The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Magic Of A Neglected Spring Makes Love Possible For Polly And David Chapter One ’ The Legacy OR several days David had been far too busy to realize that spring had come dancing over the hills. What with seeing that Aunt Julia was laid to rest in the old Wiley burial plot, discussing her somewhat mixed-up affairs with the family lawyer, and digging into his new job with The Pow- ers Lumber Company, he just hadn’t taken time to notice how the whole wide world had sud- denly come to life. But now, all at once, he was conscious of what was taking place. He had glanced out of the window while listening to the lawyer read Aunt Julia’s funny little will, and there it was! pring! Just outside Mr, Seawell’s office, Spring, in all her loveliness, wearing a gown of pastel shades, trimmed with silver. Springtime, and love, and a certain young man forgetting legal matters’ to) think of a girl named Polly Jen- kins. Polly—and spring—and-- “Well, Davey,” the lawyer said, “you don’t seem very excited.” “No, sir,” said David, startled out of his reverie. “I don’t reckon I do.” “But you understand, don’t you, that your aunt has left you the pro Inn and all the land around it?” “Yes, sir, I understand,” David said somewhat dully. “I was afraid she’d do that.” “Afraid’ “Yes, sir.” David leaned for- ward, his young face now trou- bled. “The Inn’s been a burden on Aunt Julia’s hands for years, and now it looks like I'm going to have jt a burden on mine. Gosh, Mr. Seawell, you know as well as I do that nobody’s ever been able to do anything with ‘Freddy's Folly’—that wile dream of Uncle “‘Freddy’s Folly,” said the lawyer, chuckling. “Just the name for it.” Then, relaxing, he grew reminiscent, just as David had been sure he would do, just as Aunt Julia had been in the habit of doing. “I recollect Fred’s crazy enthusiasm, how he went around trying to get folks to buy stock in his hare-brained scheme to make Ardendale another Saratoga or Carlsbad, how he pretty near hounded the life out of me until I shook him good one day, and told him to stop having pipe- dreams, and do something prac- tical.” “But he didn’t,” said David. “I now. I was pretty much of a kid, but I remember. Then Aunt Julia told me a lot about it. She even sold her jewelry and most of the family silver in order to help Uncle Fred carry out his plans, since nobody else had any faith in him.” “Yes, that’s right,” Mr. Sea- well said. He removed his steel- rimmed glasses and began polish- ing them. “Fred sat right there where you are sitting now, and told me that he was sure the spring out where he later built the Inn had medical properties. He even said he couldn’t for the life of him see why Ardendale oughtn’t to woo a lot of folks away from other health resorts— folks who were forever traipsing off to Europe to drink mineral water or bathe in it.” The glasses went back on the ate nose. He sighed. “Oh, well, Davey, I reckon everybody can’t be steady, in-the-rut folks, like you and me.” “No, sir,” said David. “I reckon Pay, really can’t.” le got up suddenly and walked over to where he could look down into Main Street. And as he stood there, gazing down upon the street which Frederick James Wiley had once pictured a thor- oughfare of wealth and color and paiety. he remembered something is Aunt Julia had said to him just before she died. The Promise oe had looked up at him from the old walnut bedstead with its ornately carved acorns and leaves, and motioned for him to come a little closer. “Davey, honey,” she had said very softly, “I want you to prom- ise me something. “Yes, Aunt Julia,” he had re- lied, taking one of her thin ands between both of his. “What is it?” “I want you to promise me “That’s a good boy, Davey. You've been mighty sweet to me, an old relative-in-law, and— “There, there, honey,” he sooth- ed. “Now you must try to get some sleep.” How clearly it all came back to him: that scene in his aunt’s bedroom; that promise he had made her. Good old Aunt Julia! She had understood how things were with him and Polly; how if he didn’t have a