The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-30

the On revolution, for he gets his
SHARE out or 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
ne can cash in on the deal, but when
II 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. Well, now, that kind of
a 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
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 Alya-
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.
I think that's just what he will do,
for he won't dare deposit such a 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 soft thing. What
do you say?"
&. I had the whole story now in a nut
shell and it was one to think over.
That Harris had played his cards we'll
was sufficiently evident. Now I must
be fully as cautious in 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
his scheme. If I kept my head and
nerve, I 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-
diate 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, "and so far as
can judge you have figured out the
chances about right. They look good.
I'm with you, old man-shake"
Our hands clasped. "That is what
I thought you would say, Harry"
more Familiarity. Come on now and
drink with me-"
I put the stuff down, rather feeling
the need of it, 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 a woman here from Wash
fngton. What's the idea"
Oh If I know, but l guess it's oil
right. Still / don't quite cotton to the
dame. This is how get it from Alva.
Those junta fellowship big ones, you
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 hes
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,
so he gathers in privately skirt he
believes is all right, and sends her
It's not a decent job for woman, ana
that's what makes it safe. lie mace
q pood guess, too; that female is as
smart as a steel trap. She, gave me
the cold shivers."
"YOu don't think she suspects you!
ono. I don't; there amt no reason
whv she should; but she gave me the
once over, all right, and am perfect
lv willing to know she is on her way
hack to Washington. I never did play
:, anv luck with a woman in the game
perhaps that's what makes me
afraid of 'em."
sWhat's her name!
"Gessler, so Alva said-Marie Cess
,or. South American, I suppose; any
how she talked that language like
no+ive I steered clear Of her most OF
Tho time. Somehow she got my goat.
However, that's nothing to worry
over" He glanced at his watch. .HIhe |
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