The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 17, 1950, Page 3

MONDay : " mec 1950 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SH ego Sets NES TET IE IT ip earl Cea a eee ae SE ee ROE tee Ae De So oats Os eB BRAS Tees a ee ae Black Fon Mas Again Ab Newsteorere BY Florence. Kerrigan Chapter 7 |dieval. stone 1s at the dun- pitiful an neces i ei seht’r) Seon-like room, -and with the | rem \ age supersti- I ead ebay prone ed light." massive eak door, arched at the | tiou: that point 2 defended myse} bs, nay top ang bound with iron. | they became y black magic, what I felt was unwarrante like. a chill wind e; philtr ck “Besides, ‘where,. laughter at my expense. “Besides: {nee spokiean ‘came a thought it wasn’t a case of just seeing. 1) oF the ancient aléhemists who had | felt tue body. It was cold: and 4 Aten i “ Votaid honed we aint could | their laboratories in dark corne: recipes and eae oy my attention— 5 do to drag it out of the, water: If | stat Pay pee en a aman run ‘ | seems to me that's @ lot to Expect) and ‘experimented with making Hi | GE orie's imagination! 4 preciqus’ metals.-There was some- ‘ “Then you didn't- drag jt up thing just: as.sinister about that ; high enough,” said Greg. “fa any | modem laboratory. b \ } case, let's not make ourselves the| Greg iat himself at a clut- Q c E ' laughing stock at BAe gf tered table and was immediately |... { : ' re ng any such cock gnd bull | absorbed, in-something he. found | G , story! there, his delicate, Jong fingers | harcudes ’ “On top of the appearance of| hovering over little phials and ers held t Black Ian last night, it might} weighing tiny substances with the a nd bate i seem an anti-climax at that.” I utmost precision. Now and then | jo. icc ona > said, stung enough to be sarcastic.| he would stop and make a nota- teven 1 “Eh? What was that?” tion, them test and compare with|~ | turned I told him what Mrs. MacLeod’s |.n old manuscript that lay at his! nse of | daughter Maggie had seen at the | tight, arm. fell on the c’ OH— ARE You 4 py For Birnie Bridge. and he seemed to} Craning my neck to see the rest! lifted the LOOKING FoR MY ‘aS: FRIEND f// put more credence in that tale |of the room, I had an impression | [t was an ob! ay with a sickening Yr, and my glance . I went to it and which covered it. ection of the HAVE YOU SEEN TINY? You KNOW- THAT CUTE LITTLE RED- HEAD WHO WAS SKATING AROUND JusT A HER? than in the story of my finding; of book-cases with numerous} wall, built of stone matching it, FEW MINUTES AGO ? the body. | books. in them, and an outline of! and on top of it was a silver And there was red clay at the ,@ chest in one corner, syq =, | Plague. I ~was look at the top Birnie Bridge. and red clay on{ | There was not much thrill in | of th t ay all that watching Greg work, and I was! wz Slightly. ashamed of myself for) | spying on my host, so I made my | | Way. back to bed. Gr boots, and red clay on the of the dead man! We had to tell Iris about the vanishing corpse, and she seemed ck lan, more-or to. return ‘at . and I had seen mind .o¢e- ae ay bere papent Wes Greg went to the village e to comes | like an ory after the fact, the next morning | took th: y, locking $e !- and the ioh that L might be | OPPortunity to .visit the labor master k@v. | shielding Greg himself added lit- | tory for a more detailed examina- | 1 vning back ito tion, A “talf-bound book lay on! e. of mind | the table. IL opened it-at the place | | marked by a thin knife, and | Mot surprised to find the spider | brawn. writing which I had a Spore x in | ready identified’ as that of Black |.any. Ye'ic of the mam whose body | Ercole: sete nt Tan, It-was-a-book of formutlas.\.1 had found there the day before, foe hee ds fae liek Sd which. were difficult to read, and | The cave. floor was clear, but; I ie ae ty following Reggie Bas me8 gaye up the task. But the titles héard the ‘uamtistaka§le sound of | light that I Was able to track him | of anh: experiments were plain creahng oarlocks*and. splashiig pasate the dark corridors at the|"" There were salves, poultices,} A moment later the boat nosed ‘oot of the stairs, teas, fantastic ‘combinations of} into the cave, and the occupant He went into one of the rooms, | herbs and. less. wholesome things, | scrambled out and drew it Mp, | leaving the heavy, nail-studded | guaranteed te cure the ills of man | f; ing it to the iron ring in the | door open. and I approached as jor :beast—or, I ’ surmised, give | cave wall. A did’ so he mure- i o it as I dared. {them something worse to worry | bled to half chant, | mself i he room within was an up-to- | about, About. the middle of the|and paused to scratch himself tle to my pe: | T followed | That nigh e. | b tide “again, | Greg's room vhile I was | his panel opened « GUESS IT SERVES ME THAT'S A BAO BuT YOUVE FOR THAT, T AM | a ee puna goysrnment. But Mrs. De-' = Woman Wants A isi adatits there's one possible Your Grocer SELLS That Gees drawback .to. her project. i VTAR * " Woman To Run | 24,5. oun ben STAR BRA Le ene ced cuban CAKE KE TRY A POUND TODAY}: RIGHT FOR GETTING MixeO UP Bl KONK YOU TQQK NEVER TOLD ME INOEBTEO TO A PERSON | date. well-equipped laboratory, } book the formulas boats an stacey | through his coarse blue denim WI t > test tubes and retorts con-} ing twist. to that point they | smock. : te eee Be ON THE HEAD i Ane. pas etna cy i sted strangely with the me-'had been the pathetically and| {To be continued) if ote 4OU TO A TO BE A PUPRETEER, oe ae ee Mee ee ae es tn ea ee z i eRe dor TAR / caiss TULLE / = ° For President — 3 —"n NEW YORK.—).—Now what Mail The Citizen to Relatives about a weman for President? : : , *x cae We: have ladies in Congress. We have ha lady governors. | And we ha’ a number of lady mayors.. And it -is,one of these , last who’ suggests the woman | President. The lady is Mrs. § : Randolpn Debolt, mayor of Sand > ' Springs,. Okla. Sand Springs: is He’s Senselesg’ 2 town of 10.000 population. near ’ * Tulsa. Mrs. Debolt not only ‘is ee IT | mayer ‘but aiso chief of police {is aa | {and fine. commissioner . among | 1 I! | . ten ethene ite i "EYESY AND I V “YEAH HAVE ESTIMATED \ GOSH, DAN. THE VALUE OF | sOMETHING THE TREASURE -- |AWFUL HAS OUR HALF,AFTER | HAPPENED TAXES; COMES [A TO #800,000.00 THAT LI'L BLACK BUT --WAS e PURSE I ALWAYS THERE MUCH other things. She’s visiting New CARRY--I'VE BEEN t | acters mes of pleasure trip aS i:gombined wi! inspection © tour, happiest aa my | Checking up on municipal _ ser- vices as they may apply in Sandi a Springs. About the Presideney: Mrs. De- bolt asks if we can raise sons to | be President. why can’t we* raise | daughters to be President? If a woman can run a home, she can IT'S TIME TO LOOK AT THE FACTS! TO KEY WEST’. ae Flight javana +f ( 9st 9:00 A.M. 9:45. 8 953 12:30 P.M. 1:15 P.? ~ 8° 95 3:00PM. 9 AEROVIAS "Q"'S.A.| It's an old litical 'sagin; gif you tell a lie loud enongh and long enough someone's aeoeake gonna’ break down and believe it. And so the Old Crowd of Big Business and Northern Republicans -- know- ing they couldn't attack Claude Pepper on what he’s done for Florida or the people of Florida -- have dteamed.ap the whoppingest, phoniest “red herring” See “BEWARE THE SALAMANDER,! IF WE FINDA of them all, And on: the radia, aad in: big newspaper ads, and on expensive ee OUP BIGNESS. YET THE WAY OF EACH |S MADE A BONER IN "BEAM OF CEDAR” billbpards all vet sie seach Gua pweiaetee Plociac ard Uciog asked to bettors * SAYS “FOLLOW_THE CLOSED IF THE OTHER BE TRANSLATING J 5 YOU'RE OKAY, that a yote for Pepper is’ vote for what they call “Communism”. OPEN 8Y THE GREAT BEAM Pixy / Saye Oe as. OF CEDAR” SOUNDS LIKE / : ; VE-A toeK | ‘ / See yy, £0 NOW LET'S HAVECA LOOK AT THE FACTS: : $ Pepper's 2 “communist” because he’s for National Health Insurance. If that's true, ti is, of folks who want to protect themselves against the Bes ho A a! f ness; and want to do it in an American way ~ through insurance -~ are" communist” too. They say Claude Pepper's. elconimunist” for supporting National Housing. If Ss H\ : hi thy ry small income: family that wants a decent place to live at a } oe oren neve | gg ; » S|. peice sony eso S509 bor Www too / : THE DEAD VOLCANO... : : eos ( Th Claude Pepper's a “communist” b be and a bunch of other | 6 earecggeae \ Government iealers Gre REE 6 Beets righ elec the war, whem: Ruaiia-wen : regarded as a friend and ally. ‘¢ fell you, tho, that Senator Pepper was one | of the first r e : that he has strenuously supported the } Marshall the U.No the A Pact and the Arms Aid Program,or that to assure a fully prepared America.” i he has voted for every defense . Poe ae ot eee] ot 5 ‘Yei, the Opposition hes given the'pe more than one taste of “red herring” Bus they still have 9 figure out one thing ~ om pe swallow it. IF YOU'RE GOING TO INSIST, YOUR HIGHNESS, SHE CAN GET DRESSED / IN AN ANTE at NEAR