Me, I'd never a thought of that." The boss grunted.

"Tex is paid for being cute.

He's on the inside, where he's got a chance to know these things.

He wouldn't be worth a nickel to us if he wasn't cute." "And it's us that takes the chances," readily agreed the guard.
"Yeah--look at the chance I took jus' now! Talked to old Sudden over the 'phone, stalling along like I was the kid.

Got away with it, at that.