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

By MEDORA YESTERDAY: Aunt Maggie has been murdered, and try as she will Sally, who with her husband Sill is grving the house- party at which the murde. hes occurred, cannot ce sure the murderer is not one of her guests. She suspects Aunt Mag- gie may know about the secret room in the lonely old house, and that the murderer may hare killed her to get the clue he held. But when Sally slips down- Stairs she finds she is too late, and now, from the dark hall, se sees a mysterious red light out- side. Chapter 13 Stealthy Footsteps T LOOKED so much as the taillight of an au- tomobile sweeping around the curve of the road beyond that section now under repair. But why would a car be here hour? As 1 pondered t swerable question my erally stopped beatin a stealthy footfall me. Ciose, so clos now fee] someone's breat! back of my neck. I thought of a good many thin in that split second of su A ed animation while I waited for ach out of the for [heard behind I could vers at my I needed no one to tell had been the wo rk though “Don’t make covered.” weather. I've got you “My Gcd. Sal m tne r large fro get out Once of t we puzzled sh 2 frov Le do that do it? L — Are’ “Don't. D9 vou ered. Still 1 turned those ide cut ‘Oh, dumb of to think Kirk “So that explai: as .zke reclaim “Thought I he noise from in We were i seated in fri still shiv ness and. “Vy JHEW!” whistled Kirk. “What an experience. I don’t wonder you feel shot. Don’t feel so won- derful myself. Wouldn't a little drink help you?” “A little sherry,” I agreed and when it was brought, choked a bit, remembering that sherry had been one of Aunt Maggie's last requests. “Why don’t you have drink?” T asked. Kirk shook his head. keep my ged wits he explair 9 Strange, the room no longer seemed to mock me. Strange. the sherry warmed the blo 1 my ve’ my confidence in Kirk should be of everytt could be Acwing back, in ng. I wondered if i cause he is one of those extremely masculine men who seem to influence women without half trying... Perhaps Bluebeard had been like that, I decided. And Dr. Crippen. I gazed at Kirk covertly. It seemed to me that there was a sort of unnatural gleam in his eyes. I knew it was only the re- flection of the firelight which, shining on the candlesticks, had } given me that uncomfortable feeling earlier. But in my upset state it made me think of stories of were- wolves. Suppose that gleam in Kirk’s dark eyes suddenly became more intense? Suppose his lips. FIELD Jinstead of smiling, should sud- | denly draw back rd in a snarl? | But this, 1 knew, was crazy. | Determinedly I shook myself out | of that mental miasma and made conversation. “How did you get into that room without my hearing you?” I managed to ask. “Oh, that was easy enough. I | just_walked on the rug.” | “But—but why didn’t you use | your flashlight, so you would have | recognized me and not scared me to death?” Kirk laughed, his old, easy } laugh, and somehow the sound did a lot to restore the batance | of sanity. I was quite sure Blue- beard or Dr. Crippen had never jiaughed in that wholesome, nat- ural fashion. “How was I t6 know ji s you?” Kirk asked. | ‘Oh, of course.” I admitted, smil t my own incon- | siste y. Kirk put another log on the fire and, taking out his cigarette opened and automatically it to me. “Keep forget- he ob- | | passed ting you don’t smoke,” | served, as he extracted and light- ed a Cigarette for himself. “Aunt Maggie's idea of a Southern lady, I suppose?” | “If there is such a thing,” 1 agreed. “I liked my grandmoth- er’s idea better. She always said if you were born a lady, you didn’t have to bother about be- ing one.” Kirk grinned, and smoked a moment in silence. “Going back to the drawing room,” he said. ‘I'm sorry I gave you such a 3 e. But you see. when | opened the door at the far end of the hall, couldn't see anything at 1 at first. The flashIght ‘would e been a dead giveaway, there n the dark. So I kept it in my jocket, as I figured I needed both to cope with the situa- Scuthern Gallantry gee NLY, unaccountably, I was struck with the absurdity of the picture and found myseif g. Kirk looked at me un- as though he suspected and certainly they were ff. But the loosening of ace me feel better. “It’s ” L explained at large. Then I'm ot far of | ‘Every lovely lady is a situa- ' tion,” he said gallant: “Why, Kirk.” I chided. “This is ble. You are getting entirely Southern. | can’t believe a you say any more.” at may have becn the trou- h unexpected ps it was just y her part, about i “—he turned to me 1 can’t let her marry .” I remonstrated, a at his sudden vehe- e, “they've been in love nee they were children.” He fl half-smoked cig- 0 you think heart busi- much?” he dn’t it be just h eing Bob's so-called hard t like you, Kirk,” I 1 n and Bob's g there n. com- | self-confi- got all about having im in my mind with to lov You look like en. Don’t you realize that’s vay a woman would expect . “you've jut I no- his lac | ies Maybe,” I agreed, “but why u think people go to mov- Because I did not consider it especially flattering to either of I refrained from observing he one flaw in Claire's cele- ated good disposition: is that her kind heart will never allow her to discourage a suitor until things reach a point where it is far more painful to do so than it wo have been in the begin- | ning. Bob was the reason she was unmarried at twenty-seven. le always said what a grand- ing couple they were. ood heavens,” 1 exclaimed, “I must get back upstairs! Bill’s bedroom door has been unlocked ail this time. Suppose some- thing— “Tl light you to your door,” | Said Kirk, rising and reaching for | the lamp. } ack in the hall again, we both | stopped still in our tracks at the {click of an opening door. The | sound came from the end of the | hal and, as we watched, the } beakfast-room door swung slow- ‘ly inward. Then as slowly, and as ; quietly, it swung backward and there was the click of its closing. |We had seen no one, only the | deeper darkness beyond the opened door. | To be continued (Cotsrizht. 1939. Medora Field Perkersca) Peop! SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—20c WEEKLY. shoul- | Six Clubs Ready For Basketball Open Island City League First-| Half Schedule Will Con-’ sist: Of Thirty Gaines, Coach Offutt Reveals Island City Basketball League ; season will get under way with a double bang Monday night at! the High School Gymnasium. Coach Johnny Offutt, head of the school varsity five and in charge of the league, announced the schedule of the first-half yes- terday and revealed six clubs; are ready for play. Composing the league are Lions Club, present “city champions; | Pepper’s Plumbers, former cham- | PEPPERS AND NAVSTAS { START BALL ROLLING | Natural rivals during the | life of the Civilian Softball League are scheduled to open the Island City Basketball League season Monday night. Pepper's Plumbers have been paired with the NavStas for the first contest that eve- ning, beginning at 7:00 o'clock. Lions Club, present cham- | pions, will engage the U.S. | Marines in the afterpiece of the twin bill. Games will be played at the High School Gym. pions; U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, ‘Sta and High School. Each fives will meet the other of twice during the initial half or a will engage in total of ten games each. Contests are scheduled for Mon- day, Wednesday and Friday ts. Each club will play twice week. First games will begin at 7:00 o'clock and second games at 8:00 o'clock. Five of each team’s ten contests will be staged as opening battles on scheduled‘ nights and the other five as aft- erpieces of the doubleheaders. Coach Offutt said yesterday the CCC and VP53 failed to enter teams in the league as expected but hoped “they will be ready for the second-half”, which wil! get under way some time during the latter part of February. Con- tests during the last-half will de- pend on the number of clubs en- tered for play. Drawings for games during the coming two weeks resulted in the following pairings: Monday, ‘Dec. 9 7:00: Plumbers 8:00: Lions vs. Wednesday, Dec. 7:00: Army vs. :00: Plumbers Friday, Dec. 13— 7:00: Army vs. NavSta. 8:00: Lions vs. High School. Monday, Dec. 16— 7:00: Plumbers vs. Army. 8:00: Lions vs. NavSta. Wednesday, Dec. 18— 7:00: High School vs. Marines. | 0: Plumbers vs. Lions. Friday, Dec. 20— Army vs. Marines. : High School vs. NavSta. a vs. NavSta. Marines. 1— High School. vs. Marines. GRIDIRON SHORTS | By GOALPOST A THROWBACK from the New Mexico eleven’s victory over Tex- as Tech last Saturday came with} the announcement that coach Ted Shipkey of the New Mexico Uni- versity was severing athletic re- latigns with the Texas “scHool.j Shipkey gave as his reason the} “unethical” remark passed by} coach Pete Cawthon of the Red Raiders. Cawthon said after the game: “We lost to a high school team and the poorest team we played all year”. Shipkey admits his club is no sensational but de- cIared “our scouting showed “us mistakes in ~Tech’s play that would allow a-high school team to score”. ANNUAL TROPHY for the best blocking back in North Caro- lina’s Big Five was awarded this year to Bob Cathey of North Ca- rolina State. Cathey is the first State player to obtain the trophy. PROBABLY DUE to its team’s record of one victory and seven losses the past season, Mercer University will stress ~ physical education in the future and will place Tess emphasis on intercol- legiate football. Athletic ‘direc-* tor’s salary has been reduced to that paid professors. ing Monday A LS tS Ee SOFTBALLERS IN ‘MEET TOMORROW Announcement was made today that managers of the Sawyer’s Barbers, Pepper's Plumbers and NavSta. soft- ball tens, will meet in ‘city hall tomorrow afternoon, 4:00 o'clock. It is understood plans for a round-robin series between the three clubs will be talked at the session. Anyone inferested in the success of the proposed round-robin are urged to be in attendance. Softball fans have been urging a series of games of this manner for months and no doubt will welcome this news. . The trio cf clubs are the leading tens of the city. ATLANTA CHAMP SOUTHERN UU DOWNED MIAMI HIGH STING- AREES LAST NIGHT FOR TITLE (Special to The Citizen) MIAMI, Dec. 6.