The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1939, Page 3

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939 Meet Mr. Lochinvar By Marie Blizard YESTEKVAY: When Cecily learns that a detective has ar- rived at Mrs. Brewster's to inves- tigate the disappearance of the pin, she hurriedly telephones Laura from the house. Laura of- fers to go and talk to Locke. Chapter 31 A Secret AURA opened her eyes and the sunlight striking the eyeballs struck darts of sharp pain straight through her skull, making the pit of her stomach feel squeasy. She stretched her aching legs out ex- Perimentally and the hard cot be- neath her felt like a board. She twisted her head around to look at the unfamiliar room. She saw that her shoes were meatly placed under the chair. Her white coat was folded and placed ver the back of it. Her pocket- book and wrist-watch lay on the top. She picked up the watch and Sguinted at it. The effort to see pierced her head with another Dain. It must have stopped, she thought; it can’t be after twelve! She sat up and called weakly, “Yoo-hoo!” “I'm right here, Laura. Stay where rep are and I'll bring you 2 cup of tka.” Laura stayed where she was, suddenly longing for the tea. In less than ten minutes, Locke Said. “Okay to come in?” 3 “Okay.” “Good.” He parted the curtain and brought her a tray on which there was a steaming cup of tea and two pieces of quite present- able toast. “Get this under your belt and you'll feel better,” he said. Laura sipped the tea gratefully without speaking. Then she broke off a corner of the toast, found that it was good and devoured the rest of it. “You're right—my delt does feel better now.” she said. “Let’s have a look at the head?” She bent her head forward obligingly and Locke, with gentle fingers explored the 'ump at the back below her ear. “It’s gone down but it was a nasty one! Might have been much more serious, too. Do you see any spots before your eyes?” Laura blinked. “No, I feel fine. vas dizzy when I woke up but ed a miracle.” ur time, there’s no “Oh, Locke. I'm so sorry. This is your only bed, isn’t it?” “Not at all. I have a good blan- ket and the whole outdoors. Sleep- ing under the stars is an old habit of mine. Pm afraid that you weren't very comfortable.” “It was grand of you to let me it. Shall we valk about last ’ re doesn’t seem to be any- thing to say. I gucss we covered it all pi y well last night. You say you. haven't the least idea how it s done? Yau saw no one? You coming along the road just side of Soderson's when sud- ¥ you gent out cold and you didn’t come to until I found you?” “That's right. Don't you think I have stumbled over a 1 on your face and have a bump on the back of your head? It isn’t likely. Layra. That has all the € wks of a manaimed blow. can you see why I had to you into my confidence and you can't say anything at all about it? We've got a secret, Laura, and i want you to promise that r no circumstances will you breathe it to one person. Say noth- ing—no matter what happens! 1 may be wrong, but J don’t think I atm. and I’m counting on you to see me tar bh. Will you?” ‘Darn Sweet Girl’ T’. all sounds fantastic, Locke, but Pll... yes, I'll see you through.” They shook hands solemnly. “Now I've got to aet to the yil- Cecily will worrying about me. I'm sure she expected me early this morning. I’ll tell her I overslept.” “Think we ought to bandage up that head?” “Good heavens, no! I don’t want to go back to town looking like the spirit of °76.” “I'll walk as far as the junction of the road with you. You look pretty white.” Laura looked at herself in the mirror from her handbag. “I look quite blooming, or at least I will when I get some rouge on. No one ‘would ever know what I feel like.” Locke was troubled. “You ought to drop in and see the Doc.” “Nonsense! ‘What's a little blow on the head?” “Tm afraid I'm going to have trouble before I’m through, Laura, and I don’t want to have any with you.” “You won't,” she promised. “Laura, I...” Locke appeared to - embarrassed. Cecily’s Locke! ‘es?’ “You know what you might be setting in for, don’t you?” 0. “You're a darn sweet girl, Mrs. Atwill” . Laura sent him out with the tray and got up. She tidied her bar as best she could, . her shoe$ on and went into small kitchen to wash. Then when she was ready and steady, she said, “I'd better be getting on back.” SCOUT NEWS TROOP 52 Troop 52 Boy Scouts of Am- erica held its Green Bar Patrol meeting Wednesday.. A good srowg attended. Allen Perez re- Signed as Assistant Patrol @ and Buddy Miller filled the nes given you any creden- ials. “I know you haven't but I'll amble this time.” She smiled at im. “There’s only one thing: what shall 1 tell Cecily?” and if you can keep the news about being ambushed as you were to yourself, please do. And, above everything else, don’t go out at} night alone!” “I won't,” she promised. But he was not satisfied. “You're Quite sure that no one knew you were coming here?” “Oh, quite!” Even then Laura wouldn’t tell him that Cecily had begun the thing by saying she was going to him. It wouldn’t do any good for him to know that. Laura, incurable romantic that she was, was determined to preserve Ce- cily’s romance. “Then there’s nothing to worry about. Evidently the person who did it, was taking a shot in the dark and it has nothing to do with this business. Now, your story is: you came here and found me gone and that’s all there is. I shall be gone tomorrow and then it will be the truth.” Out All Night CPCILY STUART counted the hours. Nine o'clock. Ten o’clock. Eleven. Surely Laura must come any minute, she thought. Laura knows how anxious I am to hear what Locke had to say. “Yes, Mrs. Hargreaves,” she heard herself saying to a custome er, Fletcher for a good murder myse | tery. Have-you read The Commu- | nist Corpse? I think you'd like it. She was thinking: I wish to good= ness you'd take it and get out, Mrs. Hargreaves. Smile, shop- keeper, Business before But this waiting is no pleasure. Twelve o’clock—and a new fear | took possession of Seely ’s thoughts. Suppose something had happened to Laura? Suppose Laura had been taken suddenly ill? Suppose there really was a mountain lion. Stranger things | than that did happen. Suppose Locke had kidnaped her? cents, promising him a dime if he’d run out to Mrs. Atwill’s and ask her if she could come in at once. . With the small boy dispatched, Cecily felt better and applied her- self to satisfying the wants of her customers who came in in what appeared to be droves. Another day, she would have been delight- | ed at the spurt of business. The small boy came back quick- er than Cecily had expected. Cecily’s note was still in his hand. | “She ain't “W-wh: “She ain't been there,” the boy repeated. At that precise moment, Donald Hemingway appeared at Cecily’s shoulder. “Good morning, Cecily. I won- dered if Mrs. Atwill had had luncheon yet. I've a guest that I would like her to meet... .” i _The little boy said, “Her hired girl says Miz Atwill didn’t come home last night. Her bed ain’t been slept in.” Cecily gave him his dime and struggled for composure. Her face was white when she turned to Donald. She smiled weakly, trying to down her rising ing of guilt and apprehension. s nothing, really,” she said. “Tl go and...” “Has something happened to Laura? Where is she?” “T don't know,” Cecily said mis- erably. “But I...” The rest of what she had to say trailed off as she went back for her coat. Donald was waiting at the door for her. “I'll go along with you.” Cecily caught her breath: She didn’t want him to go along with en there neither.” her. Or did she? If something had | happened to Laura she would never forgive herself. She had a | vision of Laura lying in a ditch with a broken leg. Perhaps she | had stumbled over a cow. Perhaps a car had struck her in the dark- | ness, Only cars neyer went out that dark road late at night. Oh, what a little fool she had been to bring Laura into this. At what | horrible expense to her friend? “All right,” she said, “come | along.” Donald’s:stride was long but he | was breathless with the effort of | trying to keep 4 with her. | ,. Look here, where are we go- | ing?” i “Out. Just out,” Cecily said. She | was in no mood for explanations. Why, of all things, did Donald | Hemingway have to turn up at | that moment? Whatever had hap- pond would be forgiven her by | aura, she knew. But what would Lead- | Mr, Hemingway think of it? Cecily was very much annoyed at Mr. Hemingway for being him- self. Strong. Silent. Down-Easter. Quick to jude. Quick to think a gl @ fool. Unforgiving. Poor Mr. lemingway. He matched his stride to hers and they cleared the main street, | alr fiegs eee oe left, fol- lowing the road to the junction. "Cecily." he asked feasonsbly, | “why are we going this way? Laura's cottage is in the other di- rection.” Cory did not need to answer him. Two figures emerged over the rise of the road. Continued tomorrow. office. The Lord’s Prayer was said. The new rules were read and adopted. Troop 52 volunteered’ their service in the movement to clean Rest Beach. Ways to make the troop meetings more interesting was discussed and suggestions made. A Hallowe'en Party is plan- PILLPHIPIIDILIDODODILODSLSLDOOBS29. Yanks Beat Peprceesapocrsegecocoese (Continued from Page One) only two-bagger. Pearson lays down. sacrifice bunt to third and Dahlgren takes that bag. Crosetti slammed a hard one to short left and is thrown out at first. Dahl- |Werber is out at second. No; “Laura, why do you do it? 1 stands but ground rules allowing ‘runs, one hit, no errors. | ALL 1940 “Please don’t tell her anything | gren scored on the play. Rolfe; dropped hit to short left center field. Keller hits one te left field foul line, Berger barely touching it. Rolfe scores and Keller take: second. DiMaggio singles’ with Keller taking third, Dickey loos- i to right field, DiMaggio takes Selkirk grounds Three runs, five Geo, cond & , NO errors. Fourth Inning REDS—Werber walks on high ball. Frey strikes out and Werb- er, trying to steal, is thrown out by Dickey. Goodman strikes out ng tor high curve. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKS—Gordon slashes one to left of Werber but is thrown out. Dahlgren slams long one over the left field fence for home run. Pearson struck out on low curve ball. Crosetti dropped one in front of plate, with Lombardi making threw for putout. One run, one hit, no errors. Fifth Inning REDS—McCormick swings for third time on low curve. Lom- third. to hi “you can. always depend on jbardi grounds out to pitcher. | Bates spoke into the microphone, | Craft struck out on fast curve. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKS—Rolfe grounds out. Keller hits resounding single to left. DiMaggio grounds to pitch- Pleasure. er and the throw is to second and | to first for a double play. No runs, one hit, no errors. Sixth Inning REDS — Berger grounds to pitcher. Myers grounds ta short. Walters grounds to pitcher. No ‘uns, no hits, no errors. YANKS—Dickey drives long At half-past twelve Cecily cor- one to concrete railing in right | ralled a small bey, gave him five field which is gathered in. Sel-|C0ol but not cold. Near Spokane kirk strikes out on fast inside ball. Gordon strikes out. No runs, no hits, no errors. Seventh Inning REDS—wWerber flies out to left. Frey grounds out. Good- man slams long one to left, Di- Maggio roping it in on the run. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKS—Dahlgren strikes out. Pearson grounds out. Crosetti “She ain’t there,” he reported. pops out to third. No runs, no; West, took them on a tour of the} hits, no errors. Eighth Inning REDS—McCormick looses long drive to center which is trapped by Selkirk. Lombardi stops no hit performance by slamming base hit into center field. Run- ner takes place at first. Craft strikes out. Berger taps slow roller to mound and is thrown out. No runs, one hit, no errors. YANKS—Rolfe flies out to left center. Keller drives 440 foot smacker which Harry Craft pulls down after hard run. DiMaggio grounds out. No runs, no hits, no errors. Ninth Inning REDS—Myers grounded ot to pitcher. Lee Grissom pinch hit- ting for Walters struck out. Wer- ber shoots sharp single into left field. 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Enriched by refinements made | Fort Blise, but was disappointed | possible by the manufacture un-! in Juarez, the Mexican city. |der a single unified management ; There they saw an old cathedraljof five cars which virtually| which was built by Indians and |pracket the motor car market, | which contained many beautiful | 4. Port VS''and’ the Hétinen | carvings. ‘ Leaving Phoenix a terrible hot Ford V-8' cars for 1940, ao \ride across the desert, which in-|noynced today, present notable} cluded 300 miles of California,;advances in styling, comfort, | was taken. About 40 miles from convenience and _ safety. New} Los Angeles it became cool and i | nice. Phere they attended the|™0dels are now on display at Rotary luncheon at the Biltmore |7T?evor & Morris, Inc. : H hotel, the most beautiful “hotel; The new cars are big, sub-) Mr. Bates said he has ever seen.|stantial and powerful in appear- | President of Title Guaranty and!ance. 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Everything iis inexpensive there. i Going up to San Francisco} {passed beautiful scenery at Santa Keene, who lives in Brookline. delphia. Vivited Mrs. Bates’ sister | cousin’s in Beverly Hills. Saw/any money. Went to the beach at|/ Miami Beach with all the John- at Norristown, Pa., and also Mrs. |the Chicago and Philadelphia ball Toms River, N. J. game. One evening we visited Mrs. fve Went to Al Dreyfuss fa. At Miami saw Zelma, saw Mrs. rolls. The family. gathering con- Bates's cousin at Philadelphia| mous saloon. Visited Money Is- Solano and family. Saw Billy |sisted of 24. and another we spent at another 'land where they have never found ' Johnson. |sons, Sweetings, “Shaltons and At Washington saw Joe Peacon |Pete Chase. Had a supper of frankfurters and Jimmy Hamilton and Mr. Galento-Nova ‘and another cousin of Mrs. Bates. | black beans, Arrived Spent an afternoon at!West September 23. in Key iMonica and Santa Barbara. 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