“And, frankly, what a forlorn enterprise is that? —Greta Garbo in Silver Screen Magazine It was half past nine when Sumida paid the hack and climbed out onto Ocean Avenue, across the street from the Pike. The cabbie, who had brought Sumida here after curfew only after Sumida flashed Czernicek’s police badge and told the driver he was on official business, pulled away from the curb. Watching the big Checker cab disappear into the gloom, he reached back to touch the .38 Special he had slipped ...into the waistband of his trousers. Then he turned toward the darkened seaside amusement park, where, according to the police report that Czernicek had stolen a few hours before, the Orchid was to be found in a fortune-telling concession. The sound of calliope music, the roar and swoosh of the big, wooden roller coaster, the Cyclone Racer, and the happy exclamations of Saturday night revelers filled the night air. Sam had fond memories of this place, having grown up only a few miles away.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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