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MR./NNP MARTIN/NNP DOYLE,/NNP Mr./NNP Andrew/NNP Cummiskey,/NNP Mr./NNP Peter/NNP O'Rourke,/NNP Mr./NNP Frank/NNP Brady/NNP and/CC Mr./NNP James/NNP Foley/NNP were/VBD seated/VBN in/IN the/DT private/JJ snuggery/NN behind/IN Mr./NNP Matthew/NNP McKeon's/NNP sample-room/NN on/IN Washington/NNP Street,/NNP San/NNP Francisco./NNP It/PRP was/VBD late/RB in/IN the/DT evening/NN of/IN Thanksgiving/NNP Day,/NNP 1874,/CD and/CC these/DT gentlemen/NNS had/VBD met/VBN by/IN appointment/NN to/TO discuss/VB a/DT very/RB serious/JJ and/CC important/JJ matter/NN of/IN business./DT The/DT apartment/NN was/VBD small/JJ and/CC its/PRP$ atmosphere/NN was/VBD changing/VBG into/IN a/DT pale/JJ blue/JJ haze./NN This/DT was/VBD due/JJ to/TO Mr./NNP McKeon's/NNP cigars,/VBD one/CD of/IN which/WDT was/VBD wielded/VBN by/IN each/DT of/IN the/DT party./NN From/IN the/DT saloon/NN outside/IN muffled/JJ sounds/NNS of/IN holiday/NN revelry/NN stole/VBD in,/RB swelling/VBG into/IN positive/JJ uproar/NN when/WRB the/DT host/NN opened/VBD the/DT door,/NN which/WDT he/PRP did/VBD every/DT ten/CD or/CC fifteen/CD minutes,/NNS to/TO put/VB in/IN his/PRP$ head/NN to/TO inquire/VB if/IN "the/DT jintlemen/NNS wanted/VBD anything."/RB To/TO each/DT of/IN these/DT appeals/NNS Mr./NNP Martin/NNP Doyle/NNP made/VBD the/DT same/JJ reply:/NN "Nothin',/IN Mat,/NNP noth-in';/NN we're/NN here/RB for/IN business,/NN not/RB for/IN dhrink."/NNS And/CC the/DT door/NN was/VBD closed/VBN again./RB The/DT truth/NN was/VBD that/IN all/DT five/CD were/VBD patriots/NNS of/IN the/DT most/RBS advanced/JJ type,/NN and/CC had/VBD met/VBN to/TO determine/VB upon/IN the/DT best/JJS means/NNS of/IN freeing/VBG old/JJ Ireland/NNP from/IN the/DT bloody/JJ and/CC tyrannical/JJ yoke/NN of/IN the/DT Saxon/NNP oppressor./NNP It/PRP is/VBZ true/JJ that/IN "opprissor"/NN was/VBD the/DT word/NN used/VBN in/IN their/PRP$ frequent/JJ repetition/NN of/IN this/DT formula,/NN but/CC the/DT meaning/NN was/VBD the/DT same./JJ In/IN spite/NN of/IN the/DT periodical/JJ refusal/NN of/IN McKeon's/NNP offers/NNS of/IN refreshment,/NN the/DT table/NN round/NN which/WDT they/PRP were/VBD seated/VBN was/VBD fairly/RB furnished/VBN with/IN drinkables;/NNS perhaps/RB this/DT circumstance/NN emboldened/VBD them/PRP to/TO decline/VB further/JJ supplies./NN Messrs./NNP Cummiskey,/NNP Brady,/NNP O'Rourke,/NNP and/CC Foley/NNP paid/VBD attention/NN to/TO a/DT portly/RB bottle/NN of/IN Kinahan's/NNP L/NNP L,/NNP the/DT contents/NNS of/IN which/WDT they/PRP qualified/VBD in/IN varying/VBG proportions/NNS with/IN hot/JJ water,/NN lemon,/NN and/CC sugar./VBD Mr./NNP Doyle's/NNP tastes/VBZ had/VBD become/VBN so/RB vitiated/JJ by/IN long/JJ residence/NN in/IN America/NNP as/IN to/TO lead/VB him/PRP to/TO prefer/VB simple/JJ Bourbon/NN whiskey;/NN but,/CC this/DT detail/NN apart,/RB he/PRP was/VBD as/RB true/JJ an/DT Irishman/NN still/RB as/IN on/IN the/DT day,/NN now/RB some/DT twenty-five/CD years/NNS ago,/IN when,/IN a/DT lank,/NN ungainly/RB boy,/, he/PRP had/VBD entered/VBN Tapscott's/NNP office/NN in/IN Liverpool/NN and/CC engaged/VBD passage/NN for/IN the/DT land/NN of/IN promise./NN Indeed,/IN it/PRP was/VBD Mr./NNP Doyle/NNP who/WP had/VBD called/VBN the/DT present/JJ meeting/NN together./. 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He/PRP could/MD not/RB stir/VB from/IN the/DT spot;/NN he/PRP could/MD not/RB even/RB look/VB to/TO seehow/VB it/PRP fared/VBD with/IN his/PRP$ companion./NN There/EX was/VBD no/DT time/NN to/TO collect/VB his/PRP$ thoughts/NNS or/CC rally/VB his/PRP$ energies./NN Not/RB three/CD seconds/NNS had/VBD elapsed/VBN since/IN he/PRP was/VBD walking/VBG gayly/RB homeward,/NN and/CC now/RB he/PRP stood,/VBD maimed/VBN and/CC helpless,/VBN expecting/VBG nothing/NN but/CC death./NN One,/IN two--sharp/JJ and/CC clear/JJ rang/VBD out/RP the/DT twin/JJ reports/NNS of/IN a/DT revolver./NN Ffrench/NN opened/VBD his/PRP$ eyes./NN The/DT blow/NN had/VBD not/RB fallen,/VBN and/CC the/DT assassin/NN lay/VBD writhing/VBG at/IN his/PRP$ feet,/NNS clutching/VBG the/DT heavy/JJ "knuckle/NN duster"/NN in/IN his/PRP$ convulsive/NN grasp./VBD In/IN that/DT moment/NN the/DT young/JJ journalist/NN had/VBD tasted/VBN the/DT bitterness/NN of/IN death./NN Carrick/NNP Meagher/NNP stepped/VBD across/IN a/DT second/JJ form,/JJ prostrate/NN like/IN the/DT other,/JJ but/CC motionless,/NN and/CC covered/VBN with/IN his/PRP$ pistol/NN a/DT shadowy/JJ figure,/NN still/RB visible/JJ a/DT dozen/NN paces/NNS off,/, but/CC fast/RB vanishing/VBG in/IN the/DT darkness./NN Gerald/NNP found/VBD his/PRP$ tongue./NN "Shoot,/IN shoot!"/NN he/PRP cried,/VBD in/IN a/DT trembling/VBG voice./NN "He'll/RB be/VB out/IN of/IN sight!"Carrick/NN appeared/VBD to/TO deliberate/VB a/DT moment,/NN and/CC then/RB returned/VBD the/DT revolver/NN to/TO his/PRP$ overcoat/NN pocket./NN "An'/NN let/VBD him/PRP go,"/VB he/PRP said,/VBD unconcernedly./JJ "Niver/NN shoot/VB a/DT man/NN unless/IN you've/PRP got/VBD to--that's/JJ always/RB a/DT good/JJ rule./NN Let's/NNP look/NN at/IN these/DT fellows,/JJ an'/NNS see/VBP what's/IN the/DT matter/NN wid/JJ 'em."Matter/JJ enough./NN One/CD lay/VBD stone/NN dead--shotthrough/JJ the/DT heart;/NN and/CC the/DT other,/JJ even/RB while/IN they/PRP tried/VBD to/TO raise/VB him,/PRP breathed/VBD his/PRP$ last./JJ As/IN they/PRP laid/VBD the/DT body/NN down,/IN Carrick/NNP noticed/VBD that/IN Gerald/NNP did/VBD not/RB use/VB his/PRP$ left/JJ arm./NN "What's/NNS wrong/JJ wid/JJ ye?