Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-02-24

dumb's cat Whynr you try TO come
clean by lyin'?"
She responded quietly: whats
the use? Even if told you the truth
it wouldn't do any good. You've made
up your mind"
"You said 1t. I'm wise, and I've
got you where want you. If you
think you can put anything over on
me now-well, try it. That's all: try
1t. I wish you would"
She shrugged YEARLY, then inquired
In tone of moderate curiosity:
where's Inez waiting for your"
How d'you know" He was OBJ
viously posed. 'What's Inez got to
do--?"
you know well enough 1t was her
that told you was here"
"Well =. What if she did?"
"Nothing-only she brought me here
first"
Like HI"
"Yes"--the girl ignored the inter-
ruption-"1 didn't even know where
he lived, no more'n I knew where to
look for you. So 1nez framed me-
just 70 put me In bad with you"
"Ah. tell. to Sweeney"
"Ask Charlie. e sou don't believe
me--ask him after he comes TO at
Sing Hos tomorrow. He'll tell you he
promised to meet me there tonight
and bring me to you. But when
got there Charlie was dead TO the
world. Inez said she'd show me the
way TO where you and Leo was laying
up; and when I said all right, she
brought me here. left me at the door
and blew. And then :. What could
do? didn't know where to find you
and was cold and wet and tired"
Her statement carried conviction.
Against his wish the man believed
her; and because it was against his
wish he was the more irritated and
chose to deny his belief. His glare
was ugly.
$50 that's the stall, is it?"
"You ask Charlie. He'll tell you
the truth--you needn't look to get it
out of Inez-only hell tell you too
late"
what do you mean. too late?"
'Too late to stop you making a
On fool of yourself"
"How's that? How'm / goin' to
make d-n fool out of MYSELF"
81 don't know yet; but l hope you
don't think Pm such fiat as to think
you've come here tonight just for a
friendly talk"
you're dead right there!" His
laugh rang with brutal scorn. "Pll
say didn't come for no friendly talk
with him and you"
"Well -. What did you come for?"
She confronted him with sullen. yet
fearless eyes. His own shifted. He
had little stomach for plain speech.
The instinct of his kind was strong
in him. to kill, if he could, what he
feared. But to declare his purpose
openly in anticipation, TO discuss it
in cold blood with an intended victim,
was more than he had bargained for.
Inarticulately resentful of such
squeamishness in himself, he looked
furtively aside, licking his lips, and
discovered the decanter of Madeira
which Mario had left unsupported on
the table, after opening it for LeOnora.
Carnehan brimmed an ordinary
drinking glass with the wine and
drank it in one long draught, grateful
for it's pungent warmth, deluded by
it's mellow smoothness.
Now, Madeira may not wisely be
taken on top Of rye whisky. Con-
scious of reinforced bravado, the man
leaned against the table, his back to
it, leering truculently.
"What did come for? Oh, dun
no. What d'you think?'
you've threatened me often enough,
If you ever caught me with him
again :. :"
He nodded in heavy humor. "You
got that right, kid. No girl Of mine can
pass me up for any stool pigeon or
dick that ever lived"
"He isn't"
"And get away with II. You wait
you'll see"
She shut her eyes. In spite Of her
self she shuddered. He laughed with
qualification, and her eyes reopened
Of sudden, passionately unafraid,
seeking first the pistol in his hand,
then his face.
you're going to +. kill me, Redw
"I'll say am"
In spite of his shamefaced smirk,
he meant it in deadly earnestness. She
had another shudder, but fought ii
down without releasing his gaze.
After a minute she said: Every
well; I'm ready, only"
He Interrupted: you're worse'n
ready you're in a heluva hurry. His
turn comes first, yours next. Get meT
( "Bpt"-she imp,ored his credulity
with clasped, hands extendedy.T tell