The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1922-07-07


usher TO TAX. der place. 80.
Annie walked down the street q few
steps beside Clay.
whats the big idea In calm me.
from mt job In the rush hours?' She
asked.
Clay told his story.
"SOme of Jerry's strong-arm work."
she commented.
Must be. Can you help me?"
Annie looked straight at him, a hu-
mOrous little quirk to her mouth.
"Say, what're you askin' me to do
trow down my s~teady7"
Annie was pretty. and inevitably she
had lovers. one Of these was "Slim''
Jim Collins, confidential follower OF
Jerry Burand. He was q crook, and
she knew it. But some quality in him
1his good looks, perhaps, or his game
ness-fascinated her in spite of her.
self. She avoided him, ever while she
found herself pleased to go to COney
with an escort 81 well dressed and so
glibly confident. Another of her ad-
mirers was a policeman, Tim MuldoOn
by name, the same one that had res
cued Clay from the savagery of Du-
rand outside the Sea Siren. Tim she
liked. But for all his Irish ardor he
was wary. He had never asked her
TO marry him. She thought she knew
tie reason. lie did not want for a wife
a woman who had been "SIim" Jim's
girl.
Clay had come to Annie MilIikan
now because Of what she had told him
about sim Jim. This man was one
Of Durand's s:2nd-bys. If there was
any underground work to be done 1t
was Odds-On chance that he would be
in charge of it,.
I'm askin' you to stand by a poor
girl that's in trouble" he said in an
swer to her question. You wouldn't
let Durand spoil her life if you could,
stop it,"
well, what's my cue? Where do
l come in On this rescue-the-beautifull
heroine act?" ...
"When did you see Slim Jim last?''l
II might "a seen him this afternOonl
an ! might not" she said cautiously,
looking at him from under a broad
hat-brim. "Say, what's the lay-outf
Are you framin' Jim for up the riverY"
I'm tryin' to a Kitty"
Because she's your goil. Where do
/ come in at? What's there in it for
me to 60 rappin' me friend?" demand-
ed Annie sharply.
shes not my girl" explained Clay.
Then, with that sure instinct that
sometimes guided him, he added, 1.-The
young lady I'm in love with has
just become engaged to another man."
Miss Millikan looked at him, frank
ly i~ncredulOuS. For the love O Mike,
where's her eyes? Don't she know q
real man when she sees one? I'll say
she don't"
A flush beat into Annie's cheeks-
She went off swiftly at a tangent.
Wouldn't it give a fellow a jar? Thial
guy Jim Collins slips it TO me confident
tial that he's off the crooked stuff.
doin' a-tall in gorilla work.
He kids me that he's quit gOin' out
on the spud and porchclimbin' don't
Iook good to him no more. A four-rOOm
lat, a little wife, an the straight road
for Slim jim. l fall for it, though
ID orta be hep to men. Ar he dates
me up tonight for the ch~auffeurs'
all"
But you didn't goT"
NO; he sidesteps 1t this aft with
4 fairy tale about drivin' a rich old
lame out to Yonkers. All the time
was figurin' on pinchin' this goil
for Jerry. He's a rotten crook"
what color is Slim Jim's carp.
"a dirty blue. WhyT
THAT was the car"
Annie lifted her hands in q little
of despair. I'm dead sick
# this game. What's there in it? I
straight and eat in a beanery.
70 lobster palaces in mine. Look at
ne cheap buds. And Tim gives me
he over like | was a street cat. What
;Ort Of Il chance did l ever have, with
OughS and gunner for me friendsT"
you've got yOre chance now, An
lie. Tim will hop off that fence he's
III anu iISHt Il luuLIu SIIdlSul luz
GU if he thinks you've ditched lSlim'
You don't owe Jerry Durand
.nything, anyhow. Where would he
ave Kitty taken? You can give q
She had made her decision before
he spoke. Gimme paper and a pen
H."
On CIay's notebook she scrawled hur-
iedly an address.
'Jim'd croak me II he knew I'd given
his" she said, looking straight at the
attleman.
Hell never knOw-and I'll never
Orget 1t, Annie"
Clay left her and turned to the
river. From the slip Of paper In his
and he read aloud an address.
AS Clay slammed the door shut and
ne car moved forward he had an i'm
resSion of something gone wrong. Of