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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1940 Chapter 34 Death EHIND her Sue heard Bob come in. “Just a minute, For- est,” she said. With her-hand over the transmitter she explained swiftly: “It’s Forest Webb calling from New York, Bob. He says Pats is—well, dying. She wants me to come. What shall I tell him?” “Let me talk to him!” was the brief answer. Three minutes later he put the telephone in its cradle. “I've promised you shall go, honey. [ hope it’s all right. It, seemed only decent somehow, since she’s so set on it.” “But do you think she’s rational, Bob? She can’t be—to want me to come. There’s nothing Pats can have to say to me. If it were Allen now!” “Maybe Allen is on his way there,” her husband suggested. “Shall I find out?” Sue nodded, and Bob put in the call. “Evidently he knows nothing of Pats’ illness,” he informed her at last. “I suppose you'd better fly, Sue. I'll call Kansas City and find out when the next plane goes.” She raised darkly unhappy eyes to his. “Somehow I have a feeling it's wrong for me to go, Bob!” “1 expect it’s the thought of leav- ing the children.” He smiled at her reassuringly. Faced with the need for making plans for her, Bob was his kindest and most resourceful self. Pack what you need. Remember to keep.down the weight of your bag. I'll have:to-drive you to Kan- sas City, 1 suppose. I'll cal] now and find qut—” Dazedly she put on a dark blue swiss with white-organdy collar and cuffs. A light silk traveling coat, a small close-fitting hat, the expensive dressing bag containing everything she needed, which had been Bob’s last year’s birthday present, a.pair of loose soft gloves .. her preparations were-made by the time Bob had secured his in- formation. “Robert, listen!” She knelt and took the little boy in the circle of her arms. “I'll talk to Selma be- fore I go, but 1 want to put Sister in your care. Promise me—prom~- ise me, my own boy, that you'll look after her! And, Susan, you’re to do what brother‘tells you. If you don’t want to, do it anyway, and then talk to Dad about it when he comes home. But obey him promptly!” She was in the car beside’ Bob, giving him last directions; she was in Kansas City, being directed to her seat.in the big plane. She was flying through the night, her mind at last emptied of all save specu- lation about Patsy. Pats dying! Of an illness, an accident? Had she wanted Allen? Would Allen go to her if he knew? Why should Pats wish so intensely to see a woman she"had never-liked? “Would For- est have tired of her greediness, her selfishness in these years he had been married to her, or would the infatuation whieh had held Allen so long still keep*him bound to her, even though unwillingly? A phrase of her.brother's flashed through her mind: “the tingling awareness that gives meaning to existence!” How many men had ‘been thus aware of Patsy? Allen, Forest— even Eric perhaps, temporarily. Men in New York too, in all likeli- hood: men unknown to Sue but whose attraction to his wife had undoubtedly frayed the edges of Forest's patience as Allen's had been frayed. The big ship moved swiftly, smoothly eastward. Sue thought of all the emotions which were be- ing bound by the fiery ribbon of its passage: the stark and hopeless grief, the wild incredulous joy, the dull resignation, the sleek sense of righteousness. the rebellion against tyranny, against law and order. against, in some case, love and tenderness. Hearts burned hotly or slowed to a fluttering close below her, but here all was space and freedom and an unconscious dwarfing of human preblems. ‘Here’s Sue’ “DATS! Sweetheart! dearest : s It was Forest’s agonized voice. He knelt at the bedside, Sue stood close at hand. At the foot of the bed was a nurse. “Pats, here’s.Sue! You wanted to see Sue, beloved! Can’t you open your eyes? Oh, darling, darling!” own went his head on the clean hospital coverlet. “Doctor will be in to give her a stimulant soon,, Mr. Webb,” the nurse said, clearing her throat. “I expect she'll know you then.” Heart's ut Forest kept.on with his at- tempts to rouse his wife. Sue, after the one shocked glance at the face on the pillow, had resolutely kept BY LOUISE PLATT her eyes turned away. Pats?’ This haggard and ugly woman! It could not be! She remembered Allen's wife as she had last seen her: smartly.ift a little too expensively dressed shining hair and painted nails; painted mouth, too, but cleverly Painted. Now the skin was a waxy yel- | low, with deep pouches beneath the sunken eyes. Though she was but a year or two older than Su her neck was corded like that an old woman. Her nails—those shining ovals the care of which was almost a religion with their owner—were bitten down to the quick. Sue held back a shudder as +| she looked at them. No accident this, but a lingerin; illness which had drained Pats ot everything. No, not everythin; when Forest Webb, whose love o: he beautiful was almost an obses- sion, could hang above his wife, incessantly crying her name! The doctor came, the stimulant was administered, Patsy roused for a few minutes, muttered thick- ly, lapsed into coma again. Forest renewed his frantic plea for rec- ognition. The physician touched his arm. “It’s not the slightest use, Mr. Webb,” he said kindly. “I doubt if she ever regains consciousness again. She may linger on like this for hours, even for some days, but she’ll not rouse again. Believe me, it’s better so. Hard for you but bet- ter for her!” The long day wore on. A nurse took Sue to a room across the cor- tidor, brought her a meal on a tray. “What is it?” Sue asked her. “My brother was her first hus- band. Mr. Webb sent for me to come. I know absolutely nothing | beyond the fact that she is dying. Is it—is it cancer?” The nurse shook her head. “No, I’m thankful to say. Peritonitis. She’s only been ill six days.” Sue was incredulous. “Six days? And she looks like that?” “Oh, my, yes! Her temperature’s been up to 106, time after time; she’s suffered horribly except when she’s been given opiates. Her poor husband! It’s been all we could do to make him eat, and as for sleeping—” she shrugged elo- quently. ‘Barbara’ IGHT came and still Pats lived. Sue tiptoed into her room, put a comforting hand on Forest’s shoulder, realized that she did not exist for him, and stole out again. She was desperately tired but she disliked to go to bed. At midnight an interne took her gravely aside. “It’s Mrs. Trenton, isn’t it? I'd get some sleep if I were you, The patient may live until morning— until tomorrow noon perhaps. There’s absolutely no telling. Her resistance is wonderful. In any case, she'll not know you. I'll in- struct the nurses to call you if there’s any change.” Pats died a little after ten the next morning, without regaining | consciousness, without knowing that Sue was there. Sue :breathe a-deep sigh of thankfulness when it was over. She thought Forest’s mind would surely go if the sus- pense had been prolonged a single hour. As it was he allowed Sue at last to take him home to the apart- ment he and Pats had occupied on East Sixty-fourth Street. It was in an old brownstone house which | had been remodeled, and the rooms. were neither so large nor so well furnished as Sue had un- consciously expected. “There’s a guest room,” he told her vaguely. “I don’t know wheth- er it’s in order, or not. You see, Pats—it all came so suddenly—" “‘Tll find what I want,” she soothed him. “Forest. why don’t you go right to bed and get some sleep? They told me at the hospi- tal it’s been two nights since you've rested at all.” He passed his hand wearily over his forehead. “There are things to do. I must telephone—” She moved to a small desk. “Give me a list of the people you want notified and I'll call them; send telegrams, too.” “Td like Barbara*to*¢ome,” he said unexpectedly. “Sue, if we only knew what it was Rats wanted to say to you! If only. walled you before! But you see, the doctors still gave me hope, so I—” “I doubt _if she wanted to say anything, Forest dear. I think it | was