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"If you hang around long enough, Smarly," gibed the Pippin, as he passed by on his way toward the door, "maybe some of the rubber-necks off the gape-wagon will take pity on you and buy you another the slumming parties are just crazy about broken-down artists!" "You go chase yourself!" said Smarlinghue politely, through one corner of his twisted mouth. Jimmie Dale's eyes followed the other.
His tongue carried the cigarette butt languidly back to the other corner of his mouth. "Aw, go on!" said Jimmie Dale. "Try it on somebody else! Silver Mag croaked out the night they had that fire down there in the old tenement." "Yes, she did nix!" scoffed the Wowzer, with a short laugh. "De same way dat blasted snitch of a Gray Seal did eh? Say, Smarly, I'm handin' it to youse straight.
"Satisfied?" inquired the Rat "He's full up to de eyes wid it now. Foo said he'd been hittin' it up hard fer de last hour." The Rat addressed Jimmie Dale. "Hello, Smarly!" he called out. Jimmie Dale lifted his head, and blinked at the cretonne hanging. "Lemme alone!" he complained thickly. "Go 'way, an' lemme alone! "Sure!" said the Rat genially. "Sure, we will! Sweet dreams, Smarly!"
He turned the corner of the street on which the Sanctuary was situated and halted abruptly. A man coming rapidly from the other direction had grabbed his arm. "'Ello, Smarly!" greeted the other. "Heard de news?"
An' de word's out not to do any pushin' an' crowdin' around de Mole's fer front seats, 'cause den de bulls 'd get wise savvy? Just leave it to de Mole get me?" "Sure I get you," said Jimmie Dale. "Well, so long, Wowzer and thanks again." "S'long, Smarly," replied the Wowzer.
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