The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

OF neir failure. III she already knew
who was the murderer OF AIva. and
what had become OF the spoilsf
] could ask these questions. but not
one was answerable. They merely
Knocked me with their emptiness.
Then. shrili and Insistent, the teIe-
phone rang.
Ny heart was beating like trip
hammer as ] took down the receiver.
Who could be calling me at this hour
Who except she alone In this city knew
my name and hotelf
"Hullo."
A mans voice spoke huskily. 'This
you. DalyT
"Yes." hastily. instantly aware Of
who was on the other end Of the wire.
yet feeling 1t best to dissemble until
! learned the purpose.
who IL speakingr
The fellow you biffed with bottle
tonight. No, amt got no hard feel.
ings. Besides, l got something else to
think about than cracked dome. Say,
] got some dope on how that Job was
did, an maybe could tell you some
thing else Of interest. got to talk
with you privately-that's what. It's
matter for the girl as well as yer
self. I'm playing square as long as
you do the right thing, but / know
who the dame IL, an am liable to
sQueal II get raw deal; that's put
ting It straight, Harry"
"You know who she IL, you saw"
Sure l do. Old Pierre, over at
Perond's, told me. He never forgets
face, or a name, that old duffer
He knew you the minute you blew In.
and he knew her, too; she'd been there
before summing"
"Who 10 she, them"
That's all right know; but I
amt fool enough to blow II over the
wire. II you'll come over here and
have q talk. I'll spill q few things in
your ear that'll make you wise"
"Where are youl"
AT Costigan's.''
WHATS become Of your partner1"
who's that-WaldrOn He amt no
partner Of mine. Say. you must have
handed that guy some Jolt. The last
! saw Of him, he was laid out on q
bench In Perond's back room breath
Ing Ike a stuck pig. dead to the world.
VIII You come over here7'
what have you got to ten mer'
"Well. there's the danes name for
one thing. I'll bet you don't even
know who she Is. or how she's string
IN you. Then I'm on to where a part
Of that boobies planted--anyhow I've
got Q bunch. II we turn It up. I'm
still strong on the ffty.ffty PROPOSE
tion."
! turned II over swiftly in my mind,
the receiver still at my ear. felt no
particular fear Of Harris: to be sure,
IN all probability, he was only feeling
about In the dark. hoping in this way
to learn something Of value. yet II
might be that he had accidentally un-
covered the girls identity, and that
alone was inducement enough to urge
me to take the risk. II he actually
knew who she was, he was the kind
that might become ugly. and, however
much I suspicioned her in my own
mind. had no desire to leave her un-
defended At his mercy. Guilty or not
guilty. my inclination was to protect
her to the last. Besides / was eager
to obtain the information he claimed
to possess; indeed. all progress on the
case was blocked until did obtain II.
AS to his boast that he knew where
the stolen money was concealed, I
took little stock In that. Doubtless he
merely threw that In for good meas
ure. But the other looked reasonable
enough; she had confessed being at
Perond's before; Pierre was fully as
likely to recall her to memory as he
WAS to remember DAILY, and Harris
could never have made 30 shrewd a
guess, unless he had really been told
the facts. Another thing gave me cour-
age to 60 to Costigan's. was still
accepted by these people as Harry
DAILY. crook. ] would undoubtedly he
SO received, 30 treated. Under these
circumstances there could be no per-
| Ns''eSss uCiu ZIG Wild nHnu.
the advantage-Harris was only on.
deavoring to see what he could get
out Of me; he had abandoned force
to resort to diplomacy.
| "All right" said. sTu run over
there; II you want to play fair. mi
meet you half way"
"Oh. I'm on the square, old man
ana I've got some good DOPE" he In.
sisted. "I'll blow It when you show
up"
/ ] returned the receiver to the hook
uncertain whether or not had de.
c'ded rightly. yet determined to Gerry
out the experiment. Above al e,se I
wanted to learn who Marie CessIer
waA Nothing ese mattered 40 much
for on this discovery al else hinged
II violence. or treachery. was Intended
IL would be found prepared. and wen
able to defend myself.
The neighhorhood into which I was
ven'uring induced me 70 take . taxi.
! and. within ten minutea ! vas q.