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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-07
HUGE SHARK WAS CAPTURED
THREE MILES OFF SAND KEY

" to land at Sand Key for a pic
mic but too much excitement pre-
vailed aboard the ship to even
think Of landing and no desire
was expressed by the ladies for
50 dong.
Many pictures were taken of
this fine catch by the spectators
who quickly gathered upon hear
ing Of the large shark Due TO
late arrival at the dock il was i'm
possible to bring the large fierce
hooking shark up and this was
left until the next morning when
movies were taken.
The party was composed of the
following kisitors to Key West;
DR.. and Mrs. ]. A. Riegei, St.
Crock Fal1s,s Wis; DR.. and Mrs.
Jalmer II. Simmons. Minneapolis,
MINI: Mr.. and Mrs. Carl E Ros-
enburg. Midtown. Wis: and Dr..
and Mrs. c. W. Johnson, Of Law
ton. Mich.
The members in this party
have travelled a great deal and
fishec1 in many waters but 20 say
the least have never before fish
ed such beautiful waters as found
al Sand KEY. All have expressed
themselves as being in love with
Key West and its people A mar
velous place TO spend your days.
A wonderful climate with plenty
Of good drinking water. Here are
found many things and eats that
are not found anywhere else Al
agreed that Kew West IS asfiser-
mans paradise and wish 70 getzrp
AGAIN r7QzT
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KEY WEST LOSES
CLOSE GAME To
POMPANO OUTFIT
LED BEAN PIcKERs UNTIL
FINAL QUARTER: WooDSoN
LEADING SCORER FOR To-
CAL FIVE

Key West High School Conchs.
after leading Pompano all the
way, were overhauled in the final
quarter and edged out 1917 in the
B division of the District Basket
ball Tournament held in Miami
Beach last weekend.
In the first quarter. Key West
got away to a 7-3 lead At the
half they were ahead 1873. In the
third quarter, however, the
Conchs scored but one point and
the Bean Pickers scored five
times for a 14-13 count. In the
final quarter Key West sank two
baskets and led by but a single
point. Pompano then dropped a
basket and went into a one-point
lead. The game ended with the
Conchs trying desperately to get
the ball down and win the game
The game was described as one
of the closest and best played in
the tournament. ]. v. Woodson
was high scorer for the Conchs
and Schoneck foIlow-up man.
Pompano turned in exactly the
same kind of game when it played
Key West here. Trailing until the
final quarter, they finally surged
ahead and led by a single point as
the final whistle blew with Key
West trying to sink the winning
basket.
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LEPERS WALKING
STREETS OF TEXAS

NEW YORK. March 7.-Lepers
walk the streets of some Texas
towns apparently uncared for. ?
according TO Dr. Victor G. Heiser.
author and president Of the Inter
national Leprosy Association
Heiser singled out Texas for
special criticism, stating that the
disease is spreading in that State,
which, he said. is one of the four
focal" leprosy States IN this
country. The other three States,
he said are Louisiana, Florida
and California
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lSPORTSAA}iS|}II
~K BY JOVE VA Il
ACEVED0 STARS WON AND TIED I'M
OPENING DOUBLEHEADER YESTERDAY

