The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-16
Chapter 10
bIaelow Sees His Shadow


T-hE Ruaslan woman was In and
, would BE- charmed to see them
theg discovered
Hes suite Was full Of hot-house
illnes and dalI6dils and bowls OF
he1Ty Parma violets. although spring
wa1 stu long way of.
~Woody Taylor" she explained.
with > wave Of her hand toward the
nQWefs ~fie sends me florists shop
every DAY. An impossible young man
one simply cannot discourage him !"
2ne wss peaTing an elaborate neg
ilgse woVen OF the blues and greens
81 , peacock's tail. and smoking one
q hef ions Russian cigarettes.
~You have iunehedg" she asked Il
6la nog want anything-only caviar
and champagne So-afteF all-it
wag someone named Dryden who
allied M tiresome eountryman. eh?
The pepers said u. 50 II must be so
"A stupid man who announces every
where what he intends TO do. So for
"a ne incident Is ended. Is II not?"
hops So said Bigelow.
'Bul Il must be So" She dismissed
lhe matter with . shrug and turned
from nsm % Anne. And you. my
dear-you are feeling better. yes7+
Yea answered Anne. hesitatingly
THAT "a good II Is foolish to con-
GERS oneself too much over anything
The past IS hnished-one can do
nolhIns shout a. And the future no.
bo6g kncws When Il arrives. one
viii consider H. Until then. II is no
~ % make plans So Il is only the
pfetsni that Is important That is how
] look ct life u the present is agree
anle. enc cannot ask more"
She leaned back. smiling. and clasp
lne ner hands behind her head. called
Ell somethins 10 Mariushka in Rus
sian. wait. ! will surprise you. now
I have another gift from that ridicu-
lnut Moody Taylor which you must
See she explained. ''Mariushka is
bringing "a
Tsarevitch Gets Fed
nHARiuSHKA came IN smiling for
W : wonder. with q tiny yellow
ueeg CUB il her arms Its eyes we're
only hall open. end II was very plump
hai col much larger than 9 good
EI1td eat
sWhas q ~" cried Anne. staring.
"A tiger cried Karsanakof. -but
4 habgl" She took It into her arms
ana Rugged H. isn't ne sweet3 He
has ms eyes. You sect And he Is called
Tnsrevilch Until now. he takes only
milk from 9 feeding bottle. You shall
nse. But when he grows teeth. he
thall eat all my creditors and the
critics who dc not admire me. and
rival dancers perhaps. and lovers
who 40 longer please me. So be will
9rpw TAT. not"
k4afiushka was dispatched for the
feeding bottle and serious matters
were ignored for the rest Of the visit
As Blgelow and Anne passed
through the lobby Of the hotel on
their way out. Blgelow saw an in
suspicious little man rise and fol-
ipw them And going uptown his taxi
vas Just behind theirs. But Blgelow
did DOT mention the matter 10 Anne.
lie dropped Anne at her door. ex-
planning that he had promised to look
Ia on Austrelitz. and was relieved to
see that the little man In the second
AK tralled him instead of remaining
o. watch before the Phelps house. He
was Tie quarry. apparently. and not
Anne This fact encouraged him con-
slderably. although II did mean that
eDmeone was already hot on the
trail Was Il only Strong. ne won
dered. or the police? ICY
AZ the doctors office. Bigelow gave
hts name 10 the nurse IN attendance
IN the waiting-room-an attractive.
compeient looking young woman
with auburn hair Then he waited
with what patience he could muster
until Austrelitz had got rid of a num-
Der Of palierts. However. he had
plenty TO occupy his mind. -.
Austrelitx was still sitting behind
his bis desk when BigeIow was final
~ ushered In halt an hour later He
was looking tired. Bigelow noted.
ibid Strong call upon your" asked
the doctor. nodding q greeting and
wasting no time over preIlminarles.
Yea but ! admitted nothing and
denied nothing" answered Bigelow
ibid be call on you. too?"
-Yes-with the same result" stated
the doctor. he drew forward hard
wood cabinet and opened 1t with an
eager air to select a cigar. Il some
how feel disclined to accept his state
mens that Dryden refrained from
making this disclosure TO the police.