The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1952, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, January 8, 1952 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH - THAR HAIN'T NOTHIN' ON AIRTH I LOVE GOODER'N A BABY SHOWER, LOWEEZY —S WAIT TILL I ROUND UP MY YOUNG-UNS, LOWEEZY YE ABOUT READY TO GO OVER TO (WL CRICKET'S SUSPRISE BABY SHOWER, MIZ HICKERSON ? By Fred Lasswell BLAST YOu! T SHOULD'VE JABBED IT THROUGH YOUR HEART! NO, AGAINST THE LINE. IT WAS YOU WHO PLANTED THE JAGGED DAGGER BE- SIDE ME WHILE I SLEPT. NOBODY ELSE KNEW I BUT, CISCO, I WORK SENOR, YOU WORK ) / ——— FOR THE STAGE LINE, KEEP YOUR HIGH, FLOUF You've HAD HM | Go Back }~ To SLEEP Dear. AT, TTA YOU 4 OREAMED CHUCK NON YouR MIND.” Paka - Ab WAS IN AN UTTERLY ) HIS RUNNING { AWFUL ACCIDENT.“ JAWAY TODAY UP- SET You! 8 ARE YOU 4|( ALLRIGHT? DADDY -HERE IS A C.0.D. PACKAGE FOR SIKTY DOLLARS- TUT-TUT-TAKE NOW-HEREAFTER IT RIGHT BACK siege Meese aT 4 UDIN ‘O Miss OLIVE, | DION'T y renosey - BIRDS BCAUSE--- MMROW ROCKS AT, AUN, smAFTER SEEIN’ YOU HOT SHOTS’ IN ACTION LAST SEASON,! SAYS TO MYSELF, THEM BOYS COULD GO PLACES WITH SOME EXPERT COACHIN: Sa GUT WE WENT ALL TH’ WAY TO TH’ GARDEN WITHOUT NO COACHIN%,. AN’ LOST TO TH’ PRO CHAMPS BY ONLY ONE POINT! UH--OZARK, MEET \. OUR NEW COACH, >] MISTUH 5 weTO SEE THAT YOU BOYS DON'T LOSE TO AP Newsteaturee | Chapter 21 T WAS. his wife who burst sud- denly into tears. Where her woe-begone husband had now taken on the aspects of an ex- uberant puppy. she sank down and put her avron over her face. astonishment. then touched her shoulder tentatively. “W-what’s the trouble, Honey- cak~?"-he demanded. “It’s all fine We're going to make out “Of course we are,” she agreed, jumping up, and before Gentl man: Jim suspected her purpose. she had leaned forward to kiss him on the cheek. Her black eyes were sparkling through her tears, but her voice was still muffled. “T've heard before about enter- taining angels unawares,” she said. “Though this time we should have known—* Sam Staves came up at that moment, to Gentleman Jim's re- lief. and his big voice boomed out across the grounds. “Evervthing’s readv. folks,” he | called. “Here’s good food our duty by it, so the ladies won't feel disappointed!” Gentleman Jim noted, with | actually laughing. Happy scemed | to have vut aside his worries for | the moment. He was seated on the grass alongside Minerva Staves, a heaping plate in his lap, a chicken lez in his hand. Strange behavior for Happy, but there was almost a school-girl color in Minerva’s cheeks todav. M reserved a place for himself beside her. and Gentle- man took it gratefully, ac- cepting the plate which she filled and passed to him. His foster- parents were a part of the circle, and she was looking after their wants with a careful regard. se funeral service was to be held in the big tent, once din- ner was out of the way. Since Ten-Spot had declared himself on the professor's side, it was count- ed as only fitting that everyone who felt the same way should at- tend the ceremony. Certainly sobbing. Cutting Slinked in sheer just waiting to be eaten—so let’s do some. surorise, that Happy was HANGMAN'S COULEE By AL CODY Ten-Spot's end was to be differ- ent than it wou nave been had the bullet overtaken him a few days earlie~ ay wore on with a new to begin that G dis- | was onlv covered that Hapr He had been w parently havpv. no one seen him for the last hali-hour. and a quick check failed to find him. “And he seemed to be enjovin’ himself. too.” Minerva said. puz- zled. “I can’t think where he could have gone to. He was sup- posed to stay with me. Just wait till I see him again!” That sounded suspiciously like a Staves talking. but Gentleman Jim had a sudden uneasy sus- picion. For the moment wever, it was impossible to do anything about it. He had to say a few words over Ten-Spot. “TI can play for vou. if vou wish,” Maita volunteered, and Gentleman Jin: accepted. But now his doubts were i sing. as he remembered various details of Happv’s recent behavior. Since it was Happs who was concerned. they could be serious In that ssuess he correct Happy had reached the brea point. It had started the eve before when he had gone alg with Gentleman Jim to the Cat- tleman’s. Tae big saloon, with its much couldn't hu One drink. of course. habit of leading to anoth Happy had long since lea d. But this time. he wouldn't have a chance to get an extra drink, so it would be all right. There were, after all, two drinks in the bottle. The first one filled him with a pleasant sense of vreli- being which vielded to an over powering sense of thirst. Restless- ness came upon him. A on as the morning lecture was out of the way. he got rid of the bott! and what remained in it. And again, for a little while. well- being descended upon him. That, in turn, vielded again to the