The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-11
SQUIRREL FOOD

Not l. ON the coaifary. al
wise you against anY such danger
Gus course
Dangerous
II sou interfere with n,s. ~ SO.
20 the police"
'-rhs policcf" Pcuflsid elaborated
an inflexion of drrisiob. II k-cp
this precinct in my vest pocket"
Possibly far as concerns your
maintenance Of a gambling house
But murder that's another matter
Meaning. you refuse 20 submit
without extreme measures
Meaning just that. sir
Again the gambler sighed. what
mus, BE-. must said he. rising.
Moving 20 the wall. he pressed a
eaiI.button, and simultaneously
whipped a revolver into view. y
hope you're not armed. he protest.
ed sincerely. IT would only make
thlngu messy And then hate TO
have my employees run any risk
rYon are summonlne posse. I
take it, inquired =. sybarite. like
wise on HIS feet
Half a dozen huskies." aaaentcd
the other "if yo1i know your Ne.
/ tie book. You'll come thru ~ once
and save yourself n manhandiing
Its too bad II. sybarlte re-
gretted pcnsiveiy cast DIES.
pcrate glance around the room.
/ what he saw afforded him no
comfort The one door WAS unquea.
/ tiouably guarded on the farther side.
The windows. tho curtained. were
a. indubitabiy locked and further
protected nv steel outside blinds.
Besides Pcnficid bulked big and near
at hand. weapon Of the most dead.
~ calibre steadily lcvelied at the
head OF his guest,
But exactly al the moment when
despair entered into the heart OF the
little man--disposscsHing altogether
his cool assumption OF confidence in
his star there rang thru the house
"a crash 80 heavy that is muffled
thunder penetrated even the closed
door Of the lounge. Another followed
It Instantly. and at deliberate in.
tervals a third and a fourth.
Penfleld blenohed. His eyes wav-
cred. lie punched the bell button
a second time.
The door was thrown wiSt and
with the instantaneous effect 81 a
| ack-ln.the. box ---Petc showed "a dirty.
grey face OF fright on the threshold
GOOD Lord. bossr ne yelled Run
for yo' lifei WEES raided"'
He vanished.
with an oath. Penfield started 20.
ward the door--an instantly T.
sybarite shot at his gun hand like
a terrier at the throat OF rat
Momentarily the shock OF tho as
sault staggered the gambler. and -
he gave ground. Keeling. i. Sybarite
closed one set OF slncwy fingers
tight round his right wrist. and with
the other seized and wrested the
revolver away. The Incident was
history In a twinkling. 4. Sybarite
sprang back. armed. the situation
reversed.
Recovering. Penfield threw him a
cry of envenomed spite. and in one
stride left the room. lie WAS turn
ing up the stairs. three steps and
an oath at a bound. by the time y
sybarite gained the threshold and
sped his departing host with a re
minder superfluously ironic:
THE Bizarre at don't forgetr
A breathlcss imprecatlon dropped
to him from the head of the stnir
case. And he chuckled-but cut the
chuckle short when Il heavy and me
tallc clanR followed the disappear
ance OF the gambler. Tho iron door
upstairs had closed. shutting off tho
second floor from tho lower part OF
the house. and at the same time con
signing r. Sybarite to the mercles
OF the police ms soon as they sue
cecdcd in battering down the front
door.
Now he harbored no within TO fig
urc as the sole victim OF tho raid
Ito be arrested as a common gam