Part 7 (2/2)
”Yes, I will.”
”Never.”
”Why do you say so?”
”You haven't the courage; you are a coward.”
”Hold, Sarah, I took a big chance this very afternoon to make a big stake. I showed all the courage, but got the worst of it. I ran up against a cyclone disguised as a gentle sea breeze, but I am going to have a big stake, and all you need is just a little patience and you shall have an elegant home, horses and carriages, and diamonds and servants.”
”Oh, come off, Tom; no more fairy stories for me.”
”It's no fairy story, Sarah. I tell you there is no one on earth that I love as I do you. I've felt bad seeing you living this way and I've done the best I could; but I am to be let into the greatest gang on earth. I will make money from the start, and you will be let in and we can in a few weeks make a big stake and skip. What I tell you is no fairy story.”
”Bah! Tom, I've heard your wild tales before.”
”This is no wild tale. I tell you in a few weeks we will be flush.”
The woman's eyes glittered as she said:
”I wish I could believe you, Tom.”
”You can believe me.”
”Why are you so secret about it? Why don't you open up?”
”I have not been initiated yet. It is the greatest gang that ever got together.”
”Do you know any of the parties in it?”
”Certainly I do. All countries are represented. We have the talent of the world in it. The leaders are the smartest men on earth. They have branches in every large city in the United States. They are in with big politicians, judges and millionaires. They have defied the police for eighteen months, and they are all ready to flood the land and get away, and I am to be let in.”
”Counterfeiters, Tom?”
”Well, yes, that is a part of their business. They counterfeit currency, metal and bonds, government and bank. They will make a big general sweep. Every man in it will get his share, and a share is a fortune.
It's the most perfect organization ever effected, and I tell you I am to be in it among the big bugs too, and all through you.”
”All through me?”
”Yes.”
”How is that?”
”They need you.”
”They do?”
”Yes.”
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