The Spieler
1
"These here jobs was
made to order for us,
Flash."
2
"Nothin' like it, Luke!
Wait'll I give you a load
of my idear - -"
3
"What's that gotta do
with us?"
4
"I'm tryin' to get acrost
to you that me and you
is about to join up with
Cleo's Carnival!"
5
"A place like Cleo's, which
is bein' run honest, is the
last spot the cops would
think of lookin' for us."
6
"I'm wore out spendin' half
our time in the can - - so
we're gonna work where
we won't get caught."
7
"What that Cleo dame
needs is a couple of
honest guys like us to
help her run the show."
8
"Pardon me, sir, you
dropped this."
9
"You're through! Clear
out before I have you
pinched!"
10
"We're waitin' for the
boss."
11
"Our attention, Madam, has
been called to your noble
efforts in purifyin' the
carnival business."
12
"Bein' familiar with matters
pertainin' to reform, we
have come to render you
help, aid and assistance."
13
"What's your racket?"
14
"Allow me, Madam, to
present Perfessor
McIntosh, eminent high
wire artist - - known
from pole to pole."
15
"I, Madam, am a spieler -
equalled by none and
excelled by few - - -"
16
"You can't fire me!
I work for Red's
concessions!"
17
"As I was sayin', Madam,
I am a carnival orator -
a sideshow spellbinder -"
18
"From the rockbound shores
of Maine to Californy's sunny
slopes - from the woodlands
of Canada to the golden Gulf
of Mexico - -"
19
"Stop traveling! You'll do!"
20
"It's tough, trying to run
this show on the level,
but you can help me -
if you're honest."
21
"Disperse, crowd!"
22
"Listen, Red - the twist
caught me pinchin' a
pigskin. She aired me."
23
"You promised me
protection - said you
had everything fixed!"
24
"I said I had the town
fixed - - but you know
better than to let that
dame catch you!"
25
"Look here, Red, you've
got to square me!"
26
"If you don't, I'll squeal!
I've got enough on you
to put you in the chair!"
27
"You heard me - I said
I could get away with
anything - I'm goin'
after that guy."
28
"He's gonna get what's
coming to him."
29
"Did you see what
happened?"
30
"He fell down - - musta
broke his neck on that
guy rope."
31
"Yeh, I seen it. He tripped
and busted his neck."
32
"Funny how he done it!
He just stumbled over
that rope and never
knew what happened."
33
"Just an accident, Miss
Cleo. This man fell, and
I'm afraid his neck's
broke."
34
"Don't worry, Miss Cleo.
I'll take care of everything."
35
"I want the police notified
right away."
36
"I just seen murder done,
Flash!"
37
"- - in cold blood - -
that's what it was!"
38
"Keep out of it, Flash!
We don't want to get
mixed up in nothin'
like that!"
39
Another hour.
40
"That hair-raisin' sensation -
that death defyin' master of
the air - - - - Perfessor
McIntosh!"
41
"Watch him, Ladies and
Gent'men - the sen-say-
shun of Europe and
America!"
42
"- from the rockbound
shores of Maine to
Californy's sunkissed
slopes -"
43
"- from the woodlands
of Canada to the golden
Gulf of Mexico -"
44
"You old son-of-a-gun!
I ain't saw you since
we done that stretch
together in Seattle."
45
"You'll next be entertained
by Neptune's Daughters
and that Adorable Diving
Damsel - - Cleo, Queen
of Aquatics!"
46
"This show is the softest
racket in the world - all
you got to do is watch
out for the dame."
47
"Watch me pull the old
gag on the boobs - it
ain't never missed yet."
48
"Owin' to their strict policy
of honesty, the manage-
ment has requested me
to warn you against
pickpockets."
49
"They seen me take it!"
50
"Explained by the simple
law of gravitation - you
dropped this here watch."
51
"I said you dropped it!"
52
"Stand over there Baby,
and let Papa give you
some lessons."
53
"This here's your wallet,
Buddy. I seen you drop it."
54
"I think some dirty crook
was tryin' to steal that
gentleman's wallet."
55
"I do too."
56
"I'll give this here matter
my personal attention an'
see that it don't happen
again."
