The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1939, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBE After A Man by JEAN RANDALL YESTERDAY: Buff finally suc- ceeds in starving out the dis- agreeable Hunts. Just as they leave Maudie May bares Tim’s secret. She says he is the man Iris DeMuth tricked into buying @ worthless silver mine. Chapter Nine George’s Story S THE Hunts drove off, Tim was very white and his big hands were shaking. “It's true,” he said presently. “Every word of it’s true, Buff! Now you know the kind of person I am!” He rose to his feet and went upstairs before she could answer. Buff sat where she was for als, jong time. She heard Webby stir- ring in the kitchen and thought vaguely that a good dinner would help the entire household; but above every other sensation she was conscious of pity for Tim Cor- liss. The bald little story had held glimpses of tragedy which had been underlined and made acute he look of suffering on Tim's f After a time she went into the kitchen. Mrs. Webb was furiously busy. Something gave off savory odors from the big range oven, a double boiler simmered on top. The fat housekeeper was creaming butter and sugar in a bowl. “A nice state you left my kitch- en in, Miss Buff!” she said severely. “And if thestuff that was left on the table gave those pi don’t wonder they left. Lumbago! I suppose you and Mr. Tim had your reasons, and after all I'm get- tin’ paid to do what I’m told; but layin’ in bed without good nour- ishin’ food didn’t do me any good, sh'd say it hadn’t helped you ner, by the looks of you!” Buff wandered about for an- other hour. When she heard the sound of a car approaching she ed down to meet it. George kes stopped and grinned at her. “‘Here again,’ says she. ‘Won- der how ch longer that guy is going to p on coming?’” “It ha s I'm extra glad to see you toda’ Her tone was sober. “And I'd like to talk to you before you see Tim. Suppose you drive under those pines and let's confer a bit. Okay?” “And then some,” he agreed e ily. He steered his car under | the clump of trees which marked the boundary of the ranch. “Tim not ll, or is it these Hunts he called me about?” . “Both, in a way. The Hunts left right after lunch” —a fleeting smile touched her mouth at the recollec- tion of that meal—“but not before the daughter had—had spilled the beans about Tim.’ He frowned. spilled the beans She told him briefly of Maudie May’s accusations. “Tim said it was all true, and more. Then he shut aself up in his room. I think d better tell me all about it, ar Ke w d’you mean— nall I begin?” with the girl. Iris De- t that her name?” s her name. She blew into der one fine day and dropped into our office. Had some ore speci- he wanted assayed. For sil- ver. Silver in ‘em all right—plenty of it. Tetrahedrite ie Don’t waste time being techni- shi mmanded. “Where did get the ore?” ‘om a mine she owned up in mountains. Oh, she owned it ight. I looked it up, of course. any willing to back any nt—if there was actu- ere.” there? The specimens t not have come from her mi He nodded his appreciation. “Good point! Naturally the same idea occurred to Tim and me. So he went up himself and took some specimens from the mine to assay. You know silver ore exists in veins, and if a bit were taken from the vein itself even an expert couldn't tell whether it contained silver until he had assayed it. Tim brought home a tidy lot——” “Wait a minute. Did she go along —show him where to get the bits he took?” An Accomplice “= wasn’t born yesterday, my dear, He took his specimens where and how he chose to. The thing is, he had to go to Idaho Springs before he could test them. Was gone ten days, in fact.” “Go on,” she bade him. “When he got back, he went to work on the ore. It was darned good. We were all excited about it, Iris and Tim and I. She... did I tell you that before all this devel- she and Tim had fallen head er heels in love with each) er? ‘No, you neglected that inter- esting item,” she said dryly. “How- I inferred as much, Pro- She said the more land we owned, the more interested the company would be. So we——” “You didn’t just take the com- pany on trust?” “No, it's a bona fide development firm. We sent along specimens for their own man to assay, But after Tim had come back—keep that in mind, Buff!—from Idaho Springs!” “And the specimens he had taken from the mine?” He sighed gustily. “You've put your finger on the rotten spot in the scheme. Iris, of course, had.ac- cess to Tim’s office while he was gone. Not much of an office; just the little outer room, and then the Constant Reminders Friend—You will soon forget her and be happy again. Jilted Lover—Oh, no, I shan’t. I've bought too much for her on the installment plan. ‘g Heart laboratory. No secret about any- ever she pleased, What she did was to substitute ore containing genu- ine silver for the stuff Tim had taken from her mine. Same size and about the same shape. After ten days, and of course having no suspicions whatever — I hadn’t either, if it comes to that! don’t ‘| lose sight of that! —it never oc- | curred to him they were not the same. It sounds serewy but any mining engineer will tell you how easily it could be done if the whole thing seemed open and