Honeydripper Page #5

That so surprising?

No, no.

Mr Shack Thomas told me...

You know Shack?

We... travelled together.

When was the last time

you ate solid food, young man?

Take him back and fix him something,

China Doll.

Standing there all hungry-eyed,

puts me off my breakfast.

That's real kind of you.

Must've come in

on the north-bound last night.

Looks like he got the cooties too.

Straw in them box cars, full of 'em.

Never cared to travel that way.

I was out there riding them rails

between the wars.

Hm...

Seen black half of the country

headin' west.

Rode past the other half

coming back east.

Yeah, every one of us,

scraping for the next meal.

This is the place.

Y'all can tear things down.

Put things up.

It's got a lot of potential.

It looks bigger than it does from the

outside. Can I help you, gentlemen?

I'm just showing the man who

gonna run this place what he got.

This is my place.

You the piano player, right?

My name's Tyrone.

They call me Pine Top Purvis.

Pine Top Purvis.

You owe 200

to Lucky Hardaway up in Little Rock.

He gonna get his.

Pine Top...

You missed last month's rent.

After this weekend.

After this weekend, you gonna be

the same raggedy arse piano player

who can't pay off his debts.

Mr Simmons here,

he's gonna be the new proprietor.

Lucky give me two weeks.

Lucky got a better offer.

He can't do that.

You don't think so?

Whoa, now!

What if we got our payments

for him Monday?

Saturday night. We can do that.

Not just no taste.

The whole 200.

And I'll throw in a 25 cent tip

for his messenger boy.

In the meantime,

we're not open yet.

That means y'all trespassing.

See enough, Mr Simmons?

I believe I have.

Somebody could do something

with this place.

Wouldn't take a whole lot of work.

We cleared over 200 that one

A couple of years back.

And we didn't have no Luther on

the guitar with the playing meter.

They say it draws them like flies.

That's what they say.

They say first thing he does

is go to the man that owns a joint,

sticks out his hand and

watch that cash money put in it.

I already sent 50 to his manager.

How much you paying him all out?

Another hundred.

We need to clear 300! What I figure

is if we charge folks 2 to get in,

then the liquor...

What I'm saying is

'less he see that green up front,

the man won't get off the train!

HORN HONKS:

What's that now?

About time you fellas run by!

We're just about dry here!

Boss in?

Tyrone?

Whisky wagon come by.

Y'all a day late!

The old man Toussaint

gonna chew me out!

Toussaint went over

to another supplier upstate.

We just got you,

then we're over to the army base

to service the officers' club.

That's 56.

My credit no good anymore?

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