The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR By. MEDORA FIELD: YESTERDAY: Although ell the guests but one at Sally and Bill's houseparty are supposed to be in bed, Sally and three of men are at large on the floor of the lonely old far from Atlenta. And all frightened, for they ing for the murderer of Aunt Chapter 15, The Gun “O® DEAR, Im so sorry,” I lamented. “And it was my &reat - great - grandmother's mir- Tor, too. But what can we do about your head?” “Alcohol,” Bob suggested. “Ap- plied externally, I mean. All Tight, internally too, of course. But soak a cloth and hold it over the bump.” And, as < looked doubtful, “I've got some in my room,” he offered. “I'll go right up and get it.” “I had no notion you_would wake up,” I told Bill “Usually you sleep so soundly.” He and Kirk exchanged wry glances. “I wouldn’t cali this a usual situation,” Bill said. “Why on earth should you want to come down to see Aunt Maggie? Of all oS foolishness I've ever heard of— “I suppose it was foolish,” I ad- mitted, glad enough to get off without more detailed explana- tion at the moment. “Put me on a pretty spot,” said Bill. “Here, I wake up and you are missing. I call but get no answer. So I have to go through all that rigamarole of getting a light. And not a candle anywhere. I look in the bathroom. Nobody home. Then I find the hall door unlocked. “Well, I ask, what now? Ecko answers why and I decide to take a look. My matches have given out and it is pitch-black in the hall, but I feel my way to the stairs and get down all right. Then just at the foot of the stairs I am run into by a baboon or go- rilla or hairy ape and—” “dere you are, old man,” said Bob, back from his quest for first- aid materials. “Do you mean. to say this thing you ran into had hair on hin?” “Hair on his chest, anyway,” Bill replied, “judging from the force of the shove he gave me. ?’d like to get my hands on him.” “Then Alice did see something,” I remarked, applying a guest towel, soaked in alcohol, to the bump on Bill’s head. The men looked at one another, but nobody said anything. “Wow,” Bill jumped, “don’t let that stuff get in my eye. I’ve suf- fered casualties enough for one evening.” “Just _a comedy of terrors,” I said, thinking of how one mistake inevitably leads to another. “But in both cases the result could have been much worse. Kirk might have shot me if he had had @ gun and the mirror might have brained Bill completely.” “But I have got a gun,” said Kirk. “Thought it was yours, Bill. Bob turned it over to me when I took his place on night watch.” Lucky Find LOOKED at Bill, who looked blank, and then we_ both looked at Bob, who explained a little awkwardly, “Just happened to have it in the car, One of the waiters at the Atlantic Club wanted to borrow some money and gave me the gun as security. You know how they are when aed start lending them money. ‘nought I'd have a better chance of being paid back if I took the jun. Found it when I went look- ing for a flashlight tonight.” “Well, that was luck,” said Bill. But, for God’s sake, let’s be care- ful. and not shoot-one another. Sally, you young idiot, I could jank you for ‘roaming around e that.” ! “That knot is going to give you & sweet little headache, Bill,” Bob told him, tactfully changing the subject. “Hadn’t you better go back to bed? I've had my forty winks, I can relieve Kirk.” “Oh, by the way,” asked Kirk, “did either of your happen to come downstairs just before Bill eects little run-in with the mir- ror?” “What do you mean?” asked Bill and Bob together. . “I mean,” said Kirk, “that, a few minutes before that time, I started to walk upstairs with Sally and when we got to the hall oth saw the breakfast-room door open and then shut. “But we saw nobody. We went and looked all around, but still nobody. Except Plutarch. And he may be a smart cat but I don’t believe he is smart enough to turn doorknobs.” “Is wasn’t Plutareh that I ran fnto,” said Bill. “Ppokably. the same customer opened the-doos.” > “All that noise waked me out ef = sound sleep,” lared Bob. “T-was in bed, sol "t suppose Icouid have been sleepwalking.” “We heard the click as the knob was turned to open the IRON MINE RE-OPENS WEST PORTAL, N. J.