[The Case and The Girl by Randall Parrish]@TWC D-Link bookThe Case and The Girl CHAPTER XXIV 17/18
That guy got me.
You ain't one o' that murderin' gang, are you ?" "No; I was a prisoner on board; I came here to help a girl." "A girl! Miss Coolidge you mean, sir ?" "Yes, Natalie Coolidge; do you know anything about her? Where she is ?" "Sure, I know; the damn whelps left her here; that was their dirty game, sir.
'Twas because I tried to unlock her door that Hogan slugged me.
The boat's goin' down, ain't it? I know'd it was; I heard the skunks talk about what they was goin' to do, an' then I tried to get her out, sir." "You were the watchman ?" "Yes, sir; down in the lagoon at Jackson Park.
These fellows come off to the yacht about midnight, an' they had Miss Coolidge with 'em.
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