The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-17
chapler 90
Lorna Dryden Vanishes

a uSTRELITz ross and began TO
pace the door Of his consultInp
room thoughtfuIly. The nurse with
The auburn hair knocked on the door.
opened u end looked In.
Miss Phelps Is here to see you.
docior. she said. ~Shs says II Is
important
rhilss Phelps-G" cried RigeIow. In
establishment.
show hei In. please" laid Austre-
-Bus ! sniy Just left her ai her
door said Bigelow. as the nurse
Withdrew.
-Someihlng new has turned Up.
said Austrelitk 4 presume you men,
tened you were coming here?"
yea
Anne came IN. obviously Iaboring
under some excitement
= thought you'd still be here" she
said b Bigeiow. and then turned to
smile q the doctor. land that Il might
b good Idea for as all to talk this
over toaether. I've lust come from
the DFydens'. And Lorna has disap-
peared"
-D|sappeagedY" cried AustreIitz In
fofe4ledlg. higuluu merely stared
yea said Anne. taking the chair
Ire duclnr Indicated EN- tell you all
hnuw about r. After you left me -
she glanced az Bigelow "-i thought
I would run over and see Lorna
ehee beer on my mind ever since )
he4rd the news this morning and
wa'fe v1ry or frlends--and thought
! would Just run In and say what !
could "a comfort her and ask II there
Was anything | could do. I thought !
could DO that without arousing any
susnIclcna"
Both men nodded swiftly. Anne
sent On. But when ! got there. /
found q police oiIicer-chief Inspec-
lor Hagedorn-questioning the SER
yanla He was standing Just behind
ne butler when the door opened. SO
4 hadn't . chanct to retreat even II
had thCuehi OF H. which I didn't
4 seemed % me splendid opportu-
uiiy 10 fnd cut what could perhaps
what the police ere thinking- and
piannlne So opened my eyes wide
a. Chief Inspector Hagedorn and was
Neff artless indeed He seemed
rather : simple man but reminded
mfaeii tf.at ne might be opening has
efep vide and acting artless, too. SO
Nas on my auard."
She smiled. Austrelitz smiled back
q her apnrovingly.
-Well-7" urged Bigelow impa-
usniiy.
~Well-he begged me most politely
o walk Ia and proceeded to question
ne he learned that Lorna and had
been children together. and that
snee Dryden intimately ana couldn't
bgIlsre be could be capable OF such
crime. and that I was sure il he had
done u he'd say s. at once And that
J knew VrVnski UeTp well and had no
ids Why be and Dryden mad quar-
feled-if they had quarTeled You
csn imagine the course l pursued
Inen be wanted . list OF Lorna S
family and friends and ! told him TO
look IN tht Blue Book for she knew
everybody. OF course.
-But that line OF inquiry puzzled
ne. % I asked q few questions. de-
clarlne ms anxiety to help hun IN
nny way ifai ! could And he told
me that shortly after ter husbands
arrest. Lorna had put on her coat and
eune cut without saying q worc 70
anyone and she hasn't cOme back
Naturally the pOlice weren't match
fn1 hei ||oi they had had no reason TO
nnticip4I4 mat she would vanish IKE
this And there were lot OF uues-
tians they wanted TO ask her And
they cant imagine DhB she should
have run away. because . wife can
be compelled TO testify against her
husband But she's gone. without
even . night gown or tooth brush
And her two aunts and her grand
mother In Connecticut all swear they
haven't seen her and have no idea
where she Is. >. Now what do you
make Of fhaf?"
'Could a Fifth Ferson?-'
THERE was an lnsianl's silence a:
ooth men thought ever her story.
= End II most extraordinary" said
AaSirellts al last Most"
so did L" said Anne. Lorna ha:
never been the type to dvoid pub
licity. And ! should have expected
her 10 bask In the limelight, now, ano
ave indignant interviews ana pose
for sweet pathetic photographs.
mean she's not terribly brilliant, you
know, but she's not a complete foo
and she would surely have realized
that she could nave helped Oryder
more By standing by. than by running