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    western operation; which is centered in Las Vegas。 
      Carl 〃Jimmy…Ricks〃 Prashkin; a San Francisco investor; reputed to be the 
    heir apparent of the power Gienelli now wields。 Prashkin owns large blocks 
    of stock in Derwent Enterprises; High Country Investments; Fun Time 
    Automatic Machines; and three Vegas casinos。 Prashkin is clean in America; 
    but was indicted in Mexico on fraud charges that were dropped quickly three 
    weeks after they were brought。 It has been suggested that Prashkin may be 
    in charge of laundering money skimmed from Vegas casino operations and 
    funneling the big bucks back into the organization's legitimate western 
    operations。 And such operations may now include the Overlook Hotel in 
    Colorado。 
      Other visitors during the current season include。。。 
 
  There was more but Jack only skimmed it; constantly wiping his lips with his 
hand。 A banker with Las Vegas connections。 Men from New York who were apparently 
doing more in the Garment District than making clothes。 Men reputed to be 
involved with drugs; vice; robbery; murder。 
  God; what a story! And they had all been here; right above him; in those empty 
rooms。 Screwing expensive whores on the third floor; maybe。 Drinking magnums of 
champagne。 Making deals that would turn over millions of dollars; maybe in the 
very suite of rooms where Presidents had stayed。 There was a story; all right。 
One hell of a story。 A little frantically; he took out his notebook and jotted 
down another memo to check all of these people out at the library in Denver when 
the caretaking job was over。 Every hotel has its ghost? The Overlook had a whole 
coven of them。 First suicide; then the Mafia; what next? 
  The next clipping was an angry denial of Brannigar's charges by Charles 
Grondin。 Jack smirked at it。 
  The clipping on the next page was so large that it had been folded。 Jack 
unfolded it and gasped harshly。 The picture there seemed to leap out at him: the 
wallpaper had been changed since June of 1966; but he knew that window and the 
view perfectly well。 It was the western exposure of the Presidential Suite。 
Murder came next。 The sitting room wall by the door leading into the bedroom was 
splashed with blood and what could only be white flecks of brain matter。 A 
blank…faced cop was standing over a corpse hidden by a blanket。 Jack stared; 
fascinated; and then his eyes moved up to the headline。 
 
                          GANGLAND…STYLE SHOOTING AT 
                                COLORADO HOTEL 
               Reputed Crime Overlord Shot at Mountain Key Club 
                                Two Others Dead 
 
    SIDEWINDER; COLO (UPI)…Forty miles from this sleepy Colorado town; a 
    gangland…style execution has occurred in the heart of the Rocky Mountains。 
    The Overlook Hotel; purchased three years ago as an exclusive key club by a 
    Las Vegas firm; was the site of a triple shotgun slaying。 Two of the men 
    were either the panions or bodyguards of Vittorio Gienelli; also known 
    as 〃The Chopper〃 for his reputed involvement in a Boston slaying twenty 
    years ago。 
      Police were summoned by Robert Norman; manager of the Overlook; who said 


 
 
    he heard shots and that some of the guests reported two men wearing 
    stockings on their faces and carrying guns had fled down the fire escape 
    and driven off in a late…model tan convertible。 
      State Trooper Benjamin Moorer discovered two dead men; later identified 
    as Victor T。 Boorman and Roger Macassi; both of Las Vegas; outside the door 
    of the Presidential Suite where two American Presidents have stayed。 
    Inside; Moorer found the body of Gienelli sprawled on the floor。 Gienelli 
    was apparently fleeing his attackers when he was cut down。 Moorer said 
    Gienelli had been shot with heavy…gauge shotguns at close range。 
      Charles Grondin; the representative of the pany which now owns the 
    Overlook; could not be reached for。。。 
 
