The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 2, 1941, Page 3

., YESTERDAY: At first the plane trip to Heart's Haven, on an island off the North Carolina ebast, was just a lark that went a@ little sour. But Eve and Gina, and the three young men whose interest in the girls has created @ situation, and the two older women—all of them want to leave the island, and nobody can. ogdust naw. young Ham Milliard and Eve have been walking on ban! ipsheckr ayy pag been shot by, ane. The question is who pulled the. trigger. ‘Chapter 13 ‘Walk @n The Beach T was at breakfast the next morning that Julie noticed, 1 Be ait! i » with happy satisfaction, that Neil | ° Bowron was fascinated’ by Eve, “Fascinated” was the word she used to herself. She repeated it mentally as she observed that Neil, having asked Eve to pass the toast, was being purposely awk- ward. about taking it, so that his fingers brushed the girl's. “T was right all along. Sooner or later Eve will have to acknowl. edge .it herself.” The train of thought wakened by the discovery of her own rightness was too piece to be dismissed at once. ‘ulie spooned up her soft-boiled eggs dreamily. Jim Droissard’s voice cut into her thoughts. “Everybody is so quiet. this morning,” he remarked. “Almost as if they were worried.” cau, “Well, I’m not, for one.” re- torted Julie with spirit. “This is- land is really in sight of the main. land. It’s only a question of time ), before some way of getting back ie up. ‘These things always ad- just themselves,” “And Mrs. Jackson was just being silly with her talk of moans and groans. Everyone knows that the wind plays odd tricks in a place like this.” “It certainly does,” Gina in- terrupted suddenly. “It woke me | up during the night and I could Positively make out words!” “What words?” asked Droissard | quickly. | “Oh, I don’t know, 1 didn’t try to remember them. I knew it was just my imagination all the time ‘here was one word though that did seem to keep coming back. You'll laugh when you hear it— it was ‘money, Every once in a while there'd be something that sounded like: ‘I want my money.’ The ‘money’ I could hear’ quite plainly.” “Gina, you're priceless,” laughed Ham, “Has anybody else been hearing things?” “I can tell you what I didn't hear. I didn’t hear Lord MacTav- | ish bark. He would bark if there were anything going on, wouldn't he?” Mrs. Marbury asked. “He would if he were in his own home,” said Ham. “He’s used to travelling and hotels though, and he has learned to keep his mouth shut in strange places.” “Speaking of strange places,” said Eve, “I’m going to explore the one we're in. This is by no means a desert island we've been cast upon, and I think we might very well take an inventory of its assets.” “Is it still raining?” inquired Julie. “It’s stopped, for the moment, anyway,” said Brett, staring in- tently through the window which | he faced. “In that ease I'll take some fresh air myself,” said Jim Drois- sard, “and have a look around. There may be something worth investigating on this island.” Eve and Brett started away | together. They went down the} front path to the beach, wet branches reaching out from the overgrown bushes to slap drip- ping leaves across their faces. “Droissard went on ahead of us,” observed Brett, watching the | other man make his way down toward the water. “He seems to be heading for that old boat- house.” “Let's go the other wa: y_ then,” suggested Eve. “Quee n't he?” “Oh, him...” Brett dismissed iv pthe subject of Jim! Droissard htly. 4 “We might begin by, exploring that line of rocks there, that