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she went INTO the big, hne house where
all the servants were
Al this point Jimmie's neditations
were interrupted b. 4 short, thick .
man with an evil face, who came over
70 him and said.
Hello. Jimmie. Doin' anything %
night?"
Nope. was the reply.
Got a Job for yer said the other,
lac~onically; meet men Bin az the old
place, same times usual"
"All right, Kid. said Jimmie, and
the man went away.
shortly after twelve had struck that
night two men. a boy and a dog
emerged from a Baxter street alley and
proceeded up town When they had
gone = considerable distance Jimmie.
for he was Of the party, asked;
"Where's the crib
ITS old Johnson's. the bankers
house. the Kid replied
Up town they went until they came
To the street where the nice little girl
with the yellow hair lived Then they
turned. went half way down the block
and stopped in the shadow of a stoop
opposite where she lived Jimmies
heart began TO beat rapidly, and me
ehanicaiIy he placed one hand on the
dogs head. Pete looked up into his
face and then pressed close against him.
Vow. Jimmie whispered the Kid.
we'll put you through the transon-
You open the door for u.s.
Il don wanter to 90 in there. the
HOY said. beginning 10 edge away.
Quick a. a fash the Kid scized him
by the throat One hand the hid put
in his pocket. and When he brought it
ont there was a long. cruel-looking
knife in il.
sec here. he said. omin0uSlv, do
yer sec that knife Well. you'll git il
II you come any funny business We
amt got no time TO fool with you Nou.
go ahead.
Jimmie and the Kid crossed tho street
and glided mp the stoop. Bill and the
dog remained behind Pete hal been
on such expeditions before AMI knew
just what 20 do.
In a moment Jimmie was through
the transon and had opened the front
door. The hall was dark and Jimmir
other IN see his face. but he was afraid
the Md would hear his heart beat
When the door was opened BiIi
came over The latch on the front
door was fastened back and both men
entered You watch out for the cops.
was the Kids injunction 20 Jimmie.
The hoy slipped 70 the other side Of
the street and crouchrd IN the shadow
of stooP WITH Pete beside him. On
the second ioor 81 the house he hal
come from a faint light was burning
he remembered that he hal seen the
little girl at one Of the windows there.
suppose she should wake M and cry.
and the Kid should get her by the
throat He rose quickly To his feet
glanced hastily mp and down the street
and started On a run toward the ave
nue., the dog beside him. Looking
eagerly up and down the avenue. he
ran down for a block and into the arms
OF a policeman
several minutes later hait-a-dozen
policemen ran swiftly up 10 the bank
ers house, with Jimmie and Pete IN the
lead One Of the blue-cuafS whispered
10 the boy. lie went up the stoop 20
the door. opened IL. and. a. he did 50. a
man bounded out and cleared the stoop
at a leap Jimmie saw a pair of hand
cuffs flash a. a powerful hand seized
his c~0at-collar and drew him into the
dark hallway. lie heard the latch click
a. the front Goor was shut Then h.
heard the voice of the hid. which mut-
tered. Damn yer. ven never 90 back
on anybody else. IL SWING for it,
Jimmie thought of the big. bright
knife he had seen that night. and
wriggied out Of his coat lie put his
hand against the wall and tried t. fol-
low IT, When he had taken three steps
he was seized by the neck. Then he
felt 4 pain in his side, and cried Pete
before he sunk tn the floor
The glass in the hall door was
smashed into fragments n n long.
black object shot through it. Before
the Kid could withdraw the knife
something had gripped him bv the
throat He tried to shake II off. but il
only chung the tighter.
HE began 70 choke and tried to find
the knife that was sticking in the bows
body. but could mt. Then he cIutchsG
the dog and tried with what strength
was left him To tear it from his neck,
but with each effort the animals teeth
only sank deeper. For but a momen
longer the struggle in the darkness
went on. and then the Kid lost con
seriousness
When they lit the gas in the hall
they found the carpets and walls
sprinkied with blood that had come
from a dozen deep gashes in the dog.
Well have tn get n couple OF
s~tretchers for the bodies. said one of
the policemen; we can throw the doc
out IN the street" Then he added. Il
wonder who the hoy was2~-N- Y. Sun
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