The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 28, 1939, Page 3

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939 Lochi ooomeemoms By Vierie Blizerd ones YESTERDAY: Tony misses a sapphire bracelet she intended to wear to Mrs. Brewster's dinner. Philip thinks-she must have mis- laid it. The party arrives at Mrs. Brewster’s, and meets Lord and Lady Rathbone. Chapter 25 Diamond Pin (CONVERSATION ficwed gently, softly, about the table. Like the red roses clustered richly in the center, above the priceless lace, there was an air of formality about it that was at once imper- sonal and pleasing. The American visit of the king. Was Honolulu truly the garden spot of the world? The recent bi- ography of an English statesman. Historic vignettes of the past that seemed somehow to be brought up tu date in Mrs. Brewster's dining- room. The cultivation of the ca- mellia. Mansions in Natchez. Lady Rathbone must sec Mississippi and its beautiful old ..omes and g-rdens before returning to Eng- land. Lady Rathbone, with her beau- tiful, slim neck, her startling way of smiling—showing huge teeth in a grim smile—was definitely of a genre not to appreciate Natchez, Cecily thought. Mrs. Brewster rose. Her guests followed and, bowing to the gen- tlemen, she led the ladies back to the drawing-room. “Tll be darned!” Tony mur; mured into Cecily’s ear. “They’re really going to stay to have port and: cigars!. Do. you. suppose if I have a-.eigarette, I'll turn the Brewstensover in their graves?” Lady ‘Rathbone halted, blocking the-girk's; way. “Excuse me,” she murmured and went back to the dining-room. Frankly curious, Tony stared after her. “Undoubtedly gone back to tell His Lordship to go easy on the port.” she commented. The ladies had cigarettes, ash- trays having appeared out of thin air. Cecily, blowing smoke slowly, suddenly felt all her party spirit evaporate. She was bored, wish- ing she was at home, or that she had some knitting to do. Her eye traveled to the ormolu clock on the mantel. Only a half-hour to ten and then, thank goodness, the party would be over. It was ‘so utterly lacking in animation. Her lazy glance went from cuair to 1, to the sofa where her aunt rnd y Rathbone were talking together. His Lordship came in, bent over to speak to his wife. “Excuse me,” Cecily heard Lady Rathbone*murmur, “I must go up- stairs. I have asked Cecil to get something for me and he can’t find it.” It seemed but a moment later when she reappeared in the door- vay. her face white. #Mrs. Brew- may I speak to yqu for a. mo- e rs Brewster was saying, “Dear Rathbone, are you quite Then Mrs. Brewster, turning back to the room, said in a very clear voice, “Lady Rathbone has lost.a valuable pin. .. .” , haven't lost it! I left it in my jewel box on my bureau. I opened the box before lunch and took out the things that I am wearing. The pin wasithere then. It is gon: now.” Lady Rathbone looked even more grim than when she smiled, Cecily thought, as well she might. Mrs. Brewster laid aer wrinkled hand on Lady Rathbone’s arm. “Couldn't it be possible that your sleeve -ai ght in the pin? Let us all look for it P’m sure we'll find it. Will you describe it for us?” “It is a sunburst design. There are forty diamonds surrounding a large central stone. There is a safety sp and I’m quite cer tain Mrs. Brewster interrupted, tact- fully suggesting that each of the ladies search ‘an upstairs room. ‘The men ad come into the draw- ing room and ‘Mrs. Brewster ex- plained the situation to them, as- gising them to the downstairs oor. Tony, Gloria and Cecily drew the upstairs -hall and ‘the ladies’ dressing room, Gloria closed ;the door beki them. “Am I wrdng, or -s the ink that her-pin has : Quite right,” Tony agreed. “And it looks as though our hostess were pretty much an- noyed about it. Which one of us will do the noble thing .and.con- fess and get the agony over?” Cecily was horrified. “She can’t think any of us would steal her pin!” “She’s quite sure it was stolen. Perhaps one of the servants,” Tony ventured. Gloria looked up from her posi- tion on all-fours on the floor. “I’m sure Mrs. Brewster would te ready to suspect Mother’s taking it rath- er than one of her servants. She only has four and they’ve been with ser for ‘nigh onto forty years’. They wouldn’t be likely to embrace a life of crime at this late date. Most likely