Force of Evil Page #2
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for sentimental reasons.
Don't worry about
your brother, Joe.
He won't die
of heart failure
As long as he remembers
he has a rich brother.
Rich relatives
are better
Than doctors
or medicine men.
O.K., Ben, O.K.
And just
remember, Joe,
You and I are the only ones
who know about 776.
I have no reason
to tell anybody.
Don't you trust me?
Of course
I trust you, Joe.
I just want you
to know
How worried I am.
Got a match, mister?
Keep them.
I hadn't seen
my brother Leo for years,
And here he was,
back in the slums
Where we were born.
The way another man
runs a restaurant or bar.
These collection offices
were called banks,
And they were like banks
Because money
was deposited there.
They were unlike banks
Because the chances
Were 1,000-To-1.
These were the odds
against winning.
What do you want,
mister?
I would like to see
my brother Leo Morse.
I'm Joe Morse.
The banks were located
behind poolrooms,
In lofts, cellars, or hidden
in slum apartments like Leos.
Wait here
a minute.
Big play
on 776 today.
People got
a superstition
To play it
every 4th of July.
The old liberty
number-
Never hits.
Mr. Morse, there's
a man outside to see you
Who says
he's your brother.
My brother?
What does he look like?
Like a firecracker,
you dope-
Like your brother.
How are you, Leo?
What do you want,
Joe?
I came
to see you, Leo.
Do I need
a particular reason?
You wouldn't
come around here
If you didn't have
a particular reason.
What's the difference?
We're brothers.
Is it a social visit
or a business visit?
I haven't seen you
in an age.
What is it?
I'm busy.
Leo, Ive come to take you
out of this air shaft
And put you in a real office
in a real business
To pay you back
for everything
Because you're
my older brother.
That's why Im here.
Come around
after Im dead.
I had to fight to get
this proposition for you, Leo.
I had to stick my neck
way out.
Now, you listen to me!
Something very serious
Is about to happen
to your business.
You're one of 20 or 30
numbers banks in the city-
One of
the smaller ones.
Suppose it organizes
Eliminating the little ones,
like yours.
You're listening now,
aren't you?
Suppose it reduces
the overhead-
Legal fees, bail bonds.
Supposing it reduces the cost
and guarantees the profits.
A man like you would be
out of business, wouldn't you?
You couldn't compete,
could you?
But suppose
you had a brother
And this brother made your bank
the number-One bank
In the combination,
in the merger,
In the corporation.
What corporation?
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