/NN Did/VBD he/PRP get/VB in/IN a/DT lick/NN at/IN ye?""Yes;/NN I/PRP stopped/VBD the/DT first/JJ blow/NN with/IN my/PRP$ arm,"/NN answered/VBD Gerald./NNP "An'/IN a/DT good/JJ job/NN ye/PRP did,"/VBP replied/VBD Carrick./NNP "I/NNP dodged/VBD the/DT welt/NN that/IN fellow/NN med/VBN at/IN me,/NN an'/NN then/RB I/PRP pulled/VBD iron./VBG Draw/NNP quick,/RB shoot/VB straight--them/JJ two/CD mottoes,/NNS along/IN wid/JJ a/DT gun/NN you/PRP can/MD depind/VB on,/NNS will/MD carry/VB a/DT man/NN across/IN the/DT wurruld."Gerald's/NNS reply,/VBP begun/VBN in/IN a/DT spirit/NN of/IN incoherent/JJ gratitude,/NN was/VBD cut/VBN short/JJ by/IN the/DT sounds/NNS of/IN footsteps/NNS rapidly/RB approaching./VBD A/DT policeman,/NN attracted/VBN by/IN the/DT pistol-shots,/NN came/VBD up/RP at/IN a/DT run./NN No/DT doubt/NN it/PRP was/VBD the/DT fear/NN of/IN some/DT such/JJ interruption/NN that/WDT had/VBD impelled/VBN the/DT assailants/NNS to/TO choose,/VB instead/RB of/IN firearms,/NNS the/DT more/RBR silent/JJ and/CC no/DT less/RBR deadly/JJ bludgeon./NN "Here,/NNP what's/WDT the/DT meaning/NN of/IN all/DT this?"/NN inquired/VBD the/DT officer,/NN as/IN he/PRP halted./VBD "It/JJ manes,"/NN answered/VBD Carrick,/NNP calmly,/VBD "that/IN some/DT of/IN the/DT smarties/NNS who/WP tried/VBD to/TO put/VB up/RP a/DT job/NN on/IN the/DT Ida/NNP have/VBP been/VBN trying/VBG to/TO put/VB up/RP a/DT job/NN on/IN my/PRP$ frind/NN an'/NN me,/, but/CC I/PRP got/VBD the/DT drop/NN on/IN them."Subsequent/DT investigation/NN proved/VBD that/IN Meagher/NNP had/VBD correctly/RB divined/VBN the/DT motive/NN of/IN the/DT attempt/NN on/IN his/PRP$ life/NN at/IN the/DT very/JJ instant/NN of/IN its/PRP$ failure./NN Other/JJ officers/NNS were/VBD summoned,/RB and/CC the/DT dead/JJ bodies/NNS were/VBD carried/VBN away./RP The/DT policeman/NN who/WP first/RB appeared/VBD arrested/VBN Gerald/NNP and/CC Carrick,/NNP and/CC the/DT party/NN retraced/VBD its/PRP$ steps/NNS to/TO the/DT City/NNP Hall./NNP Meagher/NNP was/VBD uneasy/JJ and/CC inclined/JJ to/TO be/VB restive/JJ under/IN restraint./NN "It's/NNS all/DT very/RB well/RB for/IN you/PRP to/TO talk,"/VB he/PRP said,/VBD in/IN answer/NN to/TO a/DT reassuring/JJ remark/NN of/IN Gerald,/NNP "but/CC I/PRP don't/VBP like/IN it./PRP I/PRP spent/VBD a/DT whole/JJ wake/NN in/IN the/DT lock-up/NN at/IN Valparaiso/NNP by/IN rason/NN of/IN a/DT scrape/NN that/IN I/PRP had/VBD no/DT more/JJR to/TO do/VB wid/JJ than/IN Noah's/NNP grandfather;/NN an'/NN I/PRP tell/VBP ye/PRP I/PRP don't/VBP like/IN it."But/IN their/PRP$ detention/NN was/VBD brief./. As/IN newspaper/NN men,/, both/DT were/VBD well/RB known/VBN at/IN headquarters,/NN and,/RB late/JJ as/IN was/VBD the/DT hour,/NN Mr./NNP Verplanck/NNP and/CC several/JJ substantial/JJ citizens/NNS soon/RB appeared/VBD in/IN response/NN to/TO an/DT urgent/JJ message./NN Bail/NNP was/VBD quickly/RB arranged,/VBN and/CC the/DT friends/NNS found/VBD themselves/PRP at/IN liberty./NN "What/IN shall/MD we/PRP do/VB now?"/RB inquired/VBN Gerald,/NNP as/IN they/PRP quitted/VBD the/DT gloomy/JJ building/NN on/IN Kearney/NNP Street./NNP "Go/NNP home/NN an'/NN go/VBP to/TO bed./VB What/WP else?"/RB was/VBD Meagher's/NNP matter-of-fact/NN reply./VBD "Sure/JJ it's/IN after/IN three/CD o'clock."Gerald/NNP expressed/VBD his/PRP$ willingness/NN to/TO retire,/VB but/CC positively/RB refused/VBD to/TO repeat/VB the/DT lonely/JJ tramp/NN up/IN Mission/NNP Street./NNP He/PRP wished/VBD to/TO go/VB to/TO a/DT hotel,/NN but/CC it/PRP was/VBD difficult/JJ to/TO make/VB Carrick/NNP understand/VB his/PRP$ reasons./NN "Is/IN it/PRP the/DT other/JJ chap/NN you're/NN afraid/JJ of?"/IN he/PRP asked./VBD "I'll/RB bet/VB you/PRP a/DT dollar/NN he's/NN running/VBG yet./NN Av/NNP he'd/VBD been/VBN any/DT less/JJR scared,/JJ I'd/NNP have/VBP shot/VBN him/PRP too.""No,/RB it/PRP isn't/RB the/DT other/JJ chap/NN I'm/NN afraid/JJ of,/NN but/CC have/VBP you/PRP no/DT nerves,/JJ man?/NN Do/VBP you/PRP feel/VB like/IN passing/VBG the/DT place/NN where/WRB those/DT fellows/NNS were/VBD shot/VBN down/RB not/RB two/CD hours/NNS ago?""Sure/IN they're/DT gone,"/NN answered/VBD Carrick./NNP "Didn't/RB you/PRP see/VBP them/PRP taken/VBN out/RP o'/IN that/DT before/IN we/PRP left/VBD it?"At/IN last/JJ Gerald/NNP carried/VBD his/PRP$ point,/NN and/CC Meagher,/NNP grumbling/VBG at/IN what/WP he/PRP called/VBD "a/DT sinseless/JJ bit/NN of/IN extravagance,"/NN secured/VBN accommodations/NNS at/IN the/DT Occidental./NNP The/DT inquest/NN completely/RB exonerated/VBD the/DT two/CD journalists,/NN and/CC its/PRP$ revelations/NNS made/VBD a/DT three/CD days'/NNS hero/NN of/IN Carrick/NNP Meagher,/NNP who,/, however,/RB bore/VBD his/PRP$ honors/NNS uneasily./. As/RB soon/RB as/IN the/DT verdict/NN of/IN "justifiable/JJ homicide"/NN had/VBD been/VBN rendered,/NN he/PRP was/VBD at/IN pains/NNS to/TO ascertain/VB that/IN his/PRP$ bailers/NNS had/VBD been/VBN discharged/VBN from/IN their/PRP$ bond./NN Then/RB he/PRP went/VBD straight/RB to/TO the/DT PacificMail/NNP Company's/NNP offices/NNS and/CC purchased/VBD a/DT ticket/NN for/IN Hong/NNP Kong./NNP "What/CC do/VBP you/PRP want/VB that/DT for?"/NN inquired/VBD the/DT bewildered/VBN Gerald,/NNP when/WRB Meagher/NNP displayed/VBD his/PRP$ purchase./NN "I/RB want/VBP it/PRP to/TO go/VB to/TO China/NNP wid,/, an'/NN that's/IN where/WRB I'm/PRP going/VBG on/IN the/DT very/JJ first/JJ steamer,/NN an'/NN that's/IN the/DT day/NN after/IN to-morrow.""What/DT for?"/JJ gasped/VBD Ffrench./NNP "Well,/NNP several/JJ rasons./NN I've/NN been/VBN longer/RB in/IN 'Frisco/JJ than/IN I've/NN any/DT business/NN to/TO stay/VB in/IN any/DT wan/JJ town;/NN then/RB I've/VBP been/VBN over/IN a/DT good/JJ share/NN of/IN the/DT wurruld,/NN an'/NN niver/NN yet/RB seen/VBN a/DT Jap/NNP or/CC a/DT Chinaman/NNP on/IN his/PRP$ native/JJ heath;/NN an'/NN there's/TO another/DT rason.""What/NN is/VBZ it?"