The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-02-18
Chapter IL
Observation-Disclosures

Chapter IL
Observation-Disclosures
"JXIHATEvER'S the matter. Mr..
w Jones? Are you taken bad?" the
nurse demanded.
ring up the Castle" cried Bobby.
"Tell Lady Frances she must come
back here at once"
"Oh, Mr.. Jones-you can't send
message like that"
Cant II" said Bobby. 'If | were
allowed to get up from this blasted
bed, you'd soon see whether | could
or couldn't. AS 1t is, you've got to
do it for me-"
"But she'll hardly be back"
"You don't know that Bentley"
"She won't have had her tea."
"Now look here. my dear girl,
said bobby. don't stand there argu'
ing with me. Ring up as ! tell you.
Tell her she's got to come here at
once because I've got something
very important to say to Ter"
Overcome. though unwilling. the
nurse went. She took some liberties
with Bobby's message. If 1t was no
Inconvenience to Lady Frances. Mr..
Jones wondered if she would mind
coming, as he had something he
would like to say to her. But OF
course Lady Frances was not to put
herself out in any way.
Lady Frances replied CURLY that
she would come at once.
Depend upon it" said the nurse to
her colleagues. she's sweet on him!
That's what it is"
frankie arrived all agog. Whats
this desperate summons?" she de-
manded.
Bobby was sitting up in bed, a
bright red spot in each cheek. In his
hand he waved the copy Of the
"Marchbolt Weekly Times"
Look at this. frankie"
frankie looked. "Well?" she de-
manded.
This is the picture you meant
when you said 1t was touched up but
quite like the Cayman woman?"
Bobby's finger pointed to a some
what blurred reproduction of a pho
tograph. Underneath it were the
words:
Portrait found on the dead man
by which he was Identified Mrs.
Amelia Cayman, the dead mans sis
ter"
That's what | said-and it's true,
too. can: see anything to rave
over in it."
mo more can l."
"But you said"
81 know said But you see.
frankie" Bobby's voice became
very impressive-"this isn't the pho
tograph that put back in the dead
mans pocket. -"
They looked at each other.
'Then. in that case" began
frankie slowly.
Either there must have been two
photographs"
which isn't likely"
"-or else"
They paused.
THAT man-what's his manner"
said frankie.
"Bassington-ffrench!" said Bobby.
THEY stared at each other as they
tried to adjust themselves to
the altered situation.
1T couldn't be anyone else" said
Bobby. He was the only person who
had the chance"
"Unless. as we said, there were
two photographer"
1--WE agreed that that wasn't like
ly. II there had been two photo
graphs they'd have tried to identify
him by mean, of both of them-not
by only one."
Anyway that's easily found out"
said frankie. I'VE can ask the po-
lice. Well assume for the moment
that there was just the one photo
graph-the one you saw. that you
put back again in the mans pocket.
1t was there when you left him. and
1t wasn't there when the police came.
Therefore the only person who could
have taken it away and put the other
one in its place is this man Bassing.
ton-ffrench. What was he like. Bob
by?"
Bobby frowned in the effort to re-
member. "a sort of nondescript fell
low. Pic lsant voice. A gentleman
and all that really didn't notice
him particularly. He said he was a
stranger down here-and something
about looking for a house."
I'VE can verify that anyway" said
wheeler & Owen are the
only house agents" Suddenly. she
gave a SILVER. Bobby. have you
thought? II Pritchard was pushed