TiHlMirMi'Tr miTTnlKy!niftiirrifMnl mlllliTM'TTTlnJIiMWrrrrMhHiMrfMWllrBrfffi r I A 5 - ZIre',s! ' SIJNAjt . tfUllUJLU JjJliDltJliK I'JarJDA.JJililiJfJtllA, '.luyiAi, ' i-arcx .uu, -w. .... v . , - ,, r7 - Lr.v HOW MANY CARDS? By ISABEL OSTRANDER tnthor of "The hland of Intrigue," "Suspense," "Ashes to Ashes," etc A" CowrioM, ltth lV Ittbert U. MoBrfJe 4 Co. Mini"1 you Rcnu Wexplaln while ,"?'" llc way i J. 1 want to ask him n few iuc:-lo"..1!-. I .ttrri.M.n! lue than we tloni ". "ifnrV. ,wtK. Alitor Druct trcs.rd the IniMrt In Ii UY i..!.i,. -.up Jip order. Then JJ the' door clo'cl once more he sat. Urt ; Ms chair. (rTtohav'c him charged. Mnr. with n ,rL. u-e can't prove on him or this 8K thVprwl will howl (or my ufflclal b'J(L'. .. L.ln,t 'fnp If more thnn .JbSow. lr. lint It hasn't folly. "!; McCarty grinned nffeetlonntcly ft U 'chief "'' then . Ill face grew itrtai. "I'm not going to bring nny Sifie whatever ngnlnst the young ik but Instead with your permls L I'm going to tell him we'll let him "information' 1" the Inspector . Mited with raised eyebrows. "Did t i hire Mm on the enrpet down here for !!t?mfnt proves that he couldn't have fflat shot, and he beat it the mln- he found the body." " -'res but why did he nlrk on the Cmelinjc house In the first place.' MrCarty as1'" muneniy. nc w ui fast sauntering along looking for n ififlr lay when I saw mm nrsi ; nc wiu. cathcJobnnd hnrw vihcrr nc n Mint. TOU can uci u" i"". - "-; .i,r ."" ".'i" . v if, '. .; turn t 10 prove iii mi- ivn. . .... hit he was all there, but you know frimi exrericnCc yourself, sir. Unit the Jr?,ra "f ".Ltf .vlll Upoii fnlth with his C if he's got the 'fenr of Uo.1 In Mm " "What do ou menu V" the inspector sVd. "Vou don't think he wns work- jot alone t lien: . . 1... Uitt m u-iiu tint Aione, "-. ""' ."' Z anderine own u- mni. """'i. the lint open window to crawl through : I don't ay he was working under orders, hut he'd either been tippul on' or etbf he'd found out there were vuiuubles in the house mid It is not imy loo wcl funded jtibt now. Something steered him toward Crevcllng. Mr. mid I in toincto have it out of him!" UUt WIICU JJUUIllllJ " u. ".!,.. be d.d not at first find the matter as simple a he had nnticlpntcd. ''T.nnir licrr. .loe. I su!)ttoe .vou know joo're In for n ftretchV" McCurty bcgiiu larrC'flvriy mini n i'".v ..,.. ... ipector uruci put mi; iinvi n-hoiiv.. ...vv. his hinds. ,,,,,, , . ,, Bodansky grinned foolishly, but the jUara of shrewdness lingered In liw il"l ain't done nottin'." be averred doK'd'y- " 'bourse 1 linct dc gat an' il Uck an" de kejs nu me. but It's it foW't offnBC. bnrrln' dnt M retch In de re fcrm'tory an' I'll get oft light. "What makes ou think so'.' de manded McCarty. "l-o ymi suppose jour gang would tiotner to nave nny wires pulled to get you off, you poor little runt of n white-livered piker? That Lexington avenue gang of cneap crooks have only been kidding you if you think they stand in with the ward boss, let alone anybody higher up." "I aln t kickln. vouchsafed no daniky, slumping comfortably forward la h!a chair with his bullet head out thrust between his hunched shoulders like that of a turtle. "I'm wlllin' to take whatever yousc cnii hand me. I didn't have nottin to do wit' eroakin' Crawford " caught him shovrs do bracelet Into my mitt, walkln' iulck around do counter, but dc guy looks up nn' I, gee he'n no crook. It? don t seem to sec tnc at nil, but he turns his nose like- do joint wns dirt nn old koHnknff n dog,, I'm pretendln' to bo Inmpln dc bracelet, sec, but I'm wlsln' myself up to do layout. Old Kosnkoff has got de guy's number nil right an' ho tryUi' to get him ofT down dc odder end pf de store i-oh 1 won't pipe what rvmi UN, inn. i rugrs iiiong too nn l nenrs dc guy say sAmet'ln' nbout 't'irty t'ousniid' mi' 1 t'lifko I'm gnin dippy! 'Old Kosnkoff don't turn n hnlr llOIIKb: lies hlliv nltenin' n ilnnr 'nl il THE GUMPS-Let Well Enough Alone "Crawford?" McCarty up aharply. "So jou knew Crcvellug us 'Crawford,' ch?" The slumped figure stiffened suddenly and the rat eyes shifted, but he drawled: "Crevcllng, was it? It's ull dc name to me. I t'ought yoiise called him 'Crawford' dat night, an' I nln't been readln' de poipers regular since!" He grinned again, but his lips trem bled and he rnlbcd a slack hand to cover them. McCarty sciied the opportunity which the final remark presented. "If 'you had, you'd have known bet ter than to take that line with uh, .loe. We're on to it that ('reveling wnb known at 'Crawford' sometimes, nnd why, but we didn't think you were In on that deal. You'll go up for something more than attempted burglarv now, rav go.s won!" A simile of terror darkened the pasty me and Joe Ilodansky writhed in his ifcair. "I dunno what youse mean!" ho W hlncd. "Honput t'flnu-H I nnvnr lipnril J dat guy till I saw bim lylu' dcre wit ma face gone! If he was known hh trawtord youse must ve said so den an dat's hmv T Knl It ' TTminvt- it'Gand !" McCarty turned to the dumfounded inspector and asked cryptically: nuaii we yet tlie other one over ircrn the Tombs ami face 'em, sir? ".eve R()t jt ow ,,at ,p bjB f,,i0iv ws holding out on us nbout Joe heiv. ' and when he knows Joe give him aMay ; A thin, wailing rry broke in upon him nd llodaniky.-sliiverius with frigiit, rarneil imploringly to the inspector. "I ain't no sniteher! I didn't give nim away! What nre jousc trying to irame me for? If yousc set him over nn' "links I spilled on him yousc Imd Mtter Wnd me up for life, for he'll .ec J"1"! croaked de foist time T show mc in (le ,,et ! l n,n't ' " his game. vJJ,.mo(I(1.or ' al"'t! Ho don't even i,JL' m wlse to it!" i'ien .ro.mo ,',a"!" the Inspector wiling wns Crawford?" ret .n)ifS n,1..on, ;'co,,nl ,f (Ht skirt I Kk on- Hodansky ndmitted with Oat,V. "'"eP'-e. "1 told youse de turL,i itu V'hrn r snl(1 (lt I'd "over aiuSj .R tr,cl before de night youse bit I .,me, r.omW out of iat window, "it, when dey pulled off nuyfing, t,ec?" i!a ll two "J0"1'" "R" n Buy was MM? n y, nili,on "venue: oh. I It nn t"5;1 '?B , ,l0 wlt' (1t parti renin . j1 (on l know wll '!' S5 hZ i ?in ' a.fra,(1 ,0 PC I"l iraa,le inVr An,vll!2w-, when do split J nd ! ST in Hoan hack room I drag- ' W red .-. i." ,l R01'1 bracelet l . i "SnM in ft 0vpr across de wnv ! ffif m 8,T".n,!'itt;Is!',("1 beeS ' ni, , j.r H nn I'lntin' nround dnt de ni ork. ns,," raP(,-v ''"re where WOrUn Would CCt t fnr lli.r Hnv liowj 'ri? ftct on t0 Kofokoff, nn;?. ' most of '2 mLn ru,n n 1,'0('k Rh0, WM blind Mcpnirin ib '8 a hell of a fceid ;.a.UA'! ,Bnd th inspector shook hiu riVraie uy avolllnlf RlcCarty's quiz- "It done T?othJ,n t0 y. how we get our "lad toii .!.? "?" with yUr s,or' n"1'1 7.n! "?tyclt to us straight!" tww ,H? E K,nt ,n(, J "eat it ' tellln- l t0. KMnkoff'Bplnee. liko utriedlv ,v.fi"Sf ' "odansky went on Ul iS '"' an injnrnl nlr. "It wa Mn hut Tn I1,,ttin' "P M kilAia'.r !. """Iieil me twenty nn 'woutof .. i . w settm- do brace ' in enUm,ow wl.lt,n ,lc '100- oini hli R,.i .rT',nr "wc- IIt,,, " hU pn.tpul r'1 ,low over his eyes feared 0f 1a1t''?"