The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-06

yes, Bal0 LDfBs ! agree With
you there. made mistake in up
holding her in her decision. know
her brother, and it viii be diff
cult thing to prove her TO him II she
deviates from his definite instruc.
tons hes that kind Of fellow.
"But at the same time I've come
to the conclusion that I WIS wrong:
/ was seeing only my side Of it
you understand. Sunbeam, thar In a
sense I'm her hruther's representa-
tive. think it's only fair to her to
urge her TO go--telf the police the
whole thing. IL she viii.
Il don't like the looks Of things,
Sunbeam. I'm doing what can. But
don't like it. Not a bit. After all. )"
he added in a morosely business
like way after all, Mr.. Tally
wouldn't thank. me for letting his
sister be-
"Then you are going to tell her
she'd better ask the police to LET
her leave?"
"Yes."
That's good" said. Now then,
about the priest-and did you know
that LoYschiem refused to give Miss
Tally the envelope ont Of his safe?"
We talked for some time. think
| managed ito convince him that the
priests, good faith was at least
questionable: and ne agreed with
me that Lovschiem's excuse about
the combination of the safe was
pure Action and not too artistic nc,
ton at that.
LIE Rose finally to leaye;f button.
: Ing his br0wuish tweed coat
and turning up the collar and pull.
ing down his hat before facing the
wind from Which the court was
little protected, and thus only his
nose and deep.set eyes showed. and
he looked suddenly much more as
gressive and dependable.
A gust of wind followed him on:
Of sight. It was growing colder In
the court. With the early approach
OF night, the wind had begun to
grow stronger and more vicious in
its sudden gusts. To this day sud.
den cold whipping OF the wind will
snatch my memory back in an In.
slant to those mad days at Armene.
Another gust OF wind blew dust
In my face and whipped the cape
OF policeman out beyond the wall
as IL to warn me OF his watching
presence, and I rose and entered
the hotel.
Lovschiem was at the desk strok-
ing the cockatoo with one hand and
adding accounts with the other.
The lounge was bare and empty
and cold-somehUw, we all man
aged to eschsw the lounge that day.
The tiny elevator stood dark and
empty with It's doors open pehind
the little iron gate as II to show
that now no one was hiding there.
There were voices In the parlor.
however, and swerved to glance
through the door. Mrs. Byng. her
eyebrows travelling agitatedly. was
there. knitting furiously; Grethe's
predatory red head was bent over
some lace she was making, and she
looked unwuntedly quiet. sue was
reading something aloud, n q clear
and quite steady voice.
I could not fafhom the look in
Grethe's green eyes; / was not par
ticalarly taken with Mrs. Ryng. al.
though I felt little sorry for her.
But at that moment / heartily "a.
mired them al. It took courage 70
ST quietly there In the mnsty par.
Tor SO near the lounge where Mar.
Gel had died. with the gloom ana
silence and secrecy Of the old hotel
enclosing them.
Father hobart was sitting near
the bar (in q room which always
managed 20 look particularly bare
and cold with tie garfsh old calen-
dars and desolate bari reading his.
perpetual newspaper, And az I
kuFned tSwasa me slaIfSAy Mari
ammo passed mo with whisk af
her white apron. on her way kitchene
ward.
The coast then was clear.
Most OF the afternoon 1 spent hi
the gloomy upper reaches OF the old
hotel The north wing did net i'm
mediately approach. Tor It had no
third AOor. - ala the rest OF the no
tel: anew the bedroom fioor fairly
wen already. and on the ground
tioor there were merely storerooms
which I knew had been examined.
But then. the whole place had
been searched--how thoroughly I
aid not know. Certainly searching
the great dark rambling place for
clues was very like searching for q
needle In 3 haystack.
u was BY 10 means . pleasant
afternoon. for | was gradually con
WINGED that was surraptitioasly &C.
conlpanied IN my search. although
I Do not knew 20 this day Who ae-
eompanisa me except that n must
have been emo q two peOple
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