The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 20, 1939, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN COeCeercesacovoscesocson Meet Mr. Lod WAVES HEAT YESTERDAY: C:ctly ts heppy picnicking with Locke, until he again becomes aloof. Later, to Cecily’s annoyance, Philip accuses her of being cold. Chapter 18 Unweleome Embrace | DON’T think you understand,” she retorted. “There is no rea- son why you should feel that I am either freezing or melting. I thought I made it quite clear some time ago that you were not to im- ply any intimacy between us.” Philip smiled and lit a cigarette slowly. “Cecily, my dear child, you must be fair. Have I implied any inti- macy?” Cecily shook her head. He hadn't. “But I am strangely tempted,” he went on. “I’m only human, after all, and you've turned out to be a very attractive girl. Do I imagine it, or is there something different ebout you these last few weeks?” Cecily didn’t answer but the warm blood rushed to her cheeks with the thought that came to her. “I don’t know what you mean,” she said in an embarrassed tone. “I'm not sure I do myself. But there has been a change in you, You're softer .. . warmer. There's a glow about you as though your thoughts made you happy.” Guilt, a blend of sudden know!l- edge and sudden embarrassment, enfolded her. She had felt the Strange alchemy in herself. She had felt a softness, a warmth that ame from her heart. She had re- sponded to all appeals to her sen- Ses within these last few weeks as she had ‘ever responded before. There was a greater depth to everthing. Music fell more poig- @antly on her ears. Waking and sleeping were twin adventures— one a call to something that was happening, the other to liven her memories of what had happened. She had known it within herself, had heard the new note of spon- taneity in her laughter, but she didn’t know that anyone else had Seen it Or guessed its reason. “Is it true?” Philip asked softly. Because it was true and because she was without guile, she low- ered her eyes, not knowing that her confusion was an admission. Philip reached over gently and took one of her hands. “I suppose I would be presuming to think that 1m ght have anything to do with it?” She stared at him, wide-cyed This was presumption! “You're shy, aren't you?” “Not really,” she said dryly. “I don't mean to rush you.” he continued. “Only I've discovered thet 1 well, I'm crazy about you. Cecily.” Cecily wanted to get up, to es- from the room. But she was ed in her chair. You couldn't push a man’s knees olit of your way and still accomplish a grace- ful exit. Very quietly she said, “Please, Philip, don’t say things like that or | I shall be forced to tell Aunt Olivia the truth.” “The truth!” he explained soft- ly. Then he bent toward her, com- ding her eyes. “Why haven't done it before, C tei m not quite sure.” she an- swered honestly. “Since you've esked for the truth. I'll tell it to you. | do think it has been un- speakable of you to have accepted our hospitality for such a long time under such circumstances. I should feel no end embarrassed if | were you. When I agreed to the bargain, | thought it would be for only a matter of a few days. 1 gave you the benefit of any doubts I had about your acting like a gentleman.” Theatrical H's face fell into lines of hurt surprise. “Didn’t you think I ‘was a gentleman?” “No,” she said promptly. “The gentlemen I have.known wouldn't take advantage of a.girl the way you did.” “But it was such a temptation and you did’bring it.on-yourself!" “I know I did.<fhat, however, doesn’t excuse you or explain your ungentlemanly behavior since.” He squashed his cigarette, say- ing nothing. Cecily felt moldy uncomfor- table. “Philip, 1 don’t mean to be unfair. I don’t mean that your be- havior isn’t . .. well, isn’t quite all right. | only mean .. . well, about the long time that you've staying on.” ere! She had given him his chance to say that he was leaving. “There's one little point, Cecily, that you haven't cleared up: why haven't -you told your aunt the truth?” Cecily swallowed, cleared her throat. “Because, they seem to like = so much. And you have been ind to Aunt Olivia. It wasn't be- cause of you, but.because of her that I have kept silent.” Philip got up and walked to- eng window a his — CI i gesture, very. tine-o! his pose, was theatrical. but it had the of making Cecily wish that she hadn’t been so outspoken. She hadn’t meant to hart him. he turned back again and to his. chair opposite her. she saw that there was'@ luok of CABANA TEAM WINS TWICE | Old Men's Diamondball Legaue ; is proceding with daily, games at Bayview ‘Park. Last Menday, the Cabana’ team licked Che-Che’s Bar in a close, yet wild-hitting affair. 