The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 7, 1939, Page 4

“PAGE FOUR FOUR BLIND DATES By Edwin Rutt cs The wolfhound Lity, who twooks like a fugitive from the Zoo, corners a young lady in Central Park. She is none other than Packy North. Tacks sees possibilities in the situation. Chapter 20 Sheer Blackmail peck: glanced quickly at Lily, then snapped her fingers. “I'll ask the first person that comes by | |; to drive this dog away.” “Oh, no, you won't,” answered Tacks, “It would embarrass too much. I know your type. You try to give the impression of being strong and self-reliant. That’s a lot of hooey, of course. It’s obvious that you can’t cope with an every- day Irish wolfhound. Further- more, you'd never call the atten- tion of a total stranger to a skirt in that condition. It would be—er —ah—unwomanly.” Packy compressed her lips. “I think,” she said, “that you are the most loathsome, detestable person in New York.” “That’s a, sweeping generaliza- tion,” said Tacks. “But, if it’s your opinion, why stick around?” Goaded beyond endurance, Packy placed a foot tentatively on the path. It-was not the proper move. Lily, robbed of her romp, hhad decided upon an embattled attitude. She growled menacing- \y. Packy hastily withdrew the “You see,” said Tacks, “that dog isn't going to stand aay nonsense. Now I'll tell you what I'll do, Miss - Ne You've treated me shame- fully but I'll overlook that. If...” ate fee Packy interrupt- “You'd bargain with me, you miserable creature?” 2 Tacks lit a cigarette. “I would, “Tm sine to scream,” Packy with decision. mA to it. There’s ‘nobody in sight and those Fifth Avenue busses are making a terrible rac- ket. I doubt if your scream will get to first base. But you'd better lo. something. Because that dog’s not going to wait all night. She could climb that stone thing and get you any minute. In fact, she seems to be getting a little rest- less now. She’s only”—he favored with a pat on the back— “deterred because I'm here.” For a brief moment Packy be- ¢ame conversational]. “Where,” she asked, “do you this dog came from? Cer- ly nobody would keep a dog like that in New York?” “Oh, you never now,” Tacks eaid airily. “New Yorkers do funny things. I had a pal once who kept @ barracuda in the bathtub. That was an isolated case, of course, but you'd be surprised at the num- ber of vicious dogs, like this one here, running at large. in the city. Some of them have—what do you call that thing, anyhow—hydro- Phobia?” “You're just trying to scare me.” “Ha! Scaring you would be catrying coals to Newcastle. That dog’s got you jittering like tomato aspic in a high wind. But, to get down to brass tacks, I'm willing to offer my services.” “It I capt eh you, I 2” Packy’s lip curled. wp Brecisely,” said Mr, Adams, with great calm. “Well, I won't do it.” Goodby Gesture ‘ACKS got up off the coping. | rat Packy’s voice had sounded very resolute and it looked as if he were licked. He decided, how- ever, to brazen this thing out a little further. A girl, gazing at the. Tetreating back of a once-pros- ive rescuer, has been known oer her mind. He lifted his “Well, Miss North,” he said, “it's been nice to see you. I hope you pass a comfortable night decorat- ing that fence. Well, so long. Sorry you wouldn't listen to reason.” He turned his. back and took a couple of tentative steps to the ward. Packy bit her lip. Much as she detested this Adams, his society had not been unwel- come for the last few moments. Of he was the world’s mean- est man. But that didn’t alter the fact that in a second or two she'd io man at all between her werewolf who blocked Tight then the werewolf her to change her mind. BBE Fes . She sup- ah ily arose ch it fell to her 4 t whithersoe r 5 ‘was a tough break having to re- i this new-found acquain- who went in for fences in a Mr. Adams about to de- | stow Lily gazed earnestly into Packy’s eyes. It was the kindest, most re- gretful look in Lily’s entire reper- toire, But to Packy's warped vision it was as if the beast were regard- ing an outsize in filet mignons gasping -under a ci it of chicken livers. A distant cousin to a shriek left Miss North’s lips. “Mr, A en _ Tacks, who had not been mak- ing much progress on his souther- ly course, wheeled. ‘cain ma’am?” he said inquir- igly. “For Heaven's sake, take this thing off me. l’il—I’ll make some kind of arrangement with you. Though I'll always consider you the lowest of the low.” Elation possessed Tacks, “My wants are simple,” he said. “But it’s imperative that you have a date with me this Seturday night. I also stipulate that you let me take you ie now.” “Saturday night?” wailed Packy, pulling k her head to avoid a sortie on the part of Lily’s tongue. “You know very well that I have