The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-15

- sto1snlys deciding the mat
yer must wait until he could talk 4
Out quietly with AustreIitz later And
1e went back to the bedroom to finish
dressing, = '-.'1sll
Men In Lorna's Life
q NINE had on lounging suit Of
heavy silk suggested by the sal.
ior's uniform II was fiattering and
sne looked very young in II.
Dr. Austrelitz telephoned me be-
iore was awake and ordered ne NOT
70 say or do anything" she cried
and I'm nall franticl We must In
something for poor Thorne DRYDEN
5ut what can we do without implicat-
ing ouTselUes?"
Nothing" answered Bigelow. DO
you know him very well?"
Rather. Lorna Dryden Is one of INV
closest friends. You remember-she
was 70 have lulched with me yester-
lay ana called it of. suppose this was
brewing even then Isn't II fantastic
tnat he should have picked ON inst
that night T. 60 after Vronskif"
Fantastic" agreed Bigelow. But
what sort Of damn fool Is he. ia any
case. to advertise his Intentions the
way ne did, He's got only himself to
thank for his present predicament.
me police couldn't help finding the
trail he blazed."
That's true. but he didnr kin
Vronsh - whatever his intentions
WERE"
III you mean we can't let him pay
the penalty for 1t. Of course we can't.
I'm going around to see Austrelitz
later and Wen figure something out
between u.s. Meanwhile. you needns
worry because the case against him
looks very weak to me. And UNDER
stand he's got an excellent lawyer.
And If one has money. one can be
quite comfortable in American iails-I
or so have been told"
He has coolies of money! admitted
Anne. And suppose short sojourn
IN iail won't do him a great deal Of
harm. As you say, he was Intending
murder and he did advertise the fact.
But I'm thinking about Lorna She
must be frightfully anxious. And I'm
afraid she's feeling responsible, too.
She lcos awfully friendly to VronsEd
before she married. II was through
her that first met him But In those
days. she was Uery gay and she was
always surrounded by masses OF men.
You remember Dyke Kitterton who
was killed at Brooklands in England,
auto racing7 They say he smashed up
deliberately because he was crazy
about Lorna and she turned him
down. And Jacques Beauzanquette
and Lyman Strong were both faithful
followers"
Lyman Strong-7" asked Bigelow.
Yes Do you know him?"
mo. But ] seen to have heard Of
him. He's lawyer. isn't her"
"Yes. A most successful one, I've
heard"
"And he was in love with Lorna
Dryden?"
"Still Is, II you ask me. You've only
to see them together IT'S odd. too, be-
cause she's got no brains. but Of
course. she's very pretty and appeal
ing and lovable and amusing. really
thought she was going to marry Ly-l
man Strong at one time. but then
Thorne Dryden turned up and simply
bowled her over. They eloped. you
know"
"And where did vronski come into
her life?"
ooh. she went about with him for
time before Dryden appeared. !
often wondered whether Vronsh was
Matchmaking her, too, but Of course
| couldn't ask without betraying the
fact that he was Matchmaking me. But
! think now that he tUds Matchmaking
her and that she told Thorne and
that's what caused the trouble be-
tween him and Vronshi. That's why
he won't make statement to the po-
lice. don't you see? He doesn't want to
give Lorna away"
sit all sounds quite logical" ad-
mitted Bigelow.
Walters entered to announce lunch
and Anne lead the way to the dining
room.
"In my excitement. ! forgot about
cocktails" she said. But you can
have one il you don't mind waiting
for IT,"
How do you feel about it7" he
asked.
She reflected. Suppose we have
some white wine with lunch. in
stead?"
''Suits me perfectly" he agreed.
"French wine." she suggested. nod
ding at Walters. Walters withdrew.
slave you seen Madame Karsana-
koff since-?" asked Anne. investi-
eating the food before her with an in
curing and interested fork.
mo. We've talked on the telephone.
that's ALL"
Il think It might be good policy for
us to 60 there" said Anne, Suppose
we drop in on her after lunch for q
few minutes? Can your"
"Yes. rather" agreed Blgelow.
She'll be wanting to know how
things have been going. And she'll
probably want to discuss this Dryden
development. too" Anne explained.
women like to talk things over. And
we don't want her talking this over
with anyone but US"
that's true" murmured Bigelow
After lunch. Bigelow waited while
she changed to something more suit
able and then they drove down TO
Karsanakoff's hotel
(copyri0ht. 1857, Frederick JacksoHJ
BigeIow and Austi elitz do little
strenuous reasoning.