east lie with in
abandonment luck happiness complete puncture
magnificence over during Yes, Hy Hogan and Blackie
Burns were in 1 . Only once in the past
ten days had their luck failed them. It had been with them when they made their
big robbery—their truly 2 robbery—on
the Coast. It had been with them 3 their thousand—mile trip 4 , by
car. It had been with them every moment—but one.
That moment had come just one hour before. It came when Blackie, driving
the car, ran 5 a policeman. And
Blackie, thinking of the suitcase at Hy’s feet, had driven away.
Swiftly. There had been a chase, of course. A wild, crazy
chase. And when a bullet had 6 the
gasoline tank, they had had to 7 the
car. But luck or no luck, here they were. Alone, and without a car, in a
8 strange town. But safe and
sound— 9 the suitcase.
The suitcase lay in the center of the table, in the center of the room. In it,
neat little package on neat little package, 10
nearly three hundred thousand dollars.