left | \ ‘onthe ‘early’ bus for Miami_ to} | join Mr.’ Thompson, who is visit- ling in that city, and. expects to) {return this evening or possibly | ee | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Tike ete i | Ago Today As Taken From Mrs. Joseph Aritas left this The Files of The Citizen | morning on the 7 o'clock bus for | : and to be present at the gradua- will 7 | will observe Mémorial tion of her son Ray, from the | nolding Bloagl: diaerro | high school. | High School auditorium Day by Ghia jat 8 o’clock, The ancient ritual- Mrs. Anthony Perez left on the | istic ceremony will be put on in early bus today for Miami en! full form and it is said to be one route to Tampa where she will ot the most beautiful of the pub- |spend a vacation with relatives lic ceremonies in Masonry. Elab- | and friends. . Gus: W.; Parton, who had been Charge of the Memorial services visiting for several days in Key and J. J. Trevor has arranged | | West, ‘left over the highway this the music. The public is invited | morning for Miami and'will visit to witness this most beautiful at. points along the route to New {event and hear a delightful: pro-' | York. | gram. | P. R. Clements left Sunday for ety ste c |his home in Miami after spend-! place of, business in the city has | ing. the weekend with Mrs. Mary been closed this afternoon in ob: Knowles and other relatives™on | servance of Memorial Day, Al Elgin street. Mr. Clements was patriotic orgahizations of the city formerly of Key West. |seem to have joined in the ob- | . > |streets is that-of ‘an ‘unusually | Junior Woman's Club {calm and peaceful Sabbath Day. ; | Social Enjoyed | | At the social meeting of the! | Junior Woman’s Club, held last |week at the home of the Key| West Woman’s Club on Division | sree street, a very delightful afternoon | : was spent by club members and guests. | Cards, as is the rule, was the |pastime of the hours and when the scores were totalled at the |conclusion of the games, it was shown that Miss Louise Hawkes won the prize for the highest score and Mrs. Arthur Sheppard, Jr®. was awarded the consolation. Hostesses for the meeting were Misses Louisa Delaney and Fran- | ces! Ellsworth, wha supervised thé serving of delicious. refresh- ments during the course of the afternoon. Those attending were: - {Misses ,Virginia Shine, Phyllis Adams, Maudie Lowe, Bénildes, Remond, Dorothy Dungan, Mar- | garet Dexter, Ada Rodriguez, | | Alicia Armayor, Mary Whalton, either by boat or automobile went on a motor picnic or outing and \fishing trip today, leaving the! Editorial Comment: |celebration as recorded by an (exchange: “Lilly Marie Larsen in jcelebrating her birthday last Fri- day bought all-day suckers for the pupils in the second grade”. youngsters took up the , cudgels with the -Junior, Sluggers and were put to their utmost to down their opponents by the score of ht an “a; peanut, pitched for The ipaiizen, and did a perfect job. ““Sehior déague of | Memorial church entertained ‘last - evening | with a combination pound and! lemon party held on the church | lawn.. Each of the guesst brought | 4 |a pound and a lemon and was; Si Lakin Toul Hawk ’|seed in the lemon. Interesting | ern fo ied es =a ee games formed the main diversion | enshaiey ‘Auits sulgseo. etch- | of the evening and refreshments ; Mesdames T. B. Klebsattel, Al-| “Te Served throughout. Jen E. Curry, P. D. Huddleston,} 9 Martinez was included in | Hoes yas te Srpd P. |the passengers leaving last night | t Casey Samuel Ruse” J * Cas over the East Coast R’y for Mi-{ ot Muarioe ale aa eal ami where he has accepted a po- | Hot Cubst “Laeose "Gutierres, |Siti08, and proposes to remain in- | | William Albury, Merrill Roberts, | oe: 5, i Raymond Curry and Glen Arch- ‘here will be a meeting of; a | Troop 1, Girl Scouts, held tomor- | row afternoon in their quarters | i 1 ‘OUR FELLOW DRIVERS brakes don't hold he gives me a ticket!” | pecc0cee | one Yesterday’s Precipitation | Miami en route to St. Petersburg | Masonic Lodges of Key West! Noi Almost evety store office’ and’ igudy tonight and ryance and the quietude on the and south wind e erate city depopulated to a marked de- southeasterly Bar eeaRS a bit of money by Tuesday afternoon The Citizen elementary school Day -exerc next Thursday night. (Copyright, 1939) jnana Snow and Devil's Food| }eakes—both delicious items. | Patrons: following this line of! SPECIAL CAKES AT MALONEY special cakes will remember these | SSRs er ‘two specials as they have been ‘Two special layer cakes are of-! offered before, selling out .read-| fered today for middle-of-the- ily. | week sales at Maloney Bros.! Watch for more specials this, Bakery, 812 Fleming street—Ba-' weekend. APP OP LO LL MEDICINE HAS A NAME FOR EVERYTHING tite Annociated Presn) BUTTE, Mont. May 30.