The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1941, Page 3

FP PRIDAY, MARCH, 1941 LONG CAME CINDERELLA i By VIVIEN GREY YESTERDAY: Yesterday Lovely Daye met a wealthy ng man named Roger Cos- grave because she and some of her friends from the tenement district of New York were tres- passing on the Cosgrave estate. Last night Lovely returned to find her sister and her husband quarreling over her, and ran away. And because she had no other place to go, she spent most of her money for a ticket back to Oscawana, and returned to the picnic spot. Now she is having breakfast with, of all people, Roger. Chapter Five Sudden Confession OVELY thought: He hasn’t asked me a question. He’s swell. But I’d better keep the good old guard up and not let him get under my skin. Gert said a wed- ding ring. He’d never marry my kind—not a boy who drives a car like that as if it was—well, just car. The bacon and eggs were per- fect. The toast with its butter and guava jelly heavenly. And there was a whole pot of coffee. They lisgered and lingered. And talked. Mostly of unimportant things. Fnally Lovely said it: “I presume you're wondering hew I happen to be up here again ths morning?” She had a feeling “Have you no place at she owed him some explanation. Roger smiled. “I'm glad you’ve brought that up. I was wondering.” “Well,” Lovely hesitated. She stoyed with an extra specs for the first time the smile she flashed across the table was a trace timid. “It's hard to tell family things. But 1 do want you to know I didn’t just come up here trying to hang myself on you.” “I'm sure you didn’t, but I wouldn’t have minded in the least if you had.” wely laughed. It was a beau- tiful sound that lingered softly in her throat for a second and then rippled like a song to her curving lips. “Thanks for them kind words, Mister! I really came on impulse.” “Thanks for impulses, then,” he said. Then suddenly Lovely was tell- ing him the whole thing. About the Home and on through the years to the moment she stood outside that closed door and lis- tened to Ring’s and Gert’s quarrel. Lovely looked up at him as she finished, something fluttering on her face that might have been a smile if it had not been so sad and frightened. “Well,” she was trying to finish om: a@ gay note, “I can’t keep throwing a monkey wrench into Gert's love life, can I? So I walked out. But I still don't why I should have bothered with all this. It isn’t qu tude after such heaven gs. Excuse “T'm glad you | voice pa tender. from he her. She w pathize. s glad he didn Courage “QHALL we toss a co! Oher gay was someth gallant Something of his heart “Won't worry about you In the cit sister, I mean? “Would you worry about one more mouth feed?” her answering qu “Tf it was your: that doesn’t settle you_no place at a “Only back t then breakin, of the momen y borrow We're here tog ve just had a swell bre And it looks like P. there, the river, Badainton: Watch Birdie! iy Badminton ng ¢ like ha was nyt Have riousne: Asnoctated Press) cise sport. The quited 1 sym terrif feathered cork n. f would. But That stopped Roger Cosgrave for a full minute. A girl with the | sort of high reckless courage that could live in the beauty of the | nt with her immediate fu- ture so in question. Lovely caught something of his thought in his eyes and her heart quickened its beat. He was look- ng at her as if he really liked er. Not just an exterior thing 1at had to do with her good |looks and young curves, But lasting. She was aware of a thrill of bled inwardly with eagerness at the thought—luxury was not after all so far beyond the reach of her hands. Hands, she glanced down at them, so suited to it and that had always wanted it so. The feel elegance and luxury and ease. And good times! She leaned a little across. the table. Her full colorful lips were parted slightly. Roger Cosgrave es a surging of desire. Emotion was a riot within him. He wanted desper- ately to take her hands as they But this was a mad thing, an un- reasoning impulse. Perhaps the natural upflare of a man about to marry, about to promise one: girl unswerving faithfulness for the rest of his life. Emily. He tried to | call up a vision of her. It wouldn’t come clear. Superimposed on her |features were the dazzlingly bril- all to go?” Roger