just delirium. People get.odd | ideas when they’re delirious, you know.” It required nearly an hour.of coaxing to get him to bed. Sue promised to see the undertaker, she promised to call Barbara, she | promised to send wires to Pats’ sisters. She alternated an attitude of firmness with pleading, and at last he stumbled wearily away, to sleep for several hours, then start up, calling Pats’ name. Centinued tomorrow COMPLAINT SERVICE. . | If you OL hhh hed hdkaddicddkd do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6.and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will deliver your copy of The Citizen. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN \Beach Typhoons at the Beach, | |CONVENT TIES HIGH SCHOOL, Jatters’ gym, and Gesu cagers | PAINFUL-BOILS.UNDER RIGHT | jfor this metropolitan area. Red-/ S |Andrew. Jackson Generals play | travel to Boynton for a contest. GIRLS IN. OPENING | JUPITER. 49 aren fiv6,will tackle the Miami! “Dn | a |Miami High Stingarees in the| GAME ‘By BERKY i Basketball Sports Writer Saturday night in the ‘School Gymnasium, the Key ‘West ‘Conchs tore through ‘the Jupiter /High Tigers with a score of 49 ‘tod. G.. Brooke: gers, made two minutes of play. In the next \play, fast-stepping McMahon of |the Conchs broke loose and tied |the score with a __ crip-shot }Both teams played a fast first |quarter, which ended a close 7-6. Throughout the second quarter, ‘Jupiter was held scoreless while |the Conchs.rang-up 14 points. The Tigers, still fighting, were unable to stop the fast-passing attack and the good shooting of the home team during the second quarter. In the third quarter, Jupiter was allowed only six more -points but the Conchs showed a. slack in their passing. Nelson and Roberts were high scorers fer the victors, while C. Brooker and G. Brooker starred. for the Icsers. Both teams -play- ed a clean,game, Key) West ;hav- (West, one each for Wednesday Cage season for Palm Beach; county and surrounding territory | ends Friday. Six games tomor-| row night, including the journey of ‘the®Riverside Cadets to Key’ ARM OF CHAMPION GIVEN -AS.CAUSE {Special to\Phe -Citizen) and Thursday and two for Fri- lyear. .3 | Key West cagers end their ‘basketball activity for 1940 Fri- ‘day night against Andrew Jack- Riverside tomorrow night. Annual Dade County Junior High © basketball tournament, jopens this afternoon. Three |games are scheduled today. Finals |will be played Wednesday. | District tournament for high !school fives of this area will be- |gin March 8, (CLASSIFIED COLUMN TRANSPORTATION DRIVING NORTH IN NEW PACKARD this week, .take | two, share expenses. Phone 465. feb26-3t LOST “MIAMI, Feb. 26.—Billy Conn, High | day. are, the final contests for the light-heavyweight champion, will jnot.take on.Gus,Lesnevich, chal-) and it was a-perfect shot,-the ball! SBy <GLUB FREPORTER — | ‘The ‘first hole+in-one «to ever be made’by a-woman at the Key) ;West Country Club and the third ; in the fifteen years that the club | has been opened was made yes-' jterday by Mrs. Robert Colt of the | It was made on the 150-yard fourth hole with a three iron | FIGHT WEDNESDAY SIGNED FOR MAIN-RODTUAT! *PRELIMS {LISTED Frankie “Hughes, middleweight |title contender, vs. Johnnie .Lack- las, 154;-of Jersey City,10 -three- lenger, in jthe.seheduled 15-round jcarrying::to «within -five feet of minute rounds. ptitle bout at the Orange «Bowl')the..cup and rolling: in. “It was Jimmie. Pattarsall, New York, | TO: been postponed because of pain- daily player at the Country Club, | “Chino” Hernandez, ‘Key’ West, | |ful .boils under -the zight.arm of the ehamp,-who left:Saturday for! ‘Pittsburgh, Pa.,.to -enter Mercy ‘Hospital for ‘treatment. Mike Jacobs, promoter, an- nounced the cancellation of :the \fight in New York, and said the |title scrap would probably ~ be held in Detroit late in April as |the season in Florida was draw- ting to a close. Conn continued his workouts up through Friday in great style (but Saturday \his sparring -part- mers hit him freely. He