Lady Rath- bone will find it pinned in one of her own thi Come along, it's not here.” ‘Wery Strange’ WHEN the girls returned to the drawing-room, they found the others gathered there. Mrs. Brew- ster, older than Time— =: but with a manner that as- them novone would be made uncomfortable, was already bid- them ht. ell,” e Fernandez said ‘when the women were in Olivia’s Soseovcovscesssoossosoce ? Today’s Horoscope SSCSCSS SSSSS COSSSSEESOOOLE Today indicates ‘high intelli- gence and lofty aspirations; but in spite of the loving, ardent dis- car, “our hostess certainly handled that to the queen’s taste. It looked rather unpleasant for.a few min- utes. Lady Rathbone was so deter- mined to make it unpleasant!” Olivia said thoughtfully, “It all seems very strange. Lady Rath- bone: was certain that she had left her pin in her jewel case. She told me it was.a family heirloom, in addition to being worth a consid- erable sum. I don’t believe that she wold ‘be so ungracious, or so unbalanced in her point of view, to state the case agi “On the other hand, Olivia,” Helene said reasonably, “Mrs. Brewster was equally certain she had. She knew her guests and she knew ‘her servants. And: she had every right to believe that Lady Rathbone was mistaken. Why should we all be disturbed about it?” “We shouldn’t,” Olivia agreed. “We've had a very pleasant eve- ning, up to-a point, and I suggest that we forget it. It’s all quite im- possible. Things like that just don’t happen in Vickersport. ... Anyone feel like a little bridge when we get home?” Tony said softly for Cecily to hear, “I’m glad I didn’t give way to my impulse to explore the ladies’ dressing°room béfore din- ner. I'd be sure to be accused. Would you say I had. any of the earmarks of a Raffles?” “All of them,” Cecily retorted obligingly, “even to getting sus- pition away from yourself. Didn’t you announce before we left that ou had missed a sapphire brace- let? That’s supposed to be part of the plant.” Tony brought her full glance to bear on Cecily. “So, itis,” she said slowly. “So i: is. Things like that don’t happen in Vickersport! Maybe we'd better look into it when we get back.” “Count me out. As a detective, Tm a very good librarian,” Cecily said. She disliked any echo of the unpleasantness. It made her feel as though she wanted to get into a tub of water and wash away the thought of it. The big house at Darelea looked pleasant, warm, inviting, after the strained atmosphere nt a left. The brief charm of the Old World quaintness that Cecily had enjoyed earlier in the evening was dispelled by the ugly sus- picion’that had invaded it later. The girls went upstairs to leave their wraps. Philip and Manuel were already getting out the bridge tables and cards. When Cecily came downstairs, Gloria was saying, “Let's have a little gayety to get the cold out of our bones. Could we have high- balls, Mother?” Olivia nodded to Philip who went to the dining-room and re- turned with a tray of bottles and glasses. Tony came running downstairs. “T Soe my Braperet be ane nounced. “Itavas lying right om bed. I can’t. imagine how Heouls have been so careless as ‘to leave it there! I'm rather fond of it. It's an expensive trifle.” “I told you you'd fir.d it,” Philip said, bringing her a glass. Cecily shuffied the ecards. “Now everything is all right,” she said. “Shall we cut for partners?” Nothing Wrong— ECILY opened her. eyes, stretched, curling her toes like a cat, extending her arms in a rigid movement. Then she lay re- laxed. Her eyes felt clear, re- freshed, as though th: alt morn- ing sunshine, warm with crisp edges, were a celestial bath. Out of doors, she heard the proud 'cackle of a hen, the tinkle of cowbells in the meadow beyond the JBN The cry of seagulls rose on the clear air. The sweet smell of hay mingled with the lavender scent of her bed-sheets. “Nice! Nice! Nice!” she: said, as though she were biting into the word with pleasure. She turned _her ‘head to look at the clock on her bedside ‘table. It was only seven. For a few moments she Aboumt of the night before, of Lady Rath- bone’s cold, angry face. Then she dismissed it. Surely, in the clear beauty of this newday, that would be righted. There was nothing wrong—could be ‘nothing ‘wrong na day like this—that the day would not clear up. She-let her thoughts swing in the inevitable circle back to