The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 13, 1952, Page 6

Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, September 13, 1952 BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH NOT YET, UNK SNUFFY WAAL, UGHAID-- DID TIGER LIL GIT STARTED iBACK FER NEW YORK? I WANT UNCLE "MUSCLE” TO TELL ME WHAT HE WOULD LIKE FOR DINNER-~ HE EATS SO LITTLE OF WHAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE- WE WILL STAY HERE, WIMPY, AN! TRY TO I COLLECTED ALL| GENTLEMEN— THE VOTES FROM THE AUDIENCE! WHEN SHE STEPPED ON TH' SELF -STARTER THAR WUZ SOME ORETFUL SCREECHIN' NOISE ONDER TH' HOOD, @N' ---AN'=- MAYBE HE'D FEEL MORE AT HOME IF YOU'D PUT HIS PLATE ON THE FLOOR - POPEYE, YOUR GUIDE IS)] [THEY LOOK UIT MAY BE ALL RIGHT, USING FISH SCALES For 4 DARE SAY WE SHALL GET ONE —You WILL BE THE JUDGE —YOuR VOTES WILL PICK THE . BEAUTY QUEEN /— VLL_GET JAMES TO PHONE HIM- TO FIND OUT WHAT HE LIKES- SIX O'CLOCK! OKAY To ME! —— HEY, BOSS! THOSE DOPEY /HUMPH! THOSE GUYS FROM THE RANCH ARE RIDING THIS WAY SO WITH TH’ COUNT 3 AND 2 0. OZARK KID, TH’ EAGLES ARE J. STRIKE AWAY FROM TH PENNAN BUT WITH RONNERS 2, OM FIRST AND SECOND UGS HAVE TH SOFTIES WONT GIVE US ANY TROUBLE, THEYLL YES-I'M PHONING FOR MRS. JIGGS-WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR DINNER TONIGHT ?- WHAT ? THANK YOu. HATS! WATCH THE FIRE- WORICS WHEN THEY READ HE SAID HE'D LIKE ABOUT FOUR POUNDS OF CORNED BEEF SURROUNDED WITH CABBAGE - CAN You THINK OF ANYTHING BETTER TO KEEP OUT THE By Paul Robinson A FEW MOMENTS LATER TH POLICE CAR LANDS ETTA AT ‘.eBUT THERES ONE GENT WITH EM 10 WON'T BE EASY--/7S THE CISCO KID! ’ LC) “THERE 17 GOES = > LIKE A ROCKET, SG S LINED TO RIGHT- 1 0R WILL IT GO FOR »= CENTER FIELDER 4S DIGGING FOR > 4GAME-_< ENDING WESTPORT AP Newsfeatures Homer’ Hatten LAND. Fi G Chapter Six "THE SUN was high when Sally | '° pieces there was no alternative excep~ Dupré stretched, turned, and ANDRE lifted the slender de-| dodged around him, slipped fina’ reluctantly, opened her|/\ canter, filling his glass to the| through the open door, and ran eyes the next morning to look up at the rich yellow silk canopy that ig over the great four- d where she lay. ling the night before, she! he had taken and now his vision} p ntly down the hall. é grunted in satisfaction i candle so the light d in_a wider circle room. Regan was on a let of rags and blankets beside brim with the pale golden bour-| bon Colonel Masterson had sen! them from Indian Rock. He had not meant to fill it quite so full, but it was the third such glassful} s reluctantly aware that Blaine} pjurred a little when he looked| the w. He was on his back y had suddenly taken on} at anything too closely. portance in her eyes. The of his shoulders, the ng of his walk, and the reck-| in his eyes had left her ec and ill at ease, half-| wn toward him, half repelled htened by the very male- hat attracted her. Weill, time would tell, and in for Westport. André was to fol- low on the Natchez, which sailed time there was fhe question Je yoods and all the other nec- s that must be supplied be- they coule turn their faces along the trail. ent as whi or servants. PICTURES AND TEXT TELL OF OLDEN DAYS HERE AND DRY TORTUGAS An 81 year old series of articles | on the Florida Keys has been sent |to The Citizen and will be acquired | for public perusal by the Key West Art and Historical Society. | : eries of articles “Along the } | Reef” ran in Harper’s zine in 1871 in the issues of | | February, March, April and May. \In addition an 1859 article called | “Wrecking on the Florida Keys” has been made available. 1 articles came to The Citizen Morgan Cunnington, New City who says that he sells ideas for feature stories and clip- pings about historical subjects for newspapers. The Citizen informed Joe Allen, President of the Histor- ical Society of the articles. He promptly said the Society would like them Filled with oldtime engravings St fisherman, hurr lor, now a ruin at se, Fort Jefferson, monument, Indian nd a pinapple clearing on zo the articles are rich in i romantic writing formerly spelt Vaca was Key has not change rs. | the -neantime there were things] Natchez, André thought with sat- to be done. Regan was hidden} istaction, he’d be rid of all thi away in a back room on the third! namby-pamby existence he’d had| ing it to tip and droop until the floor, his face and hands coated] to endure the past year. Just let| hot tallow ran swiftly across the with grease and a Negro sitting| him get his hands on old Meisen-| base of the candlestick and fell across the room with a long horse} dorf's_ money, and Sally could] like molten lava on the cheek of pistol ready to his hand. Blaine| have her house on the hill and| th had gone back to his tavern, and| her darkies in white coats and this afternoon at four he would/her precious gentlemen. But, by fulne: catch the northbound steamboat} God, she’d have them without to St. Louis so that he might settle| him. Once the money was in his| Dr his affairs there before they left| pockets, he was going back to| flaming candle blazing tomorrow at midnight, but in the| woman who wouldn’t snarl and|h ssembling the money that] against the reckless, foot-loose would be needed to pay for horses| ways of life he'd always known.| ment he lifted his shoulders from a wagons and ammunition and| She and Regan could sit here and| the bed of rags and twisted to- e frowned, considering the} Lurchin; Antique Articles On Keys To Be Acquired By K.W, ‘Art & Historical Society fs Key West Guard left arm was thrown acr s face, twitching a little as he slept. Dupré moved across the room d above the sleeping t forward to see him r, the candle describing un- In less than six hours, at mid- night, he would be aboard Natchez and on his way to W port. His money belt lay fil ready on the chest of draw bulging with crisp Dixie notes and with the precious map that would|s ae attempted to lead him to Meisendorf’s cache.