15 Story Detective, April 1950 — page 57: what you’re looking at

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Pigskin Patsy 2 57 Though he was not used to drinking, the rye had almost no effect. 3 An extremely thin man with the shoulders built out on his suit coat stood beside the booth. Barry looked up. “You got semething to say too?” “Yes. George wants to see you.” “¥ don’t want to see George. I’ve got this thing figured out. I think George made some bets on the rest of the season and of" there, he can win “em.” The thin man sat down. “Sonny, you are green. The games are bet as they come along. You being out gets figured in the odds same as anything else. I told you George wants to see you.” “T don’t come running. George Deever can come here.” “Sonny, you look a lot smarter than you talk. [ give the word and Joe gives you a pill in your next drink. Or I get you up to the bar and sap you behind the ear. Or I have the boys come in from the car and take you the hard way. But George says you and he got to put your heads together.”’ Barry Stared at him. There was no animosity in the flat black eyes. Just a hard amusement. “Okay,” Barry said. George.” ze The thin man held the door of the tan sedan. Barry got in beside the man in back. His face was.in shadow. The thin with me out “So I go see man climbed in front beside the driver. “With these two you were going to try to take me?” Barry asked, 7 The man beside him said in a querulous tone, “The bane of this existence is the incredulous amateur. Yes, lad, we would take you. Quickly, quietly, discreetly.” “Listen to Doc,” the thin man said. “He always makes sense.” “The folklore of this nation,” Doc said, “insists that a brave and muscular man can defeat all odds if his heart is pure. I constantly find myself proving the reverse of this persistent myth. [ am fifty-three years old, but [ could handle you if the situation required it,” “Judo?” Barry asked. “Goodness, no! Quickness of hand and a knowledge of anatomy.” The car crossed the city line heading ip river. “T detect a trace of doubt in your atti- tude, lad,’”’ Doc. said. “Permit me...” He reached quickly over, grasped Barry’s thick arm at the elbow. Barry gasped. The jolt was like that of a live wire. His hand went numb. “That is commonly called the fuany- bone,”” Doc said mildly. “Within twenty minutes you'll be able to use the arm.” Barry suddenly laughed. [t was the first time he remembered laughing in for- ty-eight hours. “You've convinced me.” A passing headlight illuminated Doc’s face. Barry glanced over. The man wore HOW SLOAN’S timiment AIDS MUSCULAR PAINS Here’s vital news for sufferers from muscular aches and rhewe matic pains, Using infra-red rays, scientists have now succeeded in photographing blood-vessels below the skin-surface. These photos (see pictures at left) prove that, after an application of Sloan’s Liniment, the veins expand .. . evidence that the treated area gets extra supplies of blood, to revitalize tissues and wash away waste matter and poisons faster, When you use Sloan's Liniment, you kvow that it is increas- ing the all-important flaw of blood to the treated area, and that this effect extends below the skin-surface. No wonder Sloan's helps to bring blessed relief fram rheumatic aches, arthritis pains, lumbago, sore muscles. Stoaw’s has been called “the greatest name in pain-relieving liniments.’’ Get a bottle today, BEFORE Gomichbooks