yes- terday. It was:no.good trying to stay in bed any longer. Geeily hop} out, grasped the foot-rail of her bed,.bent, twisted:her. body in-ex- ercises like a dancer limbering up. Then she plunged her arms into the cold watershe had poured into the washbowl and splashed it on her face. She dried it hastily, tubbing her skin until it glowed. Hunger hastened her as she dressed. I would have made a good pioneer wife, she thought. I like to.get.up early in the morning. I love the out of doors. I’d get meals on time just because I'm always hungry. Mrs. Batson was not in the kitchen. Wouldn’t be fo. an hour. Into a small tin pail Cecily poured a glass of thick cream from the crock where it had been. left at | dawn. Then she went out to the ec ee in the hay. a founc -half-dozen eggs, waren put them in a paper iz. With her booty, she struck out the back way toward the beach. In long strides she covered the smooth stones, scrambled up a cliff and struck off through a'short- sar 2 akong dere Road. @ Was go! jive a surprise party to Leurat 4 aS Continued tomorrow. position, there is a tendency to foree the way rather than gain it by persuasion. Guard against this as much as possible, for there is danger of getting hurt by the desires running away with ithe control of the temper. REDLEGS FAIL TO HIT AND REMAIN GAME FROM FLAG CARDS BEAT BUCKY ‘WAL- TERS IN 4 TO 0 CONTEST: BOTH TEAMS HAVE FOUR! MORE ‘GAMES TO PLAY eSpcolal-to ‘Phe Citizen) NEW YORK. Sept. 28—The question—and it’s uppermost in the minds of the nation-at-large, war or no war—will the Redlegs do it, or will they yield to the terrific pressure of final stretch jitters and allow the St. Louis Gashouse Gang to take away the honor of representing the senior circuit in the World’s Series next week? The answer may come today, when the two teams mix it up in the last of their four- game series. The answer may be delayed until next Sunday—that is, if Cincinnati doesn’t win a \game by that time and the Cards win all of their remaining games, which means a clean sweep of the | Chicago Cubs series opening to- morrow. At any rate—the odds are still with the Reds. It’s a safe bet that they'll take at least one of the remaining four games —and that’s all they ‘need to cop the pennant. Bucky Walters wasn’t good ‘enough yesterday and his team- mates refused to hit, anyway—so the Cards brought the margin down to two and one-half games with a clean 4 to 0 victory. For twenty-four straight innings the Reds have failed to score and jits beginning to look like the Yankees will really have an easy | time of it next week, that is, if the Reds snap out of their jitter- ease and win the flag. hits. Chicago Cubs regained third }place in the league with a dou- ble win. over Pittsburgh—being forced to ten innings in both con- tests. First game was close, 9 to 8, with both teams scoring in the tenth frame. Second game ended '9 to 5 as the Cubs crossed the plate with four runs in the tenth. Detroit Tigers, still, driving for | first division, made a clean sweep of their St. Louis Browns’ series |by winning yesterday, 7 to 4. Home runs by Pete Fox and Charley Gehringer helped mate- wially im the victory. Chicago ‘White Sox lost the first game of ‘a schedtled afternoon-night dou- bleheader, 5 to 2, to Cleveland \Indians. Sox are only one-half game in front of fourth place In- dians. Scores of the games follow: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati R.H. E. St. Louis BS coat ee 8 Cincinnati - -0 4 2 McGee and Padgett; ‘Walters and Lombardi. First Game at Pittsburgh R. H. E Chicago - 9 0 Pittsburgh ae | 0 (Ten Innings) Root, |Swigart, Sewell and Schultz. Second Game At Pittsburgh | Chicago | Pittsburgh : (Ten Innings) R. H. 9.17 5 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WIN AT BOWLING TO CHEELY Two more Duval street bow]l-| ing (teams, neighbors and _ rivals, decided the time had come when; |only balls and pins could settle |the question of superiority, jlast night White and Aronovitz Store fought it out and they finished in that or- jder, 1124 pins to 1033. The second match, also evenly matched, resulted in a score of 1044 for Cheely No. 2 and 1033 for the Gas Co. Scores follow: White Star Cleaners Medina 130 126 87— 343 Alex* 116 133 124— 373 | Mike —.. --120 140 148— 408 Aronovitz Store Goldie - Sawyer - Knight 79 103 135— 317 132 129 123— 384 