The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 6, 1940, Page 3

*s FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, Casual Stau =————= By VIRGINIA HAN: YESTERDAY. Kay, Julia and Gerald go back for another sirim. While they are in the wa- | ter they see someone on the | barge. Later Ivan is found there, dead. Chapter 17 Early Wedding | ." 6 easy to look back now and) s€ée that Sandra and Ivan bet tween them practically signed his! death warrant that night. It is less easy to see why Sandra was not} warned by Ivan’s death. Which | brings up Sandra and her stu- Pi that was not so much stu- Pidity a mixture of credulity and conceit. I believe her suc-| cesses had convinced her that she/ was infallible. On top of that she} was without discrimination, as her weakness for Ivar shows; and she believed in miracles. | This last is the most important single fact to remember—the es- Sential clue not only to her char- acter but to the terrifying events which followed the death of Ivan. Sandra’s belief in miracles. She came to my rooms the next morning before I was awake. Ju- lia had not stayed with me after all. Ivan had not needed her room. ... I put on a housecoat and opened the door to Sandra, trying not to show my surprise; trying, too, to keep my head from floating loose from my shoulders; it seemed in- Securely moored. A. surreptitious glance at my watdh told me it was not as early as E thought. I had overslept breakfast. I searched for and found cigarettes, which she re- fused, lit one myself that did not taste too good, and tried to get her to sit down. But she would | only s! leaning back against | the door, looking at me and twist- | ing her hands in a gesture bor- rowed from the stage but expres- | sive for once, I thought, of genu- ine emotion. Her eyes, swollen with weep- ing, recalled to me that incredible | moment on the barge when I had] seen her clinging to Ivan. Could | she have loved that mountebank? Apparently she had. Then why,} in the name of all the saints, had she promised to marry Jeff? Perhaps if I had been more fully awake, or if my head had not felt so light and explosive, I mig | have pressed her for some of the} answers; might have caught her} off guard, staggered by this ca-| lamity which must, for a time ‘at | least, have shaken her belief inj her patron saint or her rabbit’s| foot or whatever she did believe in. Perhaps I missed my chance | gedy. But I do not seriously think so. She would never have confided in me. She! was too stupid to be frightened} of what she was planning to do;| and she must have thought, after | Ivan's death, that fate owed her a/ break. She said, suddenly, “I had to get out of that house. They—they | made fun of him. They're glad.| They thought he wasn’t good enough——” ice was getting shrill. t xed, said more quietly, “I want to talk to Jeff without their knowing. She's in love with him, ni But it’s me he wants | __ There was enough satisfied mal- | ice in that to alienate the sympa- oy I was beginning to feel for er. | Shock Of Dismay “PUT if you're not in love with Jeff yourself,” I began rather She opened he: small yes and stared at me as if I were mad. | “Not in love with Jeff?” she re- peated incredulously. “Why, how can you say such a thing? It’s just | because I'm so fond of him—that's| why I’ve decided—why I slipped * away this morning. Look—do you mind if I talk to him here? You can send an orderly for him.” “But he'll be at duty—oh, this is Sunday, isn’t it? My head’s not on tight.” I looked her over, saw that she ‘was once more miraculously com- posed, and suggested that she find the orderly herself. “T'll dress and get out as soon as possible,” I promised her. “I'm going to the P.Ex. for breakfast.” “Don’t leave on my account. There's not! private about what I have to say to Jeff—I just don’t want to be interfered with. I want to handle my own affairs.” I assured her that it was my stomach and not her interview that was sending me forth, and retired into my bedroom to dress. I heard her waylay an orderly in the hall, and before I was quite dressed I heard Jeff's voice in the next room. Having no wish to eavesdrop, I was nevertheless an unwilling audience to Sandra’s demand that they be married at once. I felt a shock of dismay. Un- like Sandra, I do not believe in miracles, but I do like happy end- ings. Julia was so desperately in love with Jeff that I would not admit fate could let her lose him. The scene on the barge last night} had fed my secret hope that some- thing would happen. If only: Julia | had béen les’ gentlemanly; if only | Jeff had seén what we saw—— | His voice was a brief, indistinct rumble—dissenting, I thought, for | hers strengthening in passionate | entreaty. a “But you can apply for earlier} ‘eave—and what does it matter,’ —_—___— BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT | emer AN AR City Clerk Roberts Is Daddy Now Archie Roberts, city clerk, and Mrs. Roberts, 1016 Georgia street, announce the birth of an eight- Yaughters anyway? 