"Don’t move,” ordered the thug with the heavy revolver, as he shoved its muzzle into the surprised and helpless detective’s chest. “I’m on to  you, and you’re gonna get it!” he went on, as he fingered the trigger of the big double-action six-gun. Then something crashed against the door. The gunman turned his attention to it. For that split second his eyes left the detective to look at the door, the officer dropped to one knee and pulled a palm-sized pistol from his ankle ho


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