—Silent since 1880 when the Lake Su- berior deposits opened up, the Jugtown Mountain iron mine has again begun operations. Decision to resume work was prompted by the increasing demands for iron caused by the national defense program. About 800 tons a day is expected to be shipped from the mine at capacity activity, Ss Kirk and weren't ying on an Sally?” ba iy “T only wish I had been,” Bill pd with a grimace, “Maybe Td have missed. that mirror.” It seemed to me we were work- ing right back to the point where s ‘was all as a for comi: lownstairs, so 'y sugges! coffee and sandwiches and we went back to the kitchen en masse Alice seem to have slept straight through all the bedlam. Do you suppose they are all right? Hadn’t somebody better go and see?” “I checked up on them when I went after the alcohol,” said Bob. “Alice was dead to the world, but Claire came to the door. Said the noise waked her but she thought it was thunder. I guess those two drinks I gave Alice helped to put her to sleep. Anyway, she ani Claire are in the same room. I told Claire to keep the door locked and not to-open it without the pass word.” Kirk’s ‘face had flushed a slow red. I knew he was visualizing that scene between Bob and Claire upstairs, with Claire in negligee as he had seen her after Alice's fainting fit on the stairs. And, knowing Kirk, I was not ; surprised when he slammed down the bread knife with which he had been cutting slices for sand- wiches and announced that it was as dull as the Congressional Record. “Men never really know how to slice bread,” I said, although I had had no previou: convictions on the subject, “Let me finish.” The knife was actually quite sharp, and I thought that it was }not at all the sort of weapon which should be lying around where so many strange things were happening. Bill insisted that he-would take is turn as night watchman, in ite of his injuries. “Don’t want to miss that baby if he is any- where around,” he declared. Loose Ends “PROMISE you'll be careful and keep the gun_ handy,” ; begged as I gathered up a fresh supply of candles and matches. tnought of ail the things I wanted to discuss with Bili. The clue to the secret room. The dis- aes sheet over Aunt Maggie and thé sweater pockets turned inside out. The opening of the front door and Kirk’s unexplained absence. The red light beyond the drawing-room window. Of course, Kirk might have been in the house all the time, or there might easily be a peiey, simple reason why he had stepped outside. Perhaps he had gone to investigate suspicious sounds. Per- | ips— Well, no doubt, morning would do just as well for my talk with Bill. | In the hall I was_ properly horrified to think that I had for- gotten to mop up the water which had ‘spilled over table and floor when the flowers were over- turned. Kirk insisted that he would see to this, and as Bob and I started up the stairs we left him picking up broken glass. “I think the frame can be re- paired,” he called after me, with obvious effort to cheer. But, of course, no mirror would be quite the same as the old-fashioned | looking glass which had once held my great-great - grandmother's actual reflection. And I hated to think what Bes- | sie would say when she saw the | ruin. “Seven years’ bad luck, Miss Sally. Just you mark my words.” For seven years I knew she would be anticipating trouble and attributing even the smallest mis- fortune to that broken mirror. Well, goodness knows, tonight certainly proved that when things start going wrong everything else works at ‘cross purposes. “Better go and reassure Eve,” I told Bob’as we took a look around my room and he said good night. “Didn’t I hear her say she’d be waiting? Perhaps we should have brought her some coffee and sandwiches.” “Bob gave me one of his quizzi- cal glances. “Eve,” he said. “Eve | in the garden of Eden.” “Td say she was more like the serpent,” I couldn’t help saying. For the third time in one night I went to bed. I left my candle burning, confident that I would remain awake until dawn, but soon found myself quite sleepy and must have dropped off promptly. How much later it was when the nightmare gripped me }I do not know. A cold wind blew across | hi - plause. THE KEY WEST +: SOCIETY $:-: Key West Players Scored Ancther Triumph With ‘George And Margaret’ door,” Kirk continued. “That's | _ Celebrates Golden Jubilee That the Key West Players are cerned, in his portrayal of Claude ‘capable of professional histrionic | jn « ability was fully demonstrated | Peracisent ps meng ieSioeaag Be, the star, went to all other of .Geral@“Savory’s ‘three-act /@ctors — Phyllis Johnston ‘George and Margaret”. Even honors, following closely | comedy, “George and Margaret”, |Gladys, William V. Little, as Mal-' junder sponsorship of the Key colm, W. T. Sisson, as