Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-26
ADAMS GARDEN
a NOVEL
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

RlacE "nSnst , na,n . lnere! .oW hst
or how l do 1T All you got to do is
get your man. Don't you think maybe
you'd better 10 over yourself? 2"
ANTI told you that I'm confinins
myself strictly to the exercise OF my
executive ability in this RI said Red,
facetiously. The boys do all the
mental work.
Il wish to>God you wouldn't talk 50
lightly" said Brock, hoarsely. This
ts no joking matter. Suppose you got
the wrong man."
MOT q chance!" declared Red.
AFTER you showed me the guy in his
Garden through the gate, uptown. /
took the boys over to the flower mar
Fket where he goes, and showed him
to them. There won't be no mistake
There was a short silence, then
gBreck spoke again, his voice SO shaky
as'to be almost unacceptable.
Il wouldn't be doing this. you un-
derstand." said he, except that I've
got to have his money I'm. in a hell
Of q hole! And now. today-byE God!
He's damn near taken my woman,
too! Though I think I've fixed that!
II It were not for all this, y(u under
=, know. I know. I'm mushy. too
replied Red. sympathetically. Don't
talk about it except in "a practical
Jumpy myself. Be practical, that's it.
Now you get him over there day after
Et9morrow-that's ThursdayAat half
past three. Allowing for accidents,
and people CHANGING along that way
and all, one Of the boys, Willie the
Kid, I guess, will phone me that it's
all right at half-past four, and I'll
switch the news to you. You be at
Ioe's and wait till you hear from me.
Don't leave the dump till you do I'll
be somewheres uptown where there's
a phone. There amt none in this
place. You better no know where I'll
right That means it's done.> Then
you getthe two thousand in bills and
coin and I'll meet you...." =
n that was all she heard, for
everything was blotted out into moth
ingness. Pearl hadfainted.
When she came to, the atmosphere
of the place had subtly changed.
Struggling to. clear her mind, she
raised herself in bed, and sat upon
the side Of it, staring into the dark
ness. Could it have been merely a
bad dream? Had she been asleep all
the while. and WE >the whole thing
AN k41S ldlldoIIldSOIl VI llOI
tired brain, with the horror Of the
night before still leading it through
the turmoil Of a nightmare? She re-
membered Breck's voice, then, husky
with horror of his own b%aseness. No,
1t was no dream, it was real, horribly
real, incredible. almost unbelievable,
but true. They were going to kill
Adam! Something must be done; she
must warn him, she must go to. him,
now, now, not a second to be lost!
Day after tomorrow.
She must stop Red, too, from play
ing this hideous game Of blood, They
must be mad-mad. to do such a
thing! Red had played it before, and
terriblyNeven though it had ended in
Sing Sing. BUT now it was real, it
touched her, 1t must be prevented!
Hardly knowing what she did, she
staggered to the door, hinging it open
and calling Red. At sight and sound
of her he turned swiftly. almost drop.
ping the bills he had been counting
over by the light of the shadeless
lamp on the still Uttered supper table.
He caught-her rudely by the shoulders
as she entered.
"Hell!" said he. Whats up? Why
amt you asleep? How long you been
"on LII 4C&l ulOs WHILE Lu6
matter-have you gone batty?"
Suspicion lit sharply, deep in his
bright. close-set eyes, and his grip on
her shoulders frightened. a cruel line
deepening at the Of his mouth.
whats the NATTER" he repeated.
why. what have you heard? Hey?
Tell me- he added, slowly, cor I'll
choke the life out of you!"
She saw what she had betrayed, and
wildly strove to repair the damage.
How insane to-dream for an instant
that she could plead with this wolff
And now that his suspicious were
aroused, what would happen?
"Lemme go!" she gasped. You're
hurting me! I had the nightmare and
thought I was smothering. Let me go
let me sit down."
= Slowly he released his grasp, and
permitted her to sink into the nearest
chair. while he poured out a little
whiskey for her. without, however,
taking his gimlet-like eyes from her
white face. he looked up at him
with an assumption. Of questioning.
did your friend come yet?" she
asked. taking the glass. She saw now
that she must not let him know she
had heard. If she was to- have any
chance of warning Adam. Red was
like a tiger when a gun-job was afoot,
and trusted no one. Fool that she