For an instant they stand, covering the burglars
with revolvers. REDDY runs to window. He is seized by an entering
crowd of men in the oil-stained blue jeans of engineers and
brakemen.)
CAPTAIN LUCAS:
Hold up your hands, all of you! I guess I know you.
(With his left hand he tears off HATCH'S mask.)
"Joe" Hatch--at last.
(Pulls off HARRY'S mask.)
And Harry Hayes. I thought so. And that's--the "Kid." The whole
gang.
(To the police.)
Good work, boys.
(To ALICE)
My congratulations, Miss Gardner. They're the worst lot in the
country. You're a brave young lady. You ought--
ALICE:
(speaking with an effort and swaying slightly)
Hush, please. Don't--don't alarm my mother. Mother's not as
strong as--as I am.
(Her eyes close, and she faints across the arm of the Chief of
Police as the CURTAIN FALLS.)
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