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

place ana TDa were 50 SW@A
about i. f1xt well, ] jusI
took i Tor granted"
Carol, dent % silly
And then, a. frs<. everything
was happening at the fhezteE and
] didn't think there was any dan-
ger here Then today that shot,
! aaI1a. that bullet eual6 hexe n.
/ y0us You might - dead new and
al because because Of me.
3 hats E1v v0u re gcinz
dpasf want 10 have happen
% THA. sise SAID. her words
scarcely audible. what happened
. Eve North I'm 81 packed. III
leave u the muxning
Vel. 90 n and unpack- You're
not leaving here until you're Alrx.
5lephen Brown. / won't have 4
] u N 10 danger. Carol Why. that
bullet di9nst cone within . nile
q me- AID there went be any
more 5azless ether
Ipzt ny arm arcund her gianu1-
dEEz- -Stop wn-TyznE Butrh. Ven
see this tang through somehow.
Now let's have no more Of TINS
snail talk Let's discuss something
really E0inezfcux. xueh as s
tnera anything 20 eat in fhe house
beside beams"
HUSBAND To-Be
THERE Vas knock At fhe dDor
4 and Steve was IN the room.
He didat have - say woz6. sue
cess gEozed n hss face. He tcck
Carol N his arms bit he was 100
excited 20 be a1TecEiunafe. he had
% talk We're gong . Be mar
red I'm going 70 y hlsbandI
Lock. look Al me. I'm gong to Be
: h1sbanaH
sOh. Steve!@
You should have sen your
ulotner-in-law's face when told
her. darling. She couldn't speak,
she vas speechlesSl Boy. thought
Y was ! thought her silence
was tDreooding. bat / had Just
struck the old lady dumb. /
knocked her for loop. When ]
Lett sra was going 70 bed"
Steve dropped into a chair and
Immediately jumped M Il told
her about yosl. about this. about
everything. Carol And Mother
said his voice started 70 dance
somebody should marry the
poor little thing and take care Of
herls
But. Steve. that doesn't mean
anythingl" Carols voice was
trem1louS.
Il showed her your picture and
you're going home with me this
week end AZ Mothers command
Its IN the bad. Mother never lets
anyone IN our house that amt fif
% marry
But she didn't say yes. Steve"
She knows you're Ia The the
ater and she dida't say nos And
when she sees you. darling. and
when Dad sees yen. Stop worrx-
ing. he kissed her. ! turned my
back ard started to play he-ioves-
me-he-lcves-zne-n0t On an cid
cactsls plant
OUGHT" said Carol and Steve
laughed politely. / get Il. CUPID
didn't have TO blow lis whistle N
uzv ear. weat into the kitchen
ard played with the pots and
PAS
TcHs greeting % Steve and
Carol brought me back into the
living room ten or fifteen minutes
later a. a gzllop. He was already
at the telephone. Hello, has Pc
tersoa coma IA YETI This IS Jeff
Troy, he'll talk 20 me. It's iFnpor-
tank. something on the Colony
case. -. Thanks. I'll hang On"
Steve and / Hred excited Ques-
tons AZ JET but ne was connected
with Peterson almost immediate
II. Hello. this IS Troy. I've been
trying 70 get you every FIVE min
utes for the last half hour.
Listen. Peterson. could you locate
Greeley Norris and bring him I'D
to Haila's apartment - I'm not
asking you 70 run errands for mel
This s Important I've got some
thing I'll tell you when you yet
here with Morris I'm not
Withholding evidenced When ten
you what ] know. you'u want
Norris. I'm saving you time. that's
all he isn't at his hotel, I've
just come from there All
right, III tell YOU / know who
Lee Gray Isl I've found herr
jeff" shouted.
@Pleaselr JEFF said He turned
back 10 the telephone. You SET
Morris up here. Mr.. Peterson. and
II tell you He hung I'd and took
CT bis hat and coat.
Well JEFF" ] asked impa-
tiently.
Maybe I shouldn't ten you tn
Peterson gets here.
Maybe you shouldn't. but
you're going tor
Dkzy. relax
Steve leaned forward in his
chair. waiting. I glanced at Carol.
She was staring at JEFF. her liDs
Slightly parted. her hands c1snched
a. her sides. None Of Us spoke. JEFF
1t a cigarette vita maddeninr
care.
Lee Gray Is an actress and her
name On The stage IS Leila Gray.
Ever hear ct her. any OK you7 Nor
Wen. she's not very vel known
So far As can find cszE she's only
appeared n one play and then for
only couple Of weeks. i was q
trycut n England Ia Manchester.
% be exact The clay was Green
Apples
Steve said sharply. Green Ap-
ples. But then. then Greeley Nor
rs would have known her. m
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