The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-25


soine anywhere or doing anything,
ne found himself compelled to stop
ana consider what his mysterious
saAoow would mako Of Il. There was
tns constant anxiety iest-through
nir-lnnocent people might Be in
volveo In the case. presumably
whomever be addressed would be-
come instantly suspect
AND be had no idea for whom this
SPY was acting. Hagedorn had not
revealed much interest il him when
they had met at Anne's, but Hage-
uorn was not the type to put all his
cards on the table. He might have
ses this watcher at Bigelow.s heels.
OF Strong might be responsible. or
esen-hs though wildly-the baron
Fortunately. until now, his ccmines
asR eoings Lad been Of such small
consequence that their being noted
ane reported could not nave bene-
ntted anyone. But he had no inten-
ton Of leading others to Lorna
Dryden Il they shcule be lucky
enough to fin. her. so be was deter
mined 70 lose the man this time II
he never succeeded again.
Accordingly. be suddenly stopped
and turned back. AZ though he had
forgotten something and returned to
room TO telephone Anne. Ex-
planning the situation. brisfiy. ne
asked her 70 drive into the park and
wait thers for him. leaving the engine
running He thought that II the little
man was afSot. It might be possible
10 elude him bJ stepping into Anne's
c and driving of before q taxi
could be Communicated in which the
man could follow So be set forth
briskly 10 walk toward the park. But
the little mar was MOI afoot--he was
trailing along about s.sblock behind
Eigelow in s; small roadster.
The size and general appearance OF
this roadster was. however. somewhat
enceufasins It seemed to- iBigeiow
thai Anne's car woul3 be- capable III
much greater speed and that they
would be able to out-distance hin
without much difficulty.
The shadow was only about q
hundred yards behind him when he
hnaliy came up with Anne.
He's got car" announced Bige-
low under his breath. by way Of
geetine. shut 1t doesn't look terribly
speedy"
mo. It doesn't" agreed Anne. COM
s.dering il through the rear vision
mirror. "But one can't get much Of
lead In traffic and with the lights
constantly changing"
mo. Wen have to try strategy
tirst and II that doesn't succeed. do Q
bit Of speeding after we get out Of
avn. Are you afraid o; fast dris-
lngg"
mot II trust the driver-and .he
car" answered Anne.
Would ycu be nervous If I drove?"
mo. Of course not"
BigeIow Tries Dodge
CHE moved over and Bigelow got
= into the divers seat. And they
started. He headed for the 72nd
street gate to cut through to River
si0c drive. The shadow In the smaller
1r followed easily behind them. But
BIgelow was hiding his time. seizing
the opportunity TO test the brakes
and the gear-shift and to see how
quickly Anne's car could pick up. He
c. eered up as he felt the power OF
IL engine and realized that the
motor was in sweet condition.
Once on the Drive. be began to let
Il out q ait The man following him
accelerated. too. and as the lights
changed at 86th Street, and Bigelow
wa forced to halt for the cross
traffic. the man In the smaller road
stea came up neatly abreast of him.
@Iou seem TO be going my way" "
said Bigelow. leaning forward and
addressing the little man. with CLINT
In his eye The little man smiled q
faint smile Of derision. but made no
reply.
Hes rather, an unpleasant little
man close to. isn't he?" remarked
R.gelow to Anne then. in q CONVERSE
sionai tone. but loud enough for the
man to hear.
-Very. agreed Anne succinctly.
The tights changed The little man
was distracted by their conversation
or else his engine didn't respond as
quickly as Anne and they shot
ahead again Suf big Limousine was
preceding them AZ . dignified and
rather leisurely pace and an old bat
.ered looking coupe was preventing
them from passing. Eventually. they
gof by,aftel q, prolonged footing on the
siren. and ~ g3rd Street. they got 3
freak because 1the- tights changed
again iust AZ they were approaching
thu. crossing and they got through.
but the little man was held up.
Bigelow spec on to Gath Street and
There turned east 70 WeS End avenue
sas north 90 West End avenue until
ne lights went against him there.
when he managed TO swing east again
70 Broadway and then north once
usore
'"TEis may do itl'' be cried excit-
sdly to Anne.
"WilI ne Try to follow US or proceed
aiSnE the Driver" asked Anne.
u should think he'd haze to try
IL follow US. since he has no idea
where we're heading for" cried
Bigelow
Acting on this assumption. he pres
ertly turned west again into the
Drive.
copyright. 1887. Frederick Jackson
Tomorrow, BigeIow cleverly man.
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