appeared slow and tired and could barely raise his right arm. ‘Lesnevich, jon the other hand, was “fit asa |fiddle” after his session Saturday and announced himself.as being \in the finest condition of his -ca- ing no fouls called on its play- |$10.00 REWARD and no questions | reer, ers, and Jupiter having -only six. Box score: \Key ‘West ‘Conchs Player— FG FT PF P ;Mathews MeMahon Saunders |Soldano Roberts Schoneck Nelson |Smith Collins MAN ROARNS | woanmmnnno 4 a | asked for return of black poc- ketbook lost from car in gar- age. ‘Houston, Avenue, phone 807. feb24-3tx HOTELS ‘BRING YOUR VISITING friend: in need of a good night’s res* to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean rooms, enjoy the homey|again in their scheduled bout|ing and Public Health, Jack! atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. 917 Fleming St. mayl7-tf oo | cocornoceo eleceoccccoo oo Totals— Jupiter Player— C. Brooker - Wehage Minear |Horne 'G. Brooker | Shock 49 | ages 3 Be 0 | 4 4 0 | POSITION WANTED PF-PTS POSITION WANTED: Experi-| enced secretary, stenographer and typist desires position. | | | Johnny. Ray, -Conn’s manager, }92-12—80; ,Robert Colt, 90-15—75; ; “We .would be|Mrs. Robert Colt, 95-25—70; Paul {guarantee was offered . Hughes |said Saturday: 1400 Alberta /glad to meet Lesnevich later, but | Mesa, \right now it’s impossible’. The light-heavyweight _ title “forward of the Ti-|80n five. Conchs played Jupiter Stadium “Wednesday » night as Mrs. Colt’s first hole-in-one, 1150, u goal after Saturday night and take on originally planned. The fight has: This winter she has been a ‘Louis, 8-three-minute rounds. being ‘inthe low nineties on }numerous. occasions. The regular Sunday Blind ‘Bogie at the Country Club was lwon by Paul H. Deming of De- \troit andthe -winning number was 79, | In second place-was-Mrs. Gene 'Geissinger, Casa Marina; Cap- tain D. P. .Buckland, ,and Frank |Eseobar, the number being 74. | ‘i Joe Lopez, a recent winner of ,the Eddie ‘Bush trophy, carried |off the low gross honors with a 76. ‘Robert ‘Spottswood also had a fineiround, scoring a very good |77, and Alton ‘Parks ‘shot one of his best rounds, a “78. ‘Summaries: | “Frank Cotter, 86-5—81; C. B. | Johnson;:86+8—78; E. B.:Caulkins, Dr. William Curry Harris, 96-25—71; Kemp, 88-10—78; holder }82-10—72; Dr. Harry Avery, 92-| $150, vs. Al Beauhold, 149, »St. vs. Frankie .Green, Miami, 123, two-minute rounds. Two four-minute —prelimin- aries. | This is the card that has been jarrangeéd at considerable .expense ‘for the Wednesday -night . pro- !gram at the:Strand Arena. '\Four out-of-town ‘boys, all ‘top noteh- ers in their division, are being imported for the card. ranking contender ‘for the’:mid- dleweight crown. Lackas, the fighting Greek boy, held Hughes to a draw recently, and Frankie, 'who is seeking a crack at the title this coming summer, ‘has been jevading Lackas since the Jersey boy gave him'such a close rub. It was only after an attractive that he agreed to a return bout | with Lackas. Al Beauhold is the boy who won a unanimous 16-round de-|20—72; John Pinder, 92-14—78; 'fought Mario Perez, Key West \cision over the New Jersey bat-|Mrs. T. J. Brady,. 120-35—85; Lt. /lightweight, to a:draw recently in| woman, of the City of Key West tler.in Madison Square Garden Comdr. T. J. Brady, 104-2282. |Miami. Jimmie Pattarsall has |nonroe County, State of Flor- Frankie Hughes’ is ‘the fourth- | PAGE THREE \for additional seating capacity as.demand for reserved seats in- dicate a‘ recorti-breaking crowd. [MENG AL S IN MEHE CIRCUIT COURT OP SHE .BLEVENTH JUDICIAL | CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MON- | “ROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. IN “CHANCERY. 1 (No. 7250 \JQSERHENE LAMANNA | .