The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 7, 1939, Page 3

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1939 After A Man’s Heart by JEAN RANDALL YESTERDAY: Iris charms Tim into thinking she was the uncon- scious partner to a fraud. Tim tries to win Buff’s approval of Iris. Neither Buff nor George is fooled, Chapter 20 Rattlesnake ‘L ISTEN, Tim,” George said ‘ presently, sitting on the bed and holding one shoe in his hand, “If I hear a rattlesnake rattling, 1 don’t inquire into his motive. t don’t even pause to find out if he’s annoyed with me or with a chipmunk that’s crossed its trail. I just tell myself it’s a rattler, and I light out for other parts. Unless,” he finished deliberately, “I happen to have a stout stick close at hand, in which case I—” “That’s enough!” Tim’s voice and eyes were angry. “Iris didn’t behave well toward me—toward us both last summer; but she’s not the menace you're trying to make me believe. Talk to her your- self——” “Not me!” George tied a shoe- string smartly, put on the other shoe, and stood up. “There’s an old proverb my grandfather used to remind me of: if a mule kicks you once, it’s his fault; twice, it’s your own. It makes no difference to me if the mule in this case has all the beauty and charm in the world. I’m staying outside the range of its heels.” Tim controlled his rising wrath. “Look here, George, you and'I are good friends. You stuck to me through a lot. I owe you more than I can say. But not even you can call the girl I love a rattlesnake and a mule ” Anger retreated before the absurdity of it. Both men burst into a shout of laugh- ter, and for the time being the subject was dropped. Tim took Iris to call upon Buff; a sweet and wistful Iris, charm- ingly courteous to the younger girl, quick to admire the big liv- ing room which as the weeks went by had taken on more and more of a look of home. Buff for her part, though polite, was detached. Tim was uneasily aware that she had retreated, in some feminine and eryptic way. He could not find the y so well. For the first saw her, not as a head- strong child but as a sophisticated young person who kept a com- posed hold upon the tea table talk. Tim tried to tell Iris something of h tay at the ranch. Buf? smi nd returned the conversa- tion to Boulder, its delightful views, its educational advantages. Tim seized upon Lance Carroll and attempted to describe him to Iris who evinced a pretty enthu- siasm on the subject. Buf? suavely countered by a question concern- ing Iris’s own plans for the future. At Jast baffled and bewildered by undercurrents he could not in the least perceive, let alonc avoid, Tim sat back in his big chair and let the two girls chat as they wou “You're staying at the hotel in- defini ” Buff inquired. “That,” said Iris sweetly, “de- pends on Tim. I suppose you know our story, Buff—you will let me call you Buff, won’t you? I can’t with anyone who has d to my Tim!—it’s ro- mantic and a bit incredible, but I assure you it’s all true.” Irresistible Iris UFF cocked her head, spaniel B fas’ Tim knew it for a danger signal and stirred uneasily. “Your Tim? Is the engagement announced then? _hadn’t seen it in the papers. And I have cause to know,” she said with a soft laugh, “that y little escapes the papers. in this town!” Iris threw Tim an_ imploring look. “It's—it’s for Tim to say, don’t you think? Under the cir- cumstances?” Tim squared his shoulders. “I was under the impression we had already said all that was _neces- sary just now! We agreed, I think, Iris, to let matters rest as they are —for a time, at least.” Buff cheered him silently. She had measured the strength of her adversary with canny eyes and knew it to be great. Iris was the sort of woman whose appea! is well-nigh irresistible. Hearing the cadences of her lovely voice, see- ing the whiteness of her skin, the natural crimson of her mouth, the absolute genius in the way she wore her clothes, the younger girl wondered that Tim had not suc- cumbed a second time to her. She compared herself, most un- favorably, with Iris: her trim sport clothes with the expensive frock the older girl wore; her small hands, still bearing the summer’s tan, with Iris’s delicate white enes; her unruly waves with Iris’s sleek black hair, her somewhat abrupt movements with Iris’s grace. “Poor old Tim,” she mused. “No