The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 20, 1940, Page 3

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1940 YESTERDAY: Tomi leaves the Toland house and goes to a hotel, Despite the antagonism between Tomi and Bartell, he. says his responsibilities are not over un til he delivers her to the farm, a cE LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK By Peggy has gray-blue eyes: with golden lints in, them;. meres ary ini. Fdises A, J, if 1 ‘to make good out there the place reverts | to him.” “She explained the ramifications .{of ‘Timothy Toland’s will and Chapter Four : ‘Lass Leaps To Luxury’ T LEAST, she was free from the family. They’d forgive her in_time, perhaps in the morning. Morning brought Tomi a taste of sheer joy. Jumping out of bed to close the windows, she stood a moment, shivering but delighting | in the view, looking out on a city white with snow and washed with the gold of the sun. The storm had blown away during the night, leaving ice-blue shadows in the street canyons, a cerulean sky overhead, “And,” breathed Tomi, “for the | first time in twelve years I won't} have to eat oatmeal for break- fast.” She chose a table near a win- dow when she entered the hotel coffee shop. The sunshine slanted “in on snowy linen, shining silver anda slim vase of fluted jonquils. Breakfast was a tall glass ef or- ‘ainge juice, crisp toast with. mar- malade, and a whole pot of steam- | ing coffee. It was also Tomi’s first intro- | ductioa to the press. - The young man who seated himself across from her with an abrupt, “So you're Tomi Toland,” fooxea as ¢nough he had arisen Fecenuy, and reluctantly. “Understand you've inherited a million dollars,” he commented. “A million what?” echoed Tomi, and while he _ went escaped. | Hurrying from the lobby, she was aware of clicking camer: and arms that reached out to de- tain her; voices that asked her to wait a moment, other voices beg- ging her to pose. She was aware of further click- ings, as she stepped into.a cab. The office pravided ‘a st¢adying} *} anti-climax. Midwestern Fruits, Incorporated, harboring a ‘celebfity.' This gave Tomi time to orient herself. She ‘must . first someone to take her place. Per- haps A. J. would give her a leave of absence so if she failed with the farm she'd have a: job to| @ must which to return. Then’ sh elp her buy something new to morale, She wished: she» had tim take a course in frog ra supposed agricultural collec frogs in their curriculum. she could purchase books. . At that moment A. J. NM burst into his private office, face beaming, “And you s; old boy didn’t like you, lated. “Have you se noon papers? L to a million Tomi arose in protest. please wait a minu employer went on joy: y “It gives me faith in human ture to see you getting a br little girl e lik to lose you as my who relieved 3 Call her i “A J, ple further. Johnny hb the room like a you afternoon tabloid in h “Looky!” he carol what’: Tomi. Can you bi A. J. snatched th ¢ from his hand, and Tomi, Ic over his shoulder, gasped read: LASS LEAPS TO LUXURY ON FROGS*® L Beneath thi§ wag.a of Tomi’s stockinged e¢ generou. xposed as sh into a t ‘ab. got d come 1. “Lod Re about gs!” exploded A. J. y intimating those jerked her employer's sleeve. “Will you listen. to me?” she demanded. “I did not inherit a million’ dollars—understand? I did inherit a million frog: Fortunately A. J.’s chair was both handy and spacious, for he sat in it without a backward look. “Those things don’t hap¢ rotested..when he could stop jughing long enough to talk. “Don't happen to anyone but me,” Tori corrected him. A. J. sobered. “Tell me about it," he ordered, Tomi spared hersel detail. “There I went leaping into the parlgr d cury,* to" gome.to.a stop in the arms—” “Yes, yes, go on,” urged Morri. was. unaware pf} | sleepily | The Major quivered with wrat through a wad of copy paper, she | Bartell with poorly suppresse | | arrange, for |» A. 5. Morris, listening, nodded as though he understood better than Tomi. P When. she had concluded, he re- marked, “The old fellow has given you a sporting chance to show your stuff.” “If you call dumping a million | frogs into the lap of a stenog- ! rapher who has never before seen one in the raw, sporting,” flashed Tomi. ! A. J. drummed on his desk for a few minutes then ordered, “Call this fellow over here. I want to | talk to him. As long as the family | is acting as usual, someone had | better investigate