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I , AN 0 SHEA SIIEA did not see 8"e 8e ( " tt1 themar the ( ' DAN D | | man mar . who shot big Jim Jirn Jim Case7 Casey Ca sey se7 the genial p Ucernan .lIceman lIceman ticeman . ) .lIcemanguardian ticemanguardian Ucernanguardian guardian of the Uie Ninth Ninthward Ninthward Ninthward ward s a moralslie moralslIe morals moralsHe He lie was walking the beat bpat with the theoffieer theofficer theofnecr offieer officer Case Casey , . had objected obJl"etNt obJletNt " lie liehad liehad Hehad had said he dido didra t want kids unrier under unrierhis underhis underhis his heels when he had to cat timaster h ii hmaster iimaster master crooks crooksBut crooksBut crooksBut But Dan the red-headed red headed - - newsboywas nl'wqboy nlwqboy newsboy nl'wqboywas newsboywas ' was insistent and Casey Case7 at last relinciulshed re reUnqulshed relinqulahed Unqulshed linqulahed his isIs night nl ht < stick sUck because he hedidn hedldn hedidn didn dldn t want a . man maR mae unarmed unarnsed withhim with withhim withhim him through Ihrough the dangerous Ninthward NinthwardThen Ninth Ninthward Ninthward ward ward111eD wardThen Then 111eD he guffawed gulTawed quieted enoughto enough to ring In trora from the Grimm streetpost .treet treet street streetpost . .treetpost post then turned la in isa the alley aUf ' ' backof back backof backof of Sllverstcin Silverstein Sliverstein s . warehouse He lie didInsist did didInstst didInsist Instst Insist on Dan waiting walUng walUn < outside torhim for forhim forhim him there and even relieved reUeved him ofhis of ofhis ofhis his temporary custody custod7 of the long longclub longci longclub longclubWalt club ci ub clubWalt ubWait Walt Wait under the light Ught he or ord"red ordrred ordered d"red dred dr-red dr red ( " - and Dan did not Dot argueTheir argueTheir argue argueTheir Their at attachment attchment cbment had bad reached reachedthat reachedthat reachedthat that fine flne point where little dIner differ dInerencea differences differences encea ences of meaning find IInd and thought were wereImmedlate17 wereImmedIately wereImmediately Immedlate17 ImmedIately know Imowa knowe Casey did not notwant notwant notwant want him in SIIverstein Silveratem Silverstein a . alley alleyThere alleyThere alleyThere There was W811 no doubt of it . , no DO Joke JokeDO jokeno jokeno DO no denial . denialThe The newsboy looked at the stars starswhich starswhich starswhich which shine ahlDe ev evea eVe8 on the Ninth Ninthward Ninthward Ninthward ward wondered absently absenUy what whatwould whatwould whatwould would happen If one dro dropped Ped then thenleapt thenleapt thenleapt leapt as aa U if It had when Casey s sroar sroar sroar roar rolled up the alle7 alley alle7Haiti alleyHaiti alleyHaiti Haiti " . There Wa waa was . the charp liluarp tarp report of ot a agun agun agun gun sounds sound . of 01 running feet mut muttered muttered muttered tered curses cune . . , , then Hence silence aUenee ( . . Dan B s face went white His Ills tongue tongueseemed tongueseemed tongueseemed seemed stuck to tll the roo roof root of his hismouth hismouth hismouth mouth and his hb heart heBrt pounded pain painfully painfully painfully fully ' . Cagey CaseyJ Caseyi 1 ' be he tried to cnD call en " but the theword theword theword word came only on17 In a whisperHe whisperHe whisper whisperHe He ateadied steBdied steadied himself against agalnsl the thelamp thelamp thelamp lamp post . , breathed deeply then thenprecipitated thenprecipitated