<CROHAN, | MICHAEL H. CROHAN, | Defendant. | .QRDER FOR PUBLICATION Plaintiff, MICHAEL H. CROHAN, { Town.of Hempstead, Long Is- } land,.New York, Employ- ment, | . ¢lo,Hempstead Linen Supply i Co., | South Franklin Street, i , Long Island, | New York. | ¥ou are-hereby required to ap- }pear to the Bill of Complaint in |the above styled and entitled peause on April. Ist, A. D. 1940, otherwise the allegations therein will be .taken as confessed. | This order to -be published once a .week for four consecutive weeks in The Key West Citizen, \@ newspaper published in Key | West, Florida. DONE AND .ORDERED this 19th day of February, A. D. 1940. | (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of the Circuit Court By (Sd.) Florence E. Sawyer, Deputy Clerk. (Sd.) HARRY SEIGEL, Solicitor for Plaintiff. feb19-26; mar4-11-18,194( NOTICE Notice is hereby given that.I Lillian L. McKillip, a marriec jlast November 17, and was an-8-5/ 3 |favorite to defeat Lesnevich Carving, Eugene Sawyer; Cook- there. | Sawyer; ‘Wood ‘Turning and Pub- | lic Health, Calvin Cates; Me- | LN chanical Drawing, Cooking, Pub- BOY SCOUT NEWS ite Health and ‘Wood Work, Er- |nest Perez; Aviation and Public }seven ko’s to his record since be- | ida, intend to apply on the 18th coming a professional. ‘day of March 1940, or as soon Key Westers have been clam-/ thereafter as the matter may be joring to see Chino Hernandez, Pi-!heard, to the Honorable Arthur rate baseball team ‘first sacker/Gomez, a Judge of the Eleventh ‘and CCC champion of ‘his divi-| Judicial Circuit of the State of sion, in action, so the Carbonell, Fiovida, ‘for a license to manage, brothers are importing that. little jtake charge of and control my i TROOP 52 Presentation of merit badges Best references. Box D, The/ featured the troop meeting last Citizen. febl-s| Friday evening, after ‘Scout- master Milton. Sawyer had pre- sented all scouts..with ‘their new Totals— 12 | | Score by quarters: | 'Key West 7.21 39 49 | Jupiter ae 6 ERR AZ H Officia jolt and Saunders; ecorer: Smith; timekeeper: Berk- | owitz. | Girls Played Tog?) ! In the preliminary game, the} girls of Convent -of Mary Immac- | ulate and the Key “West High |School girls’ varsity played a_ \hard-fought tie of 17-17. a The contest was the first of the | season for the girls and both {clubs showed good form. Palenzuela was topsnotcher for the Conchettes, while Kirke} scored high for the Convent. Box score: Key West Conchettes Player— FG FT PF PTS | Rosam Gwynn | Demeritt |Palenzuela - Doughtry Valdez Russell al onoowe o| cooeoey 1 2 0 1 2 0 6 +l occooocon 7 Sloccacna Totals— | Convent of Mar Player— Gato |Garcia | Ramos |Kirke _ | Moffat | Baker |Gato alornoomootdwl rrocore late | F PTS | | | oo | coomoon a | coomonT, =I copHeooy S| ccoevcce Totals— Score by quarters: \Conchettes \Convent - 9 1 17/ 9 13 17/ 6: | viasinibe: i | | Conchs To Play Riverside Tomorrow night in the | High | School Gym, the Riverside Mili- | jtary Academy will play the Key); West Conchs in their return| |game of the season. | The initial game between these | two teams proved fatal to the! Conchs ard. they are out for re-{ venge. Riverside hails from win- |ter quarters at Hollywood, Fla. | Basketball Games Tonight | Tonight in .the High School} |Gymnasium, two city league con-| tests will be played. | In the opening fracas, begin- ning at 7:30.o’clock, the U. S. Ma- rines will oppose Sea Food Grill- The nightcap, beginning at 8:30/ o'clock, will bring together the | DeMolay five and Uncle Sam’s | CCC boys. | | Both gemes are expected. to be | jhard fought battles. | |Cage Season | ‘Nearing End | | (Svecial to The Citizen) | i MIAMI, Feb. 26.—Miami basketball teams will bring the/| | TWO-SPORY HOUSE AND LOT. | FOR SALE \registration cards..The following ARGEST COLLECTION |-badges were awarded: OF’ ANTIQUE DOLLS in| Cooking, Bert Cates; Pioneer- América, Wood, China, ing, Aviation, Cooking -and Wood L |Health, Edward*Strunk; Pioneer- ‘ing, Aviation, Personal Health and Public Health, John Mar- zyck; Pioneering, Wood Turning, | ‘Wood Carving and Cooking,} Donald Pinder; ‘First Aid to Ani- | |mals, Archie Potter. t hike tomorrow, being the winner, twice \in succession of the Honor Patrol banner. Parian, Wax, Papier he Mache. 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