You may trim me, but I always would take a chance."
Turning, she called a waiter and, handing him a bill from her purse, threw
the roll on the table.
"Take the pay for the spread and the wine we have had out of that," she
said, handing him the loose bill and then turning to Sam. "You ought to
beat the world. Anyway your genius gets recognition from me. I pay for
this party and when you see the colonel say good-bye to him for me."
The next day, at his request, Sue Rainey called at the offices of the Arms
Company and Sam handed her the paper signed by Luella London. It was an
agreement on her part to divide with Sam, half and half, any money she
might be able to blackmail out of Colonel Rainey.
The colonel's daughter glanced from the paper to Sam's face.
"I thought so," she said, and a puzzled look came into her eyes. "But I do
not understand this. What does this paper do and what did you pay for it?"
"The paper," Sam answered, "puts her in a hole and I paid ten thousand
dollars for it."
Sue Rainey laughed and taking a checkbook from her handbag laid it on the
desk and sat down.
"Do you get your half?" she asked.
"I get it all," answered Sam, and then leaning back in his chair launched
into an explanation.
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