Grand Forks herald., 1922-03-02
EVENING EDITION. ON.

,,vtt hit 80 far you Ne ..SAL .-~d sg
hats all. Now your luck AaS s e
and yer up against ~. * A p.
..m,n .'a. h hor. tell US al you kpoSsF7
b'o~ ". tho game for you, and di-
vide square. on+ If here
, dou WV an.e vol give us the right
steer" .. 3:S q
RI DI laughed contemptuously.
nvom,re not going to; you've eol TOO
nnch sense. But just 10 sa11sI
.onr curiosity I'll tell you. We've SeL
YOU ~, ", sootted: we can lay our hands
.ne nn bsr n an hour; and. behevc We.
VI. .s,a cot the goods on the young 10y.
III T1o,e,. The sticker that did the oaN-
nosa ana found it right where yau s$
had hidden it away. l can flnd thiee2s'
n,sn.-t,ey are keeping out o. AsnL,
hut I can stir them up-who y 81 ~ .
that she went away alone WIN ~ ~
from that factory over tners' L -
had the bag with him, ana u%I ,ra!s ~
Two got into the auto tosetne,. -.
makes one h--ll OF a stIa's ~
don't it?' =. ,..sz5. nut
what good will it do you fellows %
nave neT piASA'SN' 49,. - p
anything?" ,,.,a+h
~. s,rar That's all we want See
S,are @ severn, we know where the stun
/ Is planted; at least we've got an loea'
but we've got to work slow ana ceu- (.
tious in order to lift it. II It want
FOR that We wouldn't care II ene
skinned. If youth help US to get aulck
action, we'll let the girl go, and Slve
you a. share. Take my word tor II:
that's A. d--n sight more than yoGl
ever get by staying with her.
But if she finds out that nave
{, turned her down?' -,
she won't never find it out: -weNh
keep mum. Besides, you're dom. ner
a, good turn, keepin' her out OF tne
electric chair Well. there's the prop
osition-you can leave it. or take II
Serious as the situation was. could
not fail to see its absurdity. This WAS
no threat to frighten me; the fellows
meant, what they said, although, -
doubted if they really possessed the
knowledge claimed 50 glibly. But they
evidently meant to go on; they were
not bluffing, for they really had an
ugly case, and could undoubtedly
make trouble. The evidence against
the girl was strong, almost convinc-
ling; it even shook my own confidence
in her innocence. The absurdity OF
the situation lay in my absolute fg-
norance. ! knew even less than they
pretended to know. What should
do? Pretend, manufacture some
story? had no faith It would work.
These fellows were criminals suspic-
ious and unscrupulous: they would
only believe what l could prove. II
they caught me in a deliberate lie, as
they probably would, that would in
stantly end everything. might, then,
just as we'll fight it out with then,
now as later. ! set my teeth, ready
for what I felt sure was coming.
You fellows have sized me, up
wrong" l said quietly, but firmly. II
i, am not the kind to squeal because OF
a threat. You'll find I'll protect the
lady but I'll do it In my own way
not yours. The honest truth Is,
haven't anything to tell. You WON
believe that, but it is so. I know lest
;, than you claim to know. I have nc
knowledge of where the money is OF
who got it. do not know who killed
, , Alva; even now / haven't any suspi-
cions worth mentioning. But / will
say this plainly do not believe this
girl did it. or that she had any hand
,, in the robbery. l am going to stay
with her till h-ll freezes over, if that
Is what you want to know. That's my
answer. Harris, and it is all I've got
|, to give YOU"
You ID cur! we'll show you
!something" s
> Perhaps you will; you are three to
: one. and on your own dung hill. But
the man who touches me Is going to
get hurt: I'll promise you that; No.
J | don't ho+ t,.;o
! work.
= tried to keep my eyes on the three
of them, but his movement caused me
to step back closer against the wall.
feared the Jew least; he had neither
spoken nor moved since our entrance
and felt he had no stomach for any
| farther fighting Yet judged wrong.
; With one quick dash forward he
! grlpped my wrist as I reached back
for a revolver, and flung his burly
frame against me with such force as
to have thrown me headlong but for
the support Of the wall. Before I
could wrench myself free, the others
+ closed in desperately, content to use
: their hands, unwilling, perhaps, to
3 create any alarm with firearms. |
; was better fighting man than anv
> one OF the three, but combined they
mad the advantage. ! wrenched free
= from the Russian, and thus got one
=, mana IN action. yet that was ALL |
! know / planted one jolting blow
stralgnt against Costigan's round face
! which made him vince, and got a foot
into Harris stomach. sending him
ree!inE backward. Indeed | staggered
the two of them, twisting out of the
grip OF those iron fingers. and smash
lns step forward in spite Of every
enort. ! was maddcned, frenzied.
reckless of all injury, eager only to
lnJure those devils in any conceiya ble
way hate seemed to cndow me with
snpernatural strength, and a. desire
= 70 XIII swept me with passion, An
oelore me was blood red, amid which
swan their faces and 1 went strairht
ior them like wild beast. Thsn. ana
, oeniy from behind, a blow descended
on my head, crushing me to the f1nnr
went stumbling down az though
ssrue1 s "1th pole-ax, and lay notion
sss' knew where l was; I even At
tempted vainly to regain use of NV
ilmps. and l heard Harris gwear n
disgust. ~
=, What the h-ll did Won h,+ h,,,
nKe IKE taat for, you idiot?" he yelnedl
we oont want to kill the guy: ha.s
worth more to us alive. Here VIM
"aloron, lift up his f1eadr'
Inen all knowledge left me, and T
went out into the dark, :
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