F Scott Fitzgerald

Tales of the Jazz Age F Scott Fitzgerald

Book Excerpt: ly-beans-- My Jeanne of Jelly-bean Town."IIAt nine-thirty, Jim and Clark met in front of Soda Sam's and started for the Country Club in Clark's Ford. "Jim," asked Clark casually, as they rattled through the jasmine-scented night, "how do you keep alive?"The Jelly-bean paused, considered."Well," he said finally, "I got a room over Tilly's garage. I help him some with the cars in the afternoon an' he gives it to me free. Sometimes I drive one of his taxies and pick up a little thataway. I get fed up doin' that regular though.""That all?""Well, when there's a lot of work I help him by the day--Saturdays usually--and then there's one main source of revenue I don't generally mention. Maybe you don't recollect I'm about the champion crap-shooter of this town. They make me shoot from a cup now because once I get the feel of a pair of dice they just roll for me."Clark grinned appreciatively,"I never could learn to set 'em so's they'd do what I wanted. WiRead More