With a seductive smile, she now said warmly:
“You’re all right, Sandy. I’ll not forget this little service, and you shall have your reward when——”
“I’ll get mine, all right, Vic, if the chief ever gets wise to the game I’m playing,” interrupted Hyde, with a mingled laugh and grimace.
“He will never learn of it.”
“If he does, Vic, I can see myself put through the third degree in a way that will leave mighty little of me.”
“Bosh!”
“I’m taking mighty long chances in doing this for you, and for——”
“Are you getting no reward for doing it, Sandy?”
The woman’s arm had stolen around his neck, while her breath fell warm on his cheek with the interruption. She drew him closer till her lips met his, then hurriedly released him, saying quickly:
“Go, now, Sandy, and leave the rest to me.”