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Aw, find yourself a shoplifter to roll.
I'll tell ya what you did, smart boy. You tied into a loaded mark on 47th across from Maxies. You and Coleman played the switch for him and blew him off to a cab on 49th. If he hadn't been a numbers runner for Doyle Lonnegan, it woulda been perfect.
You're crazy. I'm not stupid enough to play for rackets money.
Not intentionally maybe, but that don't make no difference to Lonnegan. He'll swat you like any fly.
I'll square it with the fixer.
Nobody can buy you a prayer, if I put the finger on ya.
My end was only one.
Then you'll have to come up with another grand somewhere.
She coulda killed me last night.
Too many people coulda seen ya go in her room. She was a professional. Used to work in the Dutch Schultz gang.
Who are you?
Gondorff asked me to look after ya.
How do I know you're tellin' the truth.
Don't have much choice, do ya?
Yeh, that'd be real nice of ya, Mr. Lonneman.
Lonnegan.
Raise 500.
See ya and raise three.
See and raise five.
Five and call.
Raise 300.
Pass.
Raise 1,000.
Raise 500.
See and raise 1,000.
Raise 5,000.
I guess I left it in my room.
What! Don't give me that crap you little weenie. How do I know you ain't gonna take a powder. You come to a game like this, you bring your money.
Never get enough, huh pal? I'd think you'd get tired of losin', Honnigan.
The name is Lonnegan.
Make sure you see cash from this guy, Eddie. He's got the name for bettin' money he don't have.
I can't lay that off in time. We lose a bet that big, it could break us.
If ya win it could make ya, too.
What are the odds on Syphon?
A half mill on an eight to one shot. You're dumber than I thought, Lonnegan.
You're more gutless than I thought.
Lonnegan's a fast egg, Henry. He's not gonna sit still for a standard play.
Everybody'll sit still for somethin'. What did ya find out about the train, Eddie?
I'm not sure I know it.
We'll give him the hook on the train, and play him here. You think I can get in that poker game, Eddie?
You in?
Yeh, I think so. I gave the kay ducer a Cnote. You find out the deck?
He usually plays with a Royal or a Cadenza. I got you one of each. He likes to cold deck low, 8's or 9's.
Nice work, J.J.
Look at that. He's got four apes with him.
That's what I like about these guys, J.J... They always got protection against things we'd never do to 'em.
How ya doin'?
Nothin' yet. I got a good one on the lead at Hialeah, but he's fadin'.
He's been taking the 8:10 Century Limited outa New York on Friday and getting in here early Saturday morning. He usually stays a day to check on his policy operations, and then flies back.
Wonder why he doesn't fly both ways.
The porters say he runs a braced card game in one of the cars. $100 minimum, straight poker. Last time he pulled in here ten grand heavier than he left New York.
Fancies himself a gambler, huh?
We'll use the wire. Never known a gambler who wouldn't like to beat the ponies.
The wire is ten years outa date.
That's why he won't know it.
All you gotta do is show up with some money and look like a fool.
I also gotta win.
He's gonna hit ya with 20 grand, Eddie. How much cash we got?
Not enough to cover a bet that big.
Get a couple extra guys in the line, then. We'll give him the shutout.
Looks like he's sulking.
If we're lucky, this'll bring him back stronger than ever.
What's the problem?
He wants to put a half million on Syphon.
Turn the goddamn thing off, will ya.
You sober?
I can talk, can't I?
Glad to meet ya, kid. You're a real horse's ass.
Yeh, Luther said you could teach me something. I already know how to drink.
I'm sorry about Luther. He was the best street worker I ever saw.
He had you down as a bigtimer. What happened?
Aw, I conned a Senator from Florida on a stocks deal. A real lopear. He thought he was gonna take over General Electric. Some Chantoozie woke him up, though, and he put the feds on me.
You mean you blew it.
Luther didn't tell me you had a big mouth.
He didn't tell me you was a fuck up, either. You played the Big Con since then.
No, I lammed it around for a while while things cooled off. Philly, Denver, Baltimore, nuthin' towns.
You gonna stay for breakfast, or do you already know how to eat?
I picked something up on the way.
Lonnegan after you, too?
I don't know. Haven't seen anybody.
You never do, kid.
Gondorff, you gonna teach me the Big Con or not?
You didn't act much like you wanted to learn it.
I wanna play for Lonnegan.
You know anything about him?
Yeh, he croaked Luther. What else do I gotta know.
Aw right, he runs the numbers outta the south side.
And a packing company, a chain of Savings and Loans and half the politicians in Chicago and New York. There ain't a fix in the world gonna cool him out if he blows on ya.
I'll take him anyway.
Why?
'Cause I don't know enough about killin' to kill him.
You can't do it alone, ya know. It takes a mob of guys like you and enough money to make 'em look good.
We'll get by without 'em.
This isn't like playin' winos on the street. You gotta do more than outrun the guy.
I never played for winos.
You gotta keep Lonnegan's con, even after you spent his money. And no matter how much you take from his, he'll get more.
You're sacred of 'em, aren't ya?
Right down to my socks, turkey. If I'da been half as scared a that lopear, I wouldn't a fallen asleep on 'em. Lonnegan might kill me, but at least he won't bore me to death.
Then you'll do it?
If I can find a mob that'll risk it. But no matter what happens, I don't want you comin' back to me halfway through and sayin' it's not enough... cause it's all you got.