Brute Force Page #4

I see.

- A prisoner just killed.

- Yeah?

Well, this is one rap they can't

hang on you, Collins.

I'm your witness.

Important thing, witnesses.

Lucky you asked me before

exactly what time it was.

Yeah, wasn't it?

A fella named Wilson.

Tough break.

Accident?

Positively.

Witnesses.

- Hey, Louie.

- Yeah?

A human interest story.

Remember that terrific third baseman,

got paroled a couple of years ago?

- Dougherty?

- He'll be back for the book.

Just knocked off his old lady.

You don't say.

Just shows you a guy don't think.

If he'd done it last year, we might have beat

the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.

If you'd asked my advice about Wilson,

I'd have said, "Don't do it."

Maybe that's why nobody asked you.

It'll only make things tougher

for everybody else.

- I don't care about everybody else.

- That's cemetery talk.

Why not? We're buried, ain't we?

Only thing is, we ain't dead.

What's on your mind?

You and me... out.

They told me you had the fever ever since

the day you got here.

- I thought you had more sense.

- No lectures. Just yes or no.

Look, Collins, cons respect me.

So does the warden.

I've had a good setup here

because I've tried to help both sides.

- And I never crossed either.

- So what?

So, in spite of Munsey,

I'm still number one.

I've been here six years.

Know how many propositions I've had

to crack the wall?

Six thousand.

They're on tap all the time.

- Look, Gallagher...

- Wait a minute.

See this fella at the Linotype machine?

He's a lifer. Done 12.

Come on.

- Crenshaw.

- Yeah?

- You know Collins. He's okay.

- Sure.

How's the plan?

If there's no hitch, we go Tuesday.

- You in, boss?

- No. Good luck.

It's all set this time.

It's been all set every Tuesday for 12 years.

And 12 years from now,

it'll still be next Tuesday.

Look, Gallagher,

I know this drum's full of crackpots.

One con's gonna buy his way out.

Another knows the governor's cousin.

A third guy's even gonna float out

in a homemade balloon.

But I'm not buyin' any pipe dreams.

It can be done. It's been done before,

and it'll be done again.

It can be done here... by us.

By you and me.

Collins, if I ever put in with anybody,

it'll be with you.

There's no need for that now.

You I can tell why.

Promised me my parole.

Very soon now,

I'll be walking out of here.

- Next Tuesday?

- Could be next...

So long, Gallagher.

#White tie and tails

for the movie tonight #

#The boy gets the girl

and that's all right ##

It is too.

Check... mate.

Clip you again, soldier?

Yeah, chess, dominoes,

whatever we play.

- Don't you ever lose?

- Very seldom, friend.

I was born with what

you might call the golden touch.

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