The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
Chapter "a
More About Ashley

more About Ashley
GARoL's eyes were sDark,;np
and fer moment she lo.olre5
1ahe any girl whose ENLARGEMENT
N9S 70 pc announced In toaSfs ana
S5.epration. Then the Light fased
x1om ner eyE& we cant Sfeve
.ke9ple would see Us fSsv,S
NAApXJli
snE xishrto caa tier. would,-
. No Not yet. Steve. Pc
: - veil there's no reasan su,hv
We can't celebrate here. Is taere5ss
I said: OF course not I'd love
AN right. tomorrow then for
alnEer. Let's all meet here Al fSve
Carol can give me her KEY apain
and III sneak IN and get thIngs
ready. You'll come, Jeff? And
JEFF said he would be there -
person but Clint demurred. aYo.,
young people -" he started 70
say.
You're comingf- Steve sa;d
Wen have champagne and los
sler thermidor and
Gently. '
Caviar" Carol pleaded.
Absolutely Last week Carol
made an astounding discovery.
jeff grimaced horribly. Caviar,
1tie u1developed young OF care-
E&skHshiR zssoaf fzs
baa Gurali said. nzgts ssronderfulE-
6gtis Wisht that ntisli7. would hide
ftheir children where they can't
be found
oh, Be quietl~ I said ~You
er IS rs winSoz sy,s
tiirewr 2 letting IRE zs;g,5
Euliie hsF xhais md the iac1I col
lar 0f heRa11esss When she turned
back 70 ~ she was smiling. =
feel happy again and not afraid
Just telling you about Steve and
ne has done Il And a party. that
helps too. Il makes me feel al
most normal ] thought.
6he,s really just . little girl.
There's gong TO be a party. a
party with caviar, and 50 every
thing IS al right.
Steve followed her 70 the win
dow. II we told everyone and got
married. You wouldn't need to Be
sfraid az all Nothing could hurt
you with me around you an the
time. wouldn't let Il
No. Carol said. turning away.
Then her eyes fell upon 4 crurn-
pied newspaper. She picked X ID
land timed. appealing to Us.
thrusting the paper il cur faces
Look Look al that Pictures
OF me al over The thing. Your
family would like that, Steve ~
name IN headlines Tha Murder
girl. that's what they're ealing
ne now. Steve Brown weds the
furdeE Girl Your family would
De sure 20 love n1e. No, no. I won't
hava it,
@But. Carol Steve pleaded.
his eyes begging her TO listen
Bowers cleared his throat. y
think you should marry him in
rnedlately, Carol. That's mr. opin-
ion and, having given i. III ran
along. III stop in At your party
fDmcrrDw
wait Clint. IN g win yOu.-
JET said.
Wherez" asked
Anywhere he said nnorefy.
Steve shot my pretty theory out
nom under me and I've got 70 dig
up another one. III cal you to
morrow. G'by-
He opened the door and ] san
that CroEley,s reassuring figure
was stationed outside I once
fagain. When I turned back 10
Steve and Carol, they were Sit
stflng On the floor close BY the fire.
place and / mumblei 4 good night
that neither Of them heard ard
slipped into my bedroom was
done n.
With a Pile Of pillows behind
my back. / switched On the bed
side lamp This | thought.
my ffrstneacen1l moment In
kSeventy-tw5 hours"
opened the script that Vinceaf
Parker had given me that after
moon. Swimming through the list
.of characters found the one that
She had marked for Carol ]
urned to page one
Not British
II JNDER JeEg9afaIlsns ess 7
~ finished the last morsel OF ba-
con and eggs and lit cigarette