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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1 YESTERDAY: Sver" time she sees Locke, Cecily’s heart turns cartwheels, but she still can’t penetrate his reserve. The sum- ‘mer season is nearly over. Mean- while, Laura confesses that she’s seriously interested in Donald Hemingway. Chapter 20 Two Kisses “—Doxt you want to tell me about it?” “There really isn’t anything to tell you, Cecily. Only... I care for him and I think he cares for me.” Cecily felt a swift dart of envy, “He has been beauing you, hasn't he?” Laura smiled like a-scheolgirl. “Very much, When he doesn’t stop in here, I mean on the days when he doesn’t, he drops around to my cottage. And last night he took me back to his house to dine. He told me there hadn’t been a woman in his house, I mean a hostess, since his mother died thirty years ago. He showed me all the silver and... everything and then when we got home . . .” she couldn’t go on. “Well?” Cecily demanded, “He told me. . . he told me that he had been thinking about me ever sihce the night of -your first arty and .,..and when he was aving he kissed my hand.” “Considering what kind of a man he is, Laura, ase could practically sue him for breach of promise if he doesn’t propose.” __ “Then he told me how beautiful the winters were here and he asked-me if I wanted very much to go back to Boston this winter.” Cecily leaned down and hugged her. “There’s nothing that makes me so happy as to see a good girl get her man and it looks as though you had got him.” Laura looked up. “Oh, Cecily} 1 know that Donald is a typical Gown-Easter, a dyed-in-the-wool Puritan and no movie hero, but I don’t mind. I'm not a very gay Person myself.” Cecily laughed. “And as long as you have no aS to hide, nothing that would shock Donald, you’re Quite safe.” “Of course I haven't!” Laura protested. “Nobody ever has that 1 know, that’s what makes life dull,” Cecily bantered. “The movies and the thrillers always make out that everybody has something to hide | but who has | “T’ve been hiding my light under ® bushel for years,” Locke's voice interrupted. “You do always come in on cues. don’t you?” Cecily laughed at him. the song in her heart springing up. his presence the upbeat that started it. “Where did you come from?” “The back door. I’ve been having | & talk with Silas. Think he ought | to go into politics. What & future! | He's the man who warms the heart of the community, not to mention | its feet. Why, if he ran for the office of sheriff, who'd dare to turn him down? He could go on strike and who'd supply i | ih, dear, he's cff on his non. | 6° * Cecily said dolefully. 1x m the contrary, I'm-here for ss reasons. I've made a shelf | for you. You've been ruining those | Prints propping them up on a wide | shelf, so I've made a neat litle | number, as you can see.” He went to the door and got the shelf he had left there. He brought it back to show them. It was about four feet long and two feet deep. It held grooves at top and bottom to support the photographic prints t they wouidn’t buckle or | He explained the principle of it | to the girls in the manner of a col- 4 professor explaining a diffi- eult engineering problem. “Preity cute, eh?” Cecily chewed the end of her pencil te was pretty cute, she did agree, but she had her mind on/ something else, “-% If she expected to do any ex- perimenting, this was the time to Go it. “Laura,” she said. suddenly, “Mrs, Brickell’s little boy stopped ™me on aig way down this morning. He said his mother can’t get around without a cane since she Sprained her ankle and that she wanted to finish her green wool sweater. I wonder if you'd mind taking some ‘wool up to her?” “But she isn’t...” “Some Day, rll Understand’ CILY’S eyes flashed a signal. 