The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1952, Page 7

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A PERSON IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS. WED BETTER BE GOING, y RED FLOWER. ,»—7//| YY A GREAT CATCH nAS AND A GREATER THROWS NOW TH BUG. GET A CHANCE , TO SCORE { SOME RUNS 7 Tuesday, May 13, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page? F) | DOOMROCK f & Pe. Chapter 20 ELIX Tarson had watched the arrival of Melody in town, her visit to the law office and her sub- sequent departure, Not until she had started back for the ranch did he venture to call on the colonel. “Well?” he asked, without pre- amble. The colonel rubbed his hands together unctuously. “She is not only willing, but anxious, to cooperate,” he nodded. “I dropped various hints which will, I trust, bear fruit.” Felix nodded, turned and went out to the street again. For a mo- ment he hesitated. Then, delib- erately, he headed for the dress- making shop of Nancy Neilson. She was busy at her sewing- machine as he pushed open the door, For a moment there was a startled expression on her face as she looked up, but he saw, as he had hoped, that the shop was empty of customers. “Is there something that I can do for you, Mr. Tarson?” she asked. Felix helped himself to a chair, sprawling negligently. It was funny, he thought, that he’d never before noticed how really pretty Nancy Neilson was. “I want to have a talk with you, Nancy,” he said. “Sit down. And you used te call me Felix.” Nancy hesitated, then resumed her own chair. She looked unde- cided. “I don't like to talk about some things,” Felix added, and hesi- tated as a sudden, completely new and startling idea leaped, unbid- den, into his mind. For a mo- ment he considered it, talking mechanically. T reckon you were pretty much hurt, Nancy—the deal Steve gave you,” he added. “It was raw. But, so far as I’m concerned at least, it has some good connected with it. The fact is, I figured Steve had the right of way around here, so I stayed away. Now that he’s out of it—well, that gives me the right to come around.” Nancy caught her breath. The implication of his words was BY ARCHIE JOSCELYN to her. “Like I say, I've kept clear where it seemed the field was closed,” Felix went on. “Folks have remarked that I never went out with any girls. Under the cir- cumstances, I didn’t want to. But —well, I’m being sere crude and blunt about all this, I guess, and abrupt, aye ae what I’m do- ing Nancy, is ing you to marry He We can wait a while, if you e.” “This is rather sudden,” she said. “When diti you think of it, Felix—after you came in here?” Felix stared, his jaw slack for a moment. Here was unlooked for insight as well as beauty. Maybe he had really been over- looking something. “Don't you believe what I just told you, Nancy?” he demanded. “No, I don’t believe you,” she retorted. “I know the Tarsons aan well. You're not like Matt, but if you'd really been interested in me, you'd have tried your luck before now.” | FWELIX’S interest was growing. The idea had been new, seem- ing to promise to pay off if he could put it over. Now he found | himself thinking of Nancy, Neil- son as a human being, and rather more than just a girl. He grinned disarmingly. “It sort of strikes me that both of us have been some mistaken |about each other,” he said. “May- be I made a mistake. But I did figure it wouldn't do me any good to come around. I see I was mis- | taken where Steve was concerned. Kind of a blow to your pride, I suppose, the way he did things, same as it was to Matt’s. But it was just your pride, wasn't it— not your heart?” | .“I think you're pretty well right, there,” she agreed. “I'm sure glad it was that way, Felix declared. “For I meant Nancy. How about marryin’ me “What you really want of me, Felix, is something which I'm | supposed to have—but don’t. Ev- erybody thinks that I contr>’ the jcompany that holds the Mortgage jon Diamond R. You came in here |in the first place to ask me about clear enough, but this side o: his' that. Then you decided that it HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS | HOLLYWOOD (®—Should movie | ice their political opinions | This question is aga cussed in film circles important election year. up recently when Red Skelton was criticized for anti - Truman jokes on his television show. Skelton fee! re is no harm in eracks politicia 1 comic, Bob Hor view. He once told r “When you face all kinds of au bound to re sides in polit your public to re People’s Forum a wri ompany letters will be published un- lens reqaested otherwise, CORRECTION Editor, The Citizen: I would like to make a correc tion on an article in your May 8 ssue of The Citizen. In the le about “Le Roy McDowell Given Promotion” his given name Le Roy” and not Leroy ublished. Also, he wa promoted to “2nd Class” Elec trician Mate and not “Third Class” as was published. Please make these @rrections. | Thank you, MRS. LeROY C. McDOWELL. paper that was “3rd Class.” notion rn spoke for Wallace and ey Bogart campaigned for Truman in the last presid al race. Neither seems to have been hurt by it Young: ‘‘He is bound to hu popularity with those of th pe c an actor's opir y effect in a if they don’t sway o elp by throwi behir candidate by his backers.” nature was a complete surprise!might be a simpler deal if you could g! you—on the So I don’t 5 the com nt. But badly disappointed. I a anything whatever to that mortgage. If 1 did, I all certain that I'd co you. But s: I lieves you of der the circumstance: Irs you wouldn't be at all interested im marrying me.” She finished, proud ing back to her mac her back squarely on n. to her mind, closed the intervi Felix came awkwardly to ¢ feet, then stood for a fumbling his hat, unce: to do or say. With sud of insight to equal her o looked about the litt ing it with new e cheerful and plea: stock of goods was small and poo Here was no evidence of wi ne plaything for an idle mome le had believed that she o trolled that mortgage, through company which was suppc t own it. Since she did not—th she probably had no real mi anywhere, no heritage at all the pitifully meagre amount which had enabled her to b this shop and make a ba from it. She had been too p pay his creditors, rom being rich, she was 4 ately poor. Felix stared at her with a strange look in his eyes. Then, still awkwardly, he crossed and touched her, almost fearfully, on the shoulder. “You had me sized up right, all the way, Nancy,” h fi h wanted. y, I was 4 i than I knew. I don’t need money —the Tarsons have plenty now. But I've found that there’s some- thing I do need. Pll be comin’ back —and I hope u'll think that over, what I said. It still goes. 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