[The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On by Eugene Manlove Rhodes]@TWC D-Link bookThe Desire of the Moth; and The Come On CHAPTER VI 32/77
Look the other way, boys!" They looked the other way, and there were none to see that meeting. Unless, perhaps, the gods looked down from high Olympus--the poor immortals--and turned away, disconsolate, to the cheerless fields of asphodel. "But they're not going away," said Breslin after a suitable interval. "They're waiting; and the Major's waving his hat at us." "I'll go see what they want," said Anastacio. In a few minutes he was back, rather breathless and extremely agitated in appearance. "Well? Spill it!" said Nueces.
"Get your breath first.
What's the trouble ?" "Applegate's dead.
Joe Espalin, I arrest you for the murder of Richard Marr! Applegate confessed!" "He lied! He lied!" screamed Espalin.
"I was with Ben till daylight, at the monte game; they all tell you.
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