The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 19, 1939, Page 3

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1939 Meet Mr, YESTERDAY: Fortunately, Philip goes to New York for the week-end, and the others drive off, leaving Cecily free to keep her date with Locke. Chapter 17 Picnic ATER the road was a dar’. brown carpet between the trees of a green velvet forest. The woods filled with sounds. There was tering of birds close by in the trees, the distant caw-caw of deeper-throated birds. There was of startled wings and the of a brook. There was the king of dead wood and the ng in the leaves made by the 1 creatures who lived there undisturbed. “Look, Cecily, at the plume of smoke from the farmhouse beyond the hill. ‘ “The sears on this old tree- trunk a s on the cape and the festival at Salz- you ever been to Pa- You go to the village for coffee t and on the way back, you walk a lonely path. On one side e the bright colored sails. e other, the olive trees in the pair metime, Cecily, when we are w York, I'll take you to the £ ery at dusk on a foggy day We'll share a bag of peanuts and 1 n to e symphony of fog- rns and watch the veils of pur- ple. gray and blue swirling in the lights from the ships, , ...” oi ation. Conversation, t er step match. d his. Word pictures of things they knew and ked Disjointed little things, ly proffered thai one might e other’s past pleasures. aling, one to the kground each had ing that told Cecily te about Locke. He in Colorado, his been : Europe, ‘o and Canada. He'd been a per reporter, a cowboy. He how to set a broken bone, a rhumba. shoot around cor- least, tha: was what he] forest fell away a curtain at their me .ntc the open r spread deep and fore them The slow roll- in and broke on a white here the bleached stones e rubbed smooth by many The water and the sands d as far as their eyes could s au immense theater and C alone in it ening swiftly u get to work.” He led lace on the sands where ed log Beside tin box the size ut yesterday to exer- he explained ox, “and brought thinking: He was rd to this. too. t the “few sup- ears of corn, a wooden tub of small bags of salt and a box of matches. Then, » the air of a magician produc- proverbial rabbit from a he brought forth a bat- »ot. two long sharp- steel knives, yo sturdy cups. ight T do | do?” Cecily asked rly Why. you do the hard work, You build the fire.” nd don’t think I don’t know ! she retorted. “I'm the best fire- builder you've ever me He took one of her hands and, as it lay supinely in his, he looked at it. with his eyebrow raised in his quizzical, amused way. He felt the soft skin of her palm, looked at the de k nails. He sighed: n't look like the hands of a worker to me. So you can col- lect kindling. [' do the heavy | cleverness,” he continued at once. | work” The beach was rich with dried driftwood. The two of them soon had a great heap gathered back of the log that was to be their table. Cecily sat cross-legged, enrapt with Locke's preparations. There had been charcoal in the tin ham- per, and with it he soon had a glowing fire. He shoved the pota- toes and corn beneath the burning coals and joined Cecily. The smoke got in her eyes and made them sting. Hearty hunger was beginning to gnaw at her ribs but she wouldn't have changed one single moment of it. “When you're about to faint from hunger — and I believe the roasted things have gotten a start —I'll get the steak on,” Locke teased her. é “I'm about te Sint: she said convincingly a little later. They cooked their steaks, hold- ing them in the fire at the ends of the pronged forks. The thick, TODAY’S GAMES IN MAJOR LEAGUES NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Cincinnati— Higbe (10-13) vs. Walters (25-10). Brooklyn at St. Louis—Press- nell 6-6 Lanier (0-1) or Wei- land (10-12 Boston at Pittsburgh—Turner (4-9) vs. Butcher (6-17). { som (17-11) vs. Nelson (9-11). New York at Chicago—Salyo Lochinvar je Blizard succulent meat sputtered and siz- zled. The coffee boiled over and sputtered on the fire. At last, when Cecily thought she could bear it no longer, dark- ness had fallen and the meal was ready. Butter dripped on their chins. Cecily had a smudge of black across her cheek but neither of them noticed it. The paper dishes were burned in the fire which flared up and had burned down to a pleasant glow of