10/26 Take the pen and right out a bill like this--R. Charnock, debtor in losses on a card game." "You know it's never done." "It's going to be done now, or you won't get your cheque. I know what I'm up against in you and your gang." Wilkinson hesitated, but he needed the money and made out the bill. Bob's not my partner in the business, and no more of my dollars will go on gambling." "Ah!" said Wilkinson sharply, "you're smarter than I thought!" Sadie gave him a searching glance and he noted an ominous tenseness in her pose and her drawn-back lips. He said afterwards that she looked like a wild cat. |