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THE NIGHT TRAIN P ASSES 3 37 "No9" Steve was firm.; '.-"
"A grand?" · ·I . .t·," ·
:a:e besitated. .A thousand ' dollar"s 'was a l:6t ' of ::riJ.oney.
He and Marie could us e it. But why .did .he:'warit to pay a " thousancl .dollarst.o go to. Ferris.'.-Sudd·enly fie ·was :'8US-
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What's ;Lrr Ferris,tha,t's worth that ..
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The ,man opened the door . and s1id 'in beside ·him·~: "Or .what?" Steve asked cautiously.
"Or a bullet for you9 a truck for me.."
Steve ,fe.It a poke in his side 9 hi-s hands , -tightened on the steering wheel.
The cQrsl rattled pasti Squares of light fla~hed by, behind each a face9 each concGrned with'his'·own-little world.. Little they knew·.df the·tenseness '8'rid battle 'of wits going on in the truck 'waiting by the station.
"What'11 it be9 'bud?\! the man's voice :grated bes'ide him. "You have till the train passes.1I
picious.
much?II...' ha.-cpun-tered.
"A thousand and no questions or---"
., . ,S.uddenly ,tb€ rattling serpent in front of 'thorn s'e~emed
~Qpick up speed.
Slowdown, slow,·down, an
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inner voice · cried'b
'We could uS,.e a thousand; ' Steve -reTlected. '1"11 '
only die if.T don't agree.' .Then, 'But 'what has he done?