The Washington times., 1930-11-10

the haCk. Her xlefy nalr lOOke0
like Nero's blowout. Her lips
were rouged, her cheeks were
pinked, her lashes were mas
Carrad, her dimples were deep
ened.
Silk Freeman had seen q few
girls. He owned night clubs and
girl shows; he had been raised
in the ghetto, where half the
professional beatitie of America
spring from; he was q connois-
seur Of females.
He had heard this Polack An
ME was poison. But he had
heard that about q flock Of
twists. Now, wl1eal. he. .blinEed
the eyes Of his dead-pan poker
face, he felt something akin to
the kick Of the third drag on
the stem" She was q WOW, this
gun-moll from the sticks. How
had they held her that long in
Chi?
sYou look the real Mccoy.
Annie" he said.
II feel lousy" she replied.
whats the NATTER" Not get
ting enough attention."
"Oh, ! ain loOlEin' for attellI
tion. / haven't got any
comm to me. / glfess. But I
feel SO strange here--so far
away from everybody an eVery-
thing-oh, not that I got any.
body or anything-1lo place
but / JUS feel like q vag-sO
unnecessary an So
I'm the Big League Now"
"Oh, bottle that in your good
lookin' mush. You miss those
penny-ante punks you thought
were big shots in Chi. You're
In the big league now, red
head. What they took down ID
tips to walters here. You're
with Sflk4- Silk Freemat1-BB.
--and he kind OF Graves your
con1p'ny. Now, what are You
torching over? I know = hun
Cred broads right now d give
their souls for your spot. You
came, I saw, you conquered.
Another big baby pulled goIl1e-
thin ike that line-Juiitis
Caesar: He was good. too.
How about q bottle of grape2
polack Annie looked him over
shrewdly through han-open
eyes. He was not drunk. He
was vociferous, fulsome. but
sober. She had heard that ne
went for the pipe. But she had
known many who had the yen
yen. Freeman wasn't floating.
He was-Annie's heart sank
he was "stuck." She had gone
up against that all her life:
she exercised that effect on
men. From tipsy teamsters to
the top shots Of Chicagos
underworld, they had given her
the chase and the work. The
Edgewater Kid she had loved.
King and "GoriO she, had
bumped Off-even the chief Of
police had prOpositloned her.
Polack Annie had no morals.
But she could get gooseflesh
like any other human being.
What was this curse that hung
over her? She i1ad come to
this amazing man to get BY
and go through. And here and
now he was
Annie popped little dabS OF
perfume at strategic points.
"Are we goir1'~ Out?" she
asked. II haven't seen much o
this here famous burg. BY the
way, you don't look bad in that
tux. # you inquire discreetly,
I'm good an hungry. Let's
knock off that quart o. wine
an lam II for . menu. DO ]
order?"
"Yes. Pick up that phone
and ask for Emil. Say B. ,.
wants the Krug-Elo Tnagnesia
til the ! krugl r Say I said TO
Annie called and the service
was nothing to sQuawk about.
They Tapped up the vintage in
fragile. hollow -stea1Ened shells.
Annie" said silk, you make
me feel like no other skirt
ever did"
His Hard Luck
That's your hard luck" re-
torted Annie. 'Lelnnie I'LL up
your glass"
''No-oh, okay,. fill it-but
listen: james are no novelty in
my life. But I'm that way over
you In q big way. Does that
burn you up?"
Annie turned away for d sec.
ond. She saw the sleek-haired
Edgewater Kid-as she had
first seen him Ia the Devils
Hall, all youth and animation,
and as she had list seen him
in the coffin, all waxy ana eHn-
balmed, with the typewriter.
bullet holes all covered by Q
decent black suit and no visible
sign that he had been put on
the spot.
did you say we was goin'
out to eat2" she asked, pointed
sure" said silk. "We're
goin' QUITO eat-an how"
"Wen, let's be On our way"
said Anne. Where do We do
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