They arrived at the States at the height of the merriment. The last of the crowd had gathered there before going home with each other. Pearl and Mickey came in. As they sat down, across the aisle sat Harry and a little blonde who had just come to town. He looked over to their table, smiled and waved, and went on with his talk to his partner. Pearl began to laugh--not a hysterical laugh, but one filled with mirth. "Who in this Goddam joint has a drink," she called as she rose from the table. Several men rushed to her aid with open bottles; she took a drink from them all, and so did Mickey. She was gay, nothing mattered now--have as much fun as possible. Ribald songs were sung by her and the best of dirty stories came to her mind. The crowd was so entertained it wouldn't leave. "Do you want to invite them all out to the house?" whispered Mickey. "Sure," answered Pearl. "Listen, gang--get all your cars, and let's get going for a hell of a good time out to Mickey's," as she jumped off the table into the arms of the nearest man. "Pearl, can't I see you for a minute?" asked Harry as he pushed his way to her. "You have a business date to keep--now, brother, you keep it. I fell for that line once, but never again--Adios, Senor," as she went out the door in the arms of the man for the night. END [Transcriber's Note: List of changes to original text: Page 1: changed "tthe word" to "the word" Page 6: changed "Evevlyn" to "Evelyn" Page 7: changed "youv'e" to "you've" Page 8: changed "waived Ev" to "waved Ev" Page 10: changed "yesterdady afternoon" to "yesterday afternoon" Page 17: added closing quotation mark after "a good time." Page 22: changed "acount" to "account" Page 23: changed "raucus" to "raucous" Page 30: changed "Cant'" to "Can't" Page 30: changed "couldnt'" to "couldn't" Page 32: changed "Adois" to "Adios" Page 39: added closing quotation mark after "a little revolution." Page 43: changed "waived" to "waved" Page 45: changed "or tortillas" to "of tortillas" Page 46: changed "croner" to "corner" Page 51: changed "Rio Brava" to "Rio Bravo" Page 60: removed extra quotation mark: "Well," what's that got to do with us?" Page 61: added "know" to "don't Negro Noche." Page 80: added closing quotation mark after "won't get in jail." Page 81: Added quotation mark: "Well, suppose they start looking Page 102: changed "Fod" to "For" Page 102: added closing parantheses after "this pan of mine)" Page 116: moved quotation mark from "his things." to "Next time" Page 117: removed extra quotation mark after "as soon as she came in." Page 119: changed "she went out the door" to "he went out the door" Page 130: removed duplicate word in "he cannot cannot be responsible" Page 145: removed extra quotation mark after "started into the lobby." Page 147: changed "out of Pearl's head" to "out of Pearl's hand" Page 149: added closing quotation mark after "it's just grand."