a job.” “Pouf! What's a job compared to being consumed by a ravenous dog in the last‘stages of madness. Besides, I'll get you another job.” Packy “I call it noth- ing less than sheer blackmail.” “It’s women like you that drive men like me to blackmail. Come on, Miss North. Think fast.” “Oh, all ier I guess I can man- age. Only, please, please, get this | dog away from me.” ier. said Tacks, with alac- rity. He addressed Lily. “Down you, elephant.” bay | eard and understood. If the. Adams oilcan were going to get into it, the png cee gone for the end of the fun. Reluctantly she took her paws off Packy’s hips, dropped them to the footpath and d in a what-next attitude, awaiting further foolishness. “You see?” Tacks said. “It's easy when you know how.” Boasting And Babbling WACKY brushed off her skirt in- dignantly. “Listen,” she said, with per- ceptible coldness, “it isn’t part of this horrible blackmail thatI have | to stand here while you boast.” | She strode away down the path, Tacks at her heels. Lily, though uninvited, came along since there | was nothing better to do. “Why is that dog following us?” Packy demand presently. “I thought you were going to chase it away.” “That dog,” explained Tacks, “recognizes me as a friend.” “Well, I can’t say I admire her taste. But I'd rather she didn’t come with us.” “Now, Miss North,” said Tacks, “be reasonable. This dog has ob- viously strayed from home. You wouldn’t have me let her get run over by a truck or something, would you?’I hope you are going to.approve of my intention of tak- ing this noble animal to the S.P.C.A.” “Oh, be quiet!” snapped Packy. “As if it isn’t bad enough to be here with you against my will without having you— er — bab- eae 48 “Who's bapblag? Why can’t we be friends, Miss North?”. “Because we.can’t, that’s why!” “Socrates would impugn such logic as that.” as don’t give a hoot about Soc- “Well, we'll talk about some- thing else. How soon do you think the horse will supplant the air- plane?” “You're not funny. really. I've never been so bo! in my life.” “You look adorable when bored. I_ hope you're bored Saturday night.” “I expect to be.” “Well, here we are at the exit. All we need now is a taxi.” A thought struck Packy. “Are you going to force me to ride with that dog?” Tacks spread his hands. “Well, I can’t leave the dog here, can I?” Packy her head. She knew he was right, but she'd be — if she’d admit it grace- fully. “Oh, come on!” she said. “But I warn you, this is the final in- sult.” Her heels made an ge 34 sound as they clattered down stone steps. Much against his will a taxi- driver was finally to steamer down Fifth Avenue. “Tov for a ride, isn’t it?” versationaily. “Saher not reply. “It’s all to talk,” Tacks ed: “This isn't the Public Li “T have no desire to talk to | ft looks as if wel old time on your way Continued temerrow. a mad have a home.” TWENTY YEARS HERE Ten years ago ten citizens called attention that Rev. A. L. Maureau, S. J, had arrived at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Ricketts-Long Engagement Party Held Last Saturday; Headlining the Key West social | 10:00 o’clock, in addition to those! whirl last weekend was the an- Sonne engagement. din-/} nouncement party given by Mrs. |" nC uGer! ; . & Mrs. William R. War- Robb Roy Ricketts, at her home, ! ren, Miss Etta Patterson, Barbara | 1409 Division street, Saturday Taylor, Dr. Kingdon Avery, Rae evening, at which the engage-| Russell, Ignacio Carbonell, Leo-. ment of her daughter, Cornelia,‘nor Warren, Jesus Carmona,' to John Allan Long, son of Mrs.'Wahls Zauhurst, Jeff Knight, | John P. Long of Saluda, South Henry - Higgs, Darnell Carey,' Carolina, was announced. | Betty Moreno. | The party was preceded by aj Steven Boyden, Toby Bruce,; dinner for family members at La' Herbert Boyden, Mary Sullivan, | Concha Hotel, at 8:30 o’clock.|Miss Frances Tiller, Dr. Irvine! Those present were Mrs. John P. Saunders, Susan LaKin, Mr. and} Long, Mrs. Robb Roy Ricketts,!Mrs. Allen E. Curry, Mary Mor-' Mr. and Mrs. Coppock Evans,'gan, Jessie Causey, Barbara’ John Evans, Miss Emma Long, Carey, Xenia Hoff, Elizabeth Mrs. O. S. Long, Miss Ann Wise, | Ayala. | Miss Myra Wise, Miss Lavinia} William Phelan, Hilary Al- Ricketts, Mrs. Nell Crouch, Jack bury, Paul Mesa, Orvis Kemp, , Crouch, Miss Cornelia Ricketts'Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson, | and John Allan Long. {Joan MacMullen,. James Mac» Formal announcement of the Mullen, Al Mills, Florence Saw: ! engagement was made by Mrs.