You did that to help yourself. Shut
up! Don't try to deny it. I know!"
Barney did not attempt denial. Barlow went on:
"And the second thing I want to tell you, and tell you hard, is this:
You gotta turn in some business! The easy way you've been going makes
it look like you've forgot I've got hold of you where the hair's long.
Young man, you'd better remember that I've got you cold for that
Gregory stock business--you and Old Jimmie Carlisle. Got all the
papers in a safety-deposit vault, and got three witnesses doing
stretches in Sing Sing. Keep on telling yourself all that! and keep on
telling yourself that, if you don't come across, some day soon I'll
suddenly discover that you're the guilty party in that Gregory affair,
and I'll bring down those witnesses I've got cached in Sing Sing."
Barney moved uneasily in his chair. He knew the bargain he had made,
and did not like to dwell upon the conditions under which he was a
licensed adventurer.
"No need to rag me like this, Chief," he protested. "Sure I remember
all you've said. And you're not going to have cause to be sore much
longer. There'll be plenty doing."
"See that there is! And see that you don't pull any raw work. And see
that you don't let your foot slip. For if you do, you know what'll
happen to you.
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