the ninth inning with the score
knOtted at eight-all- It was a free
hitting game, 25 safeties being
registered Lefty Rodriguez start
ed for the Stars and lasted six and
two-thifds innings. He was touch
ed for 10 hits and eight runs Nal
graf finished the game and allow
ed but one hit in the rest of the
contest Salinero pitched the full
game for the Sluggers, his first
since October 10 when he twirled
two innings against the Cuban
Navy.
At bat the leaders were Barcelo
with a homer and three singles in
four tries and a walk F. Acevedo
and A., Acevedo hit three out OF
five. For the Sluggers, NJ. Ace
vedo. Lucilo and SoldanO hit two
out Of four. In the field, A. Ace
vedo handled nine chances with
out a miscue. BarcelO also played
a very good game For the Slug
gers. Valdes handled IL chances
at short, NJ. Acevedo eight at third
without an error. Salgado and Al.
Rodriguez also played a good con-
test.
Score by innings: R. H E
Sluegers 100 OO4 300 8 II 1
Stars 100 100 30 8 IA 4
Batteries: Salinero and Sol
dano: Rodriguez, Malgrat and
Rueda.
Summary-Errors: B. Roberts,
Machin, Al. Acevedo, D. Lopez, J.
CarboneIl, Rueda: home run: Ace
vedo; two-base hits: F. Acevedo,
Lopez. Rueda; stolen bases: Luz
clio 2, NJ. Acevedo. Machin, A
Acevedo; sacrifice hit: Al. Ace
vedo; struck out: by Lefty Rod
riguez 4 (B. Roberts, Salinero 2,
Domenech1 By Malgrat 2 CValdes,
Roberts, by Salinero Rueda,
Malgrat, Nodine; bases on balls:
off Rodriguez 4, off MaIgrat 2, off
Salinero l; hit by pitchers: Dom
enech by Rodriguez, vaIdes and
Salinero by Malgrat; time of
game: 200: umpires. SevIila and
Griffin.
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A gentleman slipped On the
stair of a subway and started 70
slide down to the bottom Half
way. down. he coIlided with a
lady. knocking her down and the
two continued their way together.
After they had reached the
bottom the lady still dazed. con-
tinued TO SIT On the gentleman's
chest Looking up at her. he said
politely
I'm sorry. madam. but this IS
as far as I 60.
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Great excitement prevailed at
the Porter Dock last week when
Captain VIM. wickers, Jr., and
Mate Manuel Lopez docked their
ship Pilot One" and commenced
to unload their days catch.
This huge nine and one-half
foot hammerhead or push nose
shark. the largest fish Of the wear.
required an hour and fifteen
minutes 20 boat and the cornbin-
ed efforts Of Carl z. Rosenberg.
Captain VIM. Wickers. Jr.. Drs. J.
Riegel. J. Simmons. johnson and
Mate Lopez.
Carl Rosenburg became en-
tangled in the line and nearly
drawn overheard. Quick action
of others IN the party saved him
but not before he received a bad
leg burn.
Believe II OF not this fierce
man eater was not captured on
rod and reel bat on a line baited
for Jewish. This fish was not
the only large one caught nor did
the other big ones get away.
This prize catch also contained
another six-foot specfmen-a
shark. This fish also put up a
grand fight, the honor going 20
Or. ]. Riegel and his assistants.
Among the ladies the honor goes
90 Mrs. johnson who unassiSted
caught a three-foot shark.
The days catch contained
many more large fish such as bar
racudas. black groupers. mutton
fish and king ulsckereL
II was the intention of the par
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TO snAp NIGHT spEEpERs

