When we pays our bill I have seven
bucks left 'n' she has six.
"'We'll decide what to do in the morning, Blister,' she says. 'I've
got a headache, so I think I'll hit the hay.'
"She goes to her room 'n' I sets 'n' studies how this is goin' to wind
up, till three o'clock.
"We has breakfast together the next mawnin' about noon.
"'Well,' says the chicken, 'I've been up against it before, but this is
tougher than usual. Everybody I know is broke or badly bent.'
"'Same here,' I says.
"'You poor kid!' she says. 'What'll you do?'
"'Don't worry none about me,' I says. 'I can get to New Awlins
somehow--they're racin' down there. But what about you?'
"'If I could get back East,' she says, 'I know a floor-walker at Macy's
who'll stake me to a job till I can get placed.'
"'You stick around here,' I says, when we're through eatin'. 'I'll go
out 'n' give the burg a lookin' over.'
"'I've got that Johnny's phone number,' she says. 'I wonder if he'd
stand for a touch without getting too fresh?'
"I goes to the desk 'n' wigwags the clerk. He's a fair-haired boy with
a alabaster dome.
"'Are they runnin' poolrooms in the village?' I says.
"'Yes, sir,' he says. 'Pool and billiard room just across the street.'
"'Much obliged,' I says. I see the tomtit ain't got a man's size chirp
in him, so I goes outside 'n' hunts up a bull.
"'Can you wise me up to a pony bazaar in this neck of the woods?' I
says to him.
"'Go chase yourself,' he says.
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