The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-09

her voice Was suddenly 50 sexi-
Gus that We turned 70 her IN sTr-
Prise. But she was smiling tinidiv
ana ner eyes were happy.
I should wait until Steve
comes. but I went. I want va,
. Know, she continued. @Trs
IFS this I've tried 70 do what I
Know ] should, I've tried 10 be
grave and well, I guess what
! mean Is noble. I've tried I-T,f
I'm not good enough or sfrong
enough and ] can't 50 on any
longer. I'm I'm going to marry
Steve. Right away, as soon as We
can be married. It's wrong Of ne
and Its not fair 70 Steve
wouldn't do II If | weren't such
2 coward. ! wouldn't give n. But
l an and ! wanted you to know
Even as she said it her ewes
were begging us to refute her
statement and I did. Darling. it's
wonderful. You're not being cow
araly; you're doing what's rie1t >
u course, its wonderful.
Carol" Clint said. Wen drink a
toast to IT. The line for refllS
forms at the right Carol, you're
She danced across the roonn To-
ward him and held out her glass.
she was only a step away from
nIm when he heard the clicking
sound az the window. and the
glass on my little Gauguin hang
ing on the wall opposite went
scattering to the carpet.
JeH lunged at Carol. dragging
her to the floor. Her head hit the
liable leg; she moaned and tried
20 rise. ! started TO her.
Keep out of that Window JEFF
oarked. They might shoot againl"
Fast Work
| I DROPPED down beside him.
Clint Bowers was glued against
the wall, frozen The hall door
burst open and Crowley appeared.
When he-saW us he plummeted
TO his knees. q NJ
What happened?"
They took a shot at Carroll"
JEFF said. 1t was fired from the
hotel across the street. The Es-
quador." He crawled TO Carol and
bent over her. Shes all right.
Gmon. You keep your neck down,
Hailals
Crowley had already disap-
peared and Clint and JEFF fol-
lowed him. ] kneit beside Carol
and tried to drag her to the couch.
She was out and / couldn't bulge
her. There was nothing TO do but
wait for nature TO take its course.
What / needed was some cham
payne and a cigarette. Still on nv
fours ! obtained a supply and
went back 10 squat beside Carol.
The bullet hole in the window
gaped down at me; I felt like a
doughboy in No Mans Land.
Il wasn't more than zen minutes
before Jeff was back IT'S all
right. You can stand I'D now"
II only ] can" JEFF gave me a
hand up and ] was surprised 10
find that was trembling no more
than a leaf.
Between US, JEFF holding her
shoulders and / her feet. we lifted
Carol and deposited her safely on
the studio couch. She GUIDED once
or twice and her eyelids 9uttered.
I'm all right. she said and closed
her eyes firmly as If she would
rather not know Just yet what had
happened.
But ] wanted TO know. What
was Il jeff Who did it, Where
did it come fr0n2"
JEFF shrugged 7 don't know
who did Il Thsre are about
twenty cops over there now tear
ing the place 10 pieces trying 70
find out. But they won't locate
our gunman because he had plen-
" Of time TO clear out after the
shot"
Couldn't you even find out
which room II vas fred from2"
We think SO. It's a lzvatOry on
the sixth floor. just opposite that
window. Anyone could have got in
and cut OF there without being
noticed. The police are going
through the register and inter-
viewing everyone IN the place but
they know themselves they're
wasting time
Where's Clnt7"
with the police. He's giving a
| play-by-play description from our
side OF the shot" He sQuinted sud
denly az me. 'Iistenl You 20 to
the n eaEest4 phone and call
l@n--rs 49, r1s.sTs 49, -
Tommy Nelson. II take care Of
! was very dsns why2 whatn
/ say 70 them '----------- ----
Nothing As soon as you know
they're on the other end, hang
up And for crying cut loud. beat
/ it, It's probably too late now"
Light dawned on me as ! raped
on the door of the apartment next
to ours with one hand and pushed
| if open with the other. A tall
sparse looking woman with iron.
gray hair and a muddy complex
/ ion stood IN the middle Of the
room, her hands working ner-
vously in front of her.
! said. May ] use your phonei
There's been an accident.
She nodded and pointed 70 .
table IN the corner near the win
dow. Il thought something had
happened =. the noise
said Il was shot through The
window and found Philip Ash
ley's number in the book. ! diaIst
it and let It ring four long times
before / hung up. Then I found
Eve North's number and called o
Ta be continued