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As luck would have it, they were facing him, so it was comparatively easy at that short distance to shoot both in their arms. Carlson lay on the floor, a hole through his forehead. Smith was shot through the neck, and Jones and the little dark man were shot through the arms. Pete tied these latter two up and went upstairs in the big room. The orchestra was playing and people were dancing, drinking, and laugh ing, all unaware of the tragedy that had occurred in the cellar be neath them. When he wr. half way across the room, he saw Sally coming to meet him. “Pete!" she greeted him with a cry of relief. “Are you all right? What happened?" The concern in her voice sent a 2_arm glow of happiness through Pete. He took her arm and led her out into the hall. “Listen, i ve got to telephone for an ambulance. Carisen and Smith are dead, and there are two other men down stairs wounded.” “Oh!” Sally stifled a little cry of horror. "Wait right here,” Pete instruct ed, and went to fir.d a telephone. 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