pick a square one or I work alone."

"Thanks," said Jimmy, "but how do you know that after you pull this job
I won't tip off the police and claim the reward."

The Lizard grinned his lip grin.

"There ain't one chance in a million," he said. "You'd starve to death
before you'd do it. And now, what you want is a job. I can probably get
you one if you ain't too particular."

"I'd do anything," said Jimmy, "that I could do and still look a policeman
in the face."

"All right," said the Lizard. "When I come back I'll bring you a job of
some sort. I may be back to-night, and I may not be back again for a
month, and in the mean time you got to live."

He drew a roll of bills from his pocket and commenced to count out
several.

"Hold on!" cried Jimmy. "Once again, nothing doing."

"Forget it," admonished the Lizard. "I'm just payin' back the twenty
you loaned me."

"But I didn't loan it to you," said Jimmy; "I gave it to you as a reward
for finding my watch."

The Lizard laughed and shoved the money across the table.