‘ yer, Bob Marx, Joe Pinder, Al-| Ricketts at the home. Guests, bert Baker, Frances Schaeffer, | who assembled for the party at William Monsalvatge. Garden Club To ‘Meet Tuesday PERSONAL MENTION | The Garden Club is having =i Mr. and Mrs. Sam _ Tift were ' special meeting on Tuesday at! passengers laving on the, early|7:30 P. M. at the Library to dis bus, for a visit to Miami where : they will spend their honey-! moon. ‘cuss ways and means of sponsor-/ ing new W. P. A. projects for the {Botanical Gardens and for street {planting in the city. Bill Shoop, baggage agent for} The club feels that these pro- the Atlantic Greyhound Lines, at! jects are more essential to the Winston Salem, N. C., left thisjfurther development of Key morning for headquarters after; West as a tourist center. The is- enjoying a splendid vacation in‘Jand has the climate and the Key West. He said that he will! fishing, bathing facilities are to come back for another stay when|be' developed, and it is possible, | his next vacation time arrived. | with the co-operation of the; —— citizens, to make Key West! Mayor Willard Albury and Mrs.|botanically a beautiful jewel. | Albury, who had been visiting at’ These projects are a start. It} points on the east coast, leaving |is hoped that there will be as} last Thursday, returned on the ‘large an attendance 'at the meet- afternoon bus yesterday. fing as is possible, in order that; BELEN !they may be fully discussed. The | Mrs. Sam Wells and children'¢lub feels that many Key Westers | Harold and Helen, returned over ‘Dave constructive — suggestions} the highway last week from Mi-| Which will help to make these ami where they had been spend- | Projects successful, and is is ac-j ing a vacation of five weeks with | cordingly urged that all persons telatives and friends. ~~~ finterested, whether members of the Garden Club or not, make it : ja point to be present at this Harry McDonald, officer of the! meeting. ships of the P. and O. S. S. Co., was an arrival yesterday after- noon on the bus from Tampa, via Miami. Marriage Here Last Evening Miss Isabel Swain and Heri- (Junior Club To Hold }fespective homes, : {boat and airplane. He made his| |hung up his sword at the’shrine Mrs. Selina Mullins and daugh-| ter Miss Harriette, are visiting in} |the city for two days, activing | and | from Miami last evening and are the guests of Mrs. Mullins’ broth- er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. | Reginald Pritchard, at the home {on Division street. Accompanying the visitors were Mrs. Mullins’ ‘ niece, Mrs. |Camille Russell, who has been | absent from the city for a num- |ber of years, and making her ‘home in Washington a large part jof the time and Rev. Thomas H. Meeting Tharsday _ There will be a social meeting of the Junior Woman’s Club held on Thursday afternoon, begin- ning at 5 o'clock, at ‘the club- house on Division street. Hostesses on the occasion will be Mrs. Raymond Curry - Mrs. Merrill Roberts. All members are requested to be present. Visitors Leave Enroute Home Mrs. C. W. Brunson and daugh- ter, Barbara, of Washington, D. C., accompanied by her brother, C. D. Navarro of Chicago, who were spending a stay in this city with their mother, Mrs. J. M. Navarro, left yesterday for their |copal church in Miami. Imagine Requiring That All Men Work! (ity Annoctated Press) | CHICKASHA, Okla. Aug. 7.— |The City of Chickasha has just }learned it has been violating one |of its own most venerable ordi- | nances for years. j Alderman Ed_ Singleton in formed astounded colleagues the | Though only two years old, Rich-| years-old poll tax ordinance re- | rd Carr (Rickey) Duskey al-|quired every able-bodied male | ready has traveled more than 25,-| MONROE THEATER 000 miles by automobile, steam-| Robert Taylor and Wallace Beery STAND UP AND FIGHT. Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25¢ Another of Mrs. Navarro’s’| daughters, Mrs. H. T. Pilans and daughter, Patricia, left for their | home in Mobile yesterday. Two-Year-Old Traveler Has 25,000-Mile Record (My Asnoet renn) EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 7— first tripM—by air from St. Louis | to Los Angeles—with his mother, Mrs. Richard Duskey, when he} was two months old. JESUITS’ ‘FOURTH CENTENARY SUNDAY | Yesterday at 9:30 mass in the - Catholic church there was a good| “Key West's Outstanding!" | attendance, considering that} LA CONCHA HOTEL ! some Catholics were visiting the| ~ Beautiful—Air-conditioned Exposition or vacationing. The} Rainbow R and Cocktail | sermon explained from Jesuit L historians, how Inigo (Ignatius) | DINING i DANCING ly Fireproof Garage Loyola, ‘though a noble, hand-! some, wealthy, noted for knightly | deeds at the court of Ferdinand | and Isabella, was “immersed to} the eyes in vanities,” “reckless | with his sword” and “a victim of | impurity.” At Pampeluna when | the French burst upon the gates of the fort after bombardment, | they found the commander, Ig-| natius, who had refused sur- h