Hall shuts the lid and locks the box up again. “Roberto, you slacker, guard the box while I go take a piss. Don’t try and open it, we should be honorable and respect the property of our friend,” he says as he walks out the back door. 

As soon as Guntry is out the door, Roberto goes quickly to the box. He is a master of lock picking and takes only seconds to get the box open. When he does, he throws open the lid and for the first time we see expression on this stony man’s face. His jaw drops open and his eyes open wide as he stares in wonder at the contents of the box. He is amazed that Fulton would even consider letting this out of his sight, if it had been him, he would have tried a lot harder to keep a hold on the box.

There is a rattling at the door and Roberto quickly closes the box and resumes his normal position. Fulton walks in holding a bag which contains all that he has of worth left in the world, which is not much because he has sold most everything to get the box and to hold off these two thugs he calls business partners. Just as he walks in, Guntry returns from the back.

Immediately the room turns cold as they all realize that they all know what is in the box. Fulton begins to sweat profusely and spout nonsense. “Calm down guys, I’m not gonna cheat ya, we can share it, there is enough for all of us, come on, its all I got, you can’t take it from me, I sold everything to get it, I don’t got no where to live, this is the only thing I got, what you gonna do to me, here is all I got left, the deed to my store, all my possessions, its more than what you asked for, just don’t take the box…” he drops to his knees and begins to weep.

Guntry has begun yelling, “Why did you try and cheat us, you rotten scoundrel, you should die for this, what made you think we wouldn’t find out, you think that the deed to a lousy shop is worth the return of this, this is priceless, and now its mine all mine, you ain’t getting this back for nothing, no I ain’t gonna share, are you mad, you bastard…” he has now gone over to Fulton and is hitting him while Fulton rolls on the floor and weeps.

Meanwhile Roberto has stood up unnoticed and walked toward the box. He picked it up; stepping over the writhing bodies on the floor he walks calmly towards the door. It is only when he opens the door that the others notice what has happened. They forget their anger with each other and turn on Roberto. He runs out the door and down the back allies. He heads to the river in hopes of finding some craft which will take him out of reach of his pursuers. When he reaches the bank all he finds is an old wash basin that someone has left here for when the do their washing. With Guntry and Fulton hot on his trail he has little choice.

He places the box in the bath, makes sure it is sealed, and picks the tub up with his massive arms. He pushes it out into the water and grabs an old washboard to use as a paddle. Just as he climbs in the other two reach the bank. They splash out toward the tub and grab on. Roberto tries to beat them off with the washboard but is too afraid of upsetting the vessel to be able to do much. Mean while the craft has been sucked out into the current and is being dragged down the river too the waterfall. Guntry and Fulton have managed to coordinate their efforts and are now in the tub with Roberto and the box. They still have not realized that they are rushing uncontrollable to their end; they are too busy fighting over the contents of the box.

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub;
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick maker;
Turn ‘em out, knaves all three!