The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1940, Page 3

THURSDAY, AUGUST i,-1940 YESTERDAY: Jan tells Rose that she would-be doing Lance a favor if she would leave him alone. Lenore, still looking for _ Derek, finds him driving his beachfront tram. Chapter 25 ‘Jekyll And Hyde’ Witsour speaking Lenore set- tled in the seat just vacated by Rose. His face ened, dark- ened; his long fine hands showed white where the fingers gripped the steering wheel. He set the tram rolling toward the end of the line a few bloeks ahead. When his passengers had dis- embarked, while he waited for the seats to fill again, he said without looking at her: “And now that you've found me, Lenore?” She asked for a cigarette. Her soft, white hands, red-tipped, were quite steady, he noted. Her tone when she spoke was amused; her eyes were not. “Just what sort of Jekyl and Hyde game are you laying, Derek? It’s rather ridicu- lous—what you are doing—isn’t Bert “Not to me.” He toyed with the | idea of telling her he'd lost all his | money, but no, she could check | on that too easily. “The girl I saw you with,| then?” she asked, lightly. “She| seemed rather a pretty little thing, the flash I had of her. But why all the elaborate mystery | of going to China? Oh, yes, I have friends at Malibu, too. They thought it strange, to say the least, that you paid up rent for | the entire summer, locked your house, locked your car in the garage, left a note on the door and adventured off without a word to anyone.” They would think it a lot more strange, he thought, if they knew | he’d left every identification in his house, had wandered down the beach in trunks at dawn; brooded on the deserted sands for hours, then plunged, unseen, into cold surf, cherishing the bitter knowledge that no one would be sufficiently interested in him to check passenger lists of boats to| China. The seats were filling. Derek stood up and went around thej little car to collect a nickel from each passenger, making change from the contraption fastened to his belt. As Lenore watched, her frown of irritation deepened. It was all too, too ludicrous! Derek turned the tram around and started back the crowded walk, tootling his silly horn at people in the way. “Tll drop you| off at the Club, Lenore.” | “I won't get off unless you! promise to come back later and | have dinner with me.” “No.” “Then I can think of nothing more fascinating than spending a hot Sunday afternoon riding beside you, my dear.” A flush of angry annoyance crept up under his bronzed skin. | Lenore was quite capable of mak- | ing a scene, he knew. A quite, dignified scene—still a scene.| “You win,” he admitted ungra- i Il call for you a little He stopped the tram and let her off, went on without comment and did not glance back at her. All afternoon he piloted his car, unaware of the yellow sun dappling the blue sea, of gaudy beach umbrellas, of noisy shout-| ing children and sandwich-| munching parents, aware only/ that he must escape Lenore. | Foolish Questions | ae SIX o'clock, when another driver relieved him for the re- | mainder of the evening, he went to the office of the beach trans- | the you_do with a million dollars?” “Oh, adopt ten children and en- dow a home for stray cats and dogs.” “I mean seriously? How would you like a million dollars cash?” She observed he was in earnest. What vagary was upon him? she wondered. “I don’t know,” she said. “Not really I have no com- prehension of that much money. I don’t think money makes peo- ple happy.” “But lack of it does.” “Not necessarily. If you have a lot of money you have to worry about taxes and charities and op- portunists and people being nice to you because you are rich and not because they like you.” “Then you wouldn’t want a million?” “Oh, Derek, stop teasing me! How do I know? I wouldn't want it unless I earned it and that’s impossible. I certainly have ne rieh relatives. And stop trying to get around your lecture, my ‘fine friend. I'm al] set to nag, hard, because you've not touched the piano. I want you to try, Derek.” “You won’t tell me what you're trying to do these days with your painting,” he parried, achieving a comic expression of injury. “I've snooped into everything on the roof, but so far I haven't a clue, or is it a leg, to stand on. How- ever, I've noticed a look of very smug self-satisfaction on you of late.” “Tll tell you as soon as—” she hesitated—“as soon as I'm fin- ished.” “Be secretive,” he growled in mock anger. “You're the first wo- man I ever knew who could keep a secret!” But she wasn't, he re- membered suddenly. Lenore had kept plenty of secrets, and kept them well, but not quite long 4 enough. Jobless Again pens he safd meekly, “I’m out of a job again.” “What started this fight?” She moved her thick, taffy hair back of her ears and set her arms akimbo. “Nothing—I mean there was no fight. I, well, I just decided I was getting into a terrible rut and I'd like to take a crack at something