Gather around boys and girls and listen to a story started long ago. The time is 1933, the place is Atlantic City, New Jersey and our players are Margo who always carried her little Scottie dog Max, Jack with his natty top hat and David who is very proud of his new racing car.

Atlantic City of the 1930s is a hip-hop happening kind of town, full of fun and mischief. One particular evening Jack and Margo decide to have some fun traveling the streets of the city to see what they could find. They each start off with a good size money bag and are ready to roll.

Margo heads to the Reading Railroad. She says she has always wanted to read; she once actually owned a book. Jack makes fun of her and says that she’s too dumb to read. Margo has her laugh when Jack gets a notice that he is behind on his income tax and has to pay immediately or else go to jail. Their friend David whizzes by in his car on his way to Connecticut Avenue. He waves gaily and Margo returns his cheerful greetings. Jack, still burning from his penalty payment, waves with only one finger.

Margo decides to visit St. Charles Place. She inherited the property from her Great Uncle Otto who was once a gambler on a Mississippi riverboat. She also inherited a couple of other properties nearby and developed a few houses. Jack follows and lands on Virginia Avenue, the furthest of Margo’s properties. He soon finds out that Margo’s management company insists that he pay rent while there and goes to Margo to complain. Margo calmly states that since he seems to think she’s so dumb, she had better let her management personnel take care of the business. Jack is now thoroughly peeved.

David heads to Pennsylvania Railroad and is ecstatic to find that it’s for sale. He has been saving some funds for such an investment and happily buys it on the spot. Margo joins him and gives her warmest congratulations and best wishes along with some seed money to invest.

Jack starts to plot his revenge and heads for home on Kentucky Avenue in the red district. With most of his remaining money, he quickly builds hotels. The little party is heading that way and if he has to pay Margo now, she is definitely going to have to pay him back tenfold later.

David hears word that B&O Railroad is also for sale; no one seems to want to own a train with such an unfortunate name. David cares not about such matters and goes there directly. He figures that he can change the name or at least hang a couple hundred of those little paper pine trees all over and everything will be fine.

Always the superstitious one, Margo takes a chance. She enters a beauty contest and wins second prize. The fact that there are only two contestants and the winner looks remarkably like the Boston Terrier who lives next door doesn’t seem to faze her. She is happy with her win and spends the prize money on pizza. 

Jack is half crazed about his two so-called friends passing him and his hotels by. He starts a smear campaign but gets all wet when he gets stopped by the explosion at the Water Works. He is now angry, drenched and very tired of this little game.

David, concerned about his friend stuck in the torrent at the Water Works, seeks help from the Community Chest. The clerk at the chest informs him that they can’t interfere with civic matters but gives him a pass in case he should ever find himself in jail.

Margo gets stopped at the Water Works and claims that Jack started the downpour out of spite. Jack denies this but also makes the mistake in telling Margo how fetching she looks in a very wet white sequin gown. She slugs him and he runs to the nearest cop to arrest her for assault. The cop doesn’t believe his story and sends him to jail for inciting a riot.