The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-15
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BY MARGARET BELL H0uSToN

the last flight when l heard some
body behind me on the stair. On the
top floor | knocked at the first door
come to, and a voice a mans
voice-said. Come in Like that
No questions. or nothin'.
$50 | opened the door, and there
she was-Mrs. Joris. She had of
her coat. and she was sittin' on the
couch. The man was sittin' beside
her. and he had hold OF her hand"
What MANI" asked Dirk.
"Well. he looked kinder foreign.
He was about my age - around
twenty-five or so-and slim, and his
dressin' gown was black with gold
snakes on it."
Dragons" said Logan.
"All right. Anyhow. he was sur.
pris Q d when be saw me. He'd
thought it was the man behind me,
the waiter or whatever II was. He
grabbed the telegram out Of my
hand. and gave the waiter an order
in Italian. mostly. There was
some English swear-words In 1t, like
he'd run out of Italian ones. And /
understood 'Fazzini cocktail
1.-THE lady >. Mrs. Joris had
gone over to the window. and stood
there with her back to US. The win.
dow was covered with curtains. and
the shades were down. She couldn't
see thing through it, but she stood
there like she was lookin' out.
ut was sort of den where they
were :. battle-axes. and humfdors,
and sofa-pillows. There was a door
leadin' out of it into another room.
1t was open ways. and | was tryin'
to see through it. when all of a sud.
den ! saw the man had busted open
the wire. and was mad as the devil.
He blazed out. This kilograms
for. - He couldn't pronounce the
name. He hadn't looked at it before
he opened it. and he'd spent a good
while spellin' out the message. 1t
said. Willy has mumps,' and was
signed. Aunt Susy.'
HE damned it back at me. Mrs.
Joris had turned around, and was
looki ing at ME. The man said,
There's no one of that name in the
house. He seemed to know, so
went downstairs. and out"
I'VE WAITED across the street."
w said Logan. "And in exactly
half-an-hour Mrs. Joris came out.
She looked up and down the street,
then stepped into the green cab
which had waited for her."
"She was suspicious, of course"
said Dirk.
"Of the telegram perhaps" agreed
Logan. "but not OF our car. She
drove straight home, and we fol.
lowed her. OF course we may as.
sumo she had not stayed as long as
she had intended Even so. all things
considered, We have evidence of a
type"
Logan cleared his throat. The
young gentleman did not seem to
relish the fac.s now that they had
been brought to him. He remained
silent. not moving. till Dinwiddie,
who sat with him in the dark ton.
neau of the car. pulled out a note
book. and turned his flash upon it.
"A list Of the people in the
house." Logan explained, We've
looked them all up. but it was Faz.
zini himself she called on. Tony Faz.
zini. He's the owner of the Araby,
and of the house; rents out bachelor.
apartments. Lives alone on the top
floor =. that's where she went,
and seldom appears in the speak.
Decent chap. so far as anybody
knows. No record. There was fight
once in the Araby. that's all. A
brother of Tony's got mad at some.
thing somebody said to a lady. and
cleaned out the place so fast the
police had to come in"
Dirk said. 'Fazzini probably has
side-line. whether he's got a rec.
ord. or not Looks as II he might
be doing a nice little business in
blackmail."
Hardly" said Logan, stung by
this aspersion on his thoroughness.
"Tony's been there ten years.
There'd have been some smell of
it."
Logan went on. s'Besides. Faz.
zini's something of q prince in his
own world. and it's not the under.
world. either. There's a rumor that
he comes Of fine old Florentine
family. and that Fazzini's not all of
his name. It's not as If he were a
common wop :. though one of his
brothers Is chef in a downtown
hotel. and another. the one who
cleaned out the Araby, is said to
belong to some travelling circus.
Which reminds me -"
Dirk broke in.
do you know this Fazzini when
you see him."
"Oh. yes" Logan replied easily.
DO you? Dirk asked Dinwiddie.
well. I've seen him. I'm sure this
was him."
(c0sTiSht. 1913; Karssrsf Bell RosssosJ