The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-05

Nes JeTciss fFSe,d FerdiNasd FyuH-
cis and Nan doggedly. continue
their investigations. ~
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Chapter So
MORE ABOUT ALiHls
"YxyELL7s said ferdinand IS they
~ turned out or the gate. =
Z doh't know. said Nan. Don't
talk tome scf 4 fifiie.s \
They DROVE fl silence along the
cliff road. Il was very Ahot. but
there was . breeze from the sea.
When thsg turned Inland. they lost
IL. ~ -1t-ss ssssssa -
!. what don't you know said
Ferdinand after d whiie In my
opinion It's always better to ten
what you know. ibecansa that's the
sort Of stuts that's likely to go sour
on YOU.
I'm going to tell you" said
Mar. .I'm uniy sorting trout. !. s. q Y
Wen. like To- lk4ow things
and when there isn't anything to
know I'm good It guessing. Did
you get anything but Of the beautf
full lady7 IsAxhs still -talkikss too
rAuch?s s "
yes. she IS.
Now that's vsry interesting. I'd
ike to know what siia talked
shout
.She tried to make me angry.
said Nan. s.She trieds to make me
Jealous: And then she tried TO
ffight1n mes MI 80 asa n
e9hhf's mot very original. Will
you tell me what .She szifg's y
Nan looked at the dusty hedge.
row sliding past.K little straw
had caashtS on the lowest branch
II an nTarhanging thor6Eres. Tie
shifting STALKS held tlis snri IS Rosa
MINDS hair had held II. e RssS.
a.What she said doesn't matter.
She wanted to make he think that
fhere aas~ someohs Isryis might
BE- WITH. She paused. and added.
Some woman. I told her she didn't
believe what she was trying to
make me. beiieye.s ''.'-a 4 ess =.
.Then. think, she was angry
but I'm not sure IL she was really
angry. She turned right round
and tried to make me believe that
Jervis--was drowned"
what did she say?" said Ferdi-
nand quickly.
Nan forced her voice.
"She said he'd had--cranp. She
said he'd had it--when he was bath.
ing-with her. She said--she'd had
Ito help him In"
'.I wish she'd said II to met"
'sWhy7" said Nan. j
$50 could tell whether she was
lying. rye had q lot h6f tlraclie6
telling whether people are lying
aOh. Il wasn't trusss aaid Man.
''Sure?" 81
She gave q half impatient nod.
.sYes-quits sure. I'm not Wor-I
ried about that--I'm worried about
why she said tim worried about
why she said any OF II"
Ferdinand looked at her.
you're frightened to death. Can't
you tell me about it?"
He had slowed the car to bare
ten miles an hour. She put her
hand to her cheek and pressed II
there.
"If she knows-anything--" She
paused.
aYsss'. said Ferdinand sncourag-
insly.
..she might-want--" She stop.
ped. iung her hand down in her
lap. and aaid In choked voice.
II can'tl"
aTry!"
eff they--if she--kneW-where he
was" She broke or again. "They
might want him to do something
They might let him &C II ne gave
them enough money--but II he
wouldn't--they could say--thsy had
always fthoaght--hs was--drowned."
She faced round on Ferdinand
and said passionately, "I'm wicked
TO think Q thing like that Tell
me I'm wicked, +. 81 Tell me It
couldn't be truel"
aNow when you say 'they'?" said
Ferdinand.
Leonard" said Nan-"Robert
Leonard and Rosamund."
Robert has got . topping abb.
It's q good seven miles from
Croyston to weare. and his ear was
In jeremiah Browns garage with
the cylinder head Oh. like to know.
about things. so collected that"
"de could hire carr
Not In Croyston.a
He might have borrowed one.-
said Nan.