"And it was there that Daniel Webster got the stern and intellectual training of the lawyer." "Got the training... that made him see made him see things clearly and logically." "until victory finally crowned his efforts." "And... because he saw things clearly and logically... victory crowned his efforts." "And then there was another important thing about him." "About Daniel Webster, I mean." "And that was that..." "And then he..." "In the matter of the National Bank. he opposed it forcibly on the grounds that... that there wasn't enough behind the species..." "And uh... because of the... of the... untiring and ceaseless efforts of that clear and logical lawyer our Junior High of Manson got its name and inspiration." "I thank you." "Did I leave anything out, Uncle Joe?" "Just most of the middle and the whole point." "I thought you were wonderful." "I'm quite sure I voice the opinion of you all when I say that our Herbert Mitchell has made a most unusual speech." "Or should I become a little more informal and call him Buzz." "The name which he has gained since coming to this community from his native Canada." "Yes, I shall." "Buzz Mitchell." "An excellent speech, Master Buzz, though I confess you did confuse me a little about the banking problem." "But then, I'm only a banker and not a prospective lawyer, like you." "Yip, yip, yip, yip." "Before announcing the next artist on the program" "I want to extend our heartfelt thanks to a little woman who has done much for Manson." "In her civic activities, by the example she sets in her home life her commendable fortitude in adversity she's a credit to our fair city." "She always has given of her time and energy much more than her widow's might." "Mrs Dorothy Wingate." "And more than that, my friends," "Mrs Wingate has also given us the next artist on our program the little American nightingale," "Miss Pinkie Wingate." "Dear, when you smiled at me" "I heard a melody" "It haunted me from the start." "Something inside of me started a symphony, zing went the strings of my heart." "Just like the breath of spring, I heard a robin sing about a nest set apart." "All nature seemed to be in perfect harmony zing went this strings of my heart." "Your eyes made skies seem blue again" "What else could I do again but keep repeating through and through I love you, love you." "I still recall a thrill" "I guess I always will" "I hoped would never depart." "I knew I loved you heaps and you were mine for keeps" "Zing went the strings of my heart." "Your eyes made skies seem blue again" "What else could I do again but keep repeating through and through I love you, love you." "I still recall the thrill" "I guess I always will" "I hoped would never depart." "I knew I loved you heaps and you were mine for keeps" "Zing went the strings of my heart." "If the future of Manson depends on some of the stuff I heard in there we're doomed for some long, lean years." "But Uncle Joe, I knew the whole thing..." "There's Mrs Wingate." "Go on and square yourself with her." "Gosh, Dottie, I knew it word for word when I said it to you the other night, didn't I?" "I thought it was very good, Buzz." "Didn't you, Mrs Higgins?" "It was all right." "Of course it was." "Ahh..." "Ahh." "A delightful song, Pinkie, and a delightful voice." "We'll have to see that that voice gets training, eh?" "Aren't you going to thank Mr Drubbs, Pinkie?" "Thank you." "Come along, dear." "I want to talk to Buzz first." "All right, but don't be late." "Bring Buzz home for dinner, if you want to." "Good bye." "If it hadn't been for Mr Drubbs I bet I wouldn't have forgotten it." "He was staring at me every time I looked around." "Gee, I know what I forgot." "Not only in the matter of the defeat of paper currency Bank did victory crown his efforts but also in the area of free trade, too..." "And I don't want you to rush into anything if you aren't sure, Dottie." "Take your time." "Think it over some more." "I realize that perhaps I don't have much to offer a woman like you." "but if you can see your way clear..." "I'll do my best to make you happy." "I know you would, Arthur." "But I have so many problems right now..." "The children?" "I'd do anything in the world for them." "I love those kids." "Ouch!" "Billy Wingate!" "Are you still sure you want to take on the Wingate family?" "Dead sure." "You will think it over, won't you?" "Yes... yes, I will." "I'll think it over." "It's been a nice afternoon." "Good bye." "Good bye." "Billy, stop fooling now and eat your cereal." "But Daniel Boone didn't eat cereal." "Billie!" "Aw, gee, it's the first day of vacation." "Well, all right, but tomorrow." "Guess I'll go kill a few Indians." "It's a nice sunny day to start a vacation." "Toast, dear?" "Oh, yes, toast." "Gee, Dottie, I wish I had a job." "What?" "Didn't you sleep well, dear?" "It'd be just like when we used to have so much fun." "Remember, even the time I frowned Daddy said we'd have to go and celebrate." "And he had finished the trailer we left the breakfast dishes and went away and stayed for a week." "We wouldn't have to sell the trailer and we could go anyplace..." "Pinkie, what are you talking about?" "I'd be making plenty of money and you wouldn't have to worry about anything at all." "We could get the taxes paid up, and the roof fixed and you could have a lot of new clothes like you used to have." "Oh, Pinkie, you're sweet, but you aren't going to work." "You're going to have a nice, long vacation." "And in the fall you're going to Millicent School and you're going to have that voice trained properly." "But Dottie, I..." "Listen, dear... when I was your age I didn't learn much, except well, how to wash dishes, how to bake a shortcake, that sort of thing." "When an emergency came, I wasn't prepared to meet it." "You're never going to be in that position." "You're going to have the best kind of independence." "I don't mean money." "I mean the ability to do something for yourself." "That's why training your voice is so important." "But..." "Pinkie, what are you trying to say?" "Well..." "It's just..." "Dottie..." "If there was anybody else in this family besides us" "I mean, besides you, and Billie and me..." "It wouldn't be like the same family." "I mean..." "You wouldn't..." "Pinkie..." "Don't you think I want what's best for all of us?" "When you and Billy have everything that Daddy wanted for you I'll be so happy." "Why, you're just beginning." "Won't you trust me, dear?" "Yes, mother." "Gee, I love you, Dottie." "Fill 'er up, Joe, and check the tires, I'll be back in a minute." "Gosh, Pinkie, don't." "Please don't." "Look, maybe she won't marry him after all." "But she will." "I know she will." "Then he'll sit there in Daddy's chair and go ha-ha-ha." "Oh, Buzz, I can't stand it." "Well, gosh..." "You gotta go with this clearly, logically." "But she's unhappy, I know she's unhappy." "'Cause she cried again last night." "And she'll go on crying." "Before she used to laugh all the time." "If Daddy were only here he'd do something." "Well, I'll do something, Pinkie." "What?" "Well, I'll go over and talk to her." "That won't do any good, Buzz." "Well, I..." "Maybe we could sue." "Sue?" "Dottie?" "No, no, Drubbs." "Could we, Buzz?" "What for?" "Oh, I... there must be plenty of things, I mean..." "Just a minute." "Section 233" "234... 