wonder he fell, and fell hard, for this charmer! But she shan’t have him—she most certainly shall not! She's a fake, throug! and through. She means no good to Tim, no mat- ter what brought her back here!” Her small jaw tightened and the look of purpose Tim had learned to recognize darkened her blue eyes. He was astonished to hear Buff cordially inviting Iris to lunch with her soon, to hear Miss De- Muth’s equally cordial acceptance. little of girls! almost on the heels of this call. George has glad to hear that the girls had met, that Buff recognized the gen- uine menace Iris was to a man o! Tim’s type. “Why she’s here I don’t know,” he said, his clase hands swing- ing between his knees. “But what- ever it is, it’s not going to do old Tim any good—having her here in Boulder, I mean. I think—this is just my impression, but I do hon- estly think, Buff, that he won’t be quite the easy mark for her he said nothing about being engaged to her, and that’s a good sign. But I wish she’d go climb. Long’s Peak and fall off,” he said unchivalrous- ly. “’Way it is now, she’ll keep him dangling at the end of her string until she’s accomplished her purpose—whatever that pur- pose is.” Buff was thoughtful. “What do you think it is, George? I don’t know just how much she paid for that land——” ‘Buying Tim’s Favor “PSWENTY thousand,” was the answer. “Tim and I each put in five of our own money, ten of the firm’s—firm of Corliss and Weekes; that made twenty alto- gether. I should say that it’s worth about fifteen hundred—if that much. And lookit, Buff! Iris didn’t have to pay Nesbit twenty thou- sand. We’d told him’to sell it for what he could get out of it. In our wildest dreams we didn’t ex- pect to get more’n a couple of thousand. But Iris walks into the office, tells Nesbit she’s prepared to pay twenty thousand if he'll let her buy it for a friend of hers —name of Smith! And Nesbit, of course, grabbed it. Now why, I ask you, did she pay the exact sum old Tim and I planked down for Latshaw’s benefit last summer? It’s got me guessing.” “You don’t think it may be really valuable, after all?” He shook his head. “That idea occurred to me, too; but it’s out. Definitely out. Tim has personally and thoroughly examined practi- cally every square inch of that da—that infernal land of ours. You couldn’t get enough silver out of it to make a thin dime.” “Tungsten? Copper?” “Nothing. I tell you; nothing but some beautiful rose-colored quartz that tourists adore to take home to make doorstops and book- ends.” “What's become of the gentle- man named Latshaw?” “According to Iris via Tim, he’s now in California. Becoming con- scious of the unworthy part she had played, Miss DeMuth dis- missed her—er—her motivating influence as soon as possible, and got herself a job a. private secre- tary to some generous soul who paid her right good wages, I should think, all things considered. Then someone had the considera- ver, bought up our land, and came here,. simply pining for forgive- ness—and nothing else, says Tim! Nataears Iand I bet you do, too, Buff nodded. “I think,” she told him, “she’s really in love with Tim; that she got that money back from Latshaw some way or other —it may have been a case of polite blackmail—and she is trying to buy her way with it back into Tim’s—Tim’s favor.” “Think she'll succeed?” Weekes inquired with a grin. Buff’s small hands were folded tightly on her iap. “Depends on many things; peo- ple, too: you, me, Tim and Iris.” “Tim and Iris, yes; but how do you and I figure in it?” “We-ell—you might just keep track of what happens to that land Iris bought. I have a hunch you'll hear sooner or later that it has left her possession.-I don't know why she wants it, but I’m sure it’s the meat in this cocoanut. There’s another thing you can do, too; be, rather. Tim. relies a lot on your judgment. He values your good opinion. I know it worries him right now that you are what he calls cynical regarding Iris. Keep it up. He’s promised me,” she told him, the color rising a little in her face, “that he won't do anyt —anything drastic for a w That means, of course, he woi Playing for time’s our best bet. People like Iris and Latshaw have to work fast. She’ll—overplay her hand if we let her alone long enough; at least that’s about the way it seems to me.” He looked at he: curiously. “You're even smarter