18 to 16. "‘Duesday the same Cabana out- fit took Sloppy Joe's gang ‘down to defeat, 22'to 5. Che-Che's Bar ‘plays Johnnie|on Friday Johnnie Black’s gang) Black's aggregation this after- sadness, a sort of wistfulness on his heavy, handsome features, His eyes searched her face as if looking for understanding and sympathy. Then he smiled crook- edly. “Cecily,” he began ‘in a low voice, “were you ever poor?” “I’m poor now,” she said, won- dering what ‘he was going to say next. “Ihave -been’ very poor,” -he went on as if having paid no at- tention to her remark. “For the first twenty years of my life I lived in squalor. After that, the next ten years were spent working, ing to get somewhere. That somewhere was ... well, some place like this, I wanted to know pape like you and your lovely aunt. I wanted to be.part of a life like eee “But what about all the people you must have known since you have become a successful author. You said that you had friends in London, Paris and Hollywood. Surely...” Her question faded, waiting for him to answer. She had a feeling that he was displeased with it. He lit another cigarette. “I’ve known lots of people. But I repeat that I feel closer this sounds maudlin, doesn’t it? She said politely that it didn’t. He - shrugged - his. * shoulders. “That’s all there is. Perhaps you’re tight about my not being quite a gentleman because I admit I have taken advantage of you and your hospitality. I'm too-weak to resist.” “Then you don’t intend to re- sist?” she asked calmly. “He smiled broadly then. “No,” he answered promptly. “It’s near- ly over and I mean to finish my holiday. Have you any plans?” “I don’t know,” she said weakly and felt exasperated, all her sym- pathy dissolved. “As a matter of fact, while we are having our rare little téte a téte, suppose we continue on a more personal basis? Have you ever considered me as a suitor?” “Never!” she replied with un- flattering promptness. Wave Of Dislike OU might,” he answered blandly. “If you continue to grow any prettier, [’m going to find it hard to remember that you really aren’t my little fiancée. Asa matter of fact I’m not a bad fel- low. Had you thought about it?” “I'm afraid that anything I might think about you would..be said and pushed her chair back determinedly. It was a heavy chair and didn't move easily. Cecily lost her balance as she rose. Philip had got up at the same moment and Cecily found herself caught in his arms. She struggled back- ward, her arms pinioned in his grasp; and turned her head to avoid i A wave of dislike engulfed er. Then suddenly she felt his arms loosen, heard him laugh softly, apologetically. She turned her head when she was free and found Philip looking toward the door where she caught a quick: glance of Olivia’s disap- pearing train, “Fool!” she said. He laughed again. “Don’t be em- barrassed, Cecily. [twas only your aunt and she must expect that I make love to you sometime.” Cecily, her flaming head held high, had stormed out of the room. She didn’t want to go up to her own room. She didn’t want to face the others. She went out the back way and perched herself on a high garden, After a little while her sense of thought: This is where I belong. When she returned to the house, the others were playing bridge. Gloria and Allene come back to Maine a few days before, were playing with Olivia and Helene Fernandez. Manuel was not to be seen. Philip was waiting for Cecily at the turn of the stairs. He had a subdued expression on his face. He rose at-once.and held and I am'sincerely—will you give me, Cecily? You're so very tty, Flost my head. Men do, you ow,-I ‘promise you it won't ha again.” ne couldn’t avoid his hand. Bi all right.” she said. “Good night. Pretty. Appealing. Soft. Warm. The words rang over and over again as she pulled off her clothes, stacking them neatly on the chair beside her bed. She tried to put them out of her head as she got into her pajamas and wrapped herself in her woolly rebe. She sat down before her dressing-table and dipped her fin- gers into the cold-cream jar. Then, in the light of her small kerosene lamps, she looked at herself in the mirror. her face softly. The pink of her robe warmed the