The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 19, 1936, Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1936. BO BY Acarna CHaistie SYNOPSIS: It looks to Frankie Derwent and Bobby Jones very much as if Dr. Nicholson is the murderer of Alay Carstairs, and as if they are hot on his trail. But Bobby has disappeared, while re- connoitering the Nicholson drug cure, and Frankie is desperate un- til she receives a letter from him, saying that she must come at once to Tudor cottage. Chipping Somer- ton. The letter aiso says she must not bring her large and expensive | car, and must tell no one where she 4s going. Chapter 37 CHLOROFORM @ ANYTHING interesting in your letter?” Roger inquired casu- ally. | For a moment Frankie hesitated. | Surely Bobby had not sieant Roger | when he adjured her to tell nobody? | Then she remembered the heavy underlining—remembered, too, her | own recent monstrous idea. If that were tru Roger might betray them both in all innocence. | she said. “Nothing at all.” | She was to repent her decision | bitterly before twenty-four hours had passed. | More than once in the course of | the next few hours did she regret} Bobby's dictum that the car was} not to be used. Chippii Somerton | was no very great distance as the | crow flies, but the jo involved | changing three times, with a tong, | dreary wait at a country station each tite, and to one of Frankie's impatient temperament this slow | method of procedure was extremely | hard to endure with fortitude. It was getting dark when); Frankie's train, an extremely delib-| erate and thoughtful train, drew into the little station of Chipping Somerton. It was just beginning to} rain, too, which was additionally | trying. Bobby’s directions were quite} easy to follow. Frankie saw the lights of the village ahead and turned eff to the left up a lane which led steeply up hill. Presently she saw the little cluster of houses that | formed the village lying below her and came to a neat wooden gate with “Tudor Coitage” written on it. The door of the cottage opened | and she saw a figure in chauffeur’s dress peer cautiously out. Bobby! He made a beckoning gesture, then withdrew Inside, leaving the door | ajar. Frankie stepped gingerly over | the threshold into a dark hall. She stopped. peering about her. “Bobby?” she whispered. It was her nose that gave her} warning. Where had she known that | smell before — that heavy, sweet | odor? } Just as her brain gave the answer “Chloroform,” strong arms seized | her from behind. She opened her mouth to scream and a wet pad was clapped over it. The sweet, cloying smell filled her nostrils. She fought desperately, twisting and turning, kicking. But it was of no avail. Despite the fight she put up she felt herself succumbing. There was a drumming in her ears. she felt herself choking. And then she knew no more.... wees Frankie came to herself | the immediate reactions were depressiag. There is nothing roman- tic about the after-effects of chloro- form. She was lying on an extreme- ly hard wooden floor and her hands and feet were tied. She managed to roll herself over. and her head nearly collided violently with a bat- tered coal-box. Various distressing events then occurred. | A few minutes later Frankie was able, if not to sit up. at least to take notice. Close at hand she heard a faint groan. As far as she could make out she seemed to be in a kind of attic. The only light came from a skylight in the roof, and at this moment there was very little of that. In a few minutes it would be quite dark. The groan seemed to have come from tha corner. Frankie’s bonds were not very tight. She wormed her way across the dusty floor. “Bobby!” she ejaculated. Bobby it was. also tied hand and foot. In addition he had a piece of cloth bound round his mouth. This | he had almost succeeded in work- ing loose. Frankie came to his as- sistance. In spite of being bound to- gether her hands were still of some | use, and a final vigorous pull with the teeth finally did the job. Rather stiffly-Bobby managed to | ejaculate, “Frankie!” “How did they get you?” demand- ed Frankie. “Was it after you wrote that letter to me?” | “What letter? I never wrote any | letter!” “Oh, I see!” said Frankie. eyes opening. “What an i beea!” he TO SUBSCRIBERS if you do net recelve your Paper by 6:15 o'clock in the afternoon, call telephone 51 and a paper will be sent to your home. A complaint boy is on duty at this office