The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1952, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Seturdey, February 2, 1952 ee RIDDLES !! RIDDLES! TH’ LEETLE BA’ IME THING 480uUT Change of Fteart By Kathleen Harris AP Now sfoateres Chapter 14 N ARCIA was on time, twenty ‘*% minutes ahead of time, as @ matter of fact, to meet Tommy at the airport. She had remembered | 5, how disappointed she had been, upon her arrival, not to have been met, therefore she was not going to have any friend of hers suffer that sume disappointment. She had forgotten that his eyes were so blue, that he was so tall, & bro 1. Why, he was a very hand- sung man! Very special, the stood out in a crowd ally right. No doubt as to his ancestors Let me look at you,” Tommy seid. He held her at arm's length, feasting hungry eyes on her. Mercy!" Marcia laughed, color- ng under such scrutiny, her throat feeling suddenly tight. To think she had though might not see Tor nen she had lly had. The g brother, a tanding. “Don't I Have | changed ” he returned g still retair ‘Changed? intentness Your skin's whiter, you'r I believe. But just as pretty as The prettiest girl a fellow kissed. Only you haven't me. Don't I rate a kiss, Marcia? Jus a brotherly peck on one cheek.” “Of course!” Marcia tilted her head, ——_ a cheek. It was not Tike Tommy to ask; she was sur- prised he had not just gone ahead und kissed her She was surprised now when he obediently aeposited just the ever restrained little peck he had asked | lly don't be “T've so much to show you a tt ing to be fun to show him — nl Marcia looked forward to the role of guide. She'd feel very because she knew what point out, ‘which direction to take, what not to miss. “Lead on 1 pro mise to be prep- erly impressed,” Tommy said. But call attention te, had not come to the big city to see the sights; he had come to see his irl. athe was not going to make the e he had before she had gone away. He would take no for granted, least of all Marcia. For she had changed, it was much mofe than that her skin. had lost its summer tan, that she was thinner. It was something a fellow couldn't put his finger on. But it was there. Tommy was increasingly aware of it during the days t There was never a i, a movement when are of this change ed to be properly + reminded him ve third and last day of Tom's 8 visit. They were sitting in the park, each willing to admit that is was good to take tume out from so much aadding about and just soak up some fresh ait and - “You haven't been at all. Say- The Great White, Way didn’t : tials Wad somethin “Well, | wouldn't want to back until this year is over “T'm talking about coming to stay.” Why must he talk a it? This wasn't the time y that. But this would be hi chanee. “I don't know.” Marcig knew was asking her much more. } wanted te baow what it that city te OfPe m% ot who it was that made her fee! L.. home, Elmwood, all the old : curity, was lost, perhaps foreves “You do know.” He was in sistent; his blue eyes intent on he IMS) averted, flushed face. "Why ax. ol it, Marcia? Why not tell yonaes N had not forbidden her tf tell Tommy. He had only ask her to be nice to him. acy And it was true, as Tommy ha! guessed—-how well he knew hte, was 96 th he Eas to wae it to foment, than Tommy, @s he ha «, sure I can.” She turne4 to look at him, Her brow eyes were distressed. “It's not just the eity; you'v) met someone. She nodded, swallowed, mae aged a faint yes. 1 much different. from “Matty your Can Street in Elmwood — only @ few) you tell "me a fi Nin. more lizhts! You hardly lboked-at| @bowt him, t Radio City and you didn’t ect dizzy | dike? His name? ‘ou'rene: ire State Towns, Ob, pum ang im the you say un- it's expecte arth you. Bat bho after all my ef- New York.” fort, that you like ashamed to tell, hd “His name is es Marcia said, Saying it, distress began to melt loved even his name. Tae tee a) |. PrEve. | DON'T BE TOO —MAVBE YOu D od HAVE A O¢TE Ww N THE HOUSE./ I'VE | LOOKED BVERYWHERE. FIP TACES TRL IMQ.o AND By Jose Salinas and Rod Reed BE A SUN DUEL ) T AT SUNDOWN ENOUGH... BETWEEN 8 _ YOU MEAN YOU aor 1TH HIM? TAT vat? AFTER GEENG HiMt aT T THERE Ww v T 1S, WE NEVUH MANY DET) T iROW OUT BEFO’ “It’s too gosh-d ig for me,” Tommy admitted is okay for he]a visit. But for a steady diet, give me Elmwood.” now why she had why jad had Ln secretive been sore, cones underpeath Murcia | happiness. It was not good ‘che heatedly.