color in her face, The lamps.on a lower level pointed up the long lashes above her eyes, lent fhe spgrile, ae ecily Stuart, you’ con- ceited!” she said to the girl in the mirror. “You're a crazy little fool for thinking you're prey. You've got freckles, and-who ever heard of a freckled, face being Her question Id to she look-as prétty as this to Continued tomorrow, GUNS FROM CANADA 1 ernment ‘has placed a $1,000,000 order for 22-pounder field guns. | with Marine Industries of Sorel, (Que. ‘noon. ‘Fomorow ‘Sloppy Joe’s | tangle with Johnnie ‘Black’s and mixes with the Cabanas. colored by my first opinion,” she | bench overlooking the vegetable | humor got the better of her. She | ixby, who had | was deep in a newspaper. Philip | out his hand. “If I say I'm ee ow | Her hair was tousled, framing | MONTREAL—The British gov- TRAIL BY TWO AND ONE- | HALF GAMES; YANKS WIN 100TH: CONTEST (Special to? The: Citizen) NEW YORK, Sept. ‘tional League race for leadership tightened up yesterday and Cin- cinnati Reds’ lead was cut to two and ‘one-half games as a result of their lost game to Philadel- ‘phia—St. Louis Cards, mean- while, chalking -up a decisive vic- tory over Brooklyn Dodgers. The Redlegs appeared jittery in yesterday’s © game —.committing five errors and ‘displaying ‘signs of a tired pitching staff. Hitting, too, slumped, Cincinnati gather- ing only six: against the pitching of Walter Higbe. Score was 13 to 1. Phils scored five runs in the very first inning before a man was putout. St. Louis Cards supported newcomer Max Lanier, in a five-hit performance by blasting out 14 hits, capturing |their game against Brooklyn, 6 to 1. Billy Herman’s scoring Larry French, in’ the sev- enth inning «yesterday ‘enabled \the Chicago Cubs to eke out a close victory over New York Giants, 3 to 2. At Pittsburgh, the Boston Bees met defeat, 5 to 3. A home run by Bob Elliott |of the Bucs featured this game. New York Yankees captured their hundredth game of the sea- son yesterday. by turning back | Chicago White Sox, who are en- gaged in a struggle for third place with Cleveland Indians. Hildebrand held the Sox to seven scattered hits—score, 6 to 2. ‘Cleveland, also, was defeated, and the standing is still tied for third place. Washington beat th eIndians by a close 10 to 9 ‘score, rookie Hat Quick previd-' ling the winning marker with a }single in the ninth inning. Detroit Tigers defeated Connie Mack’s Athletics with a two-run and three-run rallies in the eighth | and ninth innings—score, Detroit 8, Philadelphia 4. Sox also came on strong in late} innings to score a 6 to 2 victory ‘over last-place St.. Louis Browns. Scores of the games follow: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati Philadelphia Cincinnati 165 Higbe and “Warren; Vander Meer, Niggeling, Johnson and | Lombardi, Hershberger. 13 13 0 At, St. Louis Brooklyn - 'St. Louis - 614 2 Tamulis, Hutchinson, Hay- |worth and Hartje, Todd; Lanier jand Owen. R. H. E. ea) At Pittsburgh Boston Pittsburgh : Turner at Lopez, Butcher, Sewell and Susce. R. H. E. 311 5 9 Masi; At Chicago New York Chciago { Root and Mancuso. | AMERICAN ‘LEAGUE At New York & Chicago |New ‘York Smith, Rigney and | Hildebrand and ‘Rosar. At Washington | Cleveland | Washington Eisenstat, Broaca, Stromme, |Dobson, Hudlin ‘and ‘Hemsley; ‘Wynn, Carasquel, Appleton and Evans. At Philadelphia | Detroit - | Philadelphia Newsom, Thomas |Tebbetts ;Potter and At Boston ‘St Louis - ‘Boston 2 |. "Trotter, Gill and Wilson and Desautels. | IN MAJOR LEAGUES NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Boston at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at St. ‘Louis. Harshi } AMERICAN "LEAGUE | Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Washington. St. Louis at Boston. Detroit at Philadelphia, | i timely single Boston Red { R. H.E, ee The AP Feature Service ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.—Long 'John Mize, the corn-fed “robust farm boy from Jawja, found his hitting eye eariy enough ‘this {summer for a slugging splurge 20.