The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-04

| r,,nr@e e-a - act your wild state
p hs,. enc % remain silent Miss
s,. asps ana ! have no Intention a.
Ao'11lnk % your ridiculous assaults
upon rs Unless they stop 81 onr !.
YET take legal proceedinrs-
Aake legal proceedingsI'' cried The
baroness furiously ~ 80
very well. The scandal will "a
unpleasant but we will certa,nIv -
exonerated and then / shall ami, :,
sns souf. 70 have . commission an
r posnssu 70 investigate your mental
ing. o''ess' 'pai-
Vnly mad woman could conduct
sucn 3 campaign" Bigelow assured
uef. Y. Is obvious to anyone thai Won
San only succeed In persuadine peo-
PIE tnat you loved Vronski ana that
you are madly Jealous Perhans
.nas = your purpose7 Perhaps you
nave something to conceal and YOU
.nlnk you can do II by launching this
She gazed at him. frowning n
don1 know what you meanl'' she
gaspeu hoarsely. Il have nothing to
conceall" =
you mad better be quite sure OF
that before you force US to take legal
action against you" he answered.
Struggling
Strong had not spoken. but ne had
listened carefully to every word and
i seemed to Anne that he glanced 81
the baroness now with new interest
In his eyes
! don't think there Is anything 10
De said" Anne put in. now.
Only this" added Bigelow -Un-
less we have written apology from
you tomorrow. baroness, we must
take legal action Is that quite cieargssy
Quite" said the baroness grinaiy.
She turned and left them With a
little bow, Strong followed her He
had remained clear Of the whole pro-
eeedlng. @esaeEs ss4we - >
DO Over The Studio
-IXTELL--7" breathed Anne. anx-
W iously looking at Bigelow
He shrugged Il think | frightened
her 5 little and ! think Strong may
urge her TO send an apology But
don't know Did you think she looked
disturbed when limited she might
Rave something to hide?"
Yes. definitely"
So did l." he murmured He sat
silent, as the waiter served them.
Then, when the man had gone again.
he turned 20 AnLe.
How long nave you had your
studio?" he asked.
About year and a half" an.
swered Anne in surprise. "V'hy?"
Wouldn't you like to do il up dis-
ferently2 ] mean. completely alter
the color-scheme and decorations and
furnishings" he asked
Il was thinking of giving it up, as
matter of fact" admitted Anne
Il shouldn't do that Not for the
time being" said he But | would
| do II over Have the walls repainted
ana the floor refinished"
She frowned little "You mean
In case there should be an investiga-
ton there"
II don't think anything wouIi come
to light" he answered reassuringly.
But nowadays they have such scien-
tific methods Of testing blood stains.
and so on Ii coulo do no harm to set
the painters to work And it might be
| fun"
But wouldn't II do harm? Wouldn't
1t attract attention? And arouse sus-
picions?"
q don't see why People do gel tired
Of tLs'ir rooms and alter them about
even utIi.s lnnosent people,"
Yes Of course. I'll attend to 1t to-
morrow" Anne decided.
But | shouldn't mention the plan
to anyone until the work Is actually
under way to anyone. you UNDER
stand-not even to your mother
why not to mother?" asked
| Anne. startled.
only that she might mention II in
turn to somebody else. and you can't
very well ask her not to without lend
ing the matter enormous Importance
Just what we dor't want to do"
ayes. 1 See" Anne said But can't
think whom she could repeat ii to-
that would matter"
well there's her maid-Doris."
"What do you know about her
maid. Doris?" asked Anne in surprise.
"OnIy wha! Walters confided."
"Walters-?" CO
ale suspects she has been in touch
with Chief Inspector Hagedorn about
something-he doesn't know what"
"When did al this happen7"
YESTERDAY"
-Why didn't you tell me? And why
haven't you mentioned it before?"
Walters didn't want to distress
you or your mother. That's Why he
told me. And ! didn't think 1t was
terribly important l knew she
couldn't know anything about the
murder. But If she is in touch with
Hagedorn-and we can't rely on her
to hold her tongue-we must make
sure she doesn't get hold of any Inn
portant information to pass on"
"Yes. rather" breathed Anne. 1--we
never trusted Doris I've said so 20
mother many times And mother
doesn't like her either. But she does
sew beautifully-and she Is marvel
Gus with mothers hair. And mother
Is very particular about that =.
Should you mention anything to her
about Doris going to Hagedorn? Warn
her, mean?"
mo. / don't think so. Nothing to
gain by upsetting her."
"No." agreed Anne.
copyright. 1887, Frederick JGcksoHj