The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 11, 1939, Page 3

TUESDAY, ‘JULY 11, 1939 TWO AGAINST LOVE by Frances Hanna Seeccseeveevcccses “You hear everything, don’t you, ramp?” “Yep. Nothin’ wrong with my ears.’ F “Yes, Geoffrey's staying here.” Defiance ‘tinged her voice. “He | rolled up. sapeey sane es ve known him so long. I—I'm used to him, Gramp. And 1 could fill up my life with children and parties “Horses!” Gramp snorted. it as well = horse and with it,” he grumbled. “He's a two-legged horse and a mean one.” tested mildly. ~ eo tnt marry a man you can handiet Josie, I’m disappointed ‘in you. I figured you had lots o’ fight id gumption. Why in tarnation are you fettin’ a blonde snatch the man you want?” “I thought you liked Nola,” she evaded. “Didn't say 1 didn’t. But she ain’t hastens for ae . She pest happy, ‘s 2 "Tl go pes in’ fancy places and he'll mighty mis’rable.” He tay the letter on his lap with a crooked re) lorefinger. “I kept this hid, Josie, ever since I found it quite a spel] back. Your grandma and me used to put notes in @ secret drawer in thet old cab'net when we was courtin’. Jest for old times’ sake 1 tried to see if I still knew how to open it| when we,come here. § + T ‘run across a letter to me—she must have figured some day I'd come along and maybe find it. She or it jest + «» Jest afore, she ied . Silently, he handedthe letter to Jocelyn and silently she accepted it and readin her grandmother’s familiar handwriting: “Talbot, My Dear— 1 write this in the fond hope that some day your eyes will read it. No one else knows or ever has known of this secret place of ours. 1 have just finished making out my will ang although the doctor | h, will not tell me 1 am dying, I know. I do not want to die, Talbot. Does anyone ever want to die? I think not. For many years, through my solicitors, 1 have followed the adventures of your family. | know your grandson is a fine young man, unspoiled by money; un- selfish in his devotion .o you and the others. | am hoping t this sentimental, seemingly inconsis- tent will of mine will be the means of bringing together my grand- daughter Jocelyn, and your grand- son. I want them to be poor. I trust Thorndyke, my eldest grandchild. to see to that. [ want them to build a future together, solidify love and marriage with hardship and trouble shared and overcome. I should never have run away | fi from you. Years of empty living have given me that bitter knowl- edge. I loved you, Talbot. I never stopped But we were of the gen- eration who. laid in the beds we made for ourselves regardless ‘of. thorns ...” Sandy’s Grow! Jjoceee could read no farther, for the last lines were blurred and stained with tears. Foiding the letter carefully, she placed it in Gramp’s hand, then went swiftly | the from the room, her eyes misted by — com, in. inner went badly. Nola, coo! and exquisitel; med, was monosyiiabic; setter aching the no fe for with grief, had either talk or food. Thorn and sation, fseliy, denatiog ar their sation, as efforts fell flat. Only che odd little. relish ths food Hie e but one “THE fan handle him | ee otegaros eRe she went on the house to the back door. Jones a@n- lacly who tap ‘siecaan at iy. who jleepin; foot af the bed. talf of his small ae her feet: His alive She must have dozed, for of the while, caught the bed cov- ers in his teeth and tried to pull them from her body. ¢ it. she “Stop “1 never knew you to want to in the middle of the night Stop, you crazy pup!” Hearing her voice, perceiving she was awake, he jumped from the bed and ran to the window, barked with low warning yips. loudly and the fog, she heard voices. Unhooking the screen and pushing it outward she leaned over the windowsill. [t was the cook who-was screaming. Shout- ing ... shrieking: “Fire] Fire!” Wailing Siren Now through a sudden rift in thes iin mist Jocelyn saw flames spurting from the rear of the house where the additional rooms for the servants had been built of wood. Switching on the bed lamp she took her slacks from the closet and put them on over her pajama trousers, then drew a heav sweater over the tops. She slipped her feet into fleece-lined moc- casins and sped out the door. Running around the side of the house she nearly collided with Tally who was attaching a garden hose to the outside water faucet He, too, had dressed hastily in