Chapter 17, Ladies Man Lonnie, Chapter 18, End of the Trail, and Chapter 19, So Long, Buddy Summary

Ladies' Man Lonnie. Ralph has trouble finding work in the small towns outside of El Paso, so he comes up with the idea that they will copy what they did in Safford and find a town with other towns within a fifty mile radius so they might get five or six artist jobs at a time. Ralph then makes a bust of Lonnie to use as a sample when looking for jobs. Lonnie becomes a problem, so he and Ralph begin making frequent trips to the movies. At the same time, Ralph has been paying Lonnie five dollars a bust, so Lonnie used the money to pay Ralph the eighty-five dollars for the car. When he is...