!lr ,,,r"el P ke heV . y to mvinif 'n o i.-. ..i.-Ki. 7i 'enee nil .i-iV ."" "i 'grf jive, him d0 0.0 .?,. wi llUck Of dp Htriro WllPIl nil nt nrl,lin do guy mills somct'ln out of bis coat pocket Just nn If it wns n handful of Junk nn I see a flash of green fire dat would knock your lamps out! Kos ukoff turned 'round den an' grabbed him by dc arm an' hauled him Into de buck room, but I'm still foolin' 'wlf de btacclet when dey come out. Kosnkoff goes to de door wit' him an' snya: bpod night, Mr. Crawford. Call again. Do guy'H no sooner gone den I Mings down my twenty Iron men an' grabs de bracelet nn' bents It. Old Koruikoff tries to stall mc, see. but I'm on my way nn' 1 trails dls guy to to de house where youse caught mc last week." "now did jou kuow that he lived there.' the Inspector nskd. " '('uuse he could hnve made it etinight from Thoid to Flft an den up but instead of dat he dodges nort' an' 'l',n,,f,,."l!'.'!n'. UI";k ""' t'rough again. ookln behind nil de tim nn' I knew .if signs: many's dc time 1 dodges dc nulls de same wny. only he's nn ama teur, sec. nn' ho don't get on to It dnt I m trullln' him. lie hits l-'lfl' at Inst way above his house nn' den he t'inks ho m clriir. an' he bents it home nn' opens de door wit' his own key. I spots de number nn' de general lay an' chases nark to me own hangout. I couldn't i nfff.ni. ii-linilnH l..l itr....l .1. ... ,,.i.ii,i nun iini'ii iirm green stones or was just out of. dough an' ashamed to hnve anybody know he was purtln w'if some of his own, but I toiight dbre'd be more where t'tlrtv otiMinil wurl' came from. I made up my mind dat I'd work alone nn' mnkc n haul dat d open dc lumps of dc gang, an I been wntchln' tie house off nn' on ever since den. De window belli' open dnt night Inst week was just plain luck, for I'd brought mc keys wit' me lp try on de little side door. Honest t (jnwd. I was worltin' alone nn' Kosn Miff don't know I'm wise to him." "Oh. can that !" McCarty put in be fore the inspector could speak. "Vou didn t quit cold on Kosnkoff until vou hod the goods on him ! When did vou wise .xoursclf up Hint lie wns ns big n fence ns he is?" Ilodmisky hesitated, running the tip pf his tongue along his 4hln. bloodless lips and glancing quickly from one to I he other. Then n sly grin broke over his fnee. "Ywitfo got me right." he admitted. No guj dnt run n dump like dnt; vellln' I'henp spin klri-H an' fixin' broke tickers for a livhi could grab a t'irty t'ousniid deal wit out bnttfn' nn eye. nn' win would dnt swell guy have come der'e unless ie'd been tipped off? I tiggora dat maybe I can get In on Kosnkoff's game wit.' him when he finds out I'm wise to his real line, but I lays off him quick mi-self when I dopes out who his pals is. I got plenty sense to know when I m out of me .,n class, nn' I ain't opened me trap about him, not. even to de gnng. till now." "Much you know nbout who his pals ate!" MiCartv jeered provocativelv. "If we wereii t on to his game until just lately how could you wise ourscir up?" "Well. I (mil n steer, didn't I?" Hodansky retorted. "I'd spotted bim nn' I Inld low un' watched his joint. Dcrc's n couple of odder fences dat J knows by sight nn l lumps 'em g5 in' to him un' right dorc, me dogs gets kind oftfrost-bit, for I'm wise dat lib dump must be n sort of n clearin' house for de rest an' him do king pin of dnt pnrtic'lur bunch, but 1 didn't know dat ho was do main guy of nil de head go-between for llronheim himself till I aces Spanish Lou an' Diamond Harry .sueakin' in de side door." A quick glance pregnant witii mean ing pussed between McCarty and hh chief. Hroiihelm had been the most notorious feme on thn Kust Side and long and trujlcss had been thn efforts of tin' police department to locate the go-between they knew must exist. "Hionheiin's doing n .stretch now up the river!" McCarty nsscrtcd. ".Sure, but he gets out In t'rec mont's. nu' dey're roundiu up dc or ganization again." Dodansky pulled himself up suddenly, "any, I don't know dat. I'm just tulkln' trough mc hat! I ain't got nofin' on Kosakoff, nt dat. It nin't a crime for u swell guy to go over to do East Hide to sell dc fum'ly jewels, an ns for Spanish un Harry, dey might have reformed, an' gouo derc peaceable, like I done, to buy somet in tor dele goils. i oni got cold feet like I told you, au' laid nit de whoic works, ion can't prow not'ln' by me!" "Yiiii'mj gone too fur to Mop now. Joe!" th inspector said Menil.v. "Wi lonie through with the whole 'IiusIiicmi or we'll put ou on the stand ngaiiiM Kosnkoff. Who wore the ottier tenic you saw going into hK place?" Hut Joe llodiiiisUy's suddenly aroused suspicion that, in his own parlance, lie wns being "p'tiyed for n come-on" hml crystallized into certainty with the eugenics of the inspector's attitude, nnd once more he .slumped in his chair. A film seemed to glaze his close-set ejus nnd when he replied it was in Uio sing song whine of the habitual crook. "Ain't, I told you I only know 'em by sight? One of dc gang I torgot which pointed 'em out to mc once, but he might have been klddin' me ! As for Harry and Spanish, I never lumped 'cm before in me life; I just got n hunch it wns dem from serin' deir mugs in de papers when llronheim was tried. Honest t'tJnwd ' "Sfiul iilm back, sir." McCarty urged in a rapid undertone to the inspector. "You'll get nothing more out of him thiH day. and we've got a good lend as it is. I want to get out on the job without losing nny time." Late that afternoon McCarty pre sented himself once more nt the Crevc llng house nnd to his request for mi interview with Mrs. Crevcllng the but ler brought nn affirmative and even cor dial response. "You run en right un. sir. f think Mrs. Creveling wns about to spud down for your inspector, anyway, for tiiere wan a scene this morning between 'er nnd thut Mr. Terhune thnt T couldn't 'elp 'earing most of. nnd whnt T missed Yvonne, the mnid, told us at lunch." "Rho nln't satisfied with 'ow 'es conducting of the .enso, to put It mild, sir, and sho told Mrs. Wnvcrly as 'ow alio was going to find out what progress you was making." As before. McCarty found Mrs. Crevcllng in her boudoir, but this time she was pacing the floor restlessly nnd n faint spot of color glowed In either cheek, while Mrs. Wnvcrly, curled up nn the window sent, wntehed her with nn Inscrutable look in her long, feline eyes. "I nm glnd you have come, Mr. Me Curty." Mrs. Creveling gestured im periously toward n chair. "You wero hero yesterday, I understand, but the doctor bad counseled absolute rest for me, 'I cannot rest, I Khali not, until I know who killed my husband! 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