The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-22

ne TWO women were followtr.
'lA. ~ 70 complete absorption.
NOW then. she discards the ta..
g going to her kunts or ID her grs 49,
1losner ct once. II the police fr 800, =
nno ner they are certain - ,vr,,,.
49,. s nrsI o. all. OF course. her rels-
49, 49, m,snt agree to hide her. Dut
snsre might De too much risk 81 die
S1vsry % make that plan desirabIa
enc vetoes the idea 81 4 motel fc~ -
Sns nave to register. Even II -
registered under an assumed r.r,n
ne newspapers have photorraphs ~
ueL ana she, re certain to urint than,
snu she Is bouns to be Recognized
10 giving ter credit. YOU observe for
s 80 power % reason. | suppose she
- .se - least ordinary common sense7s
Sne,s not brilliant you know.
sus Anne. but she has . GER
tain shrewdness.a
xes. she's not an absolute fool..
agreed the old lady. Il think il uuife
uAsly that she thought ali that ont .
would she Leave New York. do
you thir.kY Counting on maxine The
Trip before the newspapers could an
pea. anc start the hue and cry?n
don't think she'd 20 far" eaid
Anne She w0uldn't want 10 out any
unnecessary distance between herself
ana ner husband. In case it became
him" sA "'sn
mo. don't think she'd leave
own agreed the old lady. Unless
roc some definite purpose. 1 mean
IKE trying & get In touch with souna-
body who could help rhorna..
hadn't thought Of that" admitted
bigelow. If she's of on that sort
OF light. We can't possibly trace her.
lts only q vague possibility that
crossed my mind" confessed The old
laoy Why d. you think she ran
Il can't think Of a satisfactory an
swei 70 thas'tisaid Bigelow. IF She
weren't Oryden's wife. one might
thlni she didn't want to be cues
TONED By the police"
But ] assure you they were prop.
erly married. declared his aunt. II
was . the wedding myself and Anne
was maid OF honor"
SO then. the law allows her i'm
munity." shrugged Bigelow. u sup
pose she would knotD that2"
oh. yes. | should think so, muir
INJURED Anne. HAS 1t occurred TO you
that she might not have gone away
OF her own accord?"
Good ioTdl@ groaned Bigeiow.
That opens up endless avenues for
exploration, Who'd tDant to spirit her
away, Who'd have anything to
o1in?"
u don't know I'm sure" breathed
Anne hastily. Il Just thought ia
better mention It"
She left the Eouse Of her own voIi-
ton. apparently" pointed out Bige-
low.
Yes, SO far as we kno,p! She
could have had message. l sup
pcse?s
A Night Spot Check-Up
Il THINK for the moment. we'd bet
4 ter 60 on the assumption that
s deliberately went into hiding
for some obscure purpose Of her own,
not to relative. not to a hotel. not
aboard train or boat or plane.
and ! think not to any friend living
IN big apartment building with in
Vulnerable hall attendants to report
her presence. Now bearing all this
In mind. where do you imagine she
might have gomez"
Anne and her mother looked at
each other In frowning inquiry.
IF she thought of anyone not cov-
efed by that list. she's cleverer than
am" said Anne. Everyone In New
York lives In an apartment building
or a hotel or else has q house like
tlds--full of servants"
IF eryont that can think of. at
any rate" agreed Mrs. Phelps.
Nonsense" answered Bigelow Inn,
patiently. "there are some apart
ments without hall service-Iike the
one Vronsd had--and your studio
"YeS." admitted Anne. Il know
But l can't think Of any close friend
OF Lorna's that has one. can you.
Mother?"
mo, not offnand like this" con-
fessed the old lady. "But then, I
ANNNA ftHNS bSCl roAG W bAllllh Vi tlt4llES
whe- I'm asked suddenly. Not even
things know quite well. I'll look In
my private address book II you like,
that might refresh my memory"
after dinner" insisted Anne as,
Walters came to the door. '3Fil NJS1.
"Y3n must forgive me for not
changing" said Bigelowj sit was :
Anne's idea"
"so we coulo hop out without delay
on Lorna's trail. explained Anne.
But there Is no sense In hopping
until we know vaguely where to head
for. =. How is this Tor q sugges-.
ton; wen change afterward and do
all the popular hight spots and check
up? you know. count heads and
speak casually to anyone we meet
and see wkai we can find out. Some-
one may know something"
Bigelow agreed that it was as good
as any suggestion he could offer. so
II was adopted.
copyright. 1857, Frederick Jdcksonb
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