embers. The forks and spoons and cups had been washed at the water’s edge and put back in the tin box. The twin lights of their ciga- rettes glowed companionably as they, stretched out on the sands with their backs resting against the log. Back of them was the still night of the forest aud the road back which would e lighted a lit- tle later by the full moon. In front of them was the ocean, beginning to glimmer where che rising moon picked out a path of chartreuse and silver. The rhythmic whrrssh of the waves on the smooth sands played an accompaniment to their contentment. Cecily leaned her head back against the log and looked at the heavens. She spoke softly, hesitant to break the lovely silence of the night. “You were right.” “Umm?” “ “About the heavens. You said they looked like a bowl of stars, You didn’t say it was a lapis lazuli bowl filled with diamonds. Such lovely diamonds! I never cared for them before.” “Do you like them?” he asked. “Then, I'll pick a handful for you and make you a crown of them. Then you'll have diamonds and sapphires.” “Sapphires?” “Yes, didn’t you know that your eyes are sometimes like sap- phires?” “I didn’t know that you'd ever looked at them,” she answered softly. Her head was close to his. He turned his face toward her slowly and Cecily felt thac he must hear the pounding of her heart which beat tumultuously in her breast. She thought: He’s going to kiss me! In the darkness, she could see that he was looking long at her. Abruptly, he turned away. “T did,” he said. That was all. Cecily stomped out her cigarette d n better get along,”. he said We've got a three-hour ke ahead of us.” Cecily felt that suddenly the night was chill. * ‘Cold Girls’ Ces turned the pages of a letter rapidly, reading slowly, utterly absorbed in the occupa- tion, the room about her forgotten. It was a lengthy letter, unusually amusing anecdotes of his travels in France. When she came to a passage in which he mentioned a contretemps with a mule on a highway in Brittany, her rippling laugh broke out in a series of trills, “Selfish girl!” Philip Callen spoke from across the room. Cecily hadn’t heard him come in. She had left him with the others on the veranda. She had wanted to enjoy Doug’s letter by herself. “Or is it something personal?” Philip persisted. He drew a chair up and sat di- distance separating their knees, Cecily wanted to draw away; in- stead, she stiffened slightly. Then she relaxed. she said, not wishing to seem un- gracious. She added, “He met a mule as stubborn as himself on a country road and, for once, the mule won.” “Tell me about your brother,” remark. Philip. I think he’s the grandest in the world! He’s my twin, you know, but much more clever. He’s going medical school this year and become a great surgeon.” “Clever men are all right. I don’t like clever girls.” “Don’t you?” Cecily returned, unable to think of anything else to say. Philip had a way of saying further conversation. “I mean that I don’t like obvious “Am I obviously clever?” He hesitated a moment, then he said, “I thought you were at first. Isn't it clever for a little girl to assert her independence by going into business and making a success of it when she doesn’t have to?” “What makes you think that ] don’t have to?” she asked ugeoaty. Perhaps he thought that she was ne heiress, Perhaps that was why ne... “T shouldn’t have used the word men Perhaps I meant something else.” were going to explain himself. “Perhaps I should have said I don’t like cold little girls.” Cecily wondered ¥ he had ever did that moment, you were melting a trifle, you freeze up again.” Continued tomorrow. | (4-10) vs. French (13-7). i eas | AMERICAN LEAGUE | Chicago at New York—Smith |(8-8) vs. Hildebrand (8-5) |Chandler (2-0). St. Louis at Boston—Kennedy | (9-20) vs. Wilson (8-10). | Cleveland at Washington—Ei- senstat (7-9) vs. Krakauskas (10- or 116) or Carrasquel (5-9). Detroit at Philadelphia—New- lengthy for Doug, and filled with | rectly in front of her, only a short { “It’s a letter from my brother,” | Philip asked, winning her with his | “Im prejudiced about him, } things that left her at a loss for | Cecily waited, wondering if he | seen her look quite as cold as she | “You see? 