The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-13

Shoot" invited Bill Steele.
lighting a cigarette.
Nov listen carefully Accord
ing to the bridge-table set-up,
I'm North, VANS South, Bill is
East and Jumbo's West. Is that
right?"
seWhat bump of localityl What
a sense of directionl"
Tacks raised his voice. 'Hey,
Gust Bring me telephone direc-
tory, will your"
North, South, East, West
NOV, look!" Tacks said, when
IN Gus had brought the book.
''In here you'll find people named
North, South. East and West"
THAT all?" said Van. No
Smiths? No Joneses?"
Tacks looked at him in a panied
way. There are times well
since you're doing so much talking,
Van, we'll use you as horrible
example. You're South here. Now
what you've got to do is to look
in this book, pick out some girl
whose name in South, get to know
her and one month from today
bring her down to dinner at my
Uncle Dicks place on Long Island.
Simple enough, eh?"
Harkness's jaw dropped.
"Wh-a-at?"
"You heard me. Girl named
South, Long Island"
"Rut what's the point?"
"The point is, = said Tacks, @that
while you're doing that Jumbo
here, who's West, will be making
time with some girl named West
who'll be picked at random from
the phone book. He'll also be re-
quired to produce her at my Uncle
Dicks place. Similarly, must
show up with a Miss North. Or
even q Mrs. North gets by. And
Bills got to find himself some neat
Miss East. Get it?"
"Yeah," Van said. 81 get IL. But
what of it? Say we do get hold Of
these unknown women. ] still don't
see the point"
"Just this" Tacks told him
calmly. ITO add little spice to
this game, anybody who fails to
produce his Miss East or West or
what have you one month from
| tonight, forfeits one thousand
bucks and the rest of US split il.
II nobody has to forfeit--well, we
just have the fun Of the thing and
a swell party at the end Of IL, that's
all" He broke of, his eyes shining.
sHow about it? Didn't I say it'd
take nerve and cleverness. There
might be q bit of adventure in it,
too. And by our own statements.
we're all bored to death"
There was moment Of silence.
Then:
Deal me out Of it, Bill Steele
said. I've got an understanding
with q girl in sunny California"
Looks like a cinch to me-" said
Hardness. Never heard Of girl
yet who wouldn't 60 for dinner
like a hound after a rabbit"
wait upl" said Tacks. You
can't tell the girl about the dinner.
That'H be against the rules. What
you'll have to do is date the girl
up for that night without letting
her know where you're taking her.
See? This things q test Of in
genuity. We're all going to be on
our honor not to give the show
away to the girls"
@But what are we going to tell
them2" Jumbo demanded.
II don't know, said Tacks.
That's where each guy has to
draw on bis own resources. A
moment ago Van said this was q
einch. I disagree. Somehow we
have to meet these girls and get to
know them wen enough to have
dates with them. It sounds easy,
but wait till you try" He Tipped
the pages Of the phone book. Tor
instance. here's Miss Margery
North West 177th Street. Got
any ideas on how I'd 60 about
meeting Miss Margery North?n
mot one, said Jumbo. "Un-
less. you rang her doorbell and
said: Hi, beautiful I'm Tacks
Adams. Put il there
aAnd what would she do then2n
@CaH the police u she had q
brain in her head
Well. said Tacks. maybe she
would. But you see the poSsibi lities
of this thing, don't y0u2 It's got
what the movies call the lure Of
| the unknown. Who knows whatsll
happen to rs? We might get jailed
or shot or married or-or any
| thinRls