responsibility in Polly had one. Matters had been like that ever since he had been forced to leave college, ever since Polly had given up her plans to be a designer and had taken a job as cashier in Ye Olde Southern Tea Room. On and on. Week after week. Month after month. Year after year. But now, with Polly making a small salary, and him all set to go places with the lumber people, things were beginning to look a little brighter. Maybe Aunt Julia had the right idea, Maybe he oughtn’t to put off marrying any longer. Maybe he and Polly were going to get a break after all. Maybe they were just about to turn that much-talked-of corner, around which Prosperity was sup- posed to be waiting. Again the lawyer broke in upon his reverie. “You mustn’t let the old Inn get you down,” Mr. Seawell was now saying. “I'll admit it sure does look :ike you’ve had a white ele- phant of a house dumped down on you instead of ‘a relative, but—” “Y’m not down,” said David. He faced the lawyer, a new light in his eyes. “I'll manage—somehow. Polly and I.” “That's the spirit, my boy!” said Mr. Seawell. “Do you mind if I make a suggestion?” “No sir. Of course not.” “Then if I were you,” the law- yer said, “I'd go straight to Poll: Jenkins this very minute, and te her that—” i “That’s just what I'm going to you'll marry Polly Jenkins just as soon as I’m gone. It’s not fair to {ed nor to Polly for you to eep putting off marrying.” “But, Aunt Julia, I—I—” “No, let me finish,” Aunt Julia said, “So far’s I know, I’m the last of your dependent relatives, but I’m _ not too sure, You go straight to Polly and tell her there aren’t going, to be any more delays— omise me, Davey?” “All right, Aunt Julia,” he had said, “I promise.” do!” David laughed. He hurried out. Into Spring HE ran down the flight of worn stairs that led from the second floor of the dilapidated office building, and out into the street. There he came to a sudden mips and caught his breath. It was al- most as though spring had mi- raculously assumed the form of a beautiful young woman, and was smiling at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN y A Deserted EPPES the form of a dependent relative, - € . “Of all the crazy stunts I ever saw,” the A sort of warm and happy glow heart is yours—and I want you to took complete possession of him, | marry me right now!” That was a and he had the wild urge to burst | little better, but still not very into singing. But he began whis-| thrilling; especially when a girl tling instead, although somewhat | was like Polly, and thought ro- off key. He was still whistling—|mance and sentiment tremen- and still off key—when he jumped | dously important. into his ancient little car and went] Perhaps the best thing to do rattling off toward the tearoom | was to be just plain practical; that where Polly worked. is, state facts straight from the It was Saturday afternoon, and| shoulder, and leave romance and the lumber plant always closed|sentiment for a bit later, when down on Saturday afternoons. | there was a moon, and the air was This meant that he had a few /| filled with the fragrance of honey- hours before him which he could|suckle and rambler roses, “Look use as he chose. And he chose tojhere, Polly, we’ve delayed long get Polly and take her for a ride.|enough —so suppose you pack She was probably just finishing | your duds, and come on—” - up at the tearoom, and would soon} He got no further. His thoughts be free herself. He had a lot to|were shattered into a million talk over with her, but the most|fragments as a bright yellow important thing was his decision | roadster shot out of a side street, to ‘lose no more time in carrying|and he made a wild grab for the out his promise to Aunt Julia. emergency brake. As he rode along he thought} “Well, what the!” he gasped. over differént ways of telling her} The roadster also came to a what was on his mind. “Honey,|sudden and grinding stop. The put on your old gray bonnet with| girl who had been driving it the blue ribbon on it, and let’s go| leaped out, and came charging at get hitched.” No, he grinned, that | him. A wouldn’t do. It was too flippant.