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WHITEY Jano annoyed others by juggling popcorn into his mouth and crunching it. This had Runt Davis walking wildly up and down, mouthing oaths.
"This is beginning to look like a lousy double-cross to me!" howled Runt Davis, to make himself heard above the crunch-crunch of Whitey Jano's slow, heavy jaws. "Lookit what I get! An' now you're sayin' you don't know whether it's worth playin' across! Who's payin' me for this flipper? That's what I wanta know!"