“Say Joe you havent got an extra dollar on you?”
“Maybe I have.”
“My stomach’s a little out of order.... I’d like to take a little something to steady it, and I’m flat till I get paid Saturday ... er ... you understand ... you’re sure you dont mind? Give me your address and I’ll send it to you first thing Monday morning.”
“Hell dont worry about it, I’ll see yez around somewheres.”
“Thank you Joe. And for God’s sake dont buy any more Blue Peter Mines on a margin without asking me about it. I may be a back number but I can still tell a goldbrick with my eyes closed.”
“Well I got my money back.”
“It took the devil’s own luck to do it.”
“Jez it strikes me funny me loanin a dollar to the guy who owned half the Street.”
“Oh I never had as much as they said I did.”
“This is a funny place....”