The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-02

| "And as 70 the night or the nrst
murder?" ! said.
~Oh, she spread osk her hands
i'm . hopeless geatHre--T dou1
know. Anything could have been
done that night. Perhaps that way
through the hotsl gate was kneEn
Ito more people than | thought. At
any rate it's not to be thought of
that the murderer Is here. now. in
this hotel But promise you. Mr..
Sandean. that | shall be very care
ful."
Her bgeat3 caught In what YVES
very Hear q sob. "HoW c0ald { help
being carefnl after what Pve seen?''
Her face vas tired and white.
There were slender blue marks IN
der her eyes. / aaid:
see here Wen cut this tan
short We can finish 1t tomorrow.
The main thing Ii for you to keep
your door locked and boltad tonight.
And the first thing In the mora
Jag"
I hesitated, for after all what
was about to say was L.ORnss busS
ness, not mine. But continued:
The first thing In the morning it
might not be a bad idea to get the
papers that you gave to Lovschiem
cut Of his safe and take them 20 the
bank"
That's what ME. Lorn advised"
said sue IeaTily. very well I'm
DO it. But the LOvschiems-" She
broke or abruptly and said instead.
-Pm going now
We both went with her to her
room. Lorn stood with her at the
door while 1 searched der room:
there waa. Of course. no enc hiding
In the great wardrobe or behind
the curtains or In the bathtub. and
there was little other place IN which
20 hide. ~
But 1 wanted 10 be certain, and
I waited In the corridor until she
had whispered Goodnight" ana
vanished and ( heard the hey turn
Ing and then Immediately the bolt
slipping into place.
THE corridors were deserted, and
= there had been no one % eco -
LOrn turned IN another direction
walked toward the nDrth,win9 cor
ridor again. The halls were half
dark. as usual.
Lt was just as / turned suddenly
around the angle above the steps
that I thought l saw a darker
shadow down the length OF the cor,
ridoF ahead of me which moved
quickly oue of sight beyond the
angle OF the intersecting corridor.
ran lightly and rapidly toward
where It had heen. but when |
reached the angie there was moth
Ing but blank doors and narrcwhail
leading back 70 . window at It's end
Prabahlys I telA mysslf. turnfng
finally into the long bare corridor
uf the north wing with IS cold shin
lng windows ali along the court side
and its bitter draft-prohably a
mere optical iIluainn composed OF
n0thing but shadow.
The court was crazy again thar
night: though the wind was nos as
strong 40 u had been. and the gusts
were not % wild with their AyFng
shadows. Still. Il did not look In.
viting: neither did the little iron
stairway descending lnto aarknssa.
In the tnFm0iI ef the day haa
again neglected 60 ask LovschIem
For key. and ! again. win q kind
Df grim amusement ct myself.
pFopped the table against the door.
I was dstaFminea 70 stay In that
room. but I never liked It
Neither did IKE the cold. de.
serted wing With its mysterious
rFeaks and russles. And neither. !
confessed to myself had liked
thar ayiag shAAou.
It had had. aomAhou. . substan.
tiality one does aot associate with
mere shad0w&
NJ shoulder was sching and
|hobhin& dnmmnAI !. ama : Aa0k ana
il the pilia the doctor had left me !
ind finally rent te sleep.
Z awoka With = atarE. I'd heeR
dreaming wildly Of Father Robart's
black aoutane with its full black
skirt and % Saa'a red slippers and
the wind. TIE wind haa lnllea again
INTO such quiet that probably the
mice in the old wallis were noisy
again.
! listened. but n q noise had
awakened me I heard no further
soand. And q growing ghost had
como 70 visit me- awakening me
With = passing touch or sigh. then
I was . lively ghost indeed. for
ImeIled very definitely the odor Of
ioAaccc.
snilfea AGAIN and SAT un
There vas no ghost about Il.
somaona aomswhera near me,
Has smoking.
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