57
"Got a match?"
58
"Whatcha doin' tonight
after the show?"
59
"Minding my own business.
What are you doing?"
60
"That's what I said - -
mindin' my own business."
61
"An' she says, 'Mindin' my
own business - what are
you doin'?' And there
ain't no answer to that
one!"
62
Another day.
63
"Whatcha doin' tonight?"
64
"You sure print a mean
waffle!"
65
"Gee - we - I mean us -
I mean I - - I could die
eatin' your waffles!"
66
Another week.
67
"How come I rate this?"
68
"I got tired of giving
you matches."
69
"You know I don't tolerate
anything crooked! Get
out!"
70
"You can't fire me!
I work for Red."
71
"Will you come along with
me, Flash - you can help
me settle this with Red."
72
"One of my men?"
73
"Yes, one of your men -
and I fired him!"
74
"You done right. We gotta
keep everything on the
up and up."
75
"I'm tired of that dame's
interference."
76
"We're gonna take the
show away from her."
77
"We frame it so she can't
meet her payroll - and
the sheriff moves in."
78
"We settle all claims - -
with her dough - - and
grab off the works."
79
"That's out!"
80
"I'll string with you as
long as it don't hurt the
girl. Anything else is
OUT!"
81
"Okay - - I didn't know
you were so steamed up
over the dame. Let's
forget it."
82
"I gotta hunch that sooner
or later we'll have to give
that guy the works!"
83
"- the management has
requested me to warn
you against pickpockets."
84
"You see, on account us
bein' honest, like we are,
I was just warnin' the
folks - -"
85
"The oldest crooked gag
in the business, and you
try to pull it on me!
Get out!"
86
"I'm sorry."
87
"You! Of all people."
88
"And I had such faith
in you!"
89
"I know - - I've been a
dirty bum. Why, I've
been crooked all my life!"
90
"Why tell me that now?
You made me believe in
you."
91
"All I'm askin' is a chance
to prove that you can
trust me."
92
"All right - - but you'll
have to prove it."
93
"Listen, Red - - we're all
washed up with the
crooked stuff in this
show."
94
"From now on, I'm on
the level - - and that
goes for you and your
whole gang!"
95
"If you want to be a chump,
that's up to you - but lay
off me, understand?"
96
"I'm warnin' ya -- --
don't try to pull any
fast ones!"
97
"It wouldn't be lucky!"
98
"Listen, Kid - the griftin'
is out. From now on
me and you is absolutely
on the level."
99
"Flash, anything you say
goes with me."
100
"If I catch you pinchin' a
poke around here again,
I'll smack your dirty little
ears off."
101
"Well, if you lost your
wallet, this must be it."
102
"To think I fell for that
gag once!"
103
"Get out!"
104
"- then after she burns
him up, she airs him and
tells him to powder."
105
"What a break! The big
lunk's played right into
our hands!"
106
"Notify the sheriff to be
ready to slap on that
plaster. I'll handle the
rest."
107
"If you gotta go - -
I'm goin' too."
108
"You can't walk out on
her without finishin'
the show."
109
"If I'm goin' on, I gotta
get some rosin for my
shoes."
110
"- - so when she finds
that lighter, and the
dough gone, Flash is a
cinch for ten years."
111
"Start spieling and he'll
walk that wire. Suckers
like him can't disappoint
a crowd."
112
"Say, Stranger - lemme
show you the sights on
this gun."
113
"I thought you'd be trying
to sneak away!"
114
"Sneak away from what?"
115
"You know what! My
safe has been robbed!"
116
"Surely you don't think
I'd do a thing like that!"
117
"I found this near the
safe."
118
"Look - - something's
wrong with Luke - -
he's scared!"
119
"You oughta be careful!
You might hurt somebody!"
120
"That's tough, Flash."
121
"Luke - speak to me!"
122
"Poor Baby! If I'd only
knew! But I'll get him!"
123
"His neck's broke - -
on that rope."
124
"I didn't do nothin'! Red
stole that money! He
planted your lighter so
she'd think you done it!"
125
"I'm sorry, Flash. If you'll
let me, I'll try all my life to
make up for - - - - for
everything."
The
End
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