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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"". - "-;
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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:
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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
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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! Have
you cqmc with news for us?"
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