235..." "What is it, Buzz?" "I think I've got something here." "Buzz..." "I've gotta get an outside opinion." "Pinkie, you wait here." "Buzz!" "Buzz..." "If you wanted to take a fellow out of town for a few days that mightn't want to go but you knew it was the best thing for him..." "Buzz..." "They couldn't put you in jail for that, could they?" "Maybe." "Supposing it was a relation." "Like the time Mrs Selfridge took her daughter Mabel to Europe so she couldn't marry that Pickering fellow." "Well, they couldn't put you in jail for that, could they?" "No, they couldn't arrest you for that." "Supposing it was a case like that?" "Say..." "When Mabel came back, she didn't want to marry that guy at all, did she?" "Let me do that, Uncle Joe." "Listen." "If I took a fellow fishing for a couple of days... could I borrow the Model "A"?" "Yep." "But don't you think the fellow would be more comfortable if you borrowed the Wingate trailer?" "Gee!" "Buzz." "Thought about how you aim to feed this fellow, Buzz?" "Whereas you look all tuckered out from your first day's work, Buzz and... whereas the fishing will be pretty good right now." "Looks to me whereas I'm cooked for a raise in advance." "Not that I think it will do any good, mind you... but it's worth it just to get a look at old Drubbs' face." "Uncle Joe." "I bet that old windbag will wanna shoot me for this..." "Pinkie, dinner's almost ready." "What?" "I wish you'd come downstairs so I wouldn't have to shout at you." "I can't come down." "Never mind, I'll be up." "Oh, no!" "I'll be down." "Right down." "They're ready." "Look out!" "Let it go." "Now, listen, Billie, you..." "What're you doing with Pinkie's clothes, stealing?" "I know, you're eloping." "Pinkie and Buzz are eloping!" "Pinkie and Buzz are eloping." "Shut up and I'll give you my three-bladed jackknife." "Pinkie and Buzz are eloping." "I'll give you my carbine shell, too." "Huh?" "Where is it?" "I haven't got it with me, but I have got something you want." "What?" "Rats." "Where?" "Right in there in a cage." "Red-eyed rats?" "Sure, come and see for yourself." "Jiminy Crickets" "Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Drubbs is coming down the road." "Hey, Dottie, Dottie!" "Hello, Buzz." "What was all that noise outside?" "Somebody moving in next door?" "No, that was me." "I've got the trailer here." "A man says he wants to buy it." "Says he'll give you $50 for it, too." "Really, Buzz?" "Oh, wait till I get this roast out of here." "You'd better come right away." "He might go away." "He´s that kind of a fellow." "Come on, Dottie, hurry." "Wait a minute, wait a minute." "Oh, I look awful." "No you don't, come on now, Dottie." "Dottie, help, let me out!" "Dottie, let me out." "Billy." "Dottie, help, let me out." "Baby, how did you get in there?" "I'll shoot that ol' Buzz so hard that he won't be able to sit down for a week." "Rats!" "That liar." "What is all this?" "Buzz!" "Buzz, let me out of here." "Pinkie, Pinkie." "Do you here me?" "She's pounding on the window, Buzz." "Don't pay any attention." "Gosh, Buzz, maybe we've gone too far, huh?" "We've gone too far to back down now." "We're only as far as the old lumber mill." "Come on, Buzz, we'd better turn back." "For Pete's sakes." "Take her back to marry Drubbs?" "Oh, no." "No." "Then sit tight and quit yapping." "Now, now, don't, Pinkie, don't." "What do you want me to do?" "Give it all up?" "Let her marry Drubbs?" "Oh, Buzz, please stop." "Please." "Oh, Buzz, you're a darling." "Wait a minute, Pinkie." "We've got to talk." "I'm gonna do it." "I'm not gonna have you gumming this thing up too so as we're back where we started." "But..." "Oh, all right, Buzz." "Dottie!" "Are you in there?" "You know perfectly well I am, Buzz." "Let me out of here this second." "Open up, Buzz, or I'll shoot your ugly head off." "Open up, I said." "Listen, Dottie, please don't be angry and treat us like children." "We thought this whole thing out very carefully and it's for your own good." "Will you open this door." "Listen, Dottie... we just want you to promise something first." "Now, in the event that we must return to town... and we'll do that only if you promise us a certain thing." "It's in your own interest, I assure you." "Will you promise if I open the door?" "Dottie." "Can you hear me?" "Dottie." "Mrs Wingate." "Now listen, we know you're in there." "Open it, Buzz." "I might as well try and reason with a piece of cheese as women." "What's the idea of locking us in that trailer?" "Billie, be quiet." "I'm sorry." "Dottie." "Now what have you to say for yourselves?" "It's simply this way, Mrs Wingate." "We just wanted to protect you." "By throwing me into a trailer and locking me in and then driving into this ordeal and nearly knocking my teeth out." "Dottie, we didn't mean to." "Are you hurt?" "Well, what did you mean then?" "What is the meaning of this?" "We only wanted... only so you could get away and... not have to worry about money and... not have to marry people or anything." "Honestly, Dottie." "I know you do, even though you say you don't." "I hear you crying at nights after we're in bed." "Dottie, I don't want you to have to marry anybody just because you want a new roof or you want me to go to school or... you want to get Billie's teeth straightened or anything." "Honestly, even if we have to live in a trailer for the rest of our lives." "It would be wonderful, honest it would." "It doesn't cost much to live in a trailer and... we could travel for months and months and... eat hamburgers and..." "Buzz..." "I think the two of you are mad." "Absolutely mad." "It's the craziest, silliest, most ridiculous, senseless thing I've ever heard of in my whole life." "But I love you for it." "There's a road that leads to happiness" "I know we can find it." "Although it's full of hills and spills darling, we won't mind it." "I got you, you got me who cares how rough the road may be" "We'll go bumpty, bumpty, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "Side by side, we'll go far, who cares how many bumps there are" "We'll go bumpty, bumpty, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "Remember this when anything goes wrong" "Remember this, we'll merrily roll along." "We'll get rich or we won't" "Who cares whether we do or don't" "We'll go bumpty, bumpty, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "Let's all join in and sing this tune" "Dottie, Buzz, and Daniel Boone" "We'll go bumpty, bump, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "Hi-ho, what do we care" "We're on our way but we don't know where" "We'll go bumpty, bumpty, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "We'll never need silver linings for we'll never ever have a cloud" "Give three cheers for four musketeers..." "Only four?" "Just four." "Just four?" "No more." "For five would be a crowd, yes!" "Rah-rah-rah." "Sis-boom-ba" "Hey diddle-diddle And Ooh-la-la." "We'll go bumpty-bump, bumpty-bump we'll go bumpty, bumpty, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "Hail, hail, the gang's all here" "Our home sweet home is in the