runs out into the sea. It doesn't look very promising, but you can’t tell; they may hold a clue to the} strange goings-on here.” Exploration REN they reached the foot of the last terrace they turned with one accord to look back at the house, as Brett had done that first ti “] liked it better the first day I saw it,” said Eve. “I suppose it's the rain that has made the difference. On a gloomy day like this no old, dilapidated place could look attractive.” a “It’s not a bad house, really, said Brett, “Of course some of those later additions will have to come off. Why do people always keep changing houses, even when they are perfect architectural ex- amples of their type? Just the urge to leave. their own mark on the structure perhaps,” he added. Eve reached for one of the-huge rhododendron ‘blooms just above her ‘shoulder and broke it off id atter of raindrops. 4 an that you've got that huge nek be ‘are you going to do with it ett wanted to know. “Qh,” laughed Eve, “I haven't a *rdevee said Brett, “I. know. It’s just ‘the size of the new hats you girls, are wearing. He took it from her and. slipped the stem beneath the ribbon with which the Eve had tied back her soft ‘eloud of dark hair. Today's Horoscope Today's ative is strong and kindred. Honor and esteem will world: will be better fer his hav- equal to the warplanes of Euro- ‘gteady and by industry and hon-' follow his path in life and the ting:tived. NT THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THE “How is.it?”. inquired Eve-with mock anxiety. “Sartorially perfect as I.am"—she glaneed down at her rumpled skirt, which: had not. been improved by Mrs. Jackson's cori ee —"T'd ‘hesitate to i . fount effect by a misplaced “You'll do,” Brett said “but let's put i moperiy. t a little more over one eye—like this.” He tweaked the flower down well over. one eyebrow. “That's it—perfect!” helped her over a deep 1; which the rain’ had washed out in the path. They made their way along the narrow beach in the di- ache peecland formed of cks that served as a bulw against the sea. ined “Maybe we've gone far enough,” Brett conceded. “Aj parently it's just what it looks like, a lot of mysterious old rocks. Certainly there’s -nothing to explore out here, except the bottom of the ocean, and we're getting too close to that for comfort.” They retraced their steps alon; the beach. Jim Droissara had long since disappeared, Except for themselves the ‘beach was de- serted, “The coast is clear. ‘Now is our chance to explore the boathouse,” said Brett. Py I spe fall Sprough the loor, or something real i we that.” “ sane ve's voice was chilly. “Tell you what Tl do, you stand outside while go in snoop- ing. If there is anything to see, and it’s safe, I'll shout for you to come in. If I fall through a trap- door, I'll shout for help. You can run back to the house and give jthe alarm. Or, if you prefer it, 80 beck quietly to the hause and say nothing. We'd be even then, wouldn’t we?” Eve could not resist his and smiled at him. “No, ing with you,” she said. They rounded the curve of the beach in silence, approaching the appeal I'm go- | front of the house again. “That ocean looks unusually full of water,” Eve broke in, “In fact, it looks as if it could swallow the. whole island, if it had a mind “It could, but the chances are it won't, if it didn’t night before last,” said Brett. “That was some terrific storm last night. Did you hear the wind? The sea looks an- gry yet, doesn’t it?” Tt certainly did, Eve agreed, looking out over the vast expanse of gray, roiled water. Underfoot, the beach was