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"hlslIell hlslIell " + svlilspeltdiliL shispeitd shispeitdIllt JIll Illt n mine IIlmC 11110 of Ills hIs asbisbin UbblIn ass issln % and allt . ! t.Il tIl Gip Gipua < - > . ipin ' lit ua It to IblLI1 llstcn llt > tui Irim Orlm Grim ( lini.i linii hnl.b hnlb lints . . > fOl/llcd fOl llcd fouucd fouucdIn foi / modIn 111 In Ills hb his , ri.L riL fll.L fllL fur ( . . . lliui IhLII ihcli lliuiMtl IhLIIlth , \Mtl Mtl \\lth lth \ + u \ ti > fOlllcdI fiintk flll1tlt flll1tlt1I1I11l1I fi uttk I 1I1I11l1I 0111 ( )11.U 11.U 11U ) ( . l l nLU II n ' . Ut LU mebet me net bet a doctor doctoru doctor"i\o doctor"i doctori o otlor ' ' " \u u \ \ o u 11 uqc < : fc ( , , , ' bllck's bllcks Slick's Slicks lIch's lIchs . ' ' slender slellder hands handsk h'1n h1n tnndbnulled ' : , Il k H.hLd HhLd icked . up uII to 0 [ liold hold lilm him ' I'm Im 1'111 1111 I'ui Iui ' ' done dune dunetut doneloi 1111 tut ' ' 1 \ ,11\1.h 111.h ,11 11 1.h 1h ? , . t \ niisli Isiah : . ii inllor 1I1Ilor ilor cicpt Clcpt ciept Into Intohl intohis Intohia hl his chc < . dioAs .hed.s hed.s heds .hed.sI hs . I ' bce'f bcef bee'f beef Sce'f Scef ' ' , ) ion )011 011 you can canllld canInd caniiiil llld Ind Tolimii lolnuiy Tohllll , } - ' Sine Sure 1I1 C I 111 I11 J1 lnul find JoIIIUJ , Joliinii 01111113 J , } Now Nov Now.Ion NowIon . , Jon Ion t tou \ou ou tiou \ ' 011 011Jr1 \\Jr1 Jr1 wort \ uorii ( ) ibout liJout Johnnv Johnny Johnnv1111 JohnnyInil lolinnvMid \1111 1111 Inil Inilhis \ 1111hi -hi hi -his his - Ills . , \ + loice olce bre\\ bre tires breliuski brehuI \ \ \ liuski husky huI liuskilthtlireit ' ) . \\lthtlireit lthtlireit \ + slth slththreat \ lth lththrc'1t thrc'1t- thrc'1t thrc1t threat- threat - ' thrc'1t1'1 threatI'll ' - 'I'll Ill ' 1'1/ 1'1 11 I'll Ill 1'1tuke ' / take tuke cnre care of loe Joe It 1 t ti ii i ! Hi 111 Ili , too tooSIkh tooSlick tooSl.k tooSlk tooI I SIkh Slick ! ( . . closed dosee ] Ills hIs o\es o es C\CS C CS eyes \ 4 . k . t . f . fSip . . . Sip ( < { ilp Ip had h.HI hHI . a suitiinentiil sLntiJuentul scntiniental slrt'll slrtll strcgk strcgkIiltlt strcUI ' . I I'JOllt IJOllt Iiltlt ' ' ) out funenis funer11s funerals He lIe oQ\Q oQ Q bare : ; , aH . \ 511 Slick Sllch ( ! . Sat Satiett " Siiictt 11 11I ' I iett ctt a showy howy . : , scud send off A not flOt riot of ofoloi ofolot oloi 0101 olot ending In a riot rJot clot of gunfire gllnflre \ + 11tti , Itf ith . tlie the police pollee taking tal.Jng talJng , . part an and So sor so11 11111\ 11111 11111shots r r ut in\ in inshots \ , shots lJelll beliiR being fired tired thelCItS theie thelC thete \\ItS ItS sirs \ + uns10 uns10ii sirsiu \ 10 iu i \ \ \\ii ii \ + .I I a . ) to determine dctermlne \ who ho did ktll kill ktllToe killfoe killToe Toe foe H'lmflllnIp Itgm4111Asp HimpllI H'lmflll Hlmflll Itgm4111 HimpllIOip ' Oip nIp Asp Oipent a \\ent ent \ \ ent to tlie the hospital with n a nImlll't ahilhlet ahnllpt Imlll't Imlllt hilhlet ' In his hip Before he tie re recm roeo\crod roeo crod cm ( ' 11\ 11 11Lrl'd \ Lrl'd Lrld crrd ' a cle\er cle er cleer cle\ cle cles \ er dick triccil tr'1ced tr1ced traced ' as aslck a s , 'IeI IeI * ' ich . up job to his bls door enOIl Enough Hnoiigli'o Hnoiiglio h ' 0 o send him