Elbert County tribune., 1921-11-25
Copyright. BY Randall Parrish
CHAPTER xIlI-contInued.
illustration. BY A. w.a


water for the cause."
"Oh. ] see; there is more coming
then"
Coming, yes; maybe some is here
already"
wine?"
Between eight and nine thousand !;
Il is overdue three months now /
promise to pay II ali up tomorrow"
"oh. you did. hey our of that
stun. / supposed"
Were else l get 1t. you think7
heln Gott, have no more
Say" burst out Waldron suspi-
riously. that's all right but what
bofhers me is why this girl should hit
you for II at just this particular time.
Rrantz must have sent her, but what
made them think you had money
pow7 II ain't very likely they was
Just takin' chance. is 1t? I believe
that is all d-n lie; they haven't
got any more coming. Only / do
think they imagined you might have
some on hand"
How they imagine that2"
Search me. Wine; only I happen
Ing on under the surface. 1t don't
Just at this time"
What you mean7 You have not
spilled nothing7"
"Mew he laughed roughly. On
II. I'm not the spllling kind. There's
been plenty o. fellers after the dope.
et me tell you, but I've let 'em hunt.
Say. I've had to laugh sometimes the
way they've been fooled. You know
that guy who called himself Horner?"
"Sure-a smart fellow
"You bet he is; d-n sight smart
er than you think. He amt Horner at
all, II you ask me; his right name
was Harris. as slick a crook as ever
lived"
"Harris7 crook1 What was 1t /
saw In the paper7 Wasn't he the
uame guy what was croaked last
nigbt?"
you bet he was; that's what I'm
telling you about; that's why l come
up here to get this of my chest He
biffed this fellow Horner coming over,
blew in with all his papers. an start-
I'd negotiatin' with KrantE and Alva.
He an Alva got awful thlck.'
II know; what was the gamer
ITO get that check into cash. Of
course. He hung around for that
purpose for weeks. an then rnissed
OUT
AN you knew him. an never said
, wordf"
K Sure ! knew him, first time got
hn hut ,bot =
to mel I'm not in this business for
my health. Wine. l never gave
d-n who got hands on that stun, SO
had my grab at 1t. Harris an /
had 1t framed; that's why ! was out
there, waitin' for a signal from him.
But when you beat him to 1t, I'd Just
as soon be your running mate as
his,"
Hush! don't talk SO loud And
now you say Harris is dead?"
"As q mackerel; he couldn't be no
deader. But that was my house where
he was crcaksd an so i got to get
out O. town. The police amt wise 50
far, but they might tumble II I hang
around"
THAT why you come hereT
Exactly; I've got to have some
rino right away, and It's up to you to
see that I'm heeled. You know where
the stun il. and how to get 1t quick"
'T wouldn't dare use that money
yet; haven't even opened the bag"
THE HI you wouldn't You are
goin' to cop on enough to pay that
note tomorrow, amt your That's
what you promised the girl. Well. I'm
just as important as she Is, reckon,
and I'm goin' to have my share, you
bet, or else I'll make 1t hot for you
I'll say that"
You haven't nothing but your own
word"
"Ain't II Say, Wine, don't be a
fool; there are others beside US that's
got . nose In this affair. There's
saloonkesper down on Sixth avenue,
named Costigan. who's got all o. Har-
ris' dope an he's goin' to keep on
the trail. Then there's another fell
low who's liable to raise hi. I Amt
got him exactly placed yet. but he's
the guy that led up to Harris being
killed. I'm the only one what knows
that, an ] amt talked before"
"Who is he-a detective1"
Maybe; Harris called him Severn.
They got the guy down into Costigans
and the three of us slugged him.
They patched him up, and then locked
him into hack room over In my
place. The next morning they was
Eoin' to give him the third degree.
Then with him safe. Harris went after
this girl, thinking she would be made
70 talk. ] didn't want to trouble with
Harris, ner Costigan either for the
matter OF fhat-they're both of 'em
bad actors"