The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-09
Mr.: MUIR slsa
.ISS I. a.S3
by George
Harmon
Coke

How much does it amount tor"
Murdoch asked. Cor is it none o.
my busineSs?"
Its none of your business
Hestor said. "but I'll tell you. A
quarter of a million in cash and
the town estate should bring about
the same amount"
''Umm." Murdoch said. 1T must
be quite a place"
1T is. Really, Kent, you've never
seen anything like it. 9Its about
four miles out an a high plateau
that looks over, town and harbor.
The house is stone, low and ram
bling, and there's a pool ana gar
dens and a tennis courl. | don't
Know how many acres there are,
but enough fora polo field-and
there are trails along the slopes
so one can ride. You should sit out
on the veranda at hight with the
lights of the city shining below
you and the moon spreading it's
reflection out across the SCI:
She sighed and stirred beside
MIN, as though TO break the spell.
Then she had turned and was
smiling, her voice once more mat
ter of fact.
ut was heavenly, Kent. Yeti
couldn't stand it there alone. had
to leave. and I knew I'd never be
back"
You're selling it them"
Eyes. To a syndicate. For a new
club, l believe. They were already
getting members when I left. And
that's why Don Raeburn hates me-
He wanted to buy it."
- The Hundred Thousand
|MURDOCK waited. When there
w was nothing more he said:
EsDon't you want to sell to him?
You being spiteful?"
ooh, no. ] know why he wants
it. It's been in the family for ages
and he can't bear the thought of
its being turned into club. The
trouble is he can't pay for it"
'You said he was rich"
''He is & or will be-when the
inheritances are paid over the
first of the month, but there is nc
cash, don't you see? / can get two
hundred and fifty thousand for the
estate the first of the month. Cash.
He has made the same offer-but
with only twenty-five thousand
down. | can't do it, Kent"
She paused again, and when he
saw the new line of her mouth he
knew she meant what she said.
with all that property" Muir
dock said thoughtfully, cts funny
he can't raise that amount through
the banks"
That's what told him in Ca
ragua. Now / suppose he's come
here with the idea that he can
poster me into accep ing his offer
Either that-or-why, yes" Her
eyes widened. Maybe he has
found some way of raising the
money here, in this country"
Would you sell to him if he
did," :
"But certainly. Not because of
him, though; because of Miguel"
: "And if not. the sale goes
through the first of the month";
through John Nason's Officer"
Yes" She leaned towards him
and her hand found his. "And
now. please, can't we talk about
something else? See what you can
get on the radio"
Her touch was warm. He gave
her hand a quick squeeze and
dropped it.
"All right. But tell me about one
thing first?"
"What?"
PERRY Clarke and that hundred
thousand you gave him."
She smiled. Cali right, then, !
will. did because he once did
something for me and if it hadn't
been for him / might still be sing
ing in nightclubs. g. I'm not GO
ing into detail about our mar
riage. I thought we had been I'M
happy-you and but it was
nothing like it was with Perry.
You were never mean Or deliber-
ately nasty and you stayed sober.
but Perry, -"
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