| David did nct move. He just sat And Polly didn’t like for people | there staring at her. to be flippant about serious things.| She looked, he thought, rather “Polly, dearest, you know that my | like a magazine cover. Redheaded, —_—— Pe Siar eae aie SOCIETY :-: Robert James Swift Gives | Birthday A very enjoyable party was} Paula Party .At Park Anne Mesa, Barbara | Pedro Aguilar, sports writer jand member of Key West’s box- spending several days visiting in given at La Concha Park Friday | Dorothy Barroso, Marietta Nel-| Havana, has returned to the city. Donovan | afternoon by Mr. and Mrs, Jack |80% Jack McMahon, | Swift of 422 Bahama street in| honor of their son, Robert James Swift, | Cruz, Edna Cruz. ] Jackie Carbonell, Robert James | Elisa Malgrat, Loretta Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pelaez of Caroline street left recently for |FAT IS NOT JUST SIMPLY DEAD WEIGHT | H (ity Associated Press) | CHICAGO, April 7.—Fat on the | human body is not a me jdepot but rather an active organ. |ing commission, who had been|MARINES’ APRIL CALENDAR Probably something like a duct- p storage |SHOWS WORLD-WIDE ACTION |!ess bland. neti This new conception is reported ~_|in the Journal of the *American { 10 | Medical Association by H. Gideon ‘April, according to the Corps’ | Well: | Many stirring highlights in Ma- jrine Corps history happened M. D., of Chicago, whe calendar of events, which shows | cite ithe fourth month of the year to| ing evidence. everal odd bits of support- ALLEN tomanee Lives In ost girl began. slim, not too tall, not too short. And dressed like nobody’s busi- ness; all in sport things, colorful and cool and lovely, “Of all the crazy stunts I ever saw!” the girl began. “You nearly made me smash my car against that light post!” “Listen,” said David, forgetting what the girl looked like, “don’t you start bawling me out! I was driving along, minding my own business, and you come tearing out of that side street like a—a— house afire!” “Why——why—!” the girl be- gan, and then stopped short. “Well, for Pete’s sake, it’s you!” “Sure, it’s me,” said David. “What did you expect?” The girl began to laugh. “David Wiley!” she said. “And what a handsome devil you've grown up to be.” She came closer, held out her hand. “Don’t you re- member me? I’m Margo Powers.” “Gosh!” said David. He got out of his rickety little car and took the girl’s hand. “Gosh! When did you get home?” “Last night,” said Margo. “I've come home for the summer.” ~ ‘Lo be continued | | | 1 = BOY BORN SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Ernest court have announced the of a boy Sunday. DEVELOPS MODEL birth > (By Associated Press) Advertisements under this head will be inserteg in The Citizen at the rate of one-cent (Ic) a word for each insertion, but the mini- mum for the first insertion in every instance is twenty-five | cents (25c). ——— Advertisers snould- give’ their | | street address as ‘well as their | telephone number if they desire ROOM AND BOARD. Reason- results, | | Payment for classified adver- |tisements is invariably in ad-| |vance, but regular advertisers | | with ledger accounts may have} |their advertisements charged. Lost i BULOVA WRIST WATCH with gold wrist band, Initials J.D.S. on back of watch. Reward if returned to 1009 Southard street. apr5-3t | WALLET with money, driver's} license and other papers. 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Apply ; Box T, The Citizen. apr7-tfs’ |JETTING PUMP, 200 gallons per | minute, 95 Ibs. pressure, first class condition. Priced right for quick sale. East Coast) Equipment Co., 1228 S.W. Ist} St., Miami. Locctaldgiah ‘LIVE EASTER BUNNIES. 604 | Francis Street. apr7-lwk | HALF-BAG CONCRETE MIXER. | Rebuilt throughout and with | new engine. Batch hopper) type on pneumatic tires. East | Coast Equipment Co., 1228 S.W. | Ist St., Miami. apré-1mo | FOR SALF- large lot, many tropical» fruit | trees. Also, party boat “Jewel”. | Apply 808 Eaton Street. Spanish type house, r TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941 Classified Column POCCOSEOCOOS SSL OOSESOCLOSSEESORCERSCEELEEEDEOEOE DINE BETTY RAYMOND RESTAU- RANT will serve a_ special EASTER SUNDAY DINNER from 12 o'clock Noon on. For reservations, Phone 364. ; apr8-5t_ SUED tele ; ROOMS ~ able, good meals, nice rooms. 