him.” 1 Tomi wondered at her breath- ; less excitement as she waited for her operator to reach Bartell’s ; hotel; for the hotel operator to | locate Bartell. When she heard his ; voice, she marveled that she could give her message in the crisp, ; businesslike tone she achieved. However, when he replied with a brief and all-inclusive “Quite,” | she longed to. tear the telephone out by the roots and hurl it at ; him. { Another period’ of calm ensued. ! Tomi called Leola Lloyd. from the | outer office and .introduced ‘her into the mysteries of A. J.’s pri«'| vate business life. For a little while she forgot Bartell, the farm, the frogs and the family, Then came an erup- | tion, | Allen Bartell and Major John | Toland arrived simultaneously. h, | d laughter. | “It is an outrage!” the Major | proclaimed, advancing upon } ‘Yomi. “Hannah is prostrated with | | mortifi ion. Have you seen | this?” He thrust a newspaper at Yomi and she had a_ second | glimpse of herself going into a cab, ig she’ admitted’ his} H@ thrust a-later r , Tomi logked at a glaring head-* ite, e: FRENCH FEMME FAVORS FROGS: TO FAMILY q “No, I hadn’t seen that,” Tomi | murmared ard Wondered how;the newspapers had learned of* her a OR Oa wad Bartel who ner the third newspaper.* DS TOUCHY ON ad | vealed least | slammed in the face of the in- | into}! | a statement to the press. We are | en,” he| ft nothing. She went into every gruesome} like an inebriated Mer- | But Tomi couldn’t go on. How | could she hope to put a man like Allen Bartell into words; how de- scribe what he appeared th be and wasn’t? “You can at least tell me what he looks like,” grumbled Morris. “I suppose he’s tall, dark and} handsome.” F “He's tall,” conceded ‘ Tomi, “but he isn’t dark. He has golden eyes—no, I don’t mean that—he Less Green, More Gold In Land Of Orangemen (By Associated Press) fo BELFAST, April 20.—Sham- | | drew up that will.” TOME ‘TOPIC 4 The story below this head .re- that a door had been iring reporter, but not before had learned that Tomi ain't ive there any more; that#the To- ands didn’t gone, and ca Insane? ” grunted the Ma- do you' think of | tion,” murmured actically perfect.” | !’ roared the Ma- of alliterati Yo for you ou planned this campaign icity. You've bragged of ility to write advertise- promote campaigns, You w that no Chicago newspaper . wotild be interested in a thirty- tl d-dollar Jegacy. And you t ahought “of of frogs: Could have tHe one {to i fate this twspaper publicity geMajor Was opaing: «2. - “We forbid you to usejthe name of Toland further. We are giving tell. She eature telling the world that our broth- jer, our own blood brother, Timo- thy Toland, was insane.when he | “Major Toland!” Tomi stared | as Bartell spoke. “May I suggest | you do not broadcast such a state- ment unless you want it generally | known that there is a strain of insanity in the Toland blood?” “Insanity in the Toland blood?” roared the Major, “How dare you gest such a thing? Young man, we trace our family back to the | year fourteen hundred, and never has there been even a taint or suggestion of insanity!” Tomi, who \had wondered at Bartell’s signah to Leola Lloyd and had watched her taking the Major’s words ‘down in shorthand, | looked up as the young attorney | spoke. } uu will sign & | statement to thi MT | Suggesting. } “Gladly, young man,- gladly,” | agreed the Major, and le ate te i Tomi ‘watched’ Beola’s pBngers flying over the Ra saw the statement, and watched the Major’s signature go down and do something, but didn’t know what. _ “And of ra 1 si efféct,”" he was to elaborate on the theme. handing out duplicate’ copies of be witnessed. She felt she should } \ Ireland for St. Patrick's day this | year because wheat and corn for | the war sprouted in millions of} acres where the green grew be-| re. Nearly 250,000 acres of grass: | prehension when she realized just | would put. such O’More YESTERDAY: The Tolands are irate at the publicity given Tomi qnd her inheritance. The Major says they are going to claim that Timothy’ was’ insane. Cleverly, Bartell gets the Major to sign a paper saying there is no insanity ‘in the family. Chapter Five One Jump Ahead ‘HEN somehow Major John To- land was eased gently from the room. Bartell and A. J. disap- peared into ar.other office, and Miss Lloyd returned to her own desk. Tomi stood at the window, brow pressed to the cold pane. Of course the California attorney was trying to forestall a will contest based on Timothy Toland’s mental incom- petency. Oh, he was ‘clever, this Bartell. She felt a little chill of ap- how clever and quick thinking he ‘was proving to be. And-he was young. The Major ‘was old. Poor old’ Major. Tomi knew he ‘was mostly noise. Oh, she’d been afraid of his noise when THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Maybe this will cheer you’ par ey od sited. 