overwhelming desire for an- other drink. By the time dinner was out of the way. Happy knew that he had to have it. He’d go to the big saloon and make a brief tour of pection. Since the bartenders knew him for the professor's right-nand man. thev wouldn’t see anything strange in t. It would be easy. There was just one contingency had a row on rov’ of bottles, had filled|that he had failed to take into him with nostalgia. The nearness | Consideration. He. already had ¢ of liquor had been a heady temp: | bottle in his hand and was-hold- tation. Only the tenseness of the} ine it. debating whether to oner situation and the fact that he had] it now or later. when a familia: a job to do had enabled Happy | Voice spoke at his shodider. to keep his mind on the latter. “Well. well! It looks as if here’: Temptation was in his way. as}one man who's a judge of good they left the saloon. Someone had left a bottle on a table. It was easy enough to ch out and slip it under the skirts of his coat with no one noticing. He cached the bottle for the night, pleased to have it in re- serve, But daylight had_brought an cppeting discovery. The bot- tle had been more than_ half scoped by its original purchaser. In his haste the night before, the need’ to keep Gentleman Jim from observing what—he was about, he had failed to notice its State of depletion. whiskey. at least!” Happy turned. startled. Deal Hathaway was smiling down at him. Happy tried to back awav. but something in the gambler’s eyes seemed to mesmerize him. Or, more accurstelv. it might have been what Hathaway held in his hand—a glass of whiskey, freshly poured. He still had the “Here,” he invited. “Let’s have a drink and talk this over!” (To be continued) Supreme Court Upholds Union | Damage Award | Court Monday unanimously upheld a $750,000 Taft-izariley Act dam- age award against Harry Bridges’ international Longshoremen's un- ion! eats * The judgment won by the Ju- neau (Alaska) Spruce Corp. was the largest to date and the first | to reach the high court. It grew. out of a suit charging that Bridges’ union damaged the company’s business by setting up picket lines and making ‘“‘coer-' cive’’ statements during a juris- dictional row between two rival labor organizations more than two years ago. The firm had a contract with the ClO Woodworkers of America but the longshoremen tried to force | the company to Gre barge-loading | work to the Bridges men. ; Bridges’ union has been expelled from the ClO on the grounds thas | its leadership followed the Com- | i} i} Bridges Is | Elected GOP Floor Leader WASHINGTON — Sen.Bridges | of New Hampshire was elected | floor leader for Republican sena- | tors today by a 26 to 15 vote. He was opposed by Sen. Salton- stall of Massachusetts, who is pub- licly backing Gen. Dwight D. Eisea- hower for the Republican presiden- tial nomination. Bridges, who has not yet openly announced for any of his party's presidential aspirants, succeeds the sate Sen. Wherry of Nebragka. was nominated by Sen. Brick- er of Ohio, colleague of Sen. Taft, a presidential nomination seeker. Third Member Of Triplet Arrives WEST RUNTON, Eng. “P—A 24- year-old mother gave birth to the after the first arrived. baby born in 1951 was a boy ‘weighing four pounds. who made their debut in wete another boy, weighing five ounces, and a! three pounds, eleven ; They were born within ten - of one another. of the triplets is Mrs. } Emerald Gaul of Cromer. She has named them David (the eldest), | } Read the Classified Ads STRONG ARM BRANO COFFEE! | ALL GROCERS WASHINGTON (%—The Supreme | : Dad Lives Again In Letter L ‘ pee () Wirephoto “PRAY FOR YOUR DADDY, MIKE, and remember ‘fifteen.’ ” I love you This was in a hand-printed , letter which T/Sgt. John P. Kelly, 26 of San Antonio, Tex wrote to his son, John Michael, 4, on Christmas Eve from Korea, aS a keepsake for the Y he grows up. Kelly was fatally injured in a C-47 crash at Itazuke Air Base in Japan Dec. His last let- ter was received by the Jan. 2. 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Allman lives at 13403 N.E. 6t! javenue, Miami. $282 Paid Unemployed TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 8~—The usual weekiy release of the Flor- ida Industrial Commission show- ing weekly payments from the Unemployment Compensation Fund was ommitted for the wee lending December 2lst due t Christmas holidays. For the wee! ending the 21st, however, $79,27. was paid to 54 of the 67 counties; ithe week ending the 28th there was an increase to $95,901—re flecting the after Christmas lay offs in the retail trades. In Monroe County paymen’ were issued to unemploye workers in the total amount of $282 for the two week period. Load Of Steers Average $226.55 Per Head WINTER HAVEN (#—Director |State Farmers’ Markets William |L. 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