The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-01-14
CHAPTER VII--Continued


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ibid your men scout the street In
front of this house before pulling up
I'm front of 1T" asked Mcnamara
sharply.
aCertainly. We ercled the block
twice"
aFeed our Nance. l4anny." Mcnamara
urged happily. "Shes a smart girl.
How's the shoulder dearie?"
"Fine. It'll be O. X. In another
week"
So am r. Mr. Mcnamara grinned
horribly. .Flynn's home eating his din.
ner now. and Angelloti must be on
guard In that alley I'm going to mis-
take Angelloti for n suspicious charac-
ter. lurking there In the Oakland put
a mark on him so | can recognize him
later. He Just can't stnnd to mix 1t
with me. and get recognized. of course,
SO when he runs I'll fire In the air.
9 He'll know who | am hnt he'll never
suspect know who he is."
Mcnamara hade Nance. Lanny and
Stephen goodnight and hurried away
In taxi block from his home he
alighted and walked down the side Of
the street opposite his own house. He
was whIstlIng softly AS he came abreast
of Angeilnti's hiding place. where he
turned nj right angles apparently with
the intention of crossing In the middle
of the street to his own house. A step
from the curb he halted. turned. bent
his head In listening attitude. then
stepped resolutely into the alley.
"Who's thereT' he demanded Re
ceivEng no answer. he got ont a small
fashlIght: he seemed to have some
difficulty flashing II on. for he cursed
softly. and suddenly beam from the
fashlght illuminated his own face for
an Instant. but long enough, he decided.
TO hermit the wntchfnl Angellnti to rec
ognize him. 'rhe alley was empty. hut
I'm little garden strip large syringa
hush grew. and instinct warned the
chief that his prey was behind IT, So
he walked past 1t. his nashighi held
close to the bush. and AS he had an
tIcipnted II WIS snutched from him
AS he turned. one of his stout legs was
terked from under him by n man
himself 10 topple backward. Mcnamara
dropped his good right arm to the leve
of his knee and swung short. stab
hing punch. He felt a cheekhone anf
the side Of nose SO he punched
again. little higher mp. and then fel
over backward Instantly his assaiIan
rose and fled like doe
.Halt I'm an otiicer," McNamari
shouted. and fired into the mir. But th'
running man did not even hesitate. II
the morning he sent for Angelloti 70
n report on certain case. and wa
charmed TO note a fnintly lemnnisl
SPOT Oh the Italians left cheek and |
very noticeable lridescence under tn
left eye. The chief grinned, What doe
the other fellow Look like. Angler" h
uueried innos.ently. "He couldn't hav
heen more'n O hyweight or he'd hay
done more einmagel How come you lie
some runt one-two you like thatT
III was a dame picked mp 10
drunkenness" Angeloti lied with tn
gibness OF long practice.
Following some discussion of the re
mort. Mcnamara dismissed him, an
sat down fu decide what To do wilt
Nance Beden That Flynn and Ange
lott were keeping his house under sul
VIGILANCE he knew now nndonhfedl
they would enter his house at the eai
Hest favorable opportunity
The chief wondered what he woul
do If he stood In the SHOES of his Nv
detectives. I'D wait for "A night whe
j wouldn't he disturbed for coup
of hours" he decided. what nigl
would that he7 Why. Thursday nigh
when the board OF police coInfAisslnl
ers meet and | am in attendance Their
Stephen will make his usual ear
evening call--and rs soon rs he eass
the house those two Will slip into
The cellar door. of course. I'll mai
II easy for them I'll leave the doc
unlocked"
lie concluded that until the
Nance would he safe nj lanny's nous
In the meantime however. he must a
rangp IA gel her nit of the city M q
earl, dafe The detectives we're boi
absolutely satisfied l.anny had SOM
given Nance sanctuary for hri
period; trust them, therefore to ket
an eye TN Ianny's house.
He had I'm his office telephone III
that did not connect WIN The privn
exchange system In the central static
81 he called I.nnny ON his phone
Doctor Burt's office now.