BOOK THREE

A MATTER OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS

CONTENTS

I "THAT GAL'S CROOKED" 336

II "_IT WAS IN THAT CHURCH LAST SUNDAY!_" 344

III "UH! 'ES GOT 'IM A NIGGA!" 349

IV "PLEASE GO!" SHE CRIED HOARSELY 355

V THE TIME LIMIT 362

VI REMINISCENCES--CHARGE OF THE BLACK CAVALRY 369

VII "PLEASE STOP--AND SAVE ME!" 375

VIII WHAT HER EYES SAW 381

IX "WHA'S Y' MAN?" 386

X "KICK HIGHER DARE GAL!" 392

XI "MY WIFE--SICK--_HELL!_" 397

XII MID-NIGHT DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST 407

XIII INTO THE INFINITE LONG AGO 412

XIV "GO, BROTHER! IN GOD'S NAME, GO!" 418