American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-06-24
"He Jotted Down an Address on a Sit
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"He Jotted Down an Address on a Sit
of Paper"
iong, IN early the e morning we
breezed into a downtown hotel, and
went to bed"
"WhHt hotel7"
search me. We'd been tanking up
on champagne and were drunken in
the morning than when we turned in.
That's the honest truth. All either of
us wanted for breakfast was "A cup of
coffee. We got that at a little dump
on some side street, so as to brace up
a little" He paused to laugh at the
recollection, helping himself to a third
cigar.
"And you actually retain no knowI-
edge of where you spent the nightr"
mo- the faintest glimmer. Can you
beat 1t? Alva lost part of a letter
somewhere, and a curious sort of box
he had picked up in Chinatown. He
put them both in his pocket, so ne
says, but that was the last he ever
saw of either. Queer looking box that
was; nothing l cared about, but it
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was daffy over 1t. Anyhow, that night
put me solid with Alva."
but the money! He's never drawn
it?"
mot a dinky red. He claims the
time hasn't come yet, and that it's
safer with Krantz. But I've stuck 10
him like Il brother and he's took me In
with his gang, so now l know every
move that's going on I'm on the in
side, all right, and now it's beginning
to get hot
"They are ready to act?'
Sure that's what the meeting was
about tonight"
"What are they after-shipsy'
"Well, they've got TO have some, but
mostly arms then there is a guy down
there who's got to be croaked. / don't
care what II is; when the time comes
they won't find a handful Of change
to act with. I'm some patriot, I am.
and I'll put a bigger crimp in their
sails than the whole United States
government secret service
"But see here, Harris" soberiy,
"how do you know you are going to
get this? OF course. l see the game
the way you've mapped it out, but
suppose Krantz pays in check, or draft.
That spikes your gun"
HI, yes; but he won't. I've slzei
up this mar Krantz. He's in the game
for money. He don't care who wins
the d--n revolution, for he gets his
share out Of the pot right away. He's
playing the game secretly on his own
account. Get thatf He expects II
may be a year, or perhaps two. before
he can cash In on the deal, but when
1t does come his share Of profit win
be likely a hundred thousand. That
beats bank interest, and the odd bird
is willing to take the chance"
quite likely that's true no bank
would finance such a project"
"Of course not-the directors would
throw a fit. Well, now, that kind Of
a guy, In on a raw deal like this. is
going TO play safe, isn't he? He isn't
going 10 leave any evidence lying
around to hang himself with-any
drafts. or checks to pass through the
clearing house? Not on your life; he
is too willy a fox for that. Krantz
knew this was coming, and he's been
cashing in for six months or more
to be ready for II. And now he's go
the currency stored away, nobody
knows where but himself. When Alva
comes for It, IL will be handed out Sc
cretly, and that old bird will crumple
up the receipt In his pocket and wait
till he can cash in through those guys
In London. SO nov It's up to us TO
locate the dough; we've got to sepa-
rate IT from either Krantz, OF Ava
I'm for Alva."
"WhyT'
Because the Job looks easier. He's