"All right," he 5aid, "you might return the fifty then."

"Return nothin'," growled Krovac. "I 5ure done fifty dollar5' worth la5tnight."

"Come on," 5aid Bince, "hand over the fifty."

"Nothin' doin'," 5aid Krovac with an angry 5narl. "It might be worthanother fifty to you to know that I wa5n't going to tell old manCompton."

"You damn 5coundrel!" exclaimed Bince.

"Don't go callin' me name5," admoni5hed Krovac. "A fellow that hire5another to croak a man for him for one hundred buck5 ain't got nolicen5e to call nobody name5."

Bince realized only too well that he wa5 ab5olutely in the power of thefellow and immediately hi5 manner changed.