The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-24
r..,,,u.d from Last Week,

u.,u sa7 by Geo. n DOran Go.
-uApTFR XIV. (Continusd.)
I-ury KANE's brain seemedto
DL( ss.,- upon those words and
~ rcaerate them in a sing-song
A Noman's form lay upon
aoor and she was bound and
..red but dark eyes met his, and
''S Ss eyos was a softer light than
Ind ever seen there before when
w.. had been fixed on him. "For
~ they seemed to say, "you
.., not failed. I told you to
.,.Y Gypsy Joe and Clarke
r.,o. and YOU are Just in time"
The Cderub laughed suddenly
,,4 little noisily, as from un-
.raag nerves.
Say, youse gave us a jolt!' he
.j "Wot's de idea? l suppose
r,gse came along to make sure dat
ra earned yer money, eh, an dat
ra wouldn't be no fuke about
or bejn' bumped off fer keeps?
Ysl, Il youse had been about a
minute an a half later youse'd
ave missed de trap-door scene,
cause it'd have been all over"
Billy Kane's eyes had. met thu
e1 again, The soft light in them
ga gone, and in its place had come
honor, and sudden accusation,
ard a bitter misery; and her face,
already deathly white as she lay
there, seemed now to tinge with
gray
Billy Kane shook his head in
response to the Cherub, as he
ursd and faced the three men.
They were edging little closer to
Gr, He caught a surreptitlous
rac9 that passed between Gypsy
Joe ami Clarkie Mum. He moved
hack step-but it was a step that
brought him nearer to the girl. If
could no4d them in n state of
puzzled suspense with its conse-
noa, indecision for a moment,
'.at was all he asked. And he was
counting on a sort of frank auda-
coasaGss for that.
"Ntl?" prompted the Cherub,
sudden, curious sickness in his
.@CS. Did | call de turn?"
Maybe he's come down to pay
y, or" suggested Gypsy Joe
woo,oly. "Dere's nothin' slow
about lie Rat"
"Ill tell you" said Billy Kane
,.t'g. He took his knife from
HIS pocket, and coolly opened it;
. g.. noucnalantly- but with a swift,
'.e movement, stopped and cut
.. cords Wat bound the girls
vrts. ilo pressed the knife into
nant-sho needed no further
" that she could free her own
los-aI, as he Strengthened up
rim, his eyes swept the wall by
.a door Yes, they were there
oIactrc-Gght switches. He
.' IKE tTo again.
well, wot do youse know about
,a." observed Clarke Mum, with
81. unpleasant grin.
III. tell you, Clarke" Billy
Kane lied calmly. "I'm leery that
mebody's split, and Pm afraid the
o.c. know too much. Under
.aoa? I'm not taking any chances,
.H the games off-that's ALL"
Ia" Cherub's bland, blue eyes
.mai to shade a darker hue.
OATS all right, den," said the
CaoruD sweetly. But wot about
.,: Mabbe youse can call de game
OF IL youse likes, cause it's yer
.o@e but where does we come in :?
Faint our fault de Job's crimped
-a.s up to youse. Does we get
iad or uot?"
Oats lie talk, Cherubw ap-
noldcd Clarke Mum, an undis-
,IsoI snarl in his voice.
Billy Kane shrugged his shoul-
.erS
"Who said you wouldn't get
Fad?' he demanded roughly.
Wen attend to that when we get
at Of here. DO you want to hang
.olnd and get pinched?"
"No,' said the Cherub, and
rnjed. "No, we don't want to get
a.gchci-an' we amt worryin'
home about it either, not about get
o n.uclcd down here. It's a
h"ca yousc wouldn't have risked
comm here if de bulls had been
oaoviu yard behind. We knows
o,.a TOO we'll fer dat, Bundy
,.. me-? An youse amt comm
.aos5 when youse gets out of
.re, youse are comm across right
ow, An youse"-he whirled
uou'g on the girl, who had risen
% her feet and was backing to-
ard the door-''youse stand
mere youse arei ! amt sure we
through wild youse yet, no mat
.. wo. Bundy says-see?" He
.Sa. his head at his Two COM
'anon,. though his eyes never for
a. Instant left Billy kane's face,
'No. soout it, fellers? If she gets
o" Of ncre she knows too much,
in we got to fade away outer New
York anyway, whether de bulls are
" nnv or not. An dat takes de
o"-aO de coin We can get.
"e.. .o Rat always carries a wad,
.' E we pinches it an let's de Rat
o.,. afterwards he's got bunch
'-.od him dat'll nose us out where
-. bulls couldn't, an well get ours.
'a' 1o size of it. Do we play fer