Jim Harris smiled to himself as the train rattled down the tracks towards Brownstown. He was hoping that a lead to a circus would help him find a boy named Andy Sandler. Jim had been mulling over the problem in his mind, but the gentle rocking of the train hazed his tired mind and he drifted off to sleep.
MEANWHILE
Two men rushed through the narrow alley in the darkness. There seemed to be an urgent fear about them as they went. They were the same two men who had been hiding behind Jim at the train station. As they ran, they muttered to each other.
"The boss ain't gonna like this!"
"So why are we going back to him?" the other asked as they stopped out of breath in front of a stage door.
"Perhaps because you owe loyalty to the boss." A voice came from behind them.
"Boss!" said the two turning to see a chubby little man. He had black, greasy hair that he had pushed back with a dirty hand. A thick brown cigar was perched in one side of his mouth about as thick as the black mustache hanging on his upper lip.
"Now what was it that you didn't want to tell me?" the Boss asked. the two men looked nervously at each other.
"Well. sir, that fellow who went to visit Toni Shaw got away. He left on the train for Brownstown." The taller man said.
"What?" Boss exclaimed, "You let him escape? You will pay for this mistake!" he said with an angry red tinting his face.
To be continued...
"The boss ain't gonna like this!"
"So why are we going back to him?" the other asked as they stopped out of breath in front of a stage door.
"Perhaps because you owe loyalty to the boss." A voice came from behind them.
"Boss!" said the two turning to see a chubby little man. He had black, greasy hair that he had pushed back with a dirty hand. A thick brown cigar was perched in one side of his mouth about as thick as the black mustache hanging on his upper lip.
"Now what was it that you didn't want to tell me?" the Boss asked. the two men looked nervously at each other.
"Well. sir, that fellow who went to visit Toni Shaw got away. He left on the train for Brownstown." The taller man said.
"What?" Boss exclaimed, "You let him escape? You will pay for this mistake!" he said with an angry red tinting his face.
To be continued...
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