2 Certil ec] re thousand to your account. He said’ there was more where that camé from, and. advised you to invest. in light luggage for your plane ‘trip. Now get out of here and go shopping. I'll have your hotel lug- gage transferted to my apartment, Mrs. Morris will be glad to help ‘}you repack and will forward by train what you can’t carry. Ani remember you're having dinner with us and staying until time to go to the airport.” For the first time, Tomi actually felt like an heiress. One thousand dollars awaiting her checks against them, and more dollars where those came from. Money, to Tomi, meant the clothes she had always wanted to buy. Not the slightly worn models of excellent .cut and material |law. SHORT SHORT-STORIES ESTHETICISM RUN WILD— A wealthy French apostle of the esthetic cult had the rooms of his home draped each in a different tone, in one of which he read only French, in another only Ger- man, and in another only Latin. He gilded. the back of a :tortoise ind then had it inlaid with jew- ls, so that it might crawl over he carpet'in arabesques of liv- Ping ‘color: Mies 3 THE MONROE DOCTRIN: The Monroe doctrine had been. vaguely held in the days of Washington, and it is remarkable that President Monroe, who had no notable gift of expression jshould be the one President who has announced a political dictum {that, without legislative sanction, is still:‘regarded as fundamental The famous which came to bear the name of the fifth President was included in two paragraphs in Monroe's} |message of Dec. 2, 1823. The first utterance | melted it down lately for cannon |ich a stature erected in his honor eee ered for colonization "by any |—In the days when Anierica was much smaller than it is today, a’ foreign dignitary in Washington | European power, and any at- tempt on the part of the Euro- pean powers to extend their sys- tems to any portion of this hemisphere, the President said in his second paragraph, would be considered dangerous to our peace and safety. MUNICH’S GREAT AMERI- CAN—150 years ago a native of |Woburn, “ Mass., . Benjamin ‘Thompson, lateri‘to ‘be’ known as Count Rumford, entered the service of the elector"of Bavaria, whose capital was Munich in Ger- jmany. Thompson’ became more than the Joseph of the kingdom, \for he was.a general, minister of finance and of public works, jskilled administrator and: inven- tor. Far ahead of his day he in- stituted measures of social. ‘aid land relief, modern even to today. |And the people were grateful |for, unless the Germans have i i fodder, there stood in one of the most conspicuous places in Mun- as a memorial from a_ grateful paragraph announced that Russia} people to the American who had and Britain had been informed |done so much for them. observed a throng gathered around a tall gentleman in black “The President”, said someone. “The president of what?” asked the foreigner, whose conception of a country’s ruler, as he knew} it, was that of one surrounded by a court, of bedazzled officers, in- accessible to'the common crowd and not one simply’ an un-uni- formed man, whom any Tom, Dick or Harry could approach. ONE ON THE STUDENT— A student once smuggled a don- key into the lecture. hall, tying the animal securely to. the (pro- fessor’s desk. When ‘the profes: sor came in, there was __ ng¢ithe' smile nor anger on his face at the sight. He simply said, in a quiet voice, “Gentlemen, I se that you have wisely chosenvyéur own instructor. Good morning”. And left the room. a Se, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS in all time and in all climes. There is a story of ancient Greece and a clown who promised his aud- PAGE THREE Advice eae A small boy stood in the en- trance to the cobbler’s shop, ‘watching the man at work. | “What do you repair boots land inquired who he might be, | with, mister?” he suddenly ask- led. “Hide”, sharply. “Er-r, eh?” asked the boy! “I said hide”,'replied the cob- bler impatiently. “What for??,the*boy insisted, somewhat Surprised. “Hide! the cow’s d thé man. jon't care it “is. afraid of a cow, anyway?” the youngster defiantly. replied the cobbler outside”, Who's said if what each of them desired. “What nh of you wishes”, he said the “is to buy cheaply and ly”. And, history c a that his audience seemed perfectly satisfied with i NO NAME LODGE Directly on Beach Famous Bahia Honda Fishing Reef — Tarpon — Permit Bone Fishing ~ COTTAGES $2.50 AND UP Stone Crab Dinners a each explanation. which she had followed from salon to bargain rack,but originals still in their pristine freshness. bs Hours later, when Tomi started. | for the Morris-apartment, twilight was a cold, blue haze over the city. Tomi, however, didn’t sense the cold. She had run into a summer. cruise, sale. She had reveled) in flowered prints, in sheer white | , that the American continents} could not in the future be consid- POLITi she first.came from France. Many An inner tumult threatened her peace of mind. a time she had cowered ina clothes press until his breath had petered out. i Then one night)whér® been ill he had tiptoed in to pult the covers snugly over her shoul- ders. One couldn’t take even a big noise seriously, after seeing i portly form in red-striped paja- mas. Moments passed. Tomi tried to complete her preparations for de- parture. She felt as though only one half of her was going West; the other half would remain in the gloomy old Toland house, hating it, pitying those who were incarcerat- ed there through their fear of at- tempting to face a new world. A. J. came in from his confer- ence with Bartell, rubbing his palms together in a pleased fash- ion. “Bartell’s gone after your reser- vations. There were two caricella- tions on the night plane, and he was able to catch them. This will enable you to get away from this unsavory publicity.” Tomi féowned. To leave within twenty-f hours of hearing of her legacy seemed too abrupt. She hadn’t had time to adjust herself | mentally. And then she remem- | bered what Bartell had said the} previous evening. He had been eager to leave. Perhaps he had in- spired this publicity to force her to leave at once. “So nice of him to let me know my plans,” she observed. “I don’t know why he thinks I have to jump every time he whistles.” “Now, Tomi,” scolded A. J., “he’s only looking out for your inter- ests; trying to help*you out of a difficult situation. See how quickly he grasped the insanity possibilj- ties? Probably saved you a lot of litigation.” “Saved himself,” countered Tomi. “Doesn’t it ir to you that he won’t stand a chance of winning the estate for himself, even though So fail, if the family wins a con- st.” x p | | ‘Tour «J, MO! shook his head. “Ah, me,” ht mourned, “I sup- pose living with that family a. into p ; 2 ois tine ‘of crossing bi ‘you come to them?” > “It's a good plan,” Tomi, somebody hasn’t stolen the bridge you'll have to cross if you want reach the other side.” Morris decided to ‘chuckle, one’s head. Besi BEETLES CLEAN BONES NEW YORK—African beetles, under the plough when the call bones of animal skeletons which | came to grow more food. Some (are - | of this ground had lain fallow rocks were fewer in Northern(land, rich with shamrock, went! for centuries. Pg ¥ shewhad aH | copper lights glinted in the waves | Tomi waited a full moment before linens, gay peasant kerchiefs, san- 1 dals,. great wide-brimméd ‘hats. | For Governor SPESSARD L. HOLLAND THE PRESIDENT OF WHAT? AL ro YW ! | For Governor FULLER WARREN FRANCIS P. For Governor WHITEHAIR For State Comptroller J. M. LEE For Attorn For State E. B. DONNELL W. M. “BILL” WAINWRIGHT ey General Treasurer For Circuit Judge’: ROSCOE BRUNSTETTER (Group 1) Ability—Experience—Judicial Temperament Judge of C California, sheshadweasoned, was South. ‘Her Reactions’ [E was conscious of the trans- lucent blue haze. She was swimming in the intoxicating air. Occasionally, when her cab lurched to a sudden stop and the boxes and bundles piled onto her, she was aware of terra firma some place beneath them. Much to her amazement, Bartell, as well as Mrs. Morris, awaited her. And between them was a pair of scales, 2 Tomi staggered into the door, followed by ffie cab driver and doorman, both loaded with other urchases, and decided she liked jartell. He seemed as delighted as she over her shopping orgy. Later, as he firmly said no to || everything she wanted to carry, (Paid Political Advertise: Ably carrying on the traditio. FRANK E. For Judge Circuit Court W. H. BURWELL (Group One) (Group. 