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"It's Mary," he explained, with some embarrassment; "her and
young Gilder."
"Well?" came the crisp question.
"Well, somehow," Garson went on, still somewhat confusedly, "I
can't see any good of it, for her."
"Why?" Aggie demanded, in surprise.
Garson's manner grew easier, now that the subject was well
broached.
"Old man Gilder's got a big pull," he vouchsafed, "and if he
caught on to his boy's going with Mary, he'd be likely to send
the police after us--strong! Believe me, I ain't looking for any
trip up the river."
Aggie shook her head, quite unaffected by the man's suggestion of
possible peril in the situation.
"We ain't done nothin' they can touch us for," she declared, with
assurance. "Mary says so."
Garson, however, was unconvinced, notwithstanding his deference
to the judgment of his leader.
"Whether we've done anything, or whether we haven't, don't
matter," he objected. "Once the police set out after you,
they'll get you. Russia ain't in it with some of the things I
have seen pulled off in this town.


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