/RB inquired/VBN Gerald,"Well--niver/NNP mind/NN what/WP it/PRP is,"/VBZ answered/VBN Carrick./NNP "Isn't/RB it/PRP enough/RB that/IN I'm/NNP blue-moulded/VBD for/IN want/NN of/IN a/DT bit/NN of/IN change?/NN Let/VB that/DT content/NN you.""But/IN it/PRP does/VBZ not/RB content/JJ me,"/NNS urged/VBD his/PRP$ friend./NN "You/PRP are/VBP doing/VBG well/RB here;/RB you're/VB happy/JJ and/CC comfortable---""Ah,"/JJ sighed/VBD Meagher,/RB "it's/JJ little/JJ ye/PRP know./DT Pobre/JJ cita!""Well,"/NN pursued/VBN Ffrench,/NNP "she'll/NN worry/VBP you/PRP just/RB as/RB much/JJ in/IN China/NNP as/IN she/PRP does/VBZ here,/RB and/CC you/PRP won't/MD have/VB me/PRP to/TO talk/VB to./DT Come,/NNP take/VB hack/VB your/PRP$ ticket--youcan/NN get/VB rid/JJ of/IN it,/DT I'm/NN sure--and/JJ stay/NN where/WRB you/PRP are./MD You/PRP had/VBD no/DT notion/NN of/IN this/DT sudden/JJ flitting/NN a/DT week/NN ago.""Well,/IN I/PRP hadn't,"/VBP admitted/VBN Carrick,/VBN with/IN a/DT burst/NN of/IN candor./NN "It's/NNS this/DT way,/NN Gerald./NNP There's/NNP only/RB wan/JJ thing/NN in/IN the/DT wurruld/NN I'm/NN afraid/JJ of./NNP If/IN they/PRP locked/VBD me/PRP up,/IN I'd/NNP die/VBP or/CC go/VBP out/IN of/IN my/PRP$ head,/NN I/PRP couldn't/MD stand/VB it.""But/IN why/WRB should/MD they/PRP lock/VB you/PRP up?/IN You/PRP have/VBP committed/VBN no/DT crime,/NN and/CC a/DT jury/NN has/VBZ exonerated/VBN you.""I/PRP haven't/RB much/JJ confidence/NN in/IN a/DT jury,"/NN answered/VBD Meagher./NNP "I/NNP saw/VBD too/RB much/JJ of/IN them/PRP in/IN Ireland/NNP when/WRB I/PRP was/VBD a/DT boy./NN What/WP odds/NNS what/WP wan/VBP jury/NN says?/VBZ Did/VBD you/PRP niver/VB hear/VB of/IN a/DT flaw/NN in/IN an/DT indictment,/NN an'/NN isn't/IN it/PRP full/JJ as/IN aisy/NN to/TO find/VB flaws/NNS in/IN an/DT acquittal?/NN No,/NN I'll/NNP skip/VBD out/RP to/TO China/NNP while/IN I'm/NNP free,/IN an'/NN while/IN it/PRP won't/MD cost/VB Verplanck/NNP nor/CC anyone/NN else/RB a/DT cint,/NN as/IN it/PRP would/MD av/FW I/PRP had/VBD to/TO be/VB bailed/VBN again."Gerald/RB lost/VBN patience./NN "Can't/IN you/PRP understand?/IN The/DT law/NN says"--he/NN began,/, but/CC Meagher/NNP interrupted/VBD him:"What/IN odds/NNS what/WP the/DT law/NN says?/VBZ It's/PRP always/RB sayin'/VBD wan/JJ thing/NN an'/IN manin'/NN another./DT I've/NN no/DT use/NN for/IN law;/NN I/PRP niver/RB had,/VBD an'/NN I/PRP hate/VBP the/DT sight/NN of/IN it./PRP$ I/PRP can't/MD help/VB it;/IN I/PRP was/VBD born/VBN so./. I'd/NNP like/IN a/DT countrywhere/NN ivery/NN man's/NNS hands/NNS had/VBD to/TO keep/VB his/PRP$ own/JJ head,/NN an'/NN where/WRB there/EX were/VBD wild/JJ bastes/NNS an'/NN divils/NNS instead/RB of/IN lawyers./VBG Day/NNP after/IN to-morrow/JJ I'll/NNP sail/NN for/IN China,/JJ an'/NN av/NN ye'll/MD come/VB down/RP an'/RB see/VB me/PRP off/RP I'll/RB take/VB it/PRP kindly/RB of/IN you,/JJ Gerald."And/NNP on/IN the/DT day/NN appointed/VBD he/PRP did/VBD sail./DT Gerald,/NNP with/IN many/JJ another/DT friend,/NN was/VBD on/IN the/DT wharf/NN when/WRB the/DT big/JJ steamer/NN moved/VBD out,/RB for/IN the/DT little/JJ Irishman/NN had/VBD become/VBN both/DT popular/JJ and/CC famous./JJ Ffrench's/JJ eyes/NNS grew/VBD misty/JJ as/IN he/PRP watched/VBD the/DT small/JJ familiar/JJ figure,/NN till/IN distance/NN rendered/VBD it/PRP indistinguishable./VBD Then/RB he/PRP turned/VBD slowly/RB away,/RB wondering/VBG if/IN they/PRP two/CD would/MD ever/RB meet/VB again./DT He/PRP put/VBD no/DT faith/NN in/IN Carrick's/NNP promises/VBZ to/TO write,/VB for/IN he/PRP observed/VBD that/IN the/DT wanderer/NN appeared/VBD to/TO have/VB left/VBN no/DT correspondents/NNS behind/IN him/PRP in/IN the/DT various/JJ lands/NNS he/PRP had/VBD visited./VBN Ffrench's/NNP misgivings/NNS were/VBD justified./VBN Many/JJ a/DT mail/NN came/VBD from/IN the/DT distant/JJ East,/NNP but/CC never/RB a/DT line/NN in/IN the/DT odd,/JJ sprawling/JJ handwriting/NN which/WDT Carrick/NNP Meagher/NNP affected./VBZ Gerald/NNP has/VBZ paid/VBN more/JJR than/IN one/CD visit/NN to/TO his/PRP$ Irish/JJ home/NN since/IN those/DT "Bonanza/NNP Days/NNS of/IN the/DT Seventies;"/NNP he/PRP has/VBZ made/VBN frequent/JJ sojourns/NNS in/IN the/DT Eastern/NNP States;/NNP but/CC he/PRP has/VBZ never/RB met/VBN his/PRP$ quaint/JJ and/CC brilliant/JJ friend./NN He/PRP thinks/VBZ of/IN Carrick/NNP Meagher/NNP now/RB as/IN of/IN a/DT dissolving/JJ view/NN of/IN a/DT very/RB strange/JJ humanity;coming/NN out/IN of/IN the/DT unexplored/JJ darkness,/NN shining/VBG for/IN a/DT brief/JJ space/NN with/IN a/DT fascinating/JJ lustre,/NN and/CC fading/NN away/RB again/RB into/IN unknowable/JJ obscurity./JJ The/DT circle/NN of/IN their/PRP$ two/CD lives/NNS touched/VBD only/RB at/IN a/DT single/JJ point./NN Still/RB Gerald/NNP cherishes/NNS the/DT hope/NN that/IN he/PRP may/MD see/VB or/CC hear/VB of/IN him/PRP again./. 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Come/VB on,/RB and/CC let/VB us/PRP take/VB in/RP the/DT sights,/NN if/IN there/EX are/VBP any."Gerald/DT thought/NN that/IN Stokes,/NNP present/JJ or/CC absent,/RB had/VBD occupied/VBN quite/RB enough/RB of/IN one/CD evening./DT The/DT diversion/NN was/VBD entirely/RB successful./. Fresh/JJ cigars/NNS were/VBD lighted,/JJ hats/NNS were/VBD sought/VBN for,/RB and/CC the/DT journalists--an/NN even/RB dozen/NN of/IN them/PRP now--started/JJ out/IN to/TO see/VB Los/NNP Angeles./NNP Long/NNP before/IN eleven/CD they/PRP were/VBD all/DT back/RB again/RB on/IN the/DT hotel/NN piazza./NN They/PRP were/VBD vaguely/RB disappointed./VBN What/WP they/PRP had/VBD expected/VBN to/TO see,/VB not/RB one/CD of/IN them,/NN probably,/NNS could/MD have/VB told;/VBN one/CD thing/NN was/VBD certain,/JJ whatever/WDT it/PRP was,/VBD they/PRP had/VBD not/RB seen/VBN it./PRP They/PRP lounged/VBD in/RP