The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-10-23
Chapter II
SUBTLE EMISSIONS

SO6 LIZ 6VASIONS
THUS 1t happened that when In.
i spector Kennedy arrived at Lee.
Ramsden's house. Lee Ramsden was
absent The Inspector was a patient
man by nature: he sat and waited
for nearly an hour Then Lee-Rams
den returned. He greeted the In.
spector genially but with an air of
some surprise.
From Scotland Yard. are you?
You're not the man who came before.
l suppose you've come about my
ward. he said. Il don't think you
heed have troubled. rang up the
police some time ago telling them of
her return and explaining the rea-
son for her absence. I'm very sorry
to have caused the police all this un-
necessary bother. and if a contribu.
ton of twenty guineas to the Police
Orphanage would be of any use.
shall be glad to send along cheque."
Thank you. sir" said the Inspec.
tor. "But I'd like to ask you a few
questions all the same, if you don't
mind"
mot a Bit" said -Ramsden
but you mustn't be disappointed If
don't know some of the answers. /"
"On the afternoon of your wards
disappearance. understand that she
was going shopping" went on the
Inspector. "She left the house-and
disappeared. Am 1 to understand
that simply on the spur of the mo-
ment she went off down to her
friends house in Sussex without
bothering to let anybody know. and
without taking any luggage?"
at seems like it. doesn't it?" said
Lee-Ramsden carelessiy. That's the
story she told me-"
"Do you believe that story?" asked
Inspector Kennedy.
Lee-Ramsden smiled.
"My dear fellow. whether | believe
the story or not is quite beside
the point" he answered. LAS Miss
Fraser's guardian keep a very care.
ful eye on all her financial invest
ments-she will come into a large
fortune when she is twenty.one. you
know. But so far as her personal be-
hayiOr is concerned. she has com
plete liberty to please herself what
she does"
A somewhat cynical old gentle
man. thought Inspector Kennedy.
"ls your ward the kind OF girl like.
ly TO indulge in =. crash anu i'm.
pulsive actions?" asked the lnspec.
tor.
Lee-Ramsden smiled again.
81 wouldn't exactly call her a milk
and,water MISS" he replied. elf she
particularly wanted to do anything.
l imagine she is the x:nd of person
who would do it. and damn the con
sequences. | hope so. | hate t;mid
people"
"And you think her story about
staying with friend IN Sussex may
not be the truth?" pursued the In
spector.
81 don't think about ii at all. II
doesn't concern me whether it's the
truth or not" answered Lee Rams
den. And unless my ward has been
up to something criminal. don't see
that it concerns you either. Ii you
want to find out whether the story
is true or not. why not ring up Miss
Dowsons cottage and ask herr"
I'VE HAVE already put through
W telephone enquiry to the Har.
deld police" stated Inspector Ken
nedy. They report that Miss Dow,
son left the cottage this mt min; and
they don't know where she has gone
They also report that. so far as they
are aware. Miss Dowson has not had
any guest staying with her during
the last few days"
Really. That's most interesting
Then my ward has not been staying
WIN SAhlO OOhobus COulluSul6u
Lee Ramsden. But even so. Inspec
tor. still don't see that the matter
concerns you. | take il that you're
not running a welfare department at
Scotland Yard. or starting a bureau
Tor supervising the conduct of young
girls"
mot exactly. SIR" said Inspector
Kennedy. Were interested in your
niece's movements because she
claims that she was brought from
Miss Dowson's cottage by a man
named Mahony, whom we suspect of
numbering Mr.. Vincent Little"
Suspect OF =" Lee Ramsden's
manner had suddenly become quite
serious. whats this you're saying.
INSPECTOR" he asked.
Inspector Kennedy told him brief
~ about the murder of Mr.. Little.
1t seemed that Lee-Ramsden was
greatly shocked by the news. lnspec,
tor Kennedy was very glad to see it.
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