“I do, yes.”
“Well, we don’t. You split it right here and now.”
“That’s right; do as Blinky tells yer.”
This time the menace in Duggan’s tone was unveiled. He made a step toward Duke. The other recoiled. It was plain then that he feared his desperate employees.
“Hold on, Duggan,” warned Blinky, who appeared the more pacific of the two.
“What for? We were chumps ever to have given him the money.”
“How do ye mean?”
“Why, couldn’t we have knocked him on the head and got away with it, eh? That’s what I’d like to know.”
Duggan’s voice held a high, angry note.
“I wish they’d all get to fighting among themselves,” thought Jack. “What’s that old saying, ‘When thieves fall out, honest men come into their own’?”