rear" "Bumpty, bumpty, bumpty bump on the bumpy road to love." "I got a long one, I got a long one!" "So did I. Well, it looks like you and I will have to wash the dishes, Buzz." "Gosh, this is the third time in a row for me." "Oh, that's too bad." "Pinkie, you take Billie and run back to that farmhouse we passed this evening and see if you can get some milk for breakfast." "Okay." "Come on, Bill." "Pretty soon we'll be back in Manson, Buzz." "With the same problems to face that we left behind." "Some things are rather hard for a woman to face all alone, Buzz." "I wish you'd give me some advice." "Well, that's what I'm here for, Dottie." "That's my business." "It's about Pinkie." "I had no idea she felt so strongly about certain things." "I can hardly talk to her when she's so upset." "It's like pulling teeth sometimes to get her to listen to reason." "But you understand her so well, Buzz." "I thought you might help me with her." "I..." "I don't quite understand this terrible dislike she has for poor Mr Drubbs." "That's only because she doesn't want you to marry anybody that you don't like, Dottie." "But I do like him, Buzz." "He's a very kind, unselfish man." "You mean you really want to marry him?" "I'm going to marry him, Buzz." "Gee." "Then you really love him after all, huh?" "Well, you see, Buzz, there are many different kinds of love." "It wouldn't be the same kind of love I had for their father, Buzz." "That was wonderful." "But I'm older now." "A woman wants to keep her home around her children, have someone help her with problems she can't face alone." "Daddy was so happy-go-lucky he wouldn't worry a moment about the future." "He didn't even believe in insurance." "But everyone believes in insurance." "He didn't." "He thought everyone should get as much fun out of money as possible." "Just going on from day to day." "But that's sheer lack of foresight, Dottie." "Why, even I saved up $7.50." "Exactly, Buzz." "You can see I'm doing the right thing, Buzz." "From a completely unprejudiced viewpoint, Dottie," "I'd say you were doing absolutely the right thing." "Then if you could only make Pinkie see it." "Pinkie just needs handling." "Ixnay, ixnay, attunday Oh..." "Hello, Pinkie." "Where's the milk?" "Yeah, didn't you get the milk, Pinkie?" "We got it all right, we almost had it home till mister smarty Buffalo Bill Wingate started to play Pony Express with it." "If she'd given me the milk bucket I wouldn't have had to grab it from her, would I?" "I she hadn't of hung on to it when I came galloping past..." "It's all right, Billie." "Only I'm afraid we won't have your flapjacks for breakfast." "Aw, Dottie!" "Gee, no flapjacks?" "Now look what you went and done." "Buzz." "Buzz, wake up." "Buzz, it's me, Pinkie." "What is it?" "I gotta talk to you." "Are you sick?" "Shh... no." "I just got a question I had to ask you." "Come here." "For Pete's sake." "Why can't you keep your questions till morning?" "Instead of waking a man from a good night's sleep." "I just had to." "I just couldn't sleep." "I kept wondering." "Was Dottie talking to you about Drubbs when you were washing the dishes?" "Now listen, Why do you wanna go jumping to conclusions for?" "Listen, she didn't say a thing." "She was." "I can tell by the way you say she wasn't." "Oh, Buzz, she isn't still gonna marry him, is she?" "Pinkie, listen." "Suppose she wanted to marry him." "But she couldn't." "She couldn't love anybody but Daddy." "That's all you know." "Well, not in the same way, maybe, but..." "You're not taking into consideration all those other kinds of love." "What other kinds?" "Well... when people get older... naturally they want to keep a home for their children, have peace and not have burdens on their shoulders." "If a guy comes along and wanted to help those children, naturally she'd have to love him in a way, wouldn't she?" "Particularly if he carried good insurance." "Maybe, but..." "I don't know how you could do better than Drubbs in the whole town of Manson." "If we aren't dumb." "I see plenty of other guys." "Guys both of you would like." "You know very well the only men in town that aren't married are old Mr Grant, Mr Farnswick and the barber." "Who said anything about in town?" "We're out on the open road now." "We can meet anyone out here." "Up to the President of the United States." "What good would that do?" "He's married." "Listen, if I found one that wasn't married and that was rich and everything and that both you and Dottie were crazy about... well, you'd like him better than Drubbs, wouldn't you?" "I'd like anybody better than Drubbs." "Well, she'll go back and marry him for sure unless we find the right guy." "I'm gonna start out tomorrow and find him." "But, Buzz, people just don't go out and find husbands." "For the sole and only reason that they haven't the initiative, that's why." "Boy, I bet I can find one that'll make old Drubbs look sick." "Boy, I bet this is the solution to the whole darn thing." "Once and for all." "Listen, you know what we're gonna do?" "We're gonna wake up good and early in the morning and hit the old road." "Isn't it beautiful, Buzz?" "You know, I could settle down here and spend the rest of our time right in this very spot." "Oh, gosh, Dottie, no." "We gotta get out on that open road and see what the country has to offer." "I mean, Pinkie and I were saying just last night that we couldn't get started early enough this morning." "For a girl who couldn't get started early enough," "Pinkie is taking a long time getting dressed." "Hurry up, darling." "Buzz wants to get started." "I don't see what all the rush is about anyway." "You can't sit up half the night and..." "But you got to bed at 9 o'clock." "Gosh, you must have been dreaming, Pinkie." "Yes, I guess I was." "When did that trailer get here?" "Oh, it drove in early this morning." "Breakfast is almost ready, dear." "You help Buzz with the table." "For Pete's sakes." "Don't go giving things away the minute I think of them." "It all looks kind of crazy in the daylight, anyway." "Is it as crazy as Drubbs?" "No." "All right, then." "We gotta get started with this thing right after breakfast." "Pinkie, is the salt on the table?" "No, it must be in the cupboard, Dottie." "I can't find it anywhere." "Oh, Billie has it." "He went out to catch some birds." "Find him, Pinkie." "I want Buzz to help me." "Oh, he's always going off and I have to chase after him..." "Buzz, I need that salt right away." "Run over to that other trailer and ask them if they'll lend us some, will you, dear?" "Okay, Dottie." "Hey, is anybody in here?" "Get away from that tent flap." "What do you want?" "Some salt." "Are you sure that flap's down?" "Yeah, yeah, sure." "All right, whoever you are, the salt is in a can in front of you on a shelf as you come in that door." "Take the whole can, but watch that flap on the way out." "For the love of heaven, watch that flap." "Okay, I will, okay." "Close the door!" "Shut it quick!" "Holy smoke!" "All he said was, "Watch that flap"." "Hey, hold it." "You haven't used this stuff, have you?" "Yes, but I don't think I'll use the eggs." "I don't like potassium bromide on eggs." "Thank heaven you knew what it was." "Luckily my husband used to use it for photography." "Really?" "Although he never found it very satisfactory." "Is that so?" "Well, I find it quite satisfactory whenever I use it." "Maybe he used the wrong proportions." "Perhaps he didn't keep the plates cold enough." "Now, I keep my plates in a specially built refrigerator, you see, and..." "I'm sorry, there I go again." "I almost poisoned you, but don't let me bore you to death." "Say, this is quite a trailer you've got here." "What's that?" "Oh, that's for the water." "How do you work it?" "That works like a tap pump." "You push this down... and that builds up the pressure in the tank there... forces water along and then you turn the fawcet." "Don't they think of the screwiest gadgets..." "It was an invention of my husband's." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Not at all." "It is a bit complicated." "Rather ingenious, though." "This must be rather an early vintage, isn't it?" "Pioneer." "I'd like to show you a few improvements that I've devised for mine to conserve space." "Would you care to step over and see?" "Come on, Dottie, let's." "Well, as long as we can't eat the eggs." "That is a shame." "I've got a half a dozen over there you can have and I'll give you some real salt." "All right." "After you, lad." "Hey, look out." "Wow, you need some ballast for that." "I want you to see this." "I'm rather proud of this one." "My shower." "How very handy." "And very practical, too." "Hot and cold running water and here is the water for the sink." "That is a convenience." "I've never seen anything like it." "How do you like it, lad?" "Oh, what's that?" "That won't bite you, now." "That is my robot refrigerator unit." "That's wonderful." "Here are the eggs." "Oh, I really couldn't." "You must, now take it." "And here's some real salt." "Thank you so much, and sorry for being such a bother." "No bother at all." "Come on, Buzz." "In just a minute." "All right." "That's a very lovely mother you have there." "Dottie's Pinkie's." "Huh?" "She's very nice, too." "Yes, I'm sure." "My, this place must have cost quite a lot, eh?" "It did." "Is that where your family sleep?" "No, I haven't a family." "That's my darkroom for photography." "A fellow I know in Manson does a lot of photography." "Really?" "Good money in it since this magazine boom, eh?" "Yes, there seems to be." "Is this your work?" "Hm-hmm." "Very pretty." "Isn't she?" "It's..." "It's nice to be able to take pictures of your loved ones, isn't it?" "Yeah, but that's a professional model." "Oh." "Got any pictures of the girl you're engaged to?" "No, I'm sorry to say I haven't." "And you know, I..." "I hate to confess this to you, with your romantic nature... but I'm not engaged to a soul." "Oh, that's all right." "That's fine." "You're not a woman hater, are you?" "Do I look like one?" "Oh, no, I just thought I'd ask." "Seeing that there's so much talk about women, pro and con..." "Oh, yes, of course." "Now, personally..." "I think there's nothing like married life." "Have you been married a long time?" "Huh?" "I just mean, since I've been around Dottie." "Mrs Wingate, there." "Oh, yes, I understand." "I can see all I miss." "It's just Uncle Joe in the gas station." "You own a home of your own somewheres?" "No, I regret to say that I just lease a New York apartment." "They cost plenty, don't they?" "Yes, plenty." "Still, I guess with the photography boom money's a small item." "I bet I couldn't begin to guess the amount of money you've made out of photography in, say, the last year." "Are you thinking of taking it up?" "Well, if you can make it hand over fist like you're doing." "I mean, if you'd just give me a rough idea..." "I haven't made a red cent out of photography." "It's just a hobby with me." "Oh, hobby, eh?" "Hm-hmm." "Expensive hobby." "Somewhat." "Your real work must be something then." "Say, would it disillusion you terribly to learn that I practice law?" "Law?" "Now wait a minute, don't take it so much to heart." "I'm liable to make a dollar or two out of this thing..." "I think it's wonderful you're a lawyer, I think it's simply swell." "Then everything's all right." "Say, will you tell me something?" "Sure, anything." "Never in all my life have I had such concentrated and flattering interest in my romantic, professional and financial affairs." "What is it that fascinates you so?" "Huh?" "Well, gosh, it's natural, isn't it?" "Considering that I'm sort of practicing law myself." "I mean, practicing practicing." "Oh, then that accounts for the cross-examination." "All the time I've been thinking you were a detective and instead of that you're a great legal mind." "You really think I've got talent?" "Genius, positive genius." "Boy, thanks." "Gee." "Well, I guess I oughta be getting back." "Dottie'll be waiting." "Dottie's so swell I wouldn't want her to worry." "That wouldn't do." "Well..." "Why don't you come over to dinner and taste her cooking?" "Thank you." "Well..." "I've never enjoyed meeting anyone so much in all my life." "The pleasure's been mine." "Well..." "See you later." "I hope so." "See you later." "Be back about the dinner." "I know." "Watch your head there on your way out." "Bye." "Good bye." "Now, where under the sun could we find such a beautiful spot again, Dottie?" "Let's stay here." "But you just said you and Pinkie..." "After all it's your holiday and one place is as good as another to us." "Except this one is better even." "Well, all right, Buzz." "Gee, I think that guy is swell, don't you, Dottie?" "Yes, he's very nice." "I didn't think anyone could be as enthusiastic about his trailer as Daddy was." "And those inventions." "He's a lawyer, too." "Oh, that's what kept you over there so long, huh?" "Look, Dottie..." "If you invited him over to dinner we could talk over some more..." "Hey, for Pete's sakes..." "Gosh, he's going." "Hey, you aren't going, are you?" "Yep." "Good luck to you." "Hope to see you along the road." "Dottie, we gotta get out of here, too, quick." "Buzz, just because he's a lawyer doesn't mean you can pursue the poor man the way you did Mr Fleming." "But he said I was a genius, Dottie." "Dottie, it's a matter of life and death to me." "Listen, Dottie." "Please, please..." "You'll never regret it." "If it means so much to you, all right." "Shame on you, Billie, you bad boy..." "What in the world?" "That famous old beaver trapper," "Mister smarty Bill Wingate fell into a beaver trap..." "Stop, stop children." "Get those clothes off immediately." "Come on in." "Yeah, hurry, we gotta get started." "I found him!" "I tell you, I found him!" "Huh?" "Who, the beaver?" "Well, let me tell you, Buzz Mitchell, that beaver is mine." "And if you don't believe me, just wait until you see him." "Everything." "He invents things like your father, he's a lawyer and..." "Gee, that'll be swell for me." "He said I was a genius and..." "Gosh..." "I didn't find out if he had any insurance." "Oh, well, I can ask him as soon as we find him." "We've been going for hours and we haven't found him yet." "But I don't care if we never find him." "And what's more, Buss Mitchell, I think the whole idea is silly." "Pinkie Wingate, I'm fed up." "I wash my hands of the whole affair