The Face Behind the Mask Page #4

I'd have given anything to see Benson and Watts' faces

when they found that safe empty.

Oh boy, if you don't think

I'm gonna give them a ribbing.

We will get you well first.

That is all that matters, Dinky.

- Hello, Dinky.

- Hello, Benson.

- Sitting pretty here, ain't you?

- Oh, I'm doing all right.

- Who's that?

- Oh, he's all right.

- What's the matter with his face?

- Lay off that.

You double-crossed us on that market job.

I haven't been out of bed.

We know the taxi guy that brought you here.

We know the junkyard you come from.

and we know you didn't have any dough before that.

- It wasn't me.

- It was me.

Where's the dough?

- Okay, here, here's your share.

- How'd you do it?

It wasn't difficult.

Why, a guy can pull a job

as slick as this can go places.

Even Jeff couldn't do better.

Jeff is that buddy of mine I told you

about that's up in Sing-Sing.

He'll be getting out soon.

What do we need Jeff, when we got a guy like him?

Never mind that.

Why? I got a lotta jobs lined up.

The way he works he don't leave a mark.

We could be riding pretty.

We could be living in a hotel...

get a car... get everything!

Okay, come on get out of here

and leave us alone.

He doesn't like to talk about it... Go on.

All right. Think it over and I'll see you later.

- All right.

You know, we can go a long way

if we stick together.

I don't understand.

You got to understand. Now listen, JOhnny-

you got to understand, we're fighting life.

And Benson is right.

We can all be riding pretty.

No more flophouses, no more junkyards.

We don't have to wait until

Jeff finishes his stretch.

You've shown them what you can do

in that market job.

And we know plenty of other spots.

Good spots.

You've got the chance to get the thing

you want

more than anything else in the world.

You don't know what I want.

Yes I do.

You want a face.

A new face.

A face that people can look at

without being scared to death.

One you can look at yourself without shuddering.

One that will let you stop

thinking how to dodge people.

Look, Johnny, I'm not trying to hurt you.

I want to help you.

That's what you want and

you've got a chance to get it.

You can buy one.

- You can buy a face?

It's being done every day.

All you've got to have is money.

I think they call them plastic doctors

or something like that.

You can buy anything with money.

Money can get me a new face?

Why, sure, Johnny, you don't have to look

like that for the rest of your life.

I even knew a fella who the cops

were after had his whole map changed.

Could they fix my face so that

people can look at me?

All you need is money.

Money...

I don't want to express a definite opinion.

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