thenprecipitated precipitated himself Into the dark darkmaw darkmaw darkmaw maw of the aneyThe alleyThe alley aney alleyThe The officer omcer omcer was not hard to nnd find nndIDs findHis findIlls IDs His spotlight had bad fallen faUen from his hishand hishand hishand hand roMcd rolled a foot away and glared glaredback glaredback glaredback back Into his hb pale tace face . . , against againstclosed againstclosed againstclosed closed eyeU eyelidsDan eyelids eyelidsDan b < bDan Dan stopped stoppedwalked walked slowly to thedoubled the thedoubled thedoubled doubled form formlooked , looked down at the 1m lan 1mmobile lanmobile Irnmobile mobile lipa lips which whlcb bad had so latelybeen lately latelybeen latelybeen been chaffing him hlRL hlRLHe . . He tried to stoop .toop toop . to touch the poUcemon poUcemonA po poUcemnn poilcernan Ucemnn ilcernan UcemnnA ilcernanA A terrible tear fear was tremblingthrough trembling tremblingthrough tremblingthrough through him himThen himThen himThen Then he turned raced through thealley the thealley thealley alley and up Grimm afreet 1Itreet etreet to thepolice the thepollee thepolice pollee police telephone found It locked nndran I\nd I nd and Indran andran \ ran down to Mindlebauer'g Mindlebauerg Mlndlebauer's Mlndlebauers Mindlebauer's Mindlebauers ' ' drugstore drug drugstore drugstore store He lie was wall sobbing heavily whenhe when whenbe whenhe be he lurched In before the astonisheddruggist astonisheddruggistCall astonished astonisheddruggist astonisheddruggist druggist druggistCall Call - the police - quick ! ? hI ha- ha hagasped hpgasped " - gasped . . 'Casey-he 'Casey Casey he Casey-he ' Casey - - he s I a shot buck bULk back ot of otback ofback of-back of back -back back - - of SIIverstein Silverstein slThen siThen sl si slThen Then the matter was out of ot thl the theboy theboy ' boy s a hands The They , found Casey with withthe withthe withthe the light still shining on his hili race face raceHe faceHe faceHe He wasn t dead but he was stili still stiliunconscious stillunconscious stillunconscious unconscious when they lifted litted him himInto himInto himinto Into the ambulance Bmbulance BmbulanceDan ambulanceDart ambulanceDan Dan Dart 0 Shea watched watchNi and Rhlv shiv Rhlvered shivered shivered ered , at t the tlJe tle back of the crowd His llia Hisbands lliahands Hisbands bands hands clencbedHe clenchedHe clenched clencbed clenchedHe He stared at the ground and be behind behind behind hind the fixed ftxed gaze a seething vol volcano volcano volcano cano of vengeful thoughts mingled mingledwith mingledwith mingledwith with recriminationHe recriminatiosaHe recrimination recriminatiosa He had hBd been right there He might mighthave mighthave mighthave have saved IIII\led IIII led \ Casey He didn dldn t knvw know knvwhow knowhow knowhow how but he was sure he might have havedone havedone havedone done BOmethtne something He might have havetaken havetaken havetaken taken the bulletHe bullet . . He sought out Captain Atkinson . About Casey ' . he said wE'ttin wEttin wetting wettinghIs wettinghis ' bls hIs lips bravely bravel7 1I0w-how 1I0w how how-how How - - how bid bad bidIs b ad adis idIs Is he hurt burtY ? " Atkinson Atkinsoai looked down kindly'Not kindly 'Not Not * ' . Not bad Don t worry ISI s a < n a A Acop Acop Acop cop takea takes those things and targets forgets targets'em forgetsem forgetsem 'em em * ' em In a few weeks week . " ' Dan looked Intently at the offi'er offier omeer offi'erHe omeerHe omcerHe ( ' He suspected a doubt In