—Na- that has brought him the Nation- | At least the socking crown is; japparently all wrapped up and waiting for Long John to pick i up come October ist. As the se nior circuit campaign moved int: the home stretch Mize was hit- ting around .365 and had a lead of some 30 -points on his nearest ‘challenger. This is John Robert Mize’s fourth year as first baseman for the St. Leuis Cardinals. In other seasons he has had to play second fiddle :to Joe (Ducky) Medwick but. John has always thought he was a_better hitter than hand- some doe and now he has some figures to back up his claim. The Cards will hear of these when \contract-signing time rolls around. John has come close to winning ‘the batting cham- Piongship.in two of his first three ‘seasohs in the majors. He was runner-up to Med- wick with a .364 average two seasons ago. Last year he trailed Ernie (Schnozzle) Lombardi of Cincinati by a few points with’a .337 mark. Asa freshman in 1936 John hit 1328. John’s trouble has always bee! that he cari’t seem to start bang: ing the ball until hot weather ar. rives. During April, May an |well into June Johnny sports a puny average for such a robust guy. Then he starts powderin; \the ball. In past seasons John. ny’s late start has given his rival! a big advantage that he hasn’t |.quite- been able to overcome. For instance, last year Mize’s hitting was so weak that Frankie Frisch actually benched him for several weeks. 1 In order to finish among the leaders ‘Johnny has had to-hit around .400 during the last month to level off his earlier low average. This year he woke up soon enough to ovérhaul Morris Arnovich of the Phillies, who had‘ set the pace during the first-half of the season. Mize not only has a crack bat- ting average but stands second |in the league in the all import- R. H. E, |ant department of runs*batted-in. | Spelvin (sub) .. 90 His slugging has played a major |role in the Cardinals’ threat to |Cincinnati’s pennant hopes. | Johnny entered baseball with {Greensboro in’ 1931. He was with |Elmira in 1932, with Greensboro and Rochester in 1933 and with | Rochester in 1934 and 1935. He's! |/mever hit lower than 317. He’s |26, stands:6 feet 1% inches tall, jand weighs 205. | Long John, big and. burly, | has slanting eyes and a | Yound face. He is a left- handed pull hitter. His stance at the plate is similar to that ie ‘Fast, Dependable Freight and ‘Express Service sae |Jast Can’t Seem ‘To ‘Get <Going Until Hot ‘Weather| Poccccveccccoccosooce | “which Babe Ruth employed, | -with both feet closer togeth- | *erthan is common. In four \ big-league years he has a | | Composite baiting -average of about .350-—better than the lifetime marks of all the oth- er sluggers still active. Cincinnati had a chance at ‘ardinals. The’ Réds paid $55,000, for Miza on a conditional sale ‘from Rochester. But Mize was ‘having trouble with his leg and (limped a bit-in training camp ‘and Cincinnati powers decided ‘he j wasn’t worth the gamble and re- iturned him. Mize had a growth |Temoved from his leg and came ‘back to become a star with the | Cardinals. | Johnny can’t explain why he hever starts hitting until hot ‘weather ‘comes. What a batting javerage he’ might have if his all- }year pace was as torrid as that jhe sets in August and Septem- | ber! JAYCEES DEFEAT ~ ROTARY BOWLERS |WIN FIRST SERIES.OF TOUR- NAMENT;: TOURS BEAT CONCHS Bowling team of the Junior 'Chamber of Commerce, newcom- (ers in the three-man tournament, eld their own ‘against Rotary lub last night,’ winning 1080 to 030. | In the second match, Price |'Tours defeated the Conchs, 1209 jto 1007. : | ‘In the new boy and girl series jto be played Sundays, the com- {bined score of each couple in ‘four lines will ‘go toward honors !and three merchandise prizes to | be awarded every Sunday night: | Scores last night follow: ‘Junior Chamber of ;Daniels - .. 97 130 115— 342 iGoehring 121 109°\129— 359 |Ketchings 126 109 144— 379 i — Liga sy Rae . 1080 | Rotary Club | Lowe 184° 123 | Ramsey 110 97 0 0 131 101— 308. o— 90 140— 271 - 1030 |Thomas (sub) - Total _. ' Glisch i Price 135— 398 144— 401 178— 410 -'1209 ‘Dion { Total __ 129— 336 36— 202 166— 379 - 1007 ; Thompson, (sub) 85 122 Buckley 122 84 Curry -. 74 139 ! | Total _. INC. MIAMI and KEY WEST ; Also Serving SO ALL ‘POINTS ON ‘FLORIDA ‘KEYS —between— | MIAMI AND TWO ROUND TRIPS DAILY LEAVE‘KEY ‘WEST DAILY (except Sunday) 1:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Miami 7:00 o’clock ‘A. M. "8:00 o’clock A. M. “arrive Miami 3:00:0’clock’P. M. LEAVE‘MIAMI DAILY (except Sunday) 71:00 o'clock A.-M. arrive Key West 7:00 o'clock A.M. 9:00 o’clock A.