The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [57]
“Ammunit
i io
i n
o !” excla
l imed Jupe
p .
. “And guns, I bet.” He
H
e lo
l o
o k
o e
k d
e
d at
a
t Sh
S e
h l
e b
l y
b
y
Tuckerman.
n
. “I tho
h u
o ght it
i mig
i ht
h be
b drugs,
s ” he said. “I
I th
t o
h u
o g
u h
g t
h
t Er
E n
r i
n e
i
e an
a d
n
d hi
h s
i
s fr
f i
r e
i n
e d
n s
d
s
were usi
s n
i g
g t
he
h Maria
i II
I I in
i so
s m
o e so
s r
o t of
o
f drug-smuggling operation.”
“Over my dead bo
b d
o y!” crie
i d Ei
E l
i een Denic
i ol
o a
l .
. “If
I
f yo
y u
o
u th
t i
h n
i k
n
k Er
E n
r i
n e
i
e ev
e e
v r
e
r to
t o
o k
o
k th
t a
h t
a
t
bo
b a
o t si
s x
i in
i ch
c e
h s
s fr
f om
o the
h doc
o k wit
i ho
h u
o t me a
bo
b a
o rd,
, you
o ’re
r
e s
a
s d
a l
d y
l
y m
i
m s
i t
s a
t k
a e
k n
e !
n ”
Er
E nie
i grin
i ne
n d.
. “We’re goi
o n
i g to
o take it
i now
o ,
, Mrs.
s
. Denic
i ol
o a
l ,” he
h
e sa
s i
a d
i ,
d “and you
won’t be
b abo
b a
o rd.”
“The
h re wil
i l
l
l be
b guns
s abo
b a
o rd,” sa
s id Jupe
p .
. “And tha
h t,
, of
o
f cou
o rse
s ,
, is
i
s why
h you
o rob
o b
b e
b d
the
h ba
b nk.
. Yo
Y u
o needed
e the
h mon
o ey fo
f r
o guns.
s
. Wha
h t cou
o ld
l
d be
b mor
o e natural
l fo
f r
o a bu
b nch
h of
revol
o u
l tio
i n
o ar
a ie
i s?
s You
o ’ll
l sh
s i
h p
i
p the
h guns
s to
o Mesa
s d’Oro,
o
, whe
h re the
h y’ll
l be
b
e us
u e
s d
e
d to
t
o sh
s o
h o
o t
o
in
i noc
o ent
t pe
p o
e p
o l
p e
l .”
Er
E nie
i drew
w hi
h m
i se
s lf
l
f up
p to
o hi
h s
i
s fu
f ll
l
l he
h ig
i ht
h and lo
l o
o k
o ed rig
i hteou
o s.
s
. “Th
T e
h y
e ’ll be used in
the
h ba
b tt
t le
l fo
f r
o just
s ic
i e,” he
h sa
s id
i .
“Accor
o din
i g
g to
o so
s m
o e pu
p bl
b i
l s
i h
s e
h d repo
p r
o ts,
s ” said Jupe, “th
t e
h
e ba
b t
a t
t l
t e
l
e fo
f r
o
r ju
j s
u t
s i
t c
i e
c
e ca
c n
in
i clu
l de
e sn
s ip
i i
p n
i g at u
nar
a med civ
i il
i i
l a
i n
a s.
s ”
“If
f you
o mea
e n the
h
e Ci
C v
i il
i
l Guard
r of
o
f Mesa
s d’Oro
r ,
o
, the
h y repr
p ese
s nt the
h sp
s o
p i
o l
i e
l rs
s who
h ha
h ve
st
s ol
o e
l n ou
o r la
l nd,” sa
s id
i
d E
r
E nie
i .
. His
i
s che
h eks
s bu
b rn
r ed w
it
i h
h col
o o
l u
o r.
“Don
o ’t li
l s
i t
s en to
o hi
h m
i , Er
E nest
s o,
o ” said Shelby. “It doe
o sn
s ’t
t ma
m t
a t
t e
t r
e
r wh
w a
h t
a
t th
t e
h
e bo
b y
o
thinks.”
“You
o were the
h scar-fa
f ce
c d be
b ggar,” said Jupe to Shelby. “Yo
Y u
o
u us
u e
s d
e
d th
t e
h
e di
d s
i g
s u
g i
u s
i e
s
e to
t
o
watch
h the
h ba
b nk wit
i ho
h u
o t
u be
b in
i g reco
c g
o niz
i e
z d by
b Mr.
. Bon
o est
s ell
l .
l
. You
o knew abo
b u
o t th
t e
h vault
l
wit
i h
h the
h tim
i e lo
l c
o k,
, and you
o kn
k ew
e Mr.
. Bon
o est
s ell
l
l wou
o ld
l be
b alo
l n
o e in
i the
h ba
b nk
k aft
f er the
h
e
cle
l anin
i g pe
p o
e p
o l
p e
l le
l ft
f . If on
o ly
l you
o ha
h dn’t be
b en
e so
s
o greedy.
. You
o fo
f u
o nd Mr.
. Seba
b st
s ia
i n’s
wall
l e
l t at
a De
D nic
i ol
o a
l ’s
s the
h day
y be
b fo
f r
o e the
h rob
o b
b e
b r
e y.
. It was
s a
a be
b autif
i u
f l
l wall
l e
l t,
, and
n
d in
i st
s ead
a
of
o
f turnin
i g it
i in
i or
o drop
o p
p i
p n
i g it
i in
i to
t
o a mail
i b
l o
b x,
, you
o pu
p t it
i in
i to
o you
o r
r po
p c
o ket and
n kept
p it
i .
But you
o dro
r p
o p
p e
p d it at the
h sc
s ene of
o
f the
h rob
o b
b ery,
, and it
i le
l d us
s rig
i ht
h ba
b ck he
h re to
o the
dock.”
“I …
. I was
a
s goi
o n
i g to
o dr
d op
o
p it
i in
i a