The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-19

Sorry. I have other plans
what other plansss
MOTHS stood up. Il vii NJ. -
asked rude questions bv ss,,,,SS
policemen" -
What other pIans?"
go! bowers was between Them
surely, Mr. Peterson. you're rof
trying 10 connect Mr. Morris =
any way with what haDnened
nere last night2 He onlv srr;va5
N New York late yesterday sfter-
That was in plenty Of tirnap
ne mad absolutely nothing 10
oe WIN tbs production. Hes
never ssen Miss Blanton. nor any
q the people connected With
areea Apples. for that matte
before ias4 night Isn't that riqflf7ss
I asstfFe yoH. Morris said IN a
s1nitfag v1fes shat II had NV
play should have been vary eif-
terentiy cas- Ana + sus9ecse3 Of
TOM 80 49,.
Bowers intercepted quickly.
VI court not. Mr.. Morris It's
merely -. merely police routIua
more or less. Mr.. Peterson has al
ready established the fact that the
Poisoning vas done by hv =
member Of our company and not
oy any outsider. That's 50. isn't
It, Ar. Peterson
Peterson nodded. Right" He
smiled eomplacently at our play
wright However. Mr.. Morris =
not an outsider and l am incIud-
ing nlfn IN the company. He knew
TINS play as well as anyone in the
company We know that Il was
possible for him kc have BEEN
backSts e during that internsx-
sI0n- b afraid. Mr.. Morris that
right now you are as much a sass-
pect as anyone who belonged
backstage.
M DORIS seem ed thoroughly
amused. Really. Officer, the only
thing IN which I'm interested Is
the theater. And the poisoning OF
one Ingenue wouldn't help the
American theater much.
Apparently you didn't care for
our production. Clint Bowers
said. The deep hurt stood out on
MS face and cut through his voice.
II got rather good reviews"
And AlF- Bowers got raves for
/ his dIrection.8 Phoebe put In
stanchly but her lips trembled
at the corners.
@Oh. was if directed?"
Carol Again
/ HATE Jared in Phoebe's eyes as
II her face went white. The
/ pencil she had been toying with
cracked ike a birthday party
snapper IN the silence Of the room.
Tel me. Bowers" Morris con-
tinued This Eve North. Why?
Is she your mother"
/ couldn't bring myse 20 looI
at Bowers then. or Phoebe, or
anyone. All New York had been
asking that question. I guess. but
they hadn't used the word
mother. And no one had used
| it anyplace but behind Clint
Bowers back. When he spoke at
last his voice was calm.
Il think that the critics were
most unfair to Eve. She held the
whole play together without star
ring herself If at times she
looked bad it was only to make
someone else seem good. Eve
North Is the most unselfish actress
] have ever known"
Morris shrugged We'll. of
course, | hope you have a run.
After all it IS my play, although
/ scarcely recognized it.
We'll try to do better for you
( tonight" / said bitterly.
''Please do. Only not for me.
I'm leaving for Hollywood on the
I five o'clock plane. They've Offered
me more money than ! knew ex-
isted and. although I'm fairly sure
/ I'll loath it. I'm rather anxious
you'll stay in town" Peterson
sounded like a burlesque on a
{ tough cop, but he didn't look like
one. You'll do me that favor. Mr.
( Morris, so I won't have to 20 to
the trouble OF making you"
Morris looked at him through
half-elosed eyes. very well On
Iy | make one stipulation. abb
solutely refuse to subject myself
to another performance of Green
Apples"
"You don't have to subject your
self to anything bat New York"
The policeman tipped his hat
on tie back of his head and
opened the door. Facing him was
| pale little girl in a navy-blue
suit and a turned-up hat.
We sat and stared at her as If
she were a ghost. She put up one
hand and grasped the open door
bat made no other move. Her
eyes swept over the room. For a
moment | thought that she would
turn and disappear as suddenly
and quietly as she had come.
And then we came to, and Bow
ers was dragging out chair for
I her and jeff was trying to make
/ her drink a glass of water and
Phoebe fiuttered around helpless
ly. There was hasty blurred in
PRODUCTION to Greeley Morris and
everyone asked questions that no
one tried to answer.
Carol said: There's a taxi
waiting downstairs. / didn't have
any money.
JEFF took charge. Let it wait.
You tell US why you're running
around the streets like this. When
did you leave the hospital? Why
aren't you in bed taking care Of
| YOURSELF"
Carol smiled. Under her eyes
were dark purple hollows and her
mouth seemed tight and thin.
sim all right, JEFF. And they dis
charged me at the hospital; /
| didn't escape. I'm net running
nsr,,s,a 4ha cfreafs either ] inst