above- board, Being in a mining country, you see, and assaying ore being a! in the day’s work, we weren’t look- ing for any funny business, “Where did she get the other specimens—the ones with silver in vem?” “She had an accomplice,” was the grim answer. “Guy named Latshaw. Owned a mine that petered out, and had kept some of the ore he'd taken from it. Any- how the whole proposition looked so good that Tim and I took all our money and bought up as much land as we could; not only surface rights, you know, but the whole business.” “And then——” “It was Latshaw’s land, of course; only we'd never heard of Latshaw. It wasn’t a swindle on a large scale; I’ mean—we didn’t form a company on our own and sell shares— anything like that. Latshaw merely unloaded a lot of land he didn’t want at a price that netted him enough to make it sucker.” “But—but—I don’t see why that should have floored Tim so com- pletely! Even if his bank account was wiped out, it was only money —his money——” “And mine,” he reminded her, “Quite a bit of mine, as it hap- pened. My own fault, of course, but Tim took it hard because he thought he should have locked up the ore . . . or made another series of tests, or something. Also, there was Iris, He thought she was heaven's gift to him, d’you see? And the publicity. The papers got hold of it, and it made quite an interesting story: lovely adven- turess, trusting expert, clever sub- stitution of ore—you’d have to live in these parts to understand what thrilling reading it was.” ‘Tim Cracked Up’ HAT became of—of Iris?” “Did a fade-out, of course; as soon as the land was bought and the deeds recorded. Oh, yes, and she left a note for Tim, too, She couldn’t resist telling him how she’d worked the deal. Now you have the whole story.” “Not quite, I think,” said Buff. “What happened then?” “Nothing. Tim slogged away as usual. Business dropped off, of ccurse, and that didn’t add to his hilarity. Everythi A at one fell sw x thing of his professional pi Not all of it, as a matter o. though he thinks so. I want move on where we wouldn’ counter knowing grins wherdVyer we went; or at the very least, I wanted old Tim to take a vacation somewhere until the whole thing blew over. He wouldn’t, He swore he'd stick it out right there; build up his reputation again——” “He wouldn't,” the girl said. “He darn’ near did. People knew him—trusted him. The trick didn’t do us as much damage as you might think. But Tim cracked up after a while and the doctors or- dered him away. He wouldn’t go; not, at least, until he’d measur his length a couple of times in the laboratory, and smashed a lot of test tubes. Even then I had to talk to him like a Dutch uncle; tell him it wasn’t fair to me for him to keep on in the condition he was. I over- did it, of course; made him afraid he’d make some gosh-awful mis- take. “I saw the advertisement of this place in a Denver paper, and per- suaded him to take a month off out here. I had a nice picture of Tim loafing in the sunshine, going for’ long healthful tramps, swapping ag with Atkins—and_ comin ack in October fit as a fiddle. you-—” “Tf Thadn’t come along, it might have turned out that way. Is that what you're thinking? As_it was, he hurt his ankle, driving over our road after dark, and got into a watt condition than he'd been be- fore.” “Don’t you believe it! You've done him worlds of good. I'll bet these Hunts have helped even more. I could wish for Tim’s sake that a long succéssion of fenants would arrive, one after another, to distract his mind. As it-is, he’s al- most well again. Westland says he’s improved a lot. Of course he’s still remorseful about my money, and he’s still upset over Iris . .. poor old Tim! “He's | much with girls, you see. His father died when he was a kid and Tim supported his mother; put him- self through college besides. That didn’t leave time for.anything else, His mother was a lovely person and Tim sort of founded his ideas of womanhood on her. And Iris, plague take her, was pretty swell to look at; appealing, too. She had Tim eating out of her hand almost | from the first. Personally,” con- cluded Tim’s partner in a level voice, “I could get a lot of enjoy- ment seeing her sweet face peering from behind Some good stout bars. It's not the money; it’s what she did to old Tim. Now you know. Poor Tim!” “Poor Tim,” Buff echoed. And thoughtfully: “Poor Tim!’ Continued tomorrow. Just An Echo “That parrot of yours is quite a gossip”. “Oh, I don’t know, He repeats east and south winds, partly|war.to end war”. If the com! what he hears, but he doesn’t in- vent scandalous details”. worth Iris’ while to play Tim for a , never messed around | M, echenrhherdenhood \VISITORS. RETURN. FOR ‘SIXTH SEASON'S VISIT. thing. She drifted in and out when- | Mr. and Mrs. John A. Green, of Lynnbrook, Long Island, are visitors for the sixth season in Key West, for a short visit. which fhey would like to make longer. if time was allowed. Mr. Green is maintenance man with the telephone company in Brooklyn, and came di- | rectly to Key. West for his brief vacation. While at the World’s Fair this year they mef their old friends, Everett Rivas, of the Key West Electric Co., and Mrs. Rivas. Mrs. Green was selected to talk over the ra- dio, which