to the hig big house lIou&e lIoue & for H a HVE'I1r ayear avertr avertrBut VE'I1r VEI1r year ' VE'I1rBllt yearIjat But Bllt Ijat Gip OIp did ld not mind mllld that He \ + \ is fl fice ce ua1l1 aoaiii uoaui . ; , , and not the kind kindof kindof kindof of blby b'1by b1by baby ' to stay broke brol.e brole . long Hetill Hetill He 11)1 111 till ) hid h'1d h1d had ' his coupe with bullet proofrl proof rl ' ] 1 iss IS tss ' ) , too In tnis tllIs this coupe and w \ with withIP \ Ith IthII'IS Ithle IP le II'IS IIIS ' is in his hlq big head lie he blurted started turte for forIndJ'1na forIndiana forIndnna IndJ'1na IndJ1na Indiana ' , , ! . . . . . . . Johnny JolJnnv 5al Sairett Sairettis ret ! \\is is wqs \ \ 1S ' a n hIhiililctad likable lil.nhk lilnhk hIhiililc . 'lnll lnll -tad tad 'lnllIIU18'1IIt ' ' indl-ns-uit indl ns uit - tadiicasqut IIU18'1IIt IIU181IIt iicasqut ) ( - ' - faced I lid 11d id Three of 'lnllI his Illsi hisI I I lLn tLLn teen l . -Ln Ln - Lncirs \cirs cirs setrs \ c Irs hu liud had been Jleen peen spent In bed bell bedfiip ' ( fiip .Ip Ip . , ip st'll stll stiied ' ed ' it 'It qt the silky sllhy , brown hair hairhe , he shrewd shrcwd blue ejes eses eyes lips full anll and anlln andndcr ( n nder er is 'IS qs ' a gild's gilds gli's glis gh ' 's s ' ' The resemblance resemblancef resemblanceIF IF > f latlier Illther lather and Hon on fascinated rascmated him himi hImf i i f 11 ncful iicful Lful questioiiing (1llestlOulng 1llestlOulng questioning ( netted nctted the In Intlfmutlon Inormutlon Iniirinatlon tlfmutlon ormutlon that Johnn Johnny's Johnnys 's s ' spine mIght mightu1 mIghtIt might1e It 1e > made good as e\ e e\er e er eer eser \ er . , wltb \ Ith an e'CILlI exiLiistse e\ e e'C eC ex eui&ie \ ' ui&i\e ui&i uii e iLiistse ILlI > & 1\ 1 \ 1e \ e OIera operationflip operation operationi ) tlOn tlOnnil nil flip ( i\\ i iplaced \ \ ) > placed a Innd h"nd hnd hind " on his shoul shout shoulICI shout'cr shoul'ci shoulci ICI 'cr cr ICII ICII ' ' I ' 'Iei\e 'Iei Iei e I e1\ e1 eqs e1e \ e It to "tne tne me " , Lid hid kid One ofthe ofthese of ofthe&ii the&ii theii these the & e ila\s ila s tla\s tla sass \ l\l l 111 I \ 11 ha\e ha e ltase \ lots of jack " * ' You \ s \ e i nread\ nread nreaddone already } reads \ done too much ' 'Tolinn Tolinn ' Tflhnn TohInn } ) wghpd \ tt'ii\ed tt'ii ttii ed \ 'lhp lhp ' ' \ the tbe opeiation opelaUon opetation with withi withiiiiule I . -iiiule iiiule .lIllle lIllle - mile and anti a hopeless gesture ot of otI otIb ofits oflib I Ib its tlun thm thin handsTell handb band hands handbUell U-ell U ell 1l'11 1l11 Tell ' - ' me . about .J.bout J.bout Jbout father " 011) 011 Gip dips ) s as&ociatlon asociatlon ns.ocwtlon nsocwtlon association & : . with Slick Shch Sir Sirrut S Sirrctt it itnit rut nit lind hud liiid been almost nlmo'3t nlmo3t ' biotherii btotherly blotherl lIe liei Henil i 1111 id a gleat great miiiy m'll1y mll1y mgriy ' things to tell telli tellnlilcli i \ \ + hlch m1 nnde e Johnn\ Johnn Johnn\'s Johnn 's s Johnn's Johnny's Johnnys \ 's s ' eyes e es glo111 gio glow glo\\ glo + \ s sGip Gip ( \111 111 \ ip dcpirtcd depgrted CI'Irted CIIrted [ ' witli with heart hearty prom proms . ' s & : ) to retUi retuin n in about a \ tieek week \ eek But Buthe Butbe Butlie Butlieus he be heIIS + \\us us \\IIS IIS siis \ \ no 110 more than fl\e fl e ti\e ti fise \ miles milesn milesin 1\\ 1 \ 1I n + iy I i ilien , } \\lien lien \ \ hen in armed posse In a aIII aIii III ll < it Lt i.t . ( uii Ill cat headed heade him olT 011 off ' . 