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P l attorney olio 11 feud I are an tint U tilt the murder to on with the story torr t CHAPTER FIVE fj HUNG up and drove out to toi toi i i filling tilling station on the corner carer cor car ner er of and Biscayne He HeIen Ten Ien gallons to the youth hurried hurled out He e strolled around to the back to car and asked Were you oU July My ty last Jut night 1 Until I I closed up at ten Just sed the excitement I guess fou ou au mean the murder reah h. The old ship captain i lives down the street And I talking about the old coot a a tulle little before that too Vho o with 1 i lawyer fellow who'd been alo to 10 see him and got a flat as as he was was coming back at time was that 1 asked itty etty ett e. e near ten ten- tenI I closed up t after I finished with his te e detective swung away from filling station and back south southe the e boulevard He stopped on onit ont it t street east of Miami avenue went into the lobb lobby of an ance ce building t e got off the elevator on the h floor and went down the thedor thedor dor to a door chastely let let- P. P Guildford At Guildford-At- ed Leroy At- At cey at f fERE ERE iERE was tas a small neat recep- recep f room and a middle-aged middle a got up from Crom a desk in theand the theand and came forward when f ne De entered le e shook her head when the tie tive for Mr bir Guildford hasn't hasn't come in yet He seldom i down before ten layne hayne s said id Perhaps you can me me a few things Im I'm from police He gave her a glimpse ill private ate badge e said From the police e said Did easily Its about one tilt bla clients who was murdered night Might Oh yes ea You must mean poor IP Samuels of course Tn what particular ar capacity Sneed a lawyer lawver Lt r wasn't much she said saidy I y y He was one of Mr words word's first clients when he heed i ed 4 up this office after re- re ting pg ghis his position with the firm land and Parker There was thIng about the collection of nuance nce on a ship that had been t fit at it sea and later Mr Guild- Guild II d handled purchase of a prop- prop 9 where Captain Samuels later at crt t hi his little home Do you know whether Guild- Guild haw much of him lately Not hot a great deal There was wasile ne ile difficulty about the mort- mort marte fe je and Mr Guildford was tr try try- to to e sa him from foreclosure And this appointment last t ht I Do you know anything I nit that that 1 I RYES HYES YES I took the message n noels ls explicitly asked him to lie ae at J nine last night promising fc tasks task's c a cash payment on the We- We WeI I remember Mr Guildo Guild- Guild o deemed teemed so relieved when he wed dyed th the message and he didn't at to mind the unusual hour I started out but turned r By Bv By the way is Guildford ally in his office throughout dIY df Y Yu Yes Ji Except when hes he's in J rt t of course I I Wu Wan f he in court las last t Tues Tues- Tu Tuesday Im I'm sure he ta queer I tried to phone lt twice ee during the da day Y and he I out lout both times he M frowned uncertainly and ande other face e cleared Tuesday Ie How stupid of oC me He I out lout all day witha with a client S n e lifted his hat and went h e was a Public telephone hotel next door He caned called l w e es othY waited Rourkes Rourke's s 's s home number patiently until the ing I g awoke the reporter HelEs HelE's He Heto lEs lE's r. r coming to a head fast Get t lied and hunt nt u up Will G Gentry n try if w some me hG ail Tf Dont Don't I J tipped d you u. u but stick to I drove a leech h Bh hUng g up to Renal Renaldo's do s saloon If n E j Jumped u up p nervously seat beside Renaldo's I hen Shayne hayne e pushed the door lt t t Behind him Len Lennic Lennie nie leaned the wall with ith h his hand in coat t POcket tt II Lennic's Lennies s fea- fea were lax ax and his d eyes were like ilde a a dead mans The of othis his pallid palUd face twitched WI as Shayne looked eat ett Bated d behind the thc desk desk- chew chew- Ia ely on a cigar ELIdo Henry looked f S to fearfully from the 1 He said said- saidI I dont don't what Ya di youre you're u UP p t to MiJ Mike c. c didn f didn't Ii t 1 t much like theer the thea never er hold ma a grudge grU-dge if it'll kl money Shayne ne said v vH He H aldo do 0 i spoke directly to ty Y ot of French can put my hands on Case cognac Sane Same e you bought last night P And this wont won't cost us a hundred a case It wont won't cost us WJ anything if we play it right Why are you cutting us in 1 Renaldo protested I need help Shayne said smoothly Theres another in my way and hes he's got a couple of torpedoes gunning for me I need needa a couple of ot lads like Blackie and Lennic Lennie to handle that angle and after that's cleared up I still need somebody with the right connections connections connee like you Renaldo Renaldor I haven't any up set-up for handling sales Renaldo took out his cigar and wet his lips tips Sounds plenty good to me You boys willing to go along Both of them nodded Shayne said briskly Wed better get started Im I'm due south of ot Homestead at eleven He led the way out to his car and opened the back door Maybe both of ot you will feel better if it you ride in back where you can keep an e eye e on me G IN I N THE rear view mirror he could see the pair conferring to together together together to- to gether earnestly in the back Both sides of Lennies Lennie's face were getting the twitches and his hands trembled violently as he lit a cigarette Shayne turned slightly and observed observed observed ob ob- served sympathetically to Blackie Your pal doesn't seem to feel so hot this evening Lennie caught Blackie's armand arm armand armand and whispered something in his ear and Blackie cleared his throat and admitted uneasily Tell you what He could use to steady him all right You know Shayne said Sure I know Any place around here he could pick up a bindle Sure thing Lennie said violently violently violently vio vio- eager Couple of blocks ahead If It I had two bucks Shayne drove on two blocks and then pulled up to the curb He passed four one-dollar one bills back to Lennie and suggested Get two bindles why dont don't you One Oneto Oneto Oneto to pick you up now and the other for just before the fun starts Lennie grabbed the money and scrambled out of ot the car He hurried up the street and darted into a stairway entrance Lennie came trotting back in about five minutes His pinched face was alive and eager and his eyes glowed like hot coals He slid sUd in beside Blackie and breathed exultantly Les get goin is my trigger finger Shayne drove swiftly south on Flagler past Coral Gables and on onto onto onto to the village of ot South Mi Miami mi then along the Key West highway H HE E DROVE decorously through Homestead and looked at his watch It was a quarter to eleven He stopped at a filling station on the outskirts of the village where the first dirt road turned off the paved highway to the left He told Blackie and Lennie Ill be just a minute and swung out of ot the car to speak to a smiling old man in faded overalls and a wide straw hat Does the bus stop here Pop 1 Sometimes it do How about yesterday esterday Any passengers stop here Yes tidy Yep The old sailor feller got off here to go a fish in The old man chuckled Right nice old feller feUer but seemed like he was turned around sort of Didn't know how far to the Keys Had him a suitcase too full of offish fish in tackle I reckon Him an anI I made a deal to rent my tin Un Lizzie for the day and he drove off spry as you please No luck though Didn't have nary a fish when he came back Shayne thanked him and went back to his car That was Vas the thelast thelast thelast last definite link He got in and turned down the dirt road running straight and level between a wasteland covered with tall Australian pines This is it it he told the boys inthe in inthe inthe the back seat calmly Couple of miles to where Im I'm supposed to meet these birds but they might be hi hiding ing out along the road waiting for me You'd both better get down in the back where you cant can't be seen Continued Tomorrow Copyright b by Brett Halliday |