Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-10
The Gift
Supreme
BY
George Allan England
Author Of
Darkness and Dawn"
"The Alibi," etc.

what nave | done to have a SOM"
said pedal that -eproach stuff
an that goes" snarled Meiny. For
get that, an go to some plan 70
spring us out O. this"
1ou think the missioner that fam
ned you will shove the charger"
ihats the way 1T looks, from
here. He's some missioner, believe
me! Here's his trade mark" and
Meiny jerked a thumb at His bat
tered face. "Lucky If he don't belch
the game, an put Is on the inside,
lookin' out
who is the damned Buttinsky.
anyhow" demanded Stage, mouth
ing an oath or two, beside, for good
measure. DO 1 know him? Have
we got anything on him?"
Know hin?" answered Meiny.
splitting at the waste basket and
missing. 'Y' ought to- You nicked
him for enough, few weeks ago"
WHO d mean?" snapped the law
ghost. Not that young fool of a
Vinton?"
That's the guy!"
his progeny with eyes that seemed
starting from his fat head
you you rat!" he almost
screamed at him. Know what you've
done, you ana your fool tactics?
You've gone and put iaid evidence in
the hands Of our worst enemy, that's
what. oh, by God, tiff you weren't
my own son, I'd shove you for life.
you-!
Can that. old top" snee~ed
Meiny, letting his cigaret fall to the
floor from his nerveless and" flabby
hand. ut can't be did. If I go up,
you go with me, as l said before; it's
fifty-fifty all the time, now, see?
Your cue is to get busy on some abiH
proposition. Cut the grandstand
play an get down to cases"
Stage glared in silence moment.
Then, pulling himself together, as at
other crises he fr1d often done, he
asked in a more moderate tone:
He's got the prescriptions, you
say? All of tllem?"
Meiny Nodded affirmation. Behind
his own fear seemed to Turk kind
of venomous joy at the sight of his
fathers anguish and alarm.
"All of EN- he answered. Every
damned one"
'Hmmm! They're all signed, too.
DIR. Tressors rame is on them. And
they're all written for morphine, with
the quantity left blank. Conclusive
evidence. Bad, Meiny; rotten bad.
Couldn't be worse. Tressor will have
to go, If we do; that's the only con-
ISOLATION. We can pull down a top
notcher and explode a charge Of dy-
Mantle in the Back Bay that will
start something big, in the medical
profession. That Is, If we don't pull
By, and
>"Gotta pull by" Meiny interrupted,
with sullen emphasis, his face evil
and sodden by the dim lamp light
mo stir in mine. thanks. You
spring me out O. this, old gent, or
I'll guarantee you'll get five years
for every month they slam onta me-
You know wha,. / know about you
I'm wise-go to it,"
Stage tried to smile as tho at a
harmless jest, but his eyes were sick
with fear, as he made answer:
I'll do my best. Meiny You're
my only son, and in spite of all you.
mistakes, love you
Love your own fat skin, you
meant" growled Meiny.
SO I'll do my level best. We've
got on wrong tack, that's evident.
This whole Vinton affair has been
frost. never had half q fee from the
old man, and what little I got from
the young fool you trimmed me out
Of" Meiny smiled viciously, and
spat again. ION top of all, we drove
the young idiot into this uplift in
sanity. and how, without knowing it,
he's turned the tables on us. Bad,
bad; rotten bad. But not hopeless,
Meiny; never hopeless. Never say
die is my MOTTO. We've been in
wrong before. and got by with 1T. We
can get by, again. Now, let's see,
let's see."
See an welcome. What's dom ?"
Doing? don't know, just yet.
I'll, start something, tho; never fear,
Meiny, TIL certainly start something.
/
to do one thing"
Whats that?"
1--WE won't butt in on him any
more. No more rough stuff with
him, Meiny. Easy does it, now. Well
can the rough play It's hands up
for ours and lay low
What? You talk like a fish at
high tide! I gotta leave Dan and
Mugs there, in his hands, always
liable to pig on us, an not square it
with 'em, or with him?"
THAT'S the way it rides, Meiny."
'The Hell it does!"
Cor else we both go up. Let sleep
ing dogs lie, .Meiny!" With exceed
ing earnestness the shyster smote
the disordered table. Don't kick
'em, or you're certain to get ivory in
your leg. In a day or two Wen get
hold of the girl, at st. Philips, frame
some kind of reconciliation stunt, get
the affidavit repudiated and bring
'em together again. This Bradford
idiot will forget his reforming bug.
right away, and the whole thing will
go up in smoke. But for the imme-
date present, things have got to lie
qniet."
Not" calculated Meiny, with ex-
ceeding disgust YOU'RE a healthy
mouthpiece, amt you? Acne nerve
an great on frame ups, I don't think.
Some classy piece O. cheese! Here's
gink has the real goods on us, an
that's the best you can dope out.
Say, you give me central pain!
got somethin' thatll wallop that all
ways for Sunday"
"You have? What is it?"
1--WE gotta put a man in there
right off, to grab the prescriptions"
.Tmpossible!"