New Britain herald., 1926-03-24

and left him, Pretty smart, wasnt l? It don't make no difference about the ticket stub. Rand. because I'm goin' away from here where they won't find me, First ot all, though. I'm gonna break you in half"
 Jensen. who put you up 10 1t? Who paid you? The same man that paid you that thousand dollars to- day?"
 What do you know about any body givin' me thousand-oh hell, you heard me on the phone. Sure.
 Like to know. wouldn't you? But I'm not goin' back on him. Pretty good pay, he is. Tel you what, Rand. Come on over here an let mo get my hands on you. Then I'll tell you-while I'm breakin' you apart. Huh-huh."
 Jensen" said Jimmy, in q voice that he did not recognize as his own. T don't know whether you can understand--you probably can't but just want you to know that whether you kill me or not I don't give damn.
 Ten minutes ago might have cared--but not now" And then Jimmy himself laughed. hard strange laugh.
 Jensen, feel sorry for you, be- , cause--well. just because you can't understand and never would if you lived to be thousand years. l Swore one day. in morgue in Grafton. that I'd kill the man who murdered my father. I've thought about that many times, didn't know that when that chance came I was going to find myself In a closed room with man l cant even see as I'm talking
 Jensen. you're drunk-but you're not so drunk that you're not afraid 10 die. And I tell you, that as truth fully as l stand here, I'm not. Not now. You don't understand that, do you? With that--that heavy thing on your conscience that you just told me about, you cant rc;>.ize that it's possible for man 10 look death in the eye and laugh.
 Here's why I'm not afraid, Jcu- sen--because my longing to kill you to get my hands on your throat is stronger even than the desire 10 live. Not melodrama, you under stand: just this-that somehow it'll be all right if I go down trying 10 get even for what you did to my father.
 That's all" He took a step in the dark. Jensen, I'm waiting for you"
 You are, oh? Well, that was a
 pretty little speech you just made,
 but 1t don't mean anything. You
 think you're not afraid. but you will
 be-when l get my hands on you an
 start breakin' you up,"
 "Why don't you open the door SC
 ca see you?" Jimmy said.
 "An' let you get away? Nothin
 doin'."
 "Oh, all right, I'll open it. I'd kinda like 10 see you myself while
 m 0peratln on you.
 There was sound made hJ the turning of the knob, and then JoD. sens shape vas limned shadow.likt
 in the doorway. dim light behind hin ! from the refracted beam on the , staircase.
 The opening of the door had beer quickly done, but even as Jenser was turning the knob, Jimmy wa: starting forward, and all his strengtl 5 was behind the blow that landed ! flush on Jensens lips. T The other staggered, caught him self against the door -iamb, and then { suddenly, his arms were arount | Rand. locking him In a grip tha
 vas like might wise. 2 You would, would you?" H. ] laughed again, that crazy laugh right in Jimmy's ear, and that lat , or, his ribs cracking under that ter ) ribln pressure could only struggl , feebly to resist.
 He was lifted off his feet. Jeusel 2 swung him around, then set hin r down again, and all the time th l pressure of those mighty arms va l growing stronger. . Jimmy has never been able 10 eT l plain how 1t happened. but suddenl, l Jensen shifted his grip and his hand
 were around Jimmy's throat An, = in that same fractional part of Q second during which his huge hand Q moved, Jimmy had thrown hi I weight forward adn pushed ou a against Jensen with his arms, ;. Jimmy heard the cracking 0 wood, and the others hands wer Q loose on his throat.
 And then the stair rail gave way l, and Jensen went crashing through :. (Jo Be Coutiuuedl