The Abbott Painting

condescends to visit the lonely Henry Rice. Aren't you afraid your friends will look out and find out about this blackie? I'll take my chances with my friend's rice but I'm not going to take a kicking around from you. I'm kicking you around?

You know what you're doing. You're framing a murder on my friend Shorty. Oh, terribly unfair of me, isn't it? You know what it is. An out-mouthed frame. The police are looking for evidence and the murder of that fellow Ashley and you have phony evidence that makes it look as that shorty killing so I do so I do a cigarette like I think with shorties

initials on it and shorties fingerprints on it too and it was found at the scene of Ashley's murder I know I know I made sure it would be found there I've wanted you now yes but I'm getting it back to the staff's surely as good as dead himself yes he will be one day and looks as if your friend shorty will go

to the chair for murder and you the great Boston blacky won't be able to do anything about it I might I doubt it unpleasant position you're in blacky but Very pleasant for me. Look, I'll give you 10,000 for that lightening.

Not interested. Maybe you miserable as well, ten times ten thousand. Then what will you take for the lightening? Nothing. You see, I have everything blanky. Everything. Even you and a jam. Erm, look, you're an art collector, aren't you?

As of a sort. Of the sort who'd like the abbot painting in his collection? Well, now you're getting interesting. But the Abbott is not for sale, Blackie. It's in the city art gallery and under heavy guard.