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Pic- tures matted, Paul DiNegro, 614 Francis street. jan18-tt HELP WANTED SERVICE STATION -ATTEND- ANT. Lou Smith, Duval and Division, mar29-tf WANTED WANTED—A chance to bid on your next printing order. The Artman Press. jani9-tf HOTELS BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night's rest to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean rooms, enjoy the homey atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. And, try THE COFFEE SHOP, it's economical and has “that” tasty food and atmosphere. 917 Fleming street. apri-tf Miami where they will spend a visiting relatives and|be an unusually active one for the jan6-s | BEST BEER, WINE and LUNCH STAND in Key West. Other One is the case of a 12-year-old girl who lost the skin on the back in celebration of his third birth-|Carbonell, Jeanne Rae Carbonell, | NEW YORK, April 7.—Only | day, Louis Mblina Jr., June Molina,| week P Many games were. played hy |Manuel the children, directed by, Misses | Ciesinski, Mitchell Domenech II, Ronnie | Appelrouth, | Josephine Ubieta and Hilda Yado. | Robert Appelrouth, * Delicious refreshments served and favors given... ‘The)English. prizes were won by June Molina | and Robert Appelrouth, Ay Those present were: Buddy Owen, ' Joaquin Barroso, ' Lewis Sandra Owen, Paul Mesa, Hector Barroso, Mor- were!.| Mr, and Mrs. Jack Swift, Louls | Mesdames Alfredo: Borroso, Sr. | Piarrot, Jared Daniels Dolly Marie Owen, Patrick Fro- | ris Iroen, John Nelson, John Me- hock, Freddie Frohock, Paul New- | Mahon, Harold Cruz, George Ma}- house, Carl Graham, Ross Saw-} grat, Joan | Domenech, Jr. yer, Jr, Laverne Carrero, Ayala, Gene Kemp, Robert Lewis Piarrot, Doris Faye Piarrot, Do- | Hilda rina Dee Daniels, Ronnie Sawyer, | Sylvia Sawyer, Norma Barroso Announcement Of Marriage Mr. and Mrs. Watson Carey,} 729 United street, announce the | will present daughter, | play by marriage of their Alecia Boeyan, to William C Langston, of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Carlet of Nashua, New Hampsh The rriage was solemnized Saturday afternoon by Rev. O. C Howell of the Ley Memorial Church r na short wedd Junior Club To Hold Social Meeting ld ” |High School Seniors \To Present Play i Spence Rouveral, the The play is a sequel to “Grow-' , ing Pains” which was presented hy the class of ‘39. fter the wedding, ! misg Clara Lankford afi” arc ‘NB | begin at once. West, Louis Molina, Manuel Fernandez, Ubieta, Misses Erundina Yado, Josephine Key West high school seniors “Young April,” and William of a Aurania night 2 it was announced today Rehearsals wilt'be under the di- egtion of Miss Mery Morgan and { to be Tickets will Id by the stude Ivey St ye friends, Adalbert Bethel, who nad been spénding a visit in Key West with his family, left yesterday after- Fred Frohock, | noon over. the highway for Mate-| cumbe where he is now employed. Dr. Eugene C. former Key West resident, spent a short visit here over the week-end. He left on Sunday evening on the re- turn trip to Miami where he Lowe, now making his home. Freddie Jensen, who had been spending several weeks in Miami, returned to Key West yesterday over the highway. Annual Ladies’ Night Program e Church Service club bers tonight will stage their nual Ladies’ night program at the church. The Rev. A. C. Riviere will ad dress the club members. The meeting scheduled for ofelock. DEALER’S SHORT CUT Ste LEADS TO TROUBLE (By Assoctated Presa) CHICAGO, April nm covered it rug. Three owed on each side. is; 7:00 'the e@ntrafice ipernsinsabe of her hand through a burn. Skin } April 1 marks the anniversary from her abdomen was grafted or jof a fight the Marines had with |the place. |Samoans ’way back in 1899; the’ quis de Lafayette witnessed a sea been covered’ With” Midomine: jbattle in which the Marines took| in the fat piled