The Almost Perfect Murder

up in Westchester County. And I had me gun in me hand ready to smoke him, and I couldn't do it.\"

\"Why?\"

\"Because he was talkin' about this now, infantile paralysis, and how he was gonna save all the kids from it, and I happened to t'ink about my Tony, and I couldn't do it. I put the rod in me pocket and I drove the old man home. And I ain't never regretted it neither, though it cost me a grand.\"

\"But what fellow would want to bump him off?\" asked Madge.


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up in Westchester County. And I had me gun in me hand ready to smoke him, and I couldn't do it.\"

\"Why?\"

\"Because he was talkin' about this now, infantile paralysis, and how he was gonna save all the kids from it, and I happened to t'ink about my Tony, and I couldn't do it. I put the rod in me pocket and I drove the old man home. And I ain't never regretted it neither, though it cost me a grand.\"

\"But what fellow would want to bump him off?\" asked Madge.


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