groups/NNS about/IN the/DT door/NN or/CC on/IN the/DT steps./NN The/DT host,/NN half-sitting,/NN half-lying/NN in/IN a/DT hammock,/NN was/VBD enjoyingthe/VBN last/JJ cigar/NN of/IN the/DT day/NN and/CC talking/VBG to/TO Ffrench,/NNP Hale,/NNP and/CC one/CD or/CC two/CD others./NNS The/DT waiter,/VBD his/PRP$ work/NN done,/, was/VBD standing/VBG at/IN the/DT foot/NN of/IN the/DT steps/NNS with/IN his/PRP$ hands/NNS crossed/VBD behind/RB him./PRP He/PRP was/VBD looking/VBG up/RB at/IN the/DT heavens,/NN and/CC the/DT silent/JJ whistle/NN was/VBD stereotyped/VBN on/IN his/PRP$ lips./NN Perhaps/RB he/PRP was/VBD calling/VBG the/DT Dog/NNP Star./NNP "Yes,/IN I/PRP knew/VBD him/PRP well,"/IN the/DT host/NN was/VBD saying/VBG in/IN answer/NN to/TO a/DT question/NN from/IN Hale./NNP "He/NNP didn't/RB live/VB at/IN my/PRP$ house;/NN but/CC he/PRP was/VBD in/IN and/CC out/IN a/DT great/JJ deal./NN That/DT was/VBD six/CD months/NNS ago."Gerald/IN Ffrench/NNP left/VBD the/DT group./NN He/PRP was/VBD sick/JJ of/IN the/DT sound/NN of/IN Graham/NNP Stokes's/NNP name./, "He/JJ lived/VBD here/RB quite/RB a/DT while,/NN didn't/NN he?"/NN asked/VBD Hale./NNP "Over/IN a/DT year,/NN off/RB and/CC on,"/RB answered/VBD the/DT host./NN "He/NN had/VBD some/DT job/NN in/IN connection/NN with/IN the/DT railroad./NN I/PRP don't/VBP exactly/RB know/VB what.""Was/WP he/PRP well/RB liked?"The/IN host/NN laughed./VBD "Those/JJ that/IN made/VBD him/PRP pay/VB cash/NN liked/VBD him/PRP well/RB enough./RB Those/DT that/IN trusted/VBD him/PRP didn't./VBD I've/NNP nothing/NN against/IN him."At/PRP that/IN instant/NN the/DT rhythmic/JJ beat/NN of/IN a/DT galloping/NN horse's/NN hoofs/NNS was/VBD heard/VBN far/RB up/IN the/DT silent/JJ street./NN The/DT sound/NN grew/VBD rapidly./RB All/DT looked/VBD up/RB and/CC the/DT host/NN struggled/VBD into/IN an/DT erect/JJ attitude./NN Even/RB the/DT waiter/NN brought/VBD his/PRP$ eyes/NNS earthward/JJ and/CC listened./VBN With/IN flapping/VBG empty/JJ stirrups/NNS and/CC trailing/VBG bridle,/RB a/DT bay/NN and/CC white/JJ mustang/NN came/VBD on/IN at/IN full/JJ speed./NN On/IN reaching/VBG the/DT Pico/NNP House/NNP he/PRP wheeled/VBD in/IN his/PRP$ tracks/NNS so/RB abruptly/RB that/IN he/PRP almost/RB fell./VBD Then,/DT recovering/VBG his/PRP$ stride,/NN he/PRP dashed/VBD past/IN the/DT building/NN toward/IN the/DT stables./VBG The/DT host/NN was/VBD all/DT alert/JJ in/IN a/DT moment,/NN and/CC despite/IN his/PRP$ gout/NN hobbled/VBD quickly/RB to/TO the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT veranda/NN and/CC looked/VBD over./NNP "He's/NNP gone/VBN straight/RB into/IN the/DT yard,"/NN he/PRP said,/VBD and/CC then,/DT meeting/NN the/DT blank/JJ looks/NNS of/IN the/DT group/NN of/IN newspaper/NN men,/NNS to/TO whom/WP the/DT riderless/JJ steed/NN suggested/VBD a/DT tragedy,/NN he/PRP added:/VBD "Wasn't/RB that/IN the/DT horse/NN Mr./NNP Stokes/NNP had/VBD this/DT evening?"No/NN one/NN could/MD answer;/VB no/DT one/NN had/VBD seen/VBN Mr./NNP Stokes/NNP ride/VB away./RB Yes,/RB the/DT waiter/NN had,/VBD and/CC he/PRP banished/VBN the/DT whistle/NN from/IN his/PRP$ lips/NNS and/CC spoke/VBD straight/RB to/TO the/DT point./NN "The/DT same/JJ horse,/NN sor.""Run/NN round/NN to/TO the/DT stable/JJ then,/, Pat,/NNP and/CC tell/VB some/DT of/IN those/DT greasers/NNS to/TO come/VB and/CC bring/VB their/PRP$ lanterns."Pat/NN was/VBD off/RB like/IN a/DT shot,/NN following/VBG the/DT same/JJ road/NN the/DT mustang/NN had/VBD taken./NN "Do/IN you/PRP think---"/DT faltered/VBD Gerald./NNP The/DT host/NN cut/VBD him/PRP short./. "That/IN an/DT accident/NN has/VBZ happened?/VBN Of/IN course/NN Ido,/NNS or/CC why/WRB should/MD Pedro/NNP have/VB come/VBN back/RB alone?/RB At/IN any/DT rate,/NN it's/IN our/PRP$ business/NN to/TO see./VB I/PRP wish/VBP I/PRP could/MD go/VB myself,/, but/CC it's/RB all/DT I/PRP can/MD do/VB to/TO walk/VB the/DT length/NN of/IN this/DT piazza."Gerald/NN felt/VBD faint/JJ and/CC queer./JJ If/IN any/DT serious/JJ accident/NN had/VBD happened/VBN to/TO the/DT man/NN whom/WP he/PRP had/VBD been/VBN hating/VBG so/RB industriously/RB all/DT the/DT evening,/NN this/DT visit/NN to/TO Los/NNP Angeles/NNP would/MD be/VB anything/NN but/CC a/DT pleasant/JJ memory./NN The/DT host's/NN next/JJ words/NNS were/VBD more/JJR reassuring./NN "Of/IN course,/NN it/PRP mayn't/MD be/VB anything./DT Mr./NNP Stokes/NNP may/MD have/VB hitched/VBN the/DT beast/NN up/IN somewheres,/NN and/CC he/PRP may/MD have/VB broke/JJ loose/JJ and/CC run/VB home./NN Still,/RB I/PRP don't/VBP see/VB why/WRB he/PRP should/MD have/VB acted/VBN so/IN frightened,/NNS unless---"/JJ The/DT rest/NN of/IN the/DT remark/NN was/VBD lost/VBN as/IN the/DT speaker/NN leaned/VBD over/IN the/DT piazza/NN railing/NN and/CC looked/VBD in/IN the/DT direction/NN of/IN the/DT stables./NN Lights/NNS were/VBD twinkling/VBG there,/, and/CC presently/RB half/RB a/DT dozen/NN Mexican/JJ helpers/NNS appeared,/VBP carrying/VBG large/JJ lanterns/NNS and/CC headed/VBN by/IN Pat,/NNP the/DT waiter./VBG The/DT latter/NN had/VBD put/VBN on/IN a/DT nondescript/JJ head-covering/NN of/IN the/DT sombrero/NN order./NN "What's/NNS that/IN on/IN your/PRP$ head,/NN Pat?"/NNP demanded/VBD his/PRP$ employer./NN "Me/IN caubeen,"/NN answered/VBD Pat,/NNP taking/VBG it/PRP off/RP for/IN a/DT moment/NN and/CC examining/VBG it/PRP critically/RB before/IN he/PRP replaced/VBD it./PRP "I/JJ mean,/NN are/VBP you/PRP going/VBG with/IN the/DT searching/VBG party?""Why/NN not?""Go/RB if/IN you/PRP want/VBP to,"/NN answered/VBD the/DT host./NN "I'd/NN like/IN to/TO go/VB myself,/, but--"/CC he/PRP broke/VBD off/RP impatiently,/RB and/CC pointed/VBD up/RP the/DT street./NN "Now,/IN boys,/NNS that's/IN the/DT way/NN Pedro/NNP came,/VBD and/CC that's/IN the/DT way/NN you/PRP have/VBP to/TO go/VB to/TO look/VB for/IN the/DT señor./NN Look/VB for/IN him/PRP well./. Savey?"