"Hi, Martha." "Hello, Dave." "Hi." "Swell morning, huh?" "Sure is." "Hello, Mother." "Hello, Mother, my eye!" "I suppose it'll never mean a thing to you that when you say you want supper at 6:00" "I expect you to be here to eat it." "Well, I had to work overtime." "Fellow came in late with a brake relining job and..." "Oh, quit touching that pot before you burn yourself!" "Oh, pot roast." "Why don't you make some macaroni?" "Because as long as I'm cooking, we'll eat for our health around here." "You know, macaroni makes Joe fat." "Yeah?" "It's not macaroni, it's lack of work." "Hi, Dave." "Hi, Mike." "Hello, Mom." "Yeah, and what are you doing lately, going to night school?" "Don't touch that pot!" "Ouch!" "Joe's favorite." "Why don't we ever have hot dogs?" "You know I love hot dogs like my own life." "Take off your hat." "What were you doing?" "Why were you late?" "Oh, I was studying at the library." "Studying what?" "Oh." "Uh..." "About the world and stuff like that, you know." "Hiya, men." "Hi, Joe." "Hi, Joe." "Hello, Mom." "Where were you?" "Looking for a job." "Yeah, at the poolroom." "Don't touch that!" "Well, fill my mouth." "Pot roast." "Sit down before the whole dinner dries up and blows away." "If we don't get a little more order around here," "I'll never cook another bite, so help me, not another bite." "Same day you night owls will come home and find me lying on a chaise lounge eating chocolates." " Where are you going?" " Ketchup." "Get the chili sauce while you're up." "Bring the mustard, too, Michael." "I already got it." "What's the use of cooking a decent meal and watching a bunch of idiots splatter it with junk?" "Take some of that cauliflower, Michael." "Aw, Ma, it smells like old laundry." "I said take some cauliflower." "I saw you driving Martha home today, not saying a word." "You were driving along as stiff as a poker." "Pass the rolls." "If I had a little number like that dogging my tracks for three years," "I'd really give myself up." "Joseph!" "You keep your yap shut about Martha." "What's the matter with you?" "All I keep saying is, why don't you marry the gal?" "That's my business." "Uh, who'll have some butter?" "As a matter of fact, it isn't my business." "You know darned well why I don't marry Martha." "Because you haven't got enough vinegar to pitch in and help keep this family going." "How do you mean vinegar?" "Listen, can I help it if there's nothing in this burg for a guy with ideas?" "What ideas?" "Outsmarting some chump at the pool hall for a couple of bucks?" "Or swapping the shirt off your back for a brass doorknob?" "All right, go ahead, razz me all you want about swapping." "But you can't show me a big man in this country today who didn't get where he is by swapping something for..." "For something." "Or something." "Dave, you shouldn't lay into Joe that way." "Why don't you go ahead and do what he tells you?" "Sure, get married, and then have you find out you can't take care of yourself after I think I'm set!" "No, thanks." "But what I was..." "Let's quit talking about it." "Well, I'm only trying to tell you what I did this afternoon." "What?" "Well, I got us a job singing at a dance at Pleasanton." "Oh." "Singing?" "Mmm-hmm." "How many times do I have to tell you I don't want any more of that trio stuff?" "Well, it's a job, isn't it?" "Is that the only kind ofjob you can get?" "One where you have to drag Mike and me in on it?" "All right, I don't like it any more than you do." "But what am I gonna say when a man offers us $10?" "Yes." "What should he say to that?" "My own brother." "Well, look." "I work in a garage, see?" "I've got a decent job and I like it, and if you expect me to spend my nights yapping about violets and moonlight and blowing my lungs out while a bunch of screwballs bounce around a dance floor, you..." "I'm a man, doggone it, and I want to stay one." "Right." "I build up a tough reputation working out horses at the fair grounds every summer, and then bang!" "You turn me into a Buster Brown." "Sit down." "Well, I know how you feel." "You feel the same way as I do, but..." "I wish your father were alive." "He'd turn all three of you across his knee and whale the daylights out of you." "After I've spent every last cent he left us teaching you music, you go around blabbing you won't sing because you're men!" "What's the matter with you?" "Men sing." "Well, if they're that kind of fellows, let them." "I tell you, I'm not going to sing another lick." "That suits me fine." "The whole thing is off." "Now, get this straight, all of you." "As long as you can earn a nickel opening your traps, you're going to do it." "I'm no millionaire." "But I'm not the type to care." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams." "It's my universe Even with my empty purse." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams." "I wouldn't trade all the wealth of Wall Street." "For a road where nature trods." "And I calculate that I'm worth my weight." "In goldenrods." "Lucky, lucky me I can live in luxury." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams" "I'm no millionaire Oh, sing it." "But I'm not the type to care." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams." "Wonderful dreams It's my universe." "Even with an empty purse." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of" "I've got a pocketful of beautiful dreams" "I wouldn't take the wealth on Wall Street." "For a road where nature trods." "And I calculate that I'm worth my weight." "Mmm, in goldenrods." "Lucky, lucky me I can live in luxury." "Though I'm not a millionaire I'll never, never care." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams." "Woop, low bridge." "Oh, pick m." "Mmm, in goldenrods." "Lucky, lucky me" "I'm shooting those sevens I can five in luxury." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of." "The grandest, the sweetest The cutest, the neatest." "I got to tell you got a pocketful of." "A one, a two." "Got me a pocketful of beautiful dreams." "My own brother." "Let's see, now." "Figuring you as the front door." "We'll want a little entrance hall so we don't walk right into the living room." "Dining room on the left, huh?" "We could get along with just a breakfast room." "I mean, if we decide on two bedrooms." "Two?" "Uh-huh." "Oh, well, the kid's room can be little, because he'll probably bang it up anyway." "She won't if she's a girl." "Girl?" "Mmm-hmm." "I never thought of that." "Well, don't let it bother you." "Now, how are we going to furnish the living room?" "A radio..." "A girl, huh?" "Oh." "Uh, yeah." "A radio..." "A chair." "Chair." "Big window." "Yes." "Chair." "I think a table will be good here." "Table." "Chair here, though, huh?" "Fireplace." "Nice size so you can light a match in it without smoking up the joint." "Another chair." "Oh, hey, wait a minute." "That's three chairs already." "Oh, well, we can kind of fake it with a couple of those little straight