The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-05

~ - 49,
But al iris secrecy did ron
have 70 50 in for fhsss"
6EETe Grinaced. Yes. Yuss krn~w
na1la. Ehat the papers Do . -
II carol and / had lunch together
more than twice. II ne wzIka-5
c0En the street. Il I took her ho-T1.
fran the theafzr. Tia IerraIxir, 49,
llznnS would have II ne didn't
even want 70 take that chsnce.
We hated i. but -.
And that was what you meant
about TIE lousy publicity. /
thought
4 know what you thouehts
steve Szid. smiling. Shane On
vas ashamed; ! should have
Known Steve better thar II f1irr
EnaE did and he saved ne frr-v7
taEns1g erlck-colored By going On
quickly: II meant an awful LOT 70
Is % have OH plan about my
family work Those gossip columns
would have ruined il. That's whv
we've tried 70 be SO careful an
during Fehearsals- Then, after the
opening night
After that night Carol inter-
rupted. i wo1ldnst let hirn teIl.
he wanted 70. He wanted 10 teIl
everyone and marry me right
inen and fhere and - and take
care of me-
And why nOt." JEFF wanted
70 know.
Carols teeth, BIT into her Hns.
Don't you see? ! can't do i nov.
not while this thing Is hanging
over me. not while ] don't Know
from one day 70 the next Il I'm
ssiA going % BE alIvel That's no
way 70 start new life. Il isn't fair
% Steve lis life might be in
danger t0ols
she stopped and / knew TIA.
She was perilousiy close 10 tears.
Hailas should have tod you. II
vas nasty Of me You've been 80
sweA and owe you 50 much; l
az least owe you my confidence.
But I've got to keep Steve out Of
this II ! can I've got toe She
buried her face IN his shoulder
and he held her tight and touched
her hair with his lips went and
put my arms around them both.
It's al right. darling. OF course
understand. ] think its brave
and, swell OF yOu. And this mess
VIII be cleared I'D In no time at
al and you'll be strolling down
the center aisle perfectly disgust
ingly happy
Party
@QUT in the meantime Clint
A. Bowers said from the other
side Of the room. Il wish I could
make head or tail Of this key busi-
hess
Steve smiled over Carols shout
der IT'S pretty complicated, Clint.
You see, we knew that HaiIa would
De out late Sunday night and we
were coming here We've done It
before. It's about the only place
We ever get to see each other
alone. And Carol gave me the
key ! was coming up first and
concoct some Texas hash" We AL
laughed
What's funny about Texas
hsshg It's my speciality. And did
Just what | told you, sneaked IN
with nv groceries. and then, when
/ saw Haila, sneaked out again
Il took the key with me when /
left and on Monday night Carol
had 70 borrow yours She didn't
want to ask me for the one ! had
because my sister and some
friends Of hers were IN my dress
ing room after the show and she
>. well it's the old secrecy story
again Then We forgot all about i.
both OF Us. IN the excitement that
followed That IS. We forgot until
this afternoon when ink turned
up with his story and JEFF prompt
~ made a murder clue out of IL
And poor little Carol was
-Petri6ed-" Carol said %Oh-
should have. told You, Haiia- But
i all happened 50 suddenly, :.
] didn't know what ] vas doing.
When JEFF said that the man with
the key was the murderer and ]
knew that man was only Steve, /
vas so upset and worried ] Just
ran away. After thought it over
/ realized how stupid I'd been. let
ting you think that. and I came
out % tell you the truth But you
and JEFF had gone and / didn't
know where and. well, there didn't
seem % be anything 20 do but
wait until you came back and -.
and confess
We had Tommy Nielsen prac-
ticaliy IN the electric chair. And
then Steve And when we realized
Crowley had left you -.
Carol laughed -Yes. he told me
he had to 20, Just for a few min
utes though He made me promise
not 70 move one step out OF the
apartment and not to let anyone
in He waited outside until he
made sure I'd locked myself in
! wouldn't have let Anyone II,
either. Hzila- But when il was
Steve. Of COURSE. - She stopped
and. coming over % me. touched
me tirnidly on the arm. ~Haila,
please forgive me for not telling
you long aga You do under
stand2s
~Of course I do And I'm de-
lghted about you two. This calls
for drink JEFF you do the pour
ing
No, wait : minute" Steve said.
This calls for more than Z drink,
Il calls fer q celebration I feel
50 swell about telling you. I'd Like
to give a party
- - -m-ks-waz