The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 16, 1939, Page 3

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939 Chapter 28 The Missing Maid ‘OU’LL have a devil of a time finding Buff,” her father told Tim over the telephone, “if she’s made up her mind to leave you out on a limb. If you'll take my advice you'll stay in Denver overnight, at least. Tell me your hotel and T'll call you around ten. There may be some word of her then.” There was no alternative. Tim gave the name of an unpreten- tious hostelry which he and George made use of when business kept them overnight in the city. He spent a long afternoon in his room, trying desperately to re- member any reference Buff had made to the places she liked to stay. Gramercy Park, in New York, had appealed to her. Should he try her there? But she couldn’t have reached Chicago by now, let alone New York. In the middle of the afternoon he telephoned George in a for- | lorn hope that some of news had reached him. It had; surprising scrap, too. “Iris has checked out at the Boulderado,” Weekes said excited- ly. “And what’s more it loc if Buff had taken her in her Latshaw was in the office toda He's pretty hot under the collar a you might expect. First we busted | up his deal with that buyer, and now we've kidnapped | his girl—so he says.” Tim was dumbfounded. Buff and | Iris together! He didn’t w | which seemed the more incredible: that Iris would go willingly with the girl who had exposed her de- ceit, or that Buff would want to take Iris. He replaced the re- ceiver dazedly. But protracted thought—and he had plenty of time for thought, protracted or otherwise, before the call came through from Tucson at ten— showed him that providing for Iris was exactly the sort of thing | Buff might be expected to do. “Taking care of people is a com- | plex with her. And I thought she| was going out of her way to look | after me! All that talk of marriage | was simply her idea of the best way to protect me from” — he winced—“the Irises of the world She'd have done it as readily for George—for that fool VanLander She selected me because min seemed to her a more desper: case.” He thougl.t c. his brothe admonitions to her, of his stub- born resistance to her attempts to help him, and reddened. Buff seemed to stand before him. her| blue eyes gentle, her small slim| figure at once protective and ap- pealing. Somehow the hours dragged along until ten o'clock. Tim leaped toward the telephone when Lance Carroll’s call came through. “I've heard from her,” an- nounced the artist. “You can stop your worrying. She’s safe.” “But where is she?” Tim shouted _ “Where she prefers to be for al time. at Jeast; without an address.” “D'you mean that I——” “T'm afraid so. She said partic- ularly that no one in Bouldei was to know her destination. Sorry. but Buff always has a pretty good | v geason for what she does.” “But—but it’s absolutely neces- Sary that I—that I see her.” stam- mered Tim. “Look here, Mr. Car- roll! I—there are .hings I must say to her. A lot has happened since you were here. ‘t's vita} that I see communicate with her, any- her in care of my ad- dress.” advised the older man “But ae n't come down here. She e—won't be here. No use and Buff’s a seasoned traveler. Put your troubles on paper and} se nd the letter here. I'll see that it’s forwarded.” With that Tim had to be con- tent. He wrote and re-wrote his letter; used up all the stationery in the hotel bedroom and rang for more. At one o'clock or there- abouts he came to the conclusion that the first fetter was about as good as the last; neither represent- ed adequately what he wanted to say. He sealed the envelope, tore his other efforts into shreds, and went wearily to bed. The next day he returned to Boulder to await Buff's answer Tim’s Tarn To Worry 'T WAS Tim’s turn to speculate. to analyze, to worry. He turned over and over in his mind the events of the last few months. He tried to convince himself that Buff had betrayed a personal interest in his welfare instead of the char- acteristic helpfulness he really be- lieved she had shown toward him He thought of the soap sculptor and Buffs motherly care of him He thought of the dozen or more University students who dropped in for tea and sandwiches, for small loans, for advice and help with their work. Above all, he thought of. Iris. Buff’s action in rescuing the girl who had been the cause of so much “ridge to everyone was proof pos- to Tim of Buff’s intrinsic s. Iris was in a tight place. w had turned snarling upon her in the real estate office, and accused her of betraying his plans to Tim. he story of that hasty trip to Denver was sure to leak out, Tim mused. George’s exultation -wast too great to expect complete si- lence on his part. “And Buff was quick to realize all that. While I was stunned with what had happened, and wild with anxiety to see Buu, she quietly picked up Iris and took her away. And I flattered myself that she was interested in me, as a man, rather than as a person