The Holbrook news., 1922-09-01

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 My Cd, didn't mean to kill him. had to do something"
 You did it all right"
 q told you there wasn't to be any violence It was explicitly stated. Yous promised. And all the time you were planning murder. I'll tell all know. By Cd, I will"
 "GO easy, MT. Bromfeld," snarled Jerry. ''If you do, where do ye think you'll get off at?'
 'I'll go to the police and tell them your hired gunman was shooting at us."
 "Will you now? An I'll have plenty of good witnesses to swear he wasn't Durand barred his teeth in a threat ''That's not all, either. I'll tie you uI with the rube from the West and send you up to Sing Sing as accessory How'd you like that?"
 If I tell the truth"
 You'll be convicted of murder iI place of him and he'll go up as acces- sory. I don't care two straws how il is. But you'd be a d-d fool. I'll say that for you"
 ''Tm not going to let an innocent man suffer in my place. It wouldn't be playing the game"
 Durand leaned forward and tapped the table with his finger-tips. His voice rasped like a file. You can't save him. He's goin' to get it right But you can hurt yourself h-l of lot Get out of the country and stay out till it's all over with. That's the best thing you can do. Go to the Hawaiian islands, man. That's a good healthy climate an the hotel cOokings lot better than it is at Sing Sing"
 q can't do it." moaned the clubman. My Goldman, if it ever came out that I'd paid money to-to-ruin his reputation, and that I'd run away when I could have saved an innocent man-Fd be done for. I'd be kicked out of every club Pm in"
 Tt won't ever come out if you're not here. But if you force my hand well, that's different" Again Jerry's grin slit his colorless face. He had this poor devil where he wanted him and he was enjoying himself.
 What do you want me to do then?" cried Bromfield, tiny beads o1 precipitation on his forehead.
 You'll do as I say-beat it outa the country till the things over with"
 But Lindsay will talk"
 I,s For some fool reason he's protectin you. Get out, an you're safe"
 BrOmfield sweated blood as he walked up and down the room looking for a way out of his dilemma. He had come to the parting of the road again If he did this thing he would be vel low cur. It was one thing to destroy Lindsay's influence with Beatrice by giving her false impression. From his point of view their friendship was wiped out. At most the cattlemar would have gone back unhurt to the Arizona desert he was always talking about Nobody there would care about what had happened to him in New York. But to leave him, an inno- cent man, to go to his death because he was too chivalrous to betray his partner in an adventure was something that even Bromfelds atro. phied conscience revOlted at. Clay was standing by him. according to Du. rands story. The news of it lifted weight from his soul. But it left him toO under a stronger moral obligation to step out and face the music.
 The clubman made the only decision he could, and that was to procrasti nate, to put off making any choice foI the present.
 'Tll think it over Give me a day to make up my mind," he begged.
 Jerry shrugged his heavy shoulders He knew that every hour counted in his favor, would make it more difficult for the tortured man to come forward and tell the truth. Sure. Look ii over upside and down. Don't hurry But. man, what's there to think about I thought you hated this guy-wanted to get rid of him."
 Not that way. G-d, nol Durand I'll give you any sum in reason to let him go without bringing me into it You can arrange it."
 Jerry slammed down a fist heavily on the table, ''I can, but won't Not if you was to go f1fty-ffty with me to your last cent. I'm gOin' to get this fellow. See? I'm gofn' to get him good. He'll be crawlin' on his hands and knees to me before I'm through with him."
 "What good will that do you? I'm offering you cold cash just to let the truth get out-that Collins was trying to kill him when he got hit.'
 "Nothin Goin'. Eve been layin' for this boob. I've got him now I'm goin' to turn the screws on and listen to him holer."
 Bromfeld's valet stepped into the room. 'AIr. and Miss Whitford to see you. sir"
 Annie Millikan nodded her wise lit tie head. "Jerry's gonna frame him if he can. He's laid the wires for it. That's lead pipe."
 Sure" agreed Muldoon. "Fll bet he's been busy all night fixin' up his story. Some poor divvles he'll bully rag into swearin' lies an others he'll buy. Trust Jerry for the crooked stuff"
 We've got to tell the truth" said Beatrice crisply, pulling on her gloves. And we'll do it, too. A pack of lies can't stand against four of us all look