The St. Johns herald., 1921-10-20

they won't find a handful of change
 to act with. Pm some patriot, 1 am,
 and I'll put a bigger crimp in their
 sails than the whole United States
 government secret service"
 "But see here, Harris" soberly,
 ''hOw do you know you are going to
 get this? Of course, I see the game
 the way you've mapped it out, but suppose Krantz pays in check, or draft.
 That spikes your gun."
 "H-L yes; but he won't. I've sized up this man 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 that? He expects it may be year, or perhaps two, before he can cash in on the deal, but when it does come his share of profit will be likely hundred thousand. That beats bank interest, and the old 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 fit. We'll, now, that kind of guy, in on a raw deal like this, is going to play safe, isn't he? He isn't going to 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 lyp0rry this H,og1 caShing in for six months or more tOs be ready for it. And now he's got the currency stored away, nobody knows where but himself. When Ava comes for it, it will be handed out se- cretly, and that old bird will crumple up the receipt in his pocket and wait till heGcan cash in through those guys in London. So now it's up to us to locate the dough; we've got to sepa- rate it from either Krantz, or Ava I'm for Ava"
 "Why?"
 Because the job looks easier. He's human and no money grubber. He's just as liable as not to carry the whole wad around with him; d-n it. 1 think that's just what he will do, for he won't dare deposit such sum anywhere. That's why I have laid back so long, without attempting to strike-Pm banking on the army cap tain to offer me a soft thing. What do you say?"
 l had the whole story now in a nut shell and 1t was one to think over. That Harris had played his cards well was sufficiently evident. Now must be fully as cautious in playing mine. felt the fellow had given me his full confidence; actually believing me to be Daly, and on the same trail with him; desiring to use me in what was probably the biggest job of his life, he had been led into the indiscretion of confiding to me the full truth of his scheme. If kept my head and | nerve, had 1t in my power to block | everything and thus bring the whole | gang to swift justice. I realized the | danger of such an attempt, the imme- diate peril of endeavoring to accom- plish this alone, yet at the moment perceived no other way. l must re- main Daily and appear eager to obtain my share of the spells.
 "A slick piece of work, Harris" l admitted admiringly, "and so far as I can judge you have figured out the chances about right. They look good. I'm with you. old man-shake p
 Our hands clasped. "That is what I thought you would say, Harry" more familiarly. Come on now and drink with me-"
 l put the stuff down, rather feeling the need of 1t, and desiring to estab- fish our intimacy more closely.
 ''Then that's settled, George-yes, I'll have another cigar. By the way" as I lit up, "there was another thing I wanted to ask you about. You said there was woman here from Wash ington. Whats the tdea?'
 "D-n if I know, but I guess it's all right. Still don't quite cotton to the dame. This is how get it from Ava. Those junta fellows-the big ones. you this New York bunch is pretty slow; they want some action for their money. So Senor Mendez. who seems to be engineering the deal, decides to send somebody over here to stir up the criminals. But he's watched every minute; secret service men are as thick as flies, and if one of his underlings was to leave for New York; he'd never get ten feet without being spotted. Mendez is wise to this