the cap captaln captain's captains ap apthin's taln thin's thins ' . mind . . Atklnson Atkinson wa was . watching him curt curtousb curtotigIy curlously ousb- ousb otigIy ousbtoo - . , too . . The bor boy'a boya boys : ' . face ( ace seemed pinched pinchedhard pinchedhard pinchedhard hard Hia HI . hand hantb hands * were still stiU clenched clenchedand clenchedand clenchedand and teeth caught caugbt bis his bl . lower lip lip"Captain lip"Captain . "Captain Captain " ' " Atkinson , " " he be said sl sI wly w wIy wiy Iy . would ll It make Casey feel teel better bl"t blt bet bl"tt betterI " t ter-I ter I ( > r-I r I - I mean If II be be-u be u beulie beHe be- be - - " He lie stoppedabruptly stoppeci stopped stoppecia stoppedabruptly a brupUy abruptly then tarted started over W WIld WIldIt ildIt aid aidit It make Casey feel ( eel better bettler betr If the thf ' g ywas y ywas ywas was caught caughtY ? " I think It would make us all f fe fel dbetter dbetterDan e el elbetter ) belter better belterDan betterDan Dan looked thoughtfully tboughttully thoughifully at h Ia Iafeet sfeet sfeetOkay feet ( eet eetOkay feetOkay Okay he said soberiy soberly soberiyThe soberlyThe soberlyThe The captain looked doubtfully doubtftilly aftcr aft after after er 1 I m In an as Dan turned away but bul I inot 1 I 1not Inot not stny slay stay him and early next aing n a r rInK rIng InK ing Dan had called the night rld"rq rldrq riders rld"rqthe ridersthe ridersthe ( " the boy s a gang of the Ninth wa wan wanLa warIn 11 11In ! In La s ten len n a sesslOilDan sessionDan sesslOM sesslOil session sesslOMDan Dan t twk txk ) ( k charge He lie seem seemel seemelvastly seeme ( ' j jvastly 1vastly vastly older since .Ince Ince . the da day , . bt'fr betre bef bt'f btf bet ' reand r re reand . and the boys abeyed beyed obeyed bis biB his quick 01 oi 01den oiders 01ders den ders without QuestionHe questionHe question questionHe He scattered scattert"d scattertd " them toward the dlf dat dlfer datfereril differcrrt fereril ( er < > l't lt ! ' city gangs ganga within an hour Rnd and Rndwaited andwaited andwaited waited grimly a as . self sell appoinlfj appointt-d appointt d appoinlfjchlel appointtdchief appointedchief ' ( - chlel chief investigator ( tor for or the reports reporls reporlsEight reportsEight reportsEight Eight of the I.he Ihe . boys had com come Conic n a nwIth awith nwith wIth blanks when Izxy luJ Izzy ' Lowentt Lowl"ntl Lowlntl Lowenti " dlreturned al alreturncd I Ireturned returned returncd proud as 55 a peacockof peacock of thl the thenews thenews ' news he boreIt boreIt bore boreIt It was a gu gal gu5 ) named nam'd namd ( ! ' Icray I craytera rfty d'ty dty cray ' I Iten Iters ten tera Lives In Hed Rt"d Rtd Red " Chief Chit ' ! I D n ) cii ciiterritory / . , , a S Sterritory sterritory territory He lie fumbled tumblt-d tumblt d ' - In a II I ( kHere k t tHere tHere Here s a the addres addre51 address I ha hll Iscrew J 1 I t tscrew tscrew screw the dope out oul of R Red Real t'd td ' ( IPeters t I t tPt'ters fPeters Pt'ters Ptters Peters ' passed aome some 01 of o ( the thf ' Sstein S < , r rstem rstein stem stein tteal sleal steal on lilt inc ne ' of the k j Is ti 11 II man Then he asked an ) ilher ther who whosells whosells whosells sells papers If be Been l5een seen anything anythingabout anythingabout anythingabout about a B dead cop and laughed He lie Hewas liewas Hewas was drunk then th'n thn ( ' but the kid t f lIowed allowed allowedhim ) lIowedhJm llowedhim hJm him hI hme hmeDan h ( meDan me meDan Dan