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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1950 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN grote as : TOM & JERRY _—__. .. Just A Novice WHY, WHEN I ARRIVED Home! FROM WORK LAST NIGHT, SHE GREETED ME WITH A GREAT BIG KISS, HAD A SWELL DINNER ALL READY. ~ Yes, si 4 rd iS SHELBY. MY ‘ AND AFTERWARDS ~~ AND HOW DID YOU LIKE ‘+ ONE IN.A MILLION. SHE WOULDN'T LET ME HER NEW HAT... D> KELP HER WITH THE - DISHES. SHE MADE ME SIT _IN “THE LIVING Roo THE ADVENTURES OF PATSY THE MAGIC HORN CAN'T POSSIBLY GET AWAY FROM ME haWwe GO TOGETHER LiKE LOCK AND KEY * mANO HERE'S A KEY FOR “Ou JUST FOR EXTRA INSURANCE / Eye, Eye, Sir aN. SS. Ni Sa! Sse = Chapter 15 EVERAL days after that lunch- eon with Grant, Stephanie stopped in atthe shop to see She felt that she had been lectifig her mother lately. Also, as Stephanie was to start keeping regular hours from nine until five, beginning the following week, that neglect might seem more Pronounced than before. Her mother came through the heavy gray portieres toward her. “Darling!” she exclaimed, coming feet with both hands. “It’s about time you stopped by to see me! But come, let’s go back into the office where we can visit.” Mayo’s office was surprisingly } businesslike. There was, to go along with all thé rest, a secre- tary. A male secretary: one Arthur Smith, a_ tall, lean, stooped- shouldered, middle-aged man who had been with her mother for as long as Stephanie could secail. He was presiding over one of the machines when the two wom- en entered. His lean face lighted HA when he saw who was with ayo. He got up immediately to greet Stephanie, fondly, and a bit reproachfully. “Now, now, what have we here?” He usually began what- ever he had to say in that vague manner, speaking in a murmur, shaking his head. From his man- her and appearance, no one would ever guess how efficient Arthur Smith was. how much his em- ployer depended upon him. my child Haven't we, Mamie?” He was the only one left over from her mother’s past who dared address the famous fashion de- signer by that ordinary name. coin. Joung locking tas tame ceful. y = iy into ppm sac chair. “I feel so darn old today that I think I shall give it all up and | retire.” A wave of one graceful hand included the shop and all it contained and stood for. Stephanie said. still smiliziz. over to draw Stephanie to her} “We've missed you, Stephanie, | “You don’t really mean that,” | siderable thought. DOUBLE WEDDING hand, imvites sit @own—an invite- h ! if Lb ith ‘ 4 so- you can tet her 3 | first, Mamie, to hear your news, i a | but as you must have many otfier | things to talk about And there| — are things that ould be at | tending to—” ; —<—- “Why, Arthur Smith! years. “Whatever has got into | you? Running off when you know } you are never in the way, not | when it’s Stephanie and I. Part of | § the family, isn’t he, Stephanie “ | dear? So that you must hear my } big news, too— How did you + know it was pore = be of)“ te ask, opening lovely green eyes wider, then wider still as she added, “Why, 1 believe you ikmow ‘what it is!” “Would that be so strange?” he asked. “You are about to tell us—|_ Stephanie and me, your family, 4 tf nny i i | i as you —that you really are = inkil iri giv: up the marrying.” 3 “Why, Mother! Stephanie did | 5 x escaped her howd soueedbenty tor ine ly her) own eyes had been opened. She) appeals tw pen atc ag her mother. He ae wi ‘ | “Why, ‘why, Mother!’?” Mayo/ a inquired, raising an exquisitely arched eyebrow. 3 “What would you do with the shop?” That was not what Steph- anie wanted to . but it was a safe question it might make/ her mother realize that she must} give the matter of marrying con- She wondered how they take to it—her little oid Smitty. Then she aw “Close it up. I presume.” Mayol Hawiian Penniless | With Millions HONOLULU—()—Now we'll| {ten you the story of a penniless {man with six and a half million dollars. { Step up and meet Alejandro Llanos, a stocky, expensively | dressed Filipino who lives in Ha- wall. ' got repaid. The treasurer of Hawaii also But -all of this bothers. Lianos | million_ dollars im all, not a bit. He readily admits bor- rowing. money—six and a half) hal And he says—all thes money will be re- turned. According to Lianos, it all hap- be dug =p the cash am, pened this way: He borrowed the distributed = to trusted money from fellow Filipinos im fo: safekeeping Hawaii in 1946... . all thamoney, Bu: Lisnos hes & hard cash. The original idea was . " to. invest in a construction com- pany. But what Lianos found in the ik ; it may take hom some time figure out how much he fae Mane Back to Hewaii with anedea for a