Dudley, West Woman’s Club. | Katherine Offutt as Frankie, Wal- From the rising of the curtain ter Fred Jacobs as Roger and to the last line as the curtain Clara Lankford as Beer. descended at the conclusion of} Bouquets, of course, were much the last act, the audience, com-!deserved by Mrs. Rob Roy Rick- fortably filling the hall, showed etts, director—and she did receive appreciation of the players’ ef-\one, in physical form, at the com forts, with much laughter and ap-iclusion of the performance, a beautiful bunch of gladiolas. As is the case in productions Scenery and properties were like this, it is extremely hard to ably handled by Doody Morgan, single out particular players for Don Herrick, Lt. Comdr. Ray W. special praise. Consensus, how- Byrns, Isabel Ball, June Winn ever, appeared to rest with Mrs. and Mrs. B. J. Sutherland. Janice White, who played the Mrs. Sutherland further assist- part of the fluttery wife, Alice.:ed with delightful music between Her tantrum scene was definitely acts, demonstrating her ability as finished and other part requiré- a leading concert pianist. ments were capably handled. Following the play, members Thus, it appears, the White of the cast and all officers of the family has scored a double tri- Players gathered at Samoa club umph in Key West -drama— for a celebration party. ~ Winnie George with his masterful repre- | Jacobs and Guy Carleton had pro-! sentation of Mr. Bumpstead in| vided a cozy setting, with re- “Broken Dishes” and Mrs. White freshments. Friday, night. Incidentally, the! Players announced today that male member of the talented duo, another play would be presented carried off a repeat performance, next month, the title to be an- insofar as quality acting is con- nounced later. John Marzyck Entertains Friends | setae Women Have Business Meeting Friday night a group of friends! Junior Woman's Club will hold gathered at the home of John’its monthly business meeting to- Marzyck, Jr., to help celebrate his’ morrow afternoon Tuesday, at seventeenth birthday. the clubhouse on Division street, In a guessing contest, Ernest starting at 5:00 o'clock, accorl- Avila was the lucky winner. ing to announcement by Mrs. Dancing was hte main feature of Joseph Lopez, president. the evening. The important subject of the The host was the recipient of annual Tea Dance to be given in many beautiful and useful gifts. honor of holidaying college stu- Those present were: Theodora dents, for Christmas Day after- Gibson, Russell Baker, Lillian’ noon, will be discussed—the hour Pent, Archie Potter, Eola John- and place to be determined. Ruth Thompson, Amando: Mrs. Lopez requested that all Canalejo, Jack Sawyer, Rosalind | young ladies planning on joining Albury, Mervin Thompson, Sylvia the club be present at tomorrow’s Sawyer, Ernest Avila, Donald | meeting. Pinder, Robert McClintock, Ed- ward Strunk, Billy Ladd, Della Ggrden Club Letters May Curry, Eugene Sawyer, Bet- : ty Myers, Margaret Russell, Mary Now At Library Mrs. E. E. Winter, president, | Belle Archer, Bert Cates, Cather- ine Conner, Ernestine Evans, Vic- toria Arnold, Ramon Gonzago, released information of interest ea Hee ores Wilma | of Garden Club members today. ellers, DeWitt Roberts, Bett ish- Kline, Odes McKillip, Rayford| G2"den News Letters, publish- Roberts, Harriet Wilson, Mrs. ed by the national organization, Frank Curry and Mr. and Mrs./Mmay be obtained by members of John Marzyck. | the club by calling at the Public | epg Sune need |Library. The December issue of Aaxiliary Head jthe Letters has just been re- To Address Parish son, leased. Mrs. Winter stated that the Mrs. Thomas G. Price of Fort | club would hold no meeting this * Myers, Diocesan President of the | month, but that soon after the Woman's Auxiliary, will pay a! holiday season a call would be is-| visit to Saint Paul’s Parish on ! sued. Tuesday, December 10, and will speak at the Annual Advent So- cial to be held that ieht, —X—X—KX—sX—X—a= o'clock in the Parish Hall. DIVORCE ACTIONS Mrs._Price will tell of the! ! highlights of the Triennial Con-| i vention of Episcopal Church held recently in Kansas City. Final decrees in the following ; |divorce-cases were granted last} “The Life of the Church”. in | Saturday, according’ to records on! song, story and scene’'will” be file in the Circuit Court clerk’s given at the Advent''’ Social. a Junior Choir and Servers’ Guild fice at the county courthouse Arthur F. Broderson, of Key will take part in this. The cake| containing