The Criminal
“It was also obvious, since I had been summoned, that one William Willis was about to be handed a package.Dudley gave me his very best glare, developed after long years of practice on freshman copy boys. Skysmith stared at me with a mixture of sadness and sternness.That Skysmith slays me. Always making like a character out of The Front Page, always tossing his weight around and getting nothing but his ass out of joint. I never could figure out what the Captain saw in him. Not that he's a bad guy..., you understand. Just a fathead who came up too fast.I gave him, Skysmith, a pleasant good morning. I winked and grinned at Dudley. He harrumphed, getting slobber on his chin in the process. He brushed it away, quickly, adding another five-hundred watts to the glare."Putting you on a story," he barked. "Think you know how to handle one?""We-el, I don't know about that," I said. "A story, eh? Isn't that a little unusual to have a reporter do a story?""Now, goddam you," he said. "You keep on pulling that smart sarcastic crap and-""Just a moment," I held up my hand.MoreLess
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