The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR YESTERDAY: Dirck advises Chris to make another list and leave it out, as before. He spends the night with Richard, telling Chris to rap on the pipe if she needs him. A crash on the fire escape awakens her. She faints and Dirck and Richard revive her. ‘| stairs I heard someone walking Chapter 25 ‘Fright Of A Lifetime’ FTER they left I untangled my- self from the blankets and ‘went on very uncertain legs into the bathroom to mop off some of the mud and change into fresh pa- jamas. When I finally got up cour- age to look in the mirror I nearly fainted again and reached hastily for a lipstick. They came back in about ten minutes and by that time I felt a little better. Dirck had glasses for all of us. Two small ones for them and a tumbler for me. He poured me about half a glass. “To be taken in quan medicinal purposes,” he i I grinned and sipped it slowly. It picked me up quickly. Richard built a fresh fire while Dirck settled himself in the wing chair opposite me and started to explain what had happened. “We were sitting up talking,” he said as he lighted a cigarette for me, “and I went to the window. The room had gotten pretty warm, so I opened one window a little and glanced down in the yard, nev- = expecting to see anything. But ere was someone walking @round.” I took another sip of brandy. “What did you do?” Dirck picked up the story again. “1 crawled down the fire escape trying to keep close to the house so I wouldn’t be seen, and Richard went down through the house. We thought between us we might cor- | ner whomever it was. You see, al- thpugh it wasn’t very light in the 7; ‘d, I was certain it wasn’t a po- iceman walking around down there. Anyway, when I passed our window I gripped on the sill jo lower the ladder to the ground and knocked your plant on the floor. But I was going so fast I couldn’t come back when I heard the crash and guessed what it might be. The ladder had swung back to this floor again. By that time there was no one in sight in the yard. Richard came around the side of the house and we looked all over the place. Then I saw you and called. I'm frightfully sorry, Chris.” “You gave me the fright of a lifetime, Mr. Kolff,” I told him. “When there was no answer to my signal on the pipe I thought you'd both been murdered in your bed: “I thought of that,” Dirck said, “but it was too late then to do any good. I was in the yard and Rich- ard was on his way downstairs.” “Didn't Sergeant Long say he'd leave a detective on guard in the shop?” Dirck nodded. “He was sound asleep. We looked in at him andj then I rushed up and found you on the floor in the dark.” “How did you get in here, any- | way?” L asked him curiously. “You must have broken the lock. i He didn’t answer me. In the pause that followed he and Richard stared at each other and Dirck’s face in the firelight looked strange. “Dirck, tell me, how did you get | in?” I could hardly force the words | through my lips. And my hand were shaking so badly I had to pu the glass on the coff from dropping it. He leaned forward. “Your door wasn’t locked, Chris,” he sai quietly. ‘i ‘Like A Meringue’ | ‘OR a moment | had to press my hands over my ep | from screaming. “I it was,” I inted. “I locked it when I went lo bed.” He shook his head with a faint emile. “You must have thought you did,” he sai | “I know it was locked. The night | before it stuck, but tonight it locked perfectly. I tried it a couple of times to be sure. And no one could have unlocked it. I felt the key in the door.” imultaneously our eyes turned towards the door. There was no key in the keyhole. It was on the floor a few feet away. I could see it shining in the light. Dirck stiffened. “I wouldn't wor- ry about this,” he said, and I knew he was forcing his voice to gound casual. “Perhaps the lock| didn’t catch, and when we opened the door the key fell out.” I nodded slowly, trying to ac- cept his explanation, but I knew it wasn't true. “Now listen to me, lady, said. “I'm sure nothing more will happen tonight. But the most dan- Tous points in this house are the css apartments on the fire escape, yours and Richard’s.” Tinterrupted him. “I never knew that fire escapes were regular boulevards before. A man came down last night right after I moved inand nearly scared me out of my ” for it table to keep | d | ts.’ Richard jerked around on the stool. “When was that? You can LICENSE ISSUED A marriage license was issued late Saturday by Judge Raymond R. Lord to Walter F. Scheibler, 53, Miami druggist. and Anne F. Leonard, 52, also of Miami The couple announced they were to be mi ied by the Rev. John C. Gekeler pastor of the Presbyterian church here. | he died | him of the murder® a quiet voice. | but if you knew Mother you'd real- ing. get out on the fire escape only from my apartment.” “It was right after your sister went up to your apartment. I heard her call you, then come down again, You weren't in, I guess.” He nodded. “I got home late1 than usual last ni, “Right after she came down- | overhead and then a man:came down the fire escape. I saw ‘his hand on my window.” ~ “Oh, my oats Richard groaned. “Who could that have been?” Then Dirck said, “Richard, you | lock yourself in tonight. I’m pretty | certain the other people in the | house are safe. Anyway,” he | rubbed his forehead wearily, “I can’t see why anyone would want to harm them. I'll stay here with Chris and sleep in one of these chairs. You can, too, if you like, | Richard.” But Richard said no, he wasn’t afraid. And I didn’t protest except to tell Dirck that I was afraid he | wouldn’t get enough sleep. I didn’t want to go back to bed now, any- way. | “Are you sure Mary Ann is | safe?” 1 teased him. “Chris,” he said, very sericusly, “I'm disappointed in you. You steered me wrong. There is noth- ing there but the red hair. She re- minds me of one of those me- | ringues I used to eat when I was | a kid. Put your fork in it and it | crumbl*s to pieces. Besides she, along with a dozen others, knows | more than she is telling.” | I took a long swallow of brandy. | “Hoop la”! I said. | Dirck leaned back and looked | up at the ceiling. “I knew you'd be | relieved,” he said with maddening | complacency. _“It's my faith in men you've re- | vived, not my penchant for law- | yers.’ pA Ay looked at us with a | faint smile. “Beware of the | red-head, Dirck,” he said. | I sat up. “Why?” | “He means me, not you, darling,” Dirck said patiently. “She's not as good as she looks,” Richard said quickly, and then | paused, an odd, thoughtful look in | his eyes. | Dirck leaned forward abruptly, | but before he could speak Richard said, “There’s no reason for my | bringing it up. Forget it. ’m sorry | I ever mentioned it. But she’s a | good one to avoid, that’s all.” | He bent over and picked up an | evening paper from the floor by | the fireplace. “Have you read the papers yet?” he asked, changing | the subject quite deliberately. Dirck said that he’d read the Sergeant’s tabloid while they were | waiting at the hospital to see Lou- ise Lathrop, _ “They did a neat job at unearth. | ing the family skeleton,” Richard | said grimly. | Dirck nodded. “I didn’t know | until I saw the paper that there | was any mystery about Warner Kent's death. Your uncle told me years ago, but he didn’t | ‘Beware’ | say how.” Richard frowned. “He never | mentions it. Uncle Nick is very | much opposed to publicity of any | kind. He has always ignored any- | thing unpleasant. This happening will throw him in a dither for weeks. It isn’t just grief, you see,” | Richard went on. “It’s that she | didn’t die naturally,” | “Mrs. Evans has gpenly accused Dirck said in | Richard cupped his thin hands | under his chin. “I know she did,” | he said. “I'd thought of that, too, | but I decided it wasn’t possible, not Uncle Nick. He couldn’t do it | in the first place, even if he had wanted to. He’s the most helpless | man you can imagine, and so fussy and precise. His whole life is | rapped up in that shop and noth- g else interests him.” | “The Sergeant has been press- | ing him like the very devil,” Dirck | said thoughtfully. | “Oh, gosh, I know it: He’ll prob- ably arrest both of us by morn- ing.” | And then Richard jerked his | head up quickly, his eyes turning towards the window and I watched | him uneasily. Then he laughed harshly. “I thought I heard some- thing, but I guess it’s just my im- agination.” “I didn’t hear anything,” Dirck said, reassuringly. } And Richard settled back on the Stool agair. with a sigh. And then after a moment's si- lence, Dirck said, “Could Joan re- member her father?” Richard shook his head. “No, she was only a little girl when he died. And Mother married within a year | after, She was criticized for that, | | ize that she couldn't get on with- out someone to take care of her. There is something helpless, al- most defenseless about her.” “What was Warner Kent like?” Dirck leaned back in the chair comfortably, “Oh, everyone said he was a fas- cinating man, Joan was.a lot like him, though not in looks. Both of | us take after Mother.” He raised | a match to.his cigarette,:-Hisfaee | looked thin and very boyish inthe | barer iy Snes | And then suddenly I realized why I didn’t like him very well, | Continued tomorrow First M.E. P.