Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1921-11-10
The !
Mystery Of the
Silver Dagger
By RANDALL PARRISH
Author of "The Strar e
Case of CHvendish"
Illustrations by A. We'll
Illustrations by A. We'll
Copyright, BY Randall Parrish
CHAPTER XIIl-Continued.

"What other money!"
THAT which Is sent from across the
water for the cause"
"Oh, | see; there is more coming
then"
Coming, yes; maybe some is here
already
How much did you owe the bank,
Wlne?"
Between eight and line thousand /;
II is overdue three months; now
promise TO pay IT all up tomorrow"
"Oh. sou did. hey! out Of that
stun, I suppose?"
"Were else l get it, you think?
Mein Colt, ] have no more"
Say" burst out WaldFOn SuSpi-
ciously. "that's all right, but what
bothers me is why this girl should hit
you for II at Just this particular time.
krantz must have sent her, hut what
made them think you had money
now? II amt very likely they was
just takin' a chance, is it? / believe
that is all n d-n lie; they haven't
got any more coming Only l do
think they imagined you might have
some on hand"
How they Imagine that?"
search me, Wine; only l happen
To know there is n HI of a lot go
ing on under the surface. 1t don't
look good to me, they jumping you
just ut this time"
what you mean? You have not
spilled nOthing?"
"AGe!" he laughed roughly. "D-n
Il. I'm not the splitting kind. There's
been plenty o. fellers after the dope,
let me tell you, but I've let 'em hunt.
Say. I've had 10 laugh sometimes the
way they've been fooled. You know
that guy who called himself Hornerg'
"Sure-a smart fellow"
you bet he is; a d-n sight smart
er than you think. He amt HOrner at
all, If you ask me; his right name
was Harris, as slick a crook as ever
lived"
Harris? a crook? What was It !
saw in the paper? Wasn't he the
same guy what was crOaked last
nightf"
You bet he was; that's what I'm
telling you about; that's why l come
W here TO get this Off my chest. He
biffed this fellow Horner coming over,
blew in with all his papers, an start
ed negOtiatin' with Krantz and Alva.
He an Alva got awful thick"
Il know; what was the gamer
''TO get that check into cash, of
course. He hung around for that
purpose for weeks, an then missed
out"
AN you knew him, an never said
q word =
"Sura I knew him. first time I got
eyes oe the blOater; but what was it
to met I'm not in this business for
my health, Wine. / never gave
d-n wsIo got hands on that stuff, so
/ Had sny grab at it. Harris an
had it framed; that's why l was out
there, ryaitin' for a signal from him.
But wh3n you beat him to It, I'd Just
as sOos 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 wss croaked, an so l got to get
out O. town. The police amt wise so
far. but they might tumble If l hang
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 is, and how to get 1t quick"
81 wouldn't dare use that money
yet; haven't even opened the bag"
The HI you wouldn't! You are
goin' to cop of enough to pay that
note tomorrow, amt you? 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
fool; there are others beside us that's
got a nose in this affair There's a
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. / 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 detective?"
Maybe; Harris called him Severn.
They got the guy down into Costlgan's
and the three of US slugged him.
They patched him up, and then locked
him into a back room over in my
place. The next morning they was
goin' to give him the third degree.
Then with him safe, Harris went after
this girl, thinking she would be made
to talk. / didn't want to trouble with
Harris, ner COstigan either for the
matter Of that-they're both of 'em
bad actors"
"Well, then, what happenedT
That's mostly guess-wOrk. They
had this guy Severn locked in upstairs.
He was unconscious when we dumped
him there, and later, when my wife
got this girl to come over-they was
raised in the same town-Har-is he
turned the key on her. They was aim
Ing to bring them together the next
morning, but somehow Severn must
have woke up, an got out O. the
room, for the next thing 1 know'd he
was flghtin' Harris out in the hall, an
after that l found the girl had skipped
out durin' the fracas."
They both got away?"
Clean, leaving Harris behind with
his skull busted; deader than a door
nail when I got to him."