1 can move over here— we can be together. = Her voice drupped to a caress- ing murmur. I decided that I had heard enough. I cleared my throat loudly at the connecting door. opened it and marched past them as casual- ly as possible. They were seated close together on the studio couch, and they paid no attention to me whatever, so that I was able to ratify my curiosity about Jeff. can't say he seemed actually thawed, but my brief glance found evidences of a slight softening around the edges of his icy re- | serve. His face was perceptibly flushed and he was staring at San- dra like a hynotized but fright- ened bird. : I went out into the corridor and closed the door after me, con- scious of resentment and a vague, unpleasant feeling that I had been forced into betraying Julia. Gerald Beaufort was alone at a table in the Post Exchange res- taurant. I joined him with real pleasure. “You’ve no idea what a relief it is,” I confided to him, after the waiter had brought my order,” to be with someone else who is an outsider. Not in the army.” He raised his glass of tomato juice in mocking salute and drained it, looking at me across im with gray eyes that were like himself as I was beginning to know him. At first you saw only the outrageous lashes and musi- cal-comedy manner. But under the lashes the eyes were friendly and intelligent; and under the man- ner, so was Gerald. Jealous Rage? you mean they take them- selves a bit seriously,” he observed shrewdly, setting down the empty glass. I nodded, feeling guilty, as if we were guests discussing an ab- sent hostess, which was not a good analogy, for we were both paying for our board and lodging. Nev- ertheless, I felt disloyal. “I couldn't ‘help noticing,” he went on soberly, “that it wasn’t so much the fact of that poor devil being killed that occasioned the “ | indignation last night, as the fact that it happened on the reserva- tion.” “You can’t blame them for that. | Murder makes ugly headlines.” And, changing the subject not al- together happily, “I left Sandra and Jeff in my rooms planning an early wedding.” His eyes flew to my face and his butter knife hesitated over the toast. “Too bad.” He sounded as if he meant “Why “Julia is a much nicer person.” I studied him for a moment while he went on prosaically con- suming bits of toast. “No disagreement about that,” I said at last carefully. “But she’s known Jeff all her life. I don’t | suppose he seems very romantic te her.” “Oh, doesn’t he?” There was literally no expres- sion to the words—an effect which | { know from experienc: is almost impossible to achieve. It rang a little bell somewhere in my brain —like the one on my typewriter that I pay no attention to. I didn’t pay much attention to this, either, in the sense of getting scared and thinking, this man could be a murderer; I was pretty sold on |him. But the thought did just cross my mind apihe aepins. “That's not the onl? reason it’s too bad,” he observed presently. And the gray eyes were so open and candid that I forgot about the depths. “What else?” ‘Murder investigation,” he re- minded me. “Wife cai testify against her husband. I’ve studied a bit of law,” he added modestly. and then quite obviously said no more. “But--but you surely don’t Je——” I began and, with adden horror, remembered San- dra in Ivan’s arms and Jeff com- ing up the ladder. Could he have seen? Could he ~ave killed Ivan in a jealous rage? = Gerald did not appear to notice my _discomposure. “I know less about it than the newest recruit,” he assured me. “Here's your check. If you girls will vote you must take the bit- ter with the sweet and learn not to depend on masculine chivalry If I had invited you to breakfast I uld simply have to stand for your eating up fifteen cents. but Since this is virtually a pickup. I must, insist that you pay your that he might have The cashier’s goggling stare pur- sued us to the street. “But I still think it’s too bad,” Gerald said with no change of tone. “Someone's sure to think she’s protecting him.” “That's nonsense,” I said sharp- ly. But I knew that it was not. Julia. I needed to see Julia. 