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The other smiled his lip smile and turned toward the door.
"Wait a second," said Jimmy. "What would you have gotten on this watch of
mine?"
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It would have stood me about twenty bucks."
Jimmy reached into his pocket and drew forth a roll of bills. "Here," he said,
handing the other two tens.
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Naw," said the Lizard, shoving the proffered money away. "I'm no cheap skate."
Come on--take it," said Jimmy. "I may want a box cracked some day."
All right," said the Lizard, "if you put it that way, bo."
I should think," said Jimmy, "that a man of your ability could earn a living by
less precarious methods."
"You would think so," replied the Lizard. "I've tried two or three times to go
straight. Wore out my shoes looking for a job. Never landed anything that paid me
more than ten bucks per, and worked nine or ten hours a day, and half the time I
couldn't get that."
"I suppose the police hounded you all the time, too," suggested Jimmy.
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