The Noose Hangs High Page #8

- Nowhere.

- Why did you buy a ticket?

- I didn't.

- Then what are you doing in the depot?

- Same as the baseball game.

Now you got me in a depot.

- What am I doing in a depot?

- Why are you blaming me for these things?

- Did you know where you were going?

- I don't know. You put me in the station.

Don't blame everything on me!

Now that I'm there,

I'll have to find someplace to go.

- Find someplace to go.

- I'll go bye-bye.

Where is bye-bye?

- Over that way someplace.

- What's over there?

- Bye-bye.

- Oh, stop. Will you please talk sense?

I'll go to Baltimore.

I don't wanna go, but I'll go.

- That'll settle it.

- Why did you have to pick out Baltimore?

Of all the towns in the U.S.,

why did you have to pick out Baltimore?

- What's the matter with Philadelphia?

- I got friends in Baltimore.

- Suppose you had friends in Philadelphia?

- Then I'd go to Philadelphia.

- What about your friends in Baltimore?

- I'm not talking to them anymore!

If you were married

and your wife was in Philadelphia.

- Then I'd go to Chicago.

- Go ahead, eat your shrimp.

- Get it over with.

- Don't push it into my mouth.

After all, you ain't paying for this.

- I'm splitting half of this.

- Come on.

Hey, wait a minute. Just a minute.

We've got 15 minutes before the deadline.

Not that. Get the waiter.

Get the check. Waiter!

If you would be patient, please,

your food is on its way.

Never mind the food.

We don't want the food, just the check.

- Even though we ain't gonna pay for it.

- In that case I better call the manager.

You want to see me?

What seems to be the trouble?

- The gentlemen want the check.

- Give it to them.

The check is $498.61, gentlemen.

- You forgot the tax.

- That's right. Thank you.

That's an additional $14.94.

I have a very funny question to ask you.

- What do you do to people who can't pay?

- We put them in jail.

- Service for two, please.

- You mean that you...

- Come, my good man, the patrol wagon.

- Make sure we get a seat.

- The last time we had to stand up.

- Come with me, please.

Be delighted. Yes, sir.

- Yes, sir.

- Tommy, I think it's going to work.

- There's only one thing wrong.

- What?

- I'm scared about Carol.

- Don't worry.

- Caesar will take care of her.

- Gentlemen, I hate to do this.

It's your duty! You've got to.

That's no way to treat your customers

who don't pay.

You've gotta send us to jail,

and we gotta go right away.

Here's the phone. Call the police right away.

Take them...

- What seems to be the trouble, Johnny?

- A matter of $498. A check they won't pay.

- You mail it to me, I'll take care of it.

- Sure, Nick, thank you.

Nice try, but we had a date at 12:00,

and I never miss an appointment.

Where's the dame?

- Don't you call that girl anything...

- Where is the dame?

She's not here.

That's right.

They were alone when we saw them.

We want her in our little party.

If a young lady asks for these gentlemen...

tell her they accompanied Mr. Craig

to the State Sand and Gravel Company.

Sure, Nick.

Come on, little fish.

I won!

Now let me see, your fish won five times.

My fish won five times. That's a tie.

But I still owe you $50,000

from matching pennies.

- Look, I'll bet...

- I'll bet, I'll bet this, I'll bet that.

I'm getting tired of your silly bets.

Why do you insist upon making bets

when you can't pay them?

But I can. Here's the $50,000 I owe you.

Well I, I didn't think...

You didn't think

that my check would be good.

That's why you wanted cash.

No, I thought we were just betting for fun.

Fun? Oh, my dear girl,

J.C. McBride never bets for fun.

McBride? J.C. McBride?

Of course. Julius Caesar McBride.

But we've been phoning you all day,

and you've been with us all the time.

Come on, Caesar, wait till the boys

find out that you're McBride.

- Why, you're manna from heaven.

- No, McBride from Boston.

- Well, where are they?

- I can't see them. Ask the manager.

Oh, okay.

Those two gentlemen, Mr. Higgins

and Mr. Hinchcliffe, where are they?

Mr. Nick Craig had an appointment

with them.

They are at the

State Sand and Gravel Company.

- That's on Jersey Street.

- Jersey Street?

- I'll bet you $1,000 it's Jersey Avenue.

- Caesar, we have a date with Mr. Craig.

Oh, my hat. My hat, please. Thank you.

Oh, there it is.

- Oh, thanks. Here you are, thank you.

- You drive.

I'll drive. All right. Hold the door.

Gracious me,

I must have pressed the wrong button.

- Hurry up.

- Yes.

That's odd.

And there's no use asking for the dough

because I know you and the gal blew it in.

And as the old saying goes,

"It's no use crying over spilled milk. "

- Thank you, Mr. Craig.

- But this wasn't milk. It was money.

If I was a tough guy

like you see in the movies...

the first thing I would do would be this.

But I'm not in the movies so I can't do that.

But I'm the type of a guy

that will take a shot at you.

$50,000 is a lot of dough,

and you're the first guys who chiseled me.

I'd like to have something

to remember you by.

- Take them over there.

- I'm a young boy.

I never did anything in my life.

- What is this?

- What are you going to do, Mr. Craig?

I just want your footprints in the cement.

Who'll see our footprints

in the bottom of a barrel?

The little fishes.

Get that thing started.

Stay where you are, now!

Another move out of you,

and I'll let you have it.

- Ted, Tommy, I've got it.

- You've got it?

The money.

- Where'd you get it?

- I got it from Mr. McBride.

This is Mr. McBride.

- McBride.

- We been trying to...

- Why didn't you tell us?

- You didn't ask me.

- If you're Mr. McBride, prove it.

- Well, why should I?

Because I don't believe it.

What did you say to me

on the phone yesterday?

I told you I'd give you 48 hours

to dig up the money...

- otherwise I'd see the district attorney.

- That's right.

- But you being with them. I don't get it.

- Oh, yes, you do.

Here you are, your $50,000.

And here's your $50,000, Mr. McBride.

That makes us even.

Mr. McBride,

didn't you have a bet on Lucky George?

Oh, that's right, paid $22.

That's $10,000 more you owe me.

But I'm short, can you give me

until Monday morning?

- Brutus, what do you say?

- Julius, I'll handle this.

Mr. Craig, you see this watch?

Excuse me, you see this watch?

The one with the hole in it?

That used to belong to Shoebox Jackson.

That's the fellow I near met.

Now I'm gonna give you 48 hours

to get the money or else...

Or else what?

I'll have to give you a week longer

or something like that.

That's very nice of you boys.

Now we're all friends again.

Wait a minute, not so fast.

You owe us $100 apiece

for getting you back the money.

- You heard me tell you I was short of cash.

- It's no use crying over spilled milk.

It's the nickel back on the bottle

that I care about.

I would like to have your footprints.

They're not exactly your footprints

but they'll do.

Oh, Tommy, you're wonderful.

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