The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Cree ing Man by Frances Shelley Wees YESTERDAY: Michael forces Higgins to dig up a box he has hidden in the garden, It contains Murchison’s watch and chain which Higgins found on the path the morning after Murchison dise @ppeared, " Chapter 26 Bone For A Dog 3 | DIDN'T know as ’ow 'e was dead. But there was a bit 0” bloody paper on the ground be- side the watch. I got to thinkin’ about it, and it looked funny. I thought as ’ow I'd wait and see. And I did, and s’welp me that’s all I know about it.” “What happened to the bloody Paper?” “When I thought about it, and went back to get it, it was gone.” “When was that?” “The same morning. About an hour after I found the watch.” “Who had been along the path during that hour?” “Everybody. They goes to the University that way.” “The path goes to the river!” “There’s that branch path goes to the University.” “So, you found the watch be- fore you come to the branch in the path?” i gd “And you've kept it hidden ever since? Haven’t told the police?” “I thought there’d be a reward if I kept quiet long enough.” “There will, Higgins, there will. Pm _ sure of it.” “I don’t know nothink else. I found the watch, and I kep’ it, and I didn’t rightly know what to do with it, so I buried it in the garden, and then when you come around with all yer questions I thought as ’ow likely you'd find it, so I piled the rocks on the ground, like, and then today them women was foolin’ around the tocks and actin’ funny, and thought I better dig it up. S’welp 1| “Do you suppose he’s got a Fred comes within a yard of Aga- memnon he stands danger of losing a couple of eyes; otherwise on stalks about majes- tically with his tail | bee mbes up and never There was a silence. “Oh dear,” | i aad Miciae at length, ichael, if you ask where din- ‘| ner is, I shall murder you.-I am | { that it’s late. It isn’t | | fully aware our fault. It's the butcher boy.” “Late?” “Oh, no. He came to the other | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOCIAL CALENDAR | TUESDAY— 5 j Important meeting of Garden Club at Library. 8:00 p. m.. | WEDNESDAY— | Key West Choral Society concert at Convent of Mary Im-| maculate, 8:00 p. m. | San Carlos School Christmas program at Palace theater. Be- tween feature pictures in the evening. el Ess THURSDAY— | Rotary Club Luncheon. 12:15 p, m. St. Paul’s Parish Hall. houses at the usual time. But he | didn’t have our meat. He was sure he had, but he hadn’t, He had to go back after it, and he just this minute’ got here. Charlotte Jean went to the gate and got it. She talked to him vigorously. I could see her.” “It won’t be long now,” Michael murmured contentedly. “Not long. Michael .. .” she turned to him suddenly. “Do you thiak they might be in code? Really?” be § sincerely hope not,” Michael murmured. “I’m starving.” “Idiot! The letters.” “Oh, again, “There,” said Tuck suddenly. “She’s putting it in the pan. She just threw the bone to Fred.” “Thank heaven,” Michael said. “I don’t think Agamemnon wil! appreciate that,” Tuck said again. “He's sitting on the fence with an Seetorsion: of utter disgust on his face.” A little later there arose on the | Michael sighed | still air a low, long moaning. Gor- | don’s voice came from the heights of the pole: “Hey you, Fred, stop that yowling!” But Fred did not stop. He moaned again, his doggy voice rising to a frenzied squeal on the last note. Michael stood up suddenly. “What’s he moaning about?” he asked sharply. “I don’t know,” Tuck rey i it 0: bone caught in his throat? It Lions Club Supper. 6:30 p. m. Stone Church Annex. Band Concert. 8 p. m. Bayview Park. eee: SATURDAY— ‘ : ; Formal Opening Dinner and Dance at Casa Marina. Dinner, 8) p. m., Dancing 9:30 p. m. ~ ——o—_ SUNDAY— Band Concert. 4 p. m. Art Center Park. ew MONDAY (Christmas Day) : Junior Woman’s Club Tea Dance honoring college students. | Raul’s Club, 5 to 9 p. m. Convent Kindergarten To Present Program Tomorrow At 6:30 P. M. “Mother Goose’s Little; Rhymes” is the title of the Christ- mas program, being presented by the Kindergarten department of Convent of Mary, Immaculate to- | Lord. morrow evening at 6:30 o’clock} Who's Santa Claus? Jay Gould in the school auditorium. Bises, le cn , nee Program is as follows: lementt, Fett \aanon, .mobert) Song, “Santa Claus is Com-| Sawyer, SOCEDD See ing”, Phone Call, First and Second Grades, Duet, Mary Louise Saunders and Carolyn Rose Strunk. Play, “Mother Goose’s Rhymes”: Mother Goose, Gardner. Piano, The Mill, Ellen Trevor. Star Drill, Third Grade. Piano, Ch: i ristmas Waltz, Joan i | Saunders. Me, First Grade. Piano, Little | Strunk. Ellen; Christmas Poem (own com- Trevor, Queen of Hearts, Caro-|position) Birdie L. Lowe. line Reeves, Knave of Hearts, | Play, The Best Gift: Granny, Richard Demeritt, Mary Had a Mary L. Albury, Betty, Ann, Ida, Daisies, Carolyn Rose | NAVARRO, INC., place attention in this 'The Citizen with a full-page ad- vertisement displayed on page |three today. j ning was put into arrangements | for event, and Dan Navarro believes |0f Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Ca- that the city-at-large will spond td the many sales appeals | his home in New Market, Va. made in the spate. thirty-nine cars, Piano, Little Waltz, Edna Jean | tively late model Plymouths and | Dedges are offered at bargain levels, ings is the stand-by term Key Westers have known for so long j the special “Bicycle Feature”. Piano, Water Fall, Mary Louise | Every purchaser of a used car |valued over $250 will receive aj Recitation, A Little One Like! pez, | dies’ or men’s model, | gone ove é lidee clone inspection and trial|!ege for Women, has arrived » | rides. */many of the cars are equipped | Service Club Entertains Ladies Everything is in readiness for \@ big time when the members of |the Stone Church Service Club jmeet this evening at 7 o'clock to jentertain their ladies at a gala FULL PAGE DISPLAY LISTS (Christmas party. Judging from the .success of} BARGAINS; NOVEL BICYCLE | former affairs of this“nature, the} OFFER FOR BUYERS OF $250 [pariy. tana abou rave VALUES OR OVER : FEATURES HUGE USED CAR SALE } mittee has been wof! "zealotis- lly in order to presentesthe, entertainment possible. © ~“> Navarro, Inc., commands first- j 2 res «| PERSONAL MENTION ‘ Carter Prophet, college friend} of C. Francis Doll, and had been visiting in the city as the guest Considerable thought and plan- the Pre-Christmas _ selling re- | brera, Jr., left this morning for A total of! Ee Sey ; from compara-| Miss Martha Watson, was a ‘passenger on the early bus this |morning, going to spend the ; Christmas holidays with friends, The theme of all offer-|on Captiva Island, near Fort Myers, Fla. Orvis Kemp, student at! Miami | University, and sister Miss Cleo Kemp, student at Florid College for Women have home and will spend the holidays with their parents, relatives and | friends. j | | i “‘Navarro’s Pedigreed Cars”. Special emphasis is placed on uxe model bicycle, either la- | ie oe | | Miss Cynthia Pearlman, daugh- | All cars in the sale have been ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pearl- | « and they stand ready ;man, senior at Florida State Col- jhome for the Christmas _holi Noted is the fact that | days. ‘sells for 38¢and the latter, 25c bert Shoiild be ordered now. sounds as if he were in pain.” | Little (Clara’s sisters) Betty Canova,| with radios and many other ex- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1939 FAVORITE CAKES ‘AT MALONEY BROS. Delicious Tutti-Frutti layer | cakes are specialled at Maloney Bros. Bakery, 812 Fleming street | for the first part of this week, together with an old favorite, Lemon Cheese Squares. Former | | each, 8) ; Fruit cakes, fort “Christmas i There is still a good selection on hand at Maloney’s. Phone 818 for delivery on any bakery want whenever wanted, NO NAME LODGE Directly on Beach Famous Bahia Honda Fishing Reef — Tarpon — Permit Bone Fishing COTTAGES $2.50 AND UP Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty PHONE NO NAME KEY NO. i | Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig, Owners For Fitty Years a NAME! in Coffee in Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION SCCSSSOSS Sec Seesesesesee — THY IT TODAY — The Favorite In Key Wesi STAR + BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS EELS i a. Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors ‘Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 THE AMERICAN LEGION BINGO POLL Pleasé register your opinion regarding a proposal to con- duct bingo games under the auspices of this post, using cer- tificates to be redeemed by Key West merchants. IN FAVOR.