The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-29

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samner ana qilet as we climbed
TIE steps. Hallway ID yes
stopped and looked a NE With !,
puzzled frown.
Is this tina Rehearsal Club,
The Rehearsal Clubs'
Yes. i isn't swank. It's eco.
nomical.
oh ] reached for the BEL
and Jen touched me on the arr
But Why does Alice live here9F
live, JeH!"
u mean hasn't she ary famiIv7s
NO. She's al there i Of lhr
NcDonalds. there isn't any more
ana ike real trosk.srs. they died
broke"
THAT'S tough
sure. but don't you % 1osn-
ing Alice any money | pushed
the bell and In q moment = r1sid
answered the door, then vert n
fetch Miss Mcdonald while Jef
ana I waited IN the hall A little
Blonde 1ngenue whom had never
seen On the stage but often IN tha
Penn Astnr drugstore fitted past
she SAID hello 10 me with her
eyes On JEFF.
Guess ! look al right todsg,
don't !, Hafia9" Jeif said
de watched Blonde 20 up the
STAIRS. At the top sire passed
Alice who caala sknnaine d ss,n
N = pair OF old fHzzy bedroon Il
slippers that threatened 70 faIl
oil AZ every step. She wore 3
pale yell1W susoek that covered
al but q few inches Of a dirty
tTeed skirt and there was :
bzQwn-h backed manuscript under
her arm She was holding the
place with one finger. Alice was
always reading the works 81
weird young dramatists who
wrote plays about the Bronx IN
blank verse She stepped on the
landing.
what Dc you want7s Her voice
was chilly.
JET beamed at her. I'm Detec-
tive Troy now. you know. Alice,
and I'd like to ask you q few
questions. No third degree stuff,
Just some nice friendly Little
7 must finish this script. The
author wants my opinion on it as
soon as possible
Mr.. Bowers told me he was
sure everyone in the cast would
Cooperate with me. Let's SIT
down and have ! cigarette"
Il don't smoke she didn'.
bulge from the landing.
Il wanted 10 talk 70 you this
morning when we met in Bowers
cfhce. but you seemed IN hurry.
She looked az him sharply and
her teeth bit into Ter pale lip.
"Ohl You you overheard ne
then You know what I told him
and what he said 70 me. ] thought
you had" She stopped and then
went on again de6aEtly- Il don't
care though. Il doesn't matter 70
me what eavesdroppers think"
II you don't like people 70
oVerhear you, Alice, you should
keep your voice down 10 q shout
And you think Il was ruthless
Of me. don't your Maybe It was.
But l could play Eve Eorth's
part. could play It beautifully.
jeff smiled You've sore be-
cause Bowers wouldn't let you
play all the paris. You're not
Corneiia OTIS Skinner.
I smothered 4 chcrtle but Alice
didn't move z muscle. ] WIS afraid
she was about to gouge Jeizs eyes
out 4 was promised Carols
part. I" she said
what" / squeaked- This was
one conversation ! was enjoying
being safely out OF but this was
too much news for me.
Yes. ! read for Bowers and be
liked me. l vas TO sign the con
tract the day that Blanton walked
in and swept him OF his fee&
With her sexy voice
-Okay, Alice. yol. are Cornelia.
JeiT said. laughine HQu could do
anything IN TIE show. - 49,
Esiaantlyf Bowers thought 50
or be Wouldn't haze engaged &c
4s general uudefstl Nv
Quite coincidence that you
4hoald almost get 70 play Czrcfs
part after all Xon would have I
You hadn't left the theater Just
before curtain tine. That was
10olah thing to do. Alice
Alice Frightened
TEFFS invitation to eonddencs
- was 90 obvious that l biinked
and even Alice looked az hin
with contempt. Her mouth settled
in a ssraie ut line.
what did you want 70 ask me,
Mr. Troy7"
@Oh. Just a few routine Ques-
tons, JEFF said airily. Cant We
sit down somewheres I'm much
better az this scrt Of thing sit
ting down.
Taciturnly, she stepped down
from the landing and led rs across
the hall and into "a adicining
rc~7l where she sal straight
{ ed on piano stool her eyes
on The wail opposite her With z
sieh of bored resignation size said,
aAn right Play detective. Mr.
Troy"
jeff smiled with dinfculty.
where we're you. Alice, when
Eve North was stabbed las.
nixht1H
I've told the police at lezy,
. hundred times. Must you ash
stupid questions Ike that7'