who needed her friendship and encouragement!” After A Man’s Heart by JEAN RANDALL a rather | Detroit | He was right about the story be- ing known fo Boulder. True, it was a garbled story, involving a summons of the police, Iris’s flight from legal accounting, Buff’s cha- grin at discovering her friend to be an adventuress. Tim learned that Mrs. Webb was returning to the ranch. He went into the kitchen of Buff’s apartment to say goodby. She had been good to him, and she had watched faithfully over Buff. Tim shook her hand cordially. “No word, I suppose, from Miss Buff?” He did not pause for an answer but hurried on: “Webby, I want you to promise me some- thing. You e my telephone number, both the laboratory and the 1 don’t like the ng alone at the fall ill out.” rigid at first did not un- “['ll call you, Mr | you're an they sa u—I— or what He was past d by now. to Buff | was d h night he s ter plate; vas disap- pointed He questioned George cautious- ly. “I don’t you happened to have h from Buff? I mean tural she would write 9¢ dering how friend- ly you t " _ “Nota s the crisp re- joinder. C thy with ght as ed Tim need- roughly old town ) tea-time all, no g she rto his partner et th up in the big ch listen to u about our work, For such a young thing, Buff is pretty fat h of a person. A lot of us are g to find it ‘I Can Do Nothing’ came evideni that he r t an answer ologet- ' letter he el room at owed Buff ver be had at ald the ddress since she e both him and his artist ‘gi ve Buff chose to i U took his time,.tp reply and when t Pr game, - it con- tained only ty ‘ if Buff choc your life, I ¢ Winter w! went down wplows f the very day y cleari roads. The w were knife- There was little work for either of the young men. Tim had time on his hands: time to miss a straight little figure with blue eyes which loo! directly into his, not drooping like Iris’s dark ones: time to recalit a aozen Iittie gestures, a hundred inflections of the boyish voice, Bu contagious chuckle. He missed her winter wore on } her grew own d as the to see s faded completely fr ; or-if he rememb it was i of a ym recollected after night he lay in his bed, h 1 on the ceil- ing but h Buff; Ic ff whose ) to offer rage was r herself in m to a man in trouble, eemed to. her there was no other way to help him: His inf tuation over Tri Muth-had give n hi ¢: terms of eé Arment called } 5 light.” Foam ‘on the v now. Even in his thoughts he could say no mor P little nickname suff! He threw into it enous longing to more than filla v poer He woke one morning with a strange pu’ i drive out to. the Webby was < 1 if anything You told me yourself was wror she prom “The lin swered. “I tr her, tried a Tim an- sht to get g this ) . she may have run out of supplies in that_ out-of-the-way place.” “Well,” George sighed, “if you're dead set on I suppose I may g y here.” There was note in Tim’s voice which surprised the-other man. “At the best, it'll be no pleasure trip. At the worst, I may get held up out there a couple of days or more. One of us had better be here.” So Tim set off soon after nine, in a storm which rapidly assumed the proportions of a blizzard. Continued tomorrow 5) Peecesorcovescessecveseeesoaseasoee su BSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZE wavering —20c WEEKLY. | lably fresh over THE WEATHER Key West, Fila.,! Nov. 16, 1939. Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, | 75th Mer. Time Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night - 17) 71 Mean 74) Normal = ee] Precipitation i Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches gi Total ‘rainfall since Nov. 1, inches _ bois ts 0.07 Deficienev nce Novem-. ber I, inches’. 333 Total rainfall since January 1, inches «.— _. 38.36 Excess since Jan. 1, inches | 2.72 Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:45 a, m.| Sunset 5:39 p.m Moonrise 11:54 a. m., Moonset 11:29 p. m. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. P.M Low 7.58 3 High = 1:08 2 waromecer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level 30.17 Wind Direction and Velocity | NE—16 miles per hour | Keiative Humidiiy i 74% ' N. B.-Comtorwpble humidity | hould be a few points below jican temperature FORECAST 7:30 p, m., Friday) (Till Key West and Vicinity: Mostly { (8a cloudy tonight and Friday, prob: ably occasional rain; moderate! to fresh easterly winds. N.B.—Forecast indicates winds between 13-24 miles per hour Florida: Mostly cloudy, prob- ably occasional rain in extreme south portion tonight and Friday and in extreme northwest por- tion Friday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate easterly winds, prob south portion, weather tonight and overcast jand Friday. ‘CLASSIFIED COLUMN PERSONAL OLD AT 40! New OSTREX Tonic Tab- lets contain invigorators, stimu- -lants. “I take Ostrex myself”. $1.00 size, special today 89c. .If not delighted, maker refunds this price. Call, write Pharmacy. POULTRY F ‘RYERS, REDS, up to i50 per week. 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