I am
satisfied, and I am going to let you into a secret, Mr. Dunne. I can fix
you out just lovely. You will have the whole business, for the king-pin
is to be here to-night. You'll get the muggs of all the big men. If you
were ready to close in you couldn't have a better chance; for as I said
the king-pins will all be here to-night. But I don't see how I can run
clear of suspicion."
"I tell you that in no way will you be involved. I will open up from
another quarter. What I pick up here to-night is only side evidence.
I've got almost all I need."
"And you won't forget me?"
"No, sir."
"You know I've always been faithful."
"You have, and it's a good streak of luck that they covied right here in
your den."
"Yes, they have covied here for a long time."
"Are you into this affair?"
"Only partially. I am not one of them, but they have paid me well; never
asked me to go in."
"Then you can't locate anything?"
"Only the men."
"You know them all?"
"Only the big fellows, and they will all be here to-night. Their big
gun, the boss of all of them, is in town, and to-night he receives
reports up there. Yes, sir, you will get it all. Is it luck or Dunne?"
"It's a little of both, old man."
"You've got it good, that's all. You are against the deck every time,
and I did not look to you for a drop in on this thing--no, never.
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