The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-29
Chapter Six
DANGEROUS Quiet

Chapter Six
DANGEROUS Quiet
DETECTIvE SERGEANT Null
- VEY jerked his hand toward
the telephone instrument.
why don't you do what you'd Dc
in q story?" he inquired with a short
laugh.
whats that?"
Scene OF us trying frantically to
trace the telephone CALL"
Colin shook his head.
Il wouldn't do that in a story" he
said. Granting the Mask even q
modest degree OF intelligence, and
rank him far above that, 1t would
be obviously useless. The call came
>, from some place like the Grand
Central where there are number
Of public booths-not from a drug.
store where there is only a single
booth and where he might have
been noticed and a description OF
him obtained"
Check" grinned Detective Ser.
geant Mulvey. Fair enough! Well,
what did he say?"
sHe complained about my inti
macy with you." replied Colin dryly.
"He said the reason he shot me was
due 10 the possibility that Reddy
might have given me some inside
information which I In turn would
hand over to the police, but that the
police work on the case had been so
ridiculous that he was convinced
knew nothing that would be OF any
value to you"
"Fll remember that when get
my hands on himI" snapped Ser.
geant Mulyey. "What else?"
"He said I had nothing more to
fear from him providing did not
NEEDLE. but that otherwise would
not live twenty-four hours. He sug.
gssted that instead Of spending my
time with you so away somewhere
for mp health"
Anything morsT'
Colin smiled . little proyocatlyeiy.
"only q personal fling at you." he
said. "He seems to be keeping pref
ty close tabs on what 10 going on.
He knew You were here tonight. and
he knew where we were and what
we were doing this afternoon. He
said that even Detective Sergeant
Mulvey nigh. have known he had
never had his picture taken as
Colonel Hargreaves."
CERGEANT MULVEY, pricked,
- BIT viciousiy on the stub OF his
cigar.
"oh. yeahf" he arawled. well.
I've known Of an Identification or
two being pulled OF that way with
less 10 go on. But forget that! So he
warned you TO lay on, did her"
Colin nodded.
well. that's one point on which
agree with him." announced Ser.
geant Mnlvey decissvely. "From TO.
night you're through. This 10 q po-
lice Job"
'Reddy said It wasn't"
"Yes-and You know what hap.
pened to Reddyl Well. it's not going
70 happen to yon II can help It.
Look here, I know how you feel
about both Reddy and thu sister
you knew as q kid. 10 say nothing OF
anything on your own account, and
that you'd let everything so 10 hell,
yourself inclnded. to Get the bird
that aid e.
~But there isn't anything more
you can do. You've done al you can.
You've told US al you know. You're
out Of the picture from now on. n
amt going to be healthy for you to
hobnob around with me--and you're
not going TO get . chance to. any.
way. until this case Is cleaned up.
Whatever I think OF this Mask
swine. I'm not kidding myself on
one point He's q killer. You get
away from here-take q good long
trip"
ID IN away, you meant" inquired
~ Colin thinly.
"Run away nothlng," snorted Ser.
geant Mulvey. 1T amt as though
you were Sinking anything by 20.
inG or could accomplish anything
by staying. And. besides everything
else. you need change. and you
need Il bad Yon amt At by long
way yet"