else. Pll get another job right away, Jan. Now, wait a minute before you unloose your fury.” He reached in his pocket and brought out all of his pay. “There’s enough here to pay my board for three weeks,” be said, handing her three five dollar bills. “TI suppose it’s none of my busi- ness what you do as long as you pay me,” she said. “I am disap- poin' in you, though. I thought you ed this job. I—oh, what’s of scolding! While you're looking for something else you can just practice scales and arpeg- | gios, start playing again. Would it do any good if I stood over you with a baseball bat?” “Why should I practice?” An ironic smile twisted his wide mouth. “So I can make a fool of myself again? I did once, you } know. I suffered under the delu- sion I had composed a master- | piece, but when I sat down at the Piano—well, per the magazine ads, nobody laughed—but some- one yelled ‘swing it!” “Oh, how dreadful!” “No one seemed to think so ex- cept me,” he recalled. “Oh, I don’t blame them. It wasn’t the time or place. I like swing music, dance music, too.” “All right, Derek. I won’t try to tell you what to do.” She thought, “He’s afraid to try again. Why? He must be still in love with that girl.” She said, “Lance is better to- day. Would you go up and talk to him _a while?” “Of course. Say, Jan will you do me a favor? If any strange | Person comes here looking for me, Portation company, quit his job| will you pretend you don’t speak without explanation and collected | his pay to date. Too disturbed | and restless to go home, he saun- | tered off down the beach, sat on the sand watching fog obscure the setting brilliance of the sun, re- mained there until the chill of evening wind drove him back to the big red house. The clock in the hall said eight. Jan heard him and came down- stairs. “I kept dinner hot for you in the oven,” she smiled. “I'm sorry you had to work so late.! You must be tired.” Surprisingly enough, he was hungry. He savored the roast meat, the brown potatoes and smooth | gravy, the crise vegetable salad | she set before him. Coming into! the house he would have sworn he couldn’t touch food. His meal finished, he lit a cigarette to ac- | company his coffee, and looked | at Jan. She appeared drawn and | tired, he thought. Too much care | on her too young shoulders. Lance | was behaving badly, he knew.| Rose’s new attitude of cynicism was helping matters little. Norma | crept around as if she expected | a lashing at any moment. Johnny } spent little time here since the} night he quarreled with Jan over | the party dress. , Ever think of taking a vaca- tion, puss?” he asked Jan now. 0. ‘No.’ “Foolish question number one. Here's number two: What would EDSEL FORD BUYS ESTATE STUART, Aug. 1 (FNS).—Con- summating one of the largest real estate deals on Jupiter Island this year, Edsel Ford, motor car magnate and son of Henry Ford, purchased the winter estate of English? I've. a hunch I might be traced here.If I'm found, I'll have to leave.” A week, then two weeks, ran on to join the first bright day of June and Derek went to the piano only twice for a brief while, do- ing little beyond running a few scales. He was out of the house a great deal of the time and Jan wondered where he went the times he put on his good clothes and with them, a forbidding scowl]. He did not tell her that the | first week he had found a job Piloting rental sail boats at the cht basin in Santa Monica for he was a good sailor and had proved it, but he’d had to quit the same day he obtained the job because Lenore found him and threatened to visit him the fol- lowing day with a fleet of néws- reel cameramen unless he came to see her. She seemed ubiquitous. He could go nowhere on the beach without bumping into her. When she pressed him he told her he lived in Santa Monica, keeping his fingers crossed for luck, hop- ing she would not learn his actual residence. He was known in Sea Tide as Jan’s protege, was pri- vately considered her sweetheart, had her friends’ stamp of ap- Proval; but in Santa Monica he was just a drifting job hunter and Lenore, fortunately, did not connect him with Sea Tide. To be continued. Seymour and George C. St. John of New Haven, Conn. The property consists of ap- proximately 12 acres of fully de- veloped land with two large resi- dences and several smaller build- ings on the tract. The price was reported to be $132,400. Ford’s plans concerning the property were not made known. Columbus “discovered Amer- ica” by discovering one of the | Boston HIGH TIDE _ NDAN AN TCR REMAN -LRS eimatine POO OOOO PPO OT IN DEAD HEAT FOR TOP RUNG: Cardinals But Half-Game Out Of First Division LEAGUE STANDINGS In National League (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—Cleve- land Indians and Detroit Tige continued in a dead heat for first- place honors in the junior circuit. both winning y erday’ eS. Tigers were 's before victory came in r contest with the New York Lefty Gomez was working in a relief role for the world’s champions in the last in- ning and was charged with de- feat when he walked two Tigers and shot a single to Hank Green- berg. Score was 7 to 6. Indians won a slugfest from the Boston Red Sox, 12 to 1l. A total of 26 hits were garnered by both sides, 16 for the wiiners. NIGHT GAMES (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK. Aug. 1.