soggy beneath the stones that overlaid the sand. Bits of foam flecked the shore far above the water line, tossed off when the storm had lathered the sea into a fury, Eve caught some of the bubbles on. the toe of her shoe. “Just like soap bubbles,” she observed. Bit Brett was staring hard ai _ the outlines of the boathouse just ahead. It was not as decrepit as he had thought it would be. In fact, the foundation seemed to have been repaired at a fairly re- cent date. He said as much to Eve. “Maybe somebody used the house as a summer camp,” she suggested. “Or maybe someone used the island for pienies, run- ning boating parties over here.” They had reached the long ramp that led from the shore to the building itself, built out over the water. “Do you want to wait here while I go see if it’s safe?” asked Brett. “Oh, ! want to come, too. If it wobbles, I can stop any time.” But the ramp proved fairly steady, and when they entered the boathouse a moment later they found it in surprisingly good condition. The building consisted of one large room from which steps led down to the boat landing below, at the water’s edge. ‘What sur- prised them most was to find the room furnished after. a fashion. There were chairs and a table, and on the shelves along the walls were dusty dishes and rusty pans, as if somebody once, not so long ago, had lived there, or at least stayed overnight. A bunk stood in one corner, with a few worn blankets heaped upon it. An oil stove was half- s New Puzzle (hidden behind a nile of boxes. Be- side it stood an empty oil can. “This place looks as if it had been occupied recently,” observed Eve. Brett strode across the room and picked up a paper bag that lay on the shelf. He drew out from it the remains of a sandwich wrapped in waxed paper. __ “This sandwich is no relic of early Colonial days,” he admitted. “I think somebody brought it here | this week.” “What does it mean?” asked Eve. “That's what P'll have to find out.” said Brett grimly. “And T thing when I do find out it will be a matter for the police. Let's get going.” “Where?” said Eve. Brett took her arm firmly,pro- velling-her through the door and back across the ramp. The trip to ithe house was made in. silence. Brett walking So fast that’ Eve was half breathless. It had begun to rain again, too—a fact which | further hastened their progress up e. series of terraces. ee they entered the hall, they caught sight of Jim Droissard and Mr. Howe nearly at the top of the stairs. The lawyer.appeared to be assisting Jim to walk. Brett |}1ooked up in astonishment. \ To be continued this, friends ed. More than furnish comfort to Eve was oddly contented as he « esty becomes comfortably situat- he will and HERE ARE RECORD Official batting averages of ri S OF WHAT PLUMBERS’ OPPONENTS DID IN SOFTBALL FIRST-HALF SCHEDULE egular players on all Island “Soft- ball League teams, except City Champ Pepper’s ‘Plumbers, have been released by Official Scorekeeper Pedro Aguilar. Also. included | istics released by Aguilar are the total number of bases in the. sta’ stolen by the players, total number of times struck out and total number of ti walked. hits also-ma The ‘statistics do not cover the champion series between *the | PlumbergJand NavStas, only: the players’ performances invthe first- } half. schedule. Monday of.this Week. Official records: follow: Records of all Plumber players were ,published CATCHERS Player and: Club— AB R H TB SB SOBB Ave. Thompson, ‘Marines 41°21 98 40 3-07 Nelson, Army 80 18 13 20 -2 0 4 Hopkins, » Barbers 48 218 19 28 4 3338 Allshouse, NavSta 39 19 20 13 2 (833 Duke, Navy S20 hae 8 Hunning, Navy 10 4 1 1 ees eee ae | Kizziah, Army 5. 