things nobody ever sits in." "And on this side we've got to work it out to leave room for a sofa I can really lie on." "None of that cheap, stubby junk that feels like it's stuffed with doughnuts." "Let's spend a couple of extra bucks for the sofa, huh?" "Sure, so those feet of yours won't be sticking out over the end." "Yeah." "You're an expensive proposition, do you know it?" "Ah, this is perfect right here." "Stretch out and face the big window so you can get a load of the neighbors, or roll over and bat off a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon." "Ah, what a life!" "This will be the first real home I've ever had, and I want it to be clean and cheerful so that people coming into it from the outside will know right away that we're happy." "Well, my den can be a little dirty, can't it?" "Not dirty, but my fishing stuff and magazines and things." "I mean, me being a garage mechanic..." "The den's all yours." "And your kitchen." "I was thinking the other day about a kind of a regular menu we could have." "Not one that you'd have to stick to all the time, of course, but so a fellow could figure, say, on Tuesdays and Thursdays he's coming home to a good-sized bowl of macaroni." "Fair enough." "Tuesdays and Thursdays." "With tomatoes and lots of cheese mixed in, and more on the top." "Not the kind you get in restaurants that tastes like a slab of wallpaper paste." "You can ask Mother how she does it." "I suppose I'll have to ask her a lot of things about you." "What you like and what bothers you." "A husband's different than a man who's on his guard." "Not me." "I'm the same weekdays and Sundays." "I wish we were building now." "Yeah." "Yeah." "You know what I'd do if I had any brains?" "I'd haul right out and get married and say to Joe," ""Okay, the vacation's over."" ""it's your family to take care of now?"" ""What are you going to do about it?"" "That's the way to settle something that hasn't any answer." "Even Joe himself tells me that..." "But you can't do that to your own family." "Of course, I've never had a family to worry about, but that's why I'm waiting, Dave." "A man who feels that way is worth waiting for." "Doggone it!" "I want to get married." "All right, what are you looking at?" "Go on, you peeping Toms!" "We'll have a drape on that window, too." "Hey, there!" "Hey, don't you ever quit?" "Nah, this job won't be finished for hours and I promised it for the first thing in the morning." "Well, Mom sent over some sandwiches and some hot coffee and said to eat 'em right away." "Put 'em over on the bench, huh?" "All right." "Hey, how late is it?" "Oh, it must be about..." "I don't know." "I swapped myself out of the time." "What are you doing tonight?" "Oh, I figured I'd see what's doing around." "Why?" "How'd you like to take Martha out?" "What?" "I got a couple of tickets, and she's expecting to go." "Oh, you're getting generous with your little girlfriend, aren't you?" "Well, if you can't trust your own brother..." "What do you say?" "Why, sure." "If you're willing to let her go outwith me, why should I squawk?" "Got the tickets, too, huh?" "What show's in town, Dave?" "None." "Her club's sponsoring a lecture at the high school auditorium about seals." "Seals?" "Aw, no!" "I'll call her and tell her you'll pick her up." "No, no." "Now, wait a minute, Dave." "I said I'll call her and tell her you'll pick her up." "Seals." "Here we headed into port and took on provisions, including dried meats, fish, canned goods galore, and even a few native tidbits." "Then heave-ho, and off to further adventure, with gay recklessness in our hearts and a song in our merry throats." "I stood on deck that first night puffing my faithful pipe, looking off at the sea and wondering what next would befall me." "In the morning we passed close to a small island, and there, sunning himself on a rock, was a small seal." "Now, a seal, as you no doubt know, is a marine carnivorous mammal with a decided liking for fish." "I tossed him one from our live bait box, and he gobbled it down, setting up a happy clatter with his flippers, like this." "And uttering his weird bark, like this." "I took the little fellow to my heart immediately, and after much deliberation I decided to call him Ronald." "All right, tell me what a wonderful time you had." "Oh, what a night." "You and Dave go to many of those things?" "Quite a few." "There aren't very many places to go." "Of course, when we're married..." "When we're married." "I know." "I know." "As soon as I get a job and hold it." "Why don't you?" "You could." "It's just not my style." "When money comes my way, it's going to come fast and plenty." "You wait." "Lam." "I'm not exactly on your side at that." "It's too bad you aren't my girl." "What?" "I wouldn't worry about the family until after the wedding." "Then I'd have you and nothing else would matter, anyway." "I wish Dave felt that way." "I mean, sometimes I do." "But unfortunately you're not my lily." "Except for tonight." "We can't stop here." "I'm supposed to be home." "Oh, just for a minute." "I want to get the taste of that seal out of my mouth." "But I don't even come here with David." "Oh, all the more reason why you should see it." "Do you think Dave would mind?" "Why should he squawk?" "It's only his girl and his money." "Leave your keys, please." "Right." "They're in there." "Where do all these people come from?" "They come from some of our finest families." "Well, practically." "Well, here's to your night out." "I still say we shouldn't be here." "What's wrong with this?" "It's quiet and restful." "Don't you think?" "Folks!" "Folks!" "Folks!" "I really think that with a little bit of applause we might be able to bring about a little bit of extra added attraction here tonight." "Now, sitting over there is that Stokesbury flash his self, Master Joe Beebe." "Come on, Joe." "How about it?" "Oh, for the love of..." "Go on." "All right, for you." "But I'll hold it against you." "Thanks, Mouse." "What'll it be?" "Well, let's take a whack at Don't Let That Moon Get Away." "Wait for me on the curves." "One, two..." "It's one of those nights for adventure." "We ought to be recklessly gay." "Who knows what we'll find." "So if you're inclined." "Don't let that moon get away." "Your eyes have a way of revealing." "The thoughts that you really should say." "It may be romance." "So while there's a chance." "Don't let that moon get away." "Don't let this meeting adjourn." "And don't be so ready to go." "For now is the right time to learn." "What every young heart should know." "These moments don't happen so often." "It doesn't seem right to delay." "If you feel it, too Whatever you do." "Don't let that moon get away." "Hey, wait for me." "One of those nights for adventure." "Ought to be recklessly gay." "Who knows what we'll find So if you're inclined." "Professor, could you play me a waltz?" "Oh!" "Don't get hurt, now." "Thank you." "Moments don't happen so