HAGAN SECURES A PARTNER.
"The fight has begun, Felipe, me boy," said Hagan, as the two left the brokers' office and stood waiting for the elevator to carry them down to the ground floor. "I knew it would be no easy thing, but it was worth trying."
"I will kill him!" repeated the Mexican lad, in a savage whisper.
"No, no; better not."
"He robs me!"
"But it is not safe to kill in this country."
"Always the Jaliscos kill their enemies."
"If you were to do that in this State it would be the electric chair for yours."
"If they prove not that by me it was done——"
"You were foolish, me lad; you threatened. Besides that, to kill him would be to kill the goose that must lay the golden egg. You can see the folly in that. If you were to kill him, how could you force him to pay you the money you demand?"