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“tow'd he get it out?" Shavings asks. “wa.ler, the librarian, I supposs. Haybe he wrote it after he left, I don't know. ' . "I see!" Chavings exclains. "Soe what?” Doc asks. fa ae a2 oe ee ee £3235-— WBSNIDEton askKea 105 Bissor o a a ee rm i] Thet's it, then. Meoodey evidently talked." "al‘11 burn up when he reads this, dnd listen, don't worry about the money. You get it if I have to steal it for you. ‘And I'l] stand there with Al while he reads it, and make bin burn it up wher he’s through. Take my word for it!" Shavings didn't take Doc's word. And Shavings wasn't surprised the next day when he heard from half a dozen Capone's cronies that they hed read the story after it was passed on to then by Capone. Trust Caponef Shavings said he wouldn't again. . + money or mo money. But Shavings, after all, is convict, and a convict's vows are silly prattie. . When Capone heard of Shavings ultimatum, he vehomntly denied having shown the article to anyons. Doc substantiated Capone's statement dn this respect. But it was evident, since Capone's own henchmen admitted it, that he had shown them the article to give them an idea just how matters stood. "We need that guy on the pay reli," Capone tells Doc. "Bots ine position to do good, What the Hell's the matter with him that he wont coms in!” “Says he doesn't want anything to do with you. Gleims you let a guy down when he needs you. & smart kid, I guarantee, Al, All them bankers and lawyers use him. He even does work for the guards. « « writes letters and things for then. I can't make him out, though. fhink he might be a D, J. man? He once said he used to work for the government." "D. ds or S. 3, I gotta talk to him! I been hearing a lot a>out him, and I know he knows # lot that I want to learn. He's got access to my file, haen't he? * “Yeah, al. Has charge of then, Writes the letters and sees the answers. J can't got mich out of him, though. Pretty olose-mouthed Sn pe cement