The Public Enemy

Larry, give me one of those empty jars.

Fill them up, will you?

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Read all about it!

Give us a swig.

-Hello, Tommy.

-Hello.

Can grease?

Come on, Matt. We got business.

Give us a little kiss.

That's what you get

for fooling with women.

Hey, little boy, stop.

Stop, l say! Stop that!

Officer, get those boys.

Don't let them escape!

lf l get a hold of you....

Matt, look.

That ain't fair, Tom.

-What do you care? lt's only a girl.

-She's my sister, ain't she?

What difference does that make?

Help me up, Matt.

Leave her alone. She's doing fine.

That's the way to learn.

That's just like you, Tom Powers.

You're the meanest boy in town.

He is not.

He give you his skates, didn't he?

l believe he did it

just so he could play that trick on me.

-l'm gonna tell your brother Mike.

-Go ahead and tell him.

Here he comes now.

You'll help me, won't you, Mike?

-Where'd you get the skates, Molly?

-Tom gave them to me.

Tom did? Where'd you get them, Tom?

He got them from a kid

who owed him some money.

l'll bet you stole them, Tom.

Give them back, Molly.

Why don't you mind your own business?

Nobody asked you

to put your two cents in.

Here, Tom.

l don't want them if you stole them.

-So you're getting like sissy Mike, too.

-Take them, Tom.

You ain't so darn good.

Your old man swipes pigeons.

Tom Powers, he does not!

You're a big liar.

He's in jail.

They don't put people there for nothing.

Everybody who belongs there, ain't there.

That's where you'll be someday,

Tom Powers.

l ain't there yet.

lf l do go, it won't be for swiping pigeons.

Tell him you were only kidding, Tom.

How do you want them this time:

up or down?

Three for me, too. Three skins.

-Hello there.

-How's it going?

How are you?

Hit you. There you are.

-Hit me again.

-Hit you. There's one.

Hit you again. There you go.

Hey, Putty Nose.

All right. l'll be back in a minute, boys.

Hello, boys. What's up?

-We've got something.

-Really?

Fine. l'll bet you a nickel.

-Where'd you get them?

-Wentworth Avenue.

How much are they worth?

Not much. Just cheap watches.

-Cheap watches? $1 apiece.

-Yeah, and there's six of them, too.

l don't know what l can do with them.

They're hot.

Come on. Quit stalling, Putty Nose.

You know how to sell them.

You're too smart.

-l'll see what l can do with them.

-How much do we get?

What do you say to 50 cents

for each of them?

-50 cents?

-l ain't cheating you. That's a good price.

l have to take all the risk,

and maybe l can't sell them at all.

Give us the 50 cents.

You know old Putty Nose always

plays on the square with you, don't you?

-This is only two bits.

-Yeah, and this is only a nickel.

-My mistake.

-Yeah.

All right.

You both owe me a month's dues

to the club, don't you?

-That's right, Tom.

-So we're calling that square, see?

-That's all right, isn't it?

-Sure.

You've done a good stroke of business.

And if you find anything more...

you'll just remember old Putty Nose,

won't you?

Okay. Let's scram.

What do we want with

a couple of young squirts like them for?

They ain't gonna be so bad.

They won't expect much of a cut.

-Hey there, Tom.

-Hello, Putty Nose.

Hello, boys.

Are you alone?

l'm always alone when l'm with Matt.

You looking for a sock on the button?

l was afraid you might have

brought Mike with you.

That sucker.

He's too busy going to school.

He's learning how to be poor.

Ain't he working

on the streetcars anymore?

Sure. He's a ding-ding in the daytime,

goes to school at night.

What do you want us for, Putty?

Something sweet.

Remember how l always said...

when l got something good, l'd cut you in?

Now, Dutch here knows the whole layout.

We've been casing the joint

for a whole week.

-How about the cops?

-You ain't afraid of cops.

There ain't gonna be no trouble...

and if there is,

l promise you that l'll protect you.

Now, Limpy here will be lookout.

The place is dead at night, anyhow.

Well, are you on?

-We ain't never done nothing so big.

-''Big'' is right.

l'm giving you a break, like l promised.

Furs is worth plenty nowadays.

How about you, Tom?

-lt's kind of new stuff for me.

-You gotta grow up sometime.

Wait a minute.

Christmas present from Santa Claus.

With best wishes

for a prosperous new year.

-l'm scared stiff.

-Come on, ain't nothing to be scared of.

ls that so?

Look at you, you're shaking yourself.

Take it off me, will you?

Stop!

You tried to get away, did you?

They got Limpy Larry.

Stop there!

-Where's that big loony?

-Where's Putty? We knocked off a--

Yeah, l know all about it.

Putty Nose beat it.

You better lay low for a while.

The heat's on.

But Putty Nose got us into this.

He promised to see us through.

Why, that dirty, no-good,

yellow-bellied stool.

l'm gonna give it to him right in the head

the first time l see him.

Yeah? You and who else?

My Larry.

He was a good boy.

Larry got what he asked for. l warned him.

He was a no-good boy.

My Larry was a good boy.

He got into bad company, that's all.

Come here, Tommy boy.

l'm so glad you came, Tommy.

Mrs. Dalton will be pleased to see

some of Larry's nicer friends.

''U.S. declares war.'' Read all about it!

Wait a minute, Tom. Here comes Mike.

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You should come on home with me, Molly.

l don't know just how to tell Mom.

All right, Mike.

That sister of yours

ain't getting any bargain in Mike.

How come he ain't working?

l guess he got fired

for snatching too many nickels.

-They look like something's happened.

-Come on, we gotta see Paddy.

You don't need to stall

with Paddy Ryan, Tom.

l've been watching you ever since

you bought your first drink from me.

l know what you been doing.

You see, Paddy, it's like this.

We delivered some cigars today.

Must be worth about $2,500.

Took them to a place on 63rd

and was told to put them in the back.

-We could lift them easy tonight.

-But we don't know what to do with them.

You sell cigars, don't you?

Not that kind. Can't afford it.

l've got my own system, boys,

but being a fence ain't part of it.

-We thought maybe you know somebody.

-Maybe l do.

You might take them there.

-l'll call up and say you're coming.

-Thanks, Paddy.

Wait a minute.

lf you get in a jam, give me a ring.

You'll find out Paddy Ryan's your friend.

Thanks, Paddy.

Why do you want to front for us?

We ain't never done nothing for you.

Maybe not.

But l may need a friend myself sometime.

l'm older than you...

and l've learned that nobody can do much

without somebody else.

Remember this, boys:

You gotta have friends.

l've been watching and hearing about you,

and l've been worried.

l was worried when you got mixed up

with that two-timer Putty Nose.

Such guys are dangerous.

l'm glad you come to me.

As far as l'm concerned,

there's only two kinds of people:

right and wrong.

Now, l think you're right.

You'll find that l am, unless you cross me.

That's swell.

Don't cry. Everything will be all right.

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