The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 17, 1940, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1940 ' ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN i YESTERDAY. Lance and Zan have their first quarrel since his |of clean, white stars dotted the L. Pett oceans, Aa tare Tea re- |upturned cup of the sky. } 31.603} proaches himself bitterly. Johnny : i | wants to get Jan a job as hostess | ,,>eyeral, Persons called to her 32.600, Gt the clulabutshe Tefusge. smiled answer. Most of the con- { 33 any — cession owners had been here 36 532) j Chapter-12 every season for years. They 39 .487! Room Eor Rent formed a clannish resident colony 48 415. : u all their own which was closed : [JOHNNY pushed the chair out/¢, transients. Jan was accepted 47 «405 to the walk, then came back|almost as one of them. They 50.398 to Jan who was~ scraping food remnants off plates and stacking curious people, spawn of carnival (By Associated Press) | i i fishes to be washed. Tn the un’) and circus who shouted all sum- | NEW YORK, July 17.—Phila;| cj pul wenane Reseball) mn Their Fi They Are and Kind glare of the overhead light|mer long at prospective custom- ’ 2 f |__Club— W. L. Pet. elr le ¥ she looked tired, he thought./ers with complete and hardened |delphia Athletics made it three jCincinnati _ _ 51 24 680) Damn it. all, why. couldn’t she| indifference to heckling and star- |out of four games in their series | Brooklyn — 48 28 632 W. h of Y - take the job and hire someone to|ing, happy when warm summer ith Detroit yesterday by taking |New York _ 42 -33—«#560 ort y our do this drudgery! nights drove hordes of “suckers” |W! y y | Chicago 43 40 518 He said. as much. Se ec a oie to their any —_— nig Bc an easy 3 to 1 contest from the! ae 33 41 446 she sighed. “You saw how Lance|new wor! ad opened to her ii Geol Caster gave _ z 4 ay I wish you hadn’t men-| fascinated eyes only two years Tests. aS : UP | Pittsburgh 32°42 «.432 tioned it in front of him. It’s bad|ago when, of necessity, she had | six hits for his third win of the Boston _________ 27 45-375, for him to. be aroused that way.”|to leave school and-care for season to allow the lowly. A’s to |Philadelphia. __ 25. 49. .338 a 5 She didn’t: tell him she felt like} Lance. Every moment of freedom ¥ @ wornout buffer from constantly trying- to keep things running smoothly in the growing turbu- ———— CALL ———__ 7 lence of her household. For Lance,| replica of Coney Island, to a snag yesterday when they Club— W. L. Pet. SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CO Mabel Preston Green's ' ite his gaod-resolves, had not Little by little these people be- absorbed their third-straight lick- Pepper’s Plumbers _ 2 0 1.000 ° apalogized for, storming about|/came accustomed to séeing the ing and overlooked. a chance to/Sawyer’s Barbers __.2.1 .750 $00 Fleming Street SOUTHERNMOST SHO P : Derek. Instead he had chosen to| small, blue-eyed girl with the an the league-lead. Washing-|VP53 0. 1.000 ELECTRICAL and PLUMBING CO! i nore whole episode wi e}s i ; - 4 INTRACTORS consequence that-it hung like an phe oa the cae bape eo ton stacked up seven runs in a Blue Sox _ 2 .000 HOURS: 10 A. M. to $08 P. M. Except Sundeps ; opaque curtain between them. Granting that she was entitled to. romance, ta.a sweetheart, he so afraid: he’d get-a drop of water on his too perfect clothes that he staod. far. hack from the drain- hoard and reached for dishes with an awkwardness worthy of a movie comic. When they finished Johnny put his arms around her and peered anxiously down into her weary eyes. “I wish I could take you out of all this, Jan. I'm crazy about you, honey. I will take you out, too, the minute I get my own band.” “If I let you,” she parried, too tired to resent his arms about her because they were, somehow, comforting and friendly. He drew over the water and thousands liked her, trusted her, these she spent in exploring what seemed unusual, bizarre, and