I knew Larry would
refuse, and I figured out everything else exactly as it has happened.
I ask you, wasn't that putting something clever over?"
"It certainly was clever!" admired Maggie.
"Wait! That's only half. To finish Larry off so that he wouldn't have
a chance I had to finish him off not only with the cops, but also with
his pals. So I tipped off Barlow to the game Red Hannigan and Jack
Rosenfeldt were pulling and--"
"Then Larry Brainard really didn't do that?"
"No; I did it! Listen--there's some more to it. I spread the word, so
that it seemed to be a leak from the Police Department, that it was
Larry who had squealed on Red Hannigan and Jack Rosenfeldt. Did his
old pals start out to get Larry? Well, now, did they! If I do say it
myself, that was smooth work!"
"It was wonderful!" agreed Maggie.
"And there's still more, Maggie! You remember that charge of stick-up
and attempted murder of a Chicago guy that the police are trying to
land Larry on? I put that over! I'm the party that was messed up in
that. I was trying to put over a neat little job all on my own; but
something went wrong just as I thought I was cleaning out the sucker,
and I had to be rough with that Chicago guy in order to make a get-
away from him. I beat it straight to Barlow, and said that right here
was the chance to fasten something on Larry.
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