The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-03

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| mink. Yes. yes. tkas;s where s,s :;
Go look" JEFF said
nef purse was on the table i,
me vestibule and I bruusht = !; :,
ana handed II TO her. She hegs,
saaplying i. slowly at FIRST;
a..SndAerchlef, compact. litti,
mango purse. Then the films
same out dying-Iipstic<s mir.
5ors cards. cigarettes. But :, Eev
ana she raised her ewes ,,vshs
neFlngly, from the stuff s l-1.s
out before her. She said 1T
Il isn't here"
when did you have II laSt,.
I don't remember
You had IT Sunday nigb,a
sald. Just as we were IeavFng e.
me tneater | gave il 10 va, II
picked Il up of the ra,tsl -
s gou slipped it in your purse
Ga Carol nodded ~Yes. that's
asked. ' zen
one closed her eyes in an ef-
Tort 70 concentrate. Il Can't th;, T.
Jen. I'm so tired, / -'iA'
| SAID slowly. 4 used NV kew
ounaay night when we came
nome And Monday Monriav
night al the theater Won bor,
NoNed mine, CarOltr
Jen said, "You haven't sehn
your key since Sunday night then.
7 no. l guess | haven't
But Sunday night you tosk !.
70 ne theater IN that purse?a
Where was your pursesn
q our dressing room. On nv
makeup table
al evening""
Worse Tangle
JEFF sat down and whistlea
- softly. Everyone at the thea-
Yer Knew, or could have known
mat Halla was going to a parry
ana that Carol was coming nome
alone. Anyone could have
sneaked into your dressing room
while you were on STAGE and
taken the key. Then ne could
nave got up here before Carol lei
himself in and waited for her I"
My spine turned to ice. Then
Monday wasn't the first time that
Carol was in danger? The man
VINO stole her key and came here
=. came here to.
I'm afraid SO" JEFF said.
Carols voice WIS loud and
harsh, protesting: No. jeff MOI
There was no one here when
halla and / got home. / tell your
from that window JEFF
pointed. "he could see you COM
ing down the street He could see
that Haila was with you. And
that was plenty Of time for him
to leave. BY the stairs or even
by the fire escape.
No, that isn't it. I don't be-
lieve i'll Won't You please stou
talking about me getting killed.
You sit around and figure out
waysl Il makes me II can't
She rushed into the bedroom. 1
started to follow, then stopped.
knowing how futile my comfort
would seem to her. JEFF was beat
ing a nervous tattoo on the win
When he spoke the ex-
IN his voice startled me.
Haila, when we were up at
Vincent Parkerss today, he said
something about seeing Clint
Bowers Sunday night. didn't her"
Il don't remember. JEFF"
"Of course you do He said
they walked up Lexington Ave-
nue. together. they
'Oh. yesI Parker had an idea
for the third act. II was after the
invitation performance"
Right And they separated
outside of Zollers- Just down
here around the corner. There
isn't another Zollers, is there7"
@Aot that ! know of. JEFF. you
don't mean -. that Clint was the
man Jinx saw at our d0orl He
couldn't have mistaken Clint
Bowers for you. he's SO much
heavier and
sWhati Who did Parker say was
with Clint2"
Tommy Tommy Neilsonl
No, jeff It couldn't have beenl
Tommy wouldn't sneak In like
that, and oh, JEFF, mol Not
Tommy!p
Grab your coat. HaiIal" 81
sWny7 Where are we going7"
TO see Clint Bowers. To find
out where he left Tommy. Tom
my fits Jinx's description as much
as / do. It could've been Tommy"
But we shouldn't leave Carol
alone Just now.
She won't be alone"
He opened the door and Crow
ley's tail shadow fell across the
rectangle of light that spilled out
OF the living room / snatched UP
my coat and followed JEFF past
Crowley to the elevator.
It was only few minutes until
Osuga. a japanese boy ] had
seen occasionally at the fheater,
ushered US into the library of
Clinton Bowers penthouse apart
ment and ia his soft lifting voice
explained that Mr.. Bowers was
busy with young man and
would we wait, please.
The whale living room had
been designed for comfort Ny
survey was interrupted by
whistle from JEFF. who had dis
a shelf holding only
beautifully bound copies Of the
PLAYS Bowers had d0ne-and that
the list stopped short when Bow
ers' association with Eve North
began