The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1940, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, DAY, APRIL 24, 19: 24, 4940 LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK | By Peggy O’More YESTERDAY: The morning after her arrival Tomi meets Old Abe. She agrees to keep the old man on, and makes a tour of the farm with him. He tells her about Lily, @ girl who is pursu- ing Bartell. Chapter 8 Frog Language ‘OMI'S heart lifted. “Oh, then he ... he spends some time here?” “That's his place next door on the other side. Lives there when he ain’t with his folks in Ala- meda.” Tomi’s chin went up. Wouldn’t it be just dandy for Bartell to win this place and double his property? “Aimed to buy this whole sec- tion,” Abe went on. “Wanted to reclaim the swamps and start him a little town.’ Tomi’s heart went down and her eyes narrowed Abe was pointing at the first pen. “That's the nursery,” he ex- Plained. “We put them in there till they start sheddin’ their tails. This row of pens here is the schoolroom. Feed ‘em and listen to ’em learnin’ to sing. “Over there—” he pointed to a group on the edge of the farm where small bayous curved blue fingers in from the bay as though they would claw the earth to tidelands — “them’s the breedin’ pens.” Tomi forgot Bartell as Abe talked, and her vision of little green frogs in long green rows was replaced with this imposing array of pens. “These,” announced Abe, Dae ing before the final group, market stock. Little fellows ought | to be up today. Air's got a feel of } spring in it.” “Abe—” Tomi sidled up to the old man—“where is down?” Abe didn’t seem amused at her ignorance. “Down,” he elucidated, “is at the bottom of the tanks. They snuggle into the silt for the winter, like as you snuggle into quilts when you’re aimin’ for a long sleep, some cold weather. We'll go in here.” He opened a door softly and spoke in a whis- per. “You stand back in the cor- ner there. Look out you don’t tear your breeches on that there close-meshed wire end we're put- ting up new; gotta keep lizards and snakes from gettin’ in.” “Snakes?” echoed Tomi. mean . . . snakes?” “Uram,” affirmed Abe with fi- nality, as Tomi closed the door swiftly behind her and looked at her ankles with apprehension. She'd never have worn half-socks had she known that. Abe tensed suddenly. “Sh, don’t move. See the little fellows?” Tomi, looking at the pool, saw nothing but lily pads and the bul- bous nobbins of water hyacinths. Then she saw ‘that some of the nobbins had eyes. “Ha,” came a wheezy chuckle from the old man, “there's Little Sweetheart.” He shuffled to the far end of the pool and squatted on the edge, then started talking in a sing- song voice. “Come on, baby. Come on, lit- tle fellow. Come on to Abe.” A mound, the size of both of Abe's hands, stirred on a log, then with a powerful push of hind legs, sprang through the air to Old Abe’s knees. Tomi’s soundless laughter was checked in sheer astonishment. The frog knew Abe. Others be- gan to come to his wooing voice, clustering in the short grass at his feet, their ridiculous eyes seem- to pop in adoration. ‘omi’s own eyes were popping a little as she began easing to- wards Abe. In a moment there was a machine gun spattering of forms striking the water. ‘Talk To Them’ A™= looked up in, mild disap- proval. “You gotta get ‘em used to you. Now you sit here like this and talk to them.” Fascinated, Tomi squatted in gesient imitation of Old Abe d started her sing-song. “Come on, baby. Come show you’ eyes to Tomi. Come on—” “No,‘ no!” scolded Abe. “You ain't shootin’ dice. Don’t snap your fingers. Take it slow and sweet-like.” Tomi looked over the pool. Not a frog was in sight. She drew a deep, resolute breath and began in honeyed tones, “Come on, lambie-pies. Come on to Tomi, sweet babies.” Something stirred beyond the netting on the far side. Tomi saw first, shining leather boots, next, twill riding breeches, a leather jacket, a chin, gr: Slue eyes dancing with widen glints vot laughter. Allen Bartell. ouldn’t he be the one to cateh her making a fool of herself. ge