The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-29


knew this was coming. and he's been
/ caShing in for six months or more
to be ready for It, And now he's got
the currency stored away, nobody
knows where but himself When Alva
comes for It, it will be handed out Sc
cretly, and that old bird will crumple
up the receipt in his pocket and wait
till he can 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 Alva-
| I'm for Alva."
| "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.
think that's just what he VIII do,
! for he won't dare deposit such a sum
anywhere. That's why / have laid
/ back so long, without attempting to
| strike-Tm banking on the army cap
\ tain to offer me a soft thing. What
| do you say?"
/ I had the whole story now in nut
/ shell and 1t was one to think over.
4 That Harris had played his cards well
was sufficiently evident. Now I must
/ be fully as cautious I'm playing mine.
\ I felt the fellow had given me his full
/ confidence: actually believing me to
/ be DAILY, 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
I \
nerve, l had It in my power to block
everything and thus bring the whole
gang to swift justice. | realized the
danger Of such an attempt, the imme-
date peril of endeavOring TO accom-
plish this alone, yet at the moment
perceived no other way. 1 must re-
main Daily and appear eager to obtain
my share of the spOils.
"a slick piece of work, Harris" l
admitted admiringly, land so far as
can judge you have figured out the
chances about right. They look good.
I'm with you. old man-shakew
Our hands clasped THAT is what
thought you would say, Harry"
more Familiarity. "COme on now and
drink with me-"
I put the stuff down, rather feeling
the need of 1t, and desiring to estab-
lish our intimacy more closely.
Then that's settled, GeOrge-yes,
I'll have another cigar. BY the way"
as / lit up, there was another thing
1 wanted TO ask you about. You said
there was a woman here from Wash
ington. What's the tdea7'
"D-n II know, but guess It's all
right. Still don't quite cotton to the
dame. This is how get it from Alva.
Those junta fellows-the big ones, you
know-think this New York bunch Is
pretty slow; they want some action
for their money. So Senior 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 II one OF
his underlings was to leave for New
York, he'd never get ten feet without
being spotted. Mendez is wise to this
so he gathers In privately a skirt he
believes is all right, and sends her.
It's not a decent Job for a woman, and
that's what makes II safe. He made
a good guess, too; that female is as
smart as a steel trap. She gave me
the cold shivers."
You don't think she suspects your"
'No, 1 don't; there amt no reason
why she should; but she gave me the
once over, all right, and 1 am perfect
Iy willing to know she IS on her way
back TO Washington. l never did play
in any luck with woman In the game
perhaps that's what makes me
afraid of EN-"
whats her name"
"Gessler, so Alva said-Marie Cess
Ter; South American, 1 suppose; any
how, she talked that language like a
native. I steered clear OF her most OF
the time. Somehow she got my goat.
However. that's nothing TO worry
over" He glanced at his watch. 1.-THE
DANES safely off by this time What
do you say|et's go home"
/ signified my willingness.
As we passed out together through |
the narrow passage, extinguishing the |
lights behind US, the one overpowering |
desire I'm my mind was to be once |
more alone, so as to think over, and |
piece together as best l might this |
fabric OF viIlainy with which / was |
confronted. The situation was fairly |
clear, yet there were strange lights |
and shadows in it l found hard to |
reconcile Moreover, what should |
do? How could / serve best-by i'm |
telling my story to the of
ficers of the law, and thus washing my |
hands clean? or by continuing TO en-
act the role Of Harry DAILY. and in this
way entrapping these fellows red
handed? l had had fully enough Of
Harris for the present. His boastful-
ness and pride Of crime disguised me.
had no desire to be associated with
the fellow. or pretend. even for a
worthy purpose, to be his companion.
Yet, all this had happened so sudden
" and Unexpectedly could not de-
termine the best course TO pursue.
remained dazed and confused, the
only clear decision being an eagerness
% bring him, and these others also, to
Justice
We were the last to leave the place,
md emerged from the building into
he deserted yard, leaving all La 81