The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-05-25
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are your" she replied:
ri am Sue Tally. I've told you
twice to put up your hands. This
gun IL loaded. and I'm good shot"
stood there looking at her. She
was Of the same general height and
build as Sue but lacked Sues fine
ness Of wrist and ankle and deli
cacy of proportion. She was fair,
too. and wore her hair like Sues.
She was even dressed in black
velvet coat, like Sues. But she did
not resemble Sue in the least. A
general written description OF
height. weight, and coloring might
have applied to them both. but
they were not at all alike.
Then horrifed question crashed
upon me. Where was Sue? What
had happened? Where had she
gone?
"You don't want to shoot me-" |
said. st won't do you any good.
There are too many gendarmes in
the place for you to escape"
"They are drinkin. in the kitch-
en-. Paul likes having them there"
She spoke a little contemptuously,
but her hard eyes did not wayer
from mine. Il am Sue Tally" she
reiterated. "and want the paper
You took from the priests room a
short time ago. Don't deny it. for !
saw you. That paper belongs to me. +"
"CO you are Sue Tally" | said
- thoughtfully. II had suspected
your presence for some time. Can't
we sit down and talk this over more
amlcably?'
She did not relax her hold or the
pistol and eyed me suspiciously. |
went on:
Where have they been keeping
you all this time? Hasn't it grown
a little tiresome. lodging the po-
lice, hiding here and there7"
She bit her lip. thought sudden
~ that there was something at the
same time shreWd and stupid about
her face.
She said: "It was easy enough.
All but those nights In the store
room. Come. give me the paper"
So 1t was she in the storeroom;
I had not expected that, even though
l had guessed that she was about
somewhere, waiting to carry out
her role In the conspiracy.
/ IN the storero0nE | repeated
sympatheticalIy. You poor girl. II
must have been most uncomforta-
bic. The smoke from your cigar
cites Idrifted up to me one night"
E"Oh. it wasn't dificult to stay out
OF peoples way, tnyway, at dis
lance | look rather like this other
girl. / had this coat made like hers
on purpose. OF course. I've not been
In the hotel ali the time. rye been
staying at Paul's the cooks
house."
s'ph. so you've been staying at
Paul's" | thought the girl had
been bored and dull: she was prob
ably not avsrse to talking to some
one. Her hand did not waver with
the pistol. but she was looking
rather approvingIy at me. The
Lovschiem's haven't been treating
you very well. have they r
II was q lucky thing to say.
"No." she flashed. "They forget
how important am to them
she checked herself quickly. but it
was too late.
"rve seen you before, ron know"
"when2'' she said incredulously.
Looking from the third-story
window - suppose ron were
lodged there then--the night Of the
lirst murder
She bit her lip again. and to my
establishment and intense discon-
fort tears came yelling up into her
too-larss eyes. should have pre-
terred her to remain hard and
ahrewd.
And Mrs. Byng saw ron too
when you turned out the hotel
lights. | suppose that was after Ma.
dame Lovschiem had said you must
hide from the police who we're com
Ing
She nodded without. think, rea-
li1ink what she was doing.
'They didn't tell me It would be
like this. she said sulIsnly. the
tears still hanging there in her
eyes "Thsy ought to hare told me.
Possibly ought to feel decent
computation for my not too diplo-
matte behavior. But / iidn'teither
then or thereafter. was even. too
hurried Tor flnessa. | said with sym-
patty: You poor girl. They've
treated ron rsFy badly. haven't
theyS- And 1 looked at her with
crass admiration and murmured.
So beautiful
Her eyes stopped looking taIntly
like oysters sRd stFayed to the mir
ror. The seconds waverlng gave
me mr. chance | sprang toward
her.
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