Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-02-11


"For Gods sake, Red"
"Ah, shut your trapi" He east her
arm free violently and stood back.
so you thought you could gyp Red
Carnehan and get away with til You
little fool =
She attempted no reply. The first
spasm of Consideration passing, the
faculty of concentrated thought re-
turned. She entertained not the faint
est hope Of escaping her fate at the
hands Of Red Garnehan Whether she
lived or died. she conceived. didn't
matter. But It was otherwise with
Mario. Him she must save somehow,
by some heroic exercise of wit and
spirit
Yet in the beginning she cast about
in vain for ruse or vile that might
serve. Alone, defenseless. in the com
pany of man armed and determined,
murder in heart and mind: man in
sane with jealousy and hatred, alike
bred of sheer fear. the fear of the as
sassin living moment by moment in
the shadow of arrest what could she
do against such odds?
She COULD think of nothing, positive
ly nothing. And yet, she knew, there
must be some way out If only She
could find Ii -.
She knew herself TO be clever, far
cleverer than Red-as she had once
boasted 10 his face Her wits had
yet to fail her. however extreme or
exigent the occasion. Give her time
to think and size could eircumvent
him. But now that one essential ele-
ment. time. was lacking. Impossible
to guess how soon Mario might return,
And then there was Reds Impotence
to be reckoned with
Her look of a trapped animal faded;
in its stead her face reflected CON
centration of thought amounting al
most to abstraction She seemed 20
consider Carnehan out of fathom-
less composure, as she might one fac
tor in an engrossing problem in whose
solution she was vitallv Interested
This change In her annoyed the man
intolerably. Not only was any sem
blaBce Of indifference offensive. but
he had learned to distrust the girl's
moments of thoughtfulness If his in
telligenee was not of high order. he
had Mt least cunning, with acumen
enough TO feel and fear the finer met
tie of her mentality. Instinctiyely he
sought an outlet for his evaporation
in burst of lurid blashphemy.
'Whyn't you say somethin'?" he con-
ciuded, gesticulating wildly with the
pistol. "What you standn' there for,
dumb's cat Whyn't you try 10 come
clean by lying"
She responded quietly: whats
the use? Even If / told you the truth
It wouldn't do any good You've made
up your mind"
"You said 1t. I'm wise. and I've
got you where / want YOU If YOU
think you can put anything over on
me now-well, try It. That's all: try
It. l wish you would"
She shrugged YEARLY. then inquired
in tone of moderate curiosity:
where's Inez waiting for Your
slow d'you know" He was OBJ
viously posed. whats Inez got to
do
''You know well enough 1t was her
that told you | was here"
swell -. What IL she ddT'
Nothing only she brought me here
first"
Like HI"
"Yes''-the girl ignored the inter
ruption-"I didn't even know where
he lived no more'n knew where to
look for you. So Taez framed me,
just to put me in bad with YOU"
"Ah. telrt TO Sweeney"
ASK Charlie, II sou don't believe
me-ask him after he comes TO at
Sing Hos tomorrow. He'll tell you he
promised to meet me there tonight
and bring me to you. Rut when
got there Charlie was dead 10 the
world. Inez said she'd show me the
way to where you and Leo was LAYING
up; and when ! said all right, she
brought me here. left me ut the door
and blew. And then What could
] do? / didn't know where TO find you
and I was cold and wet and tired"
Her statement carried conviction.
Against his wish the man believed
her; and because 1t was against his
wish he was the more lrritated ana
chose to deny hts belief. His glare
was ugly.
$50 that's the stall, Is IT."
You ask Charlie. He'll tell you
the truth-you needn't look TO get It
out Of --oniy he'll tell you too
late"
What do you mean, too later"
TOO late to stop you making a
DIN fool Of yourself"
"How's that? How'm I goln' 10
make DIN fool out Of myself?"
II don't know yet; but I hope you
don't think I'm such fiat as to think
you've come here tonight just for
friendly talk"
you're dead right thereg His
laugh rang with. brutal scorn. I'm
say didn't come for no friendly talk