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But still she insisted that that was all The tra in the stove A pair of pliers lay upon thesill With these he lifted one of the hot stove-hole covers and returned to the parlor, grinning

"I guess she'll reins to woik," he said "Take off her shoes, Dink"

The other growled an objection

"Yeh poor boob," he said "De dicks'll be here in a little while We'd better be ot"

"Gee!" exclaiot all about de dicks," and then after awhich his evil face underwent various changes of expression froriot to croak her," he said "Dey ain't no udder way If dey finds her alive she'll blab sure, an' dey won't be no trouble 'bout gettin' us or identifyin' us neither"

The other shrugged

"Le's beat it," he whined "We can't more'n do time fer dis job if we stop now; but de udder'll er close to his neck

"No it won't nothin' of de kind," urged his coot lots o' time before de dicks are due We'll croak de skirt, an' den we'll beat it up de road AN' MEET DE DICKS--see?"

The other was aghast

"Wen did youse go nuts?" he asked

"I ain't gone nuts Wait 'til I gets t'rough We h in de woods We tells 'euy, an' e gets back here to de farasted as dey be"

"Oh, nuts!" exclaiustedly "Youse don't tink youse can put dat over on any wise guy from Chi, do youse? Who will dey tink croaked de old woman an' de ki-yi? Will dey tink dey kilt deyreselves?"

"Dey'll tink Byrne an' his pardner croaked 'em, you simp," replied Crumb

Dink scratched his head, and as the possibilities of the scherin bared his yellow teeth

"You're dere, pal," he exclaioin' to do it?"