-T. A. Meets Tonight Regular monthly meeting of the Stone Church P.-T. A. will be held tonight in the church an- nex at 7:30 o'clock. All parents of children in the Sunday School and teachers have been urged to attend this meet- Room Mothers Discuss May Festival Plans Mrs. M. L. Russell presided at a meeting of the Junior-Senior ! High School P.-T. A. Room Mothers last Friday afternoon at i |the home of Mrs. Harry Baker on} |United street. Hostesses were | Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Donald Myers and Mrs. Laurie Higgs. / Business conducted consisted |of discussion of plans for the May | |Day festival to be held in Bay-| |view Park on May 1, in which| jall public schools of the city will} participate. A social hour fol- lowed this discussion. Present were: Mrs. Milton Sawyer, Mrs. J. C. Sanchez, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Julia Knight, Mrs. Anderson Doyle, Mrs. Juliette Russell, Mrs. Rob- ert Roberts, Mrs. John Marzyk, Mrs. Wm. T. Doughtry, Jr., Mrs. Charles Ketchum, Mrs. Menendez Key, Mrs. J. R. Fleitas, Mrs. Lawton Watson and the three hostesses. Fathers’ Night The association will celebrate Fathers’ Night, starting at 7:30 o’clock, tomorrow night with a |program keld in the school audi- torium. Men members of the group will hold all offices and put on the program consisting of a questionnaire entitled “How do I rate as an ideal parent?”, a |short talk on “Music and Charac- |ter Building” by T. B. Klebsat-| by Gerald solo by tel, a violin solo Saunders and a vocal George Mills White. ‘Something Doing’ Each Night At Cabana There is something going on at Fred Marvil’s Cabana and Cocktail Lounge every night in the week. Jack Crawley and his trio furnish continuous enter- |tainment for those who seek fun} and relaxation at the Cabana. Something new will be the in- troduction of prize night every Monday evening when prizes will be awarded every hour, at 10 and 11 o’clock and 12 midnight. The later it gets the larger the prizes. ' Tuesday night is Country Store night, a feature since the open- ing of the Cabana. Rhumba and Balloon night is scheduled for every Thursday and on Friday there will be a new feature in the form of an Amateur , pro- gram. Persons wishing to take part in this program should contact either Jack Crawley or Charles Filer as soon as possible. Big attraction of the week is Mardi-Gras night on Saturday. Jean Davis Entertained At Dinner Party Miss Jean Davis, daughter of Mrs. Ann Davis of 326 Duval street, entertained a number of her friends at a dinner party last evening at the La Concha Hotel. The table was decorated with unique candy favors designed as corsages, set at each place. The guests danced throughout) 4+ the evening and the dinner was} followed by an informal party at| the home of Miss Jean Kirke, | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- lace B. Kirke. ‘Present at the dinner were| Misses Jean Davis, Jean Kirke, | Nancy Morgan, Letty Sullivan and Arline Printz, and Messrs. Donald Martin, John Thompson, } Billy Spillman, Tracy Van Buren and John Brady. Miss Davis and her mother will leave Key West today for As- bury Park, N. J., where they will spend the summer. littemmite Clab Meets Tomorrow Key West Woman’s Club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock in club quarters on Di- vision street. Reports of the State Federation Convention will be heard during the business session, and social hour will | follow. Members are asked to remem- ber the Food Sale being sponsor- jed by the Library committee and the American Home Department CARD OF THANKS Our hearty appreciation is ex- tended to our friends for the many acts of kindness tendered us during our recent bereave- ment, the loss of our beloved one, Arthur Schrader. We are grateful to those who gave the use of their cars, the donors of the beautiful floral tributes and messages of sympathy. aprl-lt THE FAMLY. For Fifty Years A NAME! In Coffee In Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION THE KEY WEST CITIZEN NOTES OF TODAY John Hemingway Here John Hemingway, son of Mr.