Frank L. Packard

Name: The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale — I. SMARLINGHUE
Author: Frank L. Packard

The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

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“The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale — I. SMARLINGHUE”, published in 1919, is a work by Frank L. Packard. It explores elements such as Smarlinghue, Clancy and Malay.

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ Clancy, as he had introduced himself, shot up the roller shade, peered out into the courtyard, yanked the shade down again with a callous jerk that almost tore it from its fastenings, and strode over toward the easel, contemptuously kicking a chair that happened to be in his way over onto the floor. Reaching the easel he picked up the canvas that rested upon it, stared at it for a moment—and with a grunt of disdain flung it away from him to the ground. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ SMARLINGHUE
A DIMINUTIVE gas-jet's sickly, yellow flame illuminated the room with poverty-stricken inadequacy; high up on the wall, bordering the ceiling, the moonlight, as though contemptuous of its artificial competitor, streamed in through a small, square window, and laid a white, flickering path to the door across a filthy and disreputable rag of carpet; also, through a rent in the roller shade, which was drawn over a sort of antiquated French window that opened on a level with the floor and in line with the top-light, the moonlight disclosed a narrow and squalid courtyard without. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ You haven't anything to be afraid of, so don't lose your nerve. Malay himself is away this evening and won't be back before midnight; and the door won't be locked, as otherwise the others couldn't get in. Everything's clear for you. Savvy? Once you're in the room, there's plenty of places to hide—and that's all you've got to do, except keep your ears and eyes open. Get the lay?"
Again Smarlinghue nodded—unhappily this time.
"All right!" said Clancy crisply. "I'm not coming around here any more—unless I have to. It might put you in bad. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ The moonlight's path across the floor wavered suddenly, the door opened, was locked again, and with a quick, catlike step a man moved along the side of the wall where the shadows lay thickest near the door, dropped on his knees, and began to fumble hurriedly with the base-board of the wall, pausing at every alternate second to listen intently. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ Cocaine's the one thing on earth you live for. You're stewed to the eyes with it now. Here, just watch me! Suppose"—he caught the syringe in a quick grip between the fingers of both hands—"suppose I just put this little toy out of commission now, and——"
With a shrill screech, Smarlinghue sprang from his chair, and clawed like a demented man at the other's hands for possession of the hypodermic.
Clancy surrendered the syringe with a mocking grin, and shoved Smarlinghue backward into his chair again.
"Oh, yes; you're an artist all right—a coke artist!" ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ I guess you understand, don't you? You ought to be a pretty valuable man, and I expect a lot from you. If I don't get it——" He shrugged his shoulders, held Smarlinghue for an instant with half-closed, threatening eyes—and then the door closed behind him.
Smarlinghue did not move. The steps receded from the door, and died away along the passage. A minute, two minutes went by. Suddenly Smarlinghue pushed back the wristband of his shirt, and pricked the skin with the needle of the hypodermic. The door, without a sound, swung wide open. Clancy stood in the doorway. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ Smarlinghue burst out frantically.
"Aw, forget it!" Clancy permitted a thin smile to flicker contemptuously across his lips. "You've got a whole lot of friends that I'm interested in. Get the idea? There ain't a crook in New York that's shy of you. You got a 'stand-in' everywhere." ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ I have been keeping an eye on you for the last three or four months. You're just the guy I've been looking for. As far as I can make out, there ain't a dive or a roost in the Bad Lands where you don't get the glad hand—eh? ”

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