Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-11-05
the company with quIzzical

from vitiating the STIFFNESS OF the
"private dining room'--a bed-chamber
I'm the intention of the architect. In
an atmosphere sitting with smells of
food. alcohol and truculent perfume.
the smoke of imitation Turkish tobac
co hung in lazy, lilac reefs. Discol,
ored paper of morbid pattern wa
parting in reluctant spirals from the
walls. Dust of decades weighed down
an elderly carpet and obscured its
fiorid design. Scorbutic paint distig- !,
ured the fine old woodwork. \
The man who had let Leonora In )
having resumed his chair, twelve were
seated at a table Uttered with debris
Of a meal unclean earthenware plates,
and those high-shouldered bottles or
dark glass, gultless Of labels, which
seem to be the sole habitat of the win
du pays so generally known as red
ink" that TO name II by this alias no
longer excites n smile.
Because of the heat all the men but
one-Mr. Harry the Nut--had put off
their coats and collars while the WON
en- had loosened their blouses at the
throat. Sweat beaded faces Of various
compilations, ranging from the san
guine countenance of Red to the pasti-
ness of Charlie the Coke. LeOnora.
looking from one to another, found
each, with the exception of Reds, sui
len of cast If not openly hostile. She
sketched lofty smile.
whats the funeralT
| Red Carnehan-red of head and
| hand-an Italo-Celtic product, as slen-
| der. supple and sinewy as a snake, and
as deadly-replied sufficiently, mo
body's-yet," and again waved hand
toward the vacant chair. "Whyn't You
sit DOWN." He added: you're pretty
late"
"What about it7' The girl fiounced
to the table and threw herself side
ways into the chair.
English Addie, blonde, blousy and
full-bodied, sprawled half across the
table and, without removing the olga
rette from her mouth, spoke in accents.
of cloying affection fatty denied by
her semi-sober stare of Jealousy:
Maybe you won't mind tellin' us
wat mide you lite, dearie :"
Leonora experienced qualm of mis-
givings. Had somebody spied on her
and Mario and hurried ahead TO tat
tie? Even so, that was a matter
between Red and herself, nothing to
excite ill-feeling In the others. But
Red was apparently unruflied, although
unusually subdued for him, and per
haps shade suspiciously impartial In
his attitude.
She lied readily, without culver,
naming two plain-clothes men she had
noticed I'm the Street of Strange
Faces.
Ennis and Corbin lamped me on
the way here-if it's anything in your
young life. Addie dear--and / had to
chase all over to lose EN-"
"Yuu did shake 'em, kid-surer'
Red demanded with keen interest.
"Sure. If hadn't wouldn't be here
now"
Maybe So" Charlie the Coke
drawled in voice as colorless as the
flesh of his face-"maybe not"
, "Where do you get that stunt
, What's all this, anyway I want to
know"
, Her eyes ranged again the array OF
, faces, challenging each in turn, and
getting no satisfaction; for each In
turn averted his gaze with an expires
, sion more or less sheepish and discon
!, certed. all but Red, Harry the Nut, and
a Inez, the third and only other woman
, present
/, "Wel? What's II all about? Star
!, something, somebody-why don't you
. If anything's gone wrong. let me In the
q know. guess I've got as much RICH
a as anybody"
N The Nut shrugged and with super
cillous nonchalance selected anothe
q cigarette from the fiat gold case h
N was fond of displaying; Circumstance
a which. according to ones bias nigh
NJ or might not be taken as indicating
IN that the case had been honestly com
~ by. Inez seemed eager to speak, bu
Red forestalled her.
# Its like this, kid: Eddie's bee
,s pinched."
N The fact that the person In question
re being under Indictment for burglar,
et had for some time succeeded In n
naming at large solely by grace of hi
loyal associates, might have bee
thought enough to rob this announce
n ment of some Of Its staggering qualit.
"a, But to Leonora It came as a genuin
D. shock, and she showed II unmistal
ce ably.
is "No" she exclaimed, and added
he most unladyliSe phrase of mixed II
rs credulity and regret. Somebody
lie squealed."
- That's Just It." Inez affirmed 81
nificantly. II wonder who"
he Leonora needed little time befol
OF she was able to couple the thin
nd yelled animoslty of the gathering, ]
II which she had been sensible ever ~
rn' entering, with the tone employed
he lnez, something which this last wou
Die ordinarily have lacked audacity to q