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Leaders in both listed herewith: DiMag’o, Yanks 427 'Foxx, Red Sox 467 Mize, Cardinals 518 Johnson, Ath’ics 505 |Medwick, Cards 550 P. Waner, Pirates 409 Goodman, Reds 424 variance ond place in the National League, and it was another case of split doubleheaders yesterday that kept the standings as is. Cincinnati almost took both games from Boston Bees but failed of one run to tie in the ninth inning of the second in a_ belated rally. Game ended 5 to 4 in favor of the Bees. First game was won handily by the Redlegs behind air-tight pitching of Whitey Moote—score, 4 to 1. i New York Giants scared St. Louis Cards in the opener of their twin bill, defeating the sec- ond-placers 7 to 2—but the Gas- house Gang came back with a rush in the nightcap and piled up twenty-two hits for a 15 to 5 win. Warneke went all the way in this contest. Johnny Mize led the hitting with a _ perfect percentage, securing five for five. The other senior circuit game was won by Pittsburgh, who de- feated Philadelphia with a bar- rage of home runs, 7 to 4. Chi- cago and Brooklyn were not scheduled. New York Yankees turned F ,Bump Hadley loose on the St. McCormick, Reds - {Louis Browns yesterday at Yan- | Medwick, Cardinals - kee Stadium and the result was! Mize, Cardinals the twelfth win of the season for Hadley, as he allowed his oppon- HARDWAREMEN DEFEAT PHONES ents a meager five hits. Flash Gordon connected for his twen- THOMPSON'S MARINES BOWL 1128 PINS: CHEELY NO. 1 UP- ty-first circuit clout with two men aboard in the third inning. SETS CIGAR TEAM leagues are 101 131 97 107 89 56 17 165 167 182 171 183 136 139 386 358 351) 339; -333)} +333 328 Home runs: American League Foxx, Red Sox os 4 Greenberg, Tigers DiMaggio, Yankees . Williams, Red Sox National League Ott, Giants Camilli, Dodgers Mize, Cardinals FIIITFITFTIFIVAIAFIFIFAIFAIFITTIFSIPIPLAILAAZAIPALAAFAOZLAILALILAIZPIFAPCLAAL AD Runs-batted-in: American League Williams, Red Sox - DiMaggio, Yankees Foxx, Red Sox National League i | Cleveland Indians crept up to a tie with Chicago White Sox for third place in the American League by defeating Philadel- phia Athletics, 9 to 4. Washing- ‘ton Senators beat Detroit Tigers 4 to 2 as Dutch Leonard allowed Thompson’s Marine Hardware the losers only seven hits. Chi-|powling team defeated the Tele-| cago and Boston were not sched- | phone team by a score of 1128 to juled. 1083 last night at Terrace Alleys | Scores of the games follow: in the three-man tournament. eee LEAGUE In the second match the Key| ___, First Game West-Havana Cigars, who have} At Cincinnati . H. E.' been bowling along nicely against | |Boston all recent competitors, were on , Cincinnati the losing end of an upset when} Sullivan an their final score against Cheely SE Lumber No. 1 read 973 to 1084. | | The scores: Second Game { Thompson's Hardware on Guests : |Pinder 124 85 140— 349 | Boston | "Thompson 105 136 90— 331| Cincinnati ee — 331 Macfayden, Barnicle and Lo- Roberts 154 157 137. pez; Shoffner, Grissom, Johnson | . 1128 and Lombardi. HE. T10 8 3 Piel: Se Telephone Co. | _...111 100 93— 304} 118 124 113— 355 ...111 175 138— 424 1083 Butler Sawyer -.. Overlin First Game At St. Louis New York ... St. Louis ak Melton and Danning; Davis,| 7° Oycciy dumber Noi Cooper, Andrews and Owen. Roberts 113 124 121— 358 Orlando 104 131 115— 350 |Clawson _ 95 136 145— 376 R. H. E.| 713 1) 211 1 | Second Game At St. Louis |New York _ |St. Louis -_. Schumacher, |and Danning, jand Padgett. 812° 2 -15 22 1) Key West-Havana Cigars Gorman | aul 111 69 93— 273 — 112 140 142— 394 - 94 108 104— 306 | 2 = Lynn, oo Palenzuela paonge At Pittsburgh Philadelphia 1 |Pittsburgh _. : 2 | Bruner and Warren; Brown and R. Mueller, Susce. ey S Py Total —.... a Something A Boy and Girl series tourna- | ment is announced in a display | advertisement elsewhere in this|{ issue. The feature is to be run} leach week on Sundays. | AMERICAN LEAGUE eee — en - . The combined scores of a boy New Wark 6 19 0 and girl team will be noted” fo apshanys {entry in the tournament to re | sec tooo, a grreraanyy Hadley | coive either first, second or a} “booby” prize. R.H.E.| vite he | |Washington . 4 5 2| FOLLOWING THROUGH | | Bridges, Benton and York;} Feat AS AD, {Leonard and Ferrell. | RH. E| 913 1| | At Washington Detroit By PEDRO AGUILAR At Philadelphia Cleveland Philadelphia Allen and Pytlak; | Hayes. 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