The Washington times., 1930-10-30

LOOKS I&tnlnaGt uo YUM
Inentad Shortly.
"You oughta remember"
doldie grunted. 'You sprung
him. Whitley Paterson, hid"
Weems nodded. lighted his
cigar nervously, ana said:
"Well. what's the BIG ideaS
I'm un TO my ears, How good
q case you G0tf"
0oldie laughed softly and
puffed his cigarette.
no case, 0euge." ha said.
He was silent for 4 few mo-
Inents.
"WelI. thsn3' demanded the
lawyer. iInpetuOuSly.
''Wefe friends, amt we,
d0uge?" he asked, finally.
''Why. sure, 0oldie. Why not?"
demanded his counssl, sur.
prised
4 want you to make me q
promise"
WeoanS hesitatad.
wen, what In it3" he asked.
TITS . last promise" oeldis
said.
Wasms stared ct him, slight,
" apprehensiye.
"NO bun, 0Ouge," )" G0ldio. re-
peated. smiling l9aintly, II got
4 hunch."
"Vhy, sure, 0OIdie." waems
1AurUnured finally. "If you feel
that way; Why sure, . man
ought to be prepared. What
Is 1t. o viii ! should draw up
for your"
Not . win
mo, not q win, douge,"
doldie continued slowly. Some
thing more perSonalNka than
that. You see, oouge," he
spoke confidentially now, "this
place and practically every.
thing I got really belongs to
the boys. I always spent
plenty. But I got fifty grand,
tucked away in cash in q
safety deposit vault in the old
E1rSC N9C1on@I.
"WsllP" asked Weems. as
Goldie drew on his cigarette,
twisting IL with his fingeYe.
'Tt's this fifty grand I'm tell
ing you about" Goldie said:
''What'l1 T do, distribute 1t to
your relAtives?"
"T amt rot no folks HYiHi',"
Goldie said. "I got one close
personal friend Tn takin' care
Of BY givin.F her plenty Of
rocks, which squares every.
thing. No, the fifty grand
goes. to 1nySAN." - -,
''Wsll, how can you use fifty
grand after your--after your
your faneral?" WeHInS laughed
alphabetically. ,s...;:q.
mot After" Goldie interrupt
; ed gently; during" - -.
= get it,, 7 get Il" !" Weems
I want a coffin !" dGldis
s:Ws all do. sooner or. later,
Weerns interrupted, with att
tempted pleasantly; but his face
changed when he; saw Goldie's
seriousness, .,4.
'"T want a coffin plated all
over on the outside with solid
18-carat gold" Goldie went on,
with solid gold name-plate and
handles ana some little statues
like on the sides or Somep'n
about my, lfe-----
Giving away charity or some
thing Ike .that?" Weems SIlg.
gested. - -
"No bunk this time, Gouge."
Qoldie went on: Put q couple
Nttle machine guns, maybe, On
it, No bunk. Then 7 want
gold cloth upholstery inside"
why man." WeeInS protest
eds $40 you realize tha'll cost
you better than : twenty-five
4 EfAnd2" ~s'..,a t. :. -: y,
.Goldie slowly tamped out the
light Of HIS cigarette. y. :. +,
"ckay," !" HE. said. "oriIy make
it SO, much better for forty
Man. ,".;,WteSnas,. almost breath.
less, manage ged,to protest, you're
nuts. Throwing away forty
thousand dOll&rsl II WON'T do it.
won't be asparty to*any such
insanity" -. =, - = -
think you,ll do it, {" ooldie
n1urmured. ''I don't know
whether lever told you that
those affldavlts about your sell
ing out in the Blake murder
are In . safe deposit box, ana q
fellow I got off from the chair
has the key. Just in, case your
memory goes bad"
""I didn't say nothing"
Weerns said quickly. TITS your
dough- . .,...-
All Set
Here's the key: then It's all
set" Goldie said, Clasping
WeeInS' hand in q grip that
made the lawyer vince.
'That leaves ten thousand"
Weems remembered.
"That all goes for flowers"
Go1die ordered. '"That should
make ct least forty, fifty auto
loads Of flowers"
How about ne?" asked
WeemS.
There's q ne-grand note in
your righthand coat pocket"
Geldie informed his guest.
Weenas looked ct the note;
folded It IN his pOcketbook and
rubbed his bald head In sur.