right here and now." "She can go back and marry Drubbs." "And if I ever here another word on this subject, I..." "Pinkie, look!" "It's him!" "Oh, boy, it's him." "Where are you going?" "Where are you going?" "Nowhere." "Send him back, Pinkie, or he'll spoil everything." "I wanna go, too." "Billie, why don't you go hunt some beavers?" "I'm tired of beavers." "There's a new kind of beaver in these woods." "They got stripes on them." "Striped beavers?" "Sure." "They're gonna build a new dam, too." "It's right over there in those woods." "Oh, boy!" "Hey, hey, wait a minute." "What's the matter?" "Whatever you do, don't shoot now." "Why?" "Skunks." "They are not." "They're beavers." "Shhh." "Do beavers have stripes on their tails?" "Striped ones do." "But there's no such thing as striped beaver." "There is, too." "I saw one yesterday." "I'm gonna get my mother a striped beaver coat." "Look, wait a minute now..." "You wouldn't want anybody to shoot your mother, would you?" "What?" "How would you like it if they wanted to make a fur coat out of her?" "They couldn't." "I know they couldn't." "Suppose they could, you'd feel pretty bad, wouldn't you?" "Now look, you see that skunk there?" "That's the little skunk's mother." "The little skunk doesn't want his mother shot any more than you do." "I'm gonna shoot him anyway." "Hold it, wait a minute till I get out of the way." "I got him!" "I got him!" "It was a skunk." "It was a skunk." "It smells awful." "Well, it serves you right, you little..." "You ruined my photograph and... now you fixed it so I can't get near my camera." "You get that camera." "It smells to high heaven but it can't hurt you any more" "Go on, get it, or I'll..." "Get that camera." "Both hands, you idiot." "I gotta hold my nose, don't I?" "All right, hold your nose." "But stay back there till I tell you what to do." "Now, listen, stay there!" "Now listen to me." "Carry that camera carefully and follow me." "But keep your distance." "Come on, now." "Watch it." "Don't come too close to me." "Easy with that camera, now." "That's right, my mother lives there." "All right, you stay there and I'll get your mother." "But I want my mother." "Hey, don't touch it, you've done enough damage already." "Madam, will you come out here and get this menace." "What?" "Oh..." "Is he yours?" "Billie, what in the world?" "Get back!" "He shot a skunk." "Oh, dear, stay back, Billie, stay back!" "Now you stay back, my young lad..." "Stop!" "There's no need of terrifying him." "Me terrify him, after the mental torture he put me through?" "I wasn't going to hurt him, but a good old-fashioned licking would do him a lot of good." "I think you're making a great deal of fuss about a little accident." "Accident?" "Well, naturally Billie wouldn't want to hit a skunk." "Will you pardon me if I contradict you?" "He insisted on hitting a skunk." "I stood out there after he'd ruined a photograph I spent hours setting up arguing with him, pleading with him, begging him to realize it was a skunk and not a beaver he was shooting at." "I even appealed to his love for his mother." "I'm glad I provided you with so much amusement." "Well!" "Gee, I'm glad you're back." "The handle came off and we can't get the water to stop." "I think it's getting flooded in there." "Give me that handle." "Say, I meant to ask you." "Have you got any insurance?" "I have not." "But if it's insurance against other people's kids believe me I'm gonna get some." "Now get out of here." "Come on, get out, quick!" "I thought you said he was nice." "Go on, hurry up." "I thought you said he was nice." "Well..." "I didn't know it would turn out like that." "What's the use of trying." "First you think you have someone, then, plop, you gotta drop it." "I should hope we would." "Buzz..." "Skunk." "How can I get him to bury his clothes if I can't even get close to him?" "Listen, Buzz." "There comes a time in every man's life when he's got to figure things out for himself." "Oh, Pinkie, that man over there was so funny." "Oh, Dottie, you look beautiful when you laugh." "Beautiful." "The grave's almost ready, Pinkie." "Loosen up on the rope." "Okay, Billie, get them off." "No!" "But, Billie, you promised Dottie you'd bury it." "Not my Daniel Boone suit." "Now, listen, Billie, if you don't get those clothes off and bury them this minute" "I'll come over and rip them off you." "If you touch him, you'll have to bury your own clothes." "Shhh." "Okay, Buzz." "Come on, Buzz, what's the matter?" "Are you scared?" "Oh, Billie, please, you can't do anything but bury it." "Yes, I can." "I wanna kiss you, Pinkie." "I wanna hug and kiss you." "I love you so much I wanna kiss you." "Keep back!" "Stay away, Billie!" "Keep back!" "Now listen, Billie..." "Be reasonable." "You gotta bury it so the smell will go." "It'll still smell in the ground, won't it?" "No." "On account of the salt in the ground keeps the smell out of it." "There isn't any salt in the ground." "Sure there is." "Pepper, too?" "Sure, all kinds of minerals." "Now, come on, Billie, old boy." "Take 'em off." "Be a good scout." "I'm not gonna take them off and nobody can make me." "Listen, you want us to bury you in them?" "You can't." "Oh, yes we can, if you won't take them off." "Buzz!" "Now, look." "The salt will take the smell out of him at the same time, wouldn't it?" "All we'd have to do would be to put a lot of old dirt over him and by morning..." "I don't wanna be buried!" "You can't bury me, you can't..." "I got him!" "You can't bury it!" "You can't bury me either!" "You can't bury it!" "You can't bury me!" "You cant' bury me and I won't bury myself." "We will if you don't bury them." "No!" "You've got a choice." "You bury them right away or we'll bury you." "Abercrombie, we'd better look into this." "We'll all starve." "Even your only sister." "Well, well." "You seemed to have struck a bit of an impasse." "Maybe I can help." "We can't make him take it off." "Dottie says we can't come home till he does 'cause it smells so terrible." "It is not." "They don't smell bad to me anymore." "For Pete's sakes, do you wanna grow up and smell like that way all your life and have everybody hate you?" "Pardon me, you haven't another one of those, have you?" "I'm sorry, sir, I haven't." "I don't care, I'm not gonna bury my only Daniel Boone suit." "I bet you Daniel Boone would be surprised to hear you say that." "Why?" "Why, he couldn't bury his clothes fast enough when he met a skunk." "Did he meet a skunk, too?" "Many times." "And he was always the first one in the crowd to take his clothes off." "What crowd?" "Oh, hunters and trappers." "Do you know that once several hundred of them all met a skunk at the same time." "And before the rest of them could take their caps off" "Boone's whole outfit was off and buried in the ground." "What did he wear home?" "Well, he um..." "A bathrobe." "He always had one handy." "And then he'd jump into a briny salt bath until the last trace was gone." "Oh, he was a smart fellow, Boone." "But he had other suits." "Well, suppose you had another suit." "Suppose I had a suit you could wear?" "Your suit wouldn't fit me." "But suppose I had a suit that would fit you." "A Daniel Boone suit?" "Oh, a