The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-29

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pleasurable one. Michael reddane5
It's this way. Aunt Martha / ven
soreu- We can't do much IN The
oark. and ne can't get away. And
er-weH. we're little done ID.
tnlnk me most sensible thing for ne
% 40 Is 70 make ourselves as COM
Lorlaele as possible right here until
n harrington needed no words Ia
make you feel like something that
crawls- The Skipper came to my
The most sensible thing any Of US
can % right now Is to eat. Do any Of
you realize what time it is?"
ncredulously we compared
watches. It was after one O'Clock.
Twelve hours since lunch" con-
nnued the Skipper. 81 propose a
kitchen delegation to handle the
crisis
There followed something of an
argument. The natural thing was to
send the servants all downstairs to-
gether. There were four Of them.
William in no worse condition than /
was and not half so bad as Michael.
Higgins stfll had his revolver. But
Cook had other ideas. She would
never 60 back into that kitchen. NOT
for all the gold In China. as she put it
The Skipper had no objections to
taking Cooks place. but Higgins had
never heard Of such a thing and SO
assured US Annie agreed with him
and William agreed with Annie. n.
Harrington. quite herself again. set
tied II.
Cook she said sternly. stop your
nonsense. Naturally you win 90
down to the kitchen The others win
all be with you There is absolutely
no danger. In fact. with sudden de-
cision. Il think the rest Of US would
be more comfortable in the library
Gay. who had never really seen II.
Harrington in action. stared OPEN
mouthed. But" she objected. there's
someone down there, | mean"
M. harrington smiled thinly. -Of
course there is someone down there.
my dear. Therefore we shall drive
him upstairs where all the doors and
windows are locked and he can nei-
Their do any damage nor escape.
well. then. come along with you.
Higgins said Cook. II was settled.
Giving Him A Chance
WE GAINED the library without
W incident Wherever our proWler
might be. he was not in the halls.
the dining room. the library. or-to
Judge By the silence from the other
end Of the house-the servants quar-
tiers. Chaos Of our own making was
the only thing that confronted US in
the library. n. Harrington. switching
on the dining room lights. stood the
connecting door aiaf.
sit down, Barbara she ordered
seating herself on the divan- James
make up a fire. Michael. you and
Grace might put some Of these books
back where they belong"
After the high meIodrama Of the
last "a hours. I thoroughly enjoyed
that reconstruction program fell &c
work on the fire eagerly. while Gay
mounted the ladder and put up the
books Michael handed her. The Skip
per stood in the dining room door s
way. smoking. her back toward US
and n. Farrington's inceSSant prsttle
filed me with long lost. delightful
laughter.
This she commenced in her besf
state dinner manner. SIS what comes
Of their allowing such unemploy meni
TO continue. People are not sale IL
their beds. What am to sag tc
Judith's mother I dc not know. Il {
the fault Of the system No one Is
safe anywhere. Michael don't put
Schiller on the top shelf Barbara.
do wish you would sit down"
Why said the Skipper brusq1e-
ly. without turning
Because il is primarily important
that no one should watch that front
staircase Everyone turned al that
The man cannot go up the back way
because Of the servants. II he is not
allowed to 60 up the front way. We
shall have him quite near US Aside
from the fact that the thought is un-
pleasant. it win be more difficult to
trap him down here"
"I'lI be damned.- said Michael
softly. The Skipper sat down.
MY only fear" continued the
amazing old lady. SIS that the servants
may interrupt him"
But the servants didn't II was fully
20 minutes before the rattle Of silver
announced the arrival Of Higgins and
Annie in the dining room. They had
seen no one. and none Of them had
ventured into the hall. Incredible as
II seemed after such an experience.
we were all ravenous. think that
even NJ. Harrington forgot to make
conversation In any case no one lis
tened to find out. At the Shippers
suggestion. Higgins retired in search
Of his own supper. and We were left
to cat in peace
But food. far from reviying US. pro-
duced a lethargy of cOntentment. /
was struggling with cup of black
coffee when I realized with start
that we had all been browsing at the
table and that n Farrington's press
ing the bell and the subsequent ap-
pearance Of Higgins were the only
things that Szv>d Us from lapsing
into a comatoSe state
fcsSJsIsAf. 1877. EstkzB T1lrJ
Tortured nerves Shrek for rest,
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