/RB -"Si,/JJ señor,"/NN answered/VBD one/CD of/IN the/DT Mexicans,/NNP and/CC they/PRP started./VBD Of/IN course/NN the/DT newspaper/NN men/NNS went/VBD also./RB Professional/JJ duty/NN would/MD have/VB impelled/VBN them,/RB even/RB if/IN the/DT missing/JJ man/NN had/VBD not/RB been/VBN a/DT brother/NN of/IN the/DT craft./NN On/IN reaching/VBG the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT street/NN the/DT Mexican/NNP in/IN advance/NN stooped/VBD and/CC examined/VBD the/DT ground/NN carefully/RB by/IN the/DT aid/NN of/IN his/PRP$ lantern./NN A/DT short/JJ scrutiny/NN sufficed,/NN and/CC he/PRP turned/VBD from/IN the/DT river/NN and/CC led/VBN the/DT party/NN westward/RB at/IN a/DT brisk/JJ pace./NN They/PRP were/VBD soon/RB clear/JJ of/IN the/DT town,/NN and/CC it/PRP was/VBD not/RB difficult/JJ to/TO trace/VB the/DT hoof/JJ marks/NNS in/IN the/DT sandy/JJ soil,/NN even/RB without/IN other/JJ light/NN than/IN that/DT furnished/VBN by/IN a/DT thin/JJ crescent/NN of/IN a/DT moon./NN Where/WRB there/EX was/VBD any/DT doubt/NN the/DT lanterns/NNS were/VBD called/VBN into/IN use./NNP Ffrench/NNP walked/VBD beside/IN Pat./NNP The/DT waiter's/NNS eyes/NNS were/VBD withdrawn/VBN from/IN heavenly/RB things/NNS and/CC fixed/VBN unwinkingly/RB on/IN the/DT sand/NN at/IN his/PRP$ feet./NN His/PRP$ whistlewas/NN almost/RB audible./VBD He/PRP was/VBD evidently/RB pondering/VBG deeply./, "What/WP do/VBP you/PRP think/VB of/IN this/DT business,/NN Pat?"/NNP the/DT young/JJ journalist/NN asked./VBN "Bad,/IN sor,/NN bad,"/NNS returned/VBD the/DT other,/JJ without/IN raising/VBG his/PRP$ eyes./NN "But/IN mightn't/VBG the/DT horse/NN have/VB broken/VBN away/RB from/IN some/DT place/NN where/WRB Mr./NNP Stokes/NNP had/VBD hitched/VBN him?""He/PRP might,/MD sor;/RB divil/VB a/DT doubt/NN of/IN it,/DT an'/NN he/PRP might/MD have/VB tied/VBN a/DT bit/NN of/IN cactus/NN to/TO his/PRP$ tail/NN by/IN way/NN of/IN keepin'/VBG him/PRP from/IN missin'/NN the/DT spur,/NN but/CC I/PRP don't/RB think/VBP he/PRP did.""What/RB do/VBP you/PRP mean?"/VB asked/VBD Gerald,/NNP surprised./. "Was/NNS there/RB a/DT bit/NN of/IN cactus/NN tied/VBN to/TO his/PRP$ tail?""There/NN was,/VBD sor,/RB an'/IN a/DT raal/JJ thorny/NN bit,/NN too.""How/RB do/VBP you/PRP account/VB for/IN that?"/DT asked/VBD the/DT young/JJ man./NN "I/IN don't/JJ account/NN for/IN it,/DT sor;/NN cactus/NN is/VBZ one/CD of/IN them/PRP things/NNS that/WDT won't/VBD bear/NN accountin'/NN for."Ffrench/NN was/VBD profoundly/RB puzzled./VBN Evidently/RB someone,/RB either/CC Stokes/NNP or/CC some/DT other/JJ person,/NNS had/VBD sent/VBN the/DT horse/NN home/NN and/CC had/VBD taken/VBN precautions/NNS that/IN he/PRP should/MD lose/VB no/DT time/NN on/IN the/DT road./NN They/PRP were/VBD fairly/RB among/IN the/DT orange/JJ groves/NNS by/IN this/DT time/NN and/CC their/PRP$ progress/NN was/VBD slower,/VBG for/IN the/DT light/NN of/IN the/DT lanterns/NNS was/VBD required/VBN at/IN every/DT step./NN There/EX had/VBD been/VBN a/DT high/JJ wind/NN earlier/RB in/IN the/DT evening,/NN and/CC it/PRP wasstill/MD blowing,/VB though/IN with/IN diminished/VBN force./, The/DT dark/JJ branches/NNS swayed/VBD above/IN them,/PRP intercepting/VBG the/DT moonbeams./NN In/IN the/DT open/JJ spaces/NNS between/IN the/DT trees/NNS they/PRP could/MD see/VB the/DT ground/NN strewn/VBN with/IN white/JJ blossoms,/NN and/CC the/DT air/NN was/VBD heavy/JJ with/IN their/PRP$ fragrance./JJ The/DT grove/NN was/VBD filled/VBN with/IN voices/NNS new/JJ to/TO the/DT visitors/NNS from/IN the/DT north./NN Through/IN the,/DT perfumed/JJ darkness/NN came/VBD the/DT rasping/NN song/NN of/IN the/DT cicada,/NN the/DT harsh/JJ croak/NN of/IN the/DT tree-toad,/NN and/CC the/DT whir/NN of/IN great/JJ insects/NNS that/IN dashed/VBN at/IN the/DT lights/NNS with/IN a/DT sound/NN like/IN a/DT released/VBN balance/NN spring./NN Gerald/NNP had/VBD grown/VBN accustomed/VBN to/TO these/DT noises/NNS and,/CC wrapped/VBN in/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ thoughts,/NN was/VBD hardly/RB conscious/JJ of/IN them,/NN when/WRB suddenly/RB another/DT tone--a/NN strange/JJ tone,/NN and/CC yet/RB one/CD that/WP seemed/VBD oddly/RB familiar,/JJ mingled/VBN with/IN the/DT babble/NN of/IN the/DT southern/JJ night./NN Ffrench/NN stopped/VBD abruptly/RB and/CC clutched/VBD Pat's/NNP arm./. The/DT waiter/NN had/VBD heard/VBN it/PRP too;/RB all/RB had/VBD heard/VBN it,/PRP and/CC had/VBD halted/VBN instinctively./DT The/DT party/NN was/VBD crossing/VBG a/DT small/JJ opening/NN and/CC the/DT young/JJ moon/NN gave/VBD light/JJ enough/JJ to/TO show/VB the/DT expression/NN of/IN doubt/NN and/CC disquietude/NN on/IN every/DT face./NN Again/RB that/IN sound--a/JJ bubbling,/NN gurgling/VBG groan--the/DT voice/NN of/IN a/DT man/NN in/IN agony,/JJ the/DT cry/NN of/IN a/DT drowning/VBG man,/NN and/CC yet,/RB even/RB in/IN its/PRP$ indistinctness,/NN there/EX was/VBD something/NN of/IN the/DT falsetto/NN utterance/NN which/WDT was/VBD the/DT peculiarity/NN of/IN poor/JJ Graham/NNP Stokes's/NNP speech./NN Poor/NNP Graham/NNP Stokes!/NNP It/PRP was/VBD thus/RB that/IN Gerald/NNP Ffrench/NNP thought/VBD of/IN him/PRP already;/RB it/PRP was/VBD thus/RB that/IN he/PRP thought/VBD of/IN him/PRP when,/IN five/CD minutes/NNS later,/RB sick/JJ with/IN horror,/NN he/PRP bent/VBD above/IN the/DT body/NN lying/VBG dead/JJ at/IN the/DT foot/NN of/IN an/DT orange/NN tree,/NN with/IN a/DT shower/NN of/IN the/DT fragrant/JJ blossoms/NNS mingled/VBD snow-white/JJ and/CC blood-red/JJ above/IN and/CC around/IN it,/RB and/CC the/DT crescent/NN of/IN the/DT new/JJ moon/NN dropping/VBG a/DT pale/JJ shaft/NN of/IN light/NN through/IN the/DT boughs/NNS on/IN the/DT white,/NN silent/JJ face./NN Blood/NN had/VBD flowed/VBN from/IN the/DT mouth/NN and/CC still/RB hung/VBD there/RB in/IN bubbles;/NN blood,/NN but/CC not/RB so/RB much,/RB had/VBD flowed/VBN from/IN the/DT breast/NN and/CC stained/VBD the/DT clothing/NN around/IN the/DT deep/JJ dagger/NN wound/NN which/WDT had/VBD let/VBN the/DT life/NN out./, "Is/IN he/PRP dead?"