The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-06-28

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bust up the partyl"
"How were you going to have, taken
1t away. II there's so much OF itT'
''The road is going to be put under
repair after dark, and all traffic will
detour. That leaves US uninterrupted
We've got forty ten-ton trucks all
ready. They'll get busy at the right
time. and take out the stuff, which
will be down at that lake by Boyle's
barn. There won't be hitch. This
Is a great fixing game, and ! know
how to fix the guys that might be In
the way. This is big business" said
Jim proudly. Appleton expected to
have two hundred thousand bucks TO-
night"
Jim was gambler. He shrugged
his shoulders. He had lost before.
"Who killed Smucker7" Handy de-
handed suddenly.
Luigi. Served him right. He was
trying to cr0ak him, the dirty little
ratl 1t was justifiable homicide. all
right. Don't you waste no tears about
sSmucker. He come here to bump you
off. found him trying to set fire to
the thicket, that night when we had
that big gale. and the wind was blow
ing on to your house"
Lets get this straight" said Ham
by, when he had listened to other
particulars. "You and Luigi were go
ing to put these case goods In the
stream, where they would float down
to Boyle's place unseen. AT Boyle's
the same trucks that are working on
the new road would he waiting. These
would take the stuff and dispose Of
1t. Is that right?"
Positively, boss. Everything was
fixed but your gang"
''Show me where 1t is hidden" Han
by said. II wouldn't try to escape, If
were you. Those boys will shoot"
At the edge of the large clearing.
carefully stacked in piles, the search
ers found thousands of cases of
whisky. brandy, and old wines. Jim
explained that there had been ex-
haustive experiments as to the length
Of time they would take to float down
stream under the road and come Is
rest in Boyle's lake.
"It's straightaway trip but for
one place." Jim volunteered. 1--WE
found they damned there sometimes.
so we creased the boards. -
'yfey fid d \. y Y
< "What about the Seymour stun
under the lumber in the big cellar7Y
Hanby asked
"That wasn't to so yet. think
Appleton was going to make a deal
with you direct when the time came.
He wouldn't have no difficulty in SELL
ing that You can get any price for
stuff that is absolutely old and genu-
inc. There lots Of people afraid
of getting wood-alcoholized yet"
Jim pointed to the cases all ready
for the journey.
"This is all honestto-goodnes
stuff" he went on. "but it amt old,
like it used to be. and 1t don't do q
guy any good to lap 1t up when it's
only two years old. know. I've bin
in the saloon business. Appleton trust
ed me because I'm Off the stuff
keeps. Luigi, he drinks the cheapest
sort of wine, like they used to make
every morning ir the red-ink joints in
the city. I'll say Appleton was
good picker. I don't yet get just how
you butted in"
Handy did not satisfy the fellows
zeal for knowledge. What followed
puzzled Jim very much, but he made
no remarks. He labored under the
delusion that Leslie was anxious to
shoot
Nor did Luigi understand. but he.
too, thought that his salvation lay
In readiness to obey. Without pause
he, Jim. Pelham. and Junior dumped
the cases into the stream. Darkness
was coming on when they finished
Jim had told them that by midnight
the entire mass would be on Boyle's
property. where Boyle and his sons
would help to load them on the trucks.
81 can't keep the stuff" Handy
had explained to Burton, "and ! want
it seized on some one else's property
You can bet Appleton viii keep his
mouth closed!"