The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-20

He1e AFRAID 70 50 20 the taeater
last night, you
Her eyebrows drew together
and bewliderment filed the love-
" blue eyes beneath them.
.Afraid2p
Weren't you afraid Of SONG
thinge Isn't that why !" /
stopped, Mustered. sssr Il.
Go On, Haila. please ssss4F
Carol. when heard thai gou
had been poisoned. l thought thaf
Nas why you lost your voice.
that you only pretended v5sf Were
SICK 50 you could stay away from
the tlieateT. I don't blame YOU.
darling, only yeu should have
stayed away You shouldn't have
gone at ak Ny words died
IN my throat as I saw her be-
Wilderment change to sudden
comprehension. She turned from
me and leaned against the win
Il see
We rode in silence until we
had crossed Madison Avenue.
Iiaen she reached over and laid
ner hand on my arm. .Haila. that
wasn't it. Please believe me-. I did
lose my voice ard It did come
oack- 1t sounds strange, ! know
i does. but that's what happened.
About half an hour after yea left.
i just was there again. that's al.
l dressed az quickly as ! could to
make the curtain. TheE as was
leaving / realized that should
cal the theater and tell them
anh tqafs when you and Tommy
came IN. =
T doht sfp Pose anybodyn be-
7 do, Carol. It's just that I
! didn't understand. =. / hoped
that ] was right. Il wouldn't all
De 80 mysterious and horrible i
you knew who might want 70
Carol. isn't there someone IN the
company whom you've known be-
fore someplace2n
No. never saw any OF them
until We started rehearsing.
And You don't know Why one
OF them would
No. / don't know"
The cab swung into Fifty-fourfh
Street OF Lexington Avenue. /
looked al the meter and started
grcplng IN my purse for the right
amount of change. Carol. there
must be an answer to this Think
back there must be someone
She stopped me. Eve thought
back that's all I've been do
{ ing ever since -. and I can't any
morei I've tried and tried and Il
always ends up the same. don't
know who wants to kill me or
F.. Why Please lets net talk about
i any more now. Haila. please.s
Decisive Troy
THE shadows under Carols eyes
Il had grown darker and her
face seemed even paler than be-
fore. unlocked the door aud she
almosf fell into he nearest chair.
I insisted that she get soma rest
II she expected 10 play that
night"
I'm al right. HaiIa. honest ]
am" She tired hard to sit up
straight and look ready for any
thing. but Il wasn't very coed
/ Fsruly ! led her into the bed
room. made her lie down. ]
opened a window four inches ard
( pulled down AL The shades
Would you Ike anything7 A
cup CT tea7H
No. thank you. Haila- You're
{ 50 kind AL ] want IS TO sleep and
forget tslaf stomach pump
She was practically asleep al
ready After covering her with
Grandma Rogers afghan. ] tip
/ toed back into the living room.
JeH had promised 10 follow Us
/ and ! walked zimleSsIy about the
room waiting for him. / knew
what was the matter with ne and
finally / admitted x was scarea.
Il was nearly Eve O'Clock WHEN
/ the Troy rat-a-tat sounded a. the
door. He came N looking as
though he'd Just eaten 4 fock of
I cznaries- On toast His smile
<fretched from ear 70 ear and the
the sight OF all this calm happi-
ness made ne furious
~WhEFHaTe Fpu been7 SEEING
movie while ] 81 here petrItying
Qrifh fear4w
14rTn~~~t~ f~ar~srn -
shes sleepp ank heaven
Good Wei sAeasheaEt, I've
found q way 70 spend ny vaca-
ton.
THAT'S nice Drop Carol and
me card In care Of the morgue-
Somebody trying 10 DO away
with You too. Haila2" He didn't
seem the least worried. ] knocked
his feet OF the coffee table
you're doing your best
@Au ccntraire. kid TO the con-
trary. I'm about 10 start solving
the Colony Theater Attempted
Murder Case. Tn going 70 see
that no harm comes to Carol Or
You. Or anybody. That's the an
selfish way I'm Spending nv va
GATOR
Il feel better already. What are
you Cabling abouts
Bowers engaged me as
private detective.
Why"
because Green Apples and
Bowers VIII make a pile Of money
II some unknown doesn't con-
\ tinue to make passes at bis IN
/ genue's life.
s-Uh-hti1.7 - f3t3fn
4 Furthermore, Bowers doesn't
I lie 70 see his afouainfaakkz lying
about n cold blood.
Shha Card mag nos - sleep
ingTD
JEFF obligingly lowered his
~~..-s~ &C. [n hoz accented my