“What’s the use of denying it?” asked Patsy. “I’ve told that gink with a gun that——”
“Never mind what you told him,” Guelpa interrupted, more sharply. “Shoot him instantly, Draper, if he stirs. We can say we caught him committing a robbery.”
“That’s what I told him,” grinned Draper.
“Very likely he’s the scamp who stole Falloni’s diamonds,” added Guelpa, more sharply watching Patsy’s face.
It underwent no change evincing his identity and designs.
“I’d be a fall guy, for fair, if I came in here after getting away with that batch of jewels,” he said derisively.
“Keep him covered, Draper,” Guelpa repeated. “I’ll find out who he is.[Pg 24]”
He came nearer to Patsy, then suddenly seized one side of his mustache and jerked it from his lip.
Patsy uttered an involuntary cry of pain.
Guelpa gazed at him more sharply, with countenance turning as dark as a thundercloud, while his teeth met with a sudden, sharp snap.