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


Looking steadily - Tom. JeE
said Melody gives darn
EAsnE now why you weren't II
your room except Haiia and me-.
but Il an hour CT 50 fhere VII
Dc about ten cops wh0 are goinr
= md CT or else
f4nyz Ten was helIIrerert.
Je1 gave i 70 him bEraiiTs Pc
cause atEer yoa left word a. YOUR
hotel desk tsat you were rot Is
pc disturbed someone took shot
AZ Carol from the sixth floor Of
the Ez1aa5nr Eofel.1
Toms empty glass went down
an the Eanle with q rG0unding
bang vas sEe
Js1 sid. 10. SHE'S al right.
1ney missed her
Ten shock TIE ice around IN
his glass and drained II Carol
leads czaEnsd life. She ought 70
80 with circuS Poisoned.
stabbed and shot az. ard Sill n
the pink Of condition He beek-
one1 the waiter ard asked for an
other rye highbaIl-
Why did you leave word that
ycu weren't = be disturbed when
yOu had no intention CT staying
n your T1om
! had every intention Of stay
ING IA ny roam. I didn't want %
be DISTURBED because I was goizz
70 tske 3 nap
JeA SAILED. You're not going
% tel rs tnat yca were II yoar
rocz1- That yCu we're 50 sound
asleep you 0lcxl' hear the phone- =
On. TOR Gods sake 20. ! didn't
60 % bed AZ al. .zir1rsst as soon
IS / got 70 ny Fe0n Tony EIdrfdee
came N he tod ma that Max
@sltzEnan was sending = company
Of Peter ard PAU ID Lcrdo1.
! stage MANAGED the New YORK
production ard h tnourft I'd
have chance . get the lob
aEa1n- So / went ont n a hurry.
! didn't step 70 cali tie Operator
and tell her. Why should u Ard
that's all there IS 70 Il
Where Is onEnzzn's ozcezs
On Elfty-tnird- Just east CT
Madison.
what tire werS you therezs
got there about I've. Shurzn
was o1t. ] talked to his secretary
for . while and LETT about FIVE
fifteen
FEge-ffteen. huhz" JET rooted
around IN the little wicker basket
and found me potato chip. And
TIE shot czu1e through The WIZ
dow At exzctly fFe-thisfy
stiH In Love
THEE vas alarm IN TOuny,s
4 Voice when he sDoke again.
Lock. JEFF. l know what you're
thinking Shuzna1's once IS only
q couple Of blocks from the Is
uusdor- I c0uld have got ID there
in time 70 take that shot at
Carol"
What did you do. Tommyz"
We'll. / he hesitated.
Damn Il! This would happen 10
ne. Vel. ! got here about SIX
thirty. On my way here / stopped
a bar on Broadway ard had a
coupie Of drinks JET opened his
mouth and Tommy said angrilv.
zfo. ] can't prove l vas therei I
dlen't see anyone / knew. And
the place was iammed: I don't
think the bartender OF anyone
would remember me. What the
he'll are you trying 70 do 10 me.
JEFF
Nothing. / just wish you had
an abb for hve-thirty this after
noon
Tommy jumped 70 his feet. up-
setting the glass TIE waiter had
placed before hign. Do you mean
to say Pm going 70 be mixed Up
n this thing because vas going
around HInding my own busi-
nessz WAT the he'll. jeff Listen,
/ didn't take 4 shot at Carol. I
didn't try to poison her and l
didn't stab Eve North. / don't
want TO kill CAROL For Gods sake,
why should I71
Yen said you were going to.
he sat as quickly As he had
risen. but much more quietly. He
looked from one to the other OF
Is and his lips were very white
he said bitterly, So she told you
about that"
rushed to Carols defense
no. she didn't tell Isl She never
breataed q word OF it and wild
horses probably ro1ldnt have
dragged il from her until ne al
ready knew. It happens that Won
were overheard. BY very help
ful next door neiehbor.
What did Carol saw z
Just that she saw you were
falling in love with her and she
was IN love with Steve Brown So
she told you and you blew up and
her. And you needn't
bother explaining that you were
drunk and IN a temper and didn't
mean it because she's already
done that for you
I'D rather not talk about II. Let
Carol do the talking
What about you and Alice Nc
Donald. Tommy"
There's nothing about Alice
Mcdonald and me except that
we've known each other a long
time. We're good friends
She knew about you and
Carol, didn't she2 And she didn't
like it. 1t couldn't have been that
she was jealous Of Carof?e
She didn't like il because
kfe snapped Oh. IT'S none Of your
damn business why. she didn't
Ike It. But it wasn't because she
was jealous"
You're still crazy about Carol
Tom scowIed down at the table.