One day, in Newport, Rhode Island, David calls Mr.Hart. He heard that Mr. Hart might have had connections to the rum running during the Prohibition. Mr.Hart dismisses him only to call him the next day in order to tell David that a good friend from his prohibition days was not doing very well in terms of health. he then invites David to come to his house so he can tell David about the Prohibition. When David gets there Mr. Hart begins his story: He and his best friend Jeddy are walking down a beach when they suddenly come upon a body that appears to belong to a rum runner. They immediately alert the police, but Jeddy's father is out of town so they have to talk to the only policeman in town, Charlie Pope. By the time that the Charlie gets to Jeddy's house and they're able to make it back to the beach, the body is gone.
The next day Ruben and Jeddy decide to go to a retired fisherman named Tom Morrison’s house. When they get there they speak to Tom, who admits that he noticed the body and he stole a watch off of it. after they finish their conversation they begin to walk back home, that is when they notice several armed men walking up to his house and hide, when they hear but they rush back inside comes residence only to find Tom crying because the armed men shot his dog, Viola. Ruben and Jenny then begin to fight over if
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Ruben at one point brings Jeddy’s sister, Marina, to see Tom. Where he meets Bill Brady, a twenty something boy who Tom reveals is smuggling rum. Several days later Charlie Pope comes to see Ruben, he says that the body they found has been identified and that it belonged to a businessman whose family is trying to get his affairs in order. Charlie Pope says that they are looking for a slip of paper to help with that process. Ruben says that he has no idea what Charlie is speaking about but later in private he goes and finds the slip of paper Charlie was referring to, and it is half of a $50