1) BART. A. RILEY For the Full Term Circuit Judge, Grou JUDGE ROSS WILLIAMS, Present Judge For Judge Circuit Court (Group 3) “A Free and Un-Trammelled Judiciary” For Judge of the Circuit Court GEO. E. McCASKILL (To Succeed Judge Trammell) (Group 3) ‘ircuit Court ment by Bart. A. Riley) 1 m of the late Judge Atkinson BRYANT and proved it by the scales—twen- ty-five pounds were all that she would be allowed on the plane— she decided he had merely béen easing his conscience by allowing her one good time before he closed in on her expenditures. A. J, came in to relieve her of Bartell’s presence, and Tomi, pass- ing before the living-room door where the two men had gone for cocktails, caught snatches of their 7 : R -PAUL D. BARNS as Re-nominate » JUDGE WORTH W. TRAMMELL For Circuit Judge (Group 3) (Group 4) lect Circuit Court Judge conversation. She assumed they were speaking of the Major. “It would have done his heart: good—” Bartell was saying. And on her return A. J. was For Judge of the Circuit Court ROBERT J. BOONE (Group 4) ponderously commenting, “Right, absolutely right. He knows Tomi —her reactions.” Tomi paused and looked in. Bar- tell was half reclining in a deep chair before an open fire. Little For Judze C C. C. YOUMANS (Group 4) Active—Experienced Attorney ircuit Court of his hair, and turned the gray of his eyes to amber. His lips were curved in a teasing smile, as though he were anticipating some bit of deviltry of itis own making. she turned swiftly away. “No you don’t,” she whispered, and didn’t know whether she was referring to Bartell’s plans to win her legacy or to some inner tumult which threatened her peace of eet By inner was a gay, informal affair. Then came the last-minute rush of dressing. Tomi reveled in her mirrored reflection, éyes: on the black herringbone tweed with its zellow doe-skin vest which was barely visible above the trim- ly tailored jacket. Then came a sudden sadness. She went to the window to stare out to where Lake Michigan was a smudge beyond the snow- laden trees. Continued Monday BERNIE FRANK | \named dermestes, have been im-/ ‘ported by the American Museum tof Natural History~to clean the | For County too tiny and fragile to permit - cleaning by t For State Representative WILLARD M. ALBURY For State Representative (For Re- For County Judge ROGELIO GOMEZ For County Judge RAYMOND R. LORD : {For Re-Election) For State and County Tax Collector Cc. PAPY Election) PHONE NO NAME row Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig, Owners ience that if they would come again the next day he would tell ne ee ee ANNOUNCEMENTS Monroe County Democratic Primary, May 7, 1940 For Clerk Circuit Court ROSS C. SAWYER (For Re-Election) For Clerk of the Circuit Count ISADORE L. WEINTRAUB Better Known As Izzy” For Clerk of Criminal Court C. SAM B. CURRY (For Re-Election) For Clerk of Criminal Court HARRY DONGO For Clerk of Criminal Court LEONARD B. GRILLON “Lennie” For Sheriff BERLIN A. SAWYER Re-Elect KARL O. THOMPSON For Sheriff For County Commissioner, First District EDUARDO C. GOMEZ “Eddi For County Commissioner, First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE (For Re-Election) For County Commissioner, Second District J. FRANK ROBERTS For County Commissioner, Second District © BRAXTON B. WARREN (For Re-Election) For County Commissioner, Fourth District WILLIAM T, DOUGHTRY, JR. For County Commissioner, Fourth District NORBERG THOMPSON For County Commissioner, Fifth District R. W. CRAIG Known Universally As “Poor Old Craig” of Craig, Fla. For County Commissioner, Fifth District MRS. ELLIE LOWE (Formerly Ellie O’Rourke) eae For County Commissioner, Fifth District W. A. PARRISH For Member Board of Public Instruction, First District DONALD CORMACK |“ For Member Board of Public Instruction, First District CLARENCE H. PIERCE (For Re-Election) For Member School Board, Third District RALPH K, JOHNSON H, LADD (For Re-Election) For State and County Tax Collector JOE C. MCMAHON For County Tax Assessor CLAUDE GAN DOLFO Tax Assessor J, OTTO KIRCHHEINER (For Re-E‘ection) (For Re-Election) For Justice of the Peace, First District FRANKLIN ARENBERG (For Re-Election) For Justice of the Peace, First District RAUL RILEY CARBONELL : For Justice of the Peace, Second District ENRIQUE ESQUINALDO, JR. (For Re-Election) < For Constable, First District RAY ELWOOD For ‘Constable, First District HARRY JOHNSON . For Constable, Second District BASIL R, TYNES