The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1953, Page 7

’ i | | urday running around town, buying My husband will always provide handsome suburban home. The eld-| up copies of The Citizen. for me. est, ten years old, has a part-time Ever follow the theme of a pop- Husband: Yes, I have plenty of job. He helps our hero watch his ular song to the conclusion it sug- Money. _. {mother's house. The roof of the gests? Try it sometime. You'll!’ Wife: And I can have half of it, tar-paper shack leaks worse than shudder at the results. can’t I, dear? jever. For example, try “I'm Walking Behind You.” Unfortunately, it’s still on juke boxes in some of our saloons. Here is a young man, ac- WATER out his checkbook and Husband: Certainly. (He takes Thus the years slip away. The writes a'wife is a charming white‘haired check for $5,000,000.) Here you are,|matron. She entertains the garden | honey lamb. club and otherwise takes an in- Wife (tucks check in bosom of terest in civic affairs. She is an by DENIS SNEIGR George Stevenson, of the Retail|Janthina, commonly called the vio- Credit Co., phoned to give us the let snail. name of those shells we mentioned, They live on the surface of the last week. Stevenson, who lives at ocean, many miles from land. 1529 Von Phister, says they are These snails keep themselves a- cording to the song, who has lost her dress): The first thing in the ex-president and a sustaining mem- jthe girl of his dreams. She wishes morning, will you have the check ber of the local Junior League. The ‘Bo part of him, She is marrying certified, dear? jehildren have graduated from col- someone else. However, despite’ Hero: Maybe the bank’s still/ege and are raising lovely fam- jthe legal contract she has made open now. ilies of their own. Her husband has | with some other fathead, he sings, Husband: So you see, Hollings-|$22:000,000 in his bank account, to her that no matter what ap- worth, ‘she will always have plenty! Across the winding Toad, our pens—A-bombs, bill collectors, de- te eat. (He pulls a chicken salad Det? still keeps vigil in his tar- cency committees — he will always ; ~———- float by an air sac. Sometimes pe sulking behind her. WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Chilt--2n’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER} 118 Duval St. ithey are wased ashore. If you poke lone of them, it discharges a parple uid. These did. j ! There's a rumor floating around: town that Rene Emory, the five- foot, three-inch girl who caught a | six-foot, seven-inch sail fish, bought! 500 copies of The Key West Citi-! The story about her sailfish ap- |peared in this space last Friday, |The rumor mongers, her close | | Friday afternoon and all day Sat-, He promises that if she ever) needs assistance, he will immedi-| ately become as busy as a two-| headed politician on election eve,| solving all her problems. That's where the song stops, But we don’t, Let’s see what this guy| would do if he kept his singing} promises.» When the happy couple leave for, sdndvich from, ble pecal and of- Paper shack, Maybe something fers it to his wife. She takes it,) The scene shifts to a handsome suburban home. The time is one wations in the stock market, the’ husband quickly picked up andther $5,000,000 to replace the sum he gave his wife. He always liked to keep at least $10,000,00 in his bank account. The wife is busy running the happy household with a bounti- their honeymoon retreat, a sqanky|ful and efficient hand. seaside hotel, our hero is on the} them, That evening the newlyweds are strolling through the lush grounds of the hotel. A brilliant full moon Across the winding road from Diet 2.6262 | friends, no doubt, claim she spent **™¢ train, ut in acar behind/her handsome suburban home is a weedgrown lot. With the last of his |to follow her around) our hero! bought the lot. He lives in a one- year later. By some clever manip-! savings (he had to give up his job aio climbs slowly up out of the sea,/room shack which he built, Al- | throwing a shimmering path of sil-/though the sack is covered with ver across the tossing waves. Palm|a good grade of tar paper, the roof .trees nod pleasantly to each other. leaks. |The newl$weds walk hand in hand.| Day and night our hero keeps Our hero lurks behind them, dart-|Vigil, watching the home across’ ing from tree to tree, hiding be-/the road. When the wife drives to hind bushes as he shadows tem. the village for groceries, our hero Finally, the husband and wife turn|bicycles behind the car. Always he and confront him. jhopes something will go wrong. Husband: See here, Hollings. Maybe her car will have a flat *Pworth, we'd appreciate it if you'd tire. Maybe @ speeding train will stop those gumshoe tactics. jhit her car at the crossing. But the Guaranteed PURE For Home or Commercial Use... 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Yes, Hollingsworth, please, -stopefollowing behind. | | Hego: But I gotta, I promised. | Wife:-Ch, Hollingsworth, why did you Bing that song to me? ‘Beto: Tt was popular at the time, Husband: So were you. But all tires are guaranteed puncture proof, jand the trains always stop to let jher car across. Her husband owns ja lot of railroad stock. | When the wife steps into the yard |to hang a few things she has rinsed jut, our hero creeps across the \toad and watches her as he hides will go wrong, he mumbles. May- be she won't be re-elected presi-| dent of the garden club. He now has a long white beard, When the chauffeur drives her to the village for grocries, our hero follows be- hind in his wheelchair. Years of living in the leaky tar-paper shack have given him. rheumatism. More years fade into the past and, like all things, this must end. | At the age of 108, the dies, ‘With his beard whipping ovtr his shoulder, our hero wheels himself along behind the funeral proces- in. | “Heh, Heh, eh,” he cackles as he bowls along. “I knew something would finally go wrong.” RECORD BIRTHS JACKSONVILLE (# — The State |Board of Health says 8,297 births] were recorded in October, more than in any other month of record keeping. . cara, alee died at the geome. Its)was Robert E. Carpenter of Boon- ow Causes Crash carcass was found 85 feet from/ton, N. J, He also was critically {the smashed autos. jburt. ELK CITY, Okla. @ — A cow, The victim was Mrs, — Eliza-| strayed onto U.S. Highway 66 fourjbeth Giles, 34, of Hawthorne, WANTED miles east of here last night and|Calif. She died instantly. Her go.| WILBER old the |7e2"-0ld husband Charles and their NEWPORT, Vi | two cars, swerving to avo we young children were injured found ad in Daily Express pee head on killing 2 critically simply says: “If any one finds The other driver, riding alone, Wilber, please notify Dudley.” r—A lost and THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 7 ‘The cow, struck by one of the! Friday, December 18, 1953 GLOVE LEATHER © Colorfully Hand Beaded © Hand Laced ® Thick Sponge Insoles ® Cream © Red ® Black ADD 15c for MAIL ORDERS State color and size. Indoors and Outdoor Wear! Feel Free To Use Our Layaway Plan |CITIZEN WANT ADs PAY OFF that has changed. So stop following the mimosa bush. Maybe us, cee will choke on a clothespin or Hero: I can't, I gotta follow be-|&# least break a tooth on one. May- hind her. Something might go/be the clothesline will break. May- | Husband: What could go wrong? |e giplanstay x ANSBANG give | Hero: Maybe you won’t buy her lavish croquet parties. 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