often." "It doesn't seem right to delay." "If you feel it, too Whatever you do." "Don't let that moon get away." "Thanks a lot, Joe, you little cut-up." "And now, ladies and gentlemen, now that the floor is cleared, let's pick it up where we left off." "A wee bit of schottische, boys." "A wee bit of schottische." "One, a two..." "Who ordered these?" "Compliments of the bartender." "Thanks, partner." "I can't drink this." "Oh, you have to." "Compliments of the bartender." "Now what?" "Compliments of the band leader." "And there's another round coming up from one of the customers." "Oh, my!" "Well, I'm beginning to see where music has its good points." "Hey, ask Joe to sing some more, huh?" "Some more?" "Yeah." "Hey, Joe, they want some more." "How about a second helping, huh?" "What every young heart should know." "Moments don't happen so often." "It doesn't seem right to delay." "If you feel it, too Whatever you do." "Well, what's funny?" "You." "For a fellow who hates music, do you know how many times you sang?" "Those were for you." "Oh." "As a matter of fact, if you weren't Dave's girl, I'd tell you I love you." "Hey, watch the road." "Did you hear what I said?" "I'd tell you I love you." "You don't love me, you're just feeling good." "It's the same thing." "How do you feel?" "Fine." "A little excited." "That's love." "It is not." "It's compliments of the house." "I'll bet we'd get along like a million dollars." "What do you like that Dave for, anyway?" "I don't know." "Lots of reasons, I guess." "Well, you'd better think me over." "I'm a lot of laughs." "You!" "You see there?" "I haven't really opened my mouth yet and I'm a riot." "Yoo-hoo!" "Ride 'em." "Ollie ollie oxen free!" "One-two-three-four-five-six." "Beef steak!" "Yoo-hoo!" "Hiya. nappy!" "I fooled you that time, didn't I?" "You thought I was going right on past." "But old jo-jo-jo-jo-eyed Joe never misses." "No, sir, indeed." "Hello, Dave." "Where were you?" "Why, we were taking in the sights." "I was showing the little woman what she's missing by marrying you." "You're drunk." "He didn't buy the drinks, Dave." "They just kept giving them to him and asking him to sing." "All right, I'm lit." "And I took your girl out and I showed her the first good time she's had since she started going with you." "So what?" "If you weren't my brother, I..." "Yeah, you're America's big brother!" "Honest, hard working, and stupid as a duck." "Why don't you get wise to yourself, you big chump?" "Dave!" "Oh, I didn't mean to do that." "All at once I..." "Go on inside." "I'll see you tomorrow." "He didn't realize what he was saying." "I know." "Go on in and I'll take him home." "Good night." "Good night." "You should've hit me harder." "Why didn't you hit me harder?" "You know what I'd do with a guy like me, Dave?" "I'd prop him up against the wall, I'd shove my fist right through his face." "Why didn't you hit me harder, Dave?" "Now, be quiet." "Whatever you do, don't wake anybody up." "I'm telling you." "You really should've..." "Shut up!" "I can't see anything." "The stairs are right over here." "Now, be careful." "I missed that one." "W ho's there?" "It's just Joe and me, Mom." "Go back to sleep." "Well, why don't you turn on the lights?" "We're already halfway up." "Good night, Mom." "Joe, did you catch a cold?" "No, I'm all right, Mom." "Good night." "Good night." " I'm telling you, you really..." " Shut up." "Mike, get out of here." "What happened to you, Joe?" "What's the matter?" "I got what was coming to me, that's all." "Now, beat it." "Go on." "Did somebody slug you?" "Are you okay, Joe?" "Mike, get out of here before you wake Mother up again." "But he's in trouble, ain't he?" "I got to help." "We don't need you, Mike." "Now, go on." "Get!" "Go on." "But, Joe..." "Dave, sometimes I turn into such a heel," "I surprise even myself." "Do you know what I was trying to do tonight?" "Move in on your gal." "How do you like that?" "Give me your foot." "I'm glad you clunked me, Dave." "And you don't have to worry about Martha." "Boy, she's all for you." "And I'm all for both of you." "Give me your other foot." "You think I'm no good, but I'm going to surprise you." "I'm going to fix it so you can marry Martha." "You watch me, Dave." "You know, when I think of what you've done for me and this family, never squawking unless somebody gets way out of line." "You're the kind of fella I wanna be, Dave." "You know that, Dave?" "You just watch, Dave." "Yeah, I know." "Come on, get under the covers." "Did I tell you about my surprise, Dave?" "Did I tell you?" "Yeah, you told me." "Good night." "Mmm." "Good night." "Good night, Joe." "Hi, Mr. Burkee." "Morning, Joe." "What brings you out before noon?" "I'm looking for a job." "You and who else?" "No." "No kidding, Mr. Burkee, I've been thinking about it plenty." "I've got some ideas that'll double your business." "That's nice." "Now, lookit." "Say, for instance, you're clearing $30 a week here." "Twenty." "Well, make it 20 then." "Now, if I come to work for you, and your profit jumps to $60 a week, would you be willing to pay me 25 of that?" "Naturally." "But you can't do it." "Not in this town." "Well, won't you let me prove it?" "If I don't, it won't cost you a cent." "Joe, frankly speaking, you ain't the guy I'd look to for a business boom." "What's come over you, anyhow?" "Well, I finally got wise to the fact that I've been wasting a lot of energy trying to keep from doing something." "But I'm going to give you first chance to collect on me when I really start going to town." "Won't you give me a chance, Mr. Burkee?" "Come on." "It won't cost you a cent if I'm wrong." "I've really got to get started." "Hello?" "Oh, Joe." "No!" "Really, Joe?" "Yes, of course I'll tell him." "And I'm doing great so far." "Well, Mr. Burkee, he went home to take a nap and left me in charge." "I know it's tough to believe, Mom, but I've finally got a job." "Oh, here comes another customer." "I'll see you tonight." "Goodbye, Mom." "Oh, Joe..." "Joe with a job!" "Get off that table." "Now, what else can I do?" "Not a thing, dear." "It's all set." "Hi, Mother." "Got the ice cream." "All right, put it in the ice box." "Hi, Martha." "Hello, Dave." "Glad you came over, honey." " Hi, Mike." " Hi, Dave." "Oh, pot roast, huh?" "And why not?" "Sure." "He'll be working it off now." "In fact, I'm giving him a couple of pounds myself with that ice cream." "That's swell, Dave." "This is the first real job Joe's ever had, isn't it?" "Not only the first real job, the first any job." "I hope he'll be able to keep it." "Why, of course he will." "It took time, that's all." "He had his own ideas about living and he just had to find out they didn't work." "But once a fellow like that knows where he's going..." "He'll be making so much money one of these days, we'll be lighting cigars off of dollar bills." "If I ever catch you with one of those smelly things in your mouth." "Aw, Ma!" "You know, for a