The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 29, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR BY LOUISE PLATT HAUCK Ou SA Chapter 37 Pity Not Wanted S% waited; surely Bob would seek her out now. But five minutes passed, ten. The suspense became unbear- able. Her actual waiting began to seem an admission of wrong doing. She walked quickly across the room, across the hall. Bob was sitting in a deep chair, staring absently, almost sleepily, it seemed at first, at the fern- filled fireplace. “Bob!” The face he turned on her made her cry out. “Bob, you mustn’t—look like that, I mean! I’ve done nothing wrong. I don’t know what Eric told you, but—” “He told me that you'd loved him ever since you and he met; that you had left my house to go to him when — when Treadons failed, and duty—duty, Sue! brought you back. He told me ou had admitted you never loved me. He said that even two weeks ago you—my wife and the mother of my children—had as- sured him that you never had felt toward me, you never could feel toward me—as you felt tow- ard him. Is this—true?” The tight band about her heart began to loosen. This was some- thing she could fight. “Literally 1 suppose it is, Bob; actually—I mean in the spirit of the situation—it is not. I was young and very foolish when I met Eric. I thought I loved him. Perhaps I did. Certainly the thril- ling, hot-and-cold, ecstasy-and- anguish feeling I'd read of and never felt before was awakened by—by Eric. I told you when we were married I was afraid it might be—by some man i’d never met. It happened to be Eric. But, Bob—” a forlorn little laugh es- caped her pale lips. “I found it— that sort of emotion—a much overrated thing! It didn’t stand up again your need of me—against my desire to be with you when— when the crash came. I—” “That’s enough! I don’t want a wife who lives with me because she is sorry for me!” “I don’t think I_ was exactly sorry for you then, Bob. And cer- tainly I’m not now. I’m only sorry for myself if you’re going to let Eric make trouble between us Why—” she faced him with hands outspread in a gesture uncon- sciously dramatic—“what was his coming here tonight but the an- gry gesture of a man scorned, rejected? I'd hurt his vanity—bad- ly, in New York; he wanted to punish me by trying to destroy my happiness with you. Are you going to let him, Bob?” He seemed not to hear her. “All these years when I thought you were such a good little sport— when I told myself that you must love me after all or you'd not have gone along—” “It was true, Bob!” “—it was because you were sorry for me; you pitied the silly Zens ass who had thrown away is father’s money, the business that had been left him. Pats was honester than you, Sue! She would not stay with the husband she’d stopped loving. You were a traitor to both Farraday and me; to him when you turned back at Kansas City, to me when you left_me.” *I came back to you, Bob!” “Purely because of an acci- dent. If the failure had come one day later, you'd have been with Farraday. All this—” he swept an arm about the room—“would mever have been. The children would never have been born. Oh, my God,” he groaned, “think of that! My children owe their very existence to the accident of a business failing one day instead of the next!” Nothing To Forgive S= swallowed past the lump in her throat. “Most human re- lationships develop from chance, Bob. If you hadn’t driven your car into mine on the top of Wyeth Hill, we’d never have met—the children would never have been born. And there was something more than accident in my return He said: “Farraday tells me that for days afterward he wired you, called you from New York. And I knew nothing about it! I— fool that I was!—kept telling my- self that there was one bright spot in the mess I'd made of things, that you were standing by me.’ “And wasn’t I, Bob?” “That I might have—have put aside,” he said moodily, choosing his words. “It was a long time ago, people change. I’ve changed a lot myself. But to listen to that confounded smug voice telling me that now—now—two short weeks ago, you'd admitted to him in ew York that you felt for him what you’d never felt for me—” his face was suddenly congested. “Damn you, Sue, I'll never for- give you for that!” Her own temper, disciplined through many years, was rising. ere is nothing for you to forgive! It’s perfectly true—what [ said to Eric; I never shall feel for you what I felt for him. But you might have let me explain that I consider my—my love for you a far worthier, a far finer thing than any .. .” In her turn she choked, putting her hand to her bare throat. “Listen,” he said suddenly. “Do you know what happened while Mary June Crusoe’s Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Crusoe an- | eloved, en were away? Pearson has ought out the old Treadon busi- ness in St. Joseph; it’s to be Pear- son’s Peerless Treadons. I’ve had Allen angling for weeks to buy back our house—the one I bought for you when we were married. I was keeping it for a surprise. I thought . .. the children can live in Sue’s home town, She can have her old friends about her again. She and I can try to col- lect furniture as much like that first lot as it’s possible. I can make up to her at last for what T lost. I was just waiting for Al- len to bring the deed to surprise you with my news. Now—” he rose heavily, as if he had aged. “Now,” Sue’s voice caught it up, “you’re making a_ mountain out of a molehill, Bob dear. Nothing’s changed between us. Except that I know now that I love you as I always hoped to love my husband. You said yourself that I seemed happier since I came home from New York.” “Yes, with Farraday having promised to follow you!” The bitter words were cut short by the closing of the door. ‘Model Pair’ OU’RE sure there's nothing wrong, Sis?” Allen asked anxiously, “What should be wrong, Bud- dy? Bob’s gone East to see Mr. Pearson. He told you that when he telephoned you.” “I know. But he was-in such a tearing hurry to get hold of the house, he talked as if you’d be moving in as soon as it could be redecorated. And now he’s been gone almost a month. I sup- pose—” he hesitated— “it was his manner when I talked to him. He seemed—unlike himself.” Sue’s hands went steadily on with her sewing. She was sitting with her brother on the side porch which overlooked the gar- den, beyond which lay the river. She was finishing a little dress for Susan, and she busied herself with it determinedly. “Perhaps it was because he was so excited about the new com- pany,” she commented. “Reviving the old name—at least combining it with the Peerless products; and getting our old house back.” She changed the subject adroitly. “Where, by the way, are you and Barbara going to live, Allen?” At once her affairs were for- gotten. Allen launched gaily upon his own. “You'll never guess, Sue! And it’s Barb’s choice, not mine. Not being in the shoe business, and the career of engineering being no more prosperous than it has for the last half dozen years, I can’t afford country estates for my—my wife.” There was some- thing almost boyishly shy in the way he said the last word. “I made a clean breast of my assets | and liabilities to Barb: the old furniture in storage, my surplus bank account, my salary. And she’s come out strong for—the brick dining room-kitchen place where you and Bob first lived after his firm's failure! What do you think of that?” “Good for Barb!” She laid down her work and looked at him_ with an affectionate smile. “Don’t I know it! Barbara, and the right kind of a home, and— and children! Barbara wants chil- dren, she says. That’s partly why we're renting the old brick house. It leaves us a nice margin for those kids we both are count- ing on. Yep, Sis dear, your two will have some cousins one of these days, I hope!” “Barb’s coming to soon? She promised!” “She says if she knew when Bob expects to come back she’s set the day. She thinks you're lonely without him.” A sudden mist veiled the dark eyes which were gazing at him so affectionately. “I am, oh, I am, Allen! I miss him . terribly!” “You two!” He was indulgent, approving. “You’re a model pair. Sis; and t6 think 1 naa my doubts about your marrying him! Some- how I got the impression that you didn’t love him enough. I was so wrapped up in Pats I guess I measured all emotion by my own. Well, I must be on my way!” Give the old boy my best when you write!” “T will!” She walked with him to his car, raised her face for his brotherly kiss; and went back to her chair with utter desolation at her heart. Write Bob? If only she could! She had sent one_ desperate, pleading letter to the Pearson of- fices in New York. It had been returned to her unopened. She had not dared write Pearson him- self. She had not dared make open inquiries. All she could do was to wait; wait until Bob’s rare but terrible anger had subsided; until sanity had returned to him. That he had not done anything reckless she knew by the fact that his business in Atchison went on as usual. The manager called her occasionally, remarked chattily that Mr. Trenton would be pleased at the month’s volume of business. Even the amount of money Bob had left her was in its own way reassuring; ample for a month or so'but not as a sum on which to live very long. When he had gone that first oveniy. flinging what he needed into a bag and telling her in bit- ter, brief phrases that he had to get away to think things over, she had been conscious merely of anger on her own account. It was all such a tempest in a teapot, she thought. Continued tomorrow visit me daughter, Mary June, to Paul Mesa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar- cus Mesa, of this city. Marriage will take place in the near future, it is stated. mounce the engagement of their Subscribe to The Citizen, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Annual Flower Show Opens Tomorrow Afternoon At 3 O’Clock (By Nifia Leslie Calleja) On Friday afternoon, tomorrow, at 3:00 o’clock, the official open- ing of the Annual Key West Flower Show will take place. This is one of the main events of | the winter social season, and this year will again be held at the Lighthouse Building. Among .the many interesting exhibits will be that of the Seeds and Seed Pods by Messrs, Wal- lace B. Kirke and A. D. Luethi, which always proves of excep- tional interest to winter visitors. There will also be a_ splendid exhibit of local handicraft, under the direction of Mesdames Cyril L. Marshall and A. Dudley. The general chairman of the| Show is Mrs. W. J. Phelan and} she will be assisted by Mesdames | Norberg Thompson, J. D. Mac-| Mullen, P. D. Holloway, J, J. | Trevor, H. C. Galey and Messrs. H. P. Connable, Guy Carleton and Charles Johnson, Chairmen include: Decorations, H. P. Connable; Floor Plan, Guy Carleton; Publicity, J. J. Trevor vand Miss Teen Williams; )Trans-., |portation, Charles Jéhnsom, and. Schools, Mrs, E. J. Bayly.” E It is confidently hoped that the Flower Show this year will meas- ure up to the high standard set in previous years, and it is be- lieved thst winter visitors, par- |ticularly, will find the display of tropical flowers and plants a most unusual, charming and _interest- ing one. Many visitors have been kind enough to say that the local Show is more unique and seen, CASA MARINA NOTES| __THE WEATHER 2000 00000007020000000008 | THREE FISHING RECORDS} were set yesterday at the Casa Marina when two of the’ boats returned with championship spe- | cies. | THE FIRST was Mrs. John ‘Oldrin, who landed a very rare| \permit. The fish weighed 18! ‘pounds and was the only one! }brought in by the party which included Mr. Oldrin of Darien, \Conn., and Miss Gladys Jenkins, 'also of Darien. However, they! |did see more of these fish and are} planning on going back today.; |Some of them, Mr. Oldrin said, ‘weighed as much as 30 to 40, jpounds. The boat was_ the \“Grace” and the guide, Maral |Bradley. j OTHER RECORD CATCH was a 35-pound kingfish landed by} Seabury Stanton of Dartmouth,’ Mass. The previous record was 30 pounds and was made earlier} in the season. Mr, and Mrs. Stan- | toni were fishing from the “Dac” | with Paul Demeritt and it was just a half-day trip, the party going out after lunch. MR. AND MRS. COOPER| GRAHAM, of New York, were out with Fred Key on the “Le- gion”, They were in the Stream all day in search of sails but did, not spot cne. Their catch includ- ed several bonita. COL. BARTHMAN and Miss Marion Blaine, of New York, jMean __ Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., 75th Mer. Time ‘Temperatures Highest last 24 hours - Lowest last night 68 Normal 2 'recipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 730-8. m., inches —___. Total rainfall since Feb. 1 inches eee ae Excess since February 1, Total rainfall since Jan. 1 inches Deficiency inches cals 2 Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise 6:59 Sunset —.