tr rnbltd rnblld riabled but his o 0 itwardn atwarda itward atward n a RllIl'r RllIlr nr at tier ncr ' wis W'lS WlS was ' calmly dignlflfcd dlgnlfil.d dlgnlfild dignlflcd . as he het het t k UI tie tt e ' I'ler Iler iiier I'lerIn iiierIra ( 11 ' cr crIn In Ira a II f t w n 1 I utes he was d wn at atIhe atthe atthe Ihe the i I a iccli 'ellet ellet edt ( ' et stall statl stati nAlII nAt n nAt AlII At it Casey- Casey Caseyhe Casey - he started sllrtt'd sllrttd ! ' with withafTl withatYa withatT afTl atYa < 'If If cii ( ' ct < I negligence negllgenct ' but no nther farther fartherw f irtherw ntherw w na r li h wild wildstn w aidstriggle ild aid stn stnggle striggle Itlle { fr tr m his lipsC lips C < ( HYS siy sy s a all rll.lt rlllt rihtt rlJ . ( t SI 5)1 51 s ) n bo ho m"d md med m"dtl medII modtt ( " tl II acaptain e f a- a ' - captain che clll'l cllll chea ' rlly nliy it 1 I ked kedw kedw kedw w rse U tt tI an It was WIIS The bullet justr JustI justa Just I a ! Icked eked his akill sk ak ill 111 I sa saw whim him this thisma thl thlrn . rn ma rning rnlng Ilyl layi 1 iyi g away a l t ig f a1 op opI aplies ' lies I es somel son-tel son tel some - ! dy m 81 ar nt himDan him himDan him himDan Dan sighed slghl.d slghld sighcd . and arid sar sal sat k weakly wl.akly wlakly wcakly . Into irato Intoa iratoa a chair chairHe chairlie He lie straightened himself hlmselt with aneffort an aneffort aneffort effort crossed his legs Il"gs Ilgs " nunchglant-ly nunchglant ly noncholant11 nonchalantly noncholant- noncholant nonchalant- nonchalant - - - 11 ly and fished out the slip of ot paperwith paper paperwith paperwith with Lefty Lefly Peters l'eters leters ' address a < ( n a It ItThat ItThat itThat That s a the man that shot Caseyhe Casey Caseyhe Caseyhe he snid SRld said calmly calmlyThe calmlyThe calmlyThe The omcer officer took the paper slowlystaring slowly slowlystaring slowlystaring staring at the h y ySon ySon ySon Son do y u mean that you youDan you-- you you- youDan youDan - - Dan cougt cougl cougi ed and his face flushed fiushed flushedI fiushedI I guess Captain we all gottagrow gotta gottagrow gottagrow grow up s 5 ir ft " irtime "dime dime -time time clime ( - ' he said withsuch with withsuch withsuch such a m en iture dure effort he embarragsed embar embarrassed embarrassed rassed himsdf hlmsf himsa If It and rose rOlle hastily tocover to tocover tocover cover his c r I fusion ruslon . . . Well Weil he must mustbe mustbe mustbe be better bettN If it he tackled apples appleslie appleslie applesHe lie saluted the officer omcer officerAtkin omcerAtkins officerAtklns Atkin Atkins ' ! n ii was still atlll staring a little littlesmle littlesmile littlesmile smle smile ! of ot understanding 8 at t tho the cor cornen corners corners nen ners f his mouth mouthI I tl U tI r I a k I U II 11 mosey upand up and say sayhell sayhella sayhell hell hella ) to In Casey said Dan ban 1)an 1an ) you youwon youwon youwont won t f firget frget ) rget about that guy Pe Peters Peters Peters ters ? The officer omcer rose returned the sa an salule anlute snlute snluteI lule lute luleI luteI I 11 II put a squad on it right away awayDan awayDan awayDan Dan he tie said huskily Then atter after atterhis afterhis afterhis his visitor moseyed mo.eyed moeyed . he muttert'dGr mutteredOr muttered muttert'd muttertd mutteredGr ' Gr Or wn up over night . Well 111 111be I Il Ilbe 11be 11belle be- be - - belie lle lie nnlshedwith finishedwith finished nnlshed with an admiring push pushlit pushat pushat lit at the desk button |
