The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-17
Chapter five
Poison


(OMEHOW II shocked me- !
- knew, Of course. that Eve
wasn't the actress that she -
once Deens that when her spark
ing beauty had begun TO fade her
TALENT had oozed away with II. bl,f
had never dreamed she vr1,IS
De received like this.
With every play In the last five
years she had lost little erouns
put IN Green Apples rock bottom
had come up 70 hit her. Plavinq
with her u YVES hard 70 ten Il
she were good or bad. She was s.
much the great lady, above an re-
proach or criticism, that Won for
got 70 think about her acting She
herself took her talent 50 r,Brb
aor granted that YOU began TO do
the same.
! was sorry for Eve North. n
spite OF a star complex / had
found her fine toEwork with. ard
once she had bed really great
Listen 70 this, = JEFF was SAYING
Mss Hasia ROEers gives q per-
Torrance that Is both delicate and
charming. ?"
= am delicateh So delicate tina,
IN going right hoase 70 bed"
After gathering the pagers 10
gether to show Carol, we paid or
check and went out into tae
street There we're faint pink
Streaks II the DARK sky and street
lights and Signbosrds were Don-
ping OF A few people hurried
along lodging the spray OF tie
sanIfatloa trU-k that passed We
walked slowly and the pink Ign,
IN the SKY spread and grew an5 4
was daylight when we resc1e-l
my apartment The elevator BEL
rang holloWly through tire silsn.
building when ] pressed II, 81.
no Jlnx appeared
Let hin sleep." JeH sad.
Settle
We tru5ged I'D the SIX fights
dragging our heels and resting
Al each landing I felt above to-
ledge Of the dooE for fae KEY tas'
Sarol was - have left fheEs. Tae
1eags Vas zD8ota uzdeE NV *
pioElng fingers SleepLy. ratified
the knob and the door sw17a
open 4nen / stepDed 5sc.< -
IsaeAe1 Tor JeIT- There wag . lcnr
TN man asleep On my studio
It's an overworked burglar" I
Whispered. Sho1i5 I $780, -
can VIM tale --.-- -
self7n --- -
Seream." JeH szia
ne 1ns man stood Up. I euesz II
alaAh Deen asleep. re l-9kss7 -
nc ana l say ne had - -
s - ana sour locking rnouf7
bliss Hsila Rogers - $50
an IN YES. May I eor1s re-
Tome N, he said. n7t va-v
gracl5usiy. and SIT 6ow-7 -
Peterson. Of the Homicide p
Teau-n -
Questions?
HOW do you dog7 ss;-
4 chsrmingly ana sat d.
Then l stood up AGAIN. ra-=7-
at him @Of the wat ala "a.
say?F
Peterson" he repeated %
the Homicide Bureau He VA
looking at JEFF. Who's this2"
His name is JEFF Troy and he'
a very dear friend Of mine. An,
is il rude Of me 20 want % know
Just how you got ia here and VIVA
you're doing here and where /
my roommate"
'Sit down" To my surprise
sat down unpr0teStlng JEFF
sl0uched On the arm Of a chaH
and We waited Peterson eyed u
quietly. You I've here With Caro-
Blant0n7"
-YeS. Or rather, she lives herr
with me. It's my apartment
You're both employed b.
Clinton Bowers i. q play cslieC
Green Apples that opened las
night at the Colony Theater!"
YES -sr--f 49,
&HoH long have you knoU-T
Miss Blznton7"
-Four. no, five weeks Since ths
day We started to reheaTSe Greer
Apples
And how long has she beer
living AEEc VIII 4NA+
Five weeks
aSince the first dsy you me-
here2" ne grunted. giving me :
quick look. ~HoW comet?
Because she hadn't any other
place TO live and because she vas
broke. | invited her to stay with
me and she did"
What do you know about
here
Nothing very much She's a
nice girl who wants 70 be an
actress. Why2 What's the matter
with herr"
He went right on What about
her private Iife2 Where's her
home and her family? Who ara
her friends2'
shes from Salt Lake CRY and
she hasn't any family, but shes
never told me anything more thzn
Just that. And as far 50 EEIl1Ey
She hasn't any friends In New
York. Just some friends OF nine
whom she's net Up neTesin Inc
apartment and Of course every
one in Green Apples"
How long has she been n
New York;"
4 don't know exactly / think
about six months