| things hidden. “He's an —- when, much | she went on, “He's about twent; she had five or six, He's dark, dark ha Times, ton, | and eyes, not so tall as yeu for on the place he had asked for us well Mad he changed, too? Wos more subdued, more in check, more grown-up? “I love New “You lopk very pretty yourself,” | knew she said shyly, suddenly feeling| There had be shy, almost strange with him. aa the city fas ‘Why, thank you, mis "a York!” bive eyes lingered on her = had hei poly Peluctant fo turn aside. He | held FE tora, s! And/|been terrified of it \were I was seared stiff you might| when it could be far far lonelier of stocky and, well, I gutsy not remember me.” than the country, a ltown. | ay a steel in “Silly!” Laughing with him, the} “I was afraid you'd like it so} Certainty it di sound strangeness was swept away. He| much you'd never ¥ to come | enough. Not nearly nough for s+ was the same old Tommy: he just| back.” he said things this person she ha felt sort of shy as she| “Oh, no, 1 Hy think | described had done to her, had, because it had been so long.| “Don't you know (Te be continued) ‘ Man Discovers Coal Mine In His Cellar ELMER EVANS, 32-year-old postal employee, peers at his wife, Eva, and his daughter, Belly Jean, from an abandoned coal mine under his house on Pottsville, Pa, main business street, which hz discovered while excavating to extend his cellar. The six-foot high tunnel which ex — tends for 150 feet was examined by still has @ good vein of coal. The tunnel is be- | lieved to be 100 years old. The entrance is only a few feet from the furnace, seen at left, Evans | does not think his house is in oe te in ony danger Evans and North. Atlantic Naval Command Organize Students | SRINAGAR, Kashmir Kashmir’s small, but | Communist party is = concen- | trating on the creation of cells }or pockets among Kashmir stu | dents Officials here said a procession of Sringar students against “the | British government's poliey in} Egypt” was Communist-domin- | inated, and blamed the same left- | | wing organizat for a student strike against higher tuition in | the state"s schools } ‘m—| well-knit | ‘Buffalo Meat ‘Dished Up CALGARY, Alta.—iA).—A dish | that tickled the palates of pio-/ neers is on the menu in Alberta | hotels for a few weeks. Custom- jers are eating buffalo roasts, | } | steaks and stews which came! | from animals killed in the recent; thinning-out of the buffalo herd | ot Elk Inland National Park iA Sergeant's Recovery | LONG BEACH Army , Sgt. Roger believes he owes . Haag, 2! his fife to BORDER LINE encioves the gene:al area included in the North Atlantic naval command of Admural Lynde B. McCormick, who Bibie, five pints of blood plasma| has been named as Supreme Allied Naval Commander of the and @ tape recording North Atlantic MeCormick”s command has been defined oF Hospitalization in Japan, the! the waters-from the North Pole to the Tropic of Cancer, ond sergeant was kept alive by plas- from the shores of North America w the continent of Europe. jms. But nurses reperted the Coast a ‘ pace tl el gee astal waters of the British Isles are not included. take medicine and yke to no inhinge Mpg ae | on spoke 1 89! town to his bedside. As he lis- tied nurses told him later that } As @ last resort a tape record. | tene¢ through carphones, & they knew then the biggest pert ing of his parents’ voices was smile opread face. Wor-' of their battle was over.