The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19

| a moment that Kay cared enough
about him to be iealousi
For a long time, Ted rode on
in silence, his mind turning this
way and that IN an effort to find
a way out of the labyrinth of
despair that this act Of Kay's had
thrown him into.
Any way you looked at it, the
conclusion was forced upon him
that he had been mistaken in
Kay. There was no excuse, after
what had passed between them,
for her to have given him up to
the sheriff without allowing him
a chance to explain his side of the
story to her. He could forgive any
thing but treachery. And that was
what Kay's act had been.
A reckless despair closed over
Ted, but pride finally came to his
aid. If Kay had done that, there
was all the more reason to prove
his innocencel If he was convicted,
she would feel justified in her
treacherous act. But when he was
proved innocent, she would know
what despicable thing she had
done.
Not that he ever wanted to see
her again, Ted told himself fierce
ly. This time, he was finished with
women, now and forever.
A vision of his mother and sister
flashed before him, and he re-
preached himself bitterly for hav-
ing concentrated so on Kay, to the
exclusion of them. For their sake,
he must fight himself clear Of this
web that he had become enmeshed
I'M For their sake. and for no one
else.
It was nearly dark before the
lights of Clear Water Basin showed
up in the distance, and Ted was
hanging on to his ebbing strength
by sheer force of viii.
When they at last reached the
county jail, he heaved great sigh
ofrelief. Anything was better than
that endless ride, with the des-
perate fight gainst physical
weakness and those torturing
thoughts.
He swayed as he diSmounted,
and reeled like a drunken man
into the Jail. The only thing of
Importance at the moment was
sleepl
Like a man in trance, he an
swered the questions put to him,
and at last, after what seemed an
eternity, he was led to a cell at
the end Of a corridor, and the key
grated in the barred door behind
him.
Dropping down on the iron cot,
he fell into deep sleep Of ex-
haustion.
Wheels Within Wheels
TT WAS dawn of the second day
1 Of the trial. Ted Gaynor sat on
the edge of his bunk, and watched
the gray light steal through the
bars of the high window opposite
him.
For seven days, now, he had
watched that light change from
drab gray to sunny radiance, and
back to gray again; then had come
the long period of black void,
through which he Snatched fitful
hours of sleep.
AS he sat now, with his chin
in his hands, he was forced to
admit that things were going bad
ly. There was no doubt that feeling
was being stirred up to run fiercely
against him, and it was not hard
to recognize who was behind it.
Josh Hastings was out to get him
convicted. and Ted knew that from
that source he could expect no
quarter. He held a damning
knowledge Of Josh Hastings past
that would utterly ruin him, il
Ted could ever bolster 1t up with
tangible proof.
knowing this, Josh Hastings
naturally was out TO make the most
of this chance to get him out of
the way once and for all.
As Ted had sat in the courtroom
the day before, watching the forces
arrayed against him, he had real
lied that far more than the murder
of Scrap Johnson was. involved.
There were many wheels within
wheels, and he was being made
the victim of varying passions and
desires.
Sam Cutter was determined to
have a conviction to his credit
before election. Josh Hastings
wanted Ted out of his path And
Tom Runyon. Ted suspected,
wanted TO gain credit in Kay's
eyes by helping to convict him.
Ted writhed inwardly as he re-
memhered Tom Runyon's testi-
mony yesterday. He had described
finding Kay on the trail, and how
she had told him about Ted and
Marion. He had carefully left out
any word of her real condition,
and her delirium. Ted had heard
only the damning confirmation of
the account of his capture that had
been given him on the trail by
Sam Cutter.
The gun Kay had given him had
been exhibited, and the bullet that
had killed Scrap johnson had been
indisputably proved to have come
from that gun.
They had also produced as wit
nesses the men who had been in
kelly's place the time Ted had
fought with Scrap johnson. and
they testified, one after the other.
that Ted had threatened to kill
Scrap il he ever heard him men
ton 4 certain girl again.
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