while there I thought I was hammering at him a little too hard, but I guess it didn't do any harm, huh?" "Oh, he needed it, all right." "And now I suppose I'll be losing you two one of these days." "Oh, cut out that silly stuff." "Be quiet." "Here he comes!" "Oh, come on, now, let's make him feel we're proud of him and give him a nice little greeting." "Congratulations, Joe." "Nice going, Joe." "Hey, where's your white suit, Joe?" "Hello, there, working man!" "I'll never know why I hang around this darn burg." "They get in a rut and they stay there, and when you try to pull 'em out, what do you get?" "What's the matter?" "I'm fired, that's what." "I'm out on my ear." "You're fired?" "Yes." "Oh, Joe." "Gee whizz." "But why?" "Why?" "He's just like every other businessman in this dizzy town." "He's afraid to step out and take a chance." "Well, there you are." "I had an idea and I tried it, and I'm out." "Well, what did you do?" "I traded gas for whatever people had they didn't need." "Why, It was a cinch." "I would have had the biggest swap shop that..." "You traded?" "Are you batty?" "Well, now, what's wrong about that?" "Well, the gas wasn't yours to trade." "And for junk that people didn't need." "Oh, what are you talking about?" "Joe, I don't know what to say to you." "How any young man in his right mind could..." "Oh, let's eat." "The pot roast is special for you, Joe." "Oh, Joe, sometimes I could..." "Oh..." "Excuse me, please." "I'm sorry." "Joe, shall I..." "Shall I..." "I'm still here, Joe." "I'm still here." "He's going, all right." "I heard him opening and closing the drawers." "Let me." "Well, I'm leaving, Mom." "Why, Joe?" "You don't have to ask me that, Mom." "I'm going to Los Angeles." "You can bet on this." "I'm going to prove that I can amount to something." "I'll send for you and Mike the minute I get set." "But we want you here." "Oh, I know where I belong." "Besides, this'll give Dave and Martha the break they got coming to them." "Now, please don't ask me to stay." "All right, Joe." "I'll see you downstairs." "Okay." "I'm going to ask you not to leave, Joe." "Me, too." "Well, thanks, but this is what I want to do." "Whatever you say." "You know, Dave, we don't see things the same way, and I'm wise now, I don't fit in this town, so I'm going where I can do the family some good." "It's pretty tough busting in on a big city." "Well, I'm not worried." "Of course you ain't." "You're going to be surprised one of these days when I send for the folks and give you the okay on marrying Martha." "Well, if that's why you're leaving, Joe..." "Well, I know what I'm doing." "Well, you'll need some money." "No, thanks." "This is on me." "Suit yourself." "Can I drive you to town?" "No, I'd rather walk." "So long, Dave." "So long, Joe." "Be seeing you soon, Mom." "Oh, Joe, I wish you wouldn't go." "So long, Mike." "Gee." "You'll let us know where you are?" "Sure." "Well, he's finally made his break." "I'm sorry he did." "But I'm glad, too, because it'll bring out the fight I know he's got in him." "His pa was the same way." "He just drifted along without a worry in the world till you boys started coming." "Then he dug in and worked till the day he died." "God bless him." "I'm going upstairs." "Good night." "Good night, Ma." "You don't realize until he's gone how you feel about him." "Good night, Mike." "Good night." "This is the darnedest family." "This is a pretty tough town when a fellow's looking for a job, isn't it?" "Yeah." "You're gonna pay me, ain't you?" "Oh, yeah." "Second race?" "Mmm-hmm." "What's his name?" "Toluca." "Toluca?" "Yeah." "Where'd you get it?" "Stable tip." "Right out of the feed box." "You know, they've been waiting for this spot." "If she don't romp home at 50-1, then I'll eat my socks." "Well, let's see." "Toluca." "Toluca." "Toluca." "No one here mentions her to win." "Are you sure she's coming in?" "I said I'd eat my own socks, didn't I?" "Well, that's something." "Oh, boy!" "How she smells on her last performances." "If she wins she'll pay a hatful." "I'm telling you, we can't miss." "Come on, let's go." "Hey." "How do you get out to the race track?" "Go to the bus station, right across the street." "Thanks." "Whoo!" "Fifty to one." "Boy, if my horse comes in..." "Which one?" "Number two." "Toluca." "Toluca?" "That's it!" "Mmm-hmm." "You got him, too?" "I knew it." "I knew it." "My wife told me to bet on him." "Well, didn't you bet on him?" "No, I bet on Virginia Mac." "Virginia Mac?" "Is she any good?" "How do I know?" "I just bet on 'em, that's all." "Now, I'll have to go out and drop another $2 on Toluca." "Doggone it!" "Hey, wait." "Wait." "Maybe you and I can do a little business." "HOW?" "Well, the whole thing's a gamble." "I'd just as soon be on one horse as another." "How about a trade?" "Well, uh..." "Which horse do you think is gonna win?" "I don't know, but you're going to buy a ticket on Toluca, I'm willing to trade you one." "What do you say?" "Well, all right." "But, now remember, if you lose don't get sore." "I won't." "Oh, I forgot to tell you." "I picked that on the Australian system." "What's that?" "Well, it's something I made up myself." "You see, you bet on the horses with the most I's and A's in their name." "Sounds fair enough." "Sure." "You've been keeping it pretty much of a secret, though." "That horse is still 40:1, Virginia Mac." "If that horse wins, I'll kill myself." "Do you know that?" "I'll kill myself." "Well, we'll see what happens." "Maybe we'll both kill ourselves." "Over there, rider." "Now they go!" "It's Toiuca going to the front on the inside." "At the quarter it's Tofuca in front on the rail by one length." "Gold Lace is second..." "Come on, Toluca!" "Australian system!" "And Acapulco." "At the half, it's Tofuca drawing clear by three lengths..." "Come on, Toluca!" "Where's Virginia Mac?" "The one in the back." "Tofuca is drawing clear and just galloping!" "Cute, isn't she?" "It's Tofuca in front at the three-quarters, by five lengths." "Gold Lace is second on the rail and closing fast." "Ribald is third by a head, and Acapulco on the outside." "And here comes Virginia Mac turning for home." "It's Toiuca in front, and Virginia Mac on the outside is flying." "It's Toluca in front on the rail by a head." "It's Toluca and Gold Lace head and head." "And now it's Gold Lace and Virginia Mac on the outside." "It's Toluca in front on the rail by a head." "And Gold Lace is second, Virginia Mac is third." "It's Tofuca and Gold Lace, they're head and head, and it's a driving finish." "Virginia Mac on the outside is gradually getting up." "It's Virginia Mac in front, and the winner by a neck..." "Oh, I won it!" "Forty to one!" "Forty to one!" "Boy, what a horse you picked!" "Doggone my wife!" "' got it!" "' got it!" "So what?" "Oh, boy!" "Oh, boy!" "Did you see what it paid?" "83 bucks." "Will you quit talking about it?" "The only long shot I ever picked in all my life..." "Now, look, we can pull for the same nag this time." "I used the Australian system, too." "I knew it!" "I knew it!" "What's the matter?" "I forgot." "I forgot to bet my own system." "Haven't you got Sylvia?" "No." "I've got Whoopee." "Now, look." "Turning into the stretch it's Whoopee in front by six lengths and just galloping away!" "Bright Red on the rail is second..." "Hold it right there, my little Whoopee!" "And it's Whoopee in front coming down the fine of finish." "Just galloping." "Bright Red on the rail is second, and Sombrero is third." "Oh!" "He win easy!" "You stole my ticket!" "Do you hear me?" "You stole it right out of my very hands." "Oh, what're you talking about?" "We traded, didn't we?" "You're a spy." "That's what you are." "You're a spy from some foreign country, going around and trying to ruin Americans." "Oh, I hate you!" "Do you hear me?" "I hate you!" "W hoopee!" "Hey!" "You cooled off yet?" "Who you got in this race?" "Oh, come on!" "There's no use getting sore over a little matter of $145." "What's money, anyway, but food, clothes, and a place to sleep?" "Now, if you think I deliberately took your..." "Officer." "Will you please hold my ticket till after this race?" "I don't trust myself." "Hey, wait!" "Wait." "Now, there's no use trying to keep your bet a secret." "I've got it, too." "Tirana, the Australian system." "Tirana?" "Tirana, yeah." "I thought it was Mickey's Man!" "No, all I know is Tirana's got the most I's and A's." "See?" "What did I ever do to you?" "Oh, man, you don't even know your own system." "I don't know anything!" "I don't know what I'm..." "You're driving me nuts!" "Hey, wait." "Into the stretch, it's Mickey's Man in front." "Rich Daddy is second, Double Trouble is third, and Tirana is making his move on the outside." "Tirana is seventh, sixth, fifth..." "No." "No." "No, no." "Fourth..." "Third..." "No." "Tirana and Mickey's Man, head and head." "Tirana and Mickey's Man, and now it's all Tirana, and just galloping!" "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!" "Fifty dollars!" "Tirana!" "The Australian system!" "Yoo-hoo!" "Thanks, boy!" "Doggone, my wife!" "Hey, Ma, do you think we'll have servants to make up our beds and pick up our stuff?" "Do you think that, Ma?" "Well, I don't care how many servants we have, you'll pick up your own..." "What on earth?" "Will you stop putting all this junk in the trunk?" "We can't move the whole house!" "That's not junk." "Golly!" "Do you expect me to go to a big city practically naked?" "Well, you can take the football, but at least let the air out of it." "Are you insane?" "Michael, I don't know..." "Gee, I forgot something!" "Hey, watch it there, fella." "Oh, David!" "Did you get the tickets all right?" "Yep, everything's all set." "These will take you right to Los Angeles, and here's what's left out of what Joe sent." "Did you take some out for your wedding present?" "No." "After all, it takes money to get married." "Don't you worry about us." "All right." "And, David." "I wouldn't try to sell the house right away unless you and Martha think..." "Oh, I said don't worry about us." "If I find a buyer for the place, we'll rent an apartment till we get our own house built." "I guess that would be better." "Aren't you proud of Joe?" "Yeah, I'm proud of him, all right." "But if I could only be sure this isn't another one of those things." "Kind of taking a lot for granted pulling out like this on the strength of that telegram." "Oh, he's all set this time or he'd never send for Mike and me." "Besides, all that money." "Oh, sure." "I guess I'm too leery." "It took a long time, but now every/body's doing well and happy." "I wish we could all be together." "Oh, we will be some day, Mother." "I wanted so much to see your wedding." "Well, maybe we can arrange something." "I'd sure like to." "I don't know." "Well..." "Hey!" "Can you imagine me forgetting these?" "Oh, get that trash out of here!" "Aw, but, Ma!" "David, will you take this idiot out until I get through packing?" "I gotta take my stuff." "A man's gotta have his stuff." "Take him outside and tie him to a tree." "All right, come on and bring your friends with you." "This is the dirtiest trick I ever heard of!" "Ma, why won't you let me take my stuff?" "What a family." "And, Martha, don't forget to remind him to send out his laundry." "You know how men are." "I won't forget, Mrs. Beebe." "You promise now, Dave." "You gotta send me my stuff." "I'll send it, Mike." "Oh, and the telegram to tell Joe we're coming." "Sure, Mother." "Oh, and I just wish you and Martha all the luck in the world." "I know you're gonna be very happy." "Come and see us often." "I'm so happy because everything turned out all right." "Oh, David!" "Now, now, Mother." "What's the matter?" "What's there to cry about?" "We're going to see Joe, aren't we?" "All aboard!" "Ask her what's there to cry about, Dave." "Dave, tell her to quit crying." "Well, goodbye." "Goodbye." "Goodbye, Mother." "Don't forget to send my stuff!" "I won't." "I wish I didn't feel so..." "You know, about them leaving." "They're grand people." "Well, it's all ours." "Redcap?" "Redcap?" "Redcap, Madam?" "No, IdonWthhflso." "I don't know." "Redcap?" "Oh, here he comes, Ma!" "Here he comes!" "Oh!" "Oh, Joe!" "I'm so glad to see you!" "Hi, Mom!" "Hello, sport!" "Hi, Joe." "You sure did it, didn't you, Joe?" "Oh, we're riding high now, kid!" "Hey, Redcap." "Get these bags, will you?" "Cab?" "Oh, sure." "Well, Mom, why didn't Dave get married before you left?" "Well, he just wanted to be sure that everything was all right here first." "Joe, I'm so happy." "You got your trunk check, Mom?" "Oh, I don't know." "You don't know?" "You better have it." "Just wait a minute." "I'm so excited!" "There it is." "Now, get ready for the biggest surprise of your lives." "Right here, huh?" "Will you wait?" "Yes, sir." "What in the world!" "Howdy, Filter." "Howdy, Mr. Joe." "Folks, meet Uncle Gus, the grandest race horse that ever peeked through a bridle." "Race horse!" "Mmm-hmm." "Oh, gosh!" "Mom, if you ever looked your fortune in the face, there it is." "There's the horse that's going to carry the three of us right into that field of clover." "It's ours?" "Really ours?" "Front and back." "Why, do you mean to tell me that you can afford to keep a race horse out of what you take in at the swap shop?" "Swap shop?" "Oh, I traded it!" "You traded it?" "Mmm-hmm." "For what?" "Uncle Gus." "But where are you working?" "Right here, training Uncle Gus." "No." "Do you get paid for it?" "Well, where do you make your money?" "Well, I'm not making any right now, but as soon as Uncle Gus starts racing, it'll only be a couple of months and..." "Joe, do you realize that you sent for us?" "Told Dave to get married, told us to sell the house?" "Oh, there's nothing to worry about, Mom!" "Things might be a little tight for a while, but I've got a nice little house, two months' rent paid in advance, credit at the