The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

/ ''''p'N WIN lhe SpOlls Then the re-
/ action came; the thought that per-
/ haps ! had not read the story wholly
/ arShti the faint hope that it might
| h"i prove exactly as l had pictured i'm
| my FIRST wild burst of passion. II was
/ too Infamous, too unthinkabIe. WHY.
/ If She was guilty, should she have re.
/ NAMED In New York; WHY should
/ she have sought me out, or listened
so intently TO the quarrel Of those two
men at Perondsl What could she pos.
/ sIbIy gain by thus oyerhcaring the tale
/ Of their failure If She already knew
/ VINO was the murderer Of Alva. and
| what had become Of the spoils?
could ask these questions. but NOT
| one was nnSwerable. They merely
mocked me with their emptiness.
Then, shrill and inslstent, the tele-
phone rang.
MY heart was beating like a trip
hammer as / took down the receiver.
Who could be calling me at this hour2
VINO except she alone in this city knew
my name and hotel?
'Hullo"
A mans voice spoke huskiIy. This
you, Daly?"
Yes hastily, instantly aware of
who was on the other end Of the wire
yet feeling it best to dlssemble until |
learned the purpose.
"Who IS speaking?"
THE fellow you bined with a bottle
tonight. No, | amt got no hard feel |
ngs. Besides, | got something else TO |
think about than a cracked dome. Saw
! got some dope on how that lob was .
ala, an maybe could tell you some
thing else Of interest | got to talk
with you privately-thats what. It's
matter for the girl as well as YER
self Pm playing square as long as
you do the right thing, but | 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 saw"
Sure / do. Old Pierre. over ot
Peronds, told me. He never forgets
a face, or Il 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
1int fool enough to blow II over the
wire. If you'll come over here and g.,
have a talk, I'll spill a few things in
your ear that'l make you wise"
where are yOuw
at Costlgan's."
Whats become of your partner7"
Who's that-Waldron? He amt no
artner Of mine, Say, you must have
landed that guy some jolt. The last
saw of him, he was laid out on a |
ench In Peronds back room breath
lg like Il stuck pig, dead to the world.
NiIl YOU come over hereW
What have you got to tell me?" I
"WeIl, there's the danes name for |
ne thing. I'll bet you don't even
now who she Is, or how she's string
D YOU. Then I'm ON to where a part
I that boobies planted-anyhow I've |
ot hunch. If we turn it up. I'm |
I'LL strong ON the hfy-ffty PROPOSE
on" |
l turned it over swiftly I'm my mind
Ie receiver still at my ear / felt no /
arucuIar fear Of harris; to be sure. y
all probability, he was only feeling /
bout in the dark, hoping in this way h
learn something Of value, vet If |.
light be that he had accidentally IN Il
'vered the girls identity, and that i
one was indu@ement enough to urge |
e to take the risk. II he actually
new who she was, he was the kind
at might become ugly and, however
uch / suSpiciOned her I'm my own
ma, | had no desire to leave her IN. \
'tcnded at his mercy Guilty or not
hItN my inclination was TO protect al,
'r to the last. Besides | was cager .
obtain thc information ne clnimed
possess; indeed, all progress on the Pr
se was blocked until did obtain II bo
10 his boast that he knew where
e stolen money was concealed
OK IlttIe stock In that. Doubtless he do
erely threw that In for good mems. be
e. But the other looked reasonnbIe
ough; she had confessed being M bu
'rond's before; Pierre was fully os fan
ieiy TO recall her to memory MS he nm
AZ TO remember Daily, and Harris
uld never have made so shrewd n ha