the Auxiliary ring! West, vs. Frieda Broderson, of will be cut by members. Refresh- | Pittsburgh. Charge, habitual in- | ments will be served. | temperance. Hancel, Strachn, vs. {Strachn, both of Key Charge, desertion. Will Tompkins, of Key West, | vs. Wery L. Tompkins, address unknown. Charge, desertion. BUSINESS IS BETTER Viola Lenor Warren At Wek Smith College Dance (Special te The Citizen) NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Dec. 9—Miss Leonor M. Warren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam R. Warren of 511 Eaton ; Bishop Hurley will be the cele-! lished by the Abbey brant of a Pontifical High Mass. will be distributed during the! , He will be assisted by the Bene- celebration. |Rainfall, 24 hours ending ; Deficiency Low fara: Tin coma wae duck ae at street, Key West, and a senior at |seemed to me that I heard the Smith College, was among ap- \door to the hall open and close. >roximately 400 Smith students bAt first I only wondered ly -and a nearly equal number of es- | why Bill should be coming corts who attended the ninth an- jupstairs. Then I remembered that ual Smith College Charity Ball, | the door was locked, with the key 1,214 jast Saturday, in Scott Gym- on —— — = wideiathd 4 - 2 ay there, unable to move y |ce:ty exp och tiie Siaaiab comies The proceedsfrom_ this<event, }tion came to me that the secret ‘which is open to all four/elasses, jroom opened somehow into this will benefit’ the Smith “College ——— Community Chest Fund, adding { . _ Te bo continued to a surplus which has been (Ceperight, 1958. Madore Disth Pestereen mounting since November 26. ———— ——— i when the $15,000 goal was topped CHEATS WOLVES IN DEATH in a record breaking eight-day ees campaign. FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Ap- parently realizing that he was Everreadys Meet about to freeze to death, Edwin Tgmorrow A. Robertson, 84, determined to a keep the wolves from eating his Announcement was made this body. From the position of his morning that the Everready Star body when found, it is believed Club would meet tomorrow aft- he purposely laid in a stream ernoon at the home of Mrs. Lucy and allowed the freezing water to Goshorn, 326 William street. |trickle over him, encasing his The meeting will start at 3:30 ibody in a solid cake of ice, o'clock. = FOR BORDER PATROL (Continued from Page One) bushes all night to observe a likely river~ crossing, fighting rattlesnakes, ticks, mosquitoes and sand fleas. ST. LEO, Florida, Dec. 9.—St.'will be served in the auditorium Leo College Preparatory School, to all visitors. The Bishops, one of the oldest institutions in Clergy and Members of the Press the State of Florida, will cele- will attend the dinner to be given brate its Golden Jubilee here, De- in the college dining-hall cember 15 and 16. On Saturday,’ At 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon Dec. 14, the Most Reverend Solemn Pontifical Vespers, at Joseph P. Hurley, D.D., Bishop of which one of the visiting Bishops St. Augustine will be received by or Abbots will be the celebrant, the Rt. Rev. Abbot Francis Sad-' will be chanted by the Fathers of lier, O.S.B., President of the the Abbey. School, accompanied by the Fa-' Monday morning a Solemn thers and Brothers of the’ com-' Pontifical Mass of Requiem will munity, in all the splendor of the be celebrated by one of the Ab- ancient ceremonial of the Catholic bots for the repose of the souls Church as outlined for the first: of all deceased members of the MONDAY, DECEMBER S$. 1560 happening in Europe and the Far East. Only in events of extreme im- Portance, like conclusion of the German-Italian-Japanese pect. is there any editorial reaction organ, lays down the law: Emegr | Ha. government organ. echoes st |the'next day, and’ thie fed ot | newspapers repeat théir coz for days afterward. | Denials published by Tass, of “= === give some clues to the trend of Kremili : The silence does not mean mm- friendliness. The foreign press! = department of the foreign office |** ™* gives correspondents 2 cordial re- | 5° ception, even though “No” may be the answer to most requests. Don't Mention Reich Diplomats aiso enjoy warm re- lations with government officials msde Si seers them seer as reception of the Ordinary of the community and benefactors of i; Diocese. | the institution. Sunday morning, December 15,! .A Golden Souvenir Book of at 10. o'clock, the Most Rev. two hundred pages has been pub- Press and dictine Fathers. His Excellency, All newspaper editors in the the Most Reverend Gerald O’- State of Florida have been in- Hara, Bishop of Savannah-At- vited to attend the ceremonies. lanta will deliver the sermon for Several Archbishops, Bishops, the occasion. All ceremonies will: Abbots, and members of the take place in the Gymnasium clergy are expected for the oc- which is to be specially decorated | casion. for the occasion. | The general public is cordially At 12 o’clock noon luncheon ‘invited. U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m.' 