- _ 6:29 Moonrise . Boy Moonset 12:25 Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) A.M. 8:42 3:56 1.56, 0.13 since Jan. 1, . im. High __ Wind Direction and Velocity SW—4 miles per hour Relative Humidity 89% N.B.—Comfortable humidity should be a few points below mean temperature FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Fair jto partly cloudy tonight and Fri- |day; mild temperature; |variable winds. | Florida: Fair to partly cloudy |tonight and Friday; slightly cool- colorful than any other they have} gentle | fished with Begly Filer. The?er in extreme north portion to- colonel brought in the third rec- night. ord fish of the day, a 17-pound tuna, which put up a great fight. They also caught a dolphin, three | ANSWERS TO bonita and seven kingfish, TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Below are the Answers to Today's Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 MR. AND MRS. RICHARD ORDWAY, of St. Paul, Mr. and| |Mrs. Hubert Reese, Memphis, and | Frank Cotter, Detroit, were the) anglers aboard the “Pilot I” with} Captain Bill Wickers. Their| 2 catch included a yellowjack, fif- | teen kingfish, six mackerel and | two barracuda. Exodus, 20th Chapter. 1863. No. Chinese philosopher. | No, they have tiny eyes. WALTER LENKE, and O. C.| Horse racing. LENKE, of Boston, fished from) 7. Hugo Black. the “Finny” with Frank Vitgelio.| 8. Germany. ; They did not go out until after | It is erected on their com- lunch and still returned with 43 | mon boundary. kingfish. 10. Airplanes. | 76 ed from the jaws of the rattle-| 61’ snakes. i] 71’ enacted in the clear waters of 0.00 is a boat for underweater obser- | | 4 | 2.18 legend of the “Bridal Chamber” | 1 1.04 | form an.important part of the} | . m.!cide in the deep crevices. . m. | . m. hear the broadcast on the grounds | ) P.M. ‘day rehearsing the program. Co- | 10:45 lumbia : 3:27 larrived, today and made prepara- | Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today jtions to send the program over | Sea level, 30.05 (1017.6 milibars) | the i | | LULLABY JOSLIN ROSS ALLEN TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 194 |for Miami, announcing they were | 19, of Key West. They signified going by boat from there to Ha-|their intention soon to be mar- vana for their honeymoon. ried by the Rev. O. C. 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Max, a_ versatile actor, per- jforms an amazing assortment of jstunts, including whistling, imi- tations, ventroliquism acts ‘with ser, ees The rae |his dummy “Elmer”, as well as a of Florida alligators and the rat. | number of comedy and character tle of diamondbacks will be |Presentations. heard by approximately 20 mil-| He has eppeared in twenty of lion radio listeners tomorrow /the 22 “Three Mesquiteers” pic- night at 10:30 o'clock. | tures and also had parts in “Man- Robert “Believe - It-Or- Not” |hattan Merry-Go-Round”, “Men Ripley will describe from Silver} ie bat ‘sia Springs how Ross Allen, the |of Conquest’ * ‘Deaf Smith” and well-known herpetologist, cap-|™many other pictures. tures the big saurians empty-| handed in their native haunts | MARRIAGE LICENSES COLUMBIA TO AIR “BELIEVE- IT-OR-NOT” PROGRAM AT SILVER SPRINGS; ALLIGA- TORS WILL BE HEARD the dark of night and the thrill- ing underwater wrestling matches} that follow. Two marriage licenses were is- Ripley will also go into the]. snake “milking” pen at Allen's)| teeta shy County Judge reptile institute at Silver Springs The first went to Orley L. and with microphone in hand tell | Dale 54) conkenctor-of Wilke tieck how the deadly venom is extract- Ind., and Winifred Hemingway, 48, an Elk Hart saleswoman, who were immediately married by \J udge Lord. They left Key West Silver Springs, and described by | a Ripley from a photo-sub, which | 9 Geo. Park’s Grocery Announces— the removal from Corner Southard and_ Francis streets to its old location 1325 Newton (Hell) Street Co aca OPENING SALE Starts Friday, March 1st Every item in the store cut to COST. Here are a few of our many specials: Sugar. 10 lbs. Extra Fancy Patna Rice, best grade, 5 lbs. Macaroni and Spaghetti, 2 pkgs. as Mueller’s Macaroni and Spaghetti, 2 pkgs. Salt, 2 pkgs. Matches, 2 boxes _ Tomatoes, can Shrimp, can _. 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