The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-11-12
Illustrations by A. We'll
Copyri shr, BY Randall Parrish
CHAPTER XiIl-Contlnueo.

"Oh, l See theic 4"
then
Coming, yes; maybe some is mere
already" III
How much did you owe the bank
Wine"
"Rorwpcn eight and line thousand;
81 is overdue three months; now l
nromise 10 pay ii all up tomorrow.
"Oh. you did. hey! out OF that
stuff, SupposeF
"Were else | get ii, you thlhk
Mein Gott. I have no more.
"Say." burst out Waldron 7suspl-
ciously. "that's all right, bur what
botIers me is why this girl should hit
Won for il at just this particular tune.
Krantz must have sent her, but what
made them think you had money
now IL amt very likely they was
FMS, takin a chance, is it? | believe
that is all a d-n lie; they haven't
got anv more coming. Only l DO
think they imagined you might have
some on hand"
HOW IntN
"Search me. Wine; only l happen
IN knox there is a HI of a lot go
Ing on undeS the surface. 1t don't
look good to me, they jumping you
Just at this time"
"What you mean? You have not
spilled nothing?'
"Mer' he laughed roughly. "D-n
Il. I'm not the splitting kind. There $
been plerty o. fellers after the dope,
let me tel 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 HOrnerE
"Sure--a smart fellow"
"You bet he is; d-n sight smart
or than you think. He amt HOrner at
all. IL you ask me; his right name
was Harris. as slick a crook as ever
lived"
Harris? a crook? What was ii |
saw in the paper? Wasn't he the
same guy what was croaked last
night?"
aYou bet he was; that's what I'm
telling you about; that's why | come
up here to get this Off my chest. He
biffed this fellow Horner coming over,
blew In with all his papers, an start
ed negotiatin' with Krantz and Alva.
He an Alva got awful thick"
81 know; what was the gamer
ITO 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 said
word?'
"Sure I knew him, first time | got
eyes ON the blOater; but what was il
TO met I'm not i'm this business for
my health, Wine. / never gave a
t-n who got hands on that stuff, so
] bad my grab a: 1t. Harris an |
Lad it framed; that's why ! was out
there, wnl:in' for a signal from him.
Eut when you beat him TO It, I'd just
rs. soon 3e your running mate as
his"
now you say Harris is dead?'
"As mackerei; he couldn't be no
deader. But that was my house where
he was croaked, an so l got to get
out o. town. The police amt wise so
far. but they might tumble if | hang
around"
That why you come hereT'
Exactly; I've got to have some
rfno right away. and it's up TO you to
see that I'm heeled. You know where
tie stun is, and how 10 get it quick
u wouldn't dare Use that money
yet; hayea't even opened the bag y
The b you wouldn't You are
gum 20 Cop of enough TO pay that
note tomorrow, amt you? That's
what You promised the girl. Well, I'm
Just as important as she is, l reckon,
and I'm goin' to have m share, you
bet, or else Ill make il hot for you
I'D say that
You haven't nothing but your own
word.'
Amt IL Say, Wine, don't be a
iooi: there are others beside us that's
so' a hose In this affair. There's a
sai"0nkeepe- down on Sixth avenue
Named Ccstigan, who's got all o. Har.
MS Cope an he's goin' to keep on
.'e trsil. Then there's another fel-
'oN who's liable to raise HI. 1 amt
eo' him exactly placed yet, but he's
,ne guy that led up to Harris being
Killed. I'm the only one what knows
VA. nm | amt talked before"
80 Mo is he-a detectiye?"
Maybe; Harris called him Severn
Aney got the guy down into Costigan's
.na the three of us slugged him
.ley patched him up. and then locked
Av' INTO back room over in nv
p'ace' The next morning they was
SUI 10 give him the third degree
.neh with him safe, Harris went afte,
'u's sir', thinking she would be made
70 taik. didn't want TO trouble wifi
'arr's' he- Costigan either for the
matter 81 that-they're both of EN-
bad ac.o.s." "
Vel. Vel, e'en, what happenedY"
That's mostly guess-work The,
-" ms guy Severn locked in upstairs
ss unconscious when we dumped
.' 'nefe, and later, when nv wifi,
$" cs's girl TO come over-they wa,
c IN the same ,own-Harris h,
,Dn '.a ,hs key on her. They was aim
ing 70 bring them together the next
h.rn s on somehow Severn mus
80 wose up. aa' got ONT q, N.
room, Tor the nav, 49,, n'