} with an out- As soon as he boarded the et arm. Standing so, intent pon the man sprawled before him, he forgot the candle, allow- e sleeping man. Catapulted into sudden wake- by the hot tallow, Regan himself upright, saw Du- leering face above him, the in his Mobile and find a woman with|hand, and abruptly, savagely, some warmth in her veins—a| went berserk as it flashed across | evered mind that Dupré had and fight| come to renew the torture. rotest and y With a sudden convulsive move- argue wait until the cows came home| ward Dupré, clutching at Dupré's as far as he was concerned. knees as he rolled. The weight Regan! By God, he'd have a last| and unexpectedness of the attack look at Regan before he left.) brought Dupré sprawling across a little, he picked up|him, and with almost animal the candle that had been sitting} quickness Regan gathered his legs on the table and started toward] beneath him, rose to his knees, the hall. It was barely dusk, but} and sent Dupré flying backward were due on the house, and it had| the third-floor storeroom where] across the room. left them in perilously shallow fi-| Regan was hidden had only a few h nancial straits. Of course, there}small windows and he would|knocked out of Dupré’s hand the money that was/| need a light to see. ly displayed on the! The gambling tables, but there could|leaped to his feet as Dupré en-|rags and blankets that had been be no question of using that, It| tered the room, the long barrel of| Regan’s bed. Slowly, almost hesi- as vital a part of the estab-| the horse pistol half lifted before| tantly, the tiny flames began to or cards or| he saw who it was. till, they could ‘ : 1 ly contrive to raise two| downstairs to my room and help| their edge, seeming almost to die thousand dollars and perhaps a} Cudjo pack my things. Got a lit-| and then moving forward again little more. It was none too much,| tle business with my friend Mr.|as a stray wisp of wind stirred but it would have to do. They| Regan. Little matter I want to) them into life. were committed to the affair now;! discuss with him.” The candlestick had been when he fell, and now it lay on Negro who was on watch|the rough, inflammable pile of lick at the edge of the blankets, “Get out!” he said thickly. “Go| advancing and retreating along (To be continued} "SY Legion Sets Goal Of 1,000 New Members ' Of Honor Plans Outing For Sunday Plans for the 1953 membership drive of Arthur Sawyer Post No, 28, American Legion, were discuss- t Oo RUM ed at the regular meeting on Wed- nesday evening. Ist. Vice Com- (These questions were selected | mander Norman Kranich, Chair- from those often asked of the local |man — Membership Committee rent office. If you have a question j outlined the details of the drive. about the rent’ stabilization pro | Vice Commander Kranich stated gram address it to: that a goal of 1000 members for Area Rent Office, 216 Federal | 1953 has been set. An active cam- Building, Key West, Florida paign for members will get under- Question: My colored tenant | Wa immediately with prizes being . if ity | Offered each month to the member wants me to install electricity lige s in the house he rents. The pre- securing the most members and a gaat vent is ak enough ‘op wake grand prize being offered at the E : end of the contest, rant the expense. Would I be | ep oa entitled to an increase in max- | Robert C. Sheldon, Chairman — tif I wire this unit? | House Committee, announced that A oe ne ea hina ps , | entertainment would be provided at nswer: J : 7 2 the Legion Club each Friday and Frank Young and orchestra. before work begins, if you have | ; . S fiiiyiaccuKis etimaienel (a ee se y - m West Guard of Honor has arranged the expense ai You will) an outing for Sunday, September te ee ficient increase | 4th beginning at 9 a.m. at Bahla © amortize reasona Peas Ray penditure for this work in a Siasapden Vance C. Stirrup a» fair length of time plus addi-| pounced that the joint installation onset nae a ae aetheree by Marathon Post 154 and Taver- ditional investment, nier Post 145 would be conducted Question: Astras moved into the} 4¢ sarathon on Saturday, Septem- apartmen how occupy MY |ber 20th at 8 pm. 10th District landlord told me it was not un-; 1 Frank Romaguera der rent controls. Since then I'| wiij be the installing officer assist- have lear A through Your | eq by the Key West Guard of Hon- question and answer column! 9, that it is. Does this mean that{ The follo my ord is os oe | men were named rape. Norman Kra y, violated the requi John M. Stewart Membership — Child Welfare = Finanee — Beth- Answer: Y “The keys upon the Florida | Reef are wholly exempt from | frost... The keys of the reef are never visited with @ temperatur: in summer, above 92 degrees. Twice only in eight years was the mercury above 90 degrees. it averages 87 degrees. In winter the average temperature is about 70 degrees.” The prison Jefferson of the rent laws that he sh 1 son; G his copy of the registration Visiting — James statement to each new tenant ry J. Metzger; and that he have the new tenant | Biood Ba ort M. Daniels; sign the statement on the t Antonio uard of Honor — Baseball — was named to se Committee to Septem- e group wn as the dynm m your {te from sTRONG ARM BRAND COPFEQ Triumph Cottee Mill ALL GRocers LT J