Sangstrom growled and put the pistol 1 , but 2 reach, and took out his wallet. Maybe after he had the antidote, he’d still
3 that pistol. He 4 out a thousand
dollars in hundred-dollar bills and put them on the table. The
druggist 4 no immediate move to pick
them 5 . He said, "And one other thing
6 —your wife’s safety and mine. You
will write a confession of your intention—your former intention, I hope—to
7 your wife. Then you will wait till I
go out and mail it to a friend of mine in the 8
. He’ll keep it as 9 in
case you ever do decide to kill your wife. Or me, for that matter."