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Show .AC:S UP CON'T. "Dr.12-,l er takes one card. " Nick · hisse d. -·-, l' into the cente r. "fuo grand e" s2 id the stren ger -:'I s he ":Jushed 11is uile to see these c2rds NickH . d in about seven hundr ed , 'I '11 s oe it," s z.. id Nie}: a.s he ~;rnshe 11 back withi n a h2.lf }1our w ith ths rest. 1 11 You' 11 And I' 11 be.ck by 1:00, the pot "E~.:-... ctly 1 2 :30,"S 2 ic! the strm ger, "If you'r e not choic e champ agne. be mine. " ~ ith t h.2 t, he pour ed h im a drin;: ·of Nick' s be '(?".; 71 the d oor. "O nG o'cloc l<.: it is," SD. id Nick as he brush ed ou t of th r on "Tnrn t's ."iUcl music cheery little 2 ra.dio ," sBi;l the strr.:.n gor somo ti.ne later , lets ba-re . r&dio tm of h S\7itc hench"Ilan g l e red 2t him but ".ve nt ove:c 2nd flicke d tli.G 71 as ;., ic.l t ho r a dio 2.nnou ncer "It is no·.\; exe ctly 15 secon ds to one o 'nlock , s in. a ag the henchman r oc: ched over a nd fl nshod the 1·e dio off exact ly 12:40 . '.I.1Lr1s dr:Yg ed on since Niel<: l eft, it v12.s nov1 ger. i t loo}:s 2 s i f Niclcv rn n't sh ow~ ) in time, " s, i:l the str.sn . table the to up tr.i2.t mome nt, the cloor burst open 2 nd Nick hurri ed B,_.._ t a t s your bet, Sc-ven , eir ht. nine, ten and eleve n hundr e, a.ni that cover . ta,ble Nie .:..s ho shove d tho money to t:1e c enter of the said m::r,.,:1 , 1 and over thG table Lots see those bills ." r-i ::• id. t::.e stran ger 2 s t.e hunch ed d, no4de .Ha ." novr rir,ht d 2roun looke d . "You know there a.ro a lot o:f ·-1honey s g oing then shove d them baclc "On the ta.ble . 11 "0.K . Romeo ," s r-..id Nick, •'What havei you got. tt hs-v e od out l:is gun. I "Its show- down m.ok, "said the stran z,er 2 s ho i7~1i'?p 1 erfeit count arc bill :L··,os ti,no. onoug h on you to ~ut you behin d bars for fl long Bti t not so Cj_uick for Nj cl·.: as r.e flashe d his ovm gun into -play. Two stifli ng roars and Niclc , slump ed to the floor . hcrt\cd the rest of th~t w.omont, the door oponocl Jnd six 11.niforrncd Polic e the g amble rs out of th8 room. n,:: it over, he saw The "St i f.•l~~er " st1"cl led over to tho body of Nic1r. Ttu·ni OVQIho turne d ity, cnros \4'ough still clenc he d in his l oft h8.nd fi-rre c2..rds . Tt wer-e f2.ce the in hir:1 ng stari there the hand. H4J m1;i..r::1er cd 2 stDrt lins cry, for spade s . four B ees ;,-; i th 2 holo shot clean ly throu[;;h the 8 C0 of :~ t ********** · |
