The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1951, Page 4

ee =BARNEY GOOGLE A YE NEEON'T AST ME THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE cisco KID [" ETTA KETT PHIL, DASLING I DO ADORE You.”- BUT, AFTER ALL, BVERY Girl DREAMS OF A BEAUTIFUL _ ENGAG! RING./ Lasr o¢ 7 SECOND IN, OF A Sc IME LEAOS OFF FOR THE BUGS FEAST Your EYES, SUGAR- FACE: How's THAT For SIZE 2 Priday. August 10, 1951 ND SNUFFY SM LA-De-pA-* ) DEE-DUM" VEPYoicain' FER BURIED TREASURE HOWSOMEVER-- NE YE'D LIKE TO DIG bea ios FUN By Jose Salinas and R { SOUNDED LIKE A 'Today In History By Paul Robinson, BUT, PHIL, WE SIMPLY >" EXCUSES.” ALWA, COULDNT &XISTON YOUR PAY! AND IT MAY BE UTTERLY YEARS BEFORE YOU MAKE ENOUGH!’ I HATE LONG ENGAGE - “"“THIMBLE THEATRE—Starring Popeye By Tom Sims and B. Zabol To SWALLOW 1 YAM SORRY, WIMPY ~_ WE ‘HWE Must DO)? CANT “SOMETHING! yom { anise FINO OUT sus” ( wow Gooo I A THUD ch.) SACKUH 3 7, GUS IDEA OUR \ThouGH Sea By George McManus neem nettanann, rence i iy The U cittendowment of over $100 million. | tween 1950 and 1975. HMMM we, BUT TO GET HIM OUTA TH GAME /. J MRS. E. H. ELDREDGE Robert Gray re- ston in his ship eric mpleting a trading yage of some 40,000 miles— y the American flag rid. Richard Smith| Chapter 20 the century. Marcia alone, away from her mitted to| court of admiring young friends, 24th State. ; was to ask her to drive him out A a oni % As d av cat n ested the drive, but there was no Smithsonian Institu-| hesitation in her voice when she g created by} answered him. neve 2 “What a grand idea, Peter,” she civilian training} exclaimed. “It’s such a lovely at Plattsburgh, Pa. | 2fternoon and, if we drove out to US. Food Admini-| the river, we might even find a lished breeze—-who knows? Anyway, it’s ree x ke fi worth trying.” German su Sinks ive When they got up to go across ups: the veranda and down the steps to 34-—Federal law putting an! the drive, she was surprised to see 1 tax on the import, manu-} Peter put his hand en Gus’ wooden The facture or dealing in machine| harness and let Gus lead him down Fac cetiect the steps and to the car. 1048 The Re ste gt weeaek “So you and Gus have decided 1943. ‘i The Brees velt-Churchill to work together,” said Marcia, as ing in Quebec. | she slid beneath the wheel and Japs offer to surrender) switched on the ignition. if Emperor left on the throne. Peter’s face tightened a little, 1950-—Pr nt Truman tells}-but he answered her readily | press conf e of the satisfac-| enough. “Oh, yes. I would have 0 ay Gen. MacArthur was! Walked straight into a car yester- ue z el hie dut oie od. day with results that might have ida i ds oe aid aan been. tragic—though that's a de- batable point—if Gus hadn't | RUN FRI Tag) knocked me out of the way. I Today’s } i ", * : realized that If I'd been living vu; Birthdays to what he expected of ae: R Herbert ‘Haewes would never have happened, So” hate cover) _he shrugged—"I still feel it’s a st Branch, Iowa, 77) heek of a life for a fine pup, to have to drag a guy around, but I s, born in} promised to make it up to him in ago other ways.” 3Zattle Boyce, “’m sure you will,” said Mar- peas Bre cia. “What a ghastly thing, Peter. bor Rooks You might have been killed.” wet oe : paves They were driving now through dace lid tape the outskirts of Centerville and S. Moore of Col-| into the open country. 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Impulsively, she put how I have an idea that this is the| her hands, framed his fare one place in the world for me to| tween them, and set her mouthay, say what I want to say to you.” 3 Marcia tensed, and flung him a}, His arms gathered her ca age .. held her so tightly that for a S| tive glance. But she was sitting a little away from him, so Mi petp tad ped fi ig dowa he was not aware of her tension. | °% BE A ed ego ; J 7 She disliked being touched, ea+ “Goodness, you sound—impres-|regsed; she was by no means sive,” Marcia made herself say at| demonstrative; in fact, she. we last, with an attempt at lightness. | essentially cold, her ‘whole h But Peter was sitting with his} wrapped up in her career and brow furrowed a little, as he tried| ambitions. But she held he to find exactly the words with| still, and-Peter sensed nothing which to clothe his thoughts. her instinct for withdrawal. “You see, Marcia, he said pres-} “Oh, darling, darling,” he ently, “I know, of course, that you | at last, “I can't believe it. It's are young and beautiful and de-| wonderful. I'd hoped that I cowl sirable. I know that you could|—well, sell_you a bill of g have—well, any man you hap-|make a sort of bargain with pened to want. I know it’s pre-| that you'd fet me look after y sumption on my part that.I could|and that maybe some di dare to hope you'd even consider | might grow’ a little fond of m marrying me.” never dared to dream that. Marcia’s eyes were wide, andjloved me.” _ t her breath was held suspended.| Marcia hesitated a moment & But Peter went on: 23 fore she asked, “You were goi “I know you're ambitious for aj to put it on a sort of business b; career that's inevitably expen-| You thought I would accept si sive—” * | proposition?” ‘ “Also that I'm broke,” she added| “I didn’t dare hope you'd bitterly, terested in anything else,”.-. “Darling, please let me finish. }@ {ve been all night and most of the day trying to screw my courage | mu! up to the point of saying this.” ‘So are you! He turned to her swiftly, anti] “But, Peter, I've got to be hoi she had a vague feeling that his} with vou,” she told him, relue’ sightless eyes were seeing far|ly. “I’m. terribly se more than she wanted them to see. | don’t think I could man enough to be willing to give®. MARCIA, I'm in love with you,” | UP my hope of a career.” . 1Vi he went on, “deeply and| “Why should you? Darling, “Ef truly. But I know you don't love} Want to help you realize that ame- me, that—-well, that you can't! The | bition. : : $ odds are stacked too heavily]. against that; but I thought that if you'd let me, I could make things er, if one wants to be rey a lot easier for you. I could take | 8r¢ nd I'm ‘going to be.” § care of you, at least so far as money | Said this with a quiet self-e is concerned. And I wouldn't ask} dence that might have sta: an awful lot of you; just that you’d man less deepl let me be around and maybe not|, “Jealous? Of y mind it too mueh—” {I want to do e There was an almost unbearable | humility in his voice, and Marcia! FOR HOME or 24 e's COMMERCIAL USE... | We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clear. Pure Cube» Crushed ICE. Thompson Enterprises, (ICE DIVISION) : TELEPHONE NO. 8 KEY WEST,