/VBZ asked/VBN Ffrench,/NNP breathlessly,/NN and/CC one/CD of/IN the/DT Mexicans,/NNP raising/VBG the/DT arm/NN of/IN the/DT stiffening/VBG corpse,/NN let/VB it/PRP fall/VB again/RB as/IN he/PRP answered:"Si,/RB señor,/VBD he/PRP is/VBZ dead/JJ more/JJR as/IN an/DT hour.""Impossible!"/NN Hale/NNP broke/VBD in./PRP "We/RB heard/VBD his/PRP$ groans/NNS as/IN we/PRP were/VBD crossing/VBG that/IN glade/NN a/DT moment/NN ago."Pat,/IN who/WP had/VBD knelt/VBN by/IN the/DT body,/NN shrank/VBD away/RB from/IN it./DT "He's/NNP cowld/NN already,/RB sor;/JJ that/IN must/MD have/VB been/VBN the/DT banshee/NN we/PRP heerd."A/VBP feeling/NN of/IN superstitious/JJ awe/NN fell/VBD on/IN the/DT party./NN The/DT Mexicans/NNPS drew/VBD away/RB and/CC huddled/VBD togetherlike/IN a/DT flock/NN of/IN frightened/JJ sheep./NN Evidently/RB it/PRP would/MD have/VB required/VBN little/RB to/TO make/VB them/PRP take/VB to/TO their/PRP$ heels./NN "Don't/RB move,"/VBD shouted/VBD Gerald,/NNP in/IN a/DT tone/NN of/IN command;/JJ "we/NNS must/MD carry/VB this/DT back/NN to/TO the/DT hotel.""I/NN don't/RB think/VB we've/NN any/DT call/NN to/TO disturb/VB it,/DT sor,"/NN said/VBD Pat,/NNP "until/IN the/DT polis/NNS comes./VBD This/DT is/VBZ a/DT murder."The/NN Mexicans/NNP caught/VBD at/IN the/DT idea./NN "Si,/IN si,/JJ los/NNS alguazils!"/IN they/PRP shouted/VBD and/CC set/VBD off/RP at/IN full/JJ speed/NN along/IN the/DT road/NN they/PRP had/VBD come./VBN "Here,/RB come/VBN back,/RB you/PRP cowardly/RB greasers!"/JJ called/VBN Hale,/NNP and/CC Gerald/NNP laid/VBD his/PRP$ hand/NN on/IN Pat,/NNP who/WP seemed/VBD inclined/VBN to/TO follow/VB their/PRP$ example./NN The/DT swinging/VBG lanterns/NNS gleamed/VBD a/DT moment/NN among/IN the/DT orange/JJ trees/NNS like/IN gigantic/JJ fire-flies,/NN and/CC then/RB vanished./VBD The/DT terrified/VBN waiter/NN drew/VBD closer/RBR to/TO the/DT little/JJ band/NN of/IN journalists,/NN and/CC the/DT dead/JJ man,/NN looking/VBG straight/RB up/IN to/TO heaven/NN with/IN his/PRP$ staring/VBG eyes,/NNS lay/VBD at/IN their/PRP$ feet./NN "It's/. very/RB strange,/JJ very!"/NN murmured/VBD Murphy./NNP "It's/NNP more/RBR nor/CC strange,/JJ sor;/NN it/PRP isn't/RB right,"/RB cried/VBD Pat;/NNP and/CC then/RB he/PRP broke/VBD off/RP abruptly/RB and/CC raised/VBD his/PRP$ hand./NN "Hark!/NNS Didn't/VBP ye/PRP hear/VBP something?"They/PRP had/VBD all/DT heard/VBN it--a/CC bubbling,/NNS gurgling/VBG moan,/VB conveying/VBG in/IN its/PRP$ agony/NN an/DT indefinable/JJ reminiscence/NN of/IN the/DT dead/JJ man's/NNS voice./. They/PRP looked/VBD at/IN each/DT other/JJ with/IN blank,/JJ horror-stricken/JJ faces./NN No/DT one/NN could/MD tell/VB whence/IN the/DT sound/NN came./VBD Gerald/NNP bent/VBD over/IN the/DT body/NN again,/RB but/CC there/EX was/VBD no/DT change/NN on/IN that/DT pale/JJ face,/NN no/DT light/NN in/IN those/DT ghastly,/FW open/JJ eyes./NN "Jintlemen,/IN it/PRP isn't/RB right,/RB it/PRP isn't/RB right!"/RB screamed/VBD the/DT poor/JJ waiter,/NN in/IN an/DT agony/NN of/IN terror./DT "There's/NNP sperrits/NNS about/IN us!/NN For/IN the/DT love/NN of/IN the/DT Lord,/NNP jintlemen,/NN let/VBD us/PRP go/VB home!""Nonsense!"/RB said/VBD Ffrench,/NNP overcoming/VBG with/IN a/DT violent/JJ effort/NN the/DT strange/JJ sense/NN of/IN horror/NN that/IN seemed/VBD to/TO chill/VB his/PRP$ blood;/NN "nonsense!/. Someone/NN must/MD remain/VB here/RB till/IN the/DT police/NN come./VBD They'll/RB be/VB along/IN presently./DT Those/DT Mexicans/NNS will/MD give/VB the/DT alarm./JJR It/PRP can't/MD be/VB far/RB to/TO the/DT city.""All/NN of/IN two/CD miles,"/NNS whispered/VBD the/DT waiter,/NN faintly;/RB and/CC Ffrench/NNP recollected/VBD that/IN the/DT dead/JJ man/NN had/VBD spoken/VBN of/IN a/DT similar/JJ distance/NN when/WRB he/PRP received/VBD the/DT summons/NNS after/IN dinner./NN "He/NN has/VBZ been/VBN lured/VBN here/RB on/IN some/DT pretence/NN or/CC other;/NNS this/DT murder/NN was/VBD a/DT planned/VBN thing./, The/DT note/NN you/PRP brought/VBD him/PRP at/IN the/DT hotel,/NN Pat---"He/NNP could/MD go/VB no/DT further./NN Again/RB that/IN groan/NN of/IN mortal/JJ anguish/NN struck/VBD on/RP their/PRP$ ears;/NNS they/PRP could/MD not/RB determine/VB its/PRP$ direction./NN It/PRP seemed/VBD to/TO float/VB down/RB like/IN the/DT moonbeams/NNS through/IN the/DT blossomed/JJ boughs./, "This/DT is/VBZ past/IN a/DT joke,"/NN said/VBD Hale,/NNP in/IN an/DT awe-stricken/JJ whisper,/NN falling/VBG back/RB a/DT step./NN Pat/NNP was/VBD on/IN his/PRP$ knees,/NNS crossing/VBG himself/PRP with/IN trembling/VBG fingers,/NNS and/CC calling/VBG in/IN incoherent/NN prayer/NN on/IN numberless/JJ saints/NNS and/CC martyrs./VBD "I--I/JJ think/VBP it/PRP must/MD be/VB fancy,"/JJ hazarded/JJ Murphy,/NNP but/CC his/PRP$ voice/NN shook/VBD as/IN he/PRP said/VBD it./PRP "Fancy/NN or/CC no/DT fancy,/JJ I'll/NN not/RB wait/VB in/IN it/PRP another/DT minnit,"/NN shouted/VBD Pat,/NNP springing/NN to/TO his/PRP$ feet./NN "You/PRP can/MD go/VB if/IN you/PRP want,/VBP Pat,/NNP but/CC I/PRP think,/VBP boys,/NNS it's/IN our/PRP$ duty/NN to/TO stay/VB where/WRB we/PRP are,"/VBP observed/VBN Gerald/NNP Ffrench,/NNP looking/VBG round/RB the/DT group./NN A/DT murmur/NN of/IN assent/NN showed/VBD that/IN the/DT journalistic/JJ spirit/NN was/VBD staunch/JJ yet,/NN and/CC Pat,/NNP after/IN taking/VBG a/DT few/JJ steps,/NNS slunk/VBD back/RB to/TO the/DT others./NNP He/PRP did/VBD not/RB dare/VB to/TO face/VB the/DT horrors/NNS of/IN the/DT haunted/VBN grove/NN alone./. "Oh,/'' wirra,/NN wirra,"/IN he/PRP moaned,/VB "that/IN it/PRP should/MD come/VB to/TO this!