market, credit for Uncle Gus's feed bill..." "Sure!" "He don't need a job." "We got a race horse!" "Can I ride Uncle Gus, Joe?" "Can I be a jockey?" "You know, I can ride good already." "Shut your trap!" "Are you crazy?" "What're you going to do when your credit runs out?" "Are we all supposed to go back home and move in on Dave and Martha?" "Oh, that won't happen." "Now, believe me, Mom, you got to take a chance if you're gonna amount to something, and my chance came." "Yes, your chance came and you traded yourself right out of it, just the same as you've done ever since you were old enough to have a thought in your head." "And now what?" "We're here because you sent for us, because you wanted to take care of us, because you decided to quit stalling and make a man out of yourself." "Well, where do we go from here, big shot?" "Don't worry." "Now, whatever you do, don't worry." "Say, have you got a dollar for Filter?" "I got to keep him in grub." "Here you are, Filter, pork chops tonight." "Thank you, sir." "And keep Uncle Gus in good shape." "Stay right under them hind feet." "Yes, sir, all the time." "Do you want me to stay here, Joe?" "Don't you think I ought to stay with Uncle Gus?" "No, we're going home." "If Mom's got the cab fare." "Will you stay, Mom, please?" "There's nothing else we can do." "And remember this..." "I'll say we'll stay." "Look at me on Uncle Gus!" "I'm coming round the turn!" "I'm coming like a house afire," "I'm way ahead!" "Stop it, Michael, stop it!" "I say, remember this, as far as Dave and Martha are concerned, you still have the swap shop and you're earning money." "They mustn't find out the truth." "Do you understand?" "Yes, Mom." "Because no matter what happens to us, you're not going to ruin things again for them." "Can you imagine that?" "All upset when we got us a race horse." "Mom, if I didn't know you so well..." "Quiet!" "Yes, I'm afraid we all know each other too well." "I wish we had him in a race today, Mr. Joe." "He looked like he was running right out from under Mr. Mike." "One-fourteen, breezing!" "Boy, that'll make those clockers sit up and take notice, huh?" "Hi, Mom." "Ma." "Well, did you get that fool horse entered in a race yet?" "Fool horse?" "That's fine talk just after he breezes three-quarters in 114 flat." "Breezes?" "One-fourteen?" "I asked you a simple question in plain English." "When is Uncle Gus going to run?" "In a couple of weeks." "We've got to wait for our spot." "Yes, it's been a couple of weeks for the last two months." "Oh!" "I told you not to clean those boots in the living room." "We're going to leave this house like we found it." "Aw, Ma!" "Say, that's right." "We get kicked out of here in three days, don't we?" "Yes, in three days." "And you lie there like a king reading that crazy horse paper." "Do you realize that we won't even have a roof over our heads?" "Sure." "But in a couple of weeks we'll be right back on top again." "Yes, on top of the breadline." "Does it have my name in there, that I worked him out?" "Oh, answer that, Michael." "Tell him we'll pay him next week." "Just one thing I can be thankful for, that is that Dave and Martha don't know what's happening here." "Dave ever found out..." "Oh, settle down, Mom, settle down." "Nobody's going to find out about anything." "Well, lookee here!" "Hey, it's Dave and Martha!" "Oh, my!" " No!" " Hello, Mike." " Hi, Martha!" " Hiya, Mike!" "What will we do?" "How will we act?" "I don't know." " Where's Mom and Joe?" " In here." "Well, I mean, just like those letters you wrote." "Say, you look healthy as a yearling." "I ought to be." "I..." "Hi, Joe!" "How are you?" "Fine." "How are you?" "David!" "Hello, Mom." "And Martha!" "Hello, Mrs. Beebe." "Well, are you married?" "Are you on your honeymoon?" "Better yet." "We're going to be married here." "Oh!" "That's so sweet of you." "I so wanted to see the wedding." "Well, that's what we thought." "The whole family, you know." "Say, have you heard the..." "Ouch!" "What's the matter?" "Be quiet, Michael!" "Go straighten up your room." "Oh, he's so darned fidgety." "Aw!" "Go on!" "How do you like the house?" "Oh, it's quite a place." "We're going to build pretty soon." "Not as big as this, of course." "When do you have to go back?" "In four or five days." "Oh." "What's wrong?" "Oh, nothing." "Oh." "Only we're moving in three days and..." "What's the matter with this?" "Oh, it's kinda small." "Small?" "Uh-huh." "Say, you must be a one-man riot in this town." "Anyway, I'm not proud." "How about getting married right here, huh?" "Throw a little feed somewhere so nobody will have to cook?" "Wine with the grub maybe, huh?" "That sounds grand!" "Yeah." "It'll be kind of nice all being together." "I'm glad we could handle it this way, huh, Joe?" "Yes." "Uh..." "It's so nice of you to think of me." "Oh, Joe, I've got a laugh for you." "I brought our old instruments along so you can dump 'em in the swap shop." "Sure feel good to know they're gone, huh?" "Yes, won't it." "Say, what kind of jalopy you driving?" "Plenty fancy, I bet." "Oh, it's just..." "Well, it's so much simpler to take the bus that we decided that..." "Hey, look!" "Our own colors, Dave!" "Watch." "I'm coming into the stretch, it's Uncle Gus by a head," "Uncle Gus by a length!" "Uncle Gus pulling away!" "Look at me go!" "Hey, what is this?" "What's the idea?" "That's what I wanted to tell you." "I'm a real apprentice jockey now, and I'm going to ride Uncle Gus that Joe traded for his swap shop." "And I'm going to win on him, too, because we gotta win on him on account of getting kicked out of this place." "Can you stay and see me ride?" "Wait." "Well, what about it?" "There's nothing much to tell, except that we've got this Uncle Gus instead of the swap shop." "We've got a chance to make a lot of money, too." "And you're going to get kicked out of here?" "Michael, go to your room and take off those silly clothes, and stay there till you're called." "Golly!" "I was only telling about how swell we were going to do." "David, I don't think we ought to burden Martha with any family troubles." "Couldn't we wait until after..." "This is a great thing to walk into after planning like we did." "Martha, would you step out there for a few minutes?" "Certainly." "But, Dave, no matter what happens, I..." "Now, David, I think..." "It was nice reading in your letters how well Joe was doing." "But I thought it was better to..." "To lie instead of telling me the facts, that you're no better than you ever were, that you can no more take care of a family than you can fly?" "Well, they're all right now, aren't they?" "Well, what are you using for money?" "We got some..." "We have credit." "Sure." "Swell!" "And who's going to pay off?" "Lam, as soon as my horse starts a-running." "Joe, if I thought it'd do any good, I'd knock you..." "All right, let's have it straight." "Where do you stand, and how long can you hold out?" "Well?" "Can you imagine