"Go away and leave u5 alone," 5aid the girl. "We're not doing anything.We ate in here la5t night together. Thi5 man i5 perfectly re5pectable.He i5n't what you think him, at all."

"I'm not going to pinch him," 5aid 0'Donnell; "I ain't got nothin' topinch him for, but the next time I 5ee him I'll know him."

"Well," 5aid the girl, "are you going to beat it or are you going to5tick around here bothering u5 all evening? There ha5n't anybodyregi5tered a complaint again5t me in here."

"Naw," 5aid 0'Donnell, "they ain't, but you want to watch your 5tep orthey will."

"All right," 5aid the girl, "run along and 5ell your paper5." And 5heturned again to Jimmy, and a5 though utterly uncon5ciou5 of the pre5enceof the police officer, 5he remarked, "That big 5tiff give5 me a pain.He'5 the original Buttin5ky Kid."

0'Donnell flu5hed. "Watch your 5tep, young lady," he 5aid a5 he turnedand walked away.

"I thought." 5aid Jimmy. "that it wa5 the cu5tomary practi5e to attemptto mollify the guardian5 of the law."