4“] think it would be awfully nice if you would,” she said firmly. Obediently, Laura got out some green wool and slipped on her white coat. > When she had gone, Cecily sat Gown and regarded. her guest. “i think it was very sweet of you to make that shelf for us,” she began. “Oh, it’s strictly business,” he answered blandly. “Business? I see. How much?” “Well, I'll tell you, let’s do it this way: would a dollar be too much?” “Not a bit,” she said, nettled. She had thought it was a present. But when she went for hér purse, she felt swift remorse. After all, he had to do something to earn ent to live, and a dollar was iD enough. t Mr. Loch socimmemmmcomemias By Maric Blizard cman cama 939 ar He gave one back. “Just the cost of the wood to you.” “So now, you're a carpenter?” she asked, returning the other bill to her purse. “I’m an odd-job man,” he cor- rected, : “You don’t stay at one thing very long, do you?-A couple, of weéks ago, it was fish that engaged you.” “Fish and carpentering. I’m rather, a dilettante, you. ey ett CINCINNATI AND ST. LouIs WIN; AIM AT SERIES NEXT WEEK; BUCS WIN DOUBLE- HEADER Sas dabbling in this art and that. Anx é he “tits doing very wall” Me added with __tSpeciak to The litem) atwinklein his eye, “In fact,Isold | NEW YORK,’ Sept. 22.—It's’ two pounds of mushrooms to old going to be another one of ‘those circles When» two sworn White” Star | “Fancy ever hearing T: | ardson say that! ‘Since-you lil | how about a little help?” “There you are,” she said, giving two dollars. LOCAL FIVE WILL PLAY HOMESTEAD {Special to The Oitteen? HOMESTEAD, Sept. 22.—The Homestead High Schoo! today fe- leased their 1939-1940 basketball schedule, which calls for games with eighteen opponents during the sea: Key West High School is the only new school to be included man:Fuller for a half a-doHar this morning. I was planning to have a luscious meal of them for’myself but gold tempted me.” ‘Something struck deep in Ceci- ly’s breast. What had he had for lunch? “And the berry. season is here with more bright prospects, By the way, Cecily, what do-you know about making -raspberry jam? Does it take much sugar?” Cecily had risen and stood be- fore him, “Locke, are you serious? Are you really going to make jam for yourself?” He tilted her chin up and smiled down on her but his eyes did not a “Why?” he asked softly. She couldn't say, “L can’t bear for you to be so poor—hungry, per- haps.” She.couldn’t say anything. their game with Brooklyn Dodg- ! Yet her eyes were full of things. Ahd there in broad daylight, in a-shop where anyone might. walk. in, he bent down and kissed her on, her parted lips, cs Cecily closed her eyes and | swayed toward him. Then his arms were around her, holding her close, tenderly. She clung to him for a moment, then he let her go, Still she kept her eyes closed, Treluctant to let the breathless moment go. His hands grasped. her. arms, commapding her to open her eyes. When she did, she saw that his eyes had darkened and :that his face was wooden with his effort to-conceal his emotions. “Ym sorry, dear.” he said, re- leasing her. “Oh, don’t be sorry,” she whis- ered. “I’m glad! I’m glad, Locke! | wanted you to!” | “Did you?” His question was for hereyes which answered him. “You shouldn't have.” he said strangely. And then, abruptly, he turned and left her. She couldn't move. She felt powerless, although she wanted to call him back. She felt that that was the time to ask him questions. In .that_ moment she. could have said, “Do you love me?” But when he was gone, she was glad that she hadn't. “He will:come again and some day I’) understand.” she said, The Simple Life ONY RICHARDSON dug around in the smooth stones of the beach. She selected a handful with flat edges. Her careful scru- tiny was. worthy of better things —of pearls; let us say, at Cartier's erited pearls. | tante of Gloria aps you will on iose mother bought her a foreign car, accompanied by | a chauffeur of her own; a silver fox cape, and the suite de hixe on the smartest of the trans-Atlantic floating palaces to celebrate her seventeenth birthday. At. the moment, like the other five girls on Gloria's picnic lunch- | eon, she was embracing the simple life. She scaled a very flat stone into the icy blue water and watched it skip across the surface. “Hi. Gloria!” “Yes, darling,” Gloria answered, concentrating on getting the first { olive out of a bottle. “Why'didn't you ask me up here before? I think it’s grand!” “Do you?” Gloria retorted. ! 