snapped to an erect posi~ morning, Mr. T= Pati she poe in a frigid tone, “T was going to ask Abe* to call you. I'd “You jike to see 2 copy of Tim~ othy Toland’s will “Tt have one—” Allen Bartell | 2! sto} ; his face yo once a euliar expression, r hands rushed to his ype pees one emerged with a andkerchief and inté this went a violent sneeze. “T have one with me,” he in- formed her with a frigid dignity which paeebes | nee own. oe su; want me?” mudleeeiee Beton sacs Work Didn’t Hurt Him (By Annoginted Prexs) LOS ANGELES, Apr. 24—The eaveer of Kasper Kerkorian, who ith | Pale blue and rose twirl They started off, Bartell temps | ing, Tomi proceeding with little ‘CHUBBY’ DEAN OUT JT YANKEES hops and skips as she neared | might be lying in wait for her. She looked up to see the house by acacia trees, yellow-green with a promise of bloom, ‘Behind were tus trees, a windbreak'‘of sheer beauty. “Why,” she thought i in surprise, “this is my home. I can have it painted. I can have it rebuilt. 1 can do any blessed thing I want to do with it.” She wanted to gather it into her arms, to protect it against this | interloper who limped at her side, | and into whose possession it would go if she failed to make good, “I can’t fail,” she thought. “1 must save this from him. He couldn’t love it as I'm going to.” It was the highly competent Miss Toland, late secretary to A. J. Morris, general sales man- ager of Mid-Western Fruits, who faced Allen Bartell across the desk of the late Timothy Toland. Bartell had never met this per- son. This wasn’t the half-cowed child who had defied the Tolands through fear. This wasn’t the girl- ish shopper reveling in her unex pected good fortune. Nor was this the blue-lipped_ passenger of the airliner who #¥i§ staunchly re- fused to give in to her illness. This young woman had busi- ness ability. She listened to him read each detailed proviso of the | will. When he had finished she | fired a barrage of questions at 's| him, well-pointed questions. She | made notes of his answers. | ‘You Asked For It’ iNOW she sat studying her notes, Suddenly she directed her at- tention at him. “According to this, Mr. Bartell, I must report to you at the end of the season. After a public accountant audits my books, you recheck, and if I do not show that I am making head- way, you take over this business as administrator.” “The clause,” corrected Bartell, “reads: “The estate reverts to Al- len Bartell.’” Tomi swallowed anger, fear, and something akin to hatred. When she spoke again, her voice was still brisk and impersonal. “Several thousand dollars have been set aside for the upkeep and improvement of this property: however, I am not free to expend it without first receiving your of- ficial permit. Is this true, Mr. Bar- tell?” ott is” “Mr. Bartell—” the business girl had disappeared: a roguish child with immense black eyes and wind-ruffed klack hair leaned across the table and smiled at him—“I fear Great-uncle Tim- othy overlooked a few important details, There isn’t a word in here authorizing you to tell me how many breaths of air per cubic feet U'm allowed to breathe.” Allen Bartell’s face grew crim- son. Quickly he lifted his hand- kerchief to hide the muffled sneeze and, further infuriated by the sparkling amusement in her eyes, he retorted: “Tf I had complete jurisdiction over you, Miss Toland, your breathing would terminate per- manently after one of your choice remarks.” “Are you trying to intimidate me, Mr. Bartell?” Bartell arose, gathered his pa- pers together and started out of the room. “Intimidate you?” he exploded, and limped away. “But, Mr. Bartell, about the fi- nal transacti@m. You will meet me at the Alameda Bank at two o'clock?” “T will call for you here at one- thirty,” he corrected, his voice arbitrary. Tomi, remembering a_certain item listed in the will, lifted her chin. “That,” she informed him loftily, “will not be necessary. I understand that'I have a car of my own. I am quite capable of driving it to Alameda. I will meet you at the bank.” For the first time since they had entered the house the