Listen, Larry." Maggie pricked up her ears; the talk was now excitingly important.

"We've got our very greatest game all planned out.

Stock-selling game; going to unload the whole thing on one sucker, and we've got the sucker picked out.

Besides you and Barney and me, there's Red Hannigan and Jack Rosenfeldt in it--a classy bunch all right.

And we think that for the woman end we'll take in Mae Gorham.
She's clever and innocent-eyed--" "But I thought you were going to take me in!" protested Maggie.
"Maggie'll be just as good as Mae Gorham," put in Barney.
"We'll let that pass," said Old Jimmie.