The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1940, Page 3

4, WESTERDAY: Because Brenda 4s a° Burnham, Judge Harper comes to her with a neighbor- hood problem. Alaine and Ab- ner, the Abernathy twins, have quarreled again and Alaine is planning to elope. Judge Harper wants Brenda’s help. Chapter Nine Brenda Butts In |e THE living room of the Aber- nathy house a dark young man rose to greet them, his white teeth flashing in a smile. “I think I’m going to pull it off this time, Judge, in spite of you!” “T’ve brought reinforcements,” said the Judge coolly. “Brenda, I won't stop to present the enemy to you. You'll find Alaine’s room at the right, in front. Go right up, will you, my dear?” Brenda was divided between laughter and embarrassment as she ran up the st. Alaine Abernathy, she judged, was not yet twenty; a mere girl, and yet she was the mistress of her own house; the nouse into which a stranger was forcing her way. She rapped gently at a half open door. Alaine called: “If it’s you, Miss Ormond, you might as well go downstairs again. | I've made up my mind this time. and nobedy can stop me.” Brenda walked in. The pretty room looked as if a cyclone had | recently had its way with it. Clothes were strewn on chairs and the bed, drawers were open. a desk spilled its letters and sta- tionery onto the floor. And in the midst of the confusion stood Alaine, her dark hair ruffled about her head, her brown eyes gleam- ing with anger. She was evident- ly in the act of dressing, for she wore only a silk slip and her stockings. Brenda said casually: “Your lip rouge isn’t on straight. Your mouth is one-sided.” Startled, the girl glanced into the mirror, repaired the damage carelessly. Then she turned on her visitor. “You're Miss Burrham, aren’t g here? Trying making a fool ng! ie yes blazed. “I see udge Harper’s fine Italian—not so fine at that!—hand in thi Well, it’s no use, my dear Miss Burnham. As you can see, I ractically pack and-to-be is do’ Ai . suppose you tell 'me about this man’ you call your husband-to-be?” . an laine inquired reasonably: it of yours?” Put it down to natural curi- 3 or to my _ being a Burn- Brenda told her soothing- We've z01 to talk about some- | thing; it might as well be Mr Barton. That’ his name?” The little ruse worked. Alaine said sulkily: “No. Barrow. Ed- ward Barrow. but everybody calls him Ned. He’s really swell. Brenda. (I'm going to call you Brenda! If you think you know me well enough to come up here like this, surely I know vou well enough to call you by your first name!) I've treated him like a yellow dog. whistling him on and driving him off. But this time he’s not going to be driven off. I sent for him, and I'm going to marry him. At the City Hall Just as} soon as I get my things packed Damn these shoes!” “Put 'em heel to toe—not both high heels together.” Brenda ad- vised. “You shouldn’t be putti those shoes in with that chiff dress anyway. Take ’em out and} put ’em in the other bag.” Too Much Bossing ASAINE obeyed without ques- ‘tion. “Now why,” Brenda vent on in the same friendly tone, “are you marrying Mr.—er—Barrow?” “Because ——” the dam burst and the waters of wrath poured out torrentially. “Because Ab Ab- ernathy has no business to say how low my new frock shall L2 cut! Because I've stood all the bossing from him I'm ever going to! I'll have you know I’m one hour and six minutes older than he is anyway, and if that doesn’t give me a right to make decisions about this place I don't know what does! It’s a lovely frock, too,” she went on, pointing to the crumpled mass from which she had just removed the pair of shoes. “I paid more for it than for any dress I’ve ever had since I grew up. I showed it to him when it came home, if it comes to that. Was it my fault if he thought the V was in the back instead of the front? And then this noon when I was trying it on —you know the University dance is next week!