a guy like that sending for his family?" "They're broke, aren't they?" "Worse than that." "They're $400 in debt and not a chance to pay off." "And Mother and the kid living on beans." "What are you going to do about it?" "Well, there's only one thing to do, stay here and get them straightened out." "And me?" "Maybe it won't take long, Martha." "If you'll only wait..." "But why?" "Let's be married tomorrow, just as we planned, and I can stay here and help." "Drag you into this mess?" "Marry you into a family that won't even have a place to hang its hat?" "I'll try to get a job here." "I will get one." "That'll help some." "Can't you understand, Martha, that the one thing I want to do is be able to take care of you?" "Give you that house and everything we've talked about?" "With no reason why we can't live where we want and do what we want?" "Why, marrying you now, moving you in on a lot of trouble, we'd be licked before we started, and I'm not going to do it." "I understand." "You don't think the way I do, Dave, and never will." "Because if you did, you wouldn't care what was happening." "You'd only know that you loved me and wanted me and nothing on earth could stop you from having me." "Martha..." "You'll never get this family set." "They won't change and I love them for it." "I'm going home now, Dave." "And I don't want to hear from you again until you've realized that they're going to be just as much a part of our future as we are, trouble and all." "You'd better find that out in a hurry." "Where's Martha?" "She's gone, and I don't blame her." "Why?" "After what you've done, you pull that?" "Joe, if I did half what I wanted to do," "I'd kick you all the way back to Stokesbury." "I've lost Martha, I'm losing my job on account of you, and now I'm darned near losing my mind!" "Go on in the dining room!" "In there?" "Go on!" "You too, Mike." "David, please." "What'd I do?" "Are you all right in there?" "Stand up!" "I'm no millionaire but I'm not the type to care." "Sing it!" "'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams." "Wonderful dreams!" "It's my universe Even with an empty purse." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of" "I've got a pocketful of beautiful dreams!" "Why that sigh?" "Who has upset you?" "Don't let it get you." "Simply laugh and call it love." "Hearts don't break." "That's just a rumor Where is your humor?" "Can't you laugh and call it love?" "You'll see where a big affair can soon be very small." "The first hundred tears are the hardest of all." "You'll forget Oh-oh-oh-oh!" "And there?" "!" "be new arms." "And haven't you arms?" "So just laugh and call it love." "Why that sigh?" "Who has upset ya?" "Don't let it get ya Simply laugh." "And call it love Hearts don't break Why?" "That's just a rumor Where is your humor?" "Can't you laugh and call it love?" "Call it love?" "Mmm, mmm." "You'll see where a big affair can soon be very small." "The first hundred tears." "Are the hardest of all." "You'll forget and there?" "!" "be new arms." "And haven't you arms?" "So just laugh and call it." "A little thing known as love." "Small Fry strutting by the pool room." "Small Fry, you should be in the school room." "My!" "My!" "Now you put down that cigarette." "You ain't a grown-up high and mighty yet." "Small Fry dancing for a penny." "Small Fry Counting up how many." "My!" "My!" "Now you just listen here to me." "You ain't the biggest catfish in the sea." "You practice pecking all daylong." "To some old radio song." "Oh, yes!" "Oh, yes!" "Oh, yes!" "You better listen to your paw." "And some day practice the law." "And then you'll be a real success Oh, yes!" "Small Fry, now you kissed the neighbor's daughter." "Small Fry, get on back in the shallow water." "Seems I should take you across my knee." "Now you ain't the biggest catfish in the sea." "You've got your feet all soaking wet." "Oh, you're gonna be the death of me yet!" "Oh, me!" "Oh, my!" "Small Fry." "You call me Small Fry!" "You is most infinitesimal." "Too big for your britches!" "Now, you call me Small Fry!" "Oh, lookee here, shorter-than-me," "I wonder where my switch is?" "I'll whup the..." "My." "My." "My!" "Now, I never heard such carrying on!" "Better look in the closet, Ma." "I'll bet the gin is all gone." "Oh. yes!" "Small Fry, you was betting on the ponies." "Oh, you're just burned 'cause I was winning." "Some guy, he picks all the phonies!" "My" " My." "My, my!" "Now, you just listen here to me..." "I know, I know, I know!" "I ain't the biggest catfish in the sea!" "Let's hear something new." "You got the pinochle deck in your pocket!" "What happened to Ma's wedding ring?" "Did you hock it?" "Oh, yeah!" "Oh, yeah!" "Oh, yeah." "You signed your own report card last night." "Well, why don't you learn how to write?" "And then you'll be a real success!" "Yes?" "Yes!" "Oh!" "Small Fry, now you kissed the neighbor's daughter." "Sure, I give her a little smackeroo, but, wise guy, you're the one who taught her." "Seems I should take you across my knee." "Now, you ain't the biggest catfish in the sea!" "Mom, I think I know what to do to this boy." "Is that castor oil around here?" "Why, he just slipped it in your beer." "Oh, me!" "Oh, my!" "Small Fry!" "Every time I put this thing on, I feel like cutting my own throat." "Well, when Uncle Gus wins tomorrow, boy, we can set a match to this junk." "Wins, huh?" "It's a sure thing." "I hope." "Joe, I been excited so long thinking about riding Uncle Gus that now I'm kinda shaky." "But don't worry about me, though," "I'll be all right tomorrow." "Where you going?" "Just outside." "Get some fresh air." "Howya, Mike?" "Fine." "Come into the office for a minute, will you?" "Yes, sir." "Mike, meet Harry Ringmer." "Yes, sir." "Glad to know you, sir." "Mike's the kid I was telling you about." "He works here and he's got his jockey papers to ride his brother's horse." "Uh-huh." "Sit down, kid." "What's the matter?" "Nervous?" "No, sir." "Just..." "You know, I'm riding my first race tomorrow." "I was going out for some air." "Mr. Ringmer's got a horse in that race, too," "Mr. Bank." "Oh, yes, sir." "Mr. Bank's a good horse." "But ours is better." "Maybe so." "Pretty unusual for a horse to be the favorite after not having raced for five months and with a green kid up." "Oh, I can ride, all right." "I used to exercise horses back home at the fair grounds every summer." "And you should see Uncle Gus's workouts." "He's a stake horse I bet, the way he runs when he hits a stretch." "Think you'll win, eh?" "I got to." "Why?" "Well, we already caused my brother David a lot of trouble, and his girl and..." "Oh, just family reasons." "That's too bad." "How do you mean?" "Well, like I say, you're plenty green, kid." "Lots of things can happen out there to spoil your cake." "For instance, the rail." "What about the rail?" "When you hit the stretch and the other boys start crowding you, it's tough going." "I've seen it tear a