much better suit than that." "A Chief Bald Eagle outfit." "You know, Boone always used to borrow Bald Eagle's outfit every chance he got so that he could skulk around among the unfriendly Indians in disguise." "Gosh, I'd like to do that." "Then let's see how long it'll take you to get out of those clothes." "Because, you know, Boone could get out of his suit in, oh, a half a minute." "If he could do that, I bet you could get out of yours in a minute at least." "Then we'll go up to the house and have something to eat..." "Boy, I bet I can do it in a half a minute, too." "I bet I can do it in a quarter of a minute." "Untie me, untie me..." "Oh." "May I come in?" "Please do." "I don't know what to say, I..." "I wanted to send you some flowers but there's no place around here you can get them." "What?" "I mean, blowing up the way I did this afternoon." "Oh, you were perfectly justified." "I shouldn't have laughed." "You should have laughed, anyone should have laughed." "I don't know why I acted that way, really." "It doesn't mean anything and... afterwards I feel like a skunk." "Well, I really do feel like one, so that gives you a rough idea." "Please don't even think about it again." "I think I scared the daylights out of those kids and I probably should apologize to them too." "They're out burying the Daniel Boone suit." "There was quite an argument, but I won." "You have no idea how trying they can be sometimes." "You don't think so?" "I guess you have at that." "I can't say that it wasn't a distinct shock when I learned that Daniel Boone belonged to you." "I don't mean that he isn't grand youngster, they're all swell kids, but..." "I imagine your husband has a lot of fun with them." "Oh, he did." "Oh..." "That oldest boy really has a remarkable mind." "Oh, Buzz is a friend of Pinkie's, but he might as well be mine, too." "He is bright." "Bright is hardly the word." "You know that kid put me through a cross-examination that hasn't been equaled since Darrow." "The little girl is your daughter, isn't she?" "Yes, she's a darling." "You have no idea the help she has been to me." "It must be quite a problem bringing up three kiddies all alone." "It is." "Isn't it remarkable the difference there can be in odors?" "Mmm. that smells wonderful." "I had to barter a bit for the Boone suit." "They're crazy about strawberry shortcake." "Who isn't?" "It's my favorite dessert." "You know, I had an aunt once that made strawberry shortcake that just melted in your mouth." "I couldn't wait to get over there for dinner." "You don't get good home cooking these days." "At least I don't." "Would you care to stay for dinner?" "Oh, no, I couldn't possibly." "What do you think I'm hinting at?" "Believe me, if I were in his position, I'd certainly believe in plenty of insurance." "You're a lad off to Mr Slattery's heart." "He believes in it fervently." "In fact, he's the president of the United Commercial Fund Insurance Company." "He is?" "You mean the one on the calendar?" "Gee." "Say, is Mr Slattery mar...." "Er... it... must be quite a comfort to Mrs Slattery to know that Mr Slattery believes so in insurance." "Perhaps it was." "But Mrs Slattery died several years ago." "She did, boy!" "I mean, what a pity..." "Not only that, but she's the best cook in Manson." "Why, her strawberry shortcake alone is the talk of the town." "And when she makes potato pancakes, oh..." "You know, one time she had a fellow in for dinner and she had made one of those beautiful..." "I'm all through, chief." "I'm going hunting." "You cleaned your plate, huh?" "Okay." "I got him, I got him!" "Full of the old nick, eh?" "I was just like him when I was a kid myself." "Gee, I'd give a lot for a youngster like him." "Well, I bet Billie would give a lot for a father like you." "Say, Chief, you know, I think I'll have to ask your mother to let me adopt you." "Mrs Wingate?" "Yes?" "About your children." "The children?" "What's happened?" "Oh, they're quite safe." "Mr Slattery wishes me to inform you..." "Mr Slattery?" "Yes, the first house off the highway on the left." "He sent me to tell you that the older children have had their dinner and that master Billie has been de-skunked." "Hooray!" "Poor man." "He requests as his payment the right to keep them for another hour." "With your permission, of course." "Why, certainly." "And will you thank your Mr Slattery for me and tell him I'll come up and get them." "We'll come up and get them, after we've had our dinner." "Very good, sir." "Baking a cake, madam?" "Strawberry shortcake." "We'll bring you a piece." "Thank you, sir." "I'll await you with great anticipation." "With great anticipation." "Yes, indeed..." "My great anticipation is for this dinner." "Come on." "But even Buzz never got away with an entire shortcake in one sitting." "Now, wait a minute." "I left one piece." "I think I showed admirable restraint." "Wee, what a rain." "Yeah." "Something you intended having fixed, no doubt." "Oh, I thought I'd mended that." "You better move over here." "That doesn't do any good... here... take my hat." "No, on your head." "Oh." "Oh, boy, what a day." "From skunks to storms to the Wingates." "We have given you a time." "Nonsense, I love it." "This is the kind of a thing I go out to look for." "When business gets too serious, I lock the office and lie out." "But doesn't your practice suffer?" "Let it suffer." "I don't." "I've got a theory that the only way to get any fun out of life is to live from day to day." "What are you laughing at?" "Nothing, you just remind me of someone, that's all." "Don't you agree with me?" "No, I never worry, I..." "Hey, what's the matter here?" "Sounds though this gas line were plugged." "You couldn't be out of gas?" "No, I just filled it up this..." "Wait a minute." "Was that yesterday?" "Anyway, we don't have to worry, I've got a special..." "Reserve tank you put in yourself?" "How did you know that?" "You see, I just turn this button and presto, the tank refills." "Funny." "Must be something wrong with that pipe." "It couldn't be possible that the emergency tank is empty, too?" "Of course not." "What do you suppose I have it for?" "No, there's something wrong with it." "Would you mind getting up for a minute?" "It's under the seat." "What do you know about that?" "I bet you don't carry insurance either." "No, I don't." "I don't believe in it." "What?" "Say, does your family sell insurance?" "Of course not, why?" "Hey, here comes a car." "Hey, we're out of gas." "Wee!" "Did you get wet?" "Wet and I got a mouthful." "Well, that's that." "You wait here and I'll run up the road and see if we can get some help." "I will not." "What else is there to do?" "We'll go up and find the good Samaritan that's keeping my children." "In this storm?" "Why not?" "I love it." "Well, I'll eat my hat." "Not till I get through with it." "I guess I won't." "You know, I didn't know there were women like you." "Come on, then, let's go." "Come on, now, skunk in the woods, you aren't afraid of a little thunder." "I want my mother." "I tell you what you do." "Come on, sit on my lap." "He's gonna cram the whole thing." "You got to, Pinkie." "Not here, Buzz." "Oh, go on." "All right." "A chief like you couldn't