Show I Zbc Sall gukt irtibune Sunday Morning 1911 1 August 4 Er Higlan Reed By IIP 2 7 - y 011 know how it I You're tough see? t(i1 wanted to do things once but yOu're toughet: io you went into the ring and hammered some or the boys around in prelim then got to windupi:be fore you knew you didn't have it You're atill tough but can be married and be independent of the money of our parents" HADN'T meant to Nobody could have told me five minutes before that I'd be telling thisc dame about Ida but I did I'd been carrying it around inside me for so long not even letting on to myself that just sdrt of ran off at the mouth When I finished I felt better but empty She put her hand on mine "I understand" "But it isn't what you'd have done" I Said "I don't know I might have under the circumstances' But Joe why don't you go to her when this is over? You'll have enough money to start a business and—" "She's married" I cut in "tier husband funs a delicatessen and they have two kids" Her Angers closed over my hand and neither of us spoke "Chummy huh?" It was Red standing in the doorway One hand was in hispocket where he carried his heater "Better stand watch outside kid" I got up and went out the door ' yeti can't take the topnotchers long with'The So you drift into Jake- Gilson's mob other smart boys who aren't sucker enough to worktfor peanuts when there's heavy sugar just vatting tocli be picked up was sitting and that's why-Well that's the set-u- p in a shack on Green Island playing cribbage withlted Crane We were both on edge and were messing upeur fifteen-twand growling at one another Red is a'ret dium-size- d guy with a caVed-i- n chest and'a bad cotighi but he's one of the best triggermen in thebusinessi It was time Jake and the other two boys in the snob got here This was our first snatch and it had to be good Jake promised she'd be returned just like we tobnd her and there'd be grand tci!- divide Ini I still didn't like it but I didn't know any 'easier wa et getting a pocketful of what it takes in this life e I os two-hundr- ed TAKE had been planning on snatching Jfin Rogers4oe: ok over a year You know the Rogers a wad of dough and a deb daughter which is Jan )' Green Island had been one of Jake's best ideas :You see it was owned by Rogers himself and no one would think of looking there especially since it had never been used !: "The devil with this game" Red got up and looked out the door "It's getting me" I admitted "You don't suppose:the :t job layed an egg?" Red tensed then we both relaxed as we heard The sound of the launch "Forget it kid" said Red "Our-company's comin'" "Yeah" I grunted The launch docked at the natural cove just belowlhe shack and in a few minutes we were helping Jake 'end the boys unload Jan Rogers "You didn't slug her?" I asked Jake !1 6 I ' I N '' i learned swimming the hard way A porpoise couldret catch me" "You're sure?" 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Underneath rd soft of known that all along but it still shook Me I'd seen guys bumped oft before but this wail different She wasn't just a mug I got to thinking of Ida the little girl I'd been In loVe with at 16 She'd begged me to take a Job and stay orit of the ring But it was too late I'd never admitted how much ft tore me apart when we finally broke up Red came out and interrupted me "You 'play nursamaid for awhile This frigid: type gets me"' When I went into the shack Jan was walking around sort of flexing her arms Except for being a little pale she still looked fresh like ihewas on her way to a par :: "Joe" she asked "why don't you talk to:rne?“ "Nothing to talk about" "Then it Isn't because you'll have to dispoie of me ita loon as y u collect the ransom? "I kne I wasn't going to be set free" she continued "but I on't blame you Joe and there's no reason to make t ese last days worse"I took another whiskey "What's to talk about?" "You Joe" she said "Are you going to:drilt 01141 this—this sort of thing?" "What's the difference?" ' "Joe you really aren't like that Red Is but yoiii I g x - - "But they have a boat' "I'll take care of that and 4 q next morning T HE stationed himself - mainland" dip — - '71 " ! i ay ran to the north end of the island I could hear the launch coughing asit docked at the cove "Strip to your scantiits" I Said "and make for Horseshoe Island And if you hieven't broken swim records before this is the time to do it" "What about you?" I turned my back "Never mind me and start stripping I got a score to settle first then Ill swim tor die WE ti "What's the din'? She'll come armind okeh" Jake's a big fellow crowds 25o: pounds4rid that's a lot when you figure he's only five feet seen But he's a brainy guy and make no mistake about that "Not getting squeamish?" Jake's eyebrows had lifted' and he was frowning - c "The kid's all right" Red put in for Me "He jUSt needs a job like this under his belt" 'Take seemed satisfied and pretty soon the three of them left Red and me staying with the girl :' I poured some whiskey In a glass and forced it between her teeth She coughed then sat up part wais blinking her eyes "What happened Where! ath- I?" she asked "You've been kidnaped"1 told the girl ?Just behive t yourself and nothing will happen to you" 1! get-aw- - back against the wall The sound of the launch came across the water That would be Jake Jake with 200 grand to divide up as soon as we got rid of Jan I knew then what was the E laughed "Everyone calls me Jan" she told me "What ire tbey holding me for Joe?" I shook my head "You should know better than710 silk me questions like that" "Oh" She was silent a minute then she iiked: "What are you doing in the company of these men Joe? You don't seem to belong" "That's no good either" I said "I'm in!this for the same reasons the others are Don't get it In your head I'm any softer a nut to crack It's no dice! "I'm sorry" she said "I didn't mean it that way Joe" For some reason I knew she wasn't lying It wasirt I Went outside malarky to help her make a and changed places with Red f Z Red grinned "That's better" I'd got up and he came over reaching for the bottle let him have a right hook on the side of the jaw It was my Sunday punch and it'd 'put away bigger gUys than Red He did a half turn and slid to the floor "Come on" I snapped at Jan "We have to move fast" got dark I went into the shack Jan was rlasted on the bunk She didn't look up but her lace was peaceful and calm Red was sitting on a box humming out of tune I sat down on the floor and leaned :'- I fixed Jan's breakfast Red fled outside where he could watch the water Horseshoe Island is less than a mile:to the north and a lot of people have homes there That was what lied wag watching most and you could her his cough every few minutes She said: "You needn't frown all the time" I saw she was smiling at me and involuntarily I got a sheepish grin on my face "Apparently we're going to see quite a bit of one another" she continued "so we might as well make Ole best of it What should I call you?" In a moment I felt a kisl on my ear "You'll get In touchwith me tomorrow?" "Yeah Beat it" I heard a soft splash in the water then I 'hurried for the shack I had :to keep their attention to take their mind 'off Jan I had to keep them from starting out in the launch When I got to where I could see Jake and the two boys had lust come'front the shack: Red wobbled behind them i Taking out my gun I lay on my bellyin a Sort of ditch I drew a bead on Jake's squat bulk squeezing the trigger slowly I pushed 'down the tight feeling inside me as I saw: I'd missed l'"rantically I shot three :times more and he crumpled 'I sent andther 'one into hiin as he was falling I was so relieved it alrnoit made rne drunk I'd got the brains and noW they wouldn't know whet to do not until It was too late The Others had all taken shelter and lead was combing the ground around Me I felt a slug bite into my left shoulder Red was shooting from the doorway of the shack and I tried for him I didn't want to kill him just put him out of commission'because f wouldn't have a chance if he was able to keerlion shootitig He must have still been groggy or he'd have done better My shot splinteted the wood on the doorway and caught Red's arm But it was too late Then was when I got the second slug and I linew I was done for but as I felt myself fadinrout I wanted to laugh People were all wrong They thought slugs hurt you but they made you feel happy If you were'tough they did leelings" it WHEN e" farnily--bluebd- II matter—why Jan could look: peaceful while I was tied up in knots inside I'd been lying to myself I wasn't tough and I never had been Ici taken the easy way I'd'been afraid to do what wanted to "Say you still sore at me" Red demanded I laughed "Don't be silly" I :picked up the bottle "Here well have a drink on it to 'show there's no hard - - aren't" 3:: wanted to play the fiddle I'm nuts :about itTh "And didn't you?" Her face had lit up "Sure I was vied My mother thought I vias a 'genitif and I was the teacher's prize pupil But yOu couldn't play a fiddle where I lived That's how I got my start lighting I had to lick every kid that thought I was :a sissy and finally I was doing all fighting" "But it isn't too late Joe You're young yet With your share of the ransom money you can buy a violin and take lessons from the best" I held out my hands "Broke my mitts si couple 01 times I could play but I'd never really be good" "Oh I'm sorry Isn't there anything else Joe?" 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