The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-21

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It's a white powder
You'd Il be ii tablet forrr>A
II could be.
sse Aspirin
80. e. Philip Ashley ard hss
! Yes Why should he s,,r, 60.
axe 9n me Il il was lust asDi~irss.
re Because i wasn't2 Because i
vas mcrphine71
No. JEFF smiled toleranslv. -
don't think our man wos1ld iaax-s
als morphine where you could
But he wouldn't have gone
inta a foaming rage il
teh me what You know about
! dsan't know grca. deas r.
was eae 0f thosa Eaaizsa ae.ors
VINO come 70 New York ma Len
con play, then get another en-
Eagement here. and another. AMI
nfally stay. gladly forsaking tbs
British theater for the higher
American salaries. The first TING
1 naa ever seen him was In a plav
with Eve lie Galiienne. He had
played supporting roles with
Nazlmova and Ina Claire and
Blanche Yurka. He was s good.
dependable. undressing actor
and 1 suppose the big names liked
nm because he didn't detract anv
attention from them.
Hmmin. JEFF said when I
finished my resume. Hes been
IN Chicago all year. Carols been
n New York only six months.
they couldn't have met il New
York before Green Apples
Contrary to local opinion. New
York isn't the only place IN the
world.r
Carol grew I'D in Salt Lake
City, Philip Ashley is an English
man. can't see much possibility
OF connection between them.
had a feeling l vas licked.
Well, how do you explain his
behavior last night over an as
pirin tablet suppose its a coin
eideneelH
Probably indigestion. Have
Carol and Ashley been especially
friendly during rehearsal or vice
versaaa
Friendly. but not especially.
They used to play two-handed
rummiy during waits at re-
hearsals. that's an. JEFF. It's TOO
much for me. Somebody tried TO
kill Caro-. but there's nobody that
could want to- Nobody ever saw
her until FIVE weeks ago and
they're all still Just mere se-
quaintances.
There's someone. Murder isn't
Ike love. it doesn't happen at
first sight. "
Bad Start
As if the weather had been
anxious 70 provide the proper
atmosphere for murder. late IN
the afternoon the day darkened,
not with toe creeping dusk OF an
early. winter evening but with the
quick unnatural blaekness of a
storm. The sky lowered to meet
the steepled tops of skyscrapeFs
and crushed down past them sui
lenly. AT five the snow began.
Carol sat eurled Up on the win
dow seat now. her face pressed
against the pane. watching It.
/ snapped on all the lights and
built a little camel coal FIRE IN
my miniature fireplace. In the
kitchen. as / threw together all
the odds and ends ] could find in
the refrigerator. hummed loud
and determinedly. Carol had
drawn the butterfly table up close
before the FIRE and we sat down
and made fairly brave pretenee
OF eating.
We walked 10 the theater. That
was Carols idea. I think she was
trying desperately 10 postpone her
arrival at the place where she
rad been so near 10 death the
nisht before.
Peterson and a mountain Of a
NAN with round fat face were
standing Just inside the stage door
talking to Nick.
mo one. SAID Peterson. and
his voice was even sterner nd
and more authoritative than /
had thought It could be. no one
at all IS to be allowed inside this
doom tonight other than members
OF the company
Nick banged the ashes cut Of
his pipe. mo one TO come in. he
said. nodding.
And no one is to leave until
the play IS over. and then not un-
I'll ! say so.
No one 70 leave
There was something in Nick's
voice that made the policemen
look at him sharply. It wasn't
contempt. he was too docile for
that. but It was kind of il-con-
cealed disdain.
The man mountain said grufffY.
eYou understand that2D
Nick shifted his feet to the radi-
ator and tilted pack his chair.
With his pipe between his teeth
ne looked hard at the men. No
one in and no one out "
4E4t NtCl 1ltt , 80 41-47+ = 4stzs
Us as We walked acrass the STAGE.
JEFF was ensccncekl IN our dress
ing room. Longing conteutedly in
one caair. his feet stretched out
on another. He looked lazy and
iuefFeetHal and very. very COM
forting,
* hunz mg coat On hook and
stuck. nv limp hat over i. JEFF.
ave yoa seen herr Eve. l meaneR
eShe hasn't cume in yet
Then You don't know anything
moregn
He looked al me with inaigna-
ton. ePlenty more, We've dis
covered some very interesting
facts about the mysterious Miss
Lee Gray.