The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-11

10Ens BeIlieerent
you told Tommy abort Won
! and Skeveg" JeE rr9r,utf,3
Yes. Carol said fe vas frr-
1ly upset He talked Ike a dra-
aE1e little boy. He said red Erill
Re sad he'd XII Steve too.
x ne dacn't mean il anv rnore
an Il ne were kid sDeakire
me kind Of piece IN school
Pretty progressive schoo1
Il rnuttered
y almost had to shove him Ont
I'd then the next morning a re-
saEsal ne cane 70 me first tang
: said al the tfngs thas YOU'D
we 20 say when youge been
INK ard acted Ike an isiof
ID he apologized all ever the
ace"
And wished yo1 happiness
Carol smiled wryly. No He.
du't 90 that far. But ! asked him
= 70 tel anyone about Steve
"a me and he said he wouldn't
nd he kept his word too
Jen stood up. You darn HtsIe
pc! I guess tkzeyll have to riddle
II with bullets before you final
believe that the fngers On.
u You've been SO close 70 death
Zee times that you could have
ard Il W1sx by il you'd is
ned. but y0u stilI think no one
ants 70 Kill yen. For Gods sake.
hat do you think al this brsi-
- IS about Do you think its
-actical joker
IT wasn't Tommy" she said
ubbornly. almost crTiEg
No. i wasn't Tsnuiv. Il
aEnt anybody. It's al done with
irTorsl He r7as yelling 4 her.
4 she MT MS angry gaze and
dn't finch an eye1ash He
lrned ana hoWled at me, How
oout those phone csllssr
-AmeIia was hone ! recoenized
e voice I didn't gat anyone
Sc"
Neither did / TIE thing was a
Ezie except for eliminating
neiia. And that's great stride
the right direction. was sure
lat snipizg ont Of a hotel win
w was Arnelias r1ea He
iopped down II a chair In dis
aJef. things are beginning to
Ok q hit thick for Tommy. I
lean besides his Threatening
aroLH ] told him about Tommy
I'd his message that he was not
! Be disturbed Al the hotel. JEFF
4 like a ramrcd listening
And you're sure he wasn't
Il know il. I let them rage hin
2 over the hotei. He wasn't in
Ne building. there's no doubt Of
lat.1
7 guess wei 60 and have .
lat with Tom Nelson
Carol sat up with q Jerk.
Please. please don't 20 u Tom
~ He'd hate il Il he thought
On knew about him
JE1 said sarcasticallY. We're
OF going TO Ike i very rauch
aylng q corpse aroz11 TIE spart-
sent.
leading with him. Then doH't
III Steve about Il. Promise me
at. Hes got enough to worry
oout and this would UPSET him
}. Please. Jefft"
7 went tell him. Stop shak-
~"
The door banged open and a
sir-sized mob poured IA and took
YER Petersen was there. and two
ohcennen - uniform ard several
Eners whom / regrern rered hav-
Il seen At the theafer TIE night
We North was murdered
They began milling arcund. ex-
mining the fragments Of my pic
IRE On the floor, digging II the
all for the buried builes. photo
raphing every conceive bic thing
the room. Ny life from this
pint On promised to have very
tile 70 do with that thing called
rivacy. ! sat close to Carol and
ED her hand while she answered
re barrage Of questions they
red at her.
We all heard the pounding OF
re steps II the hall before Steve
roWn, breathless and white
iced. burst into the room. For a
iomenf he didn't see Carol and
IS eyes searched the room IN
rror. Then Carol ran 10 him.
e clasped her tight n his arms
nd neither spoke. They sfood
inging to each cff1er and there
as a long, choking sob from
.aroL
JEFF tapped me On the shoulder
Come on. we've got some work
} do.
I looked al Steve and Carol
gain. He had drawn her into the
orner BY the kitchen and wedged
er there, standing over her ike
bulldog If he guards her this
ssiduouSly from the police" I
aougnt. he ought 10 do all
light By any stray murderefs who
appen around / grabbed my
Traps and. nodding to JEFF, fol-
owed him out.
The last thing I heard was
'etersons voice "AH right, Mr.
srown. want TO ask you a few
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