"It was he sent for you," he said, "but he doesn't need you. Fortunately, he's a damned bad shot!"
The boy's eyes opened wearily; before we could prevent it he spoke.
"I was so tired," he whispered. "Always moving me on. I was so tired!"
Behind me came heavy footsteps, and though with my arm I tried to bar them out, the two detectives pushed into the doorway. They shoved me to one side and through the passage made for him came the Jew in the sable coat, Mr. Adolph Meyer.
For an instant the little great man stood with wide, owl-like eyes, staring at the face on the pillow.
Then he sank softly to his knees. In both his hands he caught the hand of the card-sharp.
"Heine!" he begged. "Don't you know me? It is your brother Adolph; your little brother Adolph!"
BILLY AND THE BIG STICK
Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti.