The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-19
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BY FRANK Q. PAcKARn

a.. - j below In the power house
so you do not need any more moz
here. Bouchard IL not surs. but b
thinks there may be some way 10 rel
out Of the power houas frcn, down
below. So Dollaire ii puttlna some
OF the boys on guard amongst the
trees all the way down to the river
on both sides of the power house
You understand. eh?"
/ "Sure!" approved Christophe
tersely. "And then Dollaire and the
rest smash In the power-hcusa door,
eh7 What did tell you, Baptiste?
That Dollaire. there, he IL like the
Eox!"
Let Paul talk. " grunted Baptists.
HE Is not through yeti"
NO." said Paul. Listen! when
Dollaire and the rest Of ID creep
up to the power house. and just as
we rush the door. Dollaire will sAYe
a shot or two. When they hear that,
the two men in the clubhouse will
come running out. and"
"Damn!" Baptiste swore gFittily.
They will not run far!''
That ID the reason you are here"
Paul chuckled evilly. every veil,
when you are sure they VIII not run
far. you. Christophe. viii &c with
the boys that are on guard amongst
the trees on the riGhthand side
and you, Bsntistss you will 90 te, the
left side. That Il Whera we VIII
need good shots Il the rat trap has q
hole IN It That's ell. II two or TIRES:
minutes now-aS 5000 as Yget back
to Dollaireand then II viii be. .
big night"
The man Vas gone,
IN WILL take the one that comssI
4 out Hrst," announced Baptists
gruHIy.
Good" agreed christophe. "Thatl
Is all right for me"
Collins eyes roYed in hunted way
around the clearing. Queer theI
shapes and movements that the
trees took on In the moonlight! No.
not treesI Those weren't trees
they were crouched forms Of men
moving swiftly out from the edge
OF the trees and heading tcwardsl
the power house. There seemed to-
be q great many Of them. I. 4
Lazarre! The ahysmai irony 0k itl
a chill horror gTipped &C bis heart.
He had not come here to warn La
zarre--he had come here to see La. |
zarre die. Over thers---as Lazarrs
stepped out on the veranda. sXl
marks the spot" Savagerys tore at
Collins soul. What made him think
Of that? Like some reproduction Of
the scene where the butchery took |
place, and the body
A shot rang out from the direc.i
ton Of the power house pothsr,-- (,
and still another. Colin felt the blood
drain from his face as HIS eyes Axed |
again on the front door Of the club. |
house. He did not want to look.
but be could not drag his eyAb sway
now from that door.
Systematically he was aware that
the two men had moved out into the
clearing and subconsciousIy he was
aware that there was movement.
noise. turmoil ii front Of the power
house-but his eyes. did not leave
the clubhouse door.
The door was suddenly Auhg open.
The light from the interior stfeanied
out and made q path across the W
randa. Framed IN the doorway stood
q tall. fair-haired man. Collins brain
became on the instant strangely
clear. strangely incisive. I'D though
It were something that waA no part
Of himself. but was 40 Q machine
which. though Il functionad with
precision. was immune from emo.
tion.
That was not LaEaIre. That was
Kenniston. LaEarre was dark. That
was Lazarrs standing there In his
shirt sleeves on the threslih0id just
behind Kennlaton. And now Kennis.
ton moyed-out acrOsa the yegands
toward the steps--and the roar oe
gunflre beat at Collins aardrums.
He saw Kennistun spin halfway
around. topDia. then pitch head fuFp.
most down the steps and lie there
inotionless. bis head on the bottom
step. bis feet stretched grcteseuely
upward to the edge Of the vsfanda.
He saw Laxarrs's hand reach out
to the jamb Of the door 40 though
snatehing At Il Tor support then
wriggls downward. while his body
crumpled M on the threshoid-and
became an inert heap.
He saw two forms. that hla im-
personal brain told him were CARTS.
topic and Haptiate. run torwasd 10
examins their handiwork. evidently
satisfied. separate. and one run cna
way and one run another across the
clearing.
II was the end Of the chase The
end OF Lasarrs. Coin closed his
eyes.
fccpyrigAi, 1855. Fresh Z. PasksraJ
cemes a cettr M.neax.