The evening world., 1915-02-08

"Aftsr that. well come out ~ u
! nothing had happened and md an
other place, and I'll jam things until
Bill can make his sstaway by the
back door. You'd better make Sor
Jersey by different routes. and don't
meet until YOU .st tnsrs %. e.. wu,.
Ryan.
Mr.. Pollard laughed mptuousiy.
II "Biil. II I've gone DO bad that I
/ can't shake on q dosen of these third
rate sleuths. It's time ] wont to jail.
I'll see you In Jersey City at o'clock
so that part Of II Is settled.
II Now
HIS lips compressed and he smiled.
~ have III" he said quietly.
before We start It. let's get at least
Ave hundred miles from New York"
suggested William Ryan.
thati" Pollard returned In q queer
H voice. SEQ here. both Of you. We've
been crooks--how iongf"
Snake. what OF itr'
"What have We gotten out OF itf"
II "Huhf" inquired the spanish Brute.
"Wsvs trimmed all sorts OF people
| In all sorts OF ways: we've had all
kinds OF money and we've spent II for
ali kinda Of things. But now. after all
these years OF hard. earnest work.
picking up every stray dollar that
avery rood thing could be trimmed
for, whore are wc7" Pollard demand
cd bitterly.
Were in Tommy's grill" the Snake
said with some force. Why not 20
some whore else before that bunch
outside s:'' worried ana comes IN
We're risht up . tree. with every
body In town wise to us!" snapped the
leader. we haven't been In town i've
hours, and yet tho very nrst thing We
try to pull. q whole regiment OF de-
tsctives comes marchinx up and tells
W to let II aionei We've got a. much
ohance Of stealing . flve-doilar bill In
this city ~ . snowman would have
OF RUNNING through hades intact!"
no stated hotiy.
"Don't get sore about !. Robbyi"
advised the somewhat startled Mr..
"Boys," said Robert Pollard. "thsr.'s
no real money In crime. Lets %
houest!'
"ic's kiddin'i" choked Mr.. Ryun.
with a strange. thick laugh.
Hes not: he's sickl" said The
Snake, With lively concern.
y I'm not sick-I moan iti" snapped
Pollard. "We'vs use1 up brains
enough 70 build half . dossn trusts.
4 and we've got nothing out OF II.
We've tried every ogooksd trick now
1 known to science, and We haven {
even the price ot . decent lawyer to
show for Il. rs time 70 quit. Here
: Hs fist thumpsd down upoa the
. table.
: William Ryan. with long sigh. -.
3 laxed and smiled.
Nobody d stand for that" ~
And can tell you how we're so,as
10 work It. Well have to set out Of
. III admit that don't know Just
where were going or how we're GOING
: 70 start. But do know the man who
will put W on tho track"
!. The chaplain up to- william
Ryan querisd dubiousiy.
q captain velvst!" said Mr.. Pollard.
Under the strip with which Mr..
S%b.a myse e.SsHi sSa yisrn;.a T. tn; S,aIy little table
:. "Himf" hs gaspsd. "You mean to 70
+. down there and sss him1 90 down
{ TO that blistsring little daso hole and
let him pour us full Of bullets. aad
> Nothing Of the SORT" the dsmsutsd
leader said. I'm going TO write hIrn
1s.. ae't ..
about leading Q perfectly straisht
life ana making big money out OF it
! Ho knows perfectly veil that We have
tho brains and the energy. I'm yoluG
3 to put the thing straight up to him,
: and I'm going TO moan it!" stated the
y Astounding Mr.. Pollard.
y James Evans swallowed ths DRY
lump OF amusement that was In his
). throat.
t '.Not for that-not for ten m,,iio.
dollars!" he saspsd.
b "Why1
4 "Bscauss-say. I'll tell you the
4 truth" the Snake cried wildly. EVERY
\ time ] read the cards this last week.
that Capt. Velvet man has been COM
% Ing up regularly with the danger. .sig-
., nal beside him. just a. he did the nrss
q day We ever mot him. On the level.
}. every time. and II you write him Va
might see him again-and II We ever
=, sac him again-goodbyl And what's
:, more
= Robert Pollard's rsfrissrator sys
y y gave him pause.
!. Get me three sheets OF paper and
:. an envelope. BILL" he directed quietly
l. The eye turned on William Ryan
" and William Ryan obeysd. sad but
l. Mr.. Pollard's brilliant smile came
70 forth. and his pen began to travel
10 One entire sheet is covered without
IA a stop. Tho writer glanced up pres.
,r ently a. he passed to the next.
% II struck a pathetic stretch hers
about finding a little child crying or
"a tho street uptown because her dis
IA honest father had been sent TO jail
X this morning" he said. II told him l,
set US thinking"
n That's honest, amt III" William
]. Ryan asked hoarsely.
10 Doubtless there was such Q chtlt
somewhere uptown" said Pollard with
10 asperity. 1T was only chance that w
didn't actually meet her"
Il His fluent pen vent TO work again
J. The second sheet was covered froUt
n top to bottom. and Mr.. Pollard passed
quickly 10 the third. and covered that
~ wen. Finally. In neat. round char
acters. they saw him subscribe: =.
Yours In most earnest repentance"
They all three signed.
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