from 6:30 to 7:15 p. m. for the Purpose of del img com- Plaints. Help ua give you 100 Percent service by calling 51 if you do not receive The Citi- zen, | He described his adventures at | the Grange and their sinister sequel. “I came to in this beastly hole,” he said. “There was some food and {| drink on a tray. I was frightfully hungry and I had some. I[ think it must have been doped for [ fell asleep almost immediately. What day is it?” { “Friday.” at “And | was knocked out on Wednesday evgning. Now tell me what happened to you.” Frankie recounted her adventures - beginning with the story she had heard from Mr. Spragge and carry- ing on until she thought she recog- nized Bobby’s figure in the door- | way. “And then they chloroformed me,” she finished. “The thing is,” said Bobby, “what are we going to do now?” “If only I'd told Roger about your letter,” lamented Frankie. | “The only thing I can’t make out | is why they didn’t knock us both on the head straight away,” mused { Bobby. “I don’t think Nicholson would stick at a little trifle like that.” “He's got a plan,” said Frankie with a siight shiver. “Well, we better have one, too. | We've got to get out of this, Frankie. How are we going to do “We can shout,” said Frankie. “Ye-es,” said Bobby. “Somebody might be passing and” tear, Bot from the fact that Nicbolsou didn’t gag yor | shomld=say- that the chances in that-@irection‘are pretty | poor. Your handg¥aré more. loosely tied than mine. Let's see if I can | get them undone with my teeth.” The next few minutes were spent | in a struggle that did credit to Bob- by's dentist. “Extraordinarily how easy these things sound in books,” he panted. “I don’t believe I’m making the | slightest impression.” “You are.” said Frankie. “It’s loosening. Look out, there’s some- | body coming.” | She rolled away from him. | | | Ae how are my two little ; birds?” said the voice of Dr. Nicholson. He carried a candle in one hand, and though he was wearing a hat pulled down over his eyes and a heavy overcoat with the collar | turned up, bis voice would have be- trayed him anywhere. He shook his head at them play- | fully. ! “Unworthy of you, my dear young | lady.” he said. “To fall into the | trap’so easily.” | Nicholson put the candle down on a chair. t any rate,” he said, “let me see if you are comfortable.” | He examined Bobby’s fastenings, nodded his head approvingly and {| passed on to Frankie. There he shook his head. “As they truly used to say to me | in my youth,” he remarked, “fingers were made before forks—and teeth were used before fingers. Your young friend’s teeth, I see, have been active.” 4 A heavy, broken-backed oak chair ; was standing in a corner. | Nieholson picked up Frankie, de- posited her on the chair and tied | her securely to it. Frankie found her tongue. “What are you going to do with us?” she demanded. Nicholson walked to the door and picked up his candle. “Shall 1 tell you? Yes, I think I will. Lady Frances Derwent, driv- ing her car, her chauffeur beside her, mistakes a turning and takes a disused road leading to a quarry. | The car crashes over the edge. Lady Frances and her chauffeur “are killed.” There was a slight pause, then Bobby said: “But we mightu’t be. Plans go awry sometimes. One of yours did down i, Wales.” “Your tolerance of morplfia was certainly very remarkable, and— from our point of view—regretta- ble.” said Nicholson. “But you need have no anxiety ou my behalf this time.” “He enjoys this,” thought Bobby. And aloud he said in a casual voice, “You're making a mistake—espe- cially where Lady Frances is con- cerned “Yes,” said Frankie. “In that clever letter you forged you told me to tell nobody. Well, | told Roger Bassington-ffrench. If anything hap- | 1 | ! | 1 | | pens to us he will know who fs re- sponsible. You'd better let_us go and clear out of the country as fast | as you can.” (Cobvriekt I . Agatha Christie) | i their murderous vise tts their bluff. v3 KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Popular Prices Elevator SPORTS sionary to Africa, born. Died! May 1, 1873. 