Chapter 56

"Sure!" said Scarface cheerfully--it was like a dash of cold water on me. "There's a fellow in my crowd down here. The coolest hand in New York. Just the man!" (I knew by intuition that he was referring to Chiglick.) "He gets five hundred dollars for an engagement, a thousand for two, of course." "Very well," said Touchon coolly; "I will send you the money with the other things. Pay him twenty per cent, in advance and the balance ... afterward. But do not meet him afterward, of course. We will soon know fro…