The Big House Page #2

If there was,

i wouldn't give them to you.

Aw, go on.

Be a sport, will you?

Are there any

letters for morgan?

You know, pop,

if all the screws were like you-

oh, you cut out

the applesauce

and don't be

calling the guards screws.

Yes, sir.

No letters

for you, morgan,

but i've got ones

for butch and kent.

Fine. I'll

take them to them. Thanks, pop.

I used to

milk a cow all the time.

Letter for you,

butch.

Letter for-

for me?

Yes, you.

Gee, why don't

those dames let me alone?

You're such a deal,

butch,

you can't

blame them.

Where's kent?

Haven't

seen him.

Hey, stick around.

I'll bet this is a hot one.

Oh, boy.

Look at that.

Why, it's

from myrtle.

Myrtle?

Yeah.

But i thought

you croaked her.

No. That was sadie.

This girl is nuts

about me.

About you?

Yes, me!

Wait a minute.

I'll show you.

"Dear sweetheart..."

"how i miss

my great big boy.

You have it."

Hot doggy.

"The only fun i get

is sleeping

because then i dream

about you every night."

The rest of this

is too juicy for you guys.

Nobody gets

to read this

but me

and my pal morg. Come on, morg.

Aw, come on.

Oh, go on.

Oh, go on.

I'm going to read this.

You and me, morg.

Hey, come on. Scram.

Hey, what's the big idea?

Get out of here.

Go on. Go on.

Say, morg...

who do you suppose

would write me a letter?

I'll read it

to you, butch.

Say, if i even knew

a dame called myrtle,

i'd kick

her teeth out.

Go on. Read it.

Who's it from?

Well, it's about

your mother, butch.

My old lady?

Yeah.

Gee, she's been

holding out on me.

I didn't even know

she could write.

Well, it isn't

from her, butch.

It's from a guy

named tony loop.

It's about-

nothing wrong.

Go on. Read it.

"Dear butch,

when your mother was sick,

"she didn't want me

to write no letter and tell you,

"even when

they took her to the county hospital.

"I went to see her

a couple of times,

"and she said you

had enough to worry

"without having

to think about her.

Anyway, she..."

"she died yesterday.

"And as we couldn't

get enough money

"to give her

a send-off,

"we had to let

the hospital take care of it.

"Anyway, we sent her

a bunch of flowers,

"and i guess

that's all.

Yours truly...

tony loop."

Gee, i can't

believe it, morg.

Ma's dead.

I wonder if it

hurt her much.

Oh, i don't

think so, butch.

She probably just

dropped off quietly.

Yeah?

Yeah.

She was pretty old, wasn't she?

About 70...

and as big

as a minute...

and game.

And, say,

the last time i was arrested,

she fought

like a wildcat.

It took two bulls

to hold her,

and she almost bit

the thumb off of one of them.

Gee, she was

a swell old lady.

I wish you would have

met her, morg.

So do i, butch.

Say, morg...

i'm going to make

a break.

I'm going to get

out of here,

and i'm going to give

that little old lady

the swellest funeral

she ever had.

Pipe down, will you?

Here comes oliver.

Hello, morgan.

Got a match?

Sure.

Thanks.

Good news, butch?

Bad news whenever

you come around.

Great kidder,

isn't he, morgan?

Yes, and he's not always kidding.

You know, that guy's

a stool pigeon if ever there was one.

I wish i could get

the lowdown on him.

I'll knife him

someday.

Aw, that kind

of talk won't get you anywheres.

I'm going to break

this place wide open.

Yeah, and then

what will happen to you?

Down in the dungeon

with the rats. Huh.

No. We got to take

our medicine, butch.

It's all right

for you to talk.

You'll be going

out of here in a few years.

But what do i gain

eating this dirt?

I'd go nuts if i

didn't start trouble once in a while.

I'd rather

stand up and fight,

and even if i got

the rope,

it's better than

sitting here rotting in this stinking hole.

Aw, cut out

that talk, butch. Do you hear?

Who, me?

Yes, you.

O.k.

I was only kidding.

Sure.

Hey, listen, butch. How about that hot number of yours?

The gang wants

to hear it again.

Go on. Read it.

All right. I'll read it once more.

Seen kent

around anywhere?

Yeah. He's

around the corner with oliver.

What about

morgan?

Morgan? Who knows

anything about him?

But butch-

listen, oliver.

That guy

will kill me someday.

He packs a knife.

Oh, he packs

a knife, does he?

Don't let that

worry you.

That knife's

going to get him into trouble.

Say, listen,

you guys.

If i ever catch

either one of you double-crossing butch,

i'm going to get you.

Do you understand?

Now, kent, you keep

away from this rat.

What do you mean?

He's the only guy

that's been decent to me since i've been here.

I was only trying

to give him some good advice.

Yeah? Well, beat it.

Do you hear?

I'll give you

some good advice, kent. You're in a tough spot,

but you've got to

learn that whining and double-crossing

isn't going

to get you anywhere.

I'm not whining,

and i won't stand for your ribbing.

What right

have they got to poke me in a cell

with butch and you,

a robber, bragging about it?

Oh, i see. Too good

for the rest of us, huh?

Well, if you're wise,

you'll stand up and take your joe

like a regular guy.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Here's a letter

for you.

Get wise, kid.

Play up to morgan

and butch.

They run

the joint here,

and if they're

after you,

they'll make it

tough for you,

but if you're

friends with them,

they'll let you in

on their plans.

What do you mean?

I'll tell you later.

Oh, i wouldn't

do that.

Kid, you trust me.

I'm your friend.

These three dames

were crazy about me, see.

Say, hey, butch.

Butch, i had a dream last night.

Aw, cut it out.

You're full of hop.

The dames

said to me, they said, "if you'll come up"-

l-l-i was sitting

on a velvet cushion,

and-and about

a thousand beautiful blue-eyed blondes

was dancing

all around me.

Aw, gee, i'd go nutty

over a rag doll.

Hey, look. Ohh. Look!

Look.

A beautiful butterfly!

Aw, you're crazy.

That's a racehorse.

Look at

that sucker run.

I bet he makes

the top of the wall in 10 seconds.

Say, look at the build

on that filly.

I'll take

the thin one, butch. This is mine.

Say, what do you bet

my racehorse can't trim that one of yours?

You're on.

Hey, mr. Butch,

i'll hold the stakes.

Who's going

to hold you?

Come on. Get up

your cigarettes. Let's have a race here.

Come on.

Put them out there.

All right, you boys,

make your bets.

I'll cover

all your bets.

Two packs of weeds

on my thin one.

All right, make all your bets.

All right, cover this, butch. I'm betting on morgan's bug.

Come on. Get in there.

I'm covering.

Say, listen, you...

what about these?

Now, you-you can't

because the hawk gave me this

to buy him a pair

of s-s-suspenders with,

and if i don't

bring them back,

he'll t-t-tear

my head off.

Aw, come on.

Get in there with them.

Oh, yeah.

S-s-s-sure.

All right. Come on, now.

All right, come on, now.

Give me the bugs.

I'll warm them up.

All right.

Watch them run.

You all ready?

You all set?

All right,

there they go.

Look at him go.

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