than I've given you credit for being, my dear, and that’s a lot. But you— where do you figure in this?” “Te a role of my own to play,” she sighed. “A darned difficult one, too, if you ask me. Comradely, sympathizing friend to Tim, girl- ish pal to lovely Iris. H’m. I thought I was writing plays, not starring in ’em.” He fully expected the girls to Part with coldness on both sides. HAVE YOU TRIED | Yellow-Jacket Season || Wild—“Do you remember when Continued tomorrow. -~ Tim, as Buff fully realized, knew | Buff was not surprised to re- | ceive.a visit from George Weekes | passed from annoy- | ance to anxiety. He yearned to-| pour out ‘his troubles. He was { was last time. At any rate, he’s | tion to die and leave her some | money, so out she took for Den- | renew his engagement with Iris. | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THREE FIVE BASKETBALL (BOXERS WILL MIX LOOK OTMOMTOTE OMIT OIOTISOIIOOMT AAO a Es ~ TEAMS SIGNED UP MORE CAN ENTER IF APPLI- \SIX BOUTS SCHEDULED FOR CATION RECEIVED | BY FRIDAY | | Five teams signed up for the! }1939-40 City Basketball League | season last night at a meeting at |High School gymnasium. Addi- ‘tional time for any other groups | desiring to enter the league was decided upon—deadline to be this Friday at 7:30 p. m., when’ members of the league will! again meet at the gym. H | Seafood, Grill, La Concha Hotel. Officials of the league for this year will be: President, Adams; secretary, Roy Hamlin; scorer, Hastings Smith; time- keeper, Stanton Cooper; referee, Coach John Offutt. | Intra-mural Games | Two games in the High School Intra-mural League were played | last night at the gym. 10B3 hand-| led 9B a iacing, 36 to. 22. 9A won |from 10A, 25 to 22. OBSERVATIONS FROM | THE BLEACHERS By O. L. MILIAN Ray Bush’s Pirates are aiming, their big guns at the second-half pennant and to all indications they will not stop until the goal is reached. Watch your step, Messrs. Hamlin, Adams and Cara- ballo. When fans eyed Joe Casa in the Pirate dugout last Sunday voices could be heard from one end of the grandstands to the oth- er with each individual exchang- jing opinions. The general word | was that Casa might become a Pirate player within a short time {but those in the know will tell you that “Bullet” Joe is still a member of the Key West Conchs \and will soon pitch for Hamlin’s ,crew. Although a few of the Tro-| jans’ followers are criticizing Manager Earl Adams for pitching Harry “Swifty” Wickers, the club’s ace twirler, continuously, |the majority of baseball-goers jcan see that the team’s idea is to | take as much advantage of their| -ainder of the season. How "bout jit, John? pitching star as possible. Wick- ers, by the way, will soon go on a fishing trip that will keep him| absent for some time. There is no telling about. the high spirits of local baseball players. Jackie Carbonell, who lost several teeth in the game be- | | tween the Trojans and Conchs |last week turned, out in uniform | last Sunday and pitched a mighty good game for Hamlin’s gang while fans looked on unbeliev- ingly. Aibert Acevedo, of the Pirates, another injured player, was also in the Bues’ lineup. Blue Sox dropped another league contest last Sunday. But Frank Caraballo and his players have one good consolation—viz: | “Any team in the league can lose to the Trojans”. Jesus “Dizzy” Garcia, Sox flashy outfielder, is still topping | the list of the city league’s big 1l, with Julius (Sonny Boy) Vil- lareal second, 31 points under Garcia, who has taken 21 trips to the plate, knocking out seven \singles and two doubles, scoring four times and shoving in three ‘runs. Villareal is clipping the pill at a .397 pace, has crossed the pan eight times and batted in three runs: j Batting averages are being compiled and will soon be pub- lished. Only: those taking part in five or more games will shown on the list, which will give the actual leading hitters, who have been to the batter’s box twenty or more times. Marvin Griffin, Key West Conehs; Julee Barcelo, Key West Conchs; William Cates and An- |thony Kelly, Trojans, and Peter, ‘Castro, Blue Sox, are players) 'who have participated in less, jthan five contests while hitting | ‘ower .300. They will not be | Shown on the leaders’ list. | Albert Acevedo, Pirates’ dan-| MALONEY’S CAKES? a girl was proud of having a Sous batter in the