1 stood on the sidewalk in front of the Post Exchange and thought about going there now. Then I re- membered Gerald’s depths and his rather disconcerting way of leap- ing upon a conclusion. And meek- ly, but uneasily, I walked beside him back to the club. Sandra was still in my rooms, but I was relieved to find that Jeff had taken himself off. “He's gone to see a man he knows about getting a special li- cense,” she told me. “We're going to be married today if we can.” To be continued pound son born at a local hospital on Sunday, September Ist. The new-comer has been named Bryan Keith Roberts. He and his mother are reported as | doing nicely. Arbor Day, originated in Ne- ,braska in 1872. Pittsburgh YANKS TAKE TWO; TIGERS i TRE INDIANS’ LEAD CUT TO SLIM MARGIN: REDS AND DODG- ERS WON THEIR’ CON- TESTS (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Cleve- land Indians are on the spot! Detroit Tigers defeated the Tribe again yesterday, while the New York Yankees were down- ing Washington Senators in both ends of a twin bill. The double the New Yorkers back into second place, one point ahead of the Bengals. Circuit clouts again were the nemesis of the Tribé, who saw their lead cut to two games. Campbell and York sparked the victory sent NIGHT GAME (Special to The Citizen) NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The only night game played in the majers last night was won by the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, against the St. Louis Browns at the Windy City. Pitcher Smith held the Brownies to a measly four safeties, while a pair of op- Posing moundsmen limited the Chisox to a half-dozen hits. Tigers’ 10-hit assault with hom-| against pair of Indian moundsmen. Combined with tour bases on balls and two er- ers a rors, the Bengals ran their score|PLAYOFF BETWEEN LEADERS Hancoc to ll runs. Final count was 11-3. Although outhit both contests, the Yanks were able to grab the twin bill with the Nats. An er- ror gave them the opening fracas, 2-1, and rallies in the final two innings of the mghtcap that net- ted six markers turned the trick, 8-1. Boston Red Sox made a clean sweep of their three-game series with the Philadelphia Athletics. Despit the fact the A’s blasted home seven runs in the third in-| ning, all of their scores, the Bo- sox came out on top, 9-7. For a while fans watching the Cincinnati Red-Pittsburgh Pirate game believed the Bucs were go- ing to win their first contest at Crosley Field in 18 games. How- ever, the Cincy boys had differ- ent ideas and in the eighth in- ning they pounded out a four- run attack to take the contest, 6-3. Vander Meer registered his first triumph since being recalled from the minors. Brooklyn Dodgers kept pace with the league-leaders -by de- feating cellar-occupant Philadel- phia Phillies, 8-5. But it took ten innings to do it. In the final frame, the Rhinelanders staged a three-run rally to settle the is- sue. New York Giants won a dou- bleheader from the Boston Bees, 8-7 and .4-1. Heavy hitting de- cided the curtain-raiser and steady pitching by Hal Schu- macher featured the afterpiece. Results of the games: AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit RE Cleveland 310 2 Detroit 1110 0 Smith, Dobson and Hemsley: Bridges, Benton and Tebbetts. Night Game Ait Chicago St. Louis Chicego Trotter, Lawson and Swift; Smith and Tresh. = 1 : First Game At Washington New York Washington Bonham and Dickey; ard Ferrell. R. 2 1 PF. 1 1 ad Leonar Second Game At Washington New York Washington Donald and Rosar; Monteagudo and Early. LE 2 12 0 At Boston Philadelphia Boston 912 0 Caster, Beckman and Hayes; Bagby, Dickman, E. Johnson and Foxx. NATIONAL LEAGUE At Cincinnati RHE 391 Cnicinnati 610 0 Lanning, Klinger and Lopez; Vander Meer and Lombardi, Wil- son. At Philadelphia Brooklyn Philadelphia (10 Innings) Wyett, Carleton, Casey, E. 1 2 Ta- iEsquinaldo, cf; Dewitt Masterson. ! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - - Team rosters PLUMBERS LEAD HAIR-CUTTERS IN HEAVY HITTING EIGHT PIPE-FITTERS AVER- Of the seven teams in the newly-organized baseball league, only three have handed in -their roster. The first list of piayers, whether it contains the names of just gine men or the full quota. must. presented to the secre- tary or the president of the league before noon Sunday. Managers are hereby notified that they may leave their rosters at The Citizen office, 613 Ashe street, home of the secretary, or at the corner of Emma and South- ard streets, residence of the president. ers already submitted: car Molina, Jack Moore and G. Diaz, p; P. S. Byars, 1b; Albio Acevedo, 2b; H. B. Birch, ss; P. Fernandez, 3b; Gabriel Garcia, If: manager; Al. Rodriguez, P. Cas- tro, A. Castellano and A. Goss, subs. Sixteen players. C.G.C. PANDORA—Joe Na- Berg, 1b; Woodson and Mason.’ 454: Ward, .388; Villareal 2b; Hewitt, assistant captain, and Barcelo, 3b; Butler, ss: Stevens, captain, Edwards. lf; Davisworth, Burns, rf: Archambault, Thirteen players. KEY WEST Menendes, c; Charles Albury, G. Lastres and E. Vargas, p; Andy Cordova, 2b; Ralph Arnold, cap- tain, ss; Jim Albury and Charles Rosam, 3b; A. Thompson, If; O. AGING 300 OR BETTER. COMPARED TO SIx FOR BARBERS Batting averages of players in the Nai tional League, covering * Following are the lists of play-' games up to and including Mon- | antennae eee Shades of Michael Angelo! Here in Key West, where na- day of this week, reveal that the ture matures early and blossoms BLUE SOX—E. Ogden, c; Os- pepper’s Plumbers are more con- !vxuriantly, are the budding mu- Sawyer’s ral artists of the future. sistent hitters than Barbers. i 4 Eight of the Pipe-Fitters trot- tions so lavishly furnished by Jesus Garcia, cf; Eloy Acevedo, ted to the plate and came up Umele Sam's artists during the rf: Frank Caraballo, sub and with an average of .300 or bet-;FERA days in Key West, these ter, compared to six Hair-Cut- Youngsters ters who have this distinction. High marks of the . varro, c; Boring and Revels, p; are M. Griffin, .555; Wm. Cates, it of Key West as only youth cf: Sterling, sub. Russell, .371, and Kerr, .340. Complete averages of JUNIORS—J. clubs follow: Cates Ward cf-c; James Aritas and D. Las- Barcelo CHAMP SERIES PLANS DECIDED Fifteen players. OF LEAGUES ARRANG- ED LAST NIGHT Championship ‘series bétween the leading softball teams of the National was arranged at a meeting of of- ficials and managers last night in The Citizen office. It was decided that Sawyer’s Barbers win the sec- ond-half of the National sched- ule, now playing, and in the event Key West Conchs remain on top in the American—eireuit, Barbers will tackle Pepper's Plumbers, first-half winners, in a five-game playoff series and the Conchs will meet the run- |Ners-up in their league in a sim- ilar setto of games. However, if the cop the present half, Pipe-Fitters they will club of the lower league. Plumbers now have a Nelson Inspired by the many decora- have painted from their own designs, as imaginative Plurnbers 29d colorful a picture of the spir- both Pepper's Plumbers Pi: — Alonzo and A. Lastres, 1b; O. yy Griffin Roberts, . Villareal MeCarthy Higgs Baker Stanley Carbonell Ingrahai Playe C. Ster! Lopez k m =) 441 18 1 1 1 914 1 i 1 AB R.H. Ave. 25 5 20 £7 917 a7 211 362 325 -325 -282 -250 -238 -204 -120 5 13 3 13 22 110 Sawyer’s Barbers — ling Domenech and American Leagues K Albury Roberts Baia Hopkins Tynes D. Sterling Walker A. Griffin Castra 30 33 25 14 9 ll 13 Eve: 500 -400 376 371 341 340 -300 -250 -250 -200 -120 -110 -090 .076 LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE (Major League Club— immediately take on the leading Cleveland New York two- Detroit game lead over the Barbers and Boston Conchs are ahead of the chants by one coniest. Peppers’ manager the signing of Cyril Griffin. It is presumed regular catcher Earl Ingraham will be benched in faver of Griffin. Hair-Cutters Jack Villareal. O'Connor also released bi Stanley was signed by Conchs. The releases and sign- ings were approved Treasurer's report of expenses j and receipts were read and ap- proved. Umpires, scorekeeper, gatekeeper and light bills were ordered paid in full or in part as funds allowed. Eight- new jballs Mer- Chicago Washington F ladelphia announced St. Louis the release cf Leo Stanley and Phi = 75 73 74 72 67 65 55 a7 ee NATIONAL LEAGUE (Major League Baseball) 7 Club— released A. Griffin and signed Gy icinnati was Brooklyn the Barbers. ¢ Louis the 5 ‘ittsburgh New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia NATIONAL LEAGUE ( the