Harrisburg. Pain order TO
make night driving safer and TO
eliminate speeders from the high
ways, a camera for photographing
licenses of speeding automobiles
will be installed soon in many Of
the Pennsylvania highway pa
trolls white ghost cars" The in
fra-red ray cameras are being de-
veloped by Capt Flavel II VIII
hams, retired naval officer and
fog camera expert
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Two young men had been be-
having in a disorderly manner al
a revival meeting, and the mis-
sioner asked them:
Why do you come 10 this
rneeting7"
To see miracles performed"
answered one Of them flippanfly
Whereupon they were summar-
lily elected We don't perform
miracles, explained the mission
CT, 'but-we cast out devils"
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Monroe County Baseball League
got off to flying start yesterday
afternoon at Army Barracks,
with Aeevedo Stars winning the
first game of the opening double
header from the Caraba11o Reds,
5 to 3, and tied the second game
with the Sluggers, 8 to 8.
Malgrat, for the Stars, pitched
a great game and famed is bat
tiers. Pete White twirled the first
two frames for the Reds
At bat the leaders were, A.
Acevedo, Barcelo and F. Acevedo
for the Stars, with two out of
four. Rodriguez and Gabriel
smacked two out of four for the
Reds.
In the field, D. Lopez, behind
the plate, handled IS putouts and
four assists. A. Acevedo handled
five chances without a rniscue.
For the Reds, Calleja and Cara
ballo played a great game IN the
field.
Score by innings: r. H. E
Reds - 900 002 100 3 8 5
Stars - 300 oil cox 8 l
Batteries: p. White. Gates, I.
Rodriguez; Malgrat and Lopez.
Summary-Errors: Barcelo, ].
CarboneH, Gabriel, Sweeting,
Arias. H. Gates; three-base hits:
A. Acevedo, Gabriel; two-base
hit: F. Aeevedo; stolen bases:
Machin, Molina 2, ]. Garcia, Ga
bfiel, l. Rodriguez. Sweeting;
double PLAYS: Caraballo (unassist-
ed), Gabriel to caraballo to Cal
leja. II. Gates to Calleja; struck
out: by White (Malgrat), by
Gates 4 (Machin, Lopez, Malgrat,
Nodinel, by Malgrat 16 (Sweeting
3. Caraballo 8, Gates 2, Molina 2,
]. Garcia. Rodriguez, Arias 2, Cal
leja, White); bases on balls: off
Gates 2, off Malgrat 1; hit by
pitcher. Nodine and. Malgrat by
Gates, ]. Garcia by Malgrat; sac
rifice hit: Al. Acevedo; time of
game: 80; umpire: c. Griffin.
The second game was called be
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WITH reference to Sir Hugh Al
lens statement that the piano :
fighting for It's life n the home
seainsf long odds. We can only say
that the one next door seems &c
have its back - the wail-Pt1ncFI
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PEOPLES FORUM

Editor. The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
Enclosed clipping was taken
from the Philadelphia Record (by
U. P.) of March End, 1888. This
IS a good advertisement for the
sunshine state of Florida so far as
informing northern tourists as TO
conditions in this state
There are a great many north
ern tourists knowing Of this con-
dition who VIII be afraid TO come
within many miles Of the states
quoted IN tins article.
What a pity the state Of Florida
does not have an efficient and
concientious board Of health. This
is a serious matter to the state Of
Florida, both physically and fl
nancially.
FRANK ]. RIEKER-
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ARRANGE FOR
LEAGUE SESSION

Next Tuesday night at 8 O'Clock
the Monroe County Baseball
League win meet at the San Car
los Hall. All managers and
league officials are urged TO at
tend
Matters Of pressing importance
will be discussed
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MONROE COUNTY
LEAGUE STANDING
FAsT sERvIcE ZOE sERUMs

Washington.-An aIrplane. own
ed BIZ a German pharmaceutical
company. situated at Leverkusen.
G@uanE, viii be used TO trans
m 70 INV point in Germany Sc
runs and trained personnel 20
80 efsdemics or other emergen-
cies. according to q recent an
notncemenf.
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MAsM<ss5z57s, q II

