Part 24 (2/2)
”It's nearly five o'clock--have you been in bed all day?”
”Uh-huh.”
”What's become of Evelyn? I've been over to her apartment several times, and she hasn't been there all day.”
”She is here with me.”
”Well, you two sure have been sleeping sound. I been up here three times, and had the clerk ring the room several times, but no answer.”
”We were nearly dead when we got here this morning. We had to wade that d.a.m.n river again. How did you get across?”
”They opened the gates when I went and asked them to let me through.”
”Well, the lousy tramps--and the way they treated us this morning--they sure was nasty.”
”I stayed as long as I thought it was safe for me to stay, I finally got to go through the rebel General's pockets, then I decided to come home and get a little sleep. I feel fine now, and did I make the dough last night? Seven hundred bucks, not so bad.”
”I should say not. Come on and let's wake Ev up. Have you got anything to drink with you? I haven't got a thing up here.”
”Yeah, I have a bottle with me. I sure know what it is getting up after having been on a good one, and not having a little drink to pick me up--it's awful,” as they went into the bedroom, where Evelyn was still snoring.
”Hey, sister, snap out of it,” yelled Mickey, as she shook Evelyn real hard.
Evelyn turned over and opened her eyes. ”What's the big idea?” she asked.
”Look,” said Mickey, as she held a pint of whiskey where Evelyn could see it.
”Oh, great Heavens, give me a drink quick, before I have time to start thinking,” as she raised up in bed, taking the bottle from Mickey.
”Save me a drink, Ev,” said Pearl, as she started to the bathroom.
”Well, you better hurry back, you know when Ev gets a bottle, she don't want to give it up until it's empty,” called Mickey.
”Did you make any money out of the revolution, Mickey?” asked Evelyn.
”Sure, did you?”
”I don't know yet, I haven't been sober enough to count it, but what I've got is on the chair there,” as she pointed to a chair, loaded with clothes.
”I'll hand it to you and see just how much you have made,” said Mickey, as she handed the clothes to Evelyn.
”How long do you think the border will be closed, Ev?” asked Pearl.
”Well, that's hard to tell. Sometimes those things last only a few days, then again they have been known to last months, but if we can't go over there, n.o.body else can, and I know all the apartments around here where there are likely to be parties, so the only thing to do is make the rounds of them, and chisel there, just like we did on the other side.”
”What about liquor?”
”Don't worry about that--there is more on this side than there is on the other side,” said Evelyn, as she began to lay out her money.
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