golden lights came into Bartell’s eyes. He even smiled his infectious smile. “All right,” he agreed. “Just re- member, you asked for it.” And he turned towards the kitchen door. Tomi turned towards the door at the opposite end of the hall, meda have some inane traffic laws which would land her in the city bastile? She opened the front door, re- membering she hadn’t seen the view from this exposure. It was more than she had honed to find. this glorious old garden. It was overgrown, a vast cavern of shrubs and trees. Tomi recog- nized only the palms by name. A tall hedge sheltered her from the country road. Then she went swiftly dewn bee steps to sit on the gravel path grees wd face into a mass of burr violets. At that moment, warm sun beating down, the fragrance of violets intoxicating her senses, pshe could have loved even Allen Bartell. She turned her head ex- pectantly as footsteps sounded. They were not Allen’s. A vision was coming down the path; a Golden hair fluffed about her A peasant frock of yellow. like a arden of spring flowers under wind as she walked. Continued tomorrow thas died at the age of 115, ‘dicated he thrived on hard work. Up to the age of 103 he actively farmed his own land. Subseribe to The Citizen. | Once Tomi slowed her pace. | before her; old, ugly, but sturdily | built, its shabbiness half hidden | the silver-gray leaves of eucalyp- | puzzled over the change. Did Ala- | in- | clumps of grass where snakes | |REPEATS OPENING DAY vic. | LOSE CLOSE ONE TO PI- | RATES: GIANTS WIN, 1-0 (Speeial to The Citizen) NEW YORK, April 24—The New York Yankees may be four- ; jtime straight winners of the championship of the baseball world and may be favored to imake it five in a row this year, ‘but to the Philadelphia Athletics |and “Chubby” Dean they look like nothing much at all. Yesterday ,in Yankee Stadium, Dean allowed the mighty Yanks only four hits as his team beat the New Yorkers, 3 to 0. It was ‘a duplicate of the same sort of | feat accomplished by the A’s and Dean on opening day of the 1940 season a week ago. The Yanks threatened only once during the whole game. As a contrast, Bump Hadley gave up ‘just four safe blows, too—but he was wild in places and the three runs sent in by Philadelphia were.due to walks for the most part. ‘Bases were loaded in the ninth on walks and even after | Hadley was yanked, the ;moundsman didn’t do so_ well, walking in two runs before the game ended. In the only other American League game scheduled—two others being postponed on _ ac- count of rain—the Boston Red Sox defeated the still-trying but so-far - unsuccessful Washington Senators, 7 to 2, at Boston. Mickey Harris, rookie southpaw, made his big league debut in this game and, aided by home runs off the bats of three of his pals, set the Nats down in easy style, allowing only seven safeties, Three games were played in the senior circuit—the only con- test being cancelled was the Cin- cinnati-St. Louis affair because the Ohio river flood covered all of Crosley Field. Paul Waner hit a pinch-single in the ninth inning yesterday with Pirate teammates on all the bases and produced two sufficient to' beat the Chicago Cubs, 3 to 2. Home runs‘featuréd the game} between and the Boston Bees yesterday, | but the circuit clouts produced | by two Dodger rookies, Johnny Gilbert and Herman Franks, ac- counted for seven runs, more than enough to overpower the Bees. Final score was 8 to 3. Boston’s runs all came in in the first inning on Max West’s hom- er with two on. New York Giants were hard put to it to beat the Phillies, but a forced-in run in the seventh in- ning, behind airtight pitching by /Giant Hurler Harry Gumbert, ‘managed the win, 1 to 0. Kirby Higbe was the unfortunate los- ing moundsman, Results of the games follow: AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York R. H. E. Philadelphia 342 New York 2 04 Dean and Hayes; Hadley, Rus- so, Chandler and Dickey. | R. H. E. 2 % 2 At Boston Washington Boston 8: Leonard, Carrasquel, Jacobs and Ferrell; Harris and Desau- | tels. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Pittsburgh R. H. Chicago eee 3 9 E. 0 | Pittsburgh 2 French, Page and Todd: Mac- | Fayden, Brown and Mueller, Ber- res. At Brooklyn R. H. E. Boston 310 2 Brooklyn -~812 2 Strowevich, Errickson, Javery and Lopez; Carleton and Franks. At Philadelphia R. H. E. New York | Philadelphia 042 Gumbert and Danning; Highe, | L. Brown and Warren. GAMES TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York— Besse vs. Ruffing. Washington at Boston—Haynes | vs. Grove. Cleveland at St. Louis Milner | vs. Kennedy. Detroit _ at vs. Rigney. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Brooklyn—Posedel vs. Wyatt. Vandenberg vs. Mulcahy. Chicago at Pittsburgh—Lee or Root vs. Butcher. St. Louis at Cincinnati, relief | runs, - the Brooklyn Dodgers j 1; New York at Philadelphia— | post. | “THE REY WEST CITIZEN _ ‘URGE RE-ELECTION | |FRIENDS POINT OUT PERTIN: | ENT REASONS IN CURRENT ADVERTISEMENT TORY OVER CHAMPS; CUBS | Friends of County .Commis- jsioner ‘Norberg Thomipson an- |nounced today they had formed a | contmniteags to help effect his re- ;election and, when asked for their views in the current cam- paign, called attention to an ad- vertisement they have inserted jin today’s issue of The Citizen. They emphasize that “Norberg | !Thompson has made a success of his own business and should be re-elected that he may ‘continue to apply sound business prin- ciples in serving the bes? inter- ests of this city and county”. “It took keen business ability | and unlimited courage to carry on extensive industrial and com- mercial activities here after the railroad ceased operations”, one of the “Re-eléct Thompson Com- mittee” said today. “With char- acteristie energy and foresight, ‘Commissioner Thompson estab- lished a _ transportation system that gave Key West and Monroe county a mainland connection. That system still serves the coun- ty and employs a large number of Monroe residents. ‘When such business ability is so scarce we feel it would be a mistake to dump Commissioner Thompson into the political dis- card. 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Name the American Minis-| ter to Canada who recent- | ly was feprimanded pub- licly by Secretary of State Huil. Which U. S. President was nicknamed “Uncondition- | al Surrender’? For what is “black gold” nickname? 1, ed by three flat, concen- tric rings of matter is Jupiter, Saturn or Nep- | tune? What science treats of the| evolution and growth of] language? Which member of Theodore | Roosevelt's. cabinet _be- | came President of the United States? What happens to a letter that cannot be - delivered | and has no return ad- dress? 9. Who wrote ! Joe”? 10. Name the capital mania? E. R. BENTLEY CANDIDATE FOR 16 te ATT’Y GENERAL | (Continued irom Page One) ley, when interviewed by The Citizen, “and I prediet a great TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West STAR ¥* BRAND CUBAN COFFEE | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | be- | “Old Black | {future for it as a tourist center. When the Everglades National Park is completed, added impetus | will be given to travel over the Keys. As a member of the goy- jernor’s cabinet, I shall do every-, thing T can to promote an early ,eompletion of- the park and help \these tropical keys which are as ‘truly a part of Florida as Talla- hassee and Miami”. Bentley presents a_ straight-! {forward platform covering the duties of the Attorney General jas a member of the many state) ‘beards and commissions. He is a~former president of the Flor- PAGE THREE lida State Bar Association, which | Tuesday to attend the American group he setyed for eight years Legion conyention in St: Peters- as seeretary-treasurer, and he is burg, of which he is a past De- present editor of the Florida Law | partment Commander, Journal which he has edited for! the Florida State Bar for more than six years. A: lifelong Democrat, Bentley | has never before aspired to pub-} lje office. He lives on his citrus grove in the Lakeland high- lands, but Practices law in Lake-' land. 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