The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 23, 1947, Page 4

oane THE KEY WEST crrizEN A a APY cern 5 en wo es 0 Se 2 ne MANHATTAN EDITOR By Gene Gleason AP Newsfestures Chapter 24 Hane HAWKINS rushed into the smoke-filled room, stum- bling forward over cots and boxes. Detectives, crowding after him, lit the:.room crazily with moving patches of light from their eléctric torches. One ‘beam thed. Jean Saunders in a bril- liant white circle as she lay on ‘eo sthe “floor. * © * ““Jean! Jean!” he cried, run- tor, thers side: aed Iifting her eae ad..tenderly. in his i Lie ‘my darling—are you pom ait her eyes, smiled and indicated that .only her handcuffed wrists kept her from mgr him tightly. course I’m all right, sweet,”-she answered, speaking into his right ear softly. “I knew you'd find me if those two thugs took us to the South Pole! I dropped down just when McGann fired. I. think the bullet hit that water pipe just about the same second I hit the floor! Now get these handcuffs off me—I’ve got some important hugging.to do.” “You've got some hugging?” he demanded laughingly, as he bent to kiss her. “How about me?” “We'll divide it equally,” she said. A detective who had re- trieved the handcuff keys from Rosario’s body worked. to free her. wrists. When he had finished, he walked across the room to liberate Charles Dawson. ‘Meanwhile, ; Jean became a pages ‘again as Harry “threw is arms around her in a breath- taking hug that lasted a full minute. Captain Clancy paused to look, shaking’ his head sadly. “If only Mrs. Clancy had that kind’ of enthusiasm again!” he commented admiringly. “I haven't seén the likes of that since June, +1925, at Niagara Falls.” A TRIUMPHANT convoy of police motorcycles, their si- rens blaring wide open, escorted Jean and Dawson to the hospital. After first-aid treatment, baths and 24 hours rest, they were back to_ normal. Harry Hawkins met Jean in the hospital’s front hall that day, taking’ her suitcase and kissing $23, 000 In ~ Cheeks Not Cashed - By Veterans TALLAHASSEE, Dec. More than $23,000 in outstanding uncashed veterans’ ment. allowance. checks issuéd since September, 1944, will soon be canceled by the Florida In-! Chairman | dustrial Commission, Garl B. Smith Said today. After all outstanding checks six months after their date of - is- suc. This in accordance with We- teran Administration policies. Persons legitimately holding checks on which payment has been stopped will be able to ob- tain duplicate checks upon ap- plication. However, in order to avoid this inconvenience, all persons holding readjustment allowance checks dated prior to July 1, 1947, are urged to cash them by December 31. Smith pointed out that checks issued since July 1, 1947, bear the statement six, months.” Hotel To Be Used As Museum Of Hobbies ST. AUGUSTINE, Dec. 23.—On January 1, the Alcazar Hotel here will be opened as the Lightner Museum of Hobbies. It is ‘the only museum of its kind in the world..and has been deeded in trust to the city of St. Augustine} by Otto C. Lightner, Chicago publisher of Hobbies Magazine. More than 200 individual col-j lections of hobbies are being as- | sembled for the opening. The! displays will specialize in Ameri- cana collections. lection of “speakeasy cards” that | were used in - the prohibition days. Three Killed” In Train Grash: (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. ee Rock Island train fe in northwest Kansas, and the en- gineer and fireman on the train and the driver of the truck were killed. The train was operated by a Diesel engine, and oil set the cab and the baggage car afire, tryp- ping the engineer and burning them to death. truck driver ly. The was killed instant- Newfoundland has about _many people as Toledo, Ohio a uw the first of next year, | the Industrial Commission will | follow . the, practice of canceling | “Not good after | One is a col-} 23°! readjust- § ' | | { it 1 23. | today j into_‘a. truck at Norton, | and fireman | her long and tenderly. As they walked out of the building, she asked: “Did they find out how Mc- Gann and Rosario got hold of that place where they hid us?” “McGann boyght it from: the estate* of ah ‘old weccentric, about three yéars ago,” Hawkipis® sdid. “The former owner had a, patho- $hi logical :fear*‘of: burgiarsy Pthat’ why he covered all. the doprs an windows with steel plate. Mc- Gann heard about it along the waterfront, bought it under an- other. name,iand> got. a ,,skilled metalworker to put in ‘that secret ‘door from the warehouse.” “But how could he do that?” she asked’ curiously. “The: metal-worker was also wanted fot murdering his wife in California—but McGann was the only man in the East who spotted him. McGann managed to have the wanted man hired as night watchman at the ware- house.” “Very neat.” From the hospital, Jean and Harry walked into three of the busiest weelfs of their lives. To- gether they were assigned to the trial of Raskin and DeLuca, with the horde of lesser gamblers who had been rounded up in the raids on the Cafe Castillo and the Chez Biarritz. Every night, after the trial sessions recessed and their. stories were completed, they ate dinner together, holding long, earnest conversations in which love was the dominant note. . One night, though,, the talk turned to Charles Dawson. “There’s a subpoena out for Dawson to testify against the Raskin mob,” Harry said. “Do you think he’ll appear?” “Not much chance,” Jean’ an- swered. “He met me in the office tonight, apologized for all the dirty deals he’d given me. Said he was quitting and heading for Mexico. One of the Headquarters reporters told me it was common talk that Raskin wiped out Dawson’s gambling debts, after he swore not to testify.” The trial ended with the jury of twelve bringing in a speedy verdict of guilty on all counts. Bill O’Reilly, who handled the atrangements for coverage of the BUILDING COLLAPSE trial, viitned to a telephone with Hawkins’ bulletin, dictating .it three minutes anens of the op- osition syndicates . Jean om Harry, responding to a call from Howard Arter the next dey, anne him wreathed in smiles. fig, “s them with gréat cordial ity, shaking their ras Vapteysy: ‘What a play those trial sto- rieg’ have had!” she exclaimed. “Banner headliries by the score! Harry, when you go back to the Broadway beat, there’ be a ten percent increase in your pay en- velopé. The same goes for you, Jean—and I’m going to assign you to'a roving feature assignment. You'll pick your own stories, and write them the way you like.” Jean was so happy that she left the office on the verge of tears. Harry gave her arm a sym- pathetic little squeeze. “You’ve done it, darling,” he said. “You’re a real success in a town where the competition’s as tough as it comes. But there’s one thing more I neglected. to mention during all this gambling uproar. Just come along quietly, now—there’s a little place around the corner especially | de- signed for personal messages.” “The Western Union office?” Jean inquired impishly. “No, Minx—just come along and.ask no questions.” They were seated at a small table when Harry pulled a tiny green’ box from his coat pocket. _“DP’ve been carrying this around for & week,” he admitted, open- ing it to reveal a large diamond solitaire ring. “But this is the first chance I’ve had to ask you what’s been on my mind for a long time.” He took her hand and looked affectionately into her blue eyes. “Jean, dear, will you marry me?” Jéan took the ring, slipping it on her finger, “Now you've got the happiest guy in the world on your hands,” he said. “Do you suppose, about next year, we could collaborate on the creation of a small, ex- clusive article?” She smiled a warm, wonderful . smile: “Couldn’t we make it a series of. six articles?” THE END VICTIM SAVED CA FIREMEN BRING a woman resident down a ladder on a stretch- er after the interior of an apartment building collapsed in Wash- ington, D. 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