0 0.0.2 2,0 PITCHERS Player.and Club— AB R H TB SB SO BB Ave. Neno Castro, Barbers 26 4 8 Oe Rt ee Howard Burke, Ba: MR, ees ee, ae ie tag] Alme Army 268 ee Oak Lino Castro, NavSta 28 63 8 0 B18 DeWitt Roberts, Barbers 39 «9 2.8: 3 Wood, Army iii) ake Boer 3 Simmons, Army 6 1 0 2 6 Cohill, Navy eee 63 1 Early, Army 6 2 es Diets eek. N. tro won 4, los# 2; D. Roberts, won Burke, 1-0; Sim- mons, 1-1; Wood, 0-0; Cohill; 1-3; 5-2. FIRST BASE at St.Louis outa shalf-game Player and Club— f RH TB SB SO BB Ave. off the three-game dead the Semin See 10 22 2 8 bese ino er rcelo, NavSta ‘Var Ygger : double- Saunders, Army 4615 43 20 3.6.8 Ginnior! Laima aucoms- 3 Wollet, Navy 1. 4 8 8 ee 8 : ippi SECOND BASE glished :dhe::ont ap Sper AB R HTB SB'SO BB the. 51. euis:Beomma, 10-6. in | 236065 4 6 a game that lastedwntil mid- | eae ee ee | wight. | Eee Se Milnar blasted achomer in — y: eA WARS Gara re. the second imming for the | Arnold, Barbers d437 2 2. Tribe and Trosky cracked one | THIRD BASE in the fifth. _ Player and Club— AB RH TB SB.SO BB ~ Athletics: wal- Baker, NavSta 36 20 28 BW 1-1 5 hiladelpbia aaa. | FE. Albury, Barbers 33 16 16 30 4 4 7 484 leped the ‘Washington ae Assaf, Army 14 19 22 5 3 5 422) tors, 20-1. in the only other | Johnson, Navy 50 22 21 45 8 5 10 .420 . night. game in ‘the majors. : SHORTSTOP Marchildon «mastered the — i Player AB R H TB SB SO BB Ave.' Nats with a four-hit per- : Poret, Nay 45 19 92 34.51 4 8 688 . while his team- | iY ; avarro, Barbers 18) a7 7 1a Oe ee ee a ee ly ey NavSta 3912514 18. 3 2 GRR) ee 16 eaten: Bogart, Army se erctanen BE, 3 ik 8. 3 8. Se ‘Chapman produced a four- DRINK ry fl yer and Club— AB R H TB SB SOBB Ave. Dagger in the third for the ' (44 Pf), NavSta 348 15 25 3 2 6 441 “A’s-and‘Sibert hit one in the y Army 23 6 6 13 2 4 4 1260) eighth - Navy 1430 050 | e , Barbers 30 11 6 9 2 4 7 .200 away as the Cards let loose with | LEFTFIELD 17-hit attack that carried them | Player and: Club— AB RH TB SB.SO.BB Aveo 3 1-7 victory. The on- Delaney, NavSta 30 13 11 18 2 1 5 366) ont was sparked by Johnny’ Duggar, Army 52 10 18.295 3 .2 8 846: Fe ciceuit clout ix tue eacca wt Kiem, Navy 30 6 10 13 1 2 1 .333}Mize’s circuit clout in the Thompson, Barbers 49 17 15 23 3 0 5 _ .306,inning, scoring two mates ahead | CENTERFIELD of him. Mize collected three Player and Club— AB R H TB av ee lee Avg; | other safeties and | rmy 40 11 13 18 “ df into safe ter- | 0 12°12 21-2 4 8 BT vec airy pie pase 2 49.8 M8 ch, BaD While the Cards “vere lam-| praiban NAC 2 3 3 8 3 7 19 FRY basting the Pirates, the Brook-| git rdle, Army -~ ‘ Coleman, Army 2 10 5 11 3 3 8 .200/lyn Dodgers were losing to the| STANDINGS RIGHTFIELD Philadelphia, Phillies, _ thereby | ee Player and Club— AB R H TB SB SO BB Ave.!dropping out ofa tie for SS ren nenns Stanley. bers 28 16 12 16 1 1 6 .428!place. It took the Phillies ten }MAJOR ‘BASEBALL LEAGUES Wylie, Army 31 9 10 12 2 4 12 330 innings to do it but they finally} American Boswell, Army 7 1 2 2 0 2 2 .285 hung up their initial triumph) Club— W. L, Pet, Sands, NavS' ot - , a 4 : i oon over the Dodgers this season, de- |New ‘York 44 26 629 pene + 00 0 0 2 0 0 feating them, 64. A single by /Cleveland 43 30 689 as SONS * Stan Benjamin in - the ext? | Boston 36 32 829 ere Piss Gi col amor ac n NeRYRici {round drove home the winning | —. BARA acy \ marker. Phillies added another }Cbicago —..... 36 33. 