[The Trail of the White Mule by B. M. Bower]@TWC D-Link bookThe Trail of the White Mule CHAPTER ELEVEN 7/18
Why, you didn't think for one minute, did yuh, that I was takin' any chance with you? Not a chance in the world! Go squeal to the law--an' what would it get yuh? "You was drivin' this car yourself when Smilin' Lou stopped us, recollect.
He had yuh placed as one of that Black Butte gang quick as he lamped yuh.
Yuh think Smilin' Lou is goin' to take a chance? You was caught with the goods t'night, old-timer, an' it's the second time inside a month.
It'd be the third time you an' the law has tangled. Why, you set there yourself an' told me how you was practically run outa L.A., right this week.
You set still a minute and figure out about how many years they'd give yuh! "How come Smilin' Lou overlooked cleanin' yuh of your roll when he took mine, do yuh think? He was treatin' yuh white, an' givin' yuh a chance to come back strong next time--that's why.
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