"
"Damn him!" said Ravenslee softly. "I wish I'd throttled a little
harder!"
"I guess you give Bud all he needs for the present," said Spider grimly,
"anyway, I'm goin' t' see. The Kid ain't hurt none. Get him home t' bed,
an' he'll be all right s'long, long, Geoff."
"Good night, Spider, and--thank you. Oh, by the way, who's Heine?"
"Heine's a Deutscher, Geoff. Heine's about as clean as dirt an' as
straight as a corkscrew; why, he'd shoot his own mother if y' paid him,
like he did--but say, what d' you know about him, anyway?"
"Well, for one thing, I know he's been arrested in Jersey City--"
"Heine? Pinched? Say, bo, what yer givin' us--who says so?"
"Bud, and--"
But the Spider, waiting for no more, had turned about and was running
back across the open lot.
CHAPTER XXI
HOW M'GINNIS THREATENED AND--WENT
"Mr. Geoffrey, prayer is a wonderful prop to a anxious 'eart!" said Mrs.
Trapes, leaning over the banisters to greet him as he ascended. "Mr.
Geoffrey, my hands has been lifted in prayer for ye this night as so did
me behoove, and here you are safe back with--that b'y.
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