IT SOUNDS PRETTY INTERESTING. RATHER A LONG TIME BETWEEN MEETS, THOUGH, IT SEEM TO ME.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TONIGHT, I DINED HERE AT BIG JOE BRADY'S WITH JIMMY WELLS, MY BEST CHUM AND THE FINEST CHAP IN THE WORLD. WE WERE RAISED HERE IN NEW YORK .
IT'S ALL RIGHT, OFFICER. I'M JUST WAITING FOR A FRIEND. IT'S AN APPOINTMENT MADE TWENTY YEARS AGO.
WE BOTH AGREED THAT TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD MEET HERE AGAIN EXACTLY TWENTY YEARS FROM THAT DATE AND TIME, NO MATTER WHAT CONDITION WE MIGHT BE IN . WE FIGURED THAT IN TWENTY YEARS EACH OF US OUGHT TO HAVE OUR DESTINY WORKED OUT AND OUR FORTUNES MADE, WHATEVER THEY WERE GOING TO BE.
DID PRETTY WELL OUT WEST, DIDN'T YOU?
YOU BET! I'VE HAD TO COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE SHARPEST WITS TO MAKE MY PILE. A MAN GETS IN A GROOVE IN NEW YORK.IT TAKES THE WEST TO PUT A RAZOR-EDGE ON HIM.
I'LL BE ON MY WAY. HOPE YOUR FRIEND COMES AROUND ALL RIGHT. GOING TO CALL TIME ON HIM SHARP?
I SHOULD SAY NOT! I'LL GIVE HIM HALF AN HOUR AT LEAST. IF JIMMY IS ALIVE ON EARTH HE'LL BE HERE BE THAT TIME.