The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 1, 1947, Page 4

Tas REY Wes By Cameron Dockery : Chapter 14 “VELL, they’ll have to take me as I. am,” Linda said uncer- tainly. “T haven't a dress worthy of the name and McCloud has nothing to offer.” “You look very charming, my - ~-@ear,” Hardy assured her. ' : “But going to a party in riding ’ pants!” she protested. “I don’t think it will be for- mel,” Jeff grinned. “Anyway they shouldh’t expect elegance from a couple of: desert rats.” Linda responded with a chiding laugh. -“Listen_to the man! Don’t you know, Jeff, that a mere male ‘is welcome anywhere regardless of what he wears?” .- “Yo’ll be telling me next that it’s still a man’s world.” “It is!” she said emphatically. He stared at' her in open ad- miration. No woman could look handsomer in an-evening gown than Linda did in riding clothes, - ne -decided. Tonight she wore crear -colored corduroy breeches, an “iv6éry silk waist, a light wool hheatiser-toned jacket. In, her, ears and 6n her fingers and wrists were Indian jewels, of torquoise and silver. A silver knobbed comb -was tucked in the gleaming golden coronet of her hair. “| hope Dad will be all right,” one said as they jogged along. ; “I don’t like leaving him alone when he. might have an attack.” acts looked fine when we left,” : Jeff. ‘lied, remembering Hardy’s by eye cheeks - and. too-bright : 'es. He sought to change the sub- “Well, there you are. He had the money, so he could do it. Pay- ing higher prices doesn’t mean anything to a-man of his wealth, he doesn’t realize how it affects the economic standards of the middle class.” : “Hear! Hear!” Jeff said mock- in Piaa laughed. “I guess I am being unfair—criticizing my host before I even see him.” HEY made the rest of the journey in silence, the geldirig and the mare sending up little clouds of red dust against the dy- ing sunset. It was almost dark wheh they halted before the Gen- try’s- sprawling veranda. The guests were already assembled sipping cocktails and the arrival of the pair on horseback created a mild stir. Monica in a smart short-sleeved dress greeted them. “How absolutely thoughtless of me!” she exclaimed: “I should have sent the station wagon for you. You must feel so hot and dirty after your ride, Miss Hardy.” Jeff was relieved to see that Linda looked amused rather than offended. ; “Not at all,” she denied. “Jeff and I took it leisurely, the desert is. so lovely just at sunset.” She removed the scarf from her hair. “My gosh! Long hair!” A finger touched Linda’s coronet. “Is it real?” She smiled up at a tall sentien of Mr, Gentry. “Just try pulling one of my braids and you'll find out!”. she said in mock ferocity. Monica turned swiftly to intro- duce them. - we, Petes, j it? Lee 5 Sl was afraid I wouldn’t be “This is-my brother, i rie ‘hie to get you to come because] Gill. I’m_trying to convert him _ _ of Your feeling about Gentry be-| from a, Navy eagle to a homing ':\ nga war profiteer.” “Haven't: you ever heard of fe- male curiosity? I just had to see the inside of that house after what you told me. Besides, that . business about his being a war profiteer was only hearsay.” “Then you’ve changed your im- pression?” “Not quite. After all, Mr. Gen- try did build his place ‘during the war when no ohe else could ob- tain the labor or materials to con- struct even hen house. What does that look like?” “Like he.was ‘willing to pa through the nose for Kikciy wesc pigeon.” Jeff glanced quickly at the keen smiling eyes. “Aviation?” “Right. Afraid Monica’s set her- self a job. I’m not comfortable unless I’m in_a plane now. What were you in, Irskine?” “First Lieutenant, cavalry—but it turned out to be mechanized.” “First Lieutenant!” Monica ex- claimed. in your estimation?” Jeff. teased. “Frankly it does....tI had ee ht you a sergeant or less.” Was amused at her outright snobbery. “Well, I’m just a lone- USO Dice ‘Pinned’, 1-Act Play | : >ihned’’, ‘A..one- -act pipy . a ee Veterans’ Corner if son: includes Hilda Castillo, as Verna; Elissa! Moreno, Mrs. Starling; Joan El+) } be ara Dinah; Elayne- sigue! een e, ‘and, jieemen,;< . term ‘ Dauphinais, le, Warold.. Poin | that Lee LaRosa, Ha dj: Srned eyeutt, Luther; and] ymbhid Les Blanc as Clover. operties, yen be REINSTATEMENT OF ee INSURANCE Dy regula ion. fete Pe oe Pe ee ee ee instate, | Lighting, stage a 1947/|make-tp and publiéi Velerans may now any time before Augu§t' their term insurance, . tipen pay- handled by Ondina Pita}’’ Marie,! ». tea ment