1 lliti he olheel olliceis ollicets S Ilubhed 1 l lushed iuhed ; at Ins Ius his Ibllor ieuor Ibllor11IIlt ieuoronce i uor uorii.u 11IIlt once ii.u iiu . ( . ! of a local loc'll locll Inc'il Incil ' bank banI . stick stIcl . up , a ah ah ati h lit Ilf uhf hour earlier dirtier ( ' lrller Certain theiri thclrI thclr their thclr11th I i . \11th 11th \ iptlMi tptise c . knev\ knev I.ne\\ I.ne knew knevill I.ne111 \ \ \ ill 111 about it , they tH'Y tHY } ' llullle made llullleI maden llullleIt madea I It a tin dr\ly dr ly dryly \ ly humoious lIumOlous humorous crplanition erplclD'lhon erplclDlhon erplanstion ' A.host A .host host . lioi lIol t . , , broad man had drh drhen drlsen en up to torIll tothe to'he tohe rIll the ' ! bulk htllk ii tnk In a u coupe He had inIII Initl In- In Inind - \ + III itl ind I d ) the cashier cllshler to open theault the \ault ault \ vaultxn auit , till xis ! l 1 the latter lattcr had done so with 8 a 8n an an n I ISty ist t ) looking pletol platol pistol jabbing his hisrl's hisr's hisn rl's rls r's rs rl'sfter , ' ' s sfter \fter fter kfter \ cramming eleren eleven thou . , ' tiid 11111 uul dollars ollars In a brown leather bag bagtiie , , the b li indit Indlt tndit got away Bullet proof ? " , I 1 ! iss 1.5 15 is . ' , had protected him from a hallii hall hallH hall11 H ii lead . , fired fircd byIgllantes by sigllantesGip \ vigilantes \Igllantes Igllantes sigllantes vigilantesflip Igllantesnl1 hallI I flip nl1 Gip > 1 : > Mietred 1leLred sneered , , "I I " haven't havent ha\en't ha en't ent has \ en't ent ' ' the themonev themouev themonev monev mouev \ You've Youve 1ou've 1ouve ou've ouve ' got the wrong \ wrongn \ rong rongII II 11 in III ill ' . A se seirch uch of his car proved the theU thetruth thetiuth truth U lith of his first statement . But ButIInfo1 Butnnfottunately Butimfoitunately IInfo1 nnfottunately tunately for tor Gip OIp , it led to the theIU"CO theulhcosety thedhco\eiy thedhco eiy IU"CO\ IU"CO IUCO IU"COeIY ulhcosety " \ eIY of the bullet bulletproof proof glassI glass I 1 ; nd Jill rid a wicked wched ( looking rod in the thednsh thedash thedash dnsh dash compaitmeot compattmeat complll tment . . theI I Gl Gip Gipas I ) \\as as was \ \ as in a hot epot spot Any Anyarlatlons 'earl earl 'earlatlons \ ' \arlatlons arlatlons arl arlaUans aUans atlons In appearance apJcnrance } between hlm- hlm him hlm.clf him-oOlf him oOlf - . .clf clf . . elf and tlie the real robber could not notue notlie notne ue lie determined Another thing tiring was wastglnst wasisilnst \ \ as 1:11n8t 111n8t tglnst : ; hia hll1 hin Tho The house where whereJohnny \ wherefdlinny \ here hererohnny rohnny Johnny Ih ll\ed ll ed lhed \ ed was on a n side street street.Isol streetIsol . , Isol ited lted tted from other dwellings It It\ It Itib + \ u ib is ) quite unlikely an anybody body had no nol'el1 noiced noiced l'el1 lel1 iced ( ' it h's hs h"5 h5 " * ' s paiked pall.ed palled parked . coupe And thele there theiei theleI thereI I id