“That’s it,” Tux said, keeping his voice down. He pointed. “We’ve got to get in there somehow.”
They lay looking down into the dark alley. Every now and then they saw a movement as a cop walked slowly along the alley, turn and retrace his steps, passing the door of the building they were watching.
“Maybe I could get down there and knock that lug on the head,” Solly said hopefully. “Then you could get in.”
“No.” Tux said. “That’s not the way to play it. If we are going to get in, we’ll get in by the roof.”
He studied the lay-out of the district as far as he could see it.
“We’ll have to get to the other side of the alley first,” he said finally. “We’ll have to go down the way we came up, cut around the back and get to Dave’s place. We can use his roof. It’ll take time, but it’ll be safe.”
Solly edged backwards. He was essentially a man of action. Show him what to do and he did it.
Tux followed him, and together they went down the stairs, two at a time.
II
Johnny opened his eyes, blinked and lifted his head. He looked across the dimly lighted room as Ken got quickly to his feet.