Picture Play Magazine (Oct-Nov 1915)

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ieclared McGowan. "When we pinch [hem, they won't have a Chinaman's :hance in court, and it'll be Atlanta for hem." ll "Say, Charley," said Jim Ford, as he sat on the edge of Sharp's desk, "Edlie and' I are going uptown to lunch, and we won't be back this afternoon. We've got a couple of live prospects chat we are going to work on, and I rhink that before the afternoon is over PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY ting pinched. In fact, I am sort of surprised that we've been able to get away with our graft so long as we have. I didn't think there were so many easy marks in New York." "What's the matter, Jim ; are you losing your nerve?" drawled Black. "I don't think that there is much of a chance of our being picked up." "That's all right, there may not be much of a chance of our being nabbed ; but, grab it from me, brother, I am out and made their way to the ticket offices, where they purchased through tickets for Toronto. In the bag that Black carried, which he had previously checked at the parcel counter, in anticipation of a sudden departure from New York, was the combined sum of their share of the Gee Whiz mining swindle. As Sharp sat in a luxurious downtown restaurant, satisfying the desires of the inner man, the head waiter sud . : ; we'll land 'em. You'll stay in the office, won't you?" "Surest thing you know," replied Sharp. "Hope you and Eddie have luck with your prospects." Seated in Jim Ford's limousine, the two gatherers of gold were being taken uptown. "Eddie," began Jim Ford, as he chewed savagely on a big, black cigar, "it's time for us to be making our getaway. I don't think that we can bleed the suckers much longer without get Investors fought at the cashier's window. going to beat it with my pile while the beating's good. If any one is going to be pinched, I am perfectly willing to let the cops get Sharp. He was the one who planned the whole game." "Well, I guess you're right. We've both cleaned up in pretty good shape, and we can get to Canada in time to beat the boys decorated with the neat little shields." The limousine drew up before the entrance to the Grand Central Terminal building. Black and Ford leaped denly bustled over to the table, and, in an awe-struck voice, whispered : "Mr. Sharp, the detectives have just raided your offices, and have confiscated everything they can get their hands on. People in the Street say that they have pinched the Gee Whiz Company for fraudulent use of the mails." An ashy pallor spread over Sharp's face. His hands trembled violently. "Jones, call a cab," he ordered, in a husky whisper. As the cab drove past the building