— With this here picnic forks deal what do you think… he was jamming papers into the torn zipper.
— You already got one don’t you? Why should you get a whole bunch of them hey look what time it is…
— Because they’re real cheap what do you think!
— Boy I never saw such a, I mean this here Major Sheets suppose he even buys all these forks off you so you’ve got all this money to buy stuff, who wants to buy this crap all these pieces of paper when you could buy…
— Because that’s what you do! he brought a sweater sleeve up across his nose, — what do you think it means money working for you to…
— Working shit, all this…
— Wait a second wait, this here booklet I was looking for look. Prospectus one million shares, Ace Development Company look.
— At what. It’s a bunch of trees.
— Yeah well they have all these mineral rights to explore for these here virgin minerals see that? where it says stretching as far as the eye can see boy when they find these here virgin min…
— They won’t find shit, how can they find anything with all these here trees in the way hurry up hey, it’s time. They have to knock all these here trees down before they even can…
— Hold the door a second…
— I mean all this crap you’re getting you keep saying because it’s real cheap so why should it be worth anything, I mean if it’s worth anything why should somebody want to give it to you real cheap boy what a stink, I thought they finished all this asphalt Friday. I mean you better find somebody that knows about all this crap before you get in trouble.
— Okay who said I wasn’t.
— Who, like Mrs Joubert? You just said you…
— How am I suppose to ask her, you go ask some broker that’s what they do.
— Like who Mister Wall at Wall Street? He sells you crap so you expect him to tell you it’s crap?
— Look quit saying it’s crap will you? I mean that’s how much you know besides he’s at California anyway, didn’t you ever hear of these ads like on the radio and all where they say come in and let us review the contents of your portforlio?
— Who like that guy we saw with all the heads? so you’re walking in there and saying good morning sir I would like you to review the contents of my portforlio then you dump out this bunch of crap? hey…? Wait up what’s the matter…
— Because that’s not what you do! You get somebody to help you out, like some business representative…
— Who, why should he help you out anyway who…
— Like you get somebody to do anything you pay them! what do you think…
— Okay who. You got somebody? hey? Because boy you’re going to get in trouble going around loaning money for these here forks and all, just because you been reading up all these here little books since we went to that dumb field trip before that we used to have this neat time trading boy but now everything’s…
— Okay so what am I suppose to do! he kicked up a burst of leaves before him, stopped there to shift his armload — go around selling like those free cosmetic samples with those matchbooks in these here shoes which they’re a mile too big? or like that thing I got train at home for this exciting motel career or do import export at the privacy of your own home? I mean these funny hours my mother’s always working how do I know when she’s going to walk in, like I mean this here bond and stock stuff you don’t see anybody you don’t know anybody only in the mail and the telephone because that’s how they do it nobody has to see anybody, you can be this here funny lookingest person that lives in a toilet someplace how do they know, I mean like all those guys at the Stock Exchange where they’re selling all this stock to each other? They don’t give a shit whose it is they’re just selling it back and forth for some voice that told them on the phone why should they give a shit if you’re a hundred and fifty all they…
— Look out hey you’re dropping…
— Wait the clock quick, get the clock, just till we get to my locker okay?
— You turning it in?
— Why should I turn it in, I got it didn’t I?
— Okay but it says class six J right on it boy wait till Mrs Joubert finds out, she’ll boot your…
— How’s she supposed to find out anything, you think she’s going to be over at Nevada?
— Okay but if it says class six J on this here account you started over there boy you better…
— What’s the difference if it says that they got my signature off this here little coupon where it said signature on it didn’t they?
— Okay boy but if this here bank finds out the class puts money in some account where you take it out to piss away on this debunture crap and they find out you kept this here clock boy you’re in…