—Cin- cinnati Redlegs dropped a half- game off their National League lead in a night contest with the New York Giants yester- day. Bucky Walters saw a 4 to 1 lead melt in the final frame when two Giant homers by Burgess Whitehead and Hank Danning accounted for four runs and victory. Score, 5 to 4. Chicago White Sox over- looked a chance to move into a tie for fourth place when they dropped a close game, 4 to 3, to the Philadelphia Ath- letics in the other major league fracas played last night. Manager Cronin pulled a surpri: when he dropped Jimmy Foxx into catcher’s position. Washington Senators over- whelmed the St. Louis Browns again yesterday, this time to the tune of 13 to 5. Browns used five pitchers in an effort to stem the tide of defeat, but to no avail. Philadelphia-Chicago game was played last night. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals rated tog position in the news with their double-win over the Boston Bees. First game ended in the eleventh inning when the Cards pushed across two runs at the expense of Dick Errickson, who had twirl- ed masterful ball up to that point. Clyde Shoun was the win- ning pitcher in the 3 to 1 tory. In the night ttled early wv in the second frame by the Redbirds. Additional splurges brought a total of 22 hits for the victors, the score reading 17 to 8. Cards are only a half-game out of first division. Chicago Cubs lost again to the Philadelphia Phillies, this time by a7 to 3 score. Augie Galan was lost to the Cubs for an undetermined period when he crashed into the baseline ce- ment wall and sustained possible fracture of both knees. Gabby Hartnett was also inj ed, although not seriously. PI lies clinched the game in the eighth inning with a three-run rally. Cincinnati-New York game was played last night, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh were not scheduled. Results of the games: AMERICAN LEAGUE At Cleveland R. HE i 1 Cleveland 1216 2 Galehouse, Dickman. Johnson, Heving, Wilson and Foxx; Dob- son, Eisenstat, Humphries, Zu- ber. Smith and Hemsley. At St. Touis Washington St. Louis Chase and Ferrell: _Kennedy. Auker, Cox, Mills, Trotter and Swift, Susce. R. HE 13144 0 At Detroit New York Detroit (Eleven Innings) Chandler. Murphy. Gomez and Dickey; Bridges. McKain and Tebbetts. Night Game At Chicago Philadelphia Chicago Beckman and Hayes; and Tresh. , REE 4 1 ae 1 Rigney First Game At Boston = St. -Louis 1 Boston 0 (Eleven Innings) Shoun and Padgett: Errickson and Berres. Second Game At Boston St. Louis Boston aes McGee and Owen; R..H. E. 17 8 3 2 Sullivan, on | Wi Outfielder = Manager | 511 3s Detroit Cleveland Boston New York Chicago ington St. Louis Philadelphia _ NATIONAL LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) Club— Ww. Cincinnati 61 Brooklyn 54 New York 49 Chicago 49 St. Louis 44 Pi urgh 42 Philadelphia 32 Boston 29 RSHERESSE 88 L 29 37 39 49 45 46 56 59 win in ot S2ae33 8 8k NATIONAL LEAGUE (Key West Softball) Club— (Key West Softball) Club— Ww. Key West Conchs USS. Lea NavSta U. S. Marines Merchants cec . ‘Pet. 1.00€ -800 667 -333 -00 000 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE (Bayview Park Field) TONIGHT First Game—Blue Sox vs. Pep- pers Plumbers (National League). Second Game—Marines Merchants (American League). vs. TOMORROW NIGHT First Game—NavSta vs. Key West Conchs (American League). Second Game—P e pper’s Plumbers vs. Sawyer’s Barbers (National League). MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Detroit. Bc 1 at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Chicago. ‘ashington-St. Louis, scheduled. 3 a NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, two y games scheduled. U. S. WEATHER Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., 75th Mer. Time (City Office) Temperatures last 24 hours Normal Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 30 a. m., inches nfall since Aug. 1, 0.63 0.63 since Aug. 1, inches 0.49 NW—10 miles per hour Relative Humidity 87% Barometer at 7:30.a. m. today Sea level, 30.01 (1016.3 tillibars) Tomorrow‘s Almanac Sunrise = 5:55 a. Sunset 7:11 p. Moonrise 4:39 a. Moonset - 6:10 p. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 8:16 1:37 P. High Low FORECAST (Till -7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, .pos- sibly a few scattered thunder- showers: gentle to moderate va- triable winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. possibly a few scat- tered thundershowers. Tobin, Coffman, -Piechota, ~Wil- liams and Masi, Andrews. At Philadelphia R. 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