— There was a doctor in the crowd that stood in the warm spring sunshine gazing up- ward at men at work remov- ine a cornice from a high “Say, doc”, said a gazer. “what's the scientific name for what we would be expos- ing ourselves to if the sun was stronger?” ‘ “Amykdala heleosis’’. promptly replied the doctor. Which means sunburned tonsils. : Pai LD LLL M, ! { < held 'M4\ poned at the Golden Eagle hall. All’ members are requested to be inj attendance. | —— { A tropical Dance -will be held; | tonight. in the K. C, Hut, given! 'by the “Happy..Crowd”, a new! | institution, which® has just been | Organized for the purpose of giv-' }ing dance parties. } | Regular weekly noonday lunch- ,eon and meeting of the Key West | Rotary Club was held today with ' an excellent attendance. A num- | ber of interesting and timely ad-' ‘dresses were delivered. Memorial ‘Day was featured. | Sc rar een H |. Meeting of the local Beis |Club now in process of forma- |tion and which was to have been} By Mueller | Travelers Safety Service what time it is, and because my THE WEATHER eenenacccceccesoce Temperatures” | Highest - | Lowest . Mean & |Normal Mean Rainfall” 19 Ins w at the!“ tonight Sun ti Sun Moon Moon se | orate preparations have been High |made. R. Remegio Lopez: has Low Barometer, 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.98. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wedne Key West and Vicin and V with scattered sho\ y ate east to south nville to Florida § t Gulf: Jacks moderate east to sot | Almost every family in the cily|0VC ro, jhaving means of transportation wodne outh portion st weather Es sday with scattered show- over ton Ts. Western Caribbea easterly o portion and partly st wea ther tonight and Wednesday with Birthday scattered showers. WRONG-WAY BIDS SALINAS, Calif The council thought it might sellin, to and advertised for bids two, each in reve One com pany wanted $1,680 to tear the building down, the other wanted city ck up n ld wrecker It got SC to 5. Hugo Barcelo, no bigger $1,800. and will THE ARISTOCRAT OF MOTORCOM 101907 WAS THIS TOWERING ELECTRIC OPERA-BUS . « Movern EFFICIENCY PART OF THE NUMEROUS: 30. cipients. TUESDAY, MAY 80, 1939, FATALITY FLAG WELFARE BOARD |THIEF-INVITING ISSUES REPORT, — DRIVERS FIN DISBURSEMENTS FOR PUB.-|IT’S AGAINST THE LAW NOW LIC ASSISTANCE THIS | TOLEAVECARUNLOCKED j MONTH LARGEST YET ON CHEYENNE'S STS. ! | | | LOUISVILLE — After traffic fatality in this Police hoist a black white skull over the cit every y, the with a JACKSONVILLE, May 30.— (FNS) Checks totaling $625,424 will be mailed ‘out this month to 47,128 recipients of public assist- ance, according to announcement recently by the State Welfare Board. The disbursement is the largest for any month since the board was inducted into office on July} 1937, and is at the rate of $7,- 5,088 per year. A total of 37,829 persons will receive $522,702 for old stance; 2404 blind and -blind will receive an aggre- ; and 6895 de- pendent children will receive $67,756. (By Associated Press) CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 30.— It’s against the law now to leave’ a car unlocked on Cheyenne’s/ streets. | A new traffic code, sponsored | by Police Chief T. Joe Cahill,| provides a fine of up to $100 for} permitting a motor vehicle to! stand, unattended, with ignition | unlocked. | “Maybe it will help the mem-| ories of those drivers who vir-| tually invite car thieves by leav-| ing their machines unlocked,” says Cahill. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Coccccccccccccocescccccs | HELP WANTED rs SEE US ABOUT LOANS FOR PAYING EASY PAYMENTS SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING and || ENGINEERING CO. Ameri irls | He we comenican gir's|| White and Eliza Sts. Phone 598 Board of Health cards. 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