in- triguing in this small west coast She learned more from these ele- mental, boisterous, shrewd peo- ple than any book could have _Jan passed Frank’s office at the lifeguard station, saw through the window he was talking to some men, and went on out to the pier’s end. She liked just to stand here and look down at the water battering night and day at the pilings below. Usually the unremitting ro! of the surf lulled her, but tonight it did not. She kept thinking of Derek and of Johnny, wishing that scene in the kitchen had not occurred, Not that it mattered. Derek had made that quite clear on the rooftop the day he kissed her. Nevertheless, it made her miserable to think he had seen deflate the heretofor- “hot” De- troiters. Cleveland Indians also ran. in- wild sixth-inning rally and from that point on were never in dan- Rigney was the hero of the day, holding the Yankee. batsmen. to a meager six hits. Brooklyn Dodgers dropped fur- i ther behind in their fight to lead’ the National League with a 5 to, 3 loss at the hands of the Pitts- |burgh Pirates. Johnny Lanning; |halted the Dodgers with eight \safeties, St. Louis Cardinals chalked up their sixth-straight victory with a close victory over the Boston Bees yesterday. Attack of the Cards was featured chiefly by !two homers by Enos Slaughter | ee aS RRR i i NATIONAL LEAGUE (Key. West Softball) king of the same name who | united Italy. CLASSIFIED COL FURNISHED. 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Conchs Phone 54 Duval Street at South jot whom none of them knew any- Her young ears, often shocked, Chicago y inf iu. & Marines ¢ thing. ly a 2 | heard of bloody battles, drunken {100 percent for the gauge PTs te = & _ “I'll dry the. dishes for- you,”| mischief, faithless wives, roving | vision teams by clouting out a 5/U-S.S. _ Johnny red in ap. unexpected | husbands, and all the colorful de- jto 1 victory over the champion |NavSta acce&# ‘afi generasity, His actions} ings of nimble-witted show peo- iNew York Yankees. Johnny | CCC ws i F R I G J D A I R E e broke her bad mood, for he was| ple. Merchants Phone 861-J From Any RUNNING WATER 5; ig] ber the first time she had ever ' The Best C: AYTON Automatic Water Sys- her head to his shoulder and laid i " , and one by Johnny Mize. : his cheek against her “bright, | 2h1y cela seems notven Chicago Cubs blanked the New FOR RENT—House, 5-room. and | Sandwiches in Town aes opera Seemtetne cee tousled hair. “You're so little and York Giants, 2 to 0, with south- bath, or will rent. as two-reom rent, so if you have the “juice”— $e owret, Leen cently stroking 2 ‘Teo. Sensitive ___'paw Vern Olsen outpitching Har-! apartment with kitchenette =e saint ieicceaee precch ina The kitchen door swung inward A™ I falling in love with. ry Gumbert. Phil Cavaretta| and bath; newly furnished; We Serve Lunc and Derek observed the tableau.|,... Derek?” she wondered. If singled in the seventh inning) garage available; to see is to 4 With a DAYTON, you can have “Sorry ta intrude,” he barked, | this was love, she thought she'd | With the bases loaded to provide} appreciate. Clarice Roberts, and. Dinners fFunning water anywhere in your “but I would like some lotion. My face burns like the very devil.” Jan, embarrassed, shy, drew away from Johnny, detesting the blush she felt dyeing her cheeks. A ‘ and free and guaranteed, giving the Why should shevfee uiy? Cer-| QUE Zaade Der feel empty. = Cayo ee Seterdave and Sundere | Cine depndable serve city tainly. she meant nothing to|Norma returned with Lance. He |New York cold running water. 