The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-26

The Mark In The Sand
fIsHKnK AS only one person left
! ala or . moment I hexitated.
X1efe wes something repulslve about
tHIaE t4eIe sorting evidence against
- 6kinper when TIE chances were
feai heF ondy was coating some
ffe e ne enurnlng waters Of the
4ptad Ana 20. having gone 50 far.
! wanled 20 anish III
! Nrete ne Shippers name At the
49, e : ifesh piece Of paper and
faltlaa e.
SKIPPER
urssf fTo1n ne perp bscss-iag. Mo-
&C. etseure. ~ nainTt trould stop az
aeih'nq - pain an end that she BE-
H4ree ~ bffoFs TIE cyclone, asked
- - ksep Michael alras from Jude.
~ Feaf oridemre az 10 her uhere-
ef4slg sehEn JADE iras killed. Appur-
fe.is fae lssi peFaon % see Jude aliue.
Aaew ~ hig0fna' clim. Had been seen
e go q ahgn ske considered Il neces-
nfs. unsgaoi foF her 10 forget the
8a48 VITA M. Farrinoton srhen
fFumltF traa hard IN upper hall
MA Nhoie party trhen both attacks
sesff paaa. Wouid hare been trusted
- am9aaa.
seemed % kaose fast sshers 70 look
~ hreiaer's bodg. Alibi about second
s6aallHe aabs1anliafed bh Higgins.
faaf rsFson cifh n. Farrinpfon be-
IeFa 80. eecoad accident Bofh disap-
KeaFaaef8 coincide trifh disaxfer
first 1nde's death. SecOnd-M. Far
FIagfon's near deafh.l FIRST person 70
nHfIre forced lock ca Jude's door.
Capsule 81 aRu sorf Of blu6 az any
Hn.n.
a. Ell probabliiy. Michael was
searching the house Cor me By that
lne Nevertheless. the odds were
sE4inzi NJ Eettina another chance 70
fHlnk lhinEs out alone. Time was
nfrsHnz Tie dIai Of my watch regis
lef1d IS ! imagined that the boat
dem tscre would BE- a the Blur By
nahi aeloek ~ the very latest That
~ ~ = little ever I've hours for
- cd Higgins locked IN his room
waHlna Tor the police. / forget every
taInE FeFsrisaiy ] pored over those
E<gI1blsd sheetx
than9hi thar the evidence pointed
IS oaa g tao shinEs-to an elaborate
EIsa 81 feFenae on the part Of VIII
ham Miller and his wife. aided BIZ an
80 lr,ena "a caQk. O. "a Al obscure
a44 Inaxpiicatie misunderstanding
k<laeen Alchaei and the Skipper. Il
SIS clear that. ia the latter case. the
tNo cliprits were not IN each others
reHf ifnce Michael had searched the
Na1 ieE bis aunt like : mailman
Fsr-lsirAed IS Il might seen. !
fea'|g believed that he had been ig-
nmanl g. ne existence Of his father
AS pf rs ncilons seemed to indicate
ihss he hsd stumbled upon some evil
esaee against TIE Skipper. He was
esther ! loni nor q coward. and
r1 explain rs anxiety % have the
rtrElIaS7ton dropped IN no other
AMy Il was an lmpenetrable mess.
H8t ne Shippers guilt tailed with
tIe as.dnnce against Higgins.
Thers were few people in the world
aHnm ! could imagine Higgins try
~ 10 shaid Barbara Harrington
Nas e1e % them. IN her behalf the
oId bay wcusd 60 e. trial without q
nsrmur. He might have taken those
Iesers 10 a. attempt % shield the
&knnfr. lie might have substantiated
~ a1hl and tried 70 set someone
4[zes 1nEsFpfiuts on the revolver He
Mshi have been with the Skipper
men william fourd him out Of bis
fsn on ne night q Jude's death
4 AS possibis that be had been
nui H. eonfde tire whole story to
- thaf dey In The living room when
- as someone ouslde the window.
Eal1 that person have been the
nrerF b. what motive - what
emifIF muiise could tie Skipper
6a4a o. kaiinE the daughter Of Al
a fanig ffiend. Cor kiliing her only
,heg. ~ twice sttemptinE 70 XII
~ only msier1 = was preposterousi
4 turne1 hopefaliy 10 the other view
50 sae case
a. FaErington Approves
sEsHE Maisrs had mogiE, and oppor-
! luniig Coz everything that had
happEna1 one - them could have
Nt IuAa m premed ltated or sudden
fszeaze. william might have cut me
aNa - waz about 10 stumble over
Rn nSleience. Any 81 item c0alo
have satsced Michaei's Esther from
~ hI4.ne place. Either William OF
Ch csaia have killed the cat and
uneaf Al FarranEton's room after