was arrangéd for television. She gave a most interesting talk on Key West and the excellent fishing available in the water adja- cent to the islands. The story told by Mrs. Green was very alluring, says Mr. Rivas. who, with his wife, was standing near. The story touched on the climate and picturesque sur- roundings which greet the eyes in Key West. COIL IOL MA SCOUTS RUSHING BEACH CLEAN-UP GAGED IN PREPARING REST | BEACH FOR TOURISTS Examination trip made by The | Citizen last evening to Rest! Beach, scene of Boy Scout Clean- | 'Up activities, disclosed a com- mendable job being done by the! five Key West troops. | On the east end of the beach, superintended by scoutmasters John Esperdy and Dan Harrison, | the work is practically complete. | So, too, is a section further west | jcontrolled by George Saunder’s | troop. j | Troop 52, Milton Sawyer scout- | |miaster, had perhaps the largest ‘section of the beach, and work on that sandy stretch was proceeding merrily along with | the end not far off. Scoutmaster | Albert G. Peirce’s troop, respon- } sible for the west end of the| beach, got a late start, though a/ good-sized dent in clearing away | vegetation has been effected. The project, sponsored by the | Lions Club, calls for clearing away of all weeds, grass, burrs | and other vegetation from the roadway to the water’s edge. 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Continued cleaning operations to|be conducted with an eye upon | Of course I am only a crack- check re-growth and accumula- the conservation of human re-/|brained anthropologist, and the tion of seaweed is planned all! sources. during the coming tourist sea- To this end, active service for men of 45 years and older ought | tg be substituted for the con- THE WEATHER |masters of our destiny are too jwise to conduct a war on the jlines I have laid down. They do lit the other way round. The fittest \seription of youth. This would |and best of the nations are sent ‘eliminate wastage and diminsh | ithe subsequent cost of old agejstays at home to breed more jout to be killed, and the trash | pensions ‘and bonuses for veter- ' trash and plan more wars. Key West, Fla.,|ans. Oct. 25, 1939. However, as an exception to I forgot to-say that I think I should also include for front line Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, | these age limitations the shock |service all persons suffering from 75th Mer. Time Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night - Mean - Normal Precipit Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:38 a. m,, inches —.. 0.29 Total rainfall since Oct. 1, inches ee AO.20 \Excess since Oct. 1, inches’ 5.01 |'Potal rainfall since January 1, inches Excess since Jan. 1, inches 3.22 Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise Sunset Moonrise (Naval Base) AM. 2:19 P.M. Low | High 3 Barometer at Sea level 8: m., today Wind Today E—16 miles per hour Relative Humidity 13% N. B.—Comfortable humidity 2 saagl | | troops o uld be recruited from | Fae. years Earnest A. . Heoton has kept Harvard and reading public seeth- ing, a professor jof an- thropology without inhibi tions and with humor. His latest book, “Twilight of Man", elaborafes his theory that men is on the decline. In . this article the professor, who has been crying doom, sees a chance in the war to save mankind. usually of the present trenches. Apart from them, new étand- sist of all of the defects for which men are at present exempted from fighting. Thus a man would be accepted only if he had an incurable disease, serious con- genital deformity, or an I. Q. be- should be a few points below} low 100. mean temperature (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) { Regiments of schizophrenes, ics, and manic-depressives WEATHER FORECAST | “Pyould also be. organized, backed by huge labor batallions of mo- rons and imbeciles. All statesmen Key West and Vicinity: Partly | and’ diplomats who concoct wars cloudy and somewhat unsettled would be required to lead recon- tonight and Thursday; moderate | noitering parties, as did the late shall give four ounces for % real.! Francisco, southeasterly winds. N.B.—Forecast Florida: Partly | Thursday, continued warm. and East Gulf: Moderate south- ‘overcast weather | Thursday. General Werner von Fritsch. ugenic war, because all of cloudy andithe persons on whom bombs | oven, somewhat unsettled tonight andi/ought to.drop would be in the | “All wood haulers shall charge ‘army. within’ artillery range, and Jacksonville to Florida Straits|not in. the civilian centers. This would be veritably “a ibat- hereditary and progressive my- ‘opia. This provision would make |me eligible for a heroic death and would hearten a lot of book | reviewers. } i | War-Time Price Fixing Ts Old Stuff jour hogdes of recidivist criminals | . M. who ai . ma, | “mili age”. The incorrigible} LAREDO, Tex. Oct. 25.—If| . Mm. | young ‘toughs who use firearms| you think war-time price-fixing|ton, noted astronomer, . M. and , bs against a peaceable jis an innovation of the 20th cen- | Oyster Bay, N. Y., 62 years ago. isocietys ought to do well in the tury, cast an eye over Laredo! {municipal records, dated 1810. 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