overall pants an@ a thin cotton shirt. His hair hung over his fore- head; ‘his lips were set tightly. “How bad is it?” lyn cried. s “A couple of coed reek, our servants got out S 1 mg it check “it Tobe nes spreads any farther... .I wi would ‘athens s “Tl call the fire department in Santa * she said, back to the house. “Shouldn't take them more than ten minutes to get ere.” “Good “irl.” Rushing outside again she saw Tally, almost in the flames, swish- ing the hose back and forth. The stream of water seemed a futile weapon against the fiery monster which grew in size with every mo- mth fire department’ thi ie le] ent’s on the way!” she oales at pet . Mack, her gray hang- ing im a ridiculous pigtail over one shoulder, kept pleading with Tally to get away from the fire. Geof- frey charged around the house with the speed of one of his ponies | and started ordering everybody to stand back and not become ex- sited. He was careful, Joee'! noted, to keep well away from james. “Why don’t you find another hose and help, Tally?” she de- main rooms vos Geoff, it’s spread to the fence . .. it's burning the garden!” A second she with terror, then tore to the stables, flung open ) doors and began halter on the nearest ‘horse. In a moment she wind might change and drive the fire toward the in- flammable hay bales next the oseuse } THE By 0.1. MILIAN Team Captain William “Butch” Cates, and second baseman of the Key West Conchs as well as Manager Roy Hamlin and the team as a whole and the ma- jority of local baseball fans would like to have the answer to |one question. The question: Why does Puby “Specs” Carbonell flatly refuse to be a member of the Key, West team that is going to represent this city in a series| of ball games at Tampa on July}{ 227 : We are sure, at least this writer is, that the easy going, popular pitcher member, of the Pirates ball club, has no personal |ill feeling towards the manage- ment of the Key West Conch ag-| gregation or any of its. members | yet our leading hurler will ‘not listen to the appeal of Mario Pena and so many. hundreds of fans who have expressed their sincere desire to have the spec- tacle moundsman help the Key West boys bring home the honor of vietory over the Ybor city lads in their own home. town. “Spees” you’re a good pitcher, possibly the best curving mounds- man we have in Key West today. You know it and every baseball enthusiast in the city is aware of that fact. We know, too, that your name added to’the pitching |list with that of Joe Casa ene |Robert Bethel can mean but one |thing—another victory added to the long string we now boast | with great pride. i | “Julee” Barcelo, big right handed outfielder who gave Ar- mando Acevedo a close run for batting honors during the Key| West Conchs-Pirates post cham- pionship series last winter, has signed up with the Conchs and | will be seen in Key West uniform |next Sunday afternoon when| Hamlin’s fence busters clash; against Bud Garing and his; Trojans. | i Boy, oh boy, what. a_ batting crew! Acevedo, Cates, Barcelo, Albury, Griffin, Pena and Vil-} lareal all following in order.; | Enough to throw a scare to any | pitcher. They are the boys that | will face Morgado, Capitano and ; Britt in Tampa July 22 and 23. MAJOR LEAGUES’ GAMES TODAY | AMERICAN LEAGUE | (Open date.) | NATIONAL LEAGUE (Open date.) “yz Subscribe to The Citizen—200 {Boston _.. eo Pecccccccsscacosesesecos | Lowest —__ Mean __ Normal Mean “This record covers 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock thin morning. Precipitation ‘Rainfall, 24 hours ending at 7:30 a. m., inches ___ Total rainfall since July 1, Excess since July 1, Total rain: 1, inches Excess sin inches ;. Low 12:30 p. m. 11:30 Barometer. 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30,06. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p.m. Wednesday) Key-West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy, tonight and Wednesday, with scattered showers Wednes- day; light to moderate shifting winds, mostly easterly. Florida: Partly. cloudy tonight and Wednesday, ‘scattered show- ers Wednesday. Jacksonville. to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to moderate shifting winds becoming mostly easterly, and partly overcast weather tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers. 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