The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-19
Chapter 26
Bone For A Dog

Bone For A Dog
IT DIDN'T know as 'ow e was
4 dead. But there was a bit o.
bloody paper on the ground be-
side the watch. / got to thinkin'
about it, and it looked funny. ]
thought as 'ow I'd wait and see.
And ! did, and s'welp me that's
all ! know about it."
''What happened to the bloody
paper?"
when I thought about it, and
went back to get it, it was gone"
when was that?"
THE same morning. About an
hour after ! found the watch"
"Who had been along the path
during that hour?"
Everybody. They goes to the
University that way"
NThe path goes to the river!"
There's that branch path goes
TO the University"
$50, you found the watch be-
fore you come to the branch in
the path?"
ayes"
"And you've kept it hidden ever
since? Haven't told the police?"
81 thought there'd be a reward
II kept quiet long enough"
There will, Higgins, there will.
Pm sure of it."
Il don't know nothink else. l
found the watch, and l KEEP it,
and l didn't rightly know what
TO do with it, so I buried it in the
garden, and then when you come
around with all yer questions /
thought as 'ow likely you'd find
1t, so I piled the rocks on the
ground. like, and then today them
women was foolin' around the
rocks and actin funny, and /
thought I better dig it up. S'welp
me, that's ALL"
what women?"
Mrs. Forester and that Church
girl"
ooh, Miss Temple? Well, that's
close enough, Now, who's your
owl, Higgins?"
Higgins was holder. 81 don't
know nothink about OWLS" he
said fatty.
"No? Well, perhaps not. You
may be telling the truth. Wen
let it pass. I won't keep you any
longer. suppose you know that
! could put you in prison for what
you known"
Higgins groaned. 81 know it."
he said despairingly.
well, remember it. You may
go-but I'll be sending for you
one Of these days, Higgins. And
you might tell your owl friend
he'd better study hooting. He goes
fat"
Michael went through the dark
house. after the man had gone,
in search of Tuck and Bunny. He
found them in the little room at
the head of the stairs that was
Tuck's particular delight. It was
fitted up with a little desk and a
telephone, and was bright with
chintz, and from it she directed
the affairs of her household, Char
lotte Jean entering into the game
with solemn enjoyment. Tuck was
sitting at the desk when he went
IN, and Bunny curled lazily on the
couch, listening, as usual, to Tuck.
Where've you been all these
hourS?" Tuck demanded, more as
a matter of form than anything
else. for she did not wait for an
answer. She went on-"Michael.
we've got a marvellous ideal"
What, another?" He kissed her
on the tip of the nose, and sat
down in the chair beside her desk.
"Umhm. Really. We're going to
have a tea party. on Sunday, in
the garden, and invite all the sus-
poets. and their friends; and we're
going to introduce pertinent SUBJ
jects of conversation quite point
edly, and listen. and watch. It will
be interesting to see what hap
pens"
Bright idea," said Michael APP
provingly. "Now, | might have
thought of that. My motto always
is When in doubt. lead trumps.'"
Late Supper
MICHAEL lay fat on his back
IfA in the sun porch swing
hammock, his feet straight up in
the air. propped against the sup
porting ropes. Tuck was sitting
at the end of the hammock look
ing out into the kitchen garden.
Whats the row out there?"
Michael asked lazily.
"Its Gordon Deane. He's got q
crush on Charlotte Jean, because
she gives him cookies. / can't
think of anything else that would
keep him hanging underfoot all
the time. He's fun. / like him."
Whats he doing now?"
IF you'd raise yourself one foot
yc1 could see," Tuck said scorn-
fully: Putting me to all the labor |
OF talking
Labor"
"Shush. He's fixing the clothes
line for her, or something. He's
up the pole, anyway. And the
barking is Fred, down below. try
ing to coax Gordon down from
dangerous heights"
docs Agamemnon enjoy bark |
ing in his own garden? shouldn't
think he'd stand for it."
Tuck laughed. They've signed
a sort of armed neutrality pact,
- 81 I'll ave |