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal - Precipitation Christras Quiz Answers (QUESTIONS ON PAGE TWO) 1. Two, those of Matthew and | Luke. __74' 2. The date has been fixed by ..68 different sources in every month 71 of the year. December 25 is one 71 of the oldest festival dates. 3. False. It was not among the 0.00 earlier festivals. Until the fifth \century there was no established 0.11! observance. | 4. Roast beef and boar’s head, 0.32 England; goose, Germany; roast 7:3Q,a,.m., inches ___. Total rainfall since Dec. 1, inches since Dec. 1 inches nes : Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches = ame Deficiency since Jan. meat, northern Scandinavia; inches eee . 1.55,wines and pastries, France and Wind Direction and Velocity Italy. NE—12 miles per hour 5. Germany, where first men- capa rama tion of the Christmas. tree was Hatcmpier ai TAGc ja today made in the 17th century. Sea level, 30.02 (1016.6 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise Sunset ._. Moonrise is . mM. 1 THE ANSWERS‘ Dm. See “Who Knows?” on Page 2 1. About 150,000. PM} 2. Italy, by Premier Mussolini. 6:59, 3. Austrians overwhelmed Ital- 12:16 | ians, 1917. | 4. Greece 7,000,000, | 000,000. 5. A fascist, anti-Semitic move- ment in Rumania. 6. Admiral Kichisaburo Nomu- ra, of Japan, graduated from An- (Naval Base) AM. - 7:23 _-12:54 FORECAST (Till .7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature, moderate northeast and east) napolis in 1898. winds. * 7. Randolph Churchilj], making Florida: Generally fair tonight | his first = = ents in 3 presence of his father, Prime sae Daceilag, sepept - Oud +00 | ister Winston Chunrdalll extreme south coast, slightly: g Six widows of former Presi- warmer on southeast coast and: in| dents: receive the customary $5,- northwest portion tonight and | 000 a year: over north and central portions| 9. Anti-aircraft Tuesday. |on a destroyer. E 10. y th 300 but co ° Probably less than the figure is increasing. Pressure is high this morning over eastern and northwestern 2 sections of the country and low; e 1e over the upper Mississippi and be- the High _ Italy 43,- machine guns Missouri Valleys and Plains; States. Temperatures have risen from the Plains States eastward intww the Lake region; while some- what colder weather prevails over the eastern portion of the country with freezing southward over central Alabama. Fair weather Masquerades z The Rio Grande is a cinch to cross_in many spots. It’s been done on a bicycle. Wash tubs, beats and rafts are favored too. But wading and swimming are most popular. In patrol lingo a Suspect is a “wet.” Lots of aliens are nabbed when they wade out on the American bank but the accomplished offi- cer can track a wet by signs long after he has entered. The patrolman knows few limits in pressing his duties. One masqueraded as a woman and worked in a cotton field. But the trick backfired when wind billowed up his skirts revealing his uniform. In their flight the suspects practically mowed down a good cotton patch. ful te those who gave the use of their_cars, the donors of the lovely floral tributes and mes- sages of sympathy. decd-2t THE FAMILY. eprink Bin wh AE aay gutting beth hands on his shoulders and expressing pleasure at seeing him again. European diplomats in these talks is that Soviet officials do not mention Germany in speaking of the entry of German forces im Ri ja and passage through Finland. They speak simply of the presence of “troops” im those countries. The reason for the cautious si- lence is easy to find Soviet policy throughout the war has ‘been one of neutrality and friend- ship with neighboring powers to keep Russia out of the conflict, while driving ahead on a cam- paign of internal reinforcement If a shift in the balance play a large part in the effect PITCHED INTO FIRE: SAVED j ee MADERA, Calif—Five hours 35.36 turkey, United States; reindeer} |fire. 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