/VB I/PRP always/RB towld/MD him/PRP thim/IN Mendozas/NNP was/VBD a/DT bad/JJ lot,/NN an'/IN what/WP did/VBD he/PRP want/VB to/TO make/VB or/CC meddle/VB wid/JJ the/DT likes/NNS o'/IN them!/NN Maybe/RB it's/RB because/IN I/PRP brought/VBD him/PRP the/DT note/NN that/IN he's/PRP$ come/VBP back/RB to/TO hant/VB me.""Do/NN you/PRP know/VBP the/DT man/NN who/WP gave/VBD you/PRP the/DT note?"/NN asked/VBD Gerald,/NNP eagerly,/, scenting/VBG a/DT clew./NN "No,/IN I/PRP niver/RB seen/VBD him/PRP before,"/RB answered/VBD Pat;"he/NNP was/VBD just/RB a/DT common/JJ ivery/NN day/NN greaser,/JJ an'/NN I/PRP med/VBD no/DT account/NN of/IN him./PRP$ How/WRB was/VBD I/PRP to/TO misthrust/VB that/DT he--oh,/JJ wirra,/NN wirra,/NN that/IN it/PRP should/MD come/VB to/TO this!""Who's/VB this/DT Mendoza/NN you/PRP were/VBD talking/VBG about?"/IN pursued/VBN Gerald./NNP "He's/IN an/DT ould/NN greaser/NN that/WDT had/VBD a/DT bit/NN of/IN a/DT ranch/NN out/IN San/NNP Pablo/NNP way;/NN and/CC he/PRP had/VBD a/DT daughter/NN that/IN Mr./NNP Stokes/NNP was/VBD said/VBN to/TO be/VB very/RB swate/JJ on,/, but/CC sure/JJ I/PRP dunno/IN if/IN there/EX was/VBD anything/NN in/IN it?""Where/DT is/VBZ the/DT daughter/NN now?""Dead,/RB rest/VB her/PRP$ sowl,/NN as/IN dead/JJ as--as/NNS that/IN wan/JJ there,/, rest/VB his/PRP$ sowl,/NN if/IN it/PRP will/MD rest./VB She/PRP tuk/VBD her/PRP$ life,/NN at/IN laste/JJ that's/IN what/WP was/VBD said/VBN when/WRB they/PRP found/VBD her/PRP floating/VBG in/IN the/DT bay,/NN about/IN six/CD months/NNS ago.""About/IN six/CD months/NNS ago!"/IN The/DT men/NNS exchanged/VBD glances./VBG The/DT date/NN of/IN the/DT poor/JJ girl's/NN suicide/NN seemed/VBD to/TO correspond/VB with/IN Graham's/NNP departure/NN from/IN Los/NNP Angeles./NNP "Was/NNP this/DT before/IN or/CC after/IN Mr./NNP Stokes/NNP left?"/VBD asked/VBN Ffrench./NNP "Just/IN afther!/IN They/PRP did/VBD say/VB that/DT he'd/NN promised/VBD to/TO marry/VB Inez,/NNP and/CC that/IN it/PRP was/VBD because/IN he/PRP went/VBD off/RP that/IN she/PRP done/VBD it--the/DT Lord/NNP pardon/VB her.""And/PRP the/DT old/JJ man--the/NN father?""He/NN tuk/NN on/IN terrible,/NN and/CC said/VBD that/IN he/PRP didn't/VBD givea/NNP trauneen/NNS for/IN his/PRP$ life/NN once/IN his/PRP$ daughter/NN was/VBD gone;/VBN but/CC he/PRP had/VBD very/RB hard/JJ feelins/NNS agin/IN the/DT man/NN that/IN druv/NN her/PRP to/TO it,/DT an'/NN swore/VBD he'd/PRP have/VB his/PRP$ rivinge/NN of/IN him,/NN if/IN he'd/NN to/TO wait/VB for/IN it/PRP till/IN the/DT day/NN o'/IN judgment."The/DT newspaper/NN men/NNS consulted/VBD together./RP Here/RB was/VBD a/DT clew,/JJ certainly./NN If/IN Stokes/NNS had/VBD attempted/VBN to/TO play/VB the/DT Don/NNP Juan/NNP among/IN these/DT people--hot-blooded/VBN and/CC hot-headed/JJ as/IN everyone/NN described/VBD them,/, the/DT explanation/NN of/IN the/DT crime/NN became/VBD simple./JJS It/PRP was/VBD easy/JJ to/TO conjure/VB up/RP the/DT vision/NN of/IN a/DT gray-haired/JJ father,/NN living/VBG only/RB in/IN the/DT happiness/NN of/IN a/DT beloved/JJ and/CC beautiful/JJ daughter./. And/CC when/WRB her/PRP corpse/NN floated/VBD in/IN with/IN the/DT tide,/NN and/CC the/DT evidence/NN of/IN her/PRP$ shame/NN furnished/VBN reason/NN for/IN her/PRP$ death--a/NN piteous/JJ picture--it/NN was/VBD not/RB hard/JJ to/TO imagine/VB the/DT fiery/JJ old/JJ Spaniard/NNP nursing/NN the/DT thought/NN of/IN vengeance/NN as/IN his/PRP$ only/JJ solace./NN This/DT theory/NN would/MD explain/VB everything/NN except--Again/JJ that/IN moan,/JJ awful,/JJ weird,/NN almost/RB supernatural/JJ in/IN its/PRP$ resemblance/NN to/TO the/DT voice/NN of/IN the/DT dead/JJ man/NN who/WP lay/VBD at/IN their/PRP$ feet/NNS voiceless./, The/DT watchers/NNS drew/VBD together/RB for/IN a/DT moment,/NN and/CC then,/JJ with/IN one/CD impulse,/NN started/VBD in/IN the/DT direction/NN of/IN the/DT sound,/NN the/DT trembling/VBG waiter/NN crouching/VBG along/RP at/IN their/PRP$ heels/NNS like/IN a/DT whipped/VBN spaniel./RP His/PRP$ lips/NNS were/VBD puckered/VBN to/TO theirhabitual/DT whistle,/NN and/CC seemed/VBD to/TO accentuate,/VB in/IN some/DT grotesque/JJ way,/NN the/DT terror/NN on/IN his/PRP$ face./NN Before/IN they/PRP had/VBD gone/VBN many/JJ yards/NNS they/PRP met/VBD the/DT police,/NNS and/CC hailed/VBD the/DT approaching/VBG glimmer/NN of/IN the/DT lights/NNS among/IN the/DT foliage/NN as/IN they/PRP might/MD have/VB welcomed/VBN the/DT eyes/NNS of/IN a/DT friend./NN All/RB turned/VBD back/RB together,/RB and/CC in/IN a/DT few/JJ words/NNS Gerald/NNP put/VBD Captain/NNP Strong,/NNP who/WP had/VBD come/VBN in/IN person,/NN in/IN possession/NN of/IN all/DT he/PRP knew/VBD about/IN the/DT tragedy./NN The/DT captain/NN heard/VBD him/PRP in/IN silence./NN "He/NN put/VBD the/DT letter/NN in/IN his/PRP$ pocket,/NN you/PRP say?"/VBP inquired/VBN the/DT officer,/NN when/WRB Gerald/NNP had/VBD concluded./VBN "Yes,"/NNP replied/VBD Hale,/NNP "he/, crumpled/VBD it/PRP up,/RB and/CC put/VB it/PRP in/IN his/PRP$ waistcoat/NN pocket./NN I/PRP saw/VBD him."The/PRP body/NN had/VBD been/VBN lifted/VBN on/IN a/DT stretcher,/NN and/CC Captain/NNP Strong,/NNP bending/VBG over/IN it,/IN secured/VBN the/DT paper./NN Carefully/RB smoothing/VBG out/RP the/DT creases,/NN he/PRP read/VBD it/PRP by/IN the/DT light/NN of/IN a/DT lantern/NN which/WDT one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ men/NNS held/VBD for/IN him./PRP "It's/RB written/VBN in/IN Spanish,"/NNP said/VBD the/DT Captain;/NNP "a/NNP request/NN for/IN the/DT deceased/JJ to/TO meet/VB the/DT writer/NN near/IN the/DT western/JJ edge/NN of/IN Jones's/NNP orange/NN grove--this/WDT is/VBZ the/DT very/RB spot--and/JJ it/PRP is/VBZ signed/VBN 'Inez/VBN Mendoza!'