“I was callin’ you fullahs on. I seen yuh was a-scared to come.”
“The hell yuh say! Conlin in the lion’s den. Y’ought to set up a show down on Coney.”
“Shine” winced at that thrust. “Never mind,” he said, with a curse. “I done fer Doherty!”
Cripps drew him aside. “Are yuh goin’ t’ appear against Doherty?”
“Well, am I!” he cried. “Watch me! I wish t’ell it was a murder case, that’s all! An’ if you an’ Moore won’t stan’ by me, yuh can go—”
“That’s all right,” Cripps put in hastily. “We’ll stan’ by yuh, ‘Shine’.”
“Yuh better!” “Shine” said.
The other men kept discreetly silent, and the boat turned back for the run down the river.