up at the samc jan important part in 1781. On the abdomen. The |April 3, 1918, a dispatch was severely wounded, marking |a boxing glove, yet the other han¢ one of the first Marine casualties /Temained normal. This indicated the abdominal skin had some con jin France. = landed at! possessed by other parts of the }Shanghai, China, April 4, 1854, to! skin |protect Americans; they fought a| What the exact role of fat cell lively engagement in the Philip-, may be Dr. Wells says is not ye 1899, known. One suggestion is tha’ 7 they take part in the body's han soldiers were Ging of water. e sea fight. BOSSY’S A HELP rate as on sea soldiers pines on Apri and on jApril 6, 1 wounded in a despera Thus goes the day, through Other ev on the April cal- tendar include such diversified happenings as battles with pi- rates in Cuban waters, a landing BERLIN, April #8@— made at Vera Cruz, Mexico, @ cows produce “beer” as a by fight with Santo Dominican ban- product of their milk, but i dits, and the storming of @ for jnecded Hermann Goering’s year tress'in Tripoli, April: Mong anti-waste campaign to dis of - they eover the phenomenon along with other branches of the} The brew. of course, doesn’ service, into the first World War.! flow directly from the cow, bu | During Apri Marines have ’ ich bee tak: record, day by the month. (Ry Associated Pres: five have been put together so Years later, when she was a ma- (2nd was the date that the Mar-| ture woman, she became fat. On the back of the hand which had bearer hand became so fat it resembled nection with fat production not IN MAKING BEER far, all for laboratory and other tests, but technicians believe they have at last developed a working model for the future home television receiver, 1} It projects the image on a » | sereen 14 by 18 inches, or three > and a half times larger than a! former type with an 8-by-10 inch d | picture. 1 Except for the screen, which - slides down into the front of the set when not in use, the receiver looks much like previous models turned out by RCA engineers. In the old sets a 12-inch receiving tube as used. The image appear- ing on the end thereof was re- flected to the viewer by a mirror in the titted lid, The mirror-lid still is used. But the tube, radically changed, now is a five-inch projector of high brilliancy. This tube, placed in the bottom of the receiver, sends its pictures through a special Jense to the mirror which passes it on to the translucent screen. t it TS ee $000,000 gallons — could be tipsed on a product previously to pigs or wasted completely, oa “tsigane” gipsy gift shop formerly at Jefferson Hotel Bidg. has moved to 522 DUVAL STREET ANE AIA LTT ROLLER SKATE Southard Street—Ladies 25¢ Keep Your Weight In Shape and Your Shape In Weight SESSIONS: 2:30 to 4:30 P. M. 7:30 to 10:00 P. M. SHOE SKATES FOR SALE 38.75—TERMS If You Cam Walk You Can Skate t it \C. H. AND E. ALL-STEEL SAW} TABLE. Two-cylinder LeRoy | engine. Rebuilt and . in; wood | condition, $50: East Coast Equipment Co.,: 1228 | SW. dst, | Sts ;Miami. apré-imo PIANG jn fine, condition... Never | had wocdworms. Bargain. | Haydn Illingworth, 615 Eliza- beth Street, apré-tf MOTOR BOAT. Fully equipped and one Johnson Outboard mo- | tor, 4hp. $150. James H) Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street. | LOT 12, SQUARE 4, TRACT 20,, Washington street. Bargain for | cash. Apply A. L. Murray, | Columbia Laundry. apré-s FOURTEEN FT. SAILBOAT. Fully equipped. $100. James H. Pinder. 1217 Petronia Street. | jan3-s/ FOR SALE—Newly-recondition- ed 26-ft. cruiser, 8-ft. beam, * lavatory, sink, cock-pit, sleeps three.’ $400 cash. Box WR, The Citizen. * apré-4ex ,FIVE-ROOM FURNISHED COT- TAGE on waterfront. On Big Pine Key. Price, $700, or will conside: trade Write Caulk- ins, Ramrod Key, Fla. marl2-ts APRIL SALE ON GIFTS, Lingerie, Silver and Jewelry. Unusual opportunities at a low cost. OLD ISLAND TRADING POST, 89 Duval street. . apr2-lwk FOR SALE or Exchange—Cabin Cruiser, 23. 6-ft beam; 40 hp. Gray Marine Engine. Will exchange for gee bow payment. 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