The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-16
FOR CRYIN'
OUT LOUD
By CHARLES c. MENDOZA

but the one was eating the other
day induced fiend from Hell to
approach me. Being prepared for
all eventualities I wasn't overly
alarmed. / merely continued to
MUNICH on the cake as if an oc-
curance of this nature was but
vicissitude within the realm of hui.
man expectations.
The locale, after all, might have
been bit conducive to a meeting
of this sort. The idea of eating
lunch in the graveyard had oc-
CURED to me when / had o6ser-
we'd two horses peacefully grazing
there on. the rank grass that covers
most of the graves. Surely, I had
thought to myself, if horses are
permitted to Craze here there
should be no objection if humble
worker like myself makes use of
the shade provided by some of the
trees that stand in silent vigilance
over some of the tombS.
1t was in this setting that the
fiend accosted me.
What a devilish odor," he said
pointed to the devils food cake, 81
wonder if you would be so kind as
to share it with me. may be able
to do you good turn some day."
Gladly" / said, ''but sincere
ly hope that the turn to which you
refer isn't while l am on a spit
over the hot coal in Hades."
The fiend smiled ingratiatingly.
"You mortals nave quaint ideas
about our culture. We really are
not as wicked as we are pictured
by some evangelists. The fact
should be recalled that we are but
fallen angels" He offered me
this bit of wisdom while reaching
for the piece of cake I was handing
to him.
"Tell me-" | said, "are you the
only ambassador from Hades in
Key West?"
Definitely not" he said while
taking a great bite OF the cake
with his tuSks, 81 was but recent
ly assigned to the graveyard here
after Satan had read in the Key
West Citizen of the many strange
activities that take place in this
metropolis. There are many more
fiends in Key West admirably sit.
uated. Many of them in the guise
of human beings. Tie fact is that
/ am disguised as q mortal also
but you have been able to peile-
trate it because of that devilish
concoction you are eating. Your
wife must be hep to fiendish prac-
tees"
Naturally" replied, "she has
learned much in her thirteen
years Of constant association with
me. She repeatedly tells me that
! always rush in where angels fear
to tread"
$50" remarked the fiend sage.
", "that explains a great deal.
Your wife is thriee-blessed. Having
already experienced q great deal
Of he'll on earth, she is welI.pre-
pared to overcome those obstacles
that seek to bar her from the
blessed realm"
Don't talk that way" / said
Grossly. II do not believe in di-
vorce."
20, nothing so dramatic as di-
vorce," replied the devil smooth
". "The fact is you no longer Of
fer an obstacle 10 your wife. She
figured you out and overcame you
after the first year Of marriage. II
is easy to see that you have no
understanding of women.
II guess you have" replied
heatedly. IF you know so dang
much why do you have TO hang
around q graveyard?"
TO study q social problem =
the fiend said nonchaIantly. .sFi-
ends always intrude where there
are problems Of great social signi-
ficance. For example, we have
select fends studying the City and
County officials. We have reason TO
believe that these men should be
investigated in order to learn
what their motivations may be.
That Is. If they arc serving the
people they represent or II they
are merely serving themselves or
acting as stooges.
%" I said Mortified. you're
not implying that We may have
reds or 'pinkos' In our local
government"
The fiend laughed. chose coIors
aren't prominent al al Ii the pic.
tare Of things ID Key West. What
sc fiends are Concerned with are
the .greenies.
The greenieS. . gasped. what
In the world are greenies"
MY but you are thick above TIE
ears. replied the fiend. aGreenIea
are those who worship 81 Ire
shrine q Mamnoz. In ether words
lovers II grsenbacks. Everytine ! |
greene sees greenhaek he
loses contact with hananaty. II il
q fysEhffal afFlscsins
.Please." ! shuddefea s'Dnas /
tel ne that there sTe sgreenies@
in Key Wexss~
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