Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-11-12
copyr,snt 1870 by the Aothe",

WIFI W pTeHI-lTNNPll0g WIt1 uHine
that looked like she wouldn't take
nothing from the queen Of England.
tell you, saw YOU"
That's another lie!" But the steadl-
ness of Harry's eyes was disconcert-
ing. UnquestionabIy he believed his
assertions. Leonora's tongue trlpped
over the denial: 81 wasn't :"
swell, then, tell us where you were
at four o'clock yesterday afternoon"
Addle suggested blandly.
At that hour Leonora had been In
Second avenue motion picture theater
with Mario: an indiscretion to which
she could not possibly confess. Per-
ceptibly she lost assurance.
"None Of your d--n business"
Better tell 'em. kid" Red counseled
uneasily. you got TO come clean"
like HI ] havew Once more the
flames of rage leapt high. ~ don't
owe this gang anything, much less an
account OF everything I do. The shoes
on the other foot. You all know me,
you all know Tn on the level. Most
Of you'd be up the river today II II
wasn't for me--and you know that,
too. How far do you think you'd get
II nv brains didn't work for you. tell
you what to do and how TO get away
with Il without the bulls tumbling?
Who planned the raid on Elnstein's
hook shop? Did any Of you get
plnched for that? Who figured out
how to get those bonds away from the
! Chemical Trusts messenger? Was
anybody Jagged for that2 And
because take the trouble not to lead
a coupla guns right up to you tonight
and because the Nut saw somebody
that looked like me all dolled up on
Fifth avenue yesterday-Or thinks he
| did"
ut was you. all right" Harry af
firmed coolly.
Their glances met and clashed. the
girls hot with challenge and resent
ment, the mans cold with malice. For
the first time she recognized In this
creature an enemy. Then her super.
excited intelligence. graphing with the
problem of how TO confute his implicit
accusation. experienced fash of
memory followed by lightninglike
stroke of Intuition.
''If you want to know who squealed,"
she suggested deliberately. why don't
you give Harry the office? Ask him
what he does with all his time where
he gets the coin for all his swell
clothes. who he talks to when he's
bulging up to the bars of the big ho-
tells. Ask him why the cops always
look the other way when they see him
coming. why he Amt never pinched-"
With an oath Harry thrust back his
chair. which overturned with u crash
and Jumped up, guilt stamped upon
his countenanCe Of sudden pallor
gllnting fearfully In his furtive little
eyes. But in the same instant the door
left negllgently unlocked after the
entrance of LeOnora-was hastily
opened and slammed. The first to
identify the man who had slipped In
and now stood fumbllng with the key
English Adde cried out In shrill dis
may: "Leow The company turned
simultaneously and with confused
cries and questions got TO its feet.
Slight and under normal height
painting. sweating. haggard, his face
livid. eyes terrified, hatless, and witt
clothing disheveled, Leo Blellnsky
alias Leo the Blood. sank back against
the door. one hand pressed to his
side Just below his laboring heart. The
other. holding an automatic pistol de
scribcd a gesture of suppllcatlon. Rec
snapped over-shoulder profane de
mand for silence. Leo's broker
phrases became audible.
e. Croaked n bull down thu
street coming out of Bennie'
place, Corbin and Ennis tried to jumI
me Corbin got IT," He ges
ticulated meanlngly with the pistol
Ennis took after me Look
like Il frame-up cops every
where turned
Red demanded furlously: "What IL
h--rG you come here for?"
"No place else to go cor
\ nered. | tell you Listen y Tn
Russian held up hand and, bending
an ear to the door, heard sounds below
I
come now For Gods sake, get m
out OF this !"
"Fire escape" Red indicated with
Jerk of his head. Somebody thrus
open the shutters of one window. TIL
murderer pulled himself together
reeled across the room, and lurche
out upon an iron platform grating
/ Immediately he disappeared.
Now the rumor was loud in the hal
below. the shrill protestatlons of IN
walters rising above yet dominated b.
the deeper voices OF the police. Ate
brief but violent alteration, heav
feet came pounding up the stairs
Then panic fastened upon the wits o
all those in the private dining roor
j and stampeded them toward the fir
escape. Primltively In their frigh
men fought with women for first plac
! at the window. StlAed screams o
+ pain and anger mingled with muttere