New Britain herald., 1924-08-09
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 anything else" she said. Your going on half.eoeked al the time and I.won't have it,"
 He eyed her sayageiy,
 Are you suffering from th. ldei that I can't lick him?"
 Maybe you can. Henry Williams I never said you couldn't But you'r' not going 10 start in now" Whats the reason I cant star now? I'm not going 10 take uI q lot of time at it, Do you want m, hinle"
 Sally regarded him severely: h, seemed 30 much like bad little bo, that sometimes she despaired Of get ting anything reasonable out of him
 You're always ready to figh' somebody" she said. And ther, Isn't any sense in it. Besides, whaf good would it do us right now? Sup, pose you do whip him; if it make, you feel any better I'll admit that you can whip him from his feet up But suppose you do---that doesn', help 10 find the wheel he took off the car. does 1t? We'd have to stay around here anyhow until he got ready to give 1t back to us. You can't run a fiivver on three wheels"
 T might" he said, stubbornly.
 Well, if you could. I wouldn't ride in it, go that settles that. It might give you a lot of satisfaction to get into fight with him. but 1t wouldn't get us anywhere. It would only make a lot more trouble, and we've got enough now"
 Tt doesn't bother me any"
 That's just it." said Sally. Tt doesn't seem to make any difference to you how much trouble you stir up. But we can't afford to have any more right away-and we're not going to have it."
 The Wreck regarded her with look of intense disgust.
 Do I look like dishwasher ?" he demanded. DO you think anybody can make me wash dishes?"
 Suppose I asked you to wash them?"
 He shook his head irritably,
 You haven't got any right to ask me"
 "Yes, have. I'm in this thing as much as you are and l have just as many rights as you have. And if it's necessary for you to wash dishes. then you ought to be glad to wash them, for the general good"
 Sally puzzled him. She appeared to be abandoning herself to a situation that was preposterous and intolerable. It did not seem like Sally at all.
 What about your train?" he in- luired.
 The trains got to wait for the she answered, with a ,hrug.
 You mean to tell me you're going o stick around here and take orders ike trained seal? You're going to cook for this outfit?"
 She reached for a chair and seated herself opposite him.
 Do you realize. Henry Williams. | hat I'm trying to save you? don't | 'laim any credit for it, because I'm rying to save myself, too. Have you orgotten what you did last night? | Do you want to go roaming out on he road again. to be picked up and ent off to jail? We'll, if you do, I lont. We've got to hide some where lntil this thing blows over. And if 'ou can think of any better place han this, can't"
 T only took a little gasoline" he aid, impatently
 And you only held them up with gun, too. And scared the life out f them, and made them sit in the oad. and humiliated them, and let Il the air out of their tires And ou didn't pay for the gasoline, ither; so that's ssteaing. You'd etter take it from me, you've done omething to hide for. know Mon- ma, if ] don't know much else. 'ou can't do things like that any ,ore" . The Wreck scowied at the floor. |, How about g bird who steals the heel off your car? Can he do ( 1ings like that?"
 No; he hasn't any right. of course, ( ut it's done, and I'm not sure but 1 lats also an act of Providence. as l harley McSween says. I have 2 { unch that what we need right now { a hide-ont, and this gives us one ithout hunting for it. Besides, we Tn eat here" z And how long do you think we're 6 ping to stay parked around here, , 'lly Morgan" { "Oh, not long. That depends. I'm ' Ire we'll get the wheel back for the r IT by the time we ought to start" q He pondered the prospect sloomily he thing to do, of course. was to g K Charley. McSween; no man was 2 ipected to endure what Charley had c f1icted. Il But he was not So entirely q crea- f re of impulse as Sally believed him, C iere was streak of calculation in a m: it could not be called caution, C 1t 1t involved certain degree of b emeditation and reckoning of con a quences. He could see sally's point | 'out the hide-out II irked him 10 f. knowledge that it had merit; he q ould not publicly admit 1t. But he as honest with himself. His funda- ental urge was 10 thrash Charley csween until he produced the miss