___ Name. Address__ OPPOSED Lamb, Nancy Sawyer, | , |Little Bo-Peep, Marjorie Gomez,|Ann Sawyer and Ida Haskins, | tras, | |Boy Blue, James Baker, Twinkle }Clara (crippled girl) Clara Al-| “A, good used car for a Christ- | | Little Star, Lois Rubino, Pussy |varez, Christ Child, Caroline ja; present” isn’t a bad: idea at | Cat, Jean Canova, Little Miss|Reeves, Trio, Ellen Trevor, Betty all, and Mr. Navarro,’in the ca-| Muffet, Sylvia Taylor, See-Saw,|Lord and Joan Lord. pacity of Santa Claus,. has all! |Margaret Cormack and Clara| The First Christmas (tableau): these cars:“in his bag” ready for | Gardner, Jack and Jill, Ann! Blessed Virgin, Judith Doughtry, | delivery any time before the! Shirley Bruce and Robert Saw-| Angels, Peggy Collins, Carolyn| me, that’s all.” “What women?” “Key West's Outstanding!” ts. Forrester and that Church gu LA CONCHA HOTEL “Oh, Miss Temple? Well, that’s close enough. Now, who's your owl, Higgins?” Higgins was bolder. “I don’t know nothink about owls,” he said flatly. ‘He's Dead?” Vea was through the door in a second, and out with the dog. Gordon knelt by Fred and looked up at Michael anx- iously. “He just kind of laid down,” he said. “It looks like he’s Key West Art Center Front and Whitehead Sts. pe SE EE “No? Well, perhaps not. You may be telling the truth. We'll let it pass. I won't Eaep you any longer. I suppose you know that I could put you in prison for what you know?” Higgins groaned. “1 know it,” he said despairingly. “Well, remember it. You may go—but I'll be sending for ws one of these days, Higgins. And ou might tell your owl friend he'd better study hooting. He goes Michael went through the dark house, after the man had gone, in search of Tuck and Bunny. He found them in the little room at the head of the stairs that was Tuck’s particular delight. It was fitted up with a little desk and a telephone, and was bright with chintz, and from it she directed the affairs of her household, Char- lotte Jean entering into the game with solemn enjoyment. Tuck was sitting at the desk when he went in, and Bunny curled lazily on the couch, listening, as usual, to Tuck. “Where’ve you been all these hours?” Tuck demanded, more as a matter of form than anything else, for she did not wait for an answer. She went on—“Michael, we've got a marvelous idea!” “What, another?” He kissed her got kind of a pain, maybe.” Fred was lying on the ground. He monies moaning and looked up at Gordon picednnly, Gordon atted his head. “There, there, old id,” he said. “What's the matter with you? Eat too fast?” Fred’s head went down on the round. His eyes were still on ordon’s face. His stumpy tail wagged once, feebly, as if to an- swer his master once more. Once more, but never again. “My God!"'said Michael softly. “Fred! Fred!” Gordon called, terrible fear in his tone. The dog’s eyes were open and staring. pro but his hand over rane at . .. he’s a pretty Members of the choir of the | sick dog, Gordon,” he said slowly. | First, Baptist Church held their Ba we'd better send for the regular business and social meet- “The vet?” Gordon looked up at |ing last Friday evening at the Sichaet. Be looked Pageeon * |home of president Mrs, Edna Al- le looked again at Michael wi shrewdness ean fear mingled, |bury on Southard street. After “He's... he’s .. . dead already, | the business session, Mrs. Albury e?” he as! entertained the members, honor- ing her birthday anniversary. isn’t hi ked. His blue eyes were full of pain. 4 Games were played and enjoyed by all present. | “Tm afraid he is,” Michael sai a A very lovely buffet supper | refusing to meet those eyes. “T’ carry him for you, old chap.” _“No. He’s my dog. Ill carry him.” And Gordon bent, hiding the | was served. The table decora-| tions were in keeping with the | yer, Daffy Down Dilly, Willis | Yates, Little Betty Blue, Bar-| bara Ann Adams, Sulky Sue, Sylvia Alvarez, Polly Put the} Kettle On, Joan Wood, Mistress Mary, Phyllis Cruz, Handy 'Spandy, Peter Hilton, Bow Wow Wow, Martha Perez, Old King) |Cole, Jay Gould Higgs. | Baptist Choir |Held Meeting on the tip of the nose, and sat down in the chair beside her desk. “Umhm. Really. We're going to have a tea party, on Sunday, in the garden, and invite all the sus- pects, and their friends; and we're joing to introduce pertinent sub- jects of conversation quite point- edly, and listen, and watch. It will be interesting to see what hap- pens.” lower lip firmly caught between holiday season. his teeth, and picked up the dog. Michael went as far as the gate, a, x and then came rushing back to | Those enjoying the evening the kitchen door. His face was as were Mr. and Mrs, Raymond} white as paper and his eyes blazed. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Col- | lins, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fisher, Sergeant and Mrs. 