| Show fiction J I 1 WW QUICK GRANGE CHANGE 00 rite JL by brank L PARKE three people on the RE were afman van square platform the C korty and the girl birl th bound trains train had ed d still ule the girl irl waited so baited cited too H he would have d all U day a as long S as she was hut but he had bad an idea it oita was tough cessare Ces ss ary sary sunned hardheaded hard headed you e thought it to look at nt have but he be had what amounted to delicate little feelers sense es like invisible anten arc grouting eption up P from the round hard skull he could tell when coming perhaps ll iiii was s 12 what hat had bad made him a good ons nil climbing from the ranks a f detective that and his ami jilio gness to shoot it out on bi til III occasions was a w good food man with a gun conscious of the weight of sheathed hea thed beneath his coat something was coming sure bure me hugh was coming thi s any minute now IB i korty knew it they ways wa knew that mchugh vt best had written to her but t they h e y r fiction known what he had said ald now it was obvious he had ted ged to meet her here on a AB ajo el train at a certain time fu three in the after 1 and korty had been trailing i arl most ot of the day he was to bring achu mchugh h in by him dead is as the saying goes or most likely dead or near it y had a notion me mchugh hugh would ili lis pm gun before hed let anyone him birn well that was fine with let tIc mchughs Hughs hand move la he would tee see fortys hand t but quicker so and rid that would IW the last thing he be would see a no chances with a killer most ii a young one i stood there with his sij extra ea sense thrumming like HB i string listening to the rum ithe approaching train he had a pretending to be in difficulties il A pun gum vending machine on the ana now he gave it a couple ut jerks hla elio eyes slanted and jaw BT the girl stop her nervous j and stare at the train com ah ibbe he taw saw that and hs noticed absently the old woman yai vas the third person on the arm she was feeding peanuts i pigeons that always whirl and S and parade around sullivan we an she sha was a tiny little thing tab black clothes and she was tj g at the pigeons milling at her up for what she had 1 ti re them ja ae train rattled in and stopped I 1 i hiss and shudder of air it bother the pigeons they were i 4 to the EL the middle door of i fat car opened and mid and turned and took three A steps toward the door of the car opposite him but the pigeons used to and they were closer than hed thought at his sudden approach they leaped into the air with clattering wings a whirling cloud dodged and smacked squarely into the old woman lie he weighed two hundred pounds she went down he hurt her but by the time hed gone through through the automatic reaction of picking her up and seeing that she was all right the doors were closed and the train was on its way thank you the old woman said but there to hear it he was taking the steps tour four at a time to get to the street for a cab gotta catch that train at the next stations he bawled step on it the pupils of her eyes seemed to swell as she peered at him did you do it mart the murder kit you know you know ive been straight since I 1 got out ive been sticking to the job ive been getting good pay I 1 was in line for a raise when this but the pol police icell its a mistake I 1 swear it but I 1 cant prove it I 1 was living in this cheap joint saving money so you could come on soon someone tricked this rich guy in there and killed him I 1 knew look up my record and pin it on me just tike like they did so I 1 beat it first its just luck just crummy luck ive been going straight kit I 1 f f I 1 r 71 e 16 am dodged and smacked squarely into the woman the doors closed and the train was on its way the driver nodded okay boss he yanked the wheels and slapped her through low to high A light held them you wanna see the paper he asked like a good up tip wise he tumbled fumbled lor for it in the bucket seat to pass it back to dickens with it it complained pla ined trying to get a look at the train above step on this can will you then he referred to the pigeons in picturesque speech THE HE girl found a seat and the young man held a strap in front of her both faces were young alike too in that they were strained white and empty she moved to where there was more space and he be followed and dropped down beside her you have come mart you have taken the chance 1 I had to see you he said maybe M ay the last time they wont take me kit im better dead than in the pen again even been going to church I 1 even told one of the curates ccrates all about us he said when you came on we could be married right in church I 1 mean he looked at her quickly did you tell anybody 1 I had to she said 1 I told ma she would have known soon anyway she against you mart in in spite of getting mixed up in that trouble she said she felt be a good man it if you ever got a chance oh mart what are we going to do ill get to canada he be said ill get there unless they they catch up with me they arent taking me kit I 1 cant help it baby im not letting them take me I 1 got a gun here and ill oh no martl marti no no nol missed it at city square but he got it at friend street he knew they left the train he would have seen them he caught it all right but not alone first pigeons muttered under his breath with a few other words and now these lugs he meant about fifty high school boys and girls they were talking laughing and pushing and was jammed with them into the car where apparently they au all wanted to stay mchugh much older than any of these thought grimly well too bad too bad product of environment they called it polite way of saying slums he could see mchugh and the girl up in the car ahead that crowded plenty of space thought it if mchugh went for it tough in front of the girl but what could you do shoved his way forward inch by inch he need that extra sense now he could see what he be was going after but still it was plucking at his bis nerves maybe it means youre going to get it this time maybe maybe doggone it grunted out of my way will youl lie he was jammed between a kid and a fat man and the fat man was trying to read his paper and the front page was literally pushed into fortys face he help seeing it mchugh boy innocent murderer confesses mchugh exonerated flight attributed to panic the train pulled into BOY boylston boydston IStOn street while was still reading he shouldered past the tat fat man went out the door and walked down the platform he put his arm in an open window and tapped mchugh on the shoulder and said quickly youre okay we dont want you hey leave that gun alone now throw it away dont get scared so quick after aate r this As the train jolted ahead he shouted from the platform buy a daperl what did he mean kit fit gasped gee gee I 1 dont know gee I 1 I 1 say he be said get a paper I 1 any change you got any pennies no kit said she smiled the first time in a week it must have been you want to know why see ma knew I 1 was going to meet you she wanted to have one good look at you she said she promised shed act like she know bep mep me so ao I 1 told her where she said look better if she was wai doing something ani I 1 gave her my last few cents to buy peanuts tor for the pigeons |