pinches, still First of the week specials at Maloney Bros. Bakery, 812 Flem- ing stre listed on page one today Honey Cream Layer Cake at and Spiced Squares at 25¢ each. Phone orders for either or both of these delicacies will receive prompt attention. Call 818, wasp-like waist?” Wedmor—“I ought to remem- that was when I got) ber it; stung”. Guessed Wrong | Professor—“I’'ve been robbed jof my gold snuff-box”. |rules the most runs-batted-in de-/ partment, with seven to his cred- it. Al. Rodriguez, Sox catcher, and Cyril Griffin, Conchs’ back- | Stopper, are next, with six each. 1 1 John Offutt, the lightning out: | |fielder of the Conchs, will go for} Wife—“Didn’t you feel a hand | hasketball this winter but this) in your pocket?” |does not necessarily mean that) | Professor—“Yes, but I thought the high cehook athletic director | {it was my own”, ‘ lwill disregard baseball the Fe-| scheduled for presentation at the | {Blue Goose Arena next Saturday | jnight, Armistice Day, |preliminary to get underway at 8 o’clock sharp. tling Geech and Tiger Woods matched in a ten-rounder. Geech will weigh in at 141 or there-| Teams signed up are Key West |abouts and Woods will probably | Lions Club, Army, Coast Guard, | tip the scales at 149. jbring together Kid Skinner, 150, Earl! and Young Roberts, 145. Another semi-final battle for six rounds will feaure Battling Red Terry, | 118, and Charles Roberts, 120. round preliminary bouts. | FOLLOWING THROUGH | Jersey State title was won at Lakewood by/| the Point Pleasant club. Norman Artman, son of L. P. Artman, publisher of The Citizen, pitched the three games of the deciding | series. He won the first game by a 2 to 0 score. dropped, following a hard strug- gle. was leading by a 2 to 0 score and | it was almost for Norman, when in the seventh inning, scored two runs and count and finally fourteenth. was won with a 7 to 1 victory by Point picked on softball nine. marked: “Ah sure has got som fin out o’ dis here depression”. | ago Ah’ was called a lazy loafer,; and now Ah’s listed as an unfor- tunate victim ob de unemploy-} ment sitcheeation”. { SATURDAY NIGHT ARMISTICE DAY AFFAIR: | STARTS AT 8 O'CLOCK | Six boxing bouts have keri the first The main bout will find Bat- Semi-final, eight rounder, will There will also be two four- By PEDRO AGUILAR the New League Sunday before last, Softball ‘he second was! The Point Pleasant club another shut-out | Lakewood tied in the boys | the | won the | In the final game the pennant Pleasant. Norman was the State All-Star Improved Status It’s an ill wind, etc., Rastus re-| “How’s dat?” asked Mose. “Well”. said Rastus, “two years jonly errorless ball game played |at Trumbo Field so far this sea- son was credited to the Pirates when they defeated the Conchs last Sunday. | | at Trumbo Field next | jafternoon and this will be be- | ‘tween the Pirates and Key West | Conchs. | 'was scheduled for Sunday, No-| |vember 26. | meeting of the two teams in this} j half. Brown for pionship of the world in the mo- tion picture, /none other than Kid Chissel, the lad who regards himself as a Key | West Conch. Chissel lived in this | |city a number of years and was quite popular during the mara- thon dance held at the Coral Isle | Casino some 10 years ago. local prize fighter is now residing | |in California, where he is making }a name for himself. Dub Bowen | is another local lad who is going |great guns in the where he is upsetting a number of lightweight comers in that sec- | tion of the country. Official records show that the | Saturday afternoon, Armistice | | Day, Blue Sox and Trojans will | leross_bats at Trumbo Field with | net receipts going to the Junior | School Patrol. clubs have a postponed game to! play out and Manager Roy Ham-| lin sees no reason why it can’t | be this one. These same two There will only be one game Sunday This is the contest that It will be the las! “Mat Olson”, who battles Tom welterweight cham- “The Champ”, is | The same city, BY THE 10 or @3 é —SISIISTSSSSSSIS ISIS SL ISISSCOASTS ISLS SI SSIS IISISISITE SEIOTIIIssTssIVTssIwesss sa, CLHPMIPIIDIOIDIIODIOID ISAO DT OS. FRIGI 1 Complete Line | E. MARTINEZ THE LITTLE SHOP 210 Duval Street RENTAL =| LIBRARY | ! Latest in fiction, non- stories. UNUSUAL RESORT WEAR Clothes designed for the individual. 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