Cheely No. 2 Carrero (sub) — 94 128 82— 304 Six 138 105 147— 390 Carr 107 101 142— 350 1044 Gas Company 122 83 109— 314 155 130 157— 442 83 79 115— 277 1033 Sands Baker Johnson TODAY’S GAMES IN MAJOR LEAGUES NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Cincinnati—Davis (22-15) or Lanier (2-1) vs. Der- ringer (24-7), ot Brooklyn at Boston — Two | games—Pressnell (9-6) and Ta- mulis (8-8) vs. Posedel (15-12) and Fette (10-10). New York at Philadelphia— |Two games—Schumacher (12-10) jand Gumbert (16-11) vs. Beck (7-13) and Pearson (2-12). | Pittsburgh-Chicago, not sched- juled. Fiddler | Bill McGee held the Reds to four! | AMERICAN LEAGUE | Philadelphia at |'Two games—McCrabb (1-1) and {Potter (8-12) vs. Donald jand Ruffing (21-7). Boston at Washington — Two games—Grove (14-4) and Oster- mueller (11-6) vs. Leonard (19-8) and Bass (0-1). Only games scheduled. ced Star Cleaners 87 112 135— 332 High New York—,) (13-3) | | | Key West, Fla.,| ' Sept. 28, 1939, | | Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. { 75th, Mer. Time i Temperature: Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Precipitation ainfall, 24 hours ending | 7:30 a: m., inches ...__. | Total rainfall since Sept. 1, fophes ea 3.31) ‘Deficiency since Sept. inches __ sbciiee r Total rainfall since January | Deficiency since January 1, inches _ ae | Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise - 6:18 ;Sunset .. \ Moonrise | Moonset eae - 7:06 7 Tomorrow’s Tides j | (Naval Base) | AM. P.M. | ee eS 3:49 | |High - 10:22 10:12 Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today |Sea level _. 30.02 3.04 26.46 | 1.44| | WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) | Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; gentle | to moderate east and southeast | | winds. | Florida: Partly cloudy tonight | jand Friday. | | Jacksonville to Florida Straits | and East Gulf: Moderate east ad southeast winds over south} ! SIO ISI SSI! ISLAND CITY SAW TORPEDOES IN 1874 | Rather timely is a drawing { by Daniel Perkins of the U. [ S. Warship “Wabash”, show- | ing an explosion of a torpedo | 1 | sent from one boat to an- other in Key West harbor, which is on display at the Key West Chamber of Com- merce. | The drawing, which was published in Harper’s Weekly in 1874, shows one warship edging up to another with long poles on the end of which are fastened explosive charges |called torpedos. When the torpedo touch the other vessel the charge goes off. The etching shows a terrific explosion and great geyser of water in the air, Another interesting Harp- er’s weekly drawing exhibit- ed is a sketch by F. H. Tay- lor of “General Grant in Flerida”, which was done in 1880. The visit was at Key West with flower decorated streets greeting the visiting general. Other interesting photos on exhibit is a catch of 25 sawfish by Charlie Ort in Florida Key waters, also a Key West modernistic map, charts of the Keys and a miniature “lime crate”, which is designed to boost Florida Key products. SLID LISS ST ST Ss {portion and moderate southwest | 9} tion, partly overcast weather to- | night and Friday. j Today’s Birthdays | | Dr. Thomas Parran, Jr., Sw |geon General, the U. S. Public |Health Service, born at St. Leo- inard, Md., 47 years ago. | Dr. Shirley J. Case, dean of the| | University of Chicago Divinity | |School, born at Hatfield, New} | Brunswick, 67 years ago. ! | | Leonard Nason, novelist, born| jat Somerville, Mass., 44 years! | ago. | | SOE | | Elmer Rice, playwright, born | in New York, 47 years ago. Marshall Field, III, grandson of the founder, born in Chicago, 46 years ago. Homer S. .Saint-Gaudens, di- rector of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie! {Institute's Department of Hine MALONEY SPECIALS A big favorite amongst house- wives and those who like what the “boss” of the house serves up for dessert, is being featured this weekend at Maloney Bros. Bak- ery, 812 Fleming street, as dis- played in the advertisement page one. It’s Banana Nut Layer Cake at the same special price of 33c. Also featured are Devil's Food Squares at 25c. ‘Call 818 for your | choice of either or both for de-| livery whenever wanted. Arts, born in Boston, 59 years ago. | Dr. Earl B. McKinley, bacterio- logist-dean of the George Wash- ington Univ., Washington, D. 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