522 HEAVY HITTERS ON TWO NEW SOFTBALL | 3." heir half and then blanked |Detroit 36 36 500 | TENS WILL APPEAR IN | tre Flatbush ‘nine in the bottom |Philadelphia 33 36 478) 1 I TONIGHT Po" ef ‘the tenth. Herman | washington eS eee * EXHIBIT! ONS homered for the ‘Dodgers. Phil- | ‘ ig \oRde | a 2 «ot. Louis 35 42 ..455 _ jadelphia shad tied the score ai mint Nigam ; (‘Two teams slated to enter } the seventh. | FOXX ONE OF SELECTED | city diamonaball aris Ll sehiae aihdeteasin te ChBS W. L. Pet. AGAIN: FELLER TO HURL second-half season next week | third, the Boston Braves downed | St. Louis 48 23 676 THREE INNINGS Rs r iew the New York Giants, 6-4. Braves |Brooklyn .o:..47 24.662 = | will show their wares, at Bayview | |... aided’ by, the combined ‘sev- New York _. BF Bb + 3 (By Associated Press) Park tonight in a pair of exhibi- on-hit ’pitchi of Prank La-| Cincinnati 36 33 .529 NEW YORK, July ’2—As heavy tions. $ \mana, .and, Johnny ‘Hutchings. | Pittsburgh ii OR 84. 48S hitting a, nine as ever broke up wp’ ‘phurston “édiisthuetion Boston ,put, together six safeties (Chicago 2... 31. 39, 443 {a ball game will represent the ad ihe for their half dozen scores in the Boston —........ 25 39.391 American League at Detrdit July |S™Pany will put a team, on whe \Philadelphia 20 49 290 }8 for the @npual big league All- {Star battle. } Will Harridge, president of the | junior circuit, eased the team’s jroster yesterday, and the ex- perts immediately picked out a starting lineup with a team bat- | ting average of .340 and an out- {field averaging .370. Bob Feller, winner of 16 games! {this season for the Cleveland Indians, also will be there to give the American Leaguers a pitch- ing edge for three imnings. The complete roster, including the Boston Red Sox’ Jimmy} Foxx, only man to play on.every star team since the games were inaugurated, follows: Pitchers — Feller, Cleveland; Lee and Smith, Chicago; Russo and Ruffing, New York; Hudson, } Washington; Benton, Detroit. Infielders Gordon, New ,Yerk; Cronin, Foxx .and Doerr, Boston; Boudreau and _ Keltner, Cleveland; . Appling, Chicago; | Travis, Washington; York, .De- troit. q | Outfielders — DiMaggio and }Keller, New York; ‘Williams iand i; Dom DiMaggio, Boston; .Cullen- tbine, St. Louis; Heath, Cleve- tland. Catchers—Dickey, New York; fHayes, Philadelphia; Tebbetts, | Detroit. | Dave Keefe, Philadelphia, and }Steve O'Neill, Detroit, were se- ilected for the batting practice ‘battery, and Mervin, Shea, De- troit, and Art Fletcher, York, coaches. New; t Almeda, ‘SCRAP RESCHEDULED ty, 0-1; L. Castro, field to tackle the Army in the |" first-half of, the » doubleheader, and the Sons of the American Legion, who won their first tilt this season Monday against Navy, will meet the Champion Pepper's Plumbers.in the nightcap. The Legion piayers, most . of them former members of the SAL’s or Conehs of last year, said at a meetiag last night they would use the old Sons of Amer- ican Legion “name until they se- lect another title for their team when the season starts. Th first game gets underway at 7°30 o’elock. ZIVIC-DAVIS ‘GRUDGE’ (By Axsociated Press) NEW YORK, July 2—Fritzie Zivic, king of the welterweights, and tough Bummy Davis were resting today before their post- "PR poned 12-round serap tonight at the Polo Grounds. Ready Jast night for one of the most widely heralded “grudge” bouts in reeent ring history, the two battlers were told to wait a day when the sky | syddenly clouded up toward evening. The non-title :return match is expected to draw close to 30,000 pean ‘AND YANKEES INCREASE LEAD BUMPED BOSOX ‘TWICE Total number of bases -produeed: by safe , found in the statistics publishedibelow. (Special tc. “The Citizen) NEW YORK, duly 2.