Evening star., 1921-10-03
BY FRANK L. PACKARD.
Copyright, lSe1,- b. TuhNs lsdgs1 O.
Copyright, 1881. by Z. Il. Davis osEp.

i, ed the envelope to Dave Henderson:
ITS all there, Dave-and dve years
interest, compounded. A little over
four thousand dollars-four thousand
and, fifteen, as near as could figure 1t.
It's all In dve-hundreds and hundreds.
except the fifteen; I didn't think you'd
want to pack a big wad."
..Good old Square John!", said Dave
Henderson softly. He opened the en-
velope. took out the fifteen dollars.
tucked q dve-dollar bill into another
pocket, and held out the remaining ten
to Kelly. 'Go out there and get me
ten dollars from the cash register,
John, will your he said. Let them
see you doing it. Get the idea? I'd
like them to know you came across.
and that I've got something to spend"
,kelly's eyes puckered in an anxious
way, as they scrutinized Dave Hender-
sons face; but the anxiety. it was
obvious enough, was all for Dave Hem
derson.
there now?" he asked, as he moved to-
ward the door.
yes" said Dave Henderson, with a
grim little smile. ''See II you know
that fellow with the brown peaked cap
| up at the front end Of the barr
Kelly was gone a matter Of two or
three minutes. He came back and re-
I
| derson.
Know the MANI" asked Dave Hem
| derson.
YES" said Kelly. "His names
Speen-he's a plain-clothesman." He
shook his head in troubled way, and
derson's shoulders. Dave, what are
you going to do?"
Dave Henderson laughed shortly.
DO you want to know" He-dung
| out the words in sort of bitter gibe.
We'll. I'll tell you-in confidence.
I'm going to blow the head off friend
of mine
Dave Henderson felt the hands on
his shoulders tighten.
What's the use, Dave?" said Square
John Kelly quietly. II suppose it has
something to do with that Tydeman
wad; but what's the use? You've got
four thousand dollars. Why not start
clean again? The other don't pay,
Dave. and" He stopped. l-,.s -
Gave Henderson's face had hardened
like flint.
There's a good deal you don't know"
he said. evenly. "And I guess the less
you know the safer you'll be. owe
square 1t now is to tell you to stand
from under. What you say. though
know you mean it, doesn't make any
dent in five years of hell. I've got a
debt. to pay, and I'm going to pay 1t.
Maybe I'll see you again-maybe I
won't. But even prison bird can say
God bless you, and mean 1t: and that's
what say to you. They won't have
any suspicious that there's anything of
any kind between you and me; but
they'll naturally come here to see If
they can get any information, when
that fellow Speen out there turns in
his report. You can tell them you ad-
RI o1n IN
canstell them that swear don't know
where that hundred thousand dollars
is.' They won't believe 1t, and you
don't believe 1t. But let 1t go at that!
I don't know what's going to break
loose, but you stand from under, John.
I'm going now-to get acquainted with
Mr.. Speen. 1t wouldn't look just right,
in my supposed condition, for you to
let me have another drink in your
place, after having staked me; but I've
got to make at least a bluff at it. You
stay here for a few minutes-and then
come out and chase home" He
held out his hand, wrung Square John
kelly's in hard grip, turned abrutly
away-and staggered out into the bar
ROOM
Clutching his ten dollars in his
hand. and, glancing furtively back over
his shoulder every step or two, Dave
Henderson neared the door. Here. an
was not watching him. and apparently
succumbing to an irresistible tempta-
ton, he sidled UP to the bar-beside
the man with the brown peaked cap.
"Kelly's all right-s'll right" he
confided thickly to the other. "Or
friend. Never turns down o. friend.
in hard luck. Square John-betcher
lfe! Have a drink?''
"Sure!" said the man in the brown
peaked cap. ~,
The drink was ordered, and as Dave
Henderson, talking garrulously, poured
out his whisky-a genuine glassful
this time-he caught sight, in the mir
ror behind the bar. and out Of the cor
down the room from the private office.
And as he lifted his glass. Kslly's
hand. reaching from behind, caught the
glass. and set it back on the bar.
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