-M. arrive Key West 4:00 o'clock ‘P. M. i} 104— 361 jhere under orders are ,from. paying: 'pétsonal taxes on their-automobiles and will there- “fore have no trouble or incon- | venience in securing their license? itags for the year 1940, according |to'R. Lr Neil, district manager of ‘the A:A.A., who is spending the {month of September in Key West: |in the interest of that organiza- tion, Attorney General Fred H. -Cummings has handed down a ruling of the state comptroller as |lattersrom the: state division of the AiA.A. The ruling affects .a large number of auiomobile own- ers*who-are-in Pensacola, Fort | branches of the service, both j army and navy. shore, 609 Grinnell street, is charged with the non-support of his wife was nolprossed in crim- inal court-this afternoon. The de- fendant presented a receipt show- ‘ing that’he had: paid $132.35 for ‘the maintenance of the com- plainant from August 14 to Sep- tember 18,*and-was signed under the date. | | | | —-— home of Mrs. Doris Cates, 1432 Virginia street, where she was as- sisted in-entertaining her guests by Mr. and Mrs, William Cates. The meeting resulted in the or- ganization of’a club known as the Owls, the object of which is to provide -entertainment for the members and their friends. | tant Sunday and a dance will be parranged for Hallowe’en. Those Goehring and Miss Louise Curry. trained nurse, were united day afternoon at the Hospital. groom are «well-known ‘a result of-a request from the! Barraficas-and other points be-) sides*Key West and applies to all, The case in which Frank Re-} The first reunion of the class of | 1929, Convent of “Mary Immacu- | 27! x late, -was*held last evening at the | With 26 cars for shipment over! |class will dine at a local restau- ! present were Miss Cates, Miss ‘St. Louis Mary-Johnson, Miss Myrtle Mon- dul, Miss Elizabeth Acherson, Brooklyn - Miss. Etta Gato, Miss Wilhelmina New York Elvie Pierce, former city police- Philadelphia -man,and Mrs. Margaret hae in marriage at 3:30 o’clock yester-; Mercedes New York _ Both the bride and Boston - in Key (Chicago West: and-are being heartily con- | Cleveland gratulated by their many friends. A parade headed by the local Philadelphia {Knights of the Golden Eagles /St. Louis - ‘Smappediags Hete Just Ten ‘Year “Prom ‘The Files Of The Citizen ) Ago -Today "As Taken P a \ - Officers “and enlisted men of drum ‘corps preceded the brilliant carps vercat vopcens;' FOR ‘LEAGUE ‘LEADER JOHNNY ‘MIZE e% »v 1 key wes stationed! ‘and colorful ball. given Jast night exempt at the Cuban Club in ‘connection ; ‘with the plan‘to form a Latin-| speaking branch of the organiza- jtion in Key West. The dance is Teported ‘to have been ‘an ‘out- standing function of the year’and was largely attended. Editorial Comment: What's the matter with the office of chief of }police? No - announcement for that office as yet, ‘but a little birdie says there will be. The big navy barge, officially jknown as Houseboat 66, and }moored in the leeal' submarine ibase for several months, is to be jdonated for the use of the Sea Scouts of Key West, according to information released last night at 'the regular meeting by Skipper C. | Sam B. Curry. The transfer of | the craft is to be made about -De- jcember 1, when. the vessel-will be replaced with a new houseboat. P. and O. Steamship Cuba, Captain C. D.. Harrington, ‘arriv- ed from Tampa this morning with 17 first cabin-and 12 second-eab- jin passengers for Key West and sailed 8:30 o'clock for Havana with 67 passengers booking at this port. F.E.C. Car Ferry Estrada Palma ‘arrived last night from Havana , the lines to northern points and |left this rnorning for Havana with | 22 cars. H | MAJOR BASEBALL | LEAGUES STANDINGS | NATIONAL LEAGUE Ww. L. | Club— Cincinnati Pet. 54 57 67 64 70 76 79 95 “Chicago Pittsburgh - ‘ )Boston _ AMERICAN LEAG' Club— Ww. 100 83 99 _ 19 73 63 81 - $2 91 40 101 L. 43 59 63 63 Detroit - 68 | Washington A38 614} 596 | 541 Pet. 699 585 556 | 556 | 518 | CITY ELECTION, NOV. 14, 1939 i ° “For Chief of Police €. (Floney) PELLICIER | For Captain Night Police MYRTLAND CATES J |CLASSIFIED COLUM LOST LOST — Yesterday somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No re- ward is offered for they are gone forever.—Horace Mann. FOR RENT FURNISHED DOWNSTAIRS APARTMENT, two bedrooms. All modern conveniences. 1500 | Seminary street. septl9-2wks STORE FOR RENT, also, 7-room Apartment. 602 Duval street. | Apply J. G. Kantor’s, Inc. sept20-lwk j FOR SALE |FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x10. , ’Run from Washington to Von | -Phister street. $1,000. Apply | rear 1217 Petronia street. | apri4-s |FOURTEEN-FT. 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