Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-02-17
Novelized by
FREDERIC R. TOOMBS
From the Great
Play by
PAUL ARMSTRONG
Copyright, 1910, by American
Press Association.

1t was a lie, TOO, put III avery
'T never stuck that old man up. I'm
talking on the level"
81 know Doyle was lying" answer
ed Valentine reassuringly. IT'S a big
game we're up against"
Red agreed with the speaker.
well, now, maybe you believe that
it amt so easy to turn square. Listen,
Jimmy. Avery and me have got job
worked out. We know every twist
and turn of the point. I've prowled 1t
twice. We were going to use the
SOUP" He showed a bottle. See, old
nitroglycerin, but we heard you were
going to be sprung, and we waited
You can grab that gopher tonight, and
you can bet with us outside no one can
get to you.
Red and Avery eyed him anxiously.
expectantly.
I've opened my last safe, Red"
was the calm rejoinder.
so you're going to work, eh, with
copper at your heels?" snarled Red.
I'm going to work, and won't be
a stool pigeon"
You're going to give up the game.
a graft like you got-you, with your
I'm DONE"
We'll, what in heavens name got
tits a woman!"
81 have met decent girl, Red, the
kind 1 knew as a boy-my sisters
kind. 1t was she who got me out of
that hole at Sing Sing, and I have
promised myself
you don't think she or her folks
would stand for you, do you?'
IF I was on the level she just
might"
with a copper telling lies about
you to her folks unless you delivered
me or Red?" interpolated old Avery.
Jimmy, for Gods sake don't so
against that straight girl game. It'll
only break your heart, then vhat?"
asked Red earnestly.
The released prisoner was thought
ful moment.
1--WE thought it out" he finally said
She'll be back any minute, and I'm
going her way, boys. Yes, and if 1
do there's a chance that l may win
her some day and be able to take her
to my old home and my father and
mother, who haven't heard of me for
years. They didn't seem quite to un-
derstand me when was lad, boys,
nor l them, but I can see now that
they meant all right by me. I've
learned it all from this girl, though
she's almost a complete stranger to
me-
Valentines voice began to waver,
and he inclined his face to one side
to hide the evidences of the emotion
that threatened to overwhelm him.
To Red Flanagan and Bill Avery the
situation was a trying one, desperate
indeed. One of them was all too
young and inexperienced to execute
alone the delicate, sure, nerve racking
inside" job of a safe looting sortie.
the other was too old and feeble for
anything but a berth as outside"
man, to detect approaching danger and
give due warning thereof. They alb
solutely required the partnership Of
Jimmy Valentine.
Yet here was Valentine, as Avery
described him in a reproachful whis-
per to Red: Here he is, crazy stuck
on a skirt, an him tn only man in
America as can open a twelve bolt
safe by tn sense O. touch. Amt 1t
tn limit fer a geni-oss like him to
waste his talents an go on the
square?"
Valentine faced his friends of the
past.
When did you see her-the girl?''
queried Red Flanagan of him.
Right here today" Jimmy Valen-
tines face frightened as he thought of
her. Met her father too. She said
she would be back"
And you think she'll Gomez" sneer-