—of course Ab would have to come marching up- stairs and see me!” She as necessarily, for breath. Brenda waited and pres- ently Alaine went on with some- thing resembling genuine relish. “My dear, there was the father and mother of a row! I thought I knew alJ the cuss words Ab had at his command but he intro- duced some really new and inter- esting ones into his diatribe. . . . That's right, isn’t it? Diatribe? Or do T meani dyastole? .. . At any rate, we t like a pair of Kil- kenny cats, and I went down and told Ned if he'd get the license and come for me I'd marry him this afternoon. And I’m go:ng to,” she concluded firmly. Why should’ I? What busi- | Brenda shook.her‘head. “T wouldn’t today, if “E;were you. Your hair needs a wave and your hands are awful. What have you been doing to them?” Alaine spread her long fingers out and viewed them disgustedly. “Helping Ab cut back his old peonies on the farm! We've a lit- tle country 2lace, you know—or maybe you don’t know—and Ab and I are both keen on botany. We use the place to experiment. It’s loads of fun. Three years ago we grew some peonies—our own seedlings—and they have to be cut back in the fall It’s death and destruction to ‘one’s nails, of course. I intended to gét a mani- cure tomorrow; a manicure and a wave.” “Get #.” Brenda ‘advised. “Let me tell your young man that the wedding’s postponed until the bride is her usual charming self. You really look like the wrath of God, you know,” she continued amicably. “It isn’t fair to a hus- band to enter into marriage with your hair all straggly and your hands like that. A good facial wouldn’t hurt you for once, | either; though I don’t advise them | usually for one so young.” | “Who are you to be advising | at all?” was the pert question. “A beauty expert?” “Just another girl—and one | with eyes in her head.” She rose. “Shall I go down and give Mr. | Barrow the message?” “Well, but — but I do suppose | there's a cimit to what poor Ned j will put up with,” Alaine re- marked slowly. “I imagine he’d rather have me, wave or no wave, than not at all. 1... 1 sort of hate to break it to him—this time!” last words; they spoke significant- ly of former occasions when the | patient lover had been turned | away. ‘Lots Of Money’ | “Bt I'm doing it for you today, and I’m very skillful at it, | truly I am!.TU take all the blame | myself—he saw me come dashing upstairs so _he knows I intended | to rescue—I mean to try to per- suade you to change—- I mean to postpone the wedding. Do let me | go down now!” And when Alaine | stil hesitated, she took the girl | by the arm and led her-to the | mirror. One glance at’ the dark, disheveled hair, the carelessly ap- - | plied lip rouge, and the drawn ex- pression of the young face settled | the matter. t—go down! But you’re n_its only postponed! Brenda said, and nded the stairs. arper, whether from or distaste for the whole affair, had taken himself off. Brenda faced Ned Barrow alone. without preamble. “Were’s Alaine? If you've talked her out of marrying me ——” Brenda brougst out both dim- in her most charming smile. ‘Shall we sit down and discuss it for a few minutes? As a matter of fact. I've merely persuaded her | to postpone her marriage until to- morrow. I haven’t ——” He interrupted angrily. “That’s equivalent to postponing it for- ever—or at least until she and Ab have another row!” “But my dear Mr. Barrow”— she leaned forward persuasively —“you wouldn’t want to marry Alaine merely on an impulse— her impulse, I mean? Think how resentful she’d be when she got over her fit of anger toward her brother! It’s quite on the cards she'd leave you and come home to him.” His young jaw set forcefully. “She wouldn't! I'd see to that!” Brenda smiled again. “You and Ab! It’s your idea a girl like Alaine can be driven, ish’t it? Now if you really want to marry her ——” “I do! My gosh, how. I do! Say, listen, Miss whoeveryouare! If you'll help me win Alain iu admit to you that all along I've had my doubts about this impulse-of-the-moment marriage —there isn’t anything on earth I won't do -or you! How about an ermine coat?” he inquired hope- fully. “If it came as a gift from both Alaine and me, it wouldn’t cause comment. Or a car of your name what you want.” he told you persuade Alaine to marry me.” * Brenda viewed him thoughtful- ly. “I take it you have money? Lots of moacy?” “Tm _ lousy with it.” he ex- plained. “My dad couldn’t seem to stop making it, once he. got started; and when he died four years ago I was the only