be afraid of a little thunder, that's foolish..." "Mr Slattery..." "I know how to take care of him." "All right." "Now, look, Billie, Dottie's gonna be here in a minute." "Sit here." "Did you ever wonder why in thunder, thunder comes in spring." "Once upon a time, it seems, all the world was wrapped in dreams." "playful little fellas, so they tell us, said let's have our fling." "Spring is in the air, you know." "It's time to wake 'em up below" "So... when the thunder starts to thunder don't run home and cry" "They're playing ten-pins in the sky." "Little fellas way up yonder make the raindrops fly while rolling', bowling' ten-pins in the sky." "The world will wear a new bonnet daffodils on it, thanks to the skies above." "Thunder and showers wake up the flowers" "Where there are flowers there must be love" "So, laugh at raindrops, laugh at thunder, clouds will soon roll by." "They're playing ten-pins in the sky!" "Come on." "Wee, I must look a sight." "Well, a bit on the drowned-raft side." "Not an unattractice raft, though." "That's not exactly the loveliest compliment I ever had, but..." "Oh, Mrs Wingate, come in." "Do let me take those wet things." "The children are in there, in the den." "Won't you go right in?" "Thank you." "Oh, say." "I almost forgot." "Not quite as fresh as it was, but a promise is a promise." "Oh, the strawberry shortcake." "Dottie!" "Mommy." "Billie, hello baby." "Oh, don't you smell sweet." "Hello, darling." "Well, Mrs Wingate." "Mr Slattery?" "I want to thank you so much." "It's a shame you had to have this infliction." "And I'm sorry to be so late." "Oh, not at all." "I loved every moment of it." "In fact, I've just been pleading with the chief here to adopt me." "That is, provided you have no objection." "I think that would be lovely." "Well, good evening." "Come in, Mr Wingate." "Mr Thurlow, Mr Slattery." "I'm so sorry." "Naturally I thought..." "Naturally nobody but a husband would make a lady suffer as I have Mrs Wingate." "Do you know I succeeded in running out of gas in this storm?" "Special reserve gas, darlings." "So don't be too hard on her, kitties." "You're both drenched." "I believe I can help you dry out." "Look at her, Buzz..." "Who was to know he'd have to come?" "Oh... when the thunder starts to thunder don't run home and cry." "They're playing ten-pins in the sky." "Shhh." "You'll wake the chief." "Little fellas way up yonder make the raindrops fly while rolling', bowling' ten-pins in the sky." "Come on, darling." "The world will wear a new bonnet "daffydils" on it, daffydils..." "Here we are." "Look what the water did." "Look at the stream." "Look." "Atta boy." "Watch your step." "How are we gonna get across?" "Let's go swimming." "It's all bogged up, so you might have to help the ladies out of there." "Be careful, honey." "Don't drop him." "Take it easy." "Hey, wait a minute." "Come on, Billie, I think you better go to bed, it's awful late." "I can make it." "No, no, I got a better idea than that." "There we are." "You hang on tight." "There we are." "Well, aren't you going to put me down?" "I am not, because the minute I do you're gonna vanish into that trailer." "Look, I'll tell you what I'll do with you." "I'll make a bargain." "You give me five minutes more of the swellest day of my life and okay." "All right." "It has been a swell day." "You know, I didn't think it was possible." "What?" "To find somebody else who thinks the open roads, skies and love of life is the only one to live." "Madam, it's wonderful, it's like walking on stars." "Are you always like this?" "Always." "But don't you ever come down to earth?" "Never." "Why should I?" "Well, after all, you must have certain responsibilities." "I haven't any responsibilities, and what's more, I'm never gonna have any." "Look." "My father was a very responsible man." "He worried himself into his grave." "So I made up my mind that I'd always have freedom." "Oh." "Well, it's wonderful if you can live that way." "I really must go." "Did you get Billie to bed, dear?" "Yes, mother." "Well, good night." "Good night." "Good night, my princess." "Sweet dreams to you." "Thank you." "I think he's nice, don't you, Dottie?" "When thunder starts to thunder don't run home to cry..." "They're playing ten-pins in the sky..." "He has a lovely voice, hasn't he?" "Little fellas, way up yonder... make the raindrops fly..." "Gee, mother..." "If we could just go on like we did tonight... it would be just like..." "Well, like it used to be." "When you used to laugh all the time." "It would be just like one of the family... well, if it were someone we liked and..." "He's putting out his light." "Look, Dottie." "It's time for us to put out ours, dear." "Get into bed." "What a big help you turned out to be last night." "We found the only man in the world that owns an insurance company and likes Billie both and then you go on and encourage that..." "that Thurlow." "Listen, I can't stand any more of this shilly-shallying." "You've gotta make up your mind right here and now which one she's gonna marry." "She cried last night, Buzz." "What?" "She couldn't." "Worse than at home and almost all night." "But she was having the time of her life." "There's no reason in the world for her to cry." "Aw, she couldn't." "Buzz, you don't always have to have a reason to cry." "I've cried lots of times just because I felt funny inside." "Oh, talk sense, Pinkie." "Something happened to make you feel that way, didn't it?" "Somebody was mean to you, or you didn't like somebody." "That's all you know." "Lots of times girls cry because they do like somebody." "Cry because they like somebody?" "And if you ask me, it sounded like that kind of crying last night." "Oh, what nonsense." "How does that kind of crying sound?" "Louder?" "It's just different." "You know, I thought she did." "But then, when she cried, I didn't know." "But if that is why, she must love him even more than I thought." "What are you talking about?" "Mr Thurlow." "Buzz, if she married him, she'd be happy just like she used to be and..." "By God, Pinkie, if that's all the attention you pay to what I think." "I should think you'd have a little more regard for your own mother." "You heard him yourself last night." "He's the most improvident..." "Daddy was too, maybe, but she loved him." "Yes, and she doesn't want any more of that kind of love either." "Buzz!" "She told me that herself." "For Pete's sakes, Pinkie, you've gotta get it into your head that that kind of thing is all right when you're young and you haven't got any kids on your hands." "Oh..." "When you have kids you've gotta be practical." "Now, Mr Slattery, now there is a..." "Come in." "Madam, your humble servant." "A little token I ran up myself." "Thank you." "And I'm here to report that Mr Slattery's car is waiting." "Now, I suggest that you bundle off your offspring and we'll follow them in my rescued chariot." "Of course, I don't promise to get you home at all today but I do guarantee you just as much fun as yesterday." "Maybe it wasn't so much fun for you after all, eh?" "I'm not going to Mr Slattery's with you." "Oh, come, come." "I didn't disgrace you that much." "Maybe I shouldn't have said to him what I did