of two monthly premiums, !Hyde, Anne: Ovide, Louise Dedgé, accornpanied by a statement that, ‘Sylvia Sanchez, Vilma’ LaFe, applicafit is in as good health on Doris Béza and Claudina LaFe. the date of application as he was; Frank Adams, USO director, at the time of lapse. The state- and Eileen Coughlin, USO-NCCS- ment, over the applicant’s own sig-; WD worker, are directing the nature is usually acceptable.. Pub- | | Players. lic Law No. 5, 80th Congress, ap- | proved February 27; 1947. New regulations to be’ issued | er, by the Veterans Administration | to permit reinstatement on that basis up to August 1, 1947, regard- | less of the date of lapse, ° Linton Wells, author-broadcast- born in. Luoisville, Ky., 54 | years ago. es Julius D. Stern of Philadelphia, | Publisher, born there, 61 years ago. MICHIGAN BONUS The governor, of the State of | Michigan haitiianes. a law au- | thorizing. th Suanee of $270,- 000,000 in bonds. :te*finance the Maj. Gen. Terry de la M. Al- len, retired, born at Ft. Douglas, Utah, 59 years ago, Michigan veterans, bonus. The| The weasel, polecat and: stoat ; bongs” is based ‘on -payments of | are, all members of the same mam- : $10° ah ;for.doméstic service | mal family; | ore a and 3815: a! i fdr overseas a t= “ servi and ts limited:to-2: radatetf a , eee “ mum of : $500. Payments are ex- pected to start in April. TERMINAL LEAVE Nearly nine million enlisted | veterans have now applied - for | Terminal Leave payments under the Armed Services Leave Act. Special stress is being put on House Bill 3, introduced by Rep- resentative Dwight L. Rogers (Florida), to permit’ redemption of Termina) Leave bonds. Another Senate bill to accom- plish the ‘same purpose is: S. 345, | by Senator Earnest W. McFarland (Arizona) — to make Terminal | Leave bonds redeemable at any time. Outstanding ... It is men like our drivers who make compan- ies like. ours. = Mésts conducted by the federal | government revealed that a pe -ledmpletely insulated with min- | eral wool reduced the fuel bill) a 45 per cent. eo | | importance along thei routes. you. CHILDREN J. W. Sellers, Manager Phone 1057 — TY CMiZen ~ncemasanaiemntcs atscmrn semanas “Does that put me up a notch|P NS RS a NO OO crew co bein Sunday, io We Yi yeste a e ire USO: ast FS: CS Junior Hostesses Our Drivers Have Records of Service! Our Drivers Are Courteous and Considerate : of Their Passengers They are well informed about things of interest and They endeavor to make every ride on our buses a pleasant journey for Key West Transit Co., Inc. AP Newsfecsiures some cowboy now,” he hum “Let’s forget the war for a whi The other guests were a yo crowd from Phoenix, they took Jeff and Linda at once. Rang Fawcett was missing, Jeff no curiously. The party progres smoothly — cocktails followed buffet supper in the patio, a s motion picture in the* Gent private projection room, t dancing on the flagstone ter beneath the stars. After a ro of highballs Monica called on guests to provide their own tertainment. She started thi with an excellent version of hula, followed’ by Jeff sing cowboy laments and accompa ing himself on the guitar. Monica turned _ insistently Linda. “Now it’s up to you, Hardy.” “l'm afraid I have no-rep toire, not even a parlor trick. “Don’t be a wet blanket!” M ica’s eyes glittered malicious] “But the only things I know some sawbones jingles.” “Saw bones jingles! What they?” “Crazy little songs we made in the hospitals to amuse the erans. ‘Anatomical : ditties’ boys called them. They were s but you get pretty desperate make your patients smile so: times.” “Well, go ahead, then.” Mo looked annoyed: and somew. bored. Linda’s throaty little songs w an instant hit. They ‘brou young Gentry to his feet.- “He he shouted. “Now I know wh spent three months in a Na hospital with a broken leg. have another one, Linda, m’gi Jeff and. Linda rode home twelve, silent in the hushed mo lit beauty of the desert: nig When he helped her from mare, Jeff put his arms aro her and drew her to him..The. that met his were warm and m responsive than he’d anticipat When he released her she sta up at him. “What was that for?” she w ered. “Don’t ask me to explai lovely girl, a moonlit night an kiss,” he teased. “I thought nu knew everything.” (To be continued) ROMERO; ELECTRICAL “s\. MOTORS Work Called for bepecs oo | | aR TD ‘ 2 _* 1947 FUND __SuROAOREHM Mn A, BUS FARES 5e -10e City Hospital, Stock Island and be r Downtown Buses, Routes 2 and 3 __ Poinciana and Naval Hospital Boca Chica ____