The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1947, Page 3

per on business intra ote right on intruding. aes ee won- pati happ: and he os been that ant, Ln re an e spen the house before they m into it; Julie’s ‘ little walk—Julie, child-portr. of her mother. Julie and wig . His daughter, and his daugh ter’s mother. The shadows of the leaves outside in the glorious across the wall, . with sudden and _ terrific he wondered what the tw them were doing. "They might even now, at this minute, be wending their way through the Connecticut wood- gray 1 News ange be — Po ay. ligh ae own in gentle diction the two dark heads as they—his two women— stroll e in the woodland twenty-five hundred miles away, thinking— Achingly he mopaaced what they would be thinking of him. chop But such nostalgic moments| ‘were rare. The pressure of work ruled them out. Almost before he and it was early June. Then a June night, the ng "calling down the corridor: “Bruce Crane! Long ‘distance He went running along the hall like a thing possessed, caught up “Bruce Crane speaking.” ‘Nola’s voice, charged with “Drop eve thing and pod back here. nette’s awiully, awfully “But w! ' “It’s the baby.” “Julie?” «the one that isn’t here yet.” ola,” he pleaded, sense.” “I don’t know much about it. Good Old Days CHICAGO. — (AP). — If you think prices are high now, just Purple-dyed wool fetched “as | miuch as $175 a pound in Cicero’s | “There were no rent controls : ine ABAD. whens Y as discove iets Edward L. Throm, social studies editor of the World Book | $100 and -up a week. A night’s rest on a simple cot cost as much And in the: midst of the gold | rush in the late 90’s, he adds, ' Skagway, Alaska, and a plate of | Ham and eggs set the diner back knew it May had come and gone; of a telephone, a voice from Connecticut.” the telephone. emotion, came reeling across the miles. hat—* *‘ “No, no, no, no! The new one “calm down and ~ Had Their HCL stop and look backward. time ‘(106-44 B.C.) california, * Encyclopedia. “Shacks rented for as. $15.” eggs sold for a dollar apiece in ! $10. TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES (Know America) 1674—James Logan, secretary | to . William Penn, statesman- | scholar, founder of noted Penn- ; sylvania family, born in Ireland. | Died Oct. 31, 1751. 1811—Oliver Ditson, Boston : music publisher, .building up the ; largest business of its kind, born | in Boston. Died Dec. 21, 1888. 1812—Austin Flint, Buffalo- | New York physician-teacher, one | of most eminent of his century, ° father of a noted physician. born at Petersham, Mass. Died March 13, 1886. 1825—Marshall Jewell, day la- borer to telegraph operator, Con- necticut tanner prince, governor, diplomat and postmaster-general, born at Winchester, N. H. Died Feb. 10, 1883. 1839—Oliver McClintock, noted Pittsburgh merchant, untiring worker for good government, born there. Died Oct. 10, 1922. Interesting Notes Sugar cost $2.75 Loudon in 1742. a pound in The anuual erosion losses in the United States have been esti- | mated at $400 million. i The United States uses about : 500 million fence posts a year, | enough to build 1,500,000 miles ; of fenee. Neither the Declaration of In- dependence ror the Constiution : of the United States uses the! term “democracy.” Some early sailing ships car- rying immigrants to the United States booked twice as many steerage passengers as the Amer- ican law allowed, the engfeins | counting on the certainty that | many passengers would die on the arduous Atlantic trip. |. ee meme Re Rrank Mierdan The doctor said though that you sho here because—. - ette told him you were bi > but he told me to ge aay ere.” Nola’s self-contro she fairly screamed tats phone. “Get here!” GPICER got him a reservation on the plane while he had a telephone conversation with the Dean. And the Dean excused him and told him not to worry—that there would be no 5 ciomang, & gre t; Bohan and Coriell - tas clcoek crushed tie beet in wordless messages of hope: as they a a on the plane, orth: rose great bird into the night and “hares eastward to- ward New York. It seemed hours before the plane dropped down.out of the stars onto the runway at Hone and another century unrolled be~ fore the twinkling lights of Al- puguergas faded into the van- ishing West. He sat statue-rigid and dry-eyed staring into the cloudbanks that flickered past. “Three .years—it isn’t such a long time, Bruce.” Three years! They had fled al- ready. ‘And with them had gone ically’ « everything else. And Antoinett No! Aaclately he refused to believe T’nette would vanish, too. Dear God, No! Without her— well, in’a world bereft of Antoin- ette nothing would matter. Every precious facet of her being pir- ouetted like a dreamland ballet through. his mind: her voice, her hair, her eyes, her lips—the way she walked, her busy, busy hands; the mother. in her, and thé sweet- heart. - Nola.was at La Guardia field to meet him, There was no warmth or sympathy in her greeting. She looked old and:her features were sharper than Bruce had remem- bered them. “You're here,” .she said. She made it plain that he could take the words any way he chose, that ‘she* had “no time: or sym- out: for him.- That all she had of both, belonged to Antoinette. “How.is she?” Nola shook her head and she gripped the steering wheel tight, guided the heavy new convertible out onto the road, ‘the’ tele: a a a a a re ee THE KEY WEST CITIZEN. all right at dinne Bru, te ge =e r a ner baby isn’t quite due.” “This baby!” Bruce shouted. 4 : and| “What baby?” Nola became abruptly ten _ “T’nette’s secret baby." isn't able to tell you, so as well” Her voice began. : crescendo, to’ tremble, too,.as’ distrust which she bore forall: men surged to pAmrap apt te ipind “You couldn’t be disturbed—even: for the birth of your own child,”'s i jibed. “Great. big you, re able you and your bodice. * needed quiet—so much quiet T’nette had to leave home so you wouldn’t be upset.” She was: screaming now above the "tel the’ ‘Harlem ain fa ;' “T’'d have told you to vlna I'd have told you I’ ween cre where I damned elk leased.” 2 hea gee had spent herself émating, ally; and she did not utter er other word until they ' reached the hospital. “We were able to get this yo derful man, this Dr. them} said tonelessly. And then } little fire flared at iy % course, when eart..is doctors aren’t any good any wage They led Bruce bag tod ry Karat, the same L. M. Ka ota | i oF had written so many ait tive works on parturition.: ractically ‘an wed e great. man. said “You =. I believe,” “You'll civiountaen therefore,: the seriousness of the situation when I tell-you that we are.confronted with an exaggerated a praevia.” : MEG Bruce blanched. Through “ lips he managed to ask;.: « “Hemorrhage?” + “We've transfused her’ three times,” Karat said. “But: we date not do a section and take:, baby until we get her Ryo up at least to eigh yo know, the danger of s oct % grave.” Even as he spoke, doctor came up. eweegore seventy-nine,” ele Karat nodded. “We. “go. #80 work.” shy Ugh + - (To be continual. 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