  Below the clipping; in heavy strokes of a ball…point pen; someone had written: 
They took his balls along with them。 Jack stared at that for a long time; 
feeling cold。 Whose book was this? 
  He turned the page at last; swallowing a click in his throat。 Another column 
from Josh Brannigar; this one dated early 1967。 He only read the headline: 
NOTORIOUS HOTEL SOLD FOLLOWING MURDER OF UNDERWORLD FIGURE。 
  The sheets following that clipping were blank。 
  (They took his balls along with them。) 
  He flipped back to the beginning; looking for a name or address。 Even a room 
number。 Because he felt quite sure that whoever had kept this little book of 
memories had stayed at the hotel。 But there was nothing。 
  He was getting ready to go through all the clippings; more closely this time; 
when a voice called down the stairs: 〃Jack? Hon?〃 
  Wendy。 
  He started; almost guiltily; as if he had been drinking secretly and she would 
smell the fumes on him。 Ridiculous。 He scrubbed his lips with his hand and 
called back; 〃Yeah; babe。 Lookin for rats。〃 
  She was ing down。 He heard her on the stairs; then crossing the boiler 
room。 Quickly; without thinking why he might be doing it; be stuffed the 
scrapbook under a pile of bills and invoices。 He stood up as she came through 
the arch。 
  〃What in the world have you been doing down here? It's almost three o'clock!〃 
  He smiled。 〃Is it that late? I got rooting around through all this stuff。 
Trying to find out where the bodies are buried; I guess。〃 
  The words clanged back viciously in his mind。 
  She came closer; looking at him; and he unconsciously retreated a step; unable 
to help himself。 He knew what she was doing。 She was trying to smell liquor on 
him。 Probably she wasn't even aware of it herself; but he was; and it made him 
feel both guilty and angry。 
  〃Your mouth is bleeding;〃 she said in a curiously flat tone。 
  〃Huh?〃 He put his hand to his lips and winced at the thin stinging。 His index 
finger came away bloody。 His guilt increased。 
  〃You've been rubbing your mouth again;〃 she said。 
  He looked down and shrugged。 〃Yeah; I guess I have。〃 
  〃It's been hell for you; hasn't it?〃 
  〃No; not so bad。〃 
  〃Has it gotten any easier?〃 


 
 
  He looked up at her and made his feet start moving。 Once they were actually in 
motion it was easier。 He crossed to his wife and slipped an arm around her 
waist。 He brushed aside a sheaf of her blond hair and kissed her neck。 〃Yes;〃 he 
said。 〃Where's Danny?〃 
  〃Oh; he's around somewhere。 It's started to cloud up outside。 Hungry?〃 
  He slipped a hand over her taut; jeans…clad bottom with counterfeit lechery。 
〃Like ze bear; madame。〃 
  〃Watch out; slugger。 Don't start something you can't finish。〃 
  〃Fig…fig; madame?〃 he asked; still rubbing。 〃Dirty peeotures? Unnatural 
positions?〃 As they went through the arch; he threw one glance back at the box 
where the scrapbook 
  (whose?) 
  was hidden。 With the light out it was only a shadow。 He was relieved that he 
had gotten Wendy away。 His lust became less acted; more natural; as they 
approached the stairs。 
  〃Maybe;〃 she said。 〃After we get you a sandwich…yeek!〃 She twisted away from 
him; giggling。 〃That tickles!〃 
  〃It teekles nozzing like Jock Torrance would like to teekle you; madame。〃 
  〃Lay off; Jock。 How about a ham and cheese 。。。 for the first course?〃 
  They went up the stairs together; and Jack didn't look over his shoulder 
again。 But he thought of Watson's words: 
  Every big hotel has got a ghost。 Why? Hell; people e and go。。。 
  Then Wendy shut the basement door behind them; closing it into darkness。 
 
 
 
 
   》 
 
 
  OUTSIDE 217 
 
 
  Danny was remembering the words of someone else who had worked at the Overlook 
during the season: 
  Her saying she'd seen something in one of the rooms where 。。。 a bad thing 
happened。 That was in Room 217 and I want you to promise me you won't go in 
there; Danny 。。。 steer right clear 。。。 
  It was a perfectly ordinary door; no different from any other door on the 
first two floors of the hotel。 It was dark gray; halfway down a corridor

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