The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-06-25
Chapter 26
Menaces

II DON'T like this" Tim said ITO
me this smacks of foul play.
What do you Think"
We'll go back 10 the house, :"
Asey said. Most likely Aaron Frye
is there, safe and sound If he amt
here, he must be there. It's my idea
that the troopers followed you two.
and prob'ly they escorted Aaron
back. Look, while we'reon the top
ic of foul play. what were you
hunting so hard in the Lorne
house, an roundabouts? An why
- did l get told so much fplderol last
night?"
"a little bird, Tim did his best
to maintain his fiippantitone, tells
= me you already know. You do
don't you? Timothys Error, or
The Blighted Life Who found the
marriage lines and that pretty
note, you or Hanson?"
"Lorne"
"Poor Gran" Timothy said. 1T
- may sound like Galahad, or that
man with that hair shirt, but I'd
hoped it wouldn't happen, for her
sake. That's why you got that yarn
There was a chance the stuff
- wouldn't turn up. | hoped I'd find
1t first But if Lorne found it, well
that's that. We didn't discover
until the clambake that Marina
was Frye's daughter, living virtu-
ally next door. We left the movies
early and drove around, wonder
ing what to do. Then we came back
: and found she'd been killed. | don't
- know where we drove. No one can
alibi us I'm left handed II Marina
happened to hang onto some let
tiers | wrote her-Well I'm as good
as electrosuted right now
"Lorne burned your letters"
'He did,"
'Loolx," said Asey, did you or
your grandmother kin Marina?"
+" - "On my word of honor" Timo-
thy said Il didn't. and she didn't"
Asey nodded.
~ "You don't mean that you be-
lieve me. do your" Tim sounded
incredulouS
"Yup. Asey said. For one thing.
don't think you're the sort Of per-
son who'd swipe PANS knife to do
your murderin with. An for an
other thing, you're net the person
who billed me. the one played
hide an seek with An / don't
think you biffed yourself. So"
you feel that our pal the biffer.
Tim said us the murderer"
IF be amt Asey said grimly,
Then this little game has got more
complications than ike 10 en-
slider Lorne" he added as they
came 20 the clearing behind the
ruins of the barn, has your two
papers. but shouldn't ask him for
EN- for q while I'd wait
"The barnw Tim said My God
where'd it go?"
bad mans, Asey told him with
4 chuckle. "Burney- burn. zzst. like
that
ibid, did he?" Tim said. The
scoundrelly pyromaniac Demol.
ishing q relic like that Thank
heaven. | took pictures OF It the
minute | came. That's something
It's the first ociagonaI barn I've
actually seen -4yeu know ociag-
onal barns were very sensible
thoughts. Asev You could drive
your wagon in, and turn around
Didn't have 10 back. Asey. where is
PAM"
Asey shrugged
Squirt 81 A Match
u Ott 0QNiuuS ISaS1tISs III Sestu,
4 ave been Seured on all fe-
males except Gran, f0- some time.
But liked Pam think she's a
pretty swell girl In fact. I'll 90 so
Far as to say that she interests me
vastly. And I'm worried about
her"
Pam" ASey began. "can take
tarc--"
aOf herself" Tim interrupted
"YeS, | know. Grams been singing
that refrain al intervals all day
lcng. But you and I got Smacked
down, didn't We And just suppose.
Comrade Mayo. that Pam can't
take care OF herself Suppose she
cant. and sou don't find II Gus un-
I'll later. Or too late. Shant you
feel just wee bit siiiyg"
~Uh-huh. Asey said serenely,
Il should. But I'm hettln' ms
money on. Pam
Ysou seem strangely convinced :
Il ann Asav told him. And he
was
The squirt Of a match ii the sky