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* * * * * It had been dark for some hours by the time I hit the street and waved for a skim copter. Nick's games start late. "You asked me to wait," somebody said. I spun around and saw Lefty standing in the alleyway beside the building. IC DOMAIN IT HAD BEEN DARK FOR SOME HOURS BY THE TIME I HIT THE STREET AND WAVED FOR A SKIM COPTOR NIX GAME START LATE YOU ASKED ME TO WAIT SOMEBODY SAID I SPUN AROUND AND SAW LEFY STANDING IN THE ALLEYWAY BESIDE THE BUILDING
d to see me!" "Sure, Tex," he said uncomfortably, rising with me. "Take my seat, Shorty," he directed one of the kibitzers. He walked around to grab me by the elbow and steer me as far away from Lefty's truculent face as he could. At least the sharp-chinned little rat had quit the game, too. Both of us had left our chips on the table. Nick wanted me to leave. "Pay me off," I insisted. He said yes a lot quicker than I thought he would. The other gamblers could have squawked that my chips should go into the next pot, but apparently none of them did. Lefty sidled out as Nick was paying me off. "Wait outside for me," I said to him. "Why not?" he said, sticking his chin out at me and walking out. Nick grabbed me again. "Don't get hot, Tex," he warned me. "I don't want a killing on my own sidewalk. Take it some place else, huh, kid?" "Sure," I said. There wasn't any danger Lefty would hang around. I was big enough to break him in two, which is exactly what I planned if I caught up with him.   SECTION THREE OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN THIS LIEBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBL
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