The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-30

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some?"
"He amt mite of trouble" Sy
said. Goods gold. Nice old Teller
He just sleeps an sleeps"
Drunk, huh?"
NO." Syl said. ''You know what
think, Asey? ! think the old fel.
ler's been starvin' He eats meal
an then he sleeps. an after q
while ne hobs up to see if I'm here
an he gets some more to eat, an
then he sleeps again. ! always
heard tell he was an awful old
souse, but he don't drink much.
Seems to think heap of you. he
does. I'll go fetch him."
Win pumped Asey's hand. mice
Teller. Syl," he said. mo nonsense
to him. When you want feat, he
feeds you. What you got there?"
Picture of you. cut from the
Boston paper"
Win peered at it and then held
il off at a distance.
"That me? You sure?'
Certain sure. See what it says
underneath"
by gorry," Win said. "Whad-
dye know. Huh. That thing. goin'
OF YETI"
"You don't want to go back, do
your"
Didn't know Hooked Sc good"
Win said. Look pretty good, don't
|? Don't look such a FOOLS 1
Looked pretty. swell" Asey
said. Say, want to be in on the
finish? Syl, take my car an go get
him some clothes from my house.
Mine'n fit him. Got one OF them
white suits. I'll wait here" A.
The Nosey Thing ~
LIE SAT down with Win on the
L l rough wooden settee outside
the shack.
"Win,' he said finally, "how
much do you know about Billings
gate, anyway"
Keep posted" Win pulled at
his pipe. "Hear lot. See a lot.
Folks Think I'm an ole fool, say
lot of things Trey wouldn't say
t'others. What you want to known"
Asey scratched his head. Hon
est, Win, don't know how to put
it. S'pose there's trouble in town.
Trouble with the runnin' of the
town. Who's to Slame?"
"Sairey Leach" Win said after
due elaboration. AN Bessie Brin-
ley. the nosey thing" H.
what do you know about Mary
RandalI?"
"Up TO He'll Holler? Nice 'wo-,
man, no nonsense. Knows when a
mans hungry" s,
"fWho didn't like her, Win? |
mean. who don't like herr" ~.
= Win caught his slip into the past
lenses "Oho. Didn't, huh? Thought
they was trouble Daughter hates
here Hellcat. Hated the other girl,
too. Seen 'em fight"
"Who?" Asey was confused.
"Daughter'd fight Mary Randall
an the girl. Throx things. He'll
cat Seen lot while ! was to the
ice house Know what? Daughter
went off atlnight. Otter
s win, Asey SAID, what do you
mean You talkin' about Mary
Randail's daughter Eloise? Let's
get this straight.
Fat woman" Win said. "Jerky
talker. Used t'go off nights. Some
fcller. Don't know who. He'd
laugh funny, an she'd walk round
the pond to the east road an drive
on. know brlnley, rat telier7 Seen
her with him on the beach once"
$50 that" Asey said, els the
answer to the other path. is it?
That's Eloise's own. By--by the
Almighty! An thai laugh is her
boy friend, signalin wonder
Jane thought there was folks
aroundl Win, tell me more about
Sara an Bessie"
"Brinley woman hates Sairey,"
Win said. Jealous. Know what7
She made Brinley switch JEFF
Leach's books. Made mistakes.
Jeff's no good at books. Brin1ey
is" w tPS
"Wini How do you know"
Gold spell this spring." Win
said. Had t'leave Philbrick's
place. He was comm Slipped into
Town Hall. Lived there week OF
so. Heard a lot. Brinley's fixir' to
get JEFF out. Wants The head Of
the board, men &C 1.-THE legisla-
ture. Wants t'go t'Congress. Fixed
w estons books. too"
swim. cam hardly believe
thisl"
Didn't b'lieve it m'self at first"
Win said. "Sly cae. / know. Gre
grampa said, look out for pot
bellied fellers with SHARP eyes, an
Il they got naggin' wife. look out
twice"
Before Syl returned. Asey be-
gan at the beginning and ques-
toned Win all over again. But he
couldn't shake the old mans story.
With Syrs help, he dressed the
last Billings up in a white linen
suit. combed his hail and shaved
him..
'Therel" Asey gave a pat of
approval to Wins blue tie. "You
look like j. P. iiorgan. Win. I'll
see that Kay's friend takes an
other picture of you. Syi, I'm drop
PIN you ct your house. You dress
up, an take Win over to Billings
gate IN your car. an find Mike
Slade an see Win finishes out the
program In style. "
where you bound7" Syl asked.
'In a manner of speakin'."' Asey
said, Il give up figurin'. an I'm
goin' to get another figurer. I'm
goin' up to Boston. but I'll be back
in four-five hours So long,"
Continued tomorrow.
(copyioht. 1857