5 a 0 water mains. Let us tell you how Derek. greeted- his sister with feverish | Rigney and Tre: es et ‘ the low cost will be justified many “Til get it for you,” she offered, | enthusiasm, telling her in detail Dickey. summer rates, day or week. 903. Simonton St. | time. hurrying to the little chest over} all about the airplane sequences 933 Fleming street. jlyll-1mo | the sink and taking out a bottle|/of the picture. He liked Gable re SOLD ON EAS¥ TERMS of honey and almond lotion. While Johnny watched, glow- ering, she poured some of the liquid into her palm and distrib- uted it carefully over Derek's face and neck. By the time she ; tin N All $5.00 WAVES, both machine and machineless _ $3.00 finished Derek was grinning. “Remember all the photographs At Washington RHE Duval Street. jun28-tf! All $7.50 WAVES _ ae eat Bi manana $5.00 Bo enter ee eo the | of me when es os west coast 1 wine All $10.00 WAVES... 3 ae ss $7.00 ?" he inquired impudently. air races?” he asked, his f: level = KEY WEST DAIL CITIZEN ; er glared at him. “That's hate- Fess “After the pice tonight Washington = } ART ISTIC BEAUT Y SALON THE Y ful of you.” the lights went on, Jan, and some- Eisenstat, Dobson, Allen, bid Permanent Wave Specialists “Oh, don’t mind me, folks. I'm} body recognized me. Pretty soot ‘i lemsley; denirshcagnna'dy- ecxpreaxiarknge oe ivision Street hone an ideal chaperone. Right now I verstcde ts the ae saan ss Humphries, Zuben and. = i m - intend retiring and leaving you all alone!” “Listen, you,” Johnny began, but Derek was already through the door. Jan giggled helplessly. “He’s terrible—absolutely outrageous— and so delightful!” “Not to me he isn’t," Johnny | stopped in just long enough to tell At Pittsburgh R, HE. policies issued from one to F U N E R A L growled. “I don’t see anything}him of Lance’s theatre venture Brooklyn —_ —_.__3 8 0 _ eighty without medical exam- funny. It'll be the happiest day | and he’d promised to run in when Pittsburgh % 8 2° ination. Leads furnished: Lib- of my life when he leaves this ghouse for good! Well, I guess I * better be getting to the club. See! wotrying a stub of pencil with her teeth. Taxes were due in April. Outrageous taxes, because the house chose to sit on a choice Piece of beach front. She could not possibly pay the taxes with what she had saved and what little money would be coming in. Upstairs there were five bed- rooms, all in use. Derek, she de- cided, would have to give up his @you later. honev.” squeezed them fearfully. —— tual Benefit Corporation, Box 4 se “I didn’t know.” she whisnered. | At Chicago B, H. E| . 928; Jacksonville, Florida. PHONE NO. 1 afppbe: Coney |» | “Test pilot was just a name of ‘New Yorg ' 0 6 1) jly12-7t : j= alone ‘in ‘the big silent | something © ae Chicago 242 downstairs, took her ai , Jan, couldn’t bear it i ieee HOTELS sboolg from the kitchen: cu Lance were ever to fiy.again! I | Gumbert and Danning; | and iseftled down at ‘the ” Td go mad imagining x, jand Hartnet§ BRING YOUR VISEEING friends How did you bear it?” ii rather skip it. One moment exal- tation; the next depression. She was becoming too sensitive, too vulnerable. “I ought to get rid of him,” she thought, and the and Tracy, he saiu, and the scenes were almost too real. “Tell her what happened,” Norma prompted, looking a little white, more than a little dis- turbed ing to see me, saying That fel- low was a test pilot. He knows all about it. He was over at the Lockair Plant’ They crowded around me, Sis, and talked to me and wanted my autograph.” They talked_a while longer, waiting for Frank. Jan had the show was over. When he came, taking Lance upstai Norma seized Jan’s hands, “I didn’t know, either,” Jan told her quietly. “He never al- lowed me near the field. I was in school. I didn’t learn how dan- gerous it was until—until after- ward. I can’t even talk about it, I get sick inside.” Their hands clung a moment in silent understanding, then Jan said, “Let's make coffee and his team with the winning runs. Results of the games follow: AMERICAN LEAGUE R, HE At New York At Philadelphia Detroit : Philadelphia _ e Hutchinson and Tebbetts; Cas- \ter and Wagner. i Krakauskas, Carrasquel, Montea- gudo and Ferrell. St. Louis and Boston, not sched- | uled. 3 Carleton, Pressnell and? Phelps; | Lanning and Lopez. 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