The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1950, Page 11

THURSDAY, APRIL, 6, 1950 TOM & JERRY THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A Shy Guy WHAT'S THAT JUNK You'RE SMEARING ION YOUR FACE > OH, JUST SOMETHING TO MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL, AD, TAKE MY ADVICE ANO. | RQ GET YOURSELE ANOTHER PARTNER, “STRINGS#/ wFORGET (T TAKES WEEKS TO TEACH SOMEBOOY TO JIGGLE THESE WOODEN SURE / BUT SOONER OR | LATER THEY ALL FINO OUT THAT THE DOLLS ARE JUST A FRONT ww FOR THE GAMBLING CASINO! As DAN DROPS, DICKIE LEAPS FOR ANGEL’S. MACHINE GUN - - [HIE HAD HEARD SHOUTS ON DECK RUNNING FE DICKIE’S VOICE ! C’MON Boys! ‘ANGEL’ LETS GO OF THE GUN -- STEPS CLEAR ~~ WATCH IT, CANG, GOIN’ TO LIFT THAT HE'S MASK GOSH ALL H TOR ae “KILK HAS Fd tahoe Ae MAYBE THE GRASSHOPPER SCORCHY, Y AXLE IS BENT~’ THANKS TO LUCK ! \ ‘ ; ; [ ONLY THE LANDING )\ THANKS TO [C ) U THANK YOU TO HOLD THIS LIGHT, SCORCHY.’ T THINK WE'VE GOT SUMP'N HERE! YOUR SKILL Fastidious Female a YOU DECIDED YOu’: BE A BANDIT/ SHAMUS O' SHAY NOU SHOULD BE ASHAMEDL Z BUT, SALLY, ME DARLIN‘’/ YE WOULDN'T MARRY {ii ME WHILST I_WUZ A Ze STABLE Chapter 28 DAvP and Corrine went out to the garden after dinner to walk arm in arm along the nar- row concrete walks with the smell of roses and perennials in the air. “David,” she said, “do you ever get blue and think—well, that you don’t deserve to be as happy as we are? That some- thing is bound to happen to destroy it, and—you’ll just die?” He steppes d took her in his a d her and said, happen, darling, won't let it. Good Lord! I uld lick a thousand devils if necessary. The only thing that bothers me is this business of waiting until June.” “I know,” she said dreamily, “but it’s odc the way a girl feels about marriage. It’s impossible to feel secure until the ceremony is over. A man belongs to you then; and you have every right to—to, well, fight anything that comes up. £.1t before you're married, you feel as if you'd have to hide somewhere and let your art break, where people wouldn't know.” David’s laughter rang through the garden. He crushed her to him. “You foolish darling! Noth- ing is going to happen to us.” She was happy again, reassured, as they watched: the opalescent clouds over the moon. Quick footsteps sounded on the walk and Amita Pratt called: “Corrine—David—someone wants David on the telephone. . His mother, I think.” They hurried in, and Corrine stood beside him at the hall tele- phone watching his pale face and the deep frown come and go be~ tween his brows. “All right,” he spoke into the mouthpiece. “I’l] be right right over, Mother.” He re- vlaced the receiver and sat for a PAGE ELEVEN moment as if too stricken to move | or speak. “What is it, David?” Corrine asked in a small voice filled with terror, “It's Madelyn,” he answered. “She’s at home with a broken ankle and a possible spinal in- jury. They just brought her out} in an ambulance.” “At—our house, David?” she asked tremulously. She caught the i of the chair to steady her- self. He looked up at her and his eyeballs were red with suffering. “She didn’t have anywhere else to go, Corrine. We have to take her in and take éare of her. I have to hurry over there.” “David—you can’t go to her! She'll take you from me.” She ended on a wail, and dropped into a chair. “You've got to pull yourself to- gether. Corrine,” he pleaded. “You're acting as if this were a matter of life and death.” She nodded her head, unable to speak just yet, thinking that it was a matter of happiness or un- happiness, which was synonymous with life and death to her stricken mind. Ses got up and pulled herself upstairs, holding to the banis- ter, and went to her room. Sne shuddered and picked up a foun- tain pen, Dear David: 1 am writing this in deep humility. Thinking back, there seems nothing in my life to merit my existence except that I have loved you, for I see clearly what I was before that. I have done nothing to earn of merit the happi- ness I long for, and I know, now, that it can néver be mine, I know, too, that yours and Madelyn’ s lives are inextricably grown together. To Soporte them would be de- structive to both of you; but the present alliance between you and Madelyn would destroy any hap- piness we could ever hope to have. Sealing the envelope was like sealing her own her head on he convulsively. I slipped out walked thre box. She stared at the box and had a sudden frantic desire to teag it to pieces and re ve the letter. No, she would meet the postman tomorrow and demand it back. She couldn't break up her mar- riage. She couldn't! Her mind slowly cleared as she hurried home. It was uselegg to appeal to David, but perhaps.she could appeal to Madelyn. Surely Madelyn would understand- how she felt. She spoke casually to Penelope when she answered the phone, and asked to speak to Madelyn. Madelyn’s voice was so low she could scarcely understand at first. Corrine extended her sympathy. “I'm as sorry. as anyone could be because of your accident, Made- lyn, and I would do anything to help you, but David and I are’ to be married in less than three weeks, and it’s only right that. we should start out without a handi- cap.” “You're not fooling me abit, Corrine,” Madelyn answered cool- ly. “You're not afraid of havin; me here after you're marti You're afraid I'll take David away from you before you can get mar- tied, because you know well enough that I can take him with- out half trying.” Corrine controlled her voice with a great effort and said quiet- ly, “All right, PM go and give you your chance. I don’t believe you can ever win him away from me, but if you can, then F den’t want him. I'm putting my faith, in David. Good-bye.” {To be continued) VICTOR CASH MARKET - 1028 Truman Ave. We Deliver TEL. 1080 Make YOUR EASTER DINNER An Enjoyable One .«. Try One cf Our , WHOLE or SHANK HALF EASTER AMERICAN DAISY ~- CHEESE . 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