Blood On the Stars
“He stayed on his knees with both hands planted on the floor to support his weight. He breathed heavily through his open mouth and shook his head like a wounded and dazed animal.
Shayne dropped his automatic into his coat pocket and cocked the hammer of the double-action .45 with his right hand.
Blackie began to push his torso laboriously upward. His eyes were fixed on the cocked gun in the detective’s left hand. Shayne said, “I like you better on the floor.” He put the sole of his big s...hoe in Blackie’s face and shoved. Blackie sprawled backward and lay there for a moment.
When he pulled himself slowly to a sitting position, he grunted, “Evens us up. Who’d you say was killed?”
“Mrs. Mark Dustin.”
“I don’t know any Mrs. Dustin. I ain’t killed nobody. Not recently,” he amended, clearing his throat and turning his head to spit.
“Did you send someone over to keep your date with her?”MoreLess
Shayne dropped his automatic into his coat pocket and cocked the hammer of the double-action .45 with his right hand.
Blackie began to push his torso laboriously upward. His eyes were fixed on the cocked gun in the detective’s left hand. Shayne said, “I like you better on the floor.” He put the sole of his big s...hoe in Blackie’s face and shoved. Blackie sprawled backward and lay there for a moment.
When he pulled himself slowly to a sitting position, he grunted, “Evens us up. Who’d you say was killed?”
“Mrs. Mark Dustin.”
“I don’t know any Mrs. Dustin. I ain’t killed nobody. Not recently,” he amended, clearing his throat and turning his head to spit.
“Did you send someone over to keep your date with her?”MoreLess
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