“In old Philly.”
“How?”
“We had a tussle.”
“Honest?”
“Yes, in as barroom.”
“An' you got licked, eh?”
“Not much I didn't.”
“You don't mean to say that you done him up, Sneaker!”
“He grabbed me, and I slatted him onto the floor, then I sloped and left him. That's all. I kin lick that cop any day.”
“Talk's cheap, Sneaker.”