Part 5 (1/2)
”When o But first, I ly in the direction of the dagger
The girl took a quick step backward and covered Mascola's waist-line with the autoory she added: ”Tell hiory picked up the Italian's knife before replying:
”I'll be at the bank at two,” he said,no move to comply with Mascola's request for his weapon
Mascola clenched his hands His face grew red with passion For an instant he glared fro to his ue The work up their coats followed their leader to the door Mascola hesitated for a ry threat which rose to his lips, he went out
Gregory watched hiirl
”My naht for irl's mouth disappeared slowly as she passed a small brown hand across her forehead and replaced a truant lock
”I a the automatic into her coat pocket, she extended her hand ”I knew your father well I alad to thened by the look of sincerity in the brown eyes as she stood calory curbed his surprise with an effort which left hiht of Lang's daughter at all, it had been only in the arded her only a possible and very probable source of trouble, scarcely as a flesh and blood woirl like this
He wakened to the fact that he was a very stupid host Barnes, after staring at dickie Lang for a ory alone with his guest in thefloor
”Won't you coly He nodded in the direction of the screen-door
”Yes I would like to talk with you”
Again the direct straightforwardstarted at once for the office, walking across the floor with quick iirl brushed by hilance to the door of his father's office beyond He led the way in silence to the roo and waited for his visitor to be seated
dickie Lang's eyes roved swiftly about the rooed She could see her father leaning against the desk, his great shoulders hunched forward, his big hands nervously toying with the glass paper-weight, his blue eyes fixed upon the silent figure in the swivel-chair Again she could hear the voice of Richard Gregory:
”All right, Bill I'll see you through Go ahead and get the boats”
dickie realized with a start that the square-jawed, black-eyed young ory's son The past faded away With sied into the object of her visit
”I've brought the money due on the boats Got into a squabble with the markets and they tied me up for a few days Otherwise I would have been here sooner”
Thrusting her hand into her pocket, she drew out a roll of bills and began to count theory watched her as she thumbed the bank-notes The dark brown corduroy was simply, if mannishly cut, and in a way it became her Her small feet and rounded ankles would have appeared to better advantage in high-heeled shoes and silk stockings than those blunt-nosed boots and canvas leggings And why in the name of common sense would any woman with hair like that want to keep it tucked away under a close-fitting cap? She would have been beautiful in---- He roused hiirl's attire and strove to fix his mind on the object of her visit He reached for the receipt-book as she finished counting the money
”Tenth payment,” she exclaiht?”
Gregory ran over the ures