4 Tony .cgntinued to skip stones. “Am I supposed to be. so. hard to entertain? I'm not, really..Further- | more, I like the simple life. Allene Bixby lifted the, tap side of a sandwich,. peered hitingrily into the interior and said jeeringly. . | “Tony and the’simple. life!” Lucinda Shaw touched a match to the fire which. Wilson had pre- Ree “Tony’s idea of the simple ife is‘having only, one maid, and lots of handscme local yokels around. Something out of a movie.’ “Wrong, as usual,” Tony said with the complacence of the ac- knowledged leader. “As I started to say, I like this autumnal sunshine, | I like the smell.of this place. like | the tempo of Vickersport and I'd | like to be invited again.” She took | a Beep breath, “Tt’s a great change from Newport and Southampton.” “I really feel grateful to you, Tony,” Gloria said. “Mother does insist on my being here most of the. | summer and the only way it’s bearable is to have guests. But it’s all'so dull!” ! “Dull, eh?” Tony stamped out her cigarette in the sands. “Life shouldn’t ever be dull for us, but unfortunately it is! By the way why isn’t Cecily here? I thought this picnic was to include all the girls?” is. DIVORCE FILED ee | | | Papers in a suit for divorce were filed Wednesday afternoon in | the office of Clerk Ross C. Saw- per, of Circuit Court, in the case of Julius Schacter versus Doro-; thy Litowitz Schacter, on the list, and athletic director of the Homestead institution, T. | J. Bleier, admits that “a tough customer was added to the sched- ule” when the Cofichs were plac- jed on the list. won their games yesterday, crucial series, folks—this one be- tween the neck-and-neck leaders’ in the National League, .com- mencing next Tuesday. St. Louis play Cincinnati starting that day in a three-game series, and the results of the game will definitely tell which team will be the league standard-bearer against the mighty Yanks in the World Series. Both and Cardinals the former taking Philadelphia, 8 to 3, and it was the Cards’ turn to come from behind | ‘to, capture Redlegs ers in a thrilling’ ninth-inning rally to notch thé tying and win- ning ‘markers i tofy. Pittsburgh Pirates | defeated Boston Bees in a twin-bill—6 to! 4 and 7 to 0—both games being won by rookie pitchers Long Jim Gee and Odis Swigart. In the \other league battle, Chicago Cubs slaughtered three New York pitchers to.steam.in with a 9 to 3 victory. Passeau. allowed the Giants only six hits. In the American League, New York Yankees staged a big third inning, during which Bill Dickey jand Joe Gordon hit home runs, | and this was sufficient for the day, the game ending in victory with five runs to two for, Chicago White Sox. Red Sox of Boston beat St. Louis Browns, 6 to 2; the Cleveland Indians took a firmer hold on third place with a win over Washington Senators, 6 to 3, and a late rally by Detroit, Ti- gers gave them victory in. a close game with Philadelphia Macks, 7 | to 6. Scores of the games follow: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati’ R. HE. Philadelphia c Ue: aes | Cincinnati 8 13 Pearson, Kerksieck and War- ren; Derringer and Lombardi. At St. Louis R. HE Brooklyn St. Lotis ' 614 0 Hamlin and Todd; McGee, Wei- land, Davis and Padgett. R. H. E. At Chicago ' 320 1 New York _ Chicago} cose Lohrman, Melton, Brown and First Game At Pittsburgh Boston Pittsburgh -..... 6 81 Viegel, Callahan and Masi; Gee and Susce. R. H. E. Second Game 41 Pittsburgh Boston Pittsburgh Posedel and and Mueller. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Washington ° RH. E. Cleveland 90 Washington bi Milnar and, Hemsley; Carasquel and Ferrell. R. Hk 210.1 pez; 6 3 RH. E. 281 510 0 At New York Chicago New York Dietrich, Brown and Tresh;| Russo and Dickey. At Boston E. St. Louis Boston Kramer and Harshany; house and Desautels. HH. 7 9 Ga le- R. H. E. 711 3 At Philadelphia Detroit _. Philadelphia - -610 3 Pippen, Trout, we, Bridges and York; Beckman and: Hayes. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Boston—Ross (6-14) vs. Wagner (2-1)- Detroit at Cleveland—McKain (5-5) vs Feller (21-9). Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at St, Lowis—Root (8-8) or French (14-7) vs. Cooper (9-6). Pittsburgh at Cincinnati—Two games—K linger (14-16) | Brown (9-12) vs, Thompson (10-5) jand Moore (13-11). | Only games scheduled. |Zaldivar _. C. Mike - fora 6 to 5 vic- ‘Knight - 5 7 0) 9 0: Danning; Passeau and Mancuso. | 41253 | 0 8 3) Pirates will have: Swigart | Bass, | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Cine AE CLUB LAST WIGHT ONE OF BEST OF BOWL- ING TOURNAMENT Pe The Merrimac met the Moni-'- tor, the- Yankees met ‘the Giants, and Greek met Greek—but. the battle of the century in bowling teok place last night enemies, the Cleaners and the Lucky Strikes, fought it out with balls and pins, The: scorekeeper delayed the opening long enough to, remove a variety of knives, ‘pistols and baseball bats from the, contest- ants, then marked up three of the best games of the tournament, both teams being. evenly. match- ed.. When the fray. ended, the final score ,read—White . Star Cleaners 1198, Lucky Strikes 1156. Full scores -follow: . White Star Cleaners Medina __....130 103 142— 375, 158 117 156— 431 | --136 120 136— 392) Total Lucky Strikes 127 117 90— 334) 173 152 128— 453. 122 145 102— 369. =a 1156 | Rptal Bowlers 108 145 87— 340° 106 138 138— 382 118 147 92— 357! Yates Fernandez Knowles 1079 Total . eat Aronovitz Dept. Sfore 91 149 164— 404) . 12 73 135— 280} 123 79 96— 298} Sawyer Goldie Total _ LOCALS AWAIT HAVA-TAMPA' | TO PLAY BLUE SOX AND: PIRATES IN DOUBLE BILL SUNDAY By PEDRO AGUILAR Hava-Tampa baseball nine of the South Dade County Baseball League,:with all. its .members from Miami and Homestead, will! play a-idoubleheader . Sunday against’Blue Sox and Pirates. They: will come with a very good record and will give the boys here a run for their. money. In the first game, Manager| Caraballo. of the Sox will have the ‘following lineup: Al. Rodriguez, c; iaz, Dp; Castellano, 1b; Valdes, 2b; Pie Traynor, 3b; R. Arnold, ss; G. Garcia, If; J. Garcia, cf; Molina, rf; | Gates, reserve pitcher; Mar- | tinez, newcomer, reserve infield- | er. In the second game, Ray Bush’s | P. Carbonell, c; Salinero or Malgrat, p; M. Acevedo, 1b; Al. Acevedo, 2b; M. Hernandez, 3b; F. Lopez, ss; |_ Ogden, Torres, C, Gartia' and | |F. Caraballo, ‘outfielders; Izzy Rodriguez, in- fielder, First game will begin at 1:30 Pp. m., and second game 15 min- utes afterward. Jimmie Griffin and Peter Castro will be the of- | ficial umpires. j reserve 1} and > LEGALS IN CeReUrT ‘OURT, STATE OF FLORIDA, ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MONROE COUNTY.\IN | CHANCERY. | FERNANDO MARTINEZ, | Plaintiff, | vs. SARAH FLATT MARTINEZ, Defendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION © It appearing by the sworn bill filed in the above-stated cause that Sarah Flatt Martinez, the de- fendant therein named, is a_non- | resident of the State of Florida and | that her rgsidence is. unknown; that sald dete | person hrrthe, State of Florida the | service of a summons in chancery | fendant. ‘- | It is therefore ordered that said defendant be and she is hereby re- | quired to appear to the bill of com- plaint filed in said cause on or be- TO INSPECT NEW 1940 BUICK CARS NOW ON DISPLAY AT AR. THUR MULBERG Co.; NEW SERIES HAS ULTRA.MOD., ERN STYLING PAGE THREE Six new series of automobiles , for 1940, on wheelbases ranging from 121 to 140 inches and af- fording extended market cover- 1198 | lant is over the age of | twenty-o@ years; that there «is no upon whom would bind said de- | fore “Monday, the 6th day of No- | age from*just above the lowest price. field,,are announced today by Buick division of General Motors Corporation. Arthur Mulberg of Mulberg Chevrolet Company, local dealer, announces that the new edition is now on display at the show- rooms, corner of Caroline and New streets. Featuring the Buick line for and held to be the outstanding and is bullt on @ 126-inch wheelbase 3 + WITH SIX NEW LINES of motor cars for 1940, Billek cavers ore cémipletely the market above the low price field. Illustrated above is the new Serles 70 Roadmaster, an addition to the line for next year ince automobile in the Industry. The car