Dead Man's Letter

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Simon? Yeah? What's the matter? You've got to do something for me. Hey, you're hurt. Yeah, yeah. And I'll take it easy. Sit down. Oh, no, you've got to listen to me. You're bleeding all over the place. I'll call the doctor.

Oh, please, please, wait. But look. Then, I've been knife-bad. I don't think I've got much time. Here, you take this. They're right behind me. I'm going to call the doctor. No, no, listen. Listen. Key, or...

Well, as to get envelope to the... Oh. Hey. Hey, you. Oh, no. The man, whoever he was, had toppled over on his face and was very dead. He handed me a plane white envelope, sealed, with no address on it.

I went over to my desk to put in a called homicide when I heard someone moving around in the hall. I turned and saw the shadow of a man silhouetted against the glass section of my office door.

I grabbed a pan and hurriedly scribbled the address of Lieutenant Walton Levinson, Fifth Precinct Homicide on the envelope, stuck a stamp on it, then headed for the hallway. I was about to open the door when the shadow was joined by another one.

They opened it for me. Excuse me, gentlemen. We want to ask you to. Later, later. I got to mail a letter. Hey, stop him! Don't let him mail that thing! They were both big men and could run.