The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 10, 1947, Page 4

s .* s and later, i _ “HE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUS Chapter-21 HE course in Clinical Pathology was drawing to a close; and there were the hours on hours to be put in huddled over the micro- scope, one eye glued to the eye- piéce, the other watching’ his right hand as-it jotted down, at ‘first, cumbersome pages of notes; his brain began to hum onee more in student rhythm, short, concise observations on what he saw. ; bit It was only Wednesday. evening; but because he felt guilty, he went home when he had intended stay- ing at the fraternity house until the week-end. , And when he reached home, the door was opened for him by Nola Hammond. — “Well, well, well,” she caroled in a high cunlovely whang. “Look who’s calling on us old maids. For three days I’vé been here all di- vorced and everything. But I guess we're pretty dull after the Tropics and redheads—and such.” T’nette came running. “You look worn out, darling,” she cried as she flung her arms around him. Her left hand caressed the back of his neck. He recoiled from the roughness of ‘it. He seized it—and her other one, also. “Surely,” he said, “keeping three rooms clean doesn’t do this to hands—” Nola’s lips curled downward. *T’m_homefolks,” she snapped. “You don’t have to try to hide things from me. I know T’nette keeps house for the big execu- tive—” She jerked her head in the direction of the main house. “Good COR MeD By Frank Riordan poise, He whi out of the h and nearly icicead down Tulie who was just entering. “Where we going, Daddy?” “For a walk.” His voice was Lo but that did not bother .Comfortably she caught one of his fingers and, even though she hadn’t beca >idden, pranced along at his side. “You're going to be a big doctor, Mummy says,” she informed him. “But Nola says you are only a big chump. What is chump, Daddy?” “A chump—” he began with dif- ficuity, “is a—” “And Mr. Saylor—his name is Bob and he’s nice, He thinks—” “What does he think, Julie?” Bruce was interested. “Nothing about you. He thinks that Mummy is the most wunner- ful woman. I heard him.” Bruce’s wandering feet stopped. “When did you hear that, Julie?” “Oh—” Julie was indefinite. Say, Daddy why don’t we move back home?” With a smudged finger she pointed up the slight incline to where the low white house nestled at the crest. His eyes followed Julie’s fin- ger; and for a moment he could not speak as he gazed upon An- toinette’s home. “Someday,” he muttered. “Say, Julie, about this Mr. Saylor—” He was talking to the air; for Julie was off on a run, Something ahead had caught her fancy, and there was nothing for Bruce to do but trudge along after her. At dinner that evening Nola made a half-hearted attempt at being civil. “Sorry about blabbing this P.M. looking Joe, too. And with aname| about T’nette’s extra-curricular like Saylor. Maybe my alimony would interest him.” chores. I thought you knew.” She thrust her hand into the large alli- With supernal strength Bruce} gator bag she had brought with kept his mouth shut. A vision of} her to the table. She withdrew a the blonde cocker spaniel up the | small envelope. road flitted across his mind as he “Here.” She handed it to Bruce. cine watched T’nette, who stood like} “This should make it unnecessary a naughty child, her eyes round | for T’nette to hire out as a char- with appeal, her lips trying to} woman in the future.” crinkle into a nice little smile. But} The envelope contained a cheque the smile wasn’t quite possible; | for $1500.00. Bruce could feel ine end the whole five feet-of her} hot blood rising above his collar, looking up to him and yearning} and he folded the check delib- for just plain understanding wes|erately to tear it to bits and fling too much for him. It destroyed his ‘it in Nola’s face. ——— Should Notify. VA When Trainee Stops Working The Veterans Administration today appealed to business..men and industrial’ firms participat- ing in the on-the-job training program for assistance in pre- venting subsistence overpay- payments. V. S. Parker, Miam regional manager of VA, asked firms to notify the VA immediately when trainee veterans abandon their training : program. ere. eed ‘Under ‘the |: law, . subsistence payments ‘may be: made only while veterans are in an actual training veterans are in an actual veterans to notify the VA promptly when they have stop- sped training has resulted in many subsistence overpayments at the taxpayers’ expense. Parker urged all employers have trainee veterans to write the VA Regional Office at Mi- ami, immediately when .a GI trainee quits his trainng pro- gram. Responsiblity for notifying the VA about termination of job training rests with both the vet- erans and the participating em- ployer-trainer, Parker said. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AUDITORIUM TO BEGIN SHORTLY ‘Charles Toppino & Sons, Inc., Key West contractors, will shortly begin construction of the new auditorium for the Convent of Mary Immaculate on the convent grounds on the Simonton street side of the building, it was an+ nounced today. Tomorrow night at 10 p.m, a new automobile is going to be given away by the Convent on the LaConcha Hotel grounds. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) ve-~*Maj. Gen. Robert M. Webster, commanding the First ‘Air Corps at Mitchell Field, N. Y., born in Boston, 55 years ago. Helen Hayes, actress, born in Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C., noted Jesuit scholar, born in Boston, 62 years ago. Dr. Julius H. Parmelee, direc- tor of the Bureau of Railroad Economics, the Asso. of American Railroads, born in Turkey, 64 years ago. Dr. Beatrice M. Hinkle of New York, noted psychiatrist ,born in San Francisco, 73 years ago. -William T.° Evjue, publisher- editor of the Madison. Wis., Cap- ital-Times, born at Merrill, Wis., 65 vears ago. Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, president of the Tuskegee Insti- tute, Alabama, born in Washing-) 0 ton. D. C., 46 years ago. i Lin Yutang, Chinese philoso- pher-author, born 52 years ago. . ' i ] i ' ' i ! BITUMINOUS COAL 56.8 $ } ' is Guaranteed PURE Real | ICE | { AP Newsfectures | Sa “Don’t be dramatic!” she cried.’ “It isn’t charity. Remember tat accident? You paid for it all. owed that money—or, at least, the ‘ two of us owed it to you—me and that—” i ee te Her hatred for Austin momen- tarily choked her. Then she ran on, half ‘hysterically: aires “I have money to burn now. My: house in Connecticut is simply, well—simply!! There are advan- tages to divorcing a rich. song writer.” Without anger Bruce refolded the cheque, replaced it in the en-. velope, and with a little Raeghan handed it to T’nette. Momen yy. he forgot that Nola and Julie were looking on. All the troubled love’ he bore T’nette shone in his eyes as he said in a voice that was not quite steady. , “To you, with love, courtesy of Nola—in the hope that it will lighten the load a bit, maybe.” _ Sweetly she smiled—the crinkly little number she had tried to man- age earlier. : Nola emitted a snort. - “My God!” she muttered “Lights, camera, action!” there was action enough for Bruce. oe ee September brought with it the beginning of the best years ‘of medical school—the fascinati years that are called tRe “clini¢ years.” There was less book works The grind over. From now. on there would be more on the prac- tical side. Bruce quivered like a pup with excitement the first morning he hurried into the County Hospital where his first class was to be held in the Out- patient Clinic. ; For the first time there was a feeling of—of belonging, of being a real part of this mighty busi- ness of saving lives.-Each needed the assistance of numbers; and to- gether they went striding along the marble hallway. The air was full of the sound of striding feet clacking on the hard marble ftoor. The air was full, too, of other . sounds: nervous staccato laughter, and joking: voices a little higher pitched ihan usual, everybody acting as if he had been doing this every day for thirty years. | ‘ (To be continued) : (Copyright 1947 by Frank Riordan) - Place Your Refrigeration | REAL ICE BASIS and You Wiil Get GUAHANTEED Refrigeration Service REAL ICE is More Economicall It Is PURE Healthy and Safe { || Thompson Enterprises, Ine. | | (ICE DIVISION} | PHONE NO. 8 a KEY WEST. FLA. 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