/NNP Inez/NNP Mendoza!/NNP Why,/NNP that's/IN the/DT girl/NN that/IN drowned/VBD herself/PRP six/CD months/NNS ago.""It's/IN a/DT decoy/NN letter,/NN Cap,"/NNP suggested/VBD one/CD of/IN the/DT officers./NNP "That's/NNP plain/JJ enough!/JJ But/CC who/WP wrote/VBD it?"/IN The/DT Captain/NNP mused/VBD a/DT moment,/NN and/CC then/RB resumed./VBD "Harkins,/RB go/VB down/RB to/TO Mendoza's/NNP ranch--we're/NN half/DT way/NN to/TO it/PRP now,/RB and/CC bring/VB the/DT old/JJ man/NN to/TO town."The/DT policeman/NN withdrew,/, and/CC the/DT others,/JJ raising/VBG the/DT stretcher,/NN stepped/VBD out/RP slowly/RB with/IN their/PRP$ ghastly/JJ burden./NN Pat/NNP had/VBD recovered/VBN some/DT of/IN his/PRP$ confidence/NN with/IN the/DT arrival/NN of/IN the/DT policemen/NNS and/CC the/DT lights./NN He/PRP kept/VBD by/IN Gerald's/NNP side/NN when/WRB they/PRP started./VBD "Aren't/RB ye/PRP goin'/NNS to/TO tell/VB them/PRP anything/NN about/IN the/DT sperrit/NN groans,/NN sor?"/NN he/PRP asked./VBD "I/RB don't/VBN know,"/VBN replied/VBD Gerald;/NNP "I'd/NNP like/IN to/TO find/VB some/DT explanation/NN of/IN them/PRP myself/PRP first."Suddenly/RB the/DT Captain/NNP halted,/NN and/CC raised/VBD his/PRP$ hand./NN "Hark!/IN what/WP was/VBD that?"They/IN all/DT heard/VBN it,/IN policemen,/NNS watchers,/IN all!/DT It/PRP came/VBD from/IN the/DT grove/NN in/IN front/NN of/IN them,/NN and/CC sounded/VBD weird/JJ and/CC awful/JJ amid/IN the/DT wonted/JJ sounds/NNS of/IN the/DT tropic/NN night./NN "We've/NN heard/VBD it/PRP several/JJ times,"/NN gasped/VBD Murphy,/NNP "and/CC we/PRP can't/MD make/VB out/RP what/WP it/PRP is!/VBZ And/CC it/PRP has/VBZ a/DT kind/NN of/IN uncanny/JJ likeness/NN to/TO poor/JJ Stokes's/NNP voice."The/IN Captain/NNP glanced/VBD sharply/RB at/IN the/DT motionless/JJ figure/NN on/IN the/DT stretcher,/NN and/CC then/RB gave/VBD the/DT signal/NN to/TO proceed./VB The/DT groans/NNS continued,/VBP always/RB keeping/VBG a/DT few/JJ paces/NNS in/IN advance./DT The/DT cold/JJ sweat/NN ran/VBD down/IN Pat's/NNP face,/NN and/CC his/PRP$ nervous/JJ fingers/NNS never/RB ceased/VBD to/TO make/VB the/DT sign/NN of/IN the/DT cross/NN above,/IN around,/IN on/IN every/DT side/NN of/IN him./PRP They/PRP all/DT seemed/VBD uncomfortable--all/JJ but/CC one/CD old,/JJ grizzled/VBD policeman--and/NN conversation/NN sank/VBD to/TO whispers,/VB and/CC then/RB died/VBD out/IN altogether./DT But/CC the/DT moans/NNS continued,/VBP still/RB in/IN front,/JJ as/IN if/IN summoning/VBG them/PRP on./RP "Very/RB strange,/RB very/RB strange!"/RB said/VBD Captain/NNP Strong./NNP He/PRP was/VBD thinking/VBG aloud,/RB but/CC he/PRP was/VBD not/RB left/VBN unanswered./NNP "It/NNP is/VBZ strange,/JJ Captain"--the/NNP speaker/NN was/VBD the/DT grizzled/JJ old/JJ officer/NN who/WP bore/VBD the/DT feet/NNS of/IN the/DT corpse--"it/NN is/VBZ strange,/JJ but/CC it's/RB happened/VBD before!""Happened/VBN before!/IN That/IN a/DT dead/JJ man/NN should/MD send/VB his/PRP$ dying/VBG groans/NNS on/IN before/IN his/PRP$ corpse,"/JJ broke/JJ in/IN Hale;/NNP "for/IN that's/DT Graham/NNP Stokes's/NNP voice,/NN I'd/NNP swear/VBP to/TO it.""You're/DT right,/JJ an'/NN you're/NN wrong,"/NN said/VBD the/DT old/JJ fellow,/NN dogmatically./NN "This/IN here/RB corpse,/JJ as/IN we/PRP may/MD call/VB it,/RB has/VBZ died/VBN of/IN a/DT stab/NN in/IN the/DT lungs,/NN if/IN I/PRP make/VBP bold/JJ to/TO mention/VB so/RB much/JJ in/IN advance/NN of/IN the/DT medical/JJ examination.""I/NN suppose/VB so,"/NN admitted/VBN Ffrench,/NNS whose/WP$ experience/NN as/RB a/DT reporter/NN had/VBD often/RB taken/VBN him/PRP to/TO the/DT San/NNP Francisco/NNP morgue,/NN and/CC who/WP could/MD give/VB a/DT fairly/RB expert/JJ opinion/NN in/IN cases/NNS of/IN death/NN by/IN violence./NN "Very/NN well!/RB How/WRB long/RB does/VBZ it/PRP take/VB a/DT man/NN to/TO die/VB of/IN a/DT cut/NN in/IN the/DT lung?""An/NN hour,/NN half/NN an/DT hour--I/NN don't/NN know,"/NN said/VBD Gerald./NNP "Maybe--maybe/NNP two/CD hours?/NNS Ay,/IN it/PRP may/MD be/VB three/CD that/IN this/DT man/NN has/VBZ lain/VBN under/IN that/DT orange/NN tree,/NN waiting/VBG for/IN his/PRP$ death/NN to/TO come/VB to/TO him,/VB choking/VBG in/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ blood/NN and/CC moaning/VBG in/IN his/PRP$ agony."All/JJ shuddered/VBD at/IN the/DT horrible/JJ picture/NN thus/RB vividly/RB presented./VBN "Did/JJ anyone/NN hear/VBP these/DT groans?"/NNS went/VBD on/IN the/DT old/JJ policeman,/NN who/WP had/VBD by/IN this/DT time/NN a/DT breathlessly/NN attentive/NN audience./NN "No/NN one,/, at/IN least/JJS so/RB far/RB as/IN appears.""I/NNS beg/VBP your/PRP$ pardon,"/NN said/VBD Murphy;/NNP "we/NNP heard/VBD his/PRP$ groans/NNS for/IN several/JJ minutes/NNS before/IN we/PRP reached/VBD him.""Asking/VBG your/PRP$ pardon,/NNS young/JJ man,/NN you/PRP lie,"/VBP returned/VBD the/DT old/JJ officer./NN "He/NN was/VBD stiff/JJ and/CC cold/JJ before/IN you/PRP got/VBD within/IN a/DT mile/NN of/IN him./NN I/PRP say/VBP no/UH one/CD heard/VBD his/PRP$ groans,/NN but/CC I/PRP don't/RB say/VBP no/UH thing/NN heard/VBD them.""What/RB has/VBZ that/IN to/TO do/VB with/IN it,/PRP Pachett?"/NNP asked/VBD the/DT Captain./NNP "Whoever,/NNP or/CC whatever/WDT heard/VBD them,/PRP we/PRP hear/VBP them/PRP now,"/RB for/IN at/IN that/DT moment/NN the/DT dismal/JJ sound/NN was/VBD repeated./VBN "Ay,/NNP and/CC will/MD 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