'S. Burke and} “Give me that meat,” he said to children, Mrs, Camille Robinson, ; the startled maid. “Every bit of it, Charlotte Jean. You haven't Mrs. Wm. Knight, Miss Sarah tasted it, have you?” “Whyno, Mr. Forrester. That I haven’t sir. Is something .. .” Peter Hilton, | Dancing Each Night Ann Birs, John Robinson, Clyde | Rose Strunk, M. Louise Saun-| ‘favorite day of all”. ders, Birdie Lowe, Estella Del-| gado, Phyllis Cruz, Janet Mon-} roe, Margaret Cormack, Lois Rubino, Jean Canova, Shepherds, Joseph Thornton, Richard Demeritt, Colin Jame- son, Wise. Men, Jay Gould Higgs, James Baker, Robert Sawyer. Ruby Jerman Is Engaged Mrs. Corinne Jerman. of this city announces the engagement of her daughter, Ruby, to Henry Watkins, son of Mrs. Annie Wat- kins. The wedding will take place in the near future. | || ttt tate \ ||, MONROE THEATER || Lupe Velez—Donald Woods GIRL FROM MEXICO and IF I WERE A KING H Matinee—Balcoriy 10c, Or- |] chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25c EEE Ett SN At Habana-Madr'd — | Beginning tonight there will be | music for dancing every night in} the week at Habana-Madrid| Club, according to an announge- | ment in this issue by’ the mana- ger, Ida Gonzalez. Ae This marks the beginning of | winter activities at this popular night spot, which is one of the | city’s big attractions for winter | visitors who come here for re-| laxation and entertainment. Dancing beneath the Key West | moon with the true tropical at- mosphere is offered only at the; Habana-Madrid Club. | The staff of employes at Ha- bana-Madrid Club are experi- | enced in their line and show | visitors the meaning of real Key West hospitality. joyable! { | “Wrap it up in the paper it came Mrs. “Bright idea,” said Michael ap- provingly. “Now, I might have thought of that. My motto always is “When in doubt, lead trumps.’” Late Supper M’ ICHAEL lay flat on his back in the sun porch swing- hammock, his feet straight up in the air, propped against the sup- porting ropes. Tuck was sitting at the end of the hammock look- ing out into the kitchen garden. ‘What's the row out there?” Michael asked lazily. “It's Gordon Deane. He's got a ctush on Charlotte Jean, because she gives him cookies. I can't think of anything else that would keep him hanging underfoot all the time. He’s fun. I like him.” “What's he doing now?” “If you'd raise yourself one foot ca could see,” Tuck said scorn- ully. “Putting me to all the labor of talking...” “Labor?” “Shush. He's fixing the clothes- line or or or something. He's up the pole, anyway. And the barking is Fred, dows below, try- ing to coax Gordon down from ag heights.” s Agamemnon enjoy bark- ie his own garden? I shouldn't ik he’d stand for it.” Tuck laughed. “They've signed @ sort of armed neutrality a he and Fred,” she explained. * |Baldsell and the hostess, in,” he commanded sharply. “Take | : it out of that pan, and wrap the | Edna Albury. pan. Don’t wash it, and don’t | Subscribe to The Citizen—20c | weekly. | | touch it. Do you understand that?” “Yes ... why yes...” | He was gone, to the yard again. Tuck was standing where Fred | had died. Her face was strange, | frozen. At her feet lay the bone, | half eaten, which had fallen from Fred’s mouth. Michael Bipped the piece of paper in his hand under- neath it, and wrapped it carefully. He turned to her. “Do you want | to come to town with me to eat?” he said brusquely. “There’s no meat here for dinner.” is pichasl ++. Was that meat... tt... “I don’t know. You saw what happened to the dog. I'm going to take it to mon egy to the analyst, immediately. padi want to come? I wish you .. was very silent young people who came back to the house on the cam; about half it eight that night They had tad dinner at the Cat and Fiddle after Michael had Gee in to seed. 1e package Dr. Jethro, had pro! to at it immedi- ately, and give Michael a Seepepurel eat apa ‘up unt telephone call came. “s ane PURSES $1.00 $1.95 | New Styles an | Colors — Suedes, Leather, Pig Skin and Others Oe ‘EVENING | .. BAGS "$1.95 She Will Adore One. New and unusual of vel- Lace: $1 $1 ana BOY SCOUT NEWS TROOP 54 Meeting was held last Friday evening, opened with the reg- ular ritual followed by dues col- lection. Scoutmaster read the Lions Club communica- tion concerning plans for windup of Rest Beach Clean-up project. A Christmas meeting is planned for next week. Officers of the troop held a special meeting and a short patrol meeting was held. Saunders! SHERIFF RETURNS | Sheriff K. 0. Thompson, who ;was in Miami to attend the |funeral of Judge H. F. Atkin-| son, last week, returned over the} highway Saturday evening. vet to match her Evening Gowns << CANNON HOSIERY It’s a thoughtful Santa who leaves | hosiery! | Two-Thread $1.00 Three-Thread 89c | Otto Kruger—Ona Munson SCANDAL SHEET Also — Comedy and Serial PRIZE NITE TONIGHT with the ‘Bonnie Louise Shop... |522 DUVAL STREET.... Welcomes you to come in and see our lovely Christmas’ Gifts. We will be delighted to’ assist you in selecting yours! 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