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Again the lip smile. "I'll tell youse sumpin', bo, dat dey don't none o' dem big stiffs
on de department know. De dip game is a stall. I learned it when I was a kid, an'
dese yaps t'ink dat's all I know, and I keep dem t'inkin' it by pullin' stuff under
der noses often enough to give 'em de hunch dat I'm still at de same ol' business."
He leaned confidentially across the table. "If you ever want a box cracked, look up
the Lizard."
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Meaning?" asked Jimmy.
Me, bo, I'm the Lizard."
Box cracked?" repeated Jimmy. "An ice-box or a hot box?"
His visitor grinned. "Safe," he explained.
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Oh," said Jimmy, "if I ever want any one to break into a safe, come to you, huh?"
You get me," replied the other.
All right," said Jimmy, laughing, "I'll call on you. That the only name you got,
Mr. Lizard?"
"That's all--just the Lizard. Now I gotta be beatin' it."
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Goin' to crack a box?" asked Jimmy.
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