The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-07


the ones to find him." He paused
and then added: HE had your pho
tograph in his pocket"
did he?" She gave a sweet,
rather sad smile. Dear Alan. he was
very faithful. When did all this
happen2".
About a month ago. October 3rd.
to be exact"
THAT must have been just after
he came down here"
Ii ayes. Oh. hullo! Here's frankie"
frankie came hurrying along the
path. Her face. at the sight of Bobby
and Mrs. Nicholson sitting chat
ting together. was a study in con-
ficting expressions.
"Hullo. frankie" said Bobby.
I'm glad you've come. We've got
to have a great powwow. To begin
with. it's Mrs. Nicholson who is the
original of the photograph"
"Oh." said frankie bIankly. She
looked at MORA and u d d emily
laughed.
my DEAR" she said to Bobby.
now | see why the sight of Mrs.
Cayman at the inquest was such a
shock to you'll"
MORA was looking bewildered.
There's such an awful lot to
tell" said Bobby. "And don't quite
know how to put it ALL"
He described the Caymans and
their Identification of the body.
"And them" continued frankie,
Robbie was poisoned"
Eight grains of mcrphia," said
Bobby reminiscently.
ID ont start on that" said
frankie. You're capable of going on
for hours on the subject. and it's
really very boring to other people.
Let me explain"
She took a long breath.
you see." she said. these Cay
! man people came to see Bobby
after the inquest. tn ask him if the
brother (supposed) had said any
thing before he died. and Bobby
said No But afterwards he remem-
bered that the man had said some
thing about somebody called Evans
so Bobby wrote and told them so.
And few days afterwards he got
a letter offering him job in Peru or
somewhere. and when he wouldn't
take it. the next thing was that
someone put lot of morphia-"
Eight grains" said Bobby.
in his beer. Only. as Bobby
has a most extraordinary inside or
something. it didn't kill him. And
so then we saw at once that Prit-
chard or Carstairs. you know
must have been pushed over the
Cliff"
But why?" asked MORA.
Don't you see? expect
haven't told it very well. Anyway.
we decided that he had been. and
and that Roger Bassington-ffrench
had probably done it."
Il see." said Mora thoughtfully.
"And them" continued frankie, Il
happened to have an accident just
b ere. An amazing coincidence,
wasn't it," She looked hard at Bob
by with an admonishing eye. $50
telephoned to Bobby and suggested
that he should come down here pre-
tending to be my chauffeur and
we'd look into the matter"
Are you telling me the truth?"
MORA asked. is it really true that
you came down hereby accident?
Or did you come because = be-
cause" her voice quavered in spite
of herself-"you suspected my hus-
band?"
Bobby and frankie looked at each
other. Then Bobby said:
i give you my word of honor that
we'd never even heard of your hus.
band till we came down here"
"Oh. l see." She turned to
frankie. I'm sorry. Lady Frances.
but you see I remembered that, on
the evening when we came to din
ner. Jasper-my husband-went on
and on at you. asking you things
about your accident. couldn't think
why. But l think now that perhaps
he suspected it wasn't genuine"
We'll. if you really want to know,
1t wasn't" said frankie. "Whoof-
now feel better. It was all camou-
tagged very carefully. But it had
nothing to do with your husband.
The whole thing was staged because
we wanted to-to-what does one
call it?-get a line on Roger Bas-
sington-ffrench."
Roger" MORA frowned and
smiled perplexedly. at seems abb
surd.."
But he must have taken that
photograph" said Bobby stubbornly.
Listen. Mrs. Nicholson, while I go
over the facts"
| Il see what you mean. It seems
very queer.""-Moira paused Q plnute
and then asked Unexpectedly. why
/ donuysu ask him?"
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