On lanes z POPE

To the casual thinker the over
flow of money In the banks may
seem a sure sign Of prosperity In
cOngruouS as this may seem II Is
just as harmful as too much
wheat IN the elevators, or too
much pork IN the storage plants.
Instead Of Indicating buying pow
CT It indicates lack Of buying
power You have 10 buy money
from banks just as you buy gro
ceries and hardware from the
stores There are not enough peo-
pie able to afford buying money
from the banks on the terms
bankers, as a rule demand
People 70 whom bankers would
willingly make loans are, broadly
speaking, persons who do not
need the money. Those who would
gladly accept the loans, and who
could do more constructive ex-
banding on a little borrowed
capital. are. manly, persons
classified by the bankers as poor
risks.
Some plan must be worked out
to aid both the banker with MS
too much money and the plain
honest citizen with, his need for
money. Since the two, ans seem
ingly unable 10 match demand
with supply, someone eies Flust.
turn the trick. And plainly, the
problem is hitched to distribution,
thus it becomes a national prob
lem
Roosevelt bears the historical
distinction. of being the first oecu-
pant of the White House to recOg-
nize old-age pensions as a moral
obligation of the u. S. govern
ment.
Had his administration brought
into existence nothing construc-
tive besides this, the name of
Franklin D Roosevelt would still
go down in history as that of a
great President, far-Seeing
statesman, an outstanding and
friendly helper Of mankind This
viii be remembered Of him long
after posterity forgets to remem-
Der him as either a Democrat or
a Republican Admitting that the
present Social Security Law is in
adequate and insufficient, and not
all who need and deserve pen
sions are getting pensions under
Il, and that the present set-up IS
not commensurate and not work
able IN many of the weaker or
more Indifferent states. it still
stands as a milestone IN human
progress and social achievement
in America
For one thing-and this IS i'm
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Character Sketch

A banquet. we believe. is a
snowy sort Of meal. where the
speaker eats a lot Of food he
doesn't want and then proceeds to
talk about something he doesn't
understand to a crowd Of people
who don't care 70 hear him.-Cap-
per's Weekly.
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Dizzy Dean accepts q big pay
slash from Cardinals as ne signs
for a reported SIT, 500.
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Objections 20 hymns because
they are emotional IS objection 70
music becsuse Il Is muxse.-The
Detroit Free Press
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Gomez and Ruffing sign with
Yanks for reported SI8,500 apiece
as their teammates open camp
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Public control of pulpwood cut
ting is imminent IN South. Fed
eral Forest Service official tells
Pulp and Paper Association
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Louis stops Mann in third round
20 keep world heavyweight title
as 10.000 attend at Garden.
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White House callers conclude
President favors -punp-priming
with self-hquidsfing projects
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4 centenarian m Germany =
said 10 live on onions atune Nat
urally he would be alone-Lon-
don Oofnion.
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. ssseaeeeeee6eeeeUe

ford After al. there M only -
hours IN each day-Punch.
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Foolscap paper was so called
because the watermark was orig
inally a testers cap and bells.
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Wives don1 ten their husbands
everything says Judge craw-
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Net In U. s. A.

II seems clear that parity does
not derive from the verb TO
pare -virginian-PlIot.
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The second game was called be
cause of darkness at the end of
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"What are yon dong II
Nettie beilosVed.

Between one and two" Jerry
said. 1T busted up couple of cars,
and bruised up Earl Jennings and
some others II was Roddy that did
it, but the pilot Teller got hurt the
worst"
where is he, in the hospital?"
Jerry nodded. Someone got an
ambulance and took him over to
Pochet. | Just heard someone say
that Roddy wouldn't even pay the
ambulance bill. Said ne hadn't or
dered it. You know, Asey | keep
hopin' there's a special little corner
of Hell all set apart for people like
Roddy Sometimes he's so dumb,
you wouldn't believe 1t. Sometimes
he Just scatters money. Then again
he's SO tight with five cents. you'd
IKE 10 sock him. And sly--say.
he's so-oh, damn those touristSl
Look. they're pullin' that other
wing apart
Asey Suggested that Jerry might
be able TO stop them, II he really
tried. ~
dispose so" Jerry said. Il s'pose
| could. If | put my mind to IL
would. IL 1t was anyone else's
plane. Somehow don't care about
Roddy's. | cant see how the towns
liable for any damage people do
We never asked him to lard his
plane here. We--say, | wonder ii
we could sue him for ohstruetsn
town highways
You could always try" Asey
said. @Whils you're at 1t. collect
parkin fees from aim. too You
got signs up sayin' that naore'n
one hour parkin is illegal. an that
planes been there for hours Nick
him. So the pilots in Pochet2 "
"YeS poor Teller" Jerry said.
Hell probly rot there before
Roddy takes any notice. He--are
you goin'9"
'Yup-" Asey picked up his paint
cans @You amt any idea. Jerry.
how many spots there is in this
town that needs \ little slappin'
up with paint
fcesyirRa 1888 eassss Nssas4 Fstst
Mere questions arise. tsmoFrow.
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Nouses
BY PHOEBE ATWOOD TAYLOR

