Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-22
Chapter 20

CTEvENS was chewing quietly, his
~ eyes gazing off into a far corner.
His two companions waited for him
to speak.
At last the silence became some
what oppressive. Ashwood's slender,
nervous fingers drummed impatientiy
upon the table top. The detective
looked at him with q friendly smile.
.Limpy."' he murmured unexpect-
eddy, You're a great little Teller, and
I like you. But so long as / keep my
health and my job / got to do my
damnedest to put o In the hot
seat, where you belong. And sorry
I'll be, too, when they turn IN the
juice. So, you see, | can't say any
thing that'n cramp my style. My Job
Is hard enough as 1t is" He drained
his glass.
Guess wen play along with Steve,
here" announced Jerry quietly.
Emory said nothing, but nodded in
agreement.
Ashwood's fingers ceased their
Sorry, fellows" he shrugged, ris-
Don't know as I blame you. Still,
| hope you'll be careful, for I'd hate
TO have you shot" He turned to Jer-
ry. Captain Calhoun, you are at lib
erty to duscuss this location When
ever you please. AllIcut hiiuiy SHOW
your new guests to their room and
see hat they are made comfortable"
He smiled inscrutably as they fol-
lowed the steward from the pom.
well, / never invested $25, 900 to
better advantage in my life h
when / bought that monoplane," de-
clared Emory enthusiastically, as the
steward closed the door behind him.
He looked at the other two with
0io r1{rr a.vac tI rYorfad udrGrflra
To help me forget the general bore
dom of life, didn't I? This, gentlemen,
Is Just what my doctor ordered!"
"Uh. huh" agreed Stevens glumly.
Il got q bunch that what you fellers
call adventure Is coming along in gobs
SO big and tough that youn have a lot
Of trouble digesting Them"
How did they capture your ask
ed Jerry c%uriously.
''They just looked down ana saw
our plane sitting there on the beach,.
Then they dived and cut circles In the
sand around US with a machine u
until 1t would have been silly not to
stick up our hands" The detective
was clearly detected. Whatever there
might be of adventure and a
in the situation did not appeal to
him. Then they landed and invited
us aboard their plane, where a guy
sat behind us, tickling our ribs with
an automatic Another fellow flew
our plane back"
What's the layout here?" demand
ed Emory. How are we going to
get away and release the ~prisoners?"
Isn't he the ambitious little boy?"
Knocked Stevens.
This place doesn't look very dan
gerous to me-" retorted Emory. AT
ter all Is said and done, ! rather like
that chap you call Limpy. He was
cha ffnncf folinuy 4rnff nNAr GQuy that
night he speaks Of in London, and |
don't believe he's changed much. Little
more hard-boiled, perhaps, but that
rather adds to his attraction
sure" agreed Stevens, 81 like him,
too, within sensible limits. But he's
something new In the way Of crooks,
and l play safe with anything l don't
understand. Guys like Limpy, when
they turn crook, usually TAXI to show
game where brains and glib tongue
turn the trick. But this feller's gone
into the racket as O sort OF interest
ing experiment, they tell me, and he's
been cleaning up on 1t. Troubl IS,
he's always worked thru others, so
that up to a few minutes ago ( was
never able to get anything on MIN /
could use in court. But listen, kid,
don't fool yourself. That baby meant
just what he said when he warned us
to step easy. He'd kill o In a min
ute, even If he was to cry himself. to
sleep every night over IL for a week"
II think Steve's right, Emory"
agreed Jerry. i've spent an evening
and a night here, and it's the damn
eldest madhouse you've eve seen. It's
going to be another scorching day
today, and by night half the folks on
the island. including ourselves, Will
be fit subjects for padded cells and