Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1921-09-29

1 yet Keeling II best To dlSSeInble until
l learned the purpose.
"Who is speaklng?"
The fellow you biffed with a bottle
tonight No, | amt got no hard feel
Ings. Besides, got something else to
think about than Il cracked dome. Say,
got some dope on how that job was
| did. an maybe could tell you sOme-
thing else of interest. ! got to talk
with you privately-that's what. It's
matter for the girl as well as yer
self I'm playing square as long as
YOU do the right thing. hut | know
who the dame Is, an am liable TO
squeal if get a raw deal; that's put
ting it straight, Harry"
You know who she is. you Say?"
"Sure | do. Old Pierre, over at
Perond's, told me. He never fOrgets
a face, or name, that old duffer.
He knew you the minute you blew in,
and he knew her, too; she'd been there
before Summing"
"Who is she, then?"
That's all right know; but ]
wire. II you'll come over here and
have a talk, I'll spill few things in
| your ear thatll make you wise"
"Where are your"
AT Costigan's."
whats become Of your partner?"
who's that-WaldrOn? He amt no
partner Of mine. Say. you must have
handed that guy some jolt. The last
| saw of him, he was laid out on a
bench in PerOnd's back room breath
ing like a stuck pig. dead to the world.
Will you come over hereT'
"What have you got to tell me7'
well, there's the DANES name for
one thing. I'll bet you don't even
know who she Is, or how she's string
in you. Then I'm on to where a part
of that boobies planted-anyhOw I've
got bunch. If we turn II up, I'm
still strong on the fifty-ffty PROPOSE
| ton"
turned II over swiftly In my mind,
the receiver still at my ear. felt no
| particular fear of Harris; to be sure,
in all probability, he was only feeling
about In the dark, hoping in this way
might be that he had accidentally I'M
covered the girls identity, and that
alone was inducement enough to urge
me to take the risk. If he actually
knew who she was, he was the kind
that might become ugly, and, however
! Il la,
mind, / had no desire to leave her I'M
defended at his mercy. Guilty or not
guilty, my inclination was to protect
! her TO the last. Besides I was eager
to obtain the information he claimed
to possess; indeed, all progress on the
case was blocked until l did obtain It.
AS to his boast that he knew where
/ the stolen money was concealed, I
took little stock In that. Doubtless he
merely threw that in for good meas
ure. But the other looked reasonable
enough; she had confessed being at
Perond's before; Pierre was fully as
likely to recall her to memory as he
was to remember DAILY, and Harris
lid never have made so shrewd
ass, unless he had really been told
facts. Another thing gave me cOur-
: to go to Costigan's | was still
eepted by these people as Harry
ly, crook. l would undoubtedly be
received, so treated. Under these
cumstances there could be no per-
al danger; | held the whip-hand,
advantage-Harris was only en-
voring TO see what he could get
of me: he had abandoned force
resort to diplomacy.
All right" l said. "Tll run over
re; il you want to play fair, I'll
4 you half way"
Oh, I'm on the square. old man,
I've got some good dope" he in
ed. 'I'u blow it when you show
returned the receiver to the hook,
ertain whether or not | had de-
d rightly, yet determined to carry
the experiment. Above all else |
ted TO learn whN Marie Gessler
Nothing else mattered so much,
on this discovery all else hinged.
iolence, or treachery, was intended,
rould be found prepared, and well
: to defend myself.
he neighborhOod into which was
turing induced me to take a taxi,
|, within ten minutes, l was Fde-
tied at the door of the saloon. |
ssed open the swinging door. and
pped into the brilliantly lighted bar
m.
sostigan was behind the bar, but,
At sight of me. rounded the end, and
shook hands cordially, removing his
apron, and slipping into a coat, in
ton.
Better call Charlie" he said to a
man beside him, "for I'll be of for an
hour or so. You came to see George p
yes; he telephOned me-"
"Said he was goin' to. He's waItin'
in the Office there. I'll go along with
You"
He pushed a passage through the
crowd, his breadth r body according
me ample room in which to follow
! without being INSTRUCTED, and opened
The closed door with a pass.key. To
wave of his big hand passed con.
fid entity past him, and entered. The
= nett instant he had pressed me for.
N'ard. came in also, and closed the
! door; the sharp click of the Loeb
lunded like the report of a pistol
One startled glance at the interior
told me l wns framed and the swift