TIE story So Par: Unscrmpulous
Marina LoTnp. iphoSe husbands pos,
Office mural has aroused Qnan0met
is murdered on left handed 6lotc
from her SISTERS KNIFE Suspected
Pam Frye disappears because an un-
kaoun person nho smokes Turtsisb
tobacco is trailing he4 10 dlscoDey the
Dhereabouts OF $50 900 north Of am
berQriS she found the day Of the niIT-
der Agreeable Tim Carr. bonrdeI
at the Frye's Octugon House. is left
handed, sgnolses Turkish tobacco. ana
hated MaTlndA Aseg Mayo. Cape Cod
detecttue. eagesdreps o ut 81 de the
Woutdns Exchange on oabby Metric
Hobbs tDho s1jeGrs Pam Is the nlur-
deTer Peggy Boone, an artist, tells
Nettie she is liar Then RoddgsSfTutf,
,Uhose plane. smashed in rfhe, square
the nighflbeIdres nkpsjNettie 10 keep
his name on. of her story
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BOYS SOFTBALL
LEAGUE BEGINS
VETERANS DEFEATED STARS
AZ YESTERDAY MORN.
ING AT PARK

The recently organized city
wide Boys Diamondball League
played its first game of a series
at Bayview Park field yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, with the
Veterans defeating the Park Stars
Az.
League was organized by the
W.P.A. Recreation Department
with Thomas Curry as president.
James jerks umpires the games
Local clubs are sppAspFlpg the
league BY fprnl,fs hRay 4 Y.
Age group of ylega boys is II
through rs years lhSy are play
ing the following round-robin
schedule -
Monday. June l3-ParkV Stars
VS.. Veterans (played).
Wednesday, June l5-Harris
School VS.. Boy Scout Troop So
Friday, June l7-Veterans VS..
Harris School.
Monday. June 20-Boy Scout
Troop vs. Park Stars.
Wednesday. June 22-Harris
School VS.. Troop 5.
Friday. June 24-Troop 50 VS..
Veterans.
Monday. June 27-Troop 50 VS..
Troop 5.
Wednesday. June 29--HaTris
School VS.. Park Stars
Friday. July Troop 5 IS Vet
Grams
Monday, July Park Stars VS..
Troop So
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Advertisements under this head
will be inserted in The Citizen at
the rate of lie a word for each in
sertion, but the minimum for the
first insertion in every instance is
25c.
Payment for classified adver-
tisements is Invariably in advance,
but regular advertisers with ledger
accounts may have their advertise
ments charged. 1i
Advertisers should give their
street address as well as their tele-
phone number if they desire re-
srlts.
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LEGALS

