The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-03
Chapter 10
Man With A Kev
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You was up here sur-s.v ..;...
s.sln into the apartment" ar; "a
He was not" sa,S .-...,-
$780, rs soid you last night you were
wrong ABOUT that"
y amt him bein' here sh..
MAKES MN suspicious charsefe-s
uenyln' i IS what does ii
but u wasn't here Sunaav
night Jinx." a'aay
Nobody was here 7 ea,s
are you serious? If vo,, ara
serious you are wrong. Sor1ae@,-,s
came IN here Sunday night So,
nlm. | thought il was Mr IT, IT,
mats why I been wifbholS;,,;;
evidence from the police. I 49,,
wanna double-cross Mr. Trov 81 = :
ne taking nonsense I said
70 Jeir: There wasn't anyone
mere Why, that was the night
we were going to the Scriveners,
party, remember2 And you Gales
me az the theater and said vo,.
couldn't make It. / came bTr,e
with Carol right after the NAV
And we both went straight II
bed, didn't We, Carol7s
She nodded, her eyes on Jinx.
He said: swell. there vas
man here. / know a man ,s5l,a-,
/ see one. ] wasn't born vesterjav
i was Just before you two aot
nome. a little after twelve, Il
guess stopped at this floor to
put a new bulb in one Of the hall
nights and this here man was al
your door. He had KEY. too I
thought sure il was Mr.. Troy and
couldn't figure out WIN ~
walked up instead Of ridin' with
me-" -
SIT was probably someone At
the wrong door,
No, ma'am. II wasn't The
wrong door. Because he unlocked
i and went in. And closed the
door behind him"
Carol said impatfentlv. sYou
must be wrong, Jinx. There was
no one here when we came in"
Then he musfa gone out
again" Jinx was stubborn.
Are you sure, Jinx7n
Sure I'm sure"
Then why didn't vou do
something about him?" de-
handed ''What do you mean by /
letting strange men run in and |
out OF my apartment?"
4 told you / thought it was /
Mr.. Troy"
looked at JEFF. DO YOU think |
We had a burglar? He couldn't /
have been very good ore.
Aothing's missing that / know OF. !"
Jinx said. you sure was
luckyl'
after this, Jinx." warned +
hin, YOU beat any man who tries
10 get N here to a pulp.
-Okay. Miss Rogers. G'night.
he started for the door. JEFF
stopped him.
Wait minute, Jinx. What did
this guy at the door look like2"
Like you. Sorta tail. Sorta
thin Yod know"
What was he wearing7"
Regular clothes. Hat and
what color hat and coat?"
well. sorta darkish. l couldn't
see good On account of one of
the hall lights bein' out. And /
only seen him q second. But /
think 1t was darlCish sorta.
anyway"
Listen, Jinx, would you know
this fellow If you saw him again2"
Jinx considered. IF it wasn't
you nav. don't think 50. The
ught was
Lost Key
nKAY, Jinx, thanks" JEFF
" turned TO US as Jinx closed
the door behind him. "Haila. Il
want you TO think back. Did any
one at the theater know that you
we're going to the Scriveners
party?" Il
why why. anyone could
have known. ! guess. ! talked a
lot about It"
fPid anyone know that Carol
iWasnlt going, that she was coming
back here after the perform
ance2S
Yes, I suppose so. / kept coax
il1g her to 90 all evening. | made
something Of a fuss about it and
Carol kept refusing.
fAnd then. Try TO remember
this, Haila, did you tell anyone
that you yourself =. weren't
going after all"
II. no. No, I'm sure / didn't.
You called just as ! was leaving
the theater. decided that didn't
want to 90 without you and
rushed down the street 70 catch
up with Carol We walked home
together"
saw then what JEFF was get
ting at. Carol knew. too, for she /
was staring at him, her lips parted |
slightly and her hands clenched
AROUND the brandy glass.
How many keys are there to
this apartment" JEFF asked. 4
two. I have one and Carol /
has the other"
where are they7S
Mines In my purse. ! used i
tonight when / came In" looked
in my purse Just to make sure.
and I held the key I'D in front OF
JEFF.
where's your. carol7-
She looked at him startled. as
II she hadn't been listening and
was trying frantically 70 piece /
together the bits Of conversation
that she had overheard.
@Carol." l said. your key.
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