So ... I got this much ... The Jack of hearts comes in to make a distraction in the Cabaret while his gang unloads the bank safe. Big Jim is the local boss guy who controls everybody in town. Rosemary is his common law wife and Lily is his mistress. Lily and The Jack of Hearts are old lovers and they meet in Lily's dressing room for some nooky and while there Big Jim tip toes down the hallway to burst in "you couldn't say surprised" to find Lily get'n boinked by the Jack and then Rosemary takes her place beside Big Jim and then sticks him in the back thus saving The Jack and Lily from getting hot lead packed into them. Rosemary was suicidal and was sick of Jim and wanted to do something nice for someone so that's why she stuck Jim, took the blame and was to be hanged the next day. The Jack of Hearts takes off out of town to meet his gang by the river. The gang had the loot and they get away. The story ends with Lily "thinking about her father who she very rarely say, thinking about Rosemary and thinking about the law, but mostly she was thinking about the Jack of hearts".

I'm wondering what happens to Lily after the Jack gets off scot free. Is she thinking about all this from jail or is she just hanging around thinking about it, in her room, still employed by the cabaret house?

Love to hear some answers or even just thoughts on the story. Any idea where the story came from or is it just out of big 'Ds' head.

Toad

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