The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-20

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! cant tell you that. I'm sorry :
answered Anne.
You can't teh me? WIN can., 80,
ssn nsef asked the old lady frowuinp.
I'm afraid can't tell you anytime
more about them ct ali. DarlInr :
sain Anne IN low voice.
MRS Phelps glanced at BipeIow
4 think I'D better 60 and telenhone
narsanakof1, Il you'll excuse me. :
saio he. She ought to be warned
next" I
Neither woman answered. Hs
crosse< to the door and went out out
Just Is ne closed It be heard Mrs
Fnelp cry passionateiy. Anne. come
erei You wust tell me. do or,
Eear7 You mnst-r'
a Warning About Doris
IQiGELoW was grateful for ! mo-
- ment or two alone IN which 90
aolusi his ow ideas. In his talk with
Anne ~ ths studio. on the night mat
vronski was murdered. ne had got
re impression that the letters that
Nronsh nad Of Anne's nae neen
written to hum. And the distress that
n'gelow mad felt was mitigafed oy
the Tact that Vronski mad turned out
o De scoundrel and that Anne mad
come TO realize II. Any feeling Tor
rUrski that she might once have
nsa must therefore nave altered
when she nac realized her mistake
4 the man. But If the letters had mot
9een writer to Vronski---as she mad
Just declared TO her mother-the,
there must have been another man
10 her life--someone who meant a
great deal to her. Why, otherwise.
refuse to name himf
6Igelow thought OF Philip White
law ard dismissed the idea. But he
mad heard nc mention OF anyone else.
v no coulo this other man Der at4ad
he dropped out OF her life Ions ago
or dio he still hold his place, unknown
l. ans one about her? w IL On MS
account sht mad taken on and still
kept the studio? And why -why-s-
In their frank talks together-had
she never spoken OF this man?
Bigelow suddenly realized he had
halted irresoiutely in the nall-blind
and deal 10 MS surroundings--un-
aware OF anything but the agonizlng
turmoil within him. fhe puzzled face
OF Water. peering at him brought
him u himself
~TnG telephone-?" said Bigelow.
There's one in the coat cupboard,
there. sir" answered Walters.
Bigelow nodded. He got hold of
himself firmly. called the Carleton,
asked for Karsanakoff. -. An instant
later. he wa saying:
"Chief inspector Hagedorn was
hers asking about the other night
and We tolc him we were in the
kitchen when your countryman left
and @idn't ZEE him 60. but that he
left message with you. Also. that
It was you who spoke to MIN on the
phone. afterward. so you would De
able TO tell him exactly what was
said"
But of course murmured Kar-
sanakoff. is he coming to see me?r
Il imagine he's on his way. now
"How excitingl Is he aIarming?"
'Not at first glance, but sharp,
think. and dangerous"
Il adore dangerous men,, said Kar-.
sanakoff. Il viii receive him With
Tsarevitch in my lap. Together we
shall be a match for MIN, never fear.
Thank you for calling me up. !.
Goodby."
-Goodby.s said Rigelow.
He hung up and stepped out into
the nall. Walters was still there.
standing by the front door. looking
out through the glass. AS he saw
Bigelow. he advanced a few steps
and said nervously:
Excuse me. sir. Could / have
wore with you?"
Certainly. Walters" said Bigelow
In some surprise. What Is it7"
~It's about Madam your aunt. sir.
said Walters. She is an old lady. sir
and nnocent-like-compared TO
the ladies nowadays More trusting
than some that see more of the world,
/ mean, sir. And of course Doris
knows better than to behave before
Madam as she does in the servants
hall. Still. a more suspicious lady
than your aunt. sir. would have seen
through her long ago. But the Madam
like: ner and never would hear
word against her. And when she and
Sarah had words. it was Sarah had
to 60. MOI that the Madam meant
to be unjust. 1t was Doris's lies. Sly.
she is. that's what"
what Is all this about anyway2"'
asked Bigelow. bewildeFed. = l ~.
"About the Madam's maid-Doris."
explained Walters impatiently. The
Madam trusts her. sir. and she amt
u be truste,. And it's no good me
saying anything because the Madam
wouldn't believe me. But 1 thought
somebody ought to know what's GO
ing on, sir. Mind you, | don't know
tUhat Doris ienolDsi She didn't say.
Only she said she could tell the police
q thing or two that would open their
eyes and maybe then the Madam and
Miss Anne wouldn't hold their heads
so high and think themselves so much
better than anyone else. Il was all
like that. sir. Hints against the
Madam and Miss Anne like as If they
knew more about Count Vronski's
murder than they ought and were
someway involved in il"
4 see" said Bigelow. ~And where
~ this Doris. now?"
"Gone after Inspector Hagedorn.
SIR said Walters. "She hung about
until he lefI and then went after him.
nd God knows what lies she'll have
told him by this time"
| Copyright. 1857. Frederick JdcksonI
Anne and Bigelow tackle the prob
tenn Of Lorna's disappearance next.