"I am behind two weeks with my landlady. She's sharp after me—but I don't care. I can't go back, even if I wanted to."
"Had a falling out with somebody?"
"Yes. One of the boarders got a money order and I tried to get it cashed for him."
"And it didn't work, eh?"
"No, it didn't—and what's more, the man and a boy came close to having me arrested. I'll tell you what, Jim, I would like to get that boy in some spot where I could go through his pockets."
"Has he got much?"
"He's got a good silver watch, and I saw him cash money orders at the post office amounting to one hundred and fifty dollars."
"Phew! that would make a nice haul. Where is the boy?"
"I don't believe he's far off. I left him near the post office."