BRAND COFFEE render, lying wounded from a | pera shell. During convalescence the | ee A BEPUTATION grace of God converted him. He} Open The Year Around For Fifty Years a NAME! in Coffee in Key West STRONG ARM of Montserrat and in the cave of | Manresa prayed and did severe | | Young, rector of Trinity Epis-|. Al Albertus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Albertus, arrived on the afternoon bus yesterday from Miami for a’visit with his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Albertus. Emory Pratt, employed in the manifest department of the Rail- way Express Co., offices in Mi- ami, left yesterday on-the after- noon bus for Miami, after a brief visit with relatives and friends. Miss Lola Mace associated with the National Social Welfare Board in New York, was a brief berto Quesada, surrounded by @) penance. Later he gave up his group of relatives and friends, |titles and possessions, wore sack- were last evening married at the | cloth and. tended the sick in hos- home of Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr. |pitals. He pursued his studies at Mr, Esquinaldo, as peace justice | the University of Paris, where he performed the ceremony. gathered companions, with whom | E te Ghar 6 he founded the Society of Jesus. | At Rome in 1539‘the Pope ap- og coal proved of their Institute, which | Club To Meet was to give higher education to) students, to send missionaries to| There will be meeting of the Everready Star Club held to- morrow, afternoon, beginning at foreign lands or to work accord- {ing to their motto, “The Greater | Glory of God.” Fifty years ago} '4 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. G.| the Jesuits came to Tampa and| R. Seadman, 324 Elizabeth street. | took up parish work here at the} | All members are requested to be{time of the explosion of the| Berean SECOND SHEETS 500 Shects for MANILA, 82x11 WHITE TYPEWRITING West yesterday enjoying the vari- | the 5 o'clock bus yesterday after- | Springs, Fla. | Wingate, in Albany, Ga., has re- | turned to Key West. visitor in Key West yesterday, enjoyed a delightful sightseeing trip, and left on the afternoon bus for Miami en route home. in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. A. Einhorn who had been on a vacation of three weeks during which time they visited in a number of states and spent several days at the World’s Fair, returned on the afternoon bus yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Parish, of Jacksonville, were visitors in Key ous attractions, and were having a delightful time. They left late in the afternoon on the return home. Z Mrs. Warren Sanchez left on noon for a visit of two months | with her mother, Mrs. Nora Osteen at the home in High Profit from Miss Carolyn Cherry who had been spending a visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. and repair bills BRINGS MARKETS CLOSER. on emooth-riding, non. mud, ruts, or Fruit and Truck Farmers CONCRETE ROADS CUT TRUCKING COSTS—Save on -skid concrete. I - High NDABLE YEAR "ROUND. Concrete is weather. mo DEPE ~ -proof; BRING NEW MONEY INTO THE STATE. Business follows crete roads. They attract tourists, help the community grow. Maine. | ——|PAPER ie ‘500 Sheets | 75e | ARTMAN PRESS The Citizen Bldg. MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1939, SCOUT TROOP HAS MEETING There was a meting of Troop; 52, Boy Scouts, held at head- | quarters on Friday evening. The | meeting was opened with a scripture reading, followed by the} Lord’s: prayer, scout oath, laws and motto. John Marzyck was appointed scribe for the organization. Songs were rendered, with refreshments served; There were three visitors in attendance from Troop 51. Games were also played during the meting. A very enjoyable. session was ‘spent by all in attendance. adult to do 12 hours work a year on city streets. And the city had been letting the males off by | daughter, Miss Mary Garcia Weds Samuel Tift In the presence of a large party of relatives and friends assembled at the home of Mrs. Angelina Garcia,» 813. Whitehead street, Miss Mary Celerina Garcia, the and Samuel Louis Tift, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tift, were married. The cere- mony was read by Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo. Following the wedding, a de- lightful reception was held. This morning the newly weds left on the early bus for Miami where they will spend their honey- Richard Dix—Gail Patrick MAN OF CONQUEST fpaying $3. CONGRATULATIONS to 1789 ONE HUNDRED AN —also— COMEDY — ° the — LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE — 1939 D FIFTY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE Pay a visit to the ing Lig! 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