ill been becn no tiafflc ttaffic tiafllc at allHut allhut all allI.ut I.ut Iut Hut ' . there was one Unf tlnf Unfray tlnfray tiny " ray ot of ot'lope oflope oflope 'lope lope ' If he could convince theiiithoiltles the theluthOlities thetuthotities luthOlities tuthotities that he really had vlslt- vlslt visit- visit vlslt11 visitl vislt-'d vislt 'd d - ' > 11 ( l Johnn Johnns Johnny , . he might be able to toIro toIron toiro\c toiro c Iro\ Iro Iron Iroe \ e a his IllS pI pt pie&ence pieence e esence & ence in the boy boysJoni boys boysom s s111m 111m Joni ) om at the time of the s sfccL 5'M.ck 5M.ck 5Mck ' . ' ick . upII upu up upi II u i > he lie told the sheriff all aU he pI piuntls piu piu.ntl u , < .ntl\ .ntl . 11th ntls .ntlcould \ could , , and this tillS officei Omcel oflicet . , unIn nnminced un nn uniminccd In\ In iminccd Inmeed minced \ meed but fair minded , . sent a al ac ac l c . Il1t lilt > iit } ) to 1m ins in\estl in estl \ estlgate estlgateTohuny estlgateTohnny ate ateTohnny Tohnny Tohuny Ind lied h'l hl ' already alreadv leuincd ICllln\d ICllln d leluned \ ! of of'he of'he of'lie oflie 'he he ' ' rohben robbers But . he did not knowin know knowIn 101e In 10 ms \\1e 1e wqs \ ; In 1n custody . , He lIe " was "liS liS In 1cr a"s n 1\ 1 a \ "s s " - \ cr er of e excitement cltement , , thinking thlDklng thatII thatlp that II lp 1 ] } ) Ind h111 hid pulled the stick sUck up II right righttfttr ilsht11'Ur ilsht11Ur ht htlftl lftl tfttr ' r le'1\ le'1 le1 le'i lei Iei\Ing Iei Ing le'1Ing ' ' \ \ Ing him To pay Cor"OIIllI1 forTniinii for Cor forliniii "OIIllI1 OIIllI1 Tniinii " liniii , } s opention opcr'ltlon opcrltlon operation ' , no doubt His Hisc1rt Hisegrt Hiseirt c1rt egrt ne no ncirly lrly irly buist bmst burst at the thouglit thought thoughtthis thoughtthis thouglitthis this lo\alty lo alty IO\IlIty IO IlIty lo \ ally In his fitlici's fitlicis f1tl1el's f1tl1els fithel's fithels ' oldCr old oldfr oldfr fr cn end endresides resides I'csldes Icsldes ' , , Johnny Johntiy hag hail had been en 1J tripled tripledto . ! tnlQ . d dto dto generallyhotter generaUyhpttcr generallyhatter to tlie the belief bellcf that n a . He lie is Is generaUy generally hpttcr hatter than the thc truth 'Vhen Vhen ' When the theI thedeputy thedeputy deputy eputy isked 151.cd 151cd gsked . bluntly bluntJy if he had hind astcitoi a aj ato I stcitoi \ j ' 'ltOl ltOl ' to th'1t th1t that th ' jt acternoon-1 acternoon 1 afternoon-'t afternoon 't t afternoon - i ' . little m1n min min\\Uh min Uh , \\fiT1 fiT1 \ \ + m1nfiT1 \ i n ngin a gS gSv gin v mustache-he mustache he m mu sbche-he sbche he siache - - he nn"ered nnered answered answered'e answered\\lth answered lth ' ) " 'e e ' \ \ \ ith cisv e'lSr elSr easv ' pior PlOP ptor ptuess ptness t : ; ' "Nnh Nnh "N'ah Nah " ' nh h II I ' Ain't Aint ' never seen such It a ItgU agut aguv gU\ gU gut \ " ? gUOlp Gip Olp Gerardcnt Gerard went \\cnt cnt ' \ bick b'lch blch back ' to pIlson prlson prlsonJohnny pIlsonJohnny pilsonJohnny Johnny Stirrett St1rrctt Sttrrett has learned that thattellllJ thattelling thattelling tellllJ telling dlsproIn dlspro'elag a lie he Is eisler e'Isler e'tsier etsier ' than dlspro\ dlspro dlspro'e dlsproe dispro\tn dispro tn \ ' In lag : " it It . . |