The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-05
MRS. MURDOCH
TAKES :S
by George
Harmon
Coke

and for the next minute or two
she talked rapidly and earnestly
explaining what she wanted.
He can't come for about an
hour" she said when she hung up
Somebody is out to dinner and
he has to stay in the Office. Then
he'll come right over. And
that reminds me. We're going to
need dinner ourselves"
S"Oh,t ! couldn't eat a thing"
Della said.
Nuts" said Joyce inelegantly.
| -yer1 Persuading Eddy ~
EDDY LACEY was blond, blue
II eyed and freckled. He was not
more than twenty-one or two,
| and when he had been told what
Joyce wanted him to do he looked
decidedly uncomfortable.
Il don't know" he said. Whats
the boss going to say?"
'tKent?" Joyce said. Hes not
going to find out, is he, Eddy?"
You'd be surprised the things
he finds out"
"This is between us, though"
yeah. but / work for him"
"And ! know how loyal you
are" Joyce said. "But this is
something personal. Kent isn't 60
ing to know anything about it and
if he should find out I'll tell him
| forced you to do it, and you
hadn't any choice"
Lacey grinned. "And that's no
lie."
Joyce handed him the two clip
pings and the copies of the mar
rage. and divorce certificates.
Did you bring the right sort of
attachment so Wen be able to
read these after You, photograph
them?" SbGA ! IEkfA. t.NT III
Lacey said he lhadp .tBut that
clear" he added. ''The prints will
have to be blown up quite a bit"
~Thats all right. When you've
made your exposures you can
develop and enlarge them right
here in Kent's darkroom"
"Oh-oh," said Lacey.
Nov what?"
"Guys don't like other guys
fooling around with their dark
rooms" Trouble sobered him un-
til. catching sight of the look on
Joyce'S face, he shrugged and
grinned. "Okay. ! might :s well
give it the works.
For the next half hour Joyce
and Della stood by while Eddy
Lacey unpacked his plate-case,
set up his camera and lights and
thumb-tacked the first clipping
to a bread-board Joyce had pur-
Joined from the kitchen. Except
for an occasional muttering
sound, Lacey worked silently.
and as soon as he had finished
with his camera, he took his
plates to the darkroom down the
hall.
Joyce telephoned Jack Fenner
while Lacey was in the dark
room and after a brief and guard
ed explanation secured his con-
sent to listen to the rest of her
story.
He'll be busy until nine
thirty" Joyce told Della. "and I
said we could meet him at the
Copley."
''If only we didn't have to tell
him." Della said. eff only"
81 know. But it's not going to
be as bad as you think, darling.
And you'll like Jack. He's anus
ing in a hard-boiled sort of way,
and quite honest"
Soon Eddy had four, eleven by
fuurteen, glossy white prints 60
ing through, the washer and when
Joyce, saw them she knew they
would do. s
ST used the biggest paper
could find" Lacey said. 81 don't
know if they're good enough"
ooh, they are. Eddy. And you're
a darling"
81 could easily be chump, too"
said Lacey.
Joyce brought out an diversified
plotting book from a cabinet and
put it on the table.
'They ought to be ferrotyped."
Lacey said.
81 know" Joyce sid. "But this
will do. It will get them out of
the way and"-she saw that the
negatives were dry-''Pn take
care of the negatives"
To be continued lbs