remaining games of both | 3a\yer's Barbers leagues. Present weré: Roy Hamlin and Jackie Carbonell of the Plumb- efs, Ralph Arnold of the Conchs. tary-treasurer and chief Joe Cleare, president J. M. Varela, umpires Griffin and Goss, and several players. SOFTBALL SCHEDULE ) (Bayview Park Field) TONIGHT Club— Alburv of the Barbers, represen- Key Went eamictis tative of the Merchants, secre- yerchants umpire-in- Navsia U.S. N avy U.S. Marines cec w. 83 74 65 64 64 63 54 41 [Key West Softball) 3 Club— ae w. are to be purchased for use in Pepper's Phimbers 11 4 -9 6 ) b, Pet. 54.581 56.566 57.565 60 .545 62 520 75 .423 77 416 77 379 L. Pet. 46 .643 53 583 59 .524 61 512 53.504 68 481 75 419 83.331 L. Pet. -733 -625 Pet. 875 a -333 125 and can. -362 each. Barbers: 500; F. Lopez, .400; J. Roosevelt Summer Camp, which Done under the auspices of the ran from June 10 to August 30, this mural is an outstanding achieVement and a plea for some form ot art instruction in the public schools. The camp directors, Mrs. Eva 555 Warner and George Mills White, -454;in charge of recreational .388 ties, and F. Townsend Morgan, in activi- charge of the art program, are to be congratulated on their ef- forts and should be encouraged to continue the experiment an- nually, giving the children some- ‘thing to look forward to in the long summer vacation period. The mural, an eight by ten feet panel, was the idea of Roger L. Wilcox, staff artist of the Art 'Center. He asked for volunteers for the project and five of the class students were willing to ry soTtce MONROE COUNTY, FUORIDA September @th te XOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEX wer pursuant to Section $ of Chapter 18296, Laws of Florida, & known as the MURPHY arr EK described tape “lorie, wil be of public outer: fer reject any and Courthouse o'clock A September, at beginning ™M the <ith das Easement 106 try their hand at this adventure ;..;" in paint. They are Ruth Strick- er, Betty Lou Roberts, Nora Jor- dan, Rose Marie Sawyer, and Marion Solano. Having prepared their designs during class periods they were eventually ready to begin work on the full-size panel, which was a piece of wall board furnished by the students. Daily this com- mon board took on added color and beauty. Here in one corner was an island lashed with savage fury by a hurricane, palms bent by a titan wind, air filled with flying debris. Emerging from ail; ~ this is a beautiful new highway dotted with cars, symbolic of what was to come. Another stu- dent tried her hand at sailboats, tropical colors and native piant- life, while her fellow artists painted away at their own inter- pretations of fishermen and their hauls, the naval base activties nd glimpses of the Highway before and after the storm, the former symbolized by a ghost train making its way to the Is- land City. Finally, there it was—Key West through youthful eyes, glowing with color; a remarkable homo- geneous piece of work consider- ing it was the blending of five minds and techniques. Instructor Wilcox added his professional touéh by lettering an inscription round the border and the mural was ready for the critical gaze of the public. This noteworthy effort on the part of these young people has been Suggested as a memorial to the late Professor Duncan, who ‘was the well-loved principal of the ; Harris School. 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T Jast night Second Game—Merchants. vs Highest last 24 hours 79 82 83 Rainfall, 24 hours ending £ 7:30 a. m., inches 4 R. H. E Total rainfall “since Sept. 1, inches Sullivan. Total rainfall since Jan. 1, Lymn and O’Dea. Excess since January 1, Wind Direction and Vel 23.91 0.91 ENE—7 miles per hour Relative Humidity 79% Sargnnins 00. 708 5. oatew. Sea level, 29.89 (10122 millibars) tonight. Tottorrow's Attain sched- Sunrise Sunset 6:10 a. m 6:40 p. m. oldest i Chicago at St. Louis. Pittsburgh-Cincinnati, Boston- |New York, not scheduled. | Moonrice 1151 a m Moonset 11:10 p. m Tomorrow's Tides avai Base) AM. 12:39 7:43 : FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m. Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. scattered showers Saturday; mod- erate to occasionally fresh north- east and east winds. Florida: Partly cleudy tonight and Saturday, scattered showers Saturday and along east coast PM 2:02 v:17 és Argentina's Cattle-raising industry. 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