—The St. Louis Cardinals yesterday .after- moon see-sawed back gn\top of the National league heap.and the : New York Yankees.widened their American loop margin ito three full games over the Cleveland Indians, who .were scheduled for | a night affair. | Pittsburgh Pirates piled up a 56 three-run Jead in the very first inning but it soon dwindled , RR, INDIANS WIN NIGHT GAME (Speem! .¢ che Offizen) NEW ‘YORK, July 2.—The Cleveland Indians dJast night | rd, New York Yankees. swept a/ jtwin bill with the Boston |Red/| Sox, 7-2 and 9-2, A free-scoring in the five-inning | Chandler | whelming | victory. ‘in the first game and Bonham twirled a four-hitter in the breviated aftermath. Domi | ie | jand Joe Cronin smashed one in| home run-streak came to.an end | Paul Trout and a 12-hit attack, {Chicago White Sex, 5-1. | handcuffed the Sox with a three- j hitter. | Results: At Brooklyn | Philadelphia |} Brooklyn (10 Innings) | Grissom; Pearson and ‘Warren; ; Fitzsimmons, Brown, Franks. i | At Boston ‘New York |Bosten _. { Between jobs at home +e. pause and BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE.COGA-COLA GOMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY After any exertion, «:pause is always _ welcome Doubly s0:if:you-enjoy ice-cold Coca-Cola with it. \lee-cold Coca-Cola is pure and wholesome. You taste its quality . + « feel its refreshment. So when you pause throughout the day, make it the pause that refreshes «with ice-cold Coca-Cola. | DiMaggio poled .a ‘four-bagger | Detroit — for Bosten in the curtain-raiser | Chicago Trout and ‘Tebbetis; tthe closing clash. New York's Hallett and Tresh. There are 30,070 miles of navi- 15-hit .at-| gable rivers in Brazil, with regu- |tack put the opener on ice and lar service of vessels over: 17,130. nightcap gave the Yanks an over- | Sewell, Wilkie and Baker. \limited the Sox to seven bingles| Only games scheduled. /AMERBICAN LEAGUE At Chicago lin the first contest but Bill First Game Dickey cracked one. in the night- | At New York cap. | mA cits Behind the superb pitehing of |New York Second Game R. LE. 512 0 13 2 Smith, ae iy Be 8 W201 | Harris, Ryba, Potter and Pyt- to be on the field for the jthe Detroit ‘Tigers walloped the lak; Russo,.Chandler and Sylves- | game in uniform, when positi Trout | ter. 3.44 910 0 HITGROVE TODAY TO. ee. STARS RELEASED NOW MEMBERS OF CITY CHAMPS; SELECTED \PLAY- ERS ASKED TO TURN.OUT Diamondball league’ officials’ jtoday were attempting to \straighten out the tangled All- fact that most’ fans voted der ithree players who elteady .are members of the City Champion } Pepper’s Plumbers, the team which is to oppose the stars on the Fourth of July. f The trio of favorites penform- ed on the disbanded Sawyer's | yes \Barbers in the first-half ‘sehed- [ib ‘ule and dS such were selected*for |! \the All-Star team by ardent dia- | mondbail fans. ees | Juanie Navarro, “Kiki? Hop-) the old. kins and Kermit (Monk) Kerr,} fowl be the former Barbers,. this week strikes, and last joined the Plumbers, reeord of but polled overwhelming bas for places on the picked team. 8 _ Paul Albury, chairman. of th city-eounty recreation a ‘4 tee, late yesterday aftermeon. - nounced a tentative lineup of | /stars and requested the players| | will be announced, | Players selected are: . Catcher—Clarence fNavSta. |, Pitchers—DeWitt Roberts, .ex-| Barber; Neno Castro, ex-Batber; | 44 J: Wilson; Dabson and’ Pea-|Lino Castro, NavSta, and cock; Bonham and Dickey. nd Almeda, Army. g Infielders—Julio Bareelo, ‘Nav- \Sta; Ralph Arnold, ex-B i