asked. jliant smile, the wide, luring brown feyes, the smooth tanned skin of a girl called Lovely Daye. The Bargain \ ‘ORDS would have come to his lips in a torrent, hot passion- ate words. It was a sweeping sort |of thing he felt helpless against. \It was a miracle to him that he calmly and sanely, “But this sister of yours,” he said. “She must be pretty fond of you? You’d probably be wel- come back there if you had a like that make a difference.” “You have second sight,” Love- ly said brightly. “And _ Gert’s | swell. She'd sell her soul for me, | Don’t you see that’s just why I jean’t go on pushing her Tite | around “Yes,” thoughtfully, “I do.” “Without me maybe she and Ring——” but she stopped speak- | ing. | Roger’s hand had gone to his | pocket and brought out a soft fine leather wallet. fifteen dollars,” he said. ‘That’s all I've got with me. | Lucky. Because 1 don’t usually carry that much. Take it and go back to Gert. And where did you ne lives?” ovely gave him the address she hadn’t taken the e held out to her. Only fifteen dollars. It was a.fortune her of course. But she supposed people carried much more hem always. Or, 1g, wasn't he rich you'll need some to pay breakfast, smiling to pay head. good here. I'll t rich peopl emplo) m run the it idea when when he coul ng him man- s of money ['d gh a candy Roger paused on fun it would le girl to th xe be continued ackhand something deep: that might be | surprise. Perhaps—and she trem- | of fine fabrics, of -ostly furs, of * lay on the cloth--lovely hands. | |could force his voice to speak | little money? Sometimes things | (MIAME. FISTIC CARNIVAL SET FOR SUNDAY |FIRST OF NATION-WIDE PRO- GRAMS FOR BENEFIT OF BRITISH-AMERICAN. AMBU- LANCE CORPS | | | (Special to The Citizen) MIAMI, March 7.—Jack Kearns, jformer manager of Jack Demp- jsey and one of the most colorful ‘figures in the boxing ‘steps back into the fistic spot- light in Miami Sunday night when he presents an all-star card. The | British - American Ambulance {Corps receives 10 percent of the | gross receipts to aid their various game, } war relief projects. This is the initial show %f a long series of boxing cards which will take him to every section of the jcountry. | Kearns has lined up three ten- round bouts headed by Melio Bet- ;tina, former light-heavyweight |champion, and Buddy Knox, clev- ler Ohio heavy. Bettina recently jstarted campaigning against the | big fellows when he grew Iheavy to make the 175-pound ‘ class. Knox is probably the | busiest heavyweight in the d | vision and last year fought { bouts. { Another ten-round bout brings big Pat Comiskey, colorful Irish heavyweight from Paterson, N. J., against Domingo Valin, Pacific Coast scrapper. Comiskey has received plenty of rave notices by Eastern sports writers and _ le: {than six months ago was hailed as a worthy successor to Joe |Louis. Valin has done most of jhis fighting in California and ‘boasts. a knockout over Lee Sa- jvold. | The third of the ten rounders ; brings Ben Brown, southern mid- dleweight champion, against Irish {Eddie Pierce, claimant to the jmaidlewelght title of the British | too di- 21 Empire. | An exhibition bout between itwo of the greatest lightweights jthe boxing game _ developed, | Benny Leonard and Lew Tandler, (has. also been. carded. Twenty jyears ago the two fought a pair jot 15 rounders which will go down in» history and _ recently |Leonard and Tendler fought an exhibition bout in Philadelphia jas.the feature attraction of a big amateur show. |ARMY ALLOWED 473. POINTS TO CAGE OPPONENTS U.S. Army, completing game-quota Wednesday night, < {lowed 473 points in ten games the Island City Bz League’s second-half while scor ing 337 points itself. Army ended in the cellar with nine defeats and a_ single tory, but behind tha seasona record of losses wer ‘close, hard-fought battles. | Soldiers and High School Stu- dents engaged in the lo test of the year, requiri overtime periods to reach a cision. Doughboys lost that fight 72:53, when the var went on a scoring third extra, five- First meeting of the se with the Students ended loss due to shortag of in the fourth pe a forfeit with 38. Three Solc from the game by Pandora. suffered feat administered 37-42 drubb severa STANDINGS Island City Basketball League CGC. Pandor: wing VP33 A) THE: KEY WEST CITIZE ee MEETS BETTINA a BUDDY KNOX, rugged heavy- weight from Dayton, Ohio, meets Melio Bettina, former light - heavyweight champion, in the ten-round main event of Jack Kearns’ Fistic Carnival in Miami Sunday night. CONCHS LOST CAGE TOURNEY GAME TO MIAMI HIGH, 47-30 ELIMINATED FROM FOURTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT; ANDREW JACKSON WON TWICE Key West Conchs lost to Mi- ami High, 47-30, terday after- noon and thus were eliminated from the fourth regional basket- ball tournament now under way in the Magic City. Roberts Smith, Conch guard, was outstanding for the locals, accounting for 13 points, almost half of the totai score. Smith swished the net for five fidd goals and three foul shots. De- Witt Roberts, center, sunk three t and two charity throws. Miami High scored 23 points in the first-half and 24 in the sec- mnd-half, led by Swing, 12’ points, and Tucker and Roche, eight each. Key West committed a low to- tal of six personal fouls against 1 rged to the Stingarees. In Ity shooting, the Conchs 10 points while the Mi- etted only one, > was included in the but the first Previously, An- son had swamped Lake Worth. 53-17, and West Palm Beach had downed Pence de baskets was © quarterfinal winners were Edison, defeating .-Ft 55-24, and Andrew Jack- ug Ft. Lauderdale, 34-29. ckson’s first-round and quar- al victories established the a strong contender eht wi ni High, Mi- Beach vy West con- (47) FG FT OH 0) = 8 Miami High Key West (30) FG 1 Lopez Funeral Service | Established 1885 | Lice Funeral Directors and Embalmers { 24-Hour Ambulance Service , ; Phone 13S Wight 686 | OFFUTT ADDRESSES QUESTIONNAIRE TO UPSTATE COACHES SEEKS REASON FOR SHUN- NING OF KEY WEST HIGH IN INTERSCHOLASTIC CAGE SEASON JUST ENDED In an effort to learn the rea- son Key West was shunned by a majority of upstate schools in the interscholastic basketball season Coach Johnny Offutt pre- just ended, will have a_ questionnaire sented regional and district coach- es at the annual meeting in Mi- ami tomorrow. - The questionnaire is included in an explanatory letter addressed to the 25 mentors of varsits in the South Florida area. Mr. Offutt tersely outl breviated schedule pla Conchs this year, teams, whether ¢lass A or B. It was explained i by the ames listing scores, where played bef y school that re the season got under wa as far north as West Palm. Be: Key but only a few saw fit to do, sc were asked to book Some pleaded a full of games, while others ignored the request. Four mainland .clubs, Andrew Jackson, Ponce De Leon, Stuart and Pahokee, agreed to include the Conchs in their schedules, Of the four, only Ponce and Stuart journeyed to Key West. In all, the Island City cagers played sev- sen interscholastic games, threc quota completely West | FDDODS FSIS ANGLER’ BRINGS IN RECORD COBIA Ralph E. Batten, of Win- netke, made the Casa Marina record board. twice in one day Wednesday. In fact. if his cobia was eligible for the fishing tournament in Miami, it would probably top the lot. The specimen weighed 4312 pounds and it is understood the biggest reported in the Miami competition so far is under 30 pounds. The ccbia gave Mr. Batten a rare fight, but it was worth it. He was fishing with his brother, P. H. Batten, of Racine, Wis. Earlier in the day he landed a 40-pound grouper, which is the second largest caught by Casa Ma- rina guests this season. Permit are almost becoming common-place around the La Casa porte cochere. There’s a jewelled fringe of them henging there most every evening now. Mrs, Bertram C. Hopeman caught a beauty Wednesday. It tipped the scales at 13% pounds, Mr, Hopeman land- ed a 20!2 pounder. The Hovemans, who are from Waynesboro, Va., were fishing from their own priv- ate yacht. Mr. Hopeman used a fine 6-thread and Mrs. Hope- man a 9-thread line. and four aw winning a! ority. zack of time to book the chs will be no excuse for up- schools next year. Mr. Of- futt announced in hes he is ready now games for the 1941 mainland ¢ to schedu’ ason. HERE you sit, watch- ing the long road ahead as it dips and rises. Under your feet there’s a quiet whispering, to let mis you know that all eight able Buick cylinders are happily on the job. 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