The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-05-22

u6W nSS
D88 1oxuhn T1sn
sns Nas shaking from head 10 foot
-ne Aef eye< glisiened dangerously.
pus ner lace screwed IN thought snd
;. as khe said earnestly. .About
! stared Ct her dumbfounded Tsh.,
&c mere l began to appreciate ne
e1lliieuity Of extracting the tr1lth nom
ne most vel meaning people
suppose II must have 1880
mat long. Who was IN fhe kisrhs-,
~nsn you went into tie
NOBODY. Honestl I dldnt see no.
49, rom the time ] left Cool TIN
..'as naToara opened the door. Gosh
!. s.s awful couldn.s get IN and
couldn't say noghin' and u VS.
eee.eu. Suppose nobody had heard ne
An1 me guy who put me there had
noe 40 you know : man put Won
herey" ] snapped - -
uon1 ] didn't say no man.
Al right" ] felt q biz foolish ~
was lust wondering. Look here -.1
you stand up7 I think II wo,,Id - :
800 loea Tor this party 70 stick to-
she could stand up. and she did
Sne eould also talk. but her converse
non was not particularly Illuminating
~ Intimately concerned her senxations
upon Weakening 70 find . gag ii her
mouth and her opinion of some per-
20 o. persons unknown steered her
NC ne kitchen quickly Two things
ueinanoed immediate attention There
Nas an unknown person at large N
NE house, and . second night Vas
p-as.-esAy upon as before L as in
sesusator had had chance to cues
non me suspects about The events Of
me nrst II seemed to me that our
pfowieF deserved FIRST considaration.
Housefnl OF Quasi-Lunatics
WISH you'd all 20 into the IL
= brary.n ! said Il mean everyona
pui william and myself. I'm going to
seenen me house. and want to feel
sure nat you're all together. Each
one OF you IS responsible for seeing
mai no one leaves the room until we
get back Skipper. will you ring when
everybody is there = including Nj
chael and Aunt Marthas"
Alone with William. a sense Of mr.
maj being came upon me. In thai
nousenold Of quasi-lunstfcS he
seemed as steady and sane as a rock
Better wipe OF your face" / yug-
gested.
William grinned from beneath The
caked iather on his face. At the dizh
towel rack he followed my sugges-
uon- Then from q drawer beside he
SINK ne produced . fashlight
All set SIR Shall we look around
bit here?"
My eyes swept the room. Broken
pottery all about but otherwise nor
NAL One drawer in the table SIN
stood open. and Cooks glasses were
N plain sight II our visitor had come
from the muddy drive outside he
must have flown across the kitchen
door. There was no sign of footprints
We went through the two pantries
thoroughly We examined all The
closets and table drawers. As a part
ing shot stepped to the back door
and opened il
In the light of Williams torch. the
entry. scene Of Armies Incarceration
revealed two startling facts. Just out
sioe the door stood double stack of
hover pots and all over the floor
were smears Of red clay-the CLAW of
ne tennis courts. Annie's bonds and
gag stu lay where William had
dropped them Mechanically STONED
ana picked them up. An ordinary
piece Of clothesline. one end of If
freshly cut and a handkerchief of
me white linen, embroidered ana
handmade The sort of thing a mans
maiden aunt might give him.
tnought with q chuckle. But the
laugh froze on my lips.
Dainnly stitched in one corner of
that handkerchief was the name
Michael Harrington" As stared In
horror at the thing, the beII in The
nssnen sounded the Shippers signal.
williams voice called me from nv
trance Nothing out here, sir"
I'm afraid my NO" was rather
weak | was trying to think-trying
70 forget that was dealing with Nj
chael and his thanksgiving 70 func-
ton as II were merely Considering
fiction Tor a grisly-minded public.
Would It have been possible for Mi
chael TO have caused that mess in the
kitchen? Anyone in the party, Cook.
Annie and myself excepted. could
have been the prowler in the upper
hall. Any one Of them could have
sneaked down the servants staircase
and handled Annie. The handkerchief
pointed to Michael.
But the affair with Cook was pecu-
liar. II logic had anything to do with
IT. Cook must have screamed lust be-
fore the flower pot struck her. And
when we heard that scream. every
member Of the party but William and
the victims had been in the room
with me.
One glance al William assured me
that he really had been shaving. Part
Of his face glistened like an apple.
and the rest was encased in a brief
but decided stubble. II flashed across
my mind that in fiction William would
most certainly be guilty. The most
innocent seeming and the most help
full Is any authors villain. But wrote
that sort of thing: didn't believe il
SIN. il was possible that the lafher
might have been applied and par
tally removed while Cook was slum-
bering peacefully on her -sOfy."
Copyright. 1857. Esther TvIerJ