1833—William Penn Nixon, a FIGHT PROGRAM | HERE TONIGHT 2°: Chicago journalist and pub-| |lisher of his day, born in Wayne {Co., Ind. Died Feb. 20, 1912. BOXING EVENTS TO BE PUT aay 1836—William G. Moorchead, | ON AT NAVY BALL | United Presbyterian clergyraan and missionary, Xenia, O., Theo- FIELD jlogical Seminary educator, born RATE, ONE WAY, $7.50 ‘games to be played j league w | Star in the ‘club will play the dubleheader. | Jacksonville | Kansas City | KEY WEST ; BY JOVE | ORGANIZED; WILL START PLAY SOON MZ=ZETING HELD IN SAN CAR- LOS HALL; CLEANERS AND ACEVEDO STARS TO MEET IN FIRST GAME At a meeting held in the San Carlos hall a baseball league was organized and a temporary sched- ule adopted. The tentative schedule calls for during the next three Sundays. of the new veen the White cecvedo Stars and the Key. West nine and Cleaners will meet in the nightcap. The following Sunday, the Ace- vedo Stars will play Key West 1 be played Sunday be-| Star Cleaners andj (HEALTH TEN WON | FOLLOWING | THROUCH OVER PARKERS Goecesccooesooossegoense) §67,. Sanitary Depattment ten. The Administration outfit will! defeated the Bayview Park boys. meet the Sanitary Department ten} vecterday afternoon by the score at the usual time and place.. : jof 7 to 4. | It was a very good game until! the fifth inning when the Park players were leading. In the fifth} (875 | frame the Health boys scored two} "740| more and in the sixth they added; “740 | another pair and cinched the con-} tes R. H. E.; Standing of the Social League: } | Club— W. L. 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All the ring side seats | have been sold and half of the! bleacher seats have been taken so far. 1 The evening’s program will get; under wey with a battle royal. The second event will be a four- rounder between two colored) youths. j In the third bout the fans will witness a very good four-rounder. | Bobby Waugh, the old reliable, will tackle Kid Gonzalez, in a six-round bout. Both of these boys are well known and always please the fans. * H In the fifth set-to, another six-| rounder, will be the semi-final. The main event of the evening will bring together Emory Black- well and Baby Ray Atwell, both! light-heavy weights, { Emory is the local champion and Atwell the challenger. Both are in the pink of condition and ready to go the eight-round limit to- night. i Emory weighs 178 pounds and‘ Atwell tips the scales at 176. In in the first game and the White! seven innings and the second con-! dary schools were approved at the other details, the boys are about ond contest. On April 5th the Key W Games will start at 1:30 p. m. TODAY’S Lowest Highest last night last 24 hours 54 80 32 54 42 50 - 32 34 56 38 50 40 66 58 64 2 67 70 68 52 68 42 60 56 66 44 58 52 66 52 60 52 44 A Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville -= Miami + Minneapolis New Orleans New York .... Pensacola Pittsburgh Louis 42 30 Temperatures* Highest : Lowest Mean ae Normal Mean R: rday’s Precipitation mal Precipitation . Thix record nding nt S o% Tomorrow’s Almanac Sun rises 6:31 Sun sets 6:38 Moon rises a+. 4:26 Moon sets a 4211 Vernal Equinox (Spring commences) Mar. 20 e Tomorrow’s A.M. High ... e cae Low a Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.01. y 1:58 WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity and slightly warmer tonight; Fri- day partly cloudy and warmer; | tonight and Friday. {test will be nine innings. jrecent meeting of the first South) The Recreation Department of: American conference on meteoro-; ; the local WPA will sponsor the: logy and radioelectric service at league. *Rio de Janeiro. t dies inches). Pressure is low W EAT H E R also over the lower Missouri Val-| ley (St. Louis, 29.76 inches). An; ates of moderately high pressure! q is advancing southeastward over ‘the Rocky Mountains (Denver, }30.34 and Salt Lake City, 30.36 | somewhat- warmer in south an | extreme east portions, Jacksonville to Florida Straits! inches). and East Gulf: Gentle to mod-; Precipitation during the la-:t 24 lerate shifting winds becoming! hours was confined to the north northeast or east over south por- and’middle Atlantic States, upper tion and southwest over north por-! Ohio Valley and lower Lake re- tion and partly overcast weather’ gion. Kansas, Colorado and Utah. Temperatures changes have ‘been unimportant except 10 to 15, WEATHER CONDITIONS __ ; degrees colder in Utah and Colo- eee | rado while it is somewhat warmer The Atlantic Seaboard disturb-}in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missis-! lance has moved slowly northeast-}sippi and Alabama. Seasonal! ward and is this morning central| temperatures are general through-/ over New York (New York City,|cut the country this morning. | | evenly matched. 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