The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-04

Rivington looked at him enviously.
Tell me. did she really-I mean
was she dressed as that woman
said?"
THE story was contradicted in
court" said Bobby colemnly. He
slightly dropped the corner of his
eyelid.
"Oh. I see." breathed Mrs. Riv-
ington. enraptured.
About Mr. Carstairs," said Bob
by. feeling that he bad now estab-
lished friendly relations and could
get on with his job. He left Eng
land very suddenly. as perhaps you
know"
Mrs. Rivington shook her head.
HAS he left England? didn't
know. We haven't seen him for
some time"
did he tell you how long he ex.
pected to be over here%z
He said he might be here for a
week or two. or it might be six
months or a year."
Where was he staying?"
Eat the Savoy"
"And you saw him last when?"
"Oh. about three weeks or a
month ago. I can't remember"
you took him down to Staverley
one day."
"Of counsel | believe that's the
last time we saw him. He rang up
to know when he could see US. He'd
just arrived in London. and Hubert
was very put out because we were
going up to Scotland the next day.
and we were going down to Staver.
ley to lunch and that night timing
out with some dreadful people that
we couldn't get out of. and he
wanted to see Carstairs because he
liked him so much. and so | said.
My dear. let's take him down to
the Observation-Disclosures with us.
They won't mind Anc we did. And.
of course. they didn't" She came
breathlessly to a pause
did he tell you Ms r7asons for
being in England?" asked Bobby.
mo. Did he have any? Oh. yes.
| know. We thought it was some
thing to do with that millionaire
man. that friend of his. who had
such a tragic death. Some doctor
told him he had cancer. and he
killed himself. A very wicked thing
for a doctor to do. don't you 'hink
so? And they're often quite wrong.
Our doctor said the other day that
my little girl had measles, and it
turned out to be sort of heat rash.
| told Hubert should change him."
IGNO RING Mrs Rivington's
i treatment of doctors as though
they were library books, Bobby re-
turned to the point.
did Mr.. Carstairs know the Las
sington-ffrenches%
"Oh. no. But think he liked them.
Though he was very queer and
moody on the way back. suppose
something that had been said must
have upset him. He's a Canadian.
you know. and / often think Cana.
dians are so touchy."
You don't know what it was that
upset him?"
81 haven't the least idea. The sill
Iiest things do it sometimes. don't
they?"
did he take any walks in the
neighborhood?" asked Bobby.
"Oh. no. What a very odd ideal"
She stared at him.
Bobby tried again. "Was there a
party? did he meet any Of the neigh
bors?
"No. It was just ourselves and
them. But it's odd your saying
that"
YES" said Bobby eagerly. as she
paused.
Because he asked a most fright
ful lot of questions about some peo-
pie who lived near there"
do you remember the manner"
mo. don't. 1t wasn't anyone
very interesting-some doctor or
other"
"Dr. Nicholson"
81 believe that was the name. He
wanted to know all about him and
his wife and when they came there
all sorts of things. It seemed so
odd when he didn't know them, and
he wasn't a bit a curious man as O
rule. But of course. perhaps he was
only making conversation and
couldn't think of anything to say.
One does do things like that some
times"
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