081- Night in Havana -2
Escape · October 22, 1949 · 29 min · 4,641 words
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Tonight we escape to the waterfront of Havana, and to an underworld where men live and sometimes die, by a bizarre coat of their own. As Burnham Carter tells it in his exciting story, Night in Havana, something was wrong.
Half way up the street of pious works that evening, I realized that something was wrong. None of the regulars were to be seen. Assuredly something was wrong. But what? And then I remember that since I had decided to live an honest life, it was really no concern of mine.
As I came up breast of the Y-worry restaurant, I saw the Dutchman Maru, who owned a cabin cruiser, and who was, consequently, a man of some prominence in the smuggling trade. He was standing on the weighing machine, near the door snapping with his big hands.
Ah! Theo, do you have any? A penny? You see? See? He? Thanks. 193 pounds. When I reach 195 I'll switch from beer to coffee. When I hit 190 I go back to beer. It's like the rice and fall of the tide in a banana harbor.
Two pounds of beer to go. If you're headed for the cafe Moscow I'll join you. Well, well, well, well, well, hey, come along. Theo, got a few dollars to lend me. I... I... I have not seen any money in weeks.
I was hoping to find a purchase of my gun this evening. Oh, you're kidding. You're going to send your gun? See? How will you live? Honestly. Heheheh. Honestly, you... He means you are a drunken attention.
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