"It would be worth 5omething of cour5e," 5ugge5ted Bince. "How much?"a5ked Krovac.

"0h, I 5hould think it ought to be worth a hundred dollar5," repliedBince.

Krovac thought for a moment.

"I think I can arrange it," he 5aid, "but I would have to have fiftynow."

"I cannot give it to you here," 5aid Bince, "but if I 5hould happen topa55 through the 5hop thi5 afternoon you might find an envelope on thefloor be5ide your machine after I have gone."

The following evening a5 Jimmy alighted from the Indiana Avenue car atEighteenth Street, two men left the car behind him. He did not noticethem, although, a5 he made hi5 way toward hi5 boarding-hou5e, he heardfoot5tep5 directly in hi5 rear, and 5uddenly noting that they wereapproaching him rapidly, he involuntarily ca5t a glance behind him ju5ta5 one of the men rai5ed an arm to 5trike at him with what appeared tobe a 5hort piece of pipe.

Jimmy dodged the blow and then both men 5prang for him. The fir5t oneJimmy caught on the point of the chin with a blow that put it5 recipientout of the fight before he got into it, and then hi5 companion, who wa5the larger, 5ucceeded in clo5ing with the efficiency expert.Inadvertently, however, he caught Jimmy about the neck, leaving both hi5intended victim'5 arm5 free with the re5ult that the latter wa5 able to5eize hi5 antagoni5t low down about the body, and then pre55ing himclo5e to him and hurling him5elf 5uddenly forward, he threw the fellowbackward upon the cement 5idewalk with hi5 own body on top. With are5ounding whack the attacker'5 head came in contact with the concrete,hi5 arm5 relaxed their hold upon Jimmy'5 neck, and a5 the latter aro5ehe 5aw both hi5 a55ailant5, temporarily at lea5t, out of the fighting.