The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1947, Page 5

Chapter 20 Gu. ROSARIO towered over _™ the inert figures of Jean Saun- ders and Charles Dawson like a beast in a primitive rage, “Let's plug ’em and beat it,” he roared at Rocky McGann. “Every bull in New York is on the prow] ae ge gp ee we're dead . The only chance we to. skip town!” ae A minute before, while he fought to subdue the rebellious risoners, McGann would have ed them both Pry Siac hesi- or compunction. But now that they lay nvipitie his sudden r gave way to cold, dispas- a al saying you ain’t right, Chimp,” he said a peasingly, “But look at it from this angle. If we was to knock them off and make wngeaway. what happens?” ‘We'd be out of this dump and away from them cops, that’s all,” Rosario stormed. “Ain’t that ‘enough for you?” “Sure, Chimp. You're absolutely right”. McGann agreed heartily. “But what happens after that? You an’ me, maybe we're down in Rio, lollin’ on that Coppabanana Beach—only we ain’t got enough dough to go to Coney Island, after pe them peane areal 1 3 ario’s rage. became colored * with befuddlement, “and McGann added quickly: “Even if we take it on the Duf- fy; we've chalked up two murder *faps-and left the mob to square them, The head man’s in the jug, and the cops can’t find us, Natu- + vajly, they pin it on him.” “Yuh mean he’d have to take » for us?” asked Rosario in r dismay. ‘ hé else, Chimp? The cops gotta get some fall guy on those murders; the papere ll be hound- in’ them half-nuts until they do.” {McGann regarded Rosario with a lgok of cyrious detachment. “And what are you bettin’ on our chances, when the head man finds out we handed him the crummy end of the deal?” . ““Cops I can fight,” he said hol- lowly. “But not Raskin. He’] smoke us out of any place—and cut us to pieces.” <“You’re beginning to make some sense,” McGann said confi- 4 MANHATTAN EDITOR: By Gene Gleason dently. “But. we ain’t just sittin’ Hight to save our necks,This here setup’s got the makin’s of. the smoothest little smuggling<racket a ever seen; all we need 'is' a nig shot with plenty of connec- tions.” McGann grew expansive “There ain't another spot in,Man- hattan with a layout like: this; why, we got enough grub stashed away to last us for six months! And the payoff is that nobady but you, me and that dopey. watch- Man downstairs are wise to it.” “How about that guy, Rocky?” Rosario asked worrie: ly. “S’pose he rece to the cops.” hat?” retorted McGdhn: de- risively. “Don’t worr:- about him; he’s wanted on a murder rap out in Los Angeles—and I’m the only guy that knows here’s here. They epaian' Squeeze a word out of im, RoBsAkI0 proceeded to clamp - the handcuffs on Dawson's wrists, running the links that held them together around the rear of a vertical water pipe that stood about a foot from the wall. Daw- son could move his arms up and down on the pipe, but he was bound to it as effectively as though poe panacults had. been welded ‘0 it, McGann, with a second pair of handcuffs, fastened Jeag to a pipe on the oupOsieg wall ween them, he p! laced, cots gr Rosario and himself. { oy tat Jean awoke #hearlyfj an* hour, later, opening here: apitch. black room, Her head throbbed cruelly from the blow MeGann had inflicted. In the terif§ifying darkness, she éould Hedrthy snor- ing of three men. One, breathing hoarsely and writhing abqut on the floor as if he were in pain, she guessed to be Dawson. Ocoasion- ally she heard scampering sounds from the corner of the room and realized with a shudder that the place was infested with rats. Once she felt something soft and alive brush quickly past her arm. Her involuntary scream awakened Mc- Gann. mo “Shut up, you,” ' he growled. “Nothin’s going to hurt you—un- less you wake me up again with one of those screeches.” The room was so dark that Jean did not know the, mgning had arrived until McGann ‘turned on marr ear cy & AP Newsfeatures the electric lights, illuminating the littered, dirty dungeon-like place. & “ll. unhitch ‘those cuffs long enough to let you wash your face and eat,”"!MeGann said. “But ione more stuntilike ‘last: night, and you'll. rat hy thes piped rid, who. hai m. prepar- ifig a canhed breakfast en joa burner ‘electric stove, put a pint (of fruit juice dnd a can of baked :beans, on,a table in front of Jean. “Give you five minutes to eat! that,” he said gruffly. “If it ain’t gone, I ‘take 'it myself.” “Actually,he gave her ten min- utes;: chiefly. because'.of his in- ability tp estimate time, and she bolted down the soggy beans as though they were the piece de resistance of dinner at the Wal- dorf. Her body and her head ached, she. felt uncomfortably covered with dirt, and she ob- served, most unhappily, that there were ruinous runs in both her nylons, .McGann re-fastened her to the pipe, and Dawson, under Mc- } Gann’s pistol, was also permitted to eat. Then he, too, was hand- cuffed to the pipe once more. “Douse the light!” Rosario called suddenly from the rear of the room. “I think we got visitors.” _ McGann turned off the glaring light and in the darkness Jean heard a heavy door veel back on hingles that: squeaked slightly vas they. moved.. “It’s Joe,.the watchman,” Ro- sario ‘announced. ds “What's up?” McGann called. A new voice, gutteral and un- )familiar to Jean, answered. “There a couple of cops snoop- ing around,” the voice announced anxiously. “They’ve been’ giving us the once-over.” “Did they come into the ware- house?’ MeGann asked. “Sure—I invited ’em in,” the watchman replied, “But you don’t have to worry: I took them all over the joint and they didn't find a thing.” “Were they nosing around the door to this place?” “Naw. I showec ’em the cob- webs all over the doors and win- lows, and they let it go at that,” he announced triumphantly. “They won't even bother to look in here again!” (To be continued) ‘Through ‘this Daily #¢+-BIBLICAL BULLETIN PROBE CONTINUES i tne Earth's origin and constitution Presents ‘a problem for solution For which great minds still ; probe. One theory which is quite spe- cific, Théohgh the years has been pro- lifie— ) “SP Twas’ God Who™ madé ~ our globe! 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Chill and serve with milk or thin cream. 6 sermangs: Note: For quick i, cook pud- ding in saucepan over direct heat until ' \Child Welfare Council Meets' A meeting of the “Monroe County Child Welfare Council was held Tuesday evening at the Poinciana Community Center. Prof. Earl Hamilton, newly- ected chairman presided. Vari- ous members of the council re- ported on ‘their activities in ‘re- lation to the community, The Rev. John. Pickens, for- mer chairman, g: port on the ‘two nurs duced by the ‘council. moved by the council: to to the Kev. Mr. Pickeas cere vote of gratitude’! STRAND THEATRE Now Showing “MERTON OF THE MOVIES” Red Skelton-Virginia O'Brien ° ‘ outstanding work in the com- | munity during his ministry here. Members who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Corey, Rev. and Mrs. Iliiffe, Rev. John Pick- ens, Mrs. Ruth Lange, Mrs. Eli- zabeth Singleton, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Ruby Morgan, and} Mrs. Helen MeNeil. CLOPAY As NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED!! 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