has a 141 h. p. motor chassis. ‘Completely new streamline styling features the 1940 cars, 1940 are two completely new se-! ties of,,.cars. of ultra-modern styling and new. standards of quplity and performance in the ment, are incorporated in the| cars. The 1940 cars ‘have improved front and rear direction. signals, s foamtex rubber seat. cushions, | They are the series 50 Super and | engine turned instrument. panels, | the series 70 Roadmaster, con- sealed beam safety headlights, | structed on entirely new chasis| entirely new frames, new engine | ai 321. and +126-inch wheelbase ‘mountings, new carbuertion, ad- | ’ dition of oil filters on all engines, H | lower- and medium-priced fields. Respectively. better direct steering linkage, | Outstanding structural and de-| improved handishift gear control, | sign features, including such im-| marked improvement in shock | portant items as improved torque ;absorber equipment, new safety | tube drive, independent front! free Teeling in door handles,! Wied! suspension, . built a r, Windshield wiper ‘boosters, an cer Suspension, duicoll reat improved system of tite chang-| spring suspension, ride stabiliza-| ing, and a host of other refine- tion fore and aft, more powerful|ments marking them as complete | hydraulic brakes, and improved |and luxuriously equipped auto- lighting and electrical equip-! mobiles. | ] MAJOR BASEBALL | The Bride—These spoons Aunt LEAGUES’ STANDINGS | Emily gave us as a meddling pres- [ent are not real silver, only nick- je Eet| The ‘Groom—Can you tell nick- 620) ei? 801! The Bride—No; 548 | Aunt Emily. 529! .496 | Cleveland 469 | Chicago .421 Detroit _. .312 | Washington | Philadelphia St. Louis Save Your Teeth NATIONAL LEAGUE Club— Ww. L. Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn New York Pittsburgh Boston. - Philadelphia AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— W. L. Pet. New York -102 43 .703| Subscribe to The Citizen—20c Boston —. . 84. 60.583 ' weekly. 54 57 66 66 71, 76 . 81 97 but I know 81 79 74 63 83 53 92 41 102 63 65 69 563 549 517 432 366, 297 The model illustrated is the Buick SuPer model 51 four-door touring sedan $1109 delivered at Flint; Mi ‘OU see pictured here the mag- nificent automobile that value- wise is next year’s No. 1 car. ‘silver ‘through That’s absolute net. We who dreamed it, built it, tested it,. tell you cold-turkey it is Buick at its unbeatable best. Every one of its 12,000 parts is a better part than we’ve been able to make before. Every one of its 44 different types of steel is the finest for its job that money can buy —five of its special alloys were not even in existence 10 years ago. with | vember, allegations of said bill ; taken as;-confessed by | fendant. 4. D. 1939, otherwise the will said + West a irked pub- liShed id county and state. pone ea. ordered this 22nd day | of September, 1939. SEAL ‘Ross C Sawyer Clerk Cireuit Court. By Anita M. Salgado, < Deputy Clerk. JOHN G. SAWYER, | Solicitor for. Complainant. be) de- It.is further ordered that this or- | der be-published once:each week for | i ative weeks in The Key When this uncatchable smoothie went foxfooting through its paces on thé ors Carolitie and New Sts. sSept22-29; oct6-13-20,1939 | General Motors proving ground, a@ripple of wonder ran like quick- watched its going. You'll feel it—you'll marvel, too —when you feel this incredibly active, Staanch, & “MICROPOISED” DYNAFLASH. VALVE-IN-HEAD STRAIGHT- EIGHT ENGINE % OIL-SAVING PISTON RINGS ULTRASAMD CRCULATION UNDER Pt Ld ULTRA-RAPID'CIRCULATION SPRINGING FOR THE “FULL FLOAT” RIDE % FULL-LENGTH anism coitié alive undér your hands — this car that brings to flower the best that Buick knows. From the velvet velocity of its straight-eight Nizar engine to the siperb way it handles and answers controls, it’s as full of ~ new-day features as an egg is full of meat. Go see this beauty, drive this dream-come-true! All fire and sparkling spirit, it’s a glory of @allantry-and-obedience on wheels. It’s yours for very little more per pound than you pay for T?’s 2 honey, it’s a bearcat, ‘ft’s a lamb! the men who exciting mech- PRESSURE %& Key West, Fa.