quarter (SwA of section Twen-
ty-nine (29) Township Sixty
t60) south range forty I4O)
East:
ALSO
ON the Island of Key Largo.
and is the South half (SE) OF
the northwest quarter (NWh)
of the northwest quarter (NWL)
Section Thirty-Two (32) Town
ship Sixty (s0) South Range
Forty t40) East. Twenty (90)
Acres. particularly described in
deed recorded in Book B4-32O
Monroe County, Florida. Public
Records. as follows, viz,
South half (Sls Of the north
west quarter tNWh) Of the
northwest quarter (NwA) Sec
tiOn ThiFty-Two (32) Township
Sixty 600 south range forty
(40) East;
the above lands will be by me of
fered for sale separate and viii D,
sold separately. parcel by parcel
Dated at Key West. Florida, Thu
9TH day of June, A. ID. 1898.
w CURRY HARRIS,
Special Master in Chancery
WILLIAM V. ALBURY.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
June 7-l4-2i-2s. 1913
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now has a grand total of 1853.
Pena following up with 81, and
Goss with 33.
William Gates hold on second
and third base leads was broken
Sunday. With 60 addition he
now has 1876 to lead at second
base. Bakers 20 and Al Ace
vedo's 81 follow.
At third, Baker goes ahead, Sc
curing 43 votes for a total of 1903.
Gates and G.. Acevedo are each
tied at 80, although Gates got but
five votes Sunday and Acevedo
90.
The favorite, Armando Ace
vedo, at shortstop, piled up the
largest number of votes for any
single position, 214 markers.
Mullins has SO.
In left field, G.. Garcia got AZ
more votes and now has 1876. Fol-
lowing him is M. Acevedo with
Is more for a total of 30. ]. Rob
eeirts has SO.
In center field, L. Gonzalez
continues to be the choice with SO
counters, in which is Sundays
sbl6c. 6f 10. G. Garcia's addition
of % brings him up to A, and M.
Acevedo adds 18 for a 70 total.
Is In the right garden, G. Ace
vedo is the choice with 90, Stan
ley following with 26, and Con
zalez with is.
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caTtire of thct plnne n hcndf,.ls
You'd think they never seen a plane
before Well. | don't care ! tried
to do my duty but nov I've gwen
up Asey what IN the name OF God
makes people act this Way2 What ;
that plane mean 10 en- anyhow?
II amt got q thing to Go with the
murder or the uiural
Well, Asey sat down beside
him. whats pickle lines got TO
do with things? Or flower holders
made out of old coffee tins2 But
people are buyin pickle lines an
cut-up coffee cans over at the Ex-
change. like this was the last
chance they had to buy en- IN this
world Jerry, what time last night
did this plane crasb?"
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The infield to represent Key
West on.sthe all-star teams COM
posed of Barcelo Id, William
Gates 2b, cheta Baker 3b and
Armando Acevedo SIS, worked
marvelously during the game, de-
spite the discouraging yells of
some of the lower-class baseball
fans along the thirdbase line,
whose pleasure it was to make
cracks at the players. This was
probably done because some of
their friends were not in the line
up. This column gives Roy Ham
lin, manager of the all-star club.
credit for leaving favoritism and
partiality out of his selections.
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Chapter IS
Ro,l.ly's Check

4 SEY was brought t, earth by
q Nettie's voice at his elbow.
what do you think you're do
ing?"
whats that?" Asey hastily put
on the gold trimmed glasses before
turning around. Whats that?"
What do you think you're do
ing?" Nettie raised her voice. and
Asey promptly took his cue.
what say?"
what are you doing?" Nettie
beloved.
"Paintin'," Asey said, gently.
Who told you to paint here?
What do you mean. trespassing
and defacing my property-get
an hefofe call thu constabIelv
sfsSlVlAtE Esay?" Asey asked
Whats that? I'm a mite hard of
hearin', marm." III
He made her repeat it five times,
and then he assumed an injured
expression.
@You mean. this amt the Red
Mems Hall?"
''It's the Woman's Exchangel"
Nettie yelled. The Woman's Ex-
change! Woman's Exchanged"
They do?" Asey said. Il want
to know, nov |"
you deaf old fool, this isn't the
Red Mems Hall, this is"
"Then If it amt the Red Mems
Hall" Asey peered down at her.
then you owe me fifty cents for
time, ar d quarter for paint. IN
make it sixty cents cash money"
Finally, from sheer exhaustion.
she gave him the sixty cents. Asey
pocketed it gravely. and removed
himself and his cans.
1t was no task to mingle with
the crowd until Nettie emerged
from the alley, and he could hard
ly have helped joining in with the
young mob that followed her up
the street to the bank.
Parking his paint cans on the
back doorstep. Asey strolled in
the banks rear door and knocked
on the glass of the presidents little
cubby hole. He had always won
dered why he had allowed him.
self 90 be made an honorary di-
rector of the banks main branch.
andspow. he thought as he waited.
he knew.