The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-04
Copyright, By Randall Parrish
CHAPTER xIlI-continued.


then"
Coming. yes; maybe some is here
already"
"How much did you owe the bank,
Winer'
Between eight and nine thousand;
Il is overdue three months; now
promise to pay IT all up tomorrow"
"Oh, you did. heyl out of that
stun. / suppose7"
"were else get 1t. you think7
Mein Colt, have no more"
'.Say," hurst out Waldron suspi-
ciously, "that's all right. but what
bothers me is why this girl should hit
you for 1t at just this particular time.
Krantz must have sent her, but what
made them think you had money
powi Il Amt very likely they was
Just takin' a chance, Is it7 believe
that IL MI q d-n lie; they haven't
got any mere coming. Only I do
think they imagined you might have
some on hand"
"How they imagine that7"
SEARCH me. Wine: only happen
TO know there is q HI Of lot go
ing on under the surface. 1t don't
look good to me, they jumping you
Just at this time"
"What you meani You have not
spilled nothing7"
mel" he laughed roughly. "D-n
II, 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 to laugh sometimes the
way they've been fooled. You know
that guy who called himself Horner"
"Sure--a smart fellow"
"You bet he is: d-n sight smart
or than you think. He amt Homer at
oil. II you ask me; his right name
was Harris, as slick q crook as ever
lived"
"Harris7 a crook1 What was It
saw In the paper7 Wasn't he the
same guy what was croaked last
night7"
"Yop bet he was; that's what I'm
telling you about; that's why come
up here to get this of my chest. He
bifted this fellow Horper coming over,
blew in with all his papers. an start
I'd negotiatin' with Krantz and Alva.
He an Alva got awful thick"
VI know; what was the gamer
'.ro 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 sale
- wordT'
"Sure knew him, first time 60
eyes on the bloater; but what was
to met Pm not in this business 70
my health, Wine. l never gave
On who got hands on that stuff. s
/ had my grab at It. Harris an
had 1t framed: that's why l was o,
there, waitin' for signal from hin
But when you beat him to 1t, I'd Jul
as soon be your running mate {
his"
"Hush! don't talk so loudl Al
now you say Harris is dead?"
"As q mackerel; he couldn't be l
Ideader. But that was my house whe
he was croaked, an SO ! got to 6
out O. town. The police amt wise
far, but they might tumble If hal
around"
"That why you come here"
Exactly; I've got to have sor
rino right away. and It's up to you
see that I'm heeled. You know whe
the stuff Is, and how to get 1t quicl
II wouldn't dare use that mon
yet; I haven't even opened the bal
1.-THE HI you wouldn't! You q
goin' to cop of enough to pay I'll
note tomorrow, amt your Tha
what you promised the girl. Well,
just as important as she Is reck'
and I'm goin' to have my share, y
bet, or else I'll make 1t hot for yor
I'll say that"
"You haven't nothing but your o
word"
"Ain't II Say. Wine, don't be
fool; there are others beside us thu
got . nose In this affair. There's
salocnkeeper down on Sixth aven
named Costigan, who's got all o. II
ris' dope. an he's goin to keep
the trail. Then there's another
low who's liable to raise hi. a
got him exactly placed yet. but
the guy that led up to Harris be
killed. I'm the emily one what KIN,
that, an ! amt talked before"
"Wh0 IL he--a detective?
Maybe; Harris called him Sew
They got the guy down into Costig
and the three Of US slugged
They patched him up, and then loo
him into a back room over in
place. The next morning they
goin' to give him the third del
Then with him safe, Harris went .
this girl. thinking she would be n
to talk. l didn't want to trouble
HarriA. ner Costigan either for
matter Of that--they're both Of
bad sectors"
"Well, then. what happenedT
THAT'S mostly guess-work. ]
had this guy Ssverp locked In upst