| jand Mrs. Ernest Hemingway, ar- | |rived in Key West last Saturday | evening for a brief visit here be- | fore returning to resume his) classes at Storm King on the | Hudson. Before his visit to Key | | West, John spent a few days in Cuba visiting with his ather. ; Mrs. Lake Left 4 Mrs. Michael Lake, who has {been a guest at the Casa Marina | for the past several weeks left this weekend for her home in| New York. Mrs. Lake is ‘the! author of a book of poems en- | jtitled “The Fountain and the! 'Bough”, which was reviewed | earlier in the season in one of the | columns of The Citizen. She is a/ seasonal visitor to Key West. | |Social Workers Here Mrs. Margaret Zimmerman, | jchicf district social worker for | the Works Progress Administra- | tion and Miss Edna Mattox, social | field representative, were in Key; | West last week for a conference | with Miss Mary Falk, local rep- resentative. Miss Mattox has} visited Key West a number of; times, but it was Mrs. Zimmer- | man’s first visit to the city. es | Visitor From Canada | Visiting at the Catholic rectory! this weekend was Reverend Fa-| Canada. spending part of the winter a Father Phelan has been | to this city. From Orlando R. H. Carlin, Pres. of South- ern Acceptances, accompanied by ihis wife, spent yesterday visit- ing in Key West, coming down from Miami. The Carlins live in Orlando. j Left For Home Lieutenant Commander (re- jared) and Mrs. T. M. Schnotala, 602 Southard street, left last) weekend for their home in Wash- | ington, D. C. Coming here at Christmas time or what they thought would be a short stay, the Schnotalas stayed on for three months. Two daughters reside here, Mrs. Billie Leeds, wife of Lieutenant J. R. Leeds and Miss Helen Schnotala. | Visited Williams’ Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Patton and daughter, June Patton, of Hollywood, and Mr. and Mrs.| |George Patton of Miami, were) weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.) Hugh Williams. ANSWERS TO TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ | Below are the Answers to Today's | Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 Right-handed. Mineral. Yes. Hurricane. Forty. not counting Sun-| days. | Yes. Martin Van Buren. Joachim von Ribbentrop. 1913. A large bell. 8. 9. 10. | {of the club. This event will be} |held following the | morrow. | | | NERVOUS TENSION Shows in both face and manner You are not fit company for yourself or anyone else when you are , Nervous, “Keyed-up”. Don’t miss out on your share of taxe nerves eee rare try the soothing DR. MILES NERVINE | Dr. Miles Nervine is a scientific formula come the super- America’s most sonville was elected on March 29 | jzed at Green Cove R 5 ie 1, /at the Sarasota convention, ther Phelan, S.J. of Montreal! jent.of the Florida Federation of| t| Women’s Clubs and director West Palm Beach and was very | th much pleased with his first a Jacksonville |leader in various and civic activities of that city ; world. and the state during the 26 years she has lived in Jacksonville. i tion hold fast that (First Thessalonians 5:21). Club has furnished two |Presidents, Mrs. W. W. Cummer, | time”. 1901-1903, Haynes, BUNDLE WEEK the project is being sought. Pur-| pleased to | pose of the drive is to gather old | rangement. clothing for the poor of the city. | Distribution is made by the va-/ rious P.-T. A. groups. CANDIDATES HERE |the interests of their candidacy. |E. Bryant of jfor Circuit Judge of this district, their anncuncements in The Citi-| meeting | to- eee this week. Heads Florida Federation Mrs. Thurston Roberts of Jack-! The Florida Federation organ- Springs on Presi- February 21, 1895, now has about n|200 clubs with an approximate a General Wederation: membership of 11,000. The Gen- Mrs. Roberts is a past presi-|eral Federation has enrolled 15,- lent of the Woman’s Club of ;900 clubs with membership of and has been a/more than two million, the larg- organizations est woman’s organization in the il Delegates Return Mrs. Stephen W. Douglass, The theme of her administra-|president of Key West Woman's will be “Prove all things:|Club, and Miss Minnie Porter which is good” Harris, club delegates to the }state meet, returned to the Is- ‘Woman’, |land City last Saturday night. former; They reported a “wonderful Reports of the convention Lawrence | will be given at the club meeting ‘tomorrow afternoon. The Jacksonville and Mrs. 1903-1905. | Johnny Pritchard ‘Opens At Pena’s DRIVE GOES ON JéhotBeltchard’s popularsdance + . ‘band opens tonight at Pena’s Members of the Junior Cham-|Garden of Roses for an indefin- ite engagement at this famous day that the “Bundle Week” | night spot. |drive has been extended to last! throughout the coming week. Friends of John Pritchard’s Or- co \chestra, as well as the patrons of Further organization support of ‘the Garden of Roses, will be There will be ngiht starting at 10 o’clock. Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 SEEKING SUPPORT Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers : eee |] 24-Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 Visiting in Key West today in} for state offices are E. B. Don- nell, of West Palm Beach, candi- date for nomination as Attorney General of the state, and Frank Miami, candidate MONROE THEATER Fred McMurray—Irene Dunn Soa in Group Three. ( |; INVITATION TO HAPPINESS Santas! wi |} Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- Both candidates will make || chestra 15-20c: Night—15-25¢ NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC of Tempcrary Suspension of SERVICE BETWEEN KEY WEST, HAVANA, ST. PETERSBURG and PORT TAMPA Because of the necessity of dry-docking for repairs, repainting, etc., to the P. & O. S. S. CUBA Will be withdrawn from service until further notice Last sailing from KEY WEST to PORT TAMPA and ST. PETERSBURG 5:00 p. m. April 4th Last sailing from KEY WEST to HAVANA 10:30 a. m. April 7th Last sailing from Havana to KEY WEST 9:00 a. m. April 4th fro PORT TAMPA via ST. PETERS- S BURG to KEY WEST a 2% 2:30 p. m. Saturday, April 6th © * NO INTERRUPTION OF P. & O. OVERNIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN MIAMI AND HAVANA Leave Miami, Tnesdays and Fridays 7:00 p. m. Leave Havana, Thursdays and Sundays 7:00 p. m. SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE ON AND AFTER APRIL 9TH THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY General Offices Florida National Bank Bldg.—Jacksonville, Florida learn of this new ar-| dancing every} STONE WORKS FOR FRESH WATER LINE | (Continued frora Page One) |created cannot be questioned | later.” | After RFC approves the loan, \Stone said it would then be |Mecessary to make a new request to the WPA regarding a labor |project of approximately $400, at the water system. He ing! | |digated that WPA approve} 6} w project would be a simp! Procedure once RFC has decided) to. loan the money for the water system. S | All the engineering phases of |the project have been approved, |Stone said. In this connection he believes it possible the fed- eral engineers may recommend |an even greater expenditure than {the minimum figure submitted | by the aqueduct commission. | Because of his close contacts |with various federal oficials and lagencies, Doughtry said the wa- ter commission had authcrized Stone to appear as a representa- tive of the commission in cer- tain matters. | “I don’t want to take any credit for anything in this con- | jnection”, Stone said. “I believe} water is essential to the keys and | I am interested in seeing this beautiful community getting something vital like water. The visitsaf Governor Fred Con» and U. SgSenator Clonde Pepper to |the White House in the interest | of the keys water project added weight to the backing the project is receiving in many ways.”+ | TALLY-SHEET WILL |. PHILADELPHIA — A penciled | bequest on the back of a bridge tally sheet was presented for pro- bate in this city as the will of Charles A. Walker. The docu- ment left an estate of $18,000. NO NAME LODGE Directly on Beach Famous Bahia Honda Fishing Reef — Tarpon — Bone Fishing COTTAGES $2.50 AND UP Stone Crab Dinners a Specialt: PHONE NO NAME KEY NO. i Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig, Owners | Permit Gre? cm TRY IT TODAY— | The Favorite in Key West | STAR * BRAND | CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | \ MONDAY, APRIL 1, 194 Weaver Bros. and Elviry JEEPERS eae ain cake also SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS Boca Chica Resort and FISHING CAMP Restaurant—Home Cooking Cottages—Charter and Row Boats—Private Beach LIQUORS WINES Complete Line CURRO’S BAR PACKAGE STORE Special Prices on Package Goods For Two Weeks Duval at Petronia St. Phone 138 Special Delivery Key West, Fla. JUDGE WORTH W. 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