about his insurance company..." "We're going back home." "Huh?" "No, no." "I don't understand." "But why?" "I'm just going home, that's all." "You didn't expect me to stay here forever, did you?" "No, but wait, last night..." "Look, if you think I'm going to let you get away now, you're crazy." "Anyway, you can't pack up like this and go running off without some reason." "But I have a reason." "I'm going to be married." "You?" "Oh, no, you mean you're going to go back and settle down and play bridge with banker's wife somewhere?" "I'm going to be the banker's wife." "What?" "What's so dreadful about that?" "It's just what I want." "Oh, I guess it's none of my business, but..." "I don't know, you seem the only woman I ever met that well... free is the only word for it." "Guess I must be crazy." "But I'm not." "Look, you can't make me believe that you want to be anything else but free," "I know because you love the same things I do." "All right, supposing I do." "Supposing I do love your up in the clouds, crazy, irresponsible sort of life." "But I hate it, too." "I hate it because my children are paying for it." "It's all right for you to talk about being free." "You haven't children." "I have and I tell you it's different." "As long as they're dependent on me, all I want is security." "I know, but, my dear, look, if you..." "Don't talk, there's nothing to be said." "Just, please go and leave me alone." "Very well." "Dottie." "Oh..." "Tell Buzz to pack, Pinkie." "We're going home." "And tell Mr Slattery's driver we're sorry." "But, Dottie." "Do you hear me?" "Would you please tell Mr Slattery we're very sorry but we've got to go home." "Yes, Miss." "Aw, gee, I don't wanna go home." "Well, you've got to." "Go tell Buzz and help him pack." "All right." "Hey!" "Hey, wait!" "Wait just a minute!" "Well, well, Pinkie." "I thought you weren't coming." "We aren't." "We're leaving right away." "That's why I had to come." "You see..." "I'm glad you did." "Was there anything you wanted?" "Well..." "Mr Slattery, did you mean what you said last night?" "Because if you did... well, you'd need to have somebody to take care of him anyway and I know him better than anybody." "I wouldn't be any bother and... if you could just take me, too" "I'd do anything, honestly I would." "Look..." "Let's sit down." "I don't think I understand exactly what you're trying to say." "Well..." "I mean about Billie." "Hmm." "You remember last night you said you'd give anything if you had him yourself?" "Yeah." "Well, I thought if you were going to adopt him, you could..." "I mean, if you meant it, you could..." "I guess it's all kind of crazy." "I shouldn't have come." "No, no, no, no." "You tell me all about it." "No, I have to go because they'll be waiting for me." "Wait a moment." "Why, darling, you're trembling." "Oh, come on, tell me what's wrong." "I don't know everything, I guess." "You see, I thought if I could explain to Dottie that we'd all be happier if she would be." "And she would." "A person oughta marry somebody they're gonna be happy with, shouldn't they?" "Not just somebody because they have children." "She'd never be happy if she went back and married Mr Drubbs." "Look how happy she was last night." "Yeah." "I bet she'd always be happy with Mr Thurlow." "Even if he doesn't carry insurance, because she doesn't care about those things for herself." "It's only on account of us." "And if we were out of the way." "Somebody's gotta do something before it's too late." "And if we can't..." "I just wish I'd never been born." "Oh, shh... now, Pinkie." "Everything's gonna be all right." "Here, darling." "Thank you." "Look, Pinkie..." "I've always wanted children." "And I did mean what I said about Billie." "More than that." "I'd give a whole lot to have a daughter like you, but..." "Mothers are pretty good, Pinkie." "Your mother loves you both so much more than she could love anyone else." "She'd never be happy without you and Billie." "Why, you're her whole world." "And don't think for one moment it isn't more important to her to keep you all together than... well, than anything." "So, if I were you, darling..." "I'd trust her." "She knows what's best." "And no matter where she goes, I'd go with her." "And help her and try to show her how happy I was." "Hey!" "Wait a minute." "Did the Wingates go?" "Yeah, they've gone all right." "That's too bad." "Just after that poor little kid came all the way up to see me this morning, too." "Well, it's none of my business, but I can't get her out of my mind." "I came down here to tell her mother some things." "If she isn't mighty careful she'll ruin that child's life thinking she's doing the right thing." "You know... you really can't fool kids." "Say, what are you talking about?" "Well, Mrs Wingate is going to marry someone she doesn't love." "Ditching someone she does because the fellow is... well, he's improvident." "And Pinkie... now imagine this..." "Pinkie thinks that if I adopt her and Billie it will give her mother one more chance for happiness." "Does the fellow sound like a heel to you or what?" "Why, any man who wouldn't, or couldn't, or didn't take care of a woman's kids should be left behind." "Hey, look, wait a minute." "Are you telling me that Mrs Wingate is running away from some fellow she loves?" "Did Pinkie tell you that?" "Did she?" "Yes, yes." "Well, I'll be..." "Hey, get out of the way, there." "Hurry up!" "Well, we got him started, ol' Chief Vinegar Puss." "Oh, now we've got to stop the Wingates." "Let's get to a phone." "Gee." "Gosh!" "It's not us." "But, officer, we weren't speeding." "Gosh, Dottie, we weren't even going 30mph." "What's the trouble, officer?" "Is this the Wingate trailer?" "Yes, I'm Mrs Wingate." "Just a minute." "We have a much more serious charge than speeding here." "Gosh." "But, officer, Uncle Joe said that when there's a relation it isn't kidnapping." "That's what your Uncle Joe says." "But, officer, this is ridiculous." "But you just heard him confess, mam." "You can't mean it." "The children only wanted to..." "Are these two in on it, too?" "No, they kidnapped me, too." "Well, I guess you'll have to tell that to the judge." "You can't mean it." "We didn't want to do anything except get her away from Mr Drubbs." "Listen, we'll get a lawyer, we'll take this..." "Hey, wait, we've got a lawyer." "Gee, I'm glad to see you." "You're just in time." "They want to arrest me for kidnapping Dottie." "What?" "Say, what's the trouble here, officer?" "And who are you?" "He's Mr Thurlow, he's my lawyer." "If you're his lawyer, maybe you want to see this." "Well, I'll be..." "For the love of..." "Gosh." "Think you'd better take them all back and lock them up." "No, I don't think that'll be necessary, officer." "I'll be responsible for them." "That's all, boys." "From now on I'm looking after the Wingate family." "Come on, Buzz." "In you go, here." "Atta boy, Billie." "Just a moment." "I'll tell you all about it." "Listen." "You follow us." "You get in there and get your apron off and get a sweater." "I got you and you got me" "Who cares how rough the road may be" "We'll go bumpty-bumpty-bumpty-bump on the bumpy road to love." "Subtitles:" "Luís Filipe Bernardes"