The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-17
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chacl." she said softly. 1T was a
new experience. I'll sell it to a
moV.c company some Gay. and
make all our fortunes" But her
lips were dry again at that .errible
memory.
Michaers face was grim. He
didn't answer.
Duncan broke the silence. What
aco-t the hat?" he inquired.
M chaelstirred and drew a deep
br ath That hat?" he repeated.
"Oa. yes. was forgetting. Well,
that was dead give away. | don't
know how Miss LisSey knew it was
there | suspect that knowing Nc
Balm was the man with the barrow,
SIC went shopping as usual, bless
Ter poor old heart And she saw
that hat at McBain's | rather think
he had carried it home with him
tina; night from Murchison's, think
ing II was his own, which he
probably hadn't worn at all.
/ think he saw Duncan go out
that night, leaving only Marie
and DR.. MurchisOn in the house;
then. later, he saw her slip out
to meet DeVOe Of course, he
knew about that affair, although
probably not all the truth. But
Gordon informs me that they were
IN the habit of meeting late at night
after the Professor was in bed.
McBaln would have seen them, and
would have known they were out
OF the way that night. So he went
into the study quietly and struck
the fatal blOW-a harder blow than
he intended. Your brother put his
hand 10 to his head dazedly
reached out and graSped the paper
lying on the desk and tore it. A
piece of it fell into the drawer
the piece we found later with the
pipe Ee caught Tuck's astonished
glance. Il found it. rather" he am.
ended. Il didn't show it to you. 1t
had blood stains on it."
Michael" Bunny said crisply.
what about the time element?
Hiss Lissey said 1t was two o'clock
IN the morning when she saw that
barrow on the PATH"
Il know. | don't suppose the
blow was struck so late. Possibly
McBaIn left Murchison drugged,
and lying IN the shadow of the
hedge until he dared take him to
the boat In the meantime he re-
moved all traces of the struggle
from the study. Mrs. MurchiSon
discovered nothing to warn her of
the truth" He frowned. 81 said
that business about the hat was a
dead glvP-away. What | meant was
this. Nobody had been at the Nc
BAN house that night. Mrs. McBaIn
said. except Miss LiSsey Now, we
know that Miss Lissey had been
away from the campus all evening
at party down town. So that was
an UntrUth | am convinced that
Mrs rcBai7 feared the truth.
think SIZE mentioned the hat TO him
earlier. and he destroyed it. When
/ asked for il. and il was missing,
she W"S sure She has been in a
state RI collapse ever since. you
know
I'm awfully sorry for her"
Bay murmured unhappily.
D"rcan stirred. I'm sorry for
her too" he said She's a very fine
V-or~71 nv brother that was
one Of the reasons he was gong
away You see. he couldn't stand
IL his own unhappiness and his
ouarrol with her husband and
you can see !" he flushed.
f-ichaal made patterns on the
tc''~cl0th Il see" he said quietly,
'..r'0haol" Bunny said for the
th.r,. i.Te. Il want to know -"
C-c3ti1ns And Answers
"NF COURSE you do" he said
- sn1thInGiy Il realize that.
BIT lust a minute Duncan. you
wee threatening to kill Jared De-
We. weren't YOU if the woman vow
SUPPOSED to he Your sister in law
DIDN'T We him up?"
"Yes."
Exactly. Well. please don't
judge our police force or dad by
the conduct Of that inquest the
other day | suppose you realize
that the thing was more or less
railroaded?"
81 got it." Duncan said ruefully.
That's what was making me so
angry"
Sorry" Michael replied. ut
couldn't be helped. We had to do it
that way BY the way-there's one
thing more; what exactly did Miss
Lissey say to you that Sunday at
ternoon? She told us just a moment
before she died that this thing
would spoil your life for you; was
she laboring under some mistaken
idea
Duncan flushed again, as he al
ways did when any mention was
made of the tangled domestic af-
fairs of his brother. "She said" he
replied slowly, that Devoe and
Marie were carrying on scandal
ously. She knew they'd been Slip
ping out on Edgar for months, and
she was determined that something
must be done. She thought
well, you're right, she thought !
was in love with Marie too Shed
heard me threatening to kill Devoe,
you see, and she didn't think that
was just the way to go about it.
She wanted Marie to be driven off
the campus and if | didn't do it she
was going to, and she was con-
WINGED that such action would
bring me into a most unpleasant
publicity and cause me TO be dis