Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-06-22

you and do what tell you to do. l
have a problem and great one on
my hands to solve. Mr.. Niles, you
will not tell me what you have done
with that ace?"
NO." said Niles evenly, though hor-
ror was stealing over him.
"Then l am frank to inform you
that YOU will not see a second dawn.
1t is growing on toward morning now.
If within the next twenty-four hours
you have not reconsidered your decis-
ion there will be a shot in this Gel
lar and your body will be discovered
eventually in the East River, some
two hundred yards from here. Per-
haps it will never be discovered"
"Now came the cry. Anita Wes-
ton was facing the doctor and her
eyes were blue. "You cannot do that!
You must mott"
"Why not?" inquired the doctor.
II assure you that ! mean to have
my information. / do not stop at
trifles when such a fortune is concern
ed. The larger the propositions in
crime the less human life counts.
Once Mr.. Niles is out of the way there
will be no one to testify against my
assistant, Chunk Grady and he will
be released"
Grady" whispered the girl. "that
gangster!"
"a valuable ally when not too much
under the influence of his favorite
drug" pursued the doctor. 81 know
that you do not care for him and per-
haps he had been annoying to you at
times. You have resented his atten-
tons? But enough of Grady" The
ominous note crept back into his
words. 81 want that ace"
"Miss Weston interests herself in
the detective, 81 ?" said Ramos suavely
but with world of meaning. "Per-
haps it was she who pointed out to
him the stairs by which he fled to the
roof at the Club of Cards and so
escaped u.s."
"She yelled ter the guy ter look out
when I jumped him on his roof"
Gimpy leered ugly as he spoke. She
sure has been helpin' him ternight."
Anita stepped back, every vestige
of color gone from her face. But her
eyes were aglow with defiance. eyes!
1 helped him and do not mean to see
him done in! I may be one Of you
but 1 will not stand for murder!" She
was a lovely picture as she stood
there flinging her challenge at her
accusers.
In Doctor Weston's face appeared
look of steely menace. He tapped
with his long, thin fingers on the table
when a member of criminal or
ganization can no longer be trusted
that person must be eliminated, he
said softly. at is the one unbreak-
able law of the gang. I am sorry,
my dear Anita, but you seem to have
become source Of peril to us. You
will join Mr.. Niles tomorrow"
"You devil" burst from Niles. The
terrible significance of the doctors
politely spoken words could not be
mistaken. "That is your own niece"
"Only in the eyes of the world"
Doctor Weston regarded Niles ston-
lily. 81 met Anita in a certain peni-
tertiary in the Middle West and she
came with me upon my release. A
girl of her looks and carriage was
bound to be valuable to me. Valuable
but not indispensable. No one is
that. 1t seemed better to have her
pose as my niece in the scheme I
have on foot. Our relationship has
been quite platonc and so far pleas
ant. She knows the code of gang
dom. She has lost her usefulness and
placed us all in peril. For that she
pays. She knows too much about me.
have no intention of ever going be-