The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-09-07

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I MARCHED mic the lIvtng
room. HUG" / aid I'VE are
row the proud pJssessors q
press agent And. / continued.
feeling ! might Is wen be hanged
tor sheep IS . goe' "Tvs been and
hsd my picture took
H- gave me o st.Aed er.a1 Go
on he sad After that / can bear
anything. Tell NE the worst-
we're YOU wearing your lavender
negligee or your beach Daian. as"
] had been extremely uneasy as
- how he would react 70 my re-
cent activities, but as / unf0lded
Tnem / saw. with considerable re-
lief that q reluctant grin was
stealing over his face
well well" said he as | fin
isned. i think you're daft, but !
cant deny that the Dit Of news
a-out &c SIS is most refreshing
Our dream IS taking a semblance
q reality"
He got 70 his feet and paced the
long room, which was filled now
with q pleasant green half light
hlierlng through the closed shut
fers. The fellow can't have COM
United the nun Ter himself. he
roke out AZ last, coming TO a I'D
den halt in front Of me Ic quite
definitely wasn't there. and If he
did what | suppose we're both
thinking and assisted in the muT-
derer's getaway, he must be even
nader than | took him for Il
can't be that. Archie. The mans
got q lunatic intelligence Of his
own-he's brilliant in his distorted
fashion, he'd never make a slip
ike that"
Unless, suggested, "he had to
act SO quickly that there was no
time for precautlOn. Suppose he
suspected that the girl knew some
thing damaging about him, but
wasn't sure. and tn n suddenly
discovered that she not only had
me knowledge, but intended 10 act
on Il right away? He wouldn't
have time TO work out a plan Of
AeAAAA - o. EAA vi t4i4I4h dJtuk LDAEi lux
up his tracks. He'd have 10 act
damn quick. But as no one appears
10 have so much as scen the muir
derer's face, and we don't know
his name or where he's skipped off
70. ] don't see how we can hope 10
prove his connection with Cess "
Hugo nodded. 'Incoherent." he
commented. but sound, I'd sug-
gest that We begin our invcstiga-
lions back side foremost-induc-
ton in preference to deduction
and. starting from the premise
that GeisS arranged the two muir
ders, try TO find out why he did so.
Come on. Archie It's time we were
facing the music"
lie led the way through the hall
70 the courtyard where his black
HispanO basked sleeplly in the sun.
We got IN and he turned the His
panO's nose towards the town He
took her at a spanking sixty miles
an hour along the deserted es-
planade. pulling up round the bend
~ q little caft on tho Nater-frOnt
That's the Hotel de Vile" he
told me, pointing across the CluS-
ferInR mastS 10 an imposing edltice
facing the harbor. "noW for the
high jump" And as he led the way
round the cobble-p paved quay be
added: Have your handkerchief
ready II you want to preserve the
copyright on your fTCe.
II was a timely warning AS we
made a dive through the arChWay.
cur faces mufiied. | heard the
clicking q cameras But ! saw no
s. gn Of Jean-Francols Lubec. and
] registered a prayer that be had
found other and better fish q fry.
A military looking SerQeUt de
r.lle led Us up stairway go q big
bare room on the first floor where.
Tanged on wooden chairs around
tar wall and looking strangely Ike
.ae patients in a dentists waiting
ro0m. ] saw a number 81 familiar
faces and a few that did not
know The manager q Palm Beach
NaS there. chatting wIth a dlG0,-
ted unconcern % the assistant
-ai're a0tel Stll pale and uer-
Gus A handful Of WATERS. oddly
3ereut IN their civilian clothes
eye ranked Slfiv j. 4 respectful
.ancc from .heU employee ana
y10d .hem | recognized t..o o.-
em1n Wao had cuar3o} oN.r-
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