The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-04-25
Chapter 20
DANGER ron LoRN
WHAT have you told the hotel
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only that I was waiting Tor my
brother to come" Sue answered.
II know It seems-unusual-that
should tell them nothing and you
$50 much" she said. But you-you
are-" She stopped as II seeking
words. and said:
"It shows that you must have had
some faint distrust Of them. You
haven't wanted to admit It. perhaps.
but it's there"
mo. no." she said. 'sThe Low
schiems are my friends"
"You haven't given this token
into the Lovschiems' care7'
"0h. no. They know nothing about
IL at ALL 1 will show It to no one
until I see my brother Francis and
match his own with It He must be
convinced"
'.And that abduction last night
don't like dragging up the subject.
but it's very serious matter"
II know" she said. 1T frightened
me awfully. It frightens me to think
Of It now. You need not tell me II Is
serious" She paused and looked at
me meditatively. her slim fingers
across one black velvet knee. II won-
der what you thought OF ne last
night. You must have thought was
quite mad
"Do you want to know what I
thought" ! said slowly. II thought
you were very sweet"
had spoken graveiy, and she had
listened as gravely. For an instant
the afr between us was alive and
trembling and aware. and our
gIances chung together. Then there
was knock on the door.
Il was Lorn. Of course. He was an.
excited. matter-oEfact; he entered.
gave one look at Sue. said. ~Cood-
evening" and took the chair I Of
fered.
@I've been telling Mr.. Sunbeam
why I fear that my affairs have had
some connection with the murder
last night" Sue told him thought
fully. Il felt IL only fair TO DO 50.
since he was unfortunate enough 70
become rather involved IN the affair.
I'm sorry to 90 against my brothers
wishes IN the matter. but felt
obliged to do so IN this case
Lorn made an inexpensive ges.
ture.
"Your brother merely expressed
his wishes. as | understand It. Miss
Tally. I don't know that you are
obliged to comply with them.~
II prefer to do So" she said rather
stifiy.
Lorn went on more pleasantly:
swell. at any rate. we managed to
get Mr.. Sunbeam out Of jail"
"What about the poison. Lorn" !
asked.
"Poisonl" cried Sue.
"Tho man there in the corridor
last night actually died OF poison
said Lorn.
"But," I interrupted. show on
earth was the man poisOnedf And II
poisoned why was he also stabbedi"
~TsHEY are having the traces an
= alyzed.s Lorn said precisely. II
don't know Just what kind Of poison
Il was--not definitely. that q. But
the point Is that he wasn't shot at
all. And as 70 the little clock
sword I.orn's curioualy haxy gaze
seemed 10 be fastened on the clock
they are inclined 70 think that
death had actually occurred before
the clock sword was driven into his
heart"
Sue cried out something. and L.orn
continued dryly: "They are rather
uncertain about the poison and how
Il could have been administered
the man might even have been q
suicide. you know. II win take some
time to prove all this. and some ex.
pert opinion. which Il Why you
were released for the time being.
Mr.. Sunbeam"
did not like his expression "for
the time being But since he'd done
me very good turn indeed I ig-
nored Il and said:
-Curious that you should hare
hit upon the method but not the
means"
~weli.- he said with an undue e.
feet OF modesty. sit struck me that
the little clock sword was an odd
weapon 20 use. Il argued an amount
lot impulse in the matter that wal
out Of the ordinary. But ! didn't ax'
pecf e 10 be poison
-Polson--that implies delibera
ton. doesn't ity- said Sue.
"a certain preparedness. az least