The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-04-13
THE LAST LAUGH.
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hv the hanus' anu olu NoIouCCl
III was bowling to me, but how he
.ara I don't know yet"
cam tell you that said l, and told
r had seen the count for myself on
cement underneath our windows.
.sar" | continued, Il saw him
vsu and five minutes after in
. court road | was told he'd driv-
r Nm 4. cab. He would see you fol
T., Ills man. drive home ahead and
VIM by having the door left open
q vay You describe
,H said Rafiles, he deserved to
r.. somehow. for he'd come from
rs 1u purpose, ruler and all, and
BOLTS were ready fixed, and
,.t, house taken furnished for
B.. else. He meant catching me
=. La done and scoring me off i'll
the same way that | scored off
..v Going one better. of course.
.aa 50 himself, sitting where |
/ .iug now. at . O'Clock this
ug and smoking Il most abomina-
inat i've smellcd ever since.
w4r- he sat tWenty-fOur hours
left him trussed up but he said
5. would content him in my case,
H. Was certain death ut the end
.I. and | mightn't have life
- left 10 appreciate my end if he
longer But | wouldn't have
.. Lima if he could have got the
.. - twice round without firing
..u.>.ol. lie explained the whole
-u of that 10 me. lie had
il all out on the vineyard |
If about. and then he asked if |
cred what he had promised me
lue of The Camorra. | only re-
.d some vague threats, but he
1i enough to give me 50 many
r> Of lhat institution that |
the Il European reputation by
Inc whole show if it wasn't
.t unfortunate resemblance to
erual rascal Kaihes. Do you
they would know me at the Yard,
after all this time: Upon my
Tsta good mind TO risk it,
,Urtd 40 opinion on the point.
could it interest me then: But
.-..d | was iii Rallies; never more
Ills life. He had been tortured
- ana half day, yet lie could
l4 talk like this the moment we
u down. He had been within Il
of his death. yet he was as full
as ever: i'll treated and defeated
. best. he could still smile through
Ia1i as though the boot We're on
laor leg l had imagined that |
my Rallies at last. | was not
So to iIatter myself again.
b what has happened to these
" ] burst out, and my indig-
q was not only against them for
cruelty. but also against their vie
or his phlegmatic attitude toward
Ii was difficult to believe that
vas Ratlles.
said he, they We're to 90 off
IL inStanter; they should be cross
ow. But do listen to what | am
E YOU; it's interesting, my dear
This old sinner Corbucci turns
have been no end of Il boss in the
so himself. One of the
paanZe, my boy, no less; and the
ty Johnny Il giovano onorato,
&C. fresher. This fellow here was
i il, and I've sworn to protect him
them cvermore. And it's Just as
! half the organ grinders in Lon
belong and the whole lot of them
put on my tracks by secret in
lions. This excellent youth manu-
rr| iced poison on Saffron Hill
he's at home"
d why on earth didn't he come to
cause he couldn't talk to you; be
only fetch you, and it was as
as his life was worth to do that
E our friends had departed. They
going by the II o'clock from Vic
and that didn't leave much chance,
E certainly oughtn't to have run it
le as he did. Still, you must re-
per that l had to fix things up
him in the fewest possible words,
single minute that the other two
indisclNet enough to leave us
Together"
ragamuffin in question was
ping IS with his solitary eye as
p he knew that we were discuss
pm, Suddenly he broke out in
zed accents, his hands clasped
face so full of fear that every
PIT | expected to see him on his
but RatfleS answered kindly, re-
ingly, could tell from his tone,
pen turned to me with a compass
te shrug.
says he couldn't find the man.
Bunny, and really it's not to be
PRED at. had only time to tell
p hunt you up and bring you here
'Ok or crook before u today, and
pr he has done that, but now The
uevil thinks you're rileI with him
pat we'll give him away to the
FRA
its not with him I'm riled," |
frankly, but with those other
guards, and-and with you, old
Ior taking it all as you do, while
INFAMOUS scoundrels have the
Angh and are safely on their way
ance."
AeS looked up at me with a Curl
open eye, an eye that / never
Nllen he was not in earnest.
4 he did not like my last express
put one. After all it was no