The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-19
zMADE Up TO KILLS
Chapter Seven
"Anfhor. Anflnnns,

thing about Il al al Ar5 .sas go
scout as far as I've got or hi.
- sese; TOY was talking to to
s ~sasek5oom girl all during the
1910 - ACT lntermissipr. I Checked
VI MIN as soon as 1 saw rim i
your apartment this morning.
Sens mouth fell Omen
licked up On me7 Whx2s
Because Peterson said. avosl
loeS ike the type that wonIS
poison a girl"
Jeh stared at him speaah4av.
and thea AZ the rest OF a far re-
assurance. We couldn't help 1aueh-
ing and Il felt good to laugh
Al the wall fnirror IeT j.,
specfsd MS face minutelv. -
though he had never noticed 4
Before. he rubbed his chin @fssS
because ! need a shave. l alravs
look like the killer type when 1
need a shave" His eonfiden[e IN
himself seemed to have been re-
stored.
Peterson, Bowers said sUha,
Is TINS Lee Gray business about9''
Inc detective smoOthed open
me paper that he still held In his
hand. We found this note n
IarOi Bianton's purse. Ii seems To
PC q warning. Il says: Meet me
~ ffont Of the Br0adhufst. / rave
f0s 70 see You right after the plav.
! can't tell you in a note what
LBS means. It's signed Lee GRAY.
This Lee Gray might have known
what was In store for Miss Blan-
ton and this note might be meant
Tor q warning. And then again Il
nIghtn't be. But think il IS"
I said sweefty: Wouldn't it Be
q good idea % ask Carol who
Lee Gray Isl After all. il vas sent
% her: she's the one who's likely
to know"
I'm going 10 ask her. Miss
Rogers. just as soon as she's able
TO answer"
We all turned at the creaking
Of the door. The man who stood
there seemed 70 me the taIfest man
Ia ever seen His parents. |
Thought namely, must have been
Basil Rathbone and a skyscrager.
Perhaps 1t was partly because he
was thin and long-necked and
held his head so unbelievably
high that ne seemed 50 towering.
De had brown hair and heavy
ndded eyes that were specified
colOred, ike tweed, and his
mouth was thin and unpleasant.
! heard Clint Bowers say. It's
Mr.. Morris. isn't it," and felt a
nervous little Jingle that was
quickly followed by a surge Of
disappointment.
So this was our author. This
was England's pet playwright,
hadn't expected him to look ike
that. He smiled with an obviously
forced politeness as Bowers intro
duced US all 10 him. The smile
didn't make him any prettieF
Bowers ushered him into a chair
and held out a chromium ciga-
rette box. Taking a cigarette.
Morris glanced at the brand and
pointedly replaced It. His eyes
roved the room and stopped at
the detective.
mr.. Petersonl" Somehow he
managed even when he sat. to
give the impression Of looking
down on the people standing
around him. Peterson of the
police. II was you who shattered
my ears with a telephone call at
ten this morning"
Peterson nodded. Thanks for
getting here"
Il was coming regardless Of
your request. It's coincidence,
] assure you. Now what IS this
about someone oeing poisoned?
Someone besides the entire audi
ence. ! meant"
We sat in startled silence.
Phoebe turned sharply. her eyes
blazing, to stare at him. Even
Peterson was stopped by the CO.
lossal rudeness of this man who
sat smiling, apparently oblivious
Of the shrapnel he had burst al
us.
In voice not quite level, Bow
ers said, Carol Blanton was pei
soned last night on the stage
There was morphine IN the glass
she drank from"
!. @Blanton? Which one was
that7'
''rhe little girl who played
Dina"
The Great Man
a SHADE Of something that
4 might have Been annoyance
swept over his face. That's really
too bad. She seemed to have some
idea Of what my play was about.
Peterson (had had enough Of
That. be Stood in front Of Morris
and. with both hands in bis
pockets. seemed to point a shak-
ing finger in his face. Who is
Lee Gray?"
Morris lit a cigarette that ne
extracted from his pocket and
smiled through cloud Of smoke.
Il see. The direct method Wei,
Lee Gray, is that the manner
Sorry, Mr.. Peterson, I've never
heard Of her"
We could hear Phoebe catch her
breath. ~Of herl OF her. did you
say? Is Lee Gray
Peterson was cycling Morris
curiously. Eyes. It's a woman. The
handwriting is definitely fenai-
nine. How did you know, Mr.
Morris, that Lee Gray was wo-
mani"
Morris was annoyed. i choose
nv pronouns at random. Mr.. Pet
ersofi. The name Lee is a very
common female name IN England
SO common that ] shouldn't thlns
of knowing anyone BY that name
as this your FIRST visit e
American" dse
"hre there people who come
here twiec?"