The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1947, Page 3

rn re tn re ee ee ee Chapter 9 USTIN left the following night to rejoin the band in Chicago. Bruce took him to the airport;| and as Austin prepared to board , anatomical charts; on the tables the airliner Bruce clapped him on | the back. “Now don’t worry about Nola. T’nette wil! bring her round in no time.” “Thanks.” ustin wished he did not dislike »/,uce; but it -was im- ssible fo" aim to have a warm eeling for anybody who had skimmed across life as Bruce had. When Bruce arrived back home T’nette was in Nola’s room. He decided not to disturb them; and, instead, went on into the den. He had a lot of housecleaning te do in there. And as he secured the last knot he felt that he had im- prisoned, also, all the memories of the old life. As he slid in behind the steer- ing wheel of the coupé the fol- lowing Monday, he turned to give T’nette a last kiss. She eluded his lips, put her own close to his ear and whispered: “You're . sure want?” “You should know that.” There was no trace of doubt in his voice. “Why do you ask?” “We women,” she said, pecking it’s what you i him lightly on the cheek, “we just} like to have our men feel we're not pushing them around.” “Putting the question strictly professionally,” he laughed, “do you expect me to believe that?” A startled look fled across her face. “Don’t take me seriously,” Bruce pleaded. “I’m not respon- sible any more. I'm collegiate ain. T’nette tried to hold back the tears that sprang to the surface. “Go on away, you big gawky! sophomore,” she cried. “Go away and leave me now because I’m going to have a good cry and look ugly.” "THROUGH the days he became so absorbed in his desperate efforts to readjust himself that when, on the rare occasions T’nette or Julie darted phantom- like across his burdened thoughts, from his mind when en oo eee ARD | 3 = B is FORECAS Kev West and Vicinity: Partly | cloudy and continued rathe cool | | No. 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MUSIC OR MEDICINE By Frank Riordan he would come back into the liv- ing, noisy world momentarily. Upon the walls of the laboratory hung the same familiar sectional were the specimens and sections. And over the tables hovered eager sharp eyes. The owners were nothing but kids, Bruce theught with a trace of envy. And they refused to take him seriously. “He was the Bruce Crane, wasn’t he?” “For Pete’s sake,” one of them said one day, “what you doing in this tomb? If I could trible those keys the way you do—” “Maybe I prefer this.” “Isn’t normal,” the kid decided. There was only one person in the class who accepted him for the 2nd year medic he was trying to be. That person was Karen Thayer. Bruce was not quite sure how he and Karen fell into the habit of leaving the laboratory at odd hours for a cigarette out on the steps of the Science Building; nor did he have any very definite re- membrance of how they started lunching together. At any rate, on Friday noon of the second week of classes, Karen was sitting op- posite him in a restaurant just off campus. Bruce had been telling her about a complicated slide he had been working with in the neurolo laboratory when sud- denly she brushed a lock of her auburn hair from her forehead, looked at him candidly as she in- terrupted him. “You know that I’m falling for you, don’t you?” His explanation of his neurology slide was forgetten. He was stanned—and showed it. «They sat for a while in an un- comfortable silence. It became imperative to Bruce that one of them say something. Trying to be off-hand. he managed: “Are you all set for the quiz week from today?” Karen gave him a queer little smile and got up from the table. “If you’re really interested— I’m not ready for the quiz.” " ‘The | “Claudia,” is a “CLAUDIA” titie. ‘role of the new. radio Katherine Bard. Katherine does not step “out of character” as site . catches up on household ; home near Westport, Conn, © Ralph A. Bard, war-time Under Seere Navy and. currently one of the. delegates to the’ United Nations,’ AP Newsfeatures e~ T’nette in her bamboo longue out by her tropical reading a book. He flopped down in a chair be-": side her and tossed his brief case on the lawn. Leaning back he closed his eyes, yawned luxuri- ously. “You're still getting fan mail,”’ T’nette said. She picked up a stack of letters from the table beside her. “Even one in a long, impres- sive envelope from Phillips, Jac- quard, Stone, Pierce, Phillips & Seward.” “You read ’em to me, woman,” Bruce said lazily, “so you'll ap- preciate how wonderful I am.” * “Yes, sir. Suppose we start with Phillips, et cetera.” Bruce heard her tear open the envelope; and he waited for her to begin reading. “Come, come,” he said. “I’m not one to be trifled with.” T’nette still made no sound. Bruce opened his eyes in mild surprise; and then he was jolted upright. T’nette’s eyes were round pools of horror in an ashen face as she stared at the typewritten words on the thick bond paper.’ “But how could he?” she eried. Unceremonivusly Bruce took the letter from T’nette. As he read it, his hand trembled; for-it was’ from a firm of Los Angeles attor- neys. rs “Mr.. Gregg has authorized us. —in the event of your continued failure to perform in accordance with the terms of said agreement’ —to institute legal action leading to recovery of damages resulting: from your failure to comply wi provisions of said agreement.”* ~. Bruce tried to believe that Homer was playing a practical joke; but the letter sounded too legal for that. On the other hand, there could not be anything in it; for Homer had told T’nette— = “Homer was pretty — definite about releasing me in case I didn’t show up in Chicago, wasn’t he?” T’nette winced as she .met Bruce’s trusting eyes; and though her words were barely audible her own eyes were defiant. , ¢ gar ry "jie On his way home he tried to} “No,” she said. “I lied to you.” | forget the -incivent: anc it flew (Te be continued) ey te he found (Copyright 1947 by Frank Riordan) - ma te S REAL-LIFE ss ad ike a 24-hour a day a a for. oll Living the part of “Claudi ‘chores ‘at her’ .s@mumi she is ‘show above watering a window box colorful with nas- turtiums, hanging up the week’s wasb to dry, and seasoning a simmering sauce. Sunrise 6:17 am.| LEAVES FOR COLLEGE” Sunset 6:18 p.m. Accompanied by her parents, Moonrise _ 5:11 p.m.|Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sikes, Moonset _ 3:49 a.m. }|1015 Windser Lane, Miss Marina Additional Tide Data Lois Sikes left for Miami this Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of today and tonight. Partly cloudy; Station— Tide (high water Saturday. slightly warmer. Few | Bahia Honda —Ohr. aon widely scattered showers. Mod- (bridge) a 10 min. : ; erate ocasionally fresh north- | No Name Key +2hr. ea tiee martial 1 ri | . (east side) —— 20 min. easterly winds today and tonight, | Sace tales Ohr becoming moderate northeast to | ?°C4 ica : east Saturday. | : : | i ' ' (Sandy Point) 40min, MIAMI and Also Serving ALL POINTS on Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West Oe Florida: Partly cloudy and con- tinued rather cool today and to- night. Saturday partly cloudy, slightly warmer. Few showers lower east coast. East Gulf and Jacksonville | through Florida Straits: Moder- | ate. occasionally fresh northeast: | erly winds today and tonight, } becoming moderate northeast to east Saturday. Partlv cloudy | weather with few widely scat- tered showers in the south poi tion. No small craft or storm warn ings are being displayed any- where on the Florida coast. REPORT Kev West, Fla., Sept. 26, 1947 Key West, Fia., Sept. 25 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, City Office) ‘Remperatures Highest vesterday 4] Lowest last night 74 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:50 ¢ m ne Relative Humidity ies ae eet TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base Tomoxrow’s Almanac (Eastern Stanaara r + ~ J Th aa NT 254 1 Rac T nw D) night. | LEAVES MIAMI } SUNDAYS) at 6:99 o‘clock A. oi UREN AT ATE | | Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Between Express Schedule: {No Stops En Route) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at rives at Miami at 12: night and arrives at Key West at Local Schedules ie i (St yes At All Intermediate Pints) i ‘LEAT SS KEY WEST DAILY (&X- 4 | “G35P" SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A. a Ni. > srrives af Miami at i:00 0- i clock P M “i | RAVES MIAMI DAILY (FACEPT SUNDAYS! at 9:30 o'clock A i and i | prrives a: Key West at 5:00 o'clock fe ' Pb % gprs pre’.39 and DELIVE? 7% SERVICE a ULI CARGO INSURA ICE ; Office E13 Ceroline Srreet Ph 483 32 and 68 : : WaRkEHOUSE: Co.ner Eaton and \‘rancis Streets week, where she will enter Barry College College. = Valaes Channel +2hr. (north end) ...10 min. +14 ft. 000 (NOTE: Minus sign—correc- tions to be subtracted. Plus sign—corrections to be added.) KEY WEST 6:00 P. M, Ar 00 o’clock Mid- DAILY (EXCEPT 12:00 o’clock Mid- M.