one he could leave it to. I haven’t done so badly with it, at that,” he went on modestly. “I mean —there’s been no showgirls in my life—no drinking — no gambling. Maybe it's because I was in love with Alaine even then. I met her when we were both kids out roller skat- ine on the sidewalk, he contin- ued. “I live a couple of blocks back of here, in one of those cas- tle-like affairs you've probably turned up your nose at. She was eleven and vhat she couldn't do on those skates is nobody’s busi- ness! I was falling all over my- self, and she volunteered to teach | me.” He grinned at her, and again those remarkably white and even teeth ed at her: “Love's young dream got under way right then and there. I used to tie awake as much as ten minutes at night, thinking what a swell girl | she was. I told her father I was going to marry her when we both grew up, and he secmed to ap- prove of the idea.” Brenda’s eyes twinkled at the | He opened the conversation , own — specially designed? Just | her largely, “and it'll be yours if | WALTERS HANGS .C.C.C-TIGERS IN UP STHSTRAICHT; OPENER TONIGHT YANKS WIN TWO isa REDS SPLIT TWIN BILL AND, DODGERS DOWNED BRUINS TWICE: RED SOX WON AND Lost (Special to The Citizen) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN * SECOND SOFTBALL GAME BETWEEN BLUE SOX AND KEY WEST CONCHS Two games will be played to- night at Bayview Park in the Is- land City Softball League. In the first game the C.C.C. NEW YORK, June 3.—Bucky |Camp will tackle the Park Ti- Walters continued as the Nation-|gers.. This game is scheduled to al League's leading pitcher yes-|Start at 8 o'clock and the bat-' Soldano, KWC -__11 terday when he turned in his teries will be J. Walker and C.D. Fer’dez, KWC _ 9 ninth straight win for the Cin |Rosam for the Parkers and Han-/O. Molina, BS _ cinnati Reds and defeated the! Boston Bees, 11 to 1. ing them, 2 to 0. ‘ Brooklyn Dodgers stayed with-| in striking position of first place by taking a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs, 3 to 2 and 2 to 1. First game was featured by a ninth-inning rally of two runs} engineered chiefly by Jimmy! Wasdell’s double. In the second contest, Luke Hamlin allowed Cubs but six hits. } Philadelphia Phillies and St.! Louis Cardinals split a twin-bill, | the Phils winning the opener, 4) to 2, behind seven-hit pitching} by Beck, and thea Cards knocking | out three homers in the final fracas to swamp the Phils, 9 to 2.} New York Giants dropped the curtain-raiser of their double- bill to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 to 1, and then went on to win) jthe nightcap, 7 to 3. Bucs hit) two, four-baggers in the second} tilt, yet lost. Game was ended| in the eighth inning because of} Pennsylvania’s Sunday baseball . Naw. New York Yankees continued their march to league leadership with a double win over the St. Louis Browns, 13 to 4 and 11 to 1. Yanks collected a total of 26 safeties in the two games. Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox divided their twin- bill, the Chisox blanking Boston 6 to 0 in the initial fracas when veteran Ted Lyons turned in a; masterful six-hit performance Jimmy Foxx’ 13th homerun of the season knocked in a man ahead of him in the ninth inning of the second game and provided Aiding | Bucky in this game was Johnny ico. wit) play the Key West |B. Hancock, CC __ 7 Rizzo, who hit two home runs./ 3 In the nightcap, Errickson held | will pitch -and G. Garcia will Barfield CCC the Reds to eight safeties, blank-|catch for the Sox, and D. Roberts !J- Carbonell, CC - |Pittsburgh | sen or McCarthy and G. Williams for the Conservationists. In the second game, the Blue Conchs. In this contest Ward or Saunders will pitch for the Conchs and Soldano or Menendez will be behind. the plate. LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE Club— W. ee Boston _ 24 11 Cleveland 24 15 Detroit 22 15 New York - 20 18 Chicago ____ Ss «foe | Philadelphia -~ 15 22 Washington 2 _ 16 24 St cue... 54.. A 686 615 ‘395 UE L. ll ll 13 21 19 22 20 22 NATIONAL LEAG Club— w. Cincinnati — — 27 Brooklyn 23 New York 20 [pS peaereeumeomens: || Philadelphia 14 St. Louis 14 Boston 12 10 TRANSPORT ATION SOFTBALL STATISTICS |League follow: LEADING HITTERS | Player— Barcelo, CC ____ 9 4 Campbell, CCC - iJ. Garcia, BS J. Navarro, SB ___26 \D. Fernandez, SB _12 E. Ogden, BS = Ward, BS __ E. Albury, SB ‘Grooms, M _____17 Albio Ace’do, BS _15 G. Williams, CCC _22 - DAM VII RWI OCUUMTUNUOCHOANWHhOS 18 J. Pent, PT ---- 8 Plummons, M ___25 Webb, VP53 ____25 21 =e G. Garcia, BS __ J. Walker, PT Nelson, CC - O'Connor, VP53 Waters, CCC __ 5 |Alonzo, PT Cates, CC - M. Arias, BS Baker, CC Byars, VP53 G. Lastres, KWC _26 4 oly. eee pay SwowkhoomusrMmssH8e - SSCOhONNH ON Statistics of games played to date in the Island City Softball | With five teams boasting of Highest last 24 AB R H Ave. |Perfect scores, bowling matches Lowest last ni LEA BO PAGE Tazz ] j E WEATHER |Obecsyation taken at 339 a =n. ! ‘Temperetures hours t .667 |resume tonight with U.SS: Lea|Mean _ 57k} 541) meeting S.H. Kress & Co. A doubleheader is scheduled Normal Precipitation $38 ltor Tuesday, Star Cafe meeting Rainfall, 24 hours ending “500 Six Contractors at 8 p.m. and 330 a m., inches ez .500|White Star Cleaners. battling Total rainfall since June 1 500 470 466 | AB4 454) 454 a4) 440} 428, 428 428 A416 416 | “400 “400 “400 -400 -400 384 1] MOST BASES ON BALLS Pitcher- S. S. CUBA The Steamship Cuba, of the P. land O. S. S. Co., arrived from Tampa this morning, 6:40 o'clock, with two first cabin passengers for Key West, no seconds; 49 first cabin and five second cabin for Havana. Key West arrivals were Mrs. 2 ee eee A. Griffin _ McCarthy Martin Flood - EARNED RUNS Off Pitcher— Bond - Arnold the winning margin of the Bosox’|E. R. McCarthy and Ed. Mc- Jasper Walker 10 to 8 triumph. Philadelphia Athletics dropped the first contest of their double-; header with the Cleveland In- dians, 7 to 2, as Bob Feller al- lowed the A’s only eight hits. In the second game, the Athletics jumped on four Tribe pitchers for 13 safeties and victory, 12 to 6. Washington Senators. dropped a single game to Detroit Tigers, 8 to 6, and slipped to within’ one game of last place in the junior circuit. Results of the games: NATIONAL LEAGUE First Game At Cincinnati Boston R. HE. ees Oo ee | Cincinnati = ae Se ge | Piechota, Strincevich, Javery and Andrews; Walters and Lom- bardi. Second Game At Cincinnati . Beston Cincinnati | Errickson and Lopez; Beggs and Hershberger. E.| 0! 0 8 0} Turner, H. 4 First Game At Chicago S . Brooklyn __ Chicago | Wyatt, Kim! jungo, Doyle jand Phelps; Lee and Hartn if 1 } i ] Second Game At Chicago | Brooklyn Chicago Hamlin and Mancuso; Olsen and Todd. RHE| 2 -1 6 0} RHE! a 5.8 First Game At Pittsburgh New York -_ ® Pittsburgh — Brown, Joiner Danning; Klinger, Lanahan, MacFayden and Davis, Berres. Second Af Pittsburgh |New York Pittsburgh Melton, G |han, Sewel, Lanning and Berres. First Game At St. Louis : Philadelphia ‘St. Louis _ Beck arid Atwood; Lanier, Da vis, Warneke and Padgett. Second Game At St. Louis Philadelphia St. Louis Carthy. The ship had on the manifest the following items: For Key West, 49 tons of freight and one sack of mail, and for Havana, eight tons of freight and 179 sacks of mail. The ship sailed this morning at 10°30 o’clock for Havana with 50 first and nine second cabin pas- sengets booking at Key West, five automobiles and seven sacks of mail-taken on at this port. The first U. S. census in 1790 showed a population of nearly 4,000,000—considerably less than the present population of New York City. and Warren; Bowman and Owen. AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game At New York St. Louis New York 13 14 Harris, Coffman, Mills and Susce; Russo and Dickey. R. H.E + 7 § Second Game At New York R. HE ii eee Ve oe 11 12. 0 Swift; New York =z Kennedy, Lawson and Breuer and Dickey. First Game At Boston Chicago Boston Heving and Desautels. Second Game At Boston Chicago ~ Rigney, 817 0 .2 9 Il/and Turner; Galehouse, Wilson, ickman, Bagby and Desautels, eacock. First Game Saunders Cook _. J. Walker - Gabbard Webb __ M. Tynes Hansen Flood ___ |A. Griffin __ C. Gates Ward Smith Martin Player— C. Albury - Cates 'McCarthy J. Garcia Three-Base E. Albury - Pent Cates Sterling Kerr J. Navarro i are G. Williams - Villareal Baker __ (Si, eee 6 0! 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