The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-17


If she failed in her efforts ts..
moral persuasion to proven.
Cherub from commit wa..
believed was to be a robba-~
still, through him, Bill =
could look for the recover n,
cash, and still keep the =,
hound, that she believed IN
was trying to save. Oh. NJ
hands of the police, ana DO +.
a clear conscience, since she VI,
be in a position to return the
ceeds of the theft. And ,hen.
perhaps, there had entered inaI
calculations the element Of
protection. She cxpecte. |
Cherub to go alone, but i lv
chance his pals went too.
pals were Clarke Mum and Cd
Joe-and he, Billy Kane, in
case, would be ON Their 4
And he understood, too, wiz
had not been more cxplica |
the telephone. She had no. \
ally anticipated trouble, an:
had respected her promise 70
old bag to keep the Chera1s
out of it.
He was running now. rad
across town in the direction {.
East River. He did no. l.
where kegler's dock or war..1
was, but Kegler was evident
rather large dealer in sar5 [
any directory in the first drug s
he passed would supply la.
formation.
His mind worked on-ca..
self-explanatory of his OWE
tons. 1t had seemed pure imsI
at the time that had prom
him to retreat so prccipts
from the tenement; but he res
now that it was his brain sub
scIously, but logically. at 2
He, as the RAT, could not ca
the police to raid that room "
the inmates would denounce
the author and instigator 81
very crime for which he dclast
their arrest; and to have corI
TO the room alone hin,,lrI
have attempted to hold thc.r
the point of his pistol.
might have sbeen spectaculs.E
dramatic, would have been I
less than the act of a fol
was not so easy for one zaI
hold up three others, to say
ing of woman who Wa I'm
abandoned, and certaiI II
of trickery, and cunniuc. an
source as her male com7a-
, There would have been. ;.n
one other Aftermath
gone in there cooIlv as tho
and call off the game that rel
supposed to have startr'. Al
had already learned tia, thy
no love for the Rat, own Z.
he was their employer i Il.
ent instance, and that SnCro.
were asking for nothing ID
than just such a favoraJIa "a
as that would be to "er." r-
to get, too. the largr amo.-t
cash that they credited him
having on his person.
His lips were tight, as h.
He was conscious thai .a
not have hesitated TO take d.
TO take any risk, if there Ia.
no other way of saving Ecz
there was another Was. 9
much simpler. more corn9a g
and natural a way; the Ts
was taking now. He had or
go to this keglcr's dock ve.1
would be waiting for the @.
and warn her. That Va a.
had ample time if he hut.1-I
they had not started VT.
Time. Yes. he had time .noa
Cool, deliberate reason reaE1
on that point. but t. it. '-'
brought him a little FeH.c"
catch of breath. II rc,,
been better, pcrhap-. n
gone to the Bow n. p"'
over into Lower Bro. a".
hope, say, of gct,. Z a fa1.
would have Sd.
minutes. He 81 ... neaa,
called himself ". for al.'E
his mind to ra#.r to "f'a
quent things. Tarr" "rT7
many taxis hunting 'ar"< ~
Bowery. and who c.. p -raF- O.
empty taxi on Love- Hro5 d
this hour OF night. 4
it was not half pal
she was not to be l,... ..'
And yet-timc, a.
moisture from his for ." ." q.
as, reaching a small 81 -'
a corner, he turnCH. a.. T
and asked for the o.r"c'aF..
He was out again In -r
minute. He haa fou'.
i'm the directory Withoa'
but not without ccrtaln
givings. kcglcr's Wa
thcr along the Fat J.. 81.
somehow, aud cHtire.
reason, he hal imaCD
be. He. began to run .-
again that tWinge Of r.
him. True, he had q
others: true. they haG
to 60 as he had, but "
tance that he knew no
to cover, and the lIH
istcd in the time in wn.e
it. it became moro the