The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-12
BY BAILEY WOLFE

You recollect. Miss Warren, the
night my wife was took so bad off
sick and the doctor come and got her
and carried her to the hospital?"
Sally nodded. well. the night went
to Morrisss she was took that bad and
the doctor set up with her all night.
lie didn't hold out no hope for her
that night Seemed like she slept like
dead person. That very day Miss
Mary Morris sent down a big basket
OF something to eat. but my wife was
too far gone to eat 1t. Seem like all
OF a sudden the sight of the young
ones eating that stuff. and her laying
sick. not able to eat what she was
hungry for. made me fighting mad.
says to myself. Morris turned me off
from work and now that my folks is
sick and starving his daughter brings
EN- something in a basket. | made
up my mind I'd walk up to his house
and have my say out to him for once"
You saw Mr. Morris?" questioned
Robert Warren eagerly.
No" Mcdonald shook his head. 81
couldn't find nobody. But all of sud-
den l heard a dog bark and seen the
night watchman's lantern. 1 lost my
nerve then. and started home. They
caught me as l was leaving the gate"
"All you can prove is that you were
seen leaving the gate" said Mr.. War
rem. THE next morning Mr.. Morris
found a threatening letter in his
study"
1T wasn't me-" said Mcdonald. 81
swear it wasn't"
Il believe you" said Sally. She fol-
lowed her father to the door. Out
side, the August sunshine seemed too
bright to her eyes, accustomd to the
dim light of the Jail.
''This thing looks worse every STEP"
said Mr.. Warren. ut looks to me as
If Philip Page is mistaken for once
in his man."
Il don't believe that for a minute"
said Sally. by some means or other,
the truth will come out and McDon-
aid will be cleared"
Il hope you're right. my dear" sai6
her father. Il must leave you. now
An Appeal To MIR. Morris
CALLY returned to the office and
- did not finish her days work un-
til the rest of the staff had left. She
phoned home to say she would not be
there for supper and sat quietly at
her desk, trying to think things out.
Above all, she wanted to help the
That much was clear. But
could she help them by going to
Giles Benton? She doubted that.
What else was left for her to do?
Philip and her father had exhausted
every means of proving McDonald's
innocence. and what could she hope
to do that they had not?
The shadows heightened in the
Office. Outside the street lamps were
turned on, but still Sally sat at her
desk. She had not eaten since lunch
time. but she felt neither hungry nor
tired. She reviewed in her mind every
scrap of evidence for and against Nc
Donald. She kept going back to the
conversation she had overheard be-
tween Mr.. Morris and Giles Benton,
his hired detective.
I'm tired of the whole thing" she
heard Mr.. Morris say, 81 want the
guilty man found and punished"
That was Sally's cuel Mr.. Morris
wanted the guilty man found and
punished, but he would not want an
innocent man punished. If she could
only convince old Mr.. Morris that
Mcdonald was innocent. If she could
somehow communicate to him her
own feeling that Giles Benton had
been hired to find a guilty man, but
had simply framed the evidence
against a scapegoat instead. There
was no harm in going to see MIR.
Morris, at any rate.
Sally smoothed her hair and washed
her face, putting on just enough
makeup to keep her from looking
pale. She started for the Morris
house, walking slowly so as not to
arrive too soon. If she timed her ar
rival properly, she would reach the
house after dinner and find Mr.. Nor
ris alone in his study. She New his
habits well enough to be fairly GER
tain that he would retire to his den
to smoke his after-dinner cigar and
be alone.
AS she walked up the circular
driveway to the house. Sally breathed
deeply the fragrant air from the rose
garden. The huge stone pile OF a
house doomed up darkly in front of
her.
Sally rang the bell. hoping she
would not have to see Mary. Dem
nison, the butler. came almost at
once. He was smiling and. seemed glad
to see her.
There's no one at home but Mr..
Morris, Miss Warren" he said. will
you come in and waltz"
ITS Mr.. Morris l came to see"
Sally fastened to explain. Don't tell
him I'm here. Just let me go in and
knock at his door. He's in the study,
isn't he?"
"Yes, he is, Miss Warren" said
Dennison doubtfully. Are you sure
you wouldn't like me to tell him
you're here? He's expecting visitors
at half past eight"
"I'u be gone by them" Sally prom
fsed. sim sure it will be all right II
| go in and knock. l won't tell Mr..
Morris l saw you at all.
"Just as you say, Miss Warren"
fcopurloht. 1886. Bailey WOIeJ
Sally boards Mr.. Morris in his den
and does a little eaVesdropping to-