—Atlanta Eoys’ High’s Purple Hurricanes are southern high school footbail champions. They attained the title last night in the Orange Bowl Stadium here by defeating the Miami High Stingarees 13-0. Toychdown in each the first and last quarters accomplished the triumph over the locals, who dropped their first regular-season game in two years. Palm Beach-Pahokee Palm Beach county high school championship was won by the Pali Beach Wildcats last night by virtue of their very close tri- umph over Pahokee’s Blue Dev- ils. Final score was 14-13. Peacock, whom the Wildcats feared, wasn’t held in check but the Palm Beach eleven won any- how. The star Devil ball carrier figured in the two touchdowns his club made and piled up a to- tal of 170 points for the season. Failure for the extra point in the third quarter cost the Blue Devils a chance to tie the score. HOT-STOVE GABBINGS PY. DIAMOND DICK PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES will be piloted another year by J. Thompson (Doc) Prothro. President Gerry Nugent an- nounced Wednesday Prothro had signed his second one-year con- tract. President Nugent also re- vealed that the Phils will not sell or trade their star moundsman, Hugh Mulcahy. ONE MINOR LEAGUE failed to operate the full season this year. This was revealed in the annual report of president W. G. Bramham of the National Asso- ciation of Professional Baseball Leagues at the opening meeting of that group in Atlanta Wednes- day. President Bramham _re- ported the minor leagues were hard-hit the past season due to bad weather and the distractions of war and politics. Nevertheless, the association is expecting a profitable year in 1941. WALLY DASHIELL, ~former second baseman, will manage the Dallas club of the Texas League come next season. Officials of theclub announced the signing early this week. Dashiell estab- lished himself as a pilot in the East Texas and Southeastern Leagués, CATCHER DEWEY WILLIAMS travels to Toront> next spring in a trade that will bring shortstop Herman (Flea) Clifton to the At- lanta Crackers of the Southern As- sociation. Clifton will replace Alf Anderson, who was purchas- ed by the Pittsburgh Pirates. AL VINCENT came to terms Wednesday with D. E.° Beach, executive secretary of the Buf- falo club of the International League arid will pilot the’ Bisons next year. Buffalo has-a work- ing agreement with the Detroit Tigers, American League-champs. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MIAMI U BATTLES “KEY WESTER ON ‘PONCE DE LEON AND FORT JOE SANCHEZ “MEETS JIMMY PIERCE IN SEASON- | LOWERY IN FOUR-ROUNDER ENDER AT MIAMI BEACH MONDAY ‘(Special to The Citizen) j ‘(Special te The Citizen) MIAMI, Dec. 6.—University of MIAMI, Dec." 6—Except for Miami Hurricanes will close an‘ one minor bout, everything is in uneventful season tonight in the readiness for the-Herald's Empty Orange Bow] Stadium here when'Stocking Fund Boxing Show in they clash win the strong Uni-; Miami Beach Monday night. versity of Georgia Bulldogs. | Florida’s own Jack Larrimore tee ee ee eae will exchange leather with the canes’ surprise showing against | Yucatan Kid in the main go, and Mississippi- last week and are|Bobby Britton will statk up looking forward to a tough fight ‘against ‘Sammy Magro in the this evening. Eight of Miami's! semi-final. first-line men will be engaging; Preliminary eight-round bout in their final University contest. |. ag Fort Pierce-Ponce De Leon ‘will feature Justo Jiminez, Mexi- According to an interpretation Can, and Joey Dunn of Jackson- of the Dickinson rating system,jville. ‘Dunn will be making his Fort Pierce has a chance to share jnitial appearance in a local ring. the Southeast Coast conference; Joe Sanchez, Key West wel- championship and at the same} Securaighht, ti -tantety hie 2 time take the Indian River title. | 4 against Jimmy Lowery, of All this will happen if the Gold-| ¥ en Eagles defeat the Ponce de} Gadsden, Ala..'in a four-round go. Leon Cavaliers tonight on their | Sanchez is ‘well-known own field. here and in his home town as The contest will be the last one} Sane of the regular season for the! i Eagles, who will be winding up! The second successive mieeting their most successful year. A‘of Alex Cupiano and Jack Pat- triumph tonight will give them'ton will occur in another four- their first undefeated season since rounder. Cupiano defeated Pat- 1933. |ton in their first bout. \ A battle royal between five negro youths and one mosme four- lround affair will complete the | charity card. LEGALS ORDER FOR PUBLICATION \IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF E VENTH JUDi L CIRCUIT, ND FOR MONROE COUNTY, RIDA. IN CHANCERY. 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