kid's leg right out of the socket, throw him under the horses." "I ain't afraid." "You really need that dough, don't you?" "We sure do." "There's a way of turning a race into a sure thing sometimes." "Know what I mean?" "That's what my brother Joe likes, a sure thing." "Yes, sir." "That's good." "Say, Harry, do you mind stepping out for a minute?" "Not at all." "Why..." "Why's he leaving?" "You've got a smart brother, kid." "He knows what he's talking about." "And when he says he's for a sure thing, you can bet that's the ticket." "He's smart, all right." "We can help your family out plenty by taking your brother's tip." "No worry about losing the race, no risk, no nothing." "Just play the sure thing." "Huh?" "Now, look, you've got $400 coming to you if you win." "Suppose another horse crowds you?" "What if you get pocketed and shoved up against the rail?" "What have you got?" "Nothing." "Did you ever see one of these before?" "Yes, sir, $100." "Well, that's yours and three more like it tomorrow, if you don't win." "If I don't win?" "Yeah." "Like your brother says, the sure thing." "Say, you seen Mike any place?" "I think he got some air and just went back to the dressing room." "Oh, thanks." "Oh, Joe." "Huh?" "How do you think Uncle Gus will do tomorrow?" "Oh, he'll win of course." "Think so?" "Can't miss." "Why?" "If you were a gambling man I'd take you up on that." "What kind of odds?" "2-1." "That's as good as you'll get at the track tomorrow and maybe better." "Man, you're certainly talking my language, but I haven't got a dime." "Oh, what difference does that make?" "You're working, aren't you?" "Huh?" "I'll tell you what I'll do." "I'll bet you $2000 against the trio's salary for the next 10 weeks." "Oh, no, no." "I couldn't do that." "Well, 2000 bucks on a platter is nothing to be sneezed at." "But of course, if you're afraid to take a chance..." "How does he look to you, Filter?" "He's gonna run like a rabbit, Mr. Joe." "I've got a feeling all up and down." "Well, you hang on to that feeling now." "Yes, sir." "How do you feel, kid?" "Fine." "That other 300's waiting for you." "Yes, sir." "And you know what else is waiting for you if you try to get funny." "What do you mean?" "It'd be the last trick you ever try on or off a track, remember that." "Yes, sir." "All right." "And good luck." "Everything okay, Mike?" "I guess so." "Now, don't get excited." "Just pretend it's a regular workout, see?" "Of course, don't go forgetting it's a race now, huh?" "But sort of..." "Well, you know." "Yeah, Joe." "What the matter?" "You feeling funny?" "No." "The only reason we want to win is the money, ain't it, Joe?" "We sure need the money, don't we?" "Yeah, we need the money, all right." "In more ways than one." "How else do you mean?" "Well, I wasn't going to tell you because I didn't want to get you upset, but I bet our next 10 weeks' pay against $2000 that we'd win it." "You did?" "Gee!" "Oh, I knew I shouldn't have told you." "Oh, Joe!" "Not so loud!" "Now I have to tell about it." "Joe, this is awful!" "Why?" "I know it's wrong, but I was only trying to do like you always said, the sure thing, Joe." "You know, the sure thing." "What did you do?" "The man that owns Mr. Bank is giving me $400 to lose the race." "What are you talking about?" "It's terrible, ain't it, Joe?" "But we needed the money, and like you said..." "Oh, quit telling me what I said." "But lots of times you..." "Shut up!" "Riders up!" "Come on." "All right, on the track." "Look, Mike, lean down here a minute, will you?" "I've done some wrong things myself, see, plenty of 'em, but what you've done is cheating." "Can't you see that?" "I got mixed up, Joe." "I know, Mike, but whatever we do, we can't do anything crooked." "We mean too much to each other, this family and everything, and if one of us gets in a jam, why, it hurts all of us." "What if Mom found out, Mike?" "I see what you mean." "I just didn't have it straight what you meant about the sure thing." "Yeah, it's all my fault." "Here I am trying to tell you what's wrong and I'm out betting yours and Dave's share of 10 weeks' pay." "That's not wrong." "You were just trying to make money for all of us." "Well, I wished you wouldn't feel that way about me, Mike, because I'm wrong lots of times." "But I gave you this bad steer without meaning to." "Maybe it'd be better if you figured these things out for yourself, huh?" "Whatever you say is okay with me, Joe." "All right, then." "Let's go on out there and win this race, huh?" "But I already got that $100." "Where is it?" "In my boot." "I didn't know where to hide it." "I'll take care of that." "You do what I tell you, go out there and win this race." "You'll stick with me, won't you?" "You'll stick with me if anything happens?" "Oh, you're darned tooting." "That's swell." "You just watch me." "We'll show you, me and Uncle Gus." "How about it?" "I got the whole three grand covered at 2-1." "Nobody got wise it was me, huh?" "Nope." "We got six grand in sucker money the minute Mr. Bank wins." "Are you sure that jockey on Uncle Gus won't cross you?" "He's scared to death." "Even if he does try to pull anything smart, my jockey'll take care of him." "Say, this is the only way to bet on the nags." "Well, we'll see for ourselves in a few minutes." "Then the whole bunch of you can realize how crazy it is and settle down." "Yeah, but what if Uncle Gus wins?" "Aw, he won't." "Do you think he could?" "How's everything?" "Great." "Doesn't Mike look cute sitting up there all alone?" "There's liable to be trouble if our horse wins." "Will you come around to the barn after the race?" "Why?" "Ringmer's paying Mike $400 to lose the race to Mr. Bank, and I just told him to go out and win it." "Why in the world..." "It's all my fault." "He thought he was doing what I'd do." "He's trying to get some money for us." "What are you two talking about?" "Oh, nothing." "Nothing important;" "We just; .." "The horses are at the starting gate." "Fair Trial broke through." "Sandy Man broke through." "Uncle Gus is up." "Uncle Gus is acting very badly." "Refuses to go in the starting gate." "Uncle Gus." "Uncle Gus." "All lined up but Uncle Gus." "Please, Uncle Gus." "If you win, I get $2 for a new suit of clothes." "All lined up but Uncle Gus." "He's coming in with the others now." "Might be a good start here any moment now." "Uncle Gus is coming in the starting gate, and..." "Uh-oh, Uncle Gus broke through!" "Uncle Gus unseated his rider." "Wait, wait a minute." "He'll be all right, Mom." "Are you all right, rider?" "Yes, sir." "The rider's up again." "Now they're all straight, ready now for a good start." "And they're off!" "Mr. Bank shows the way on the inside by a head." "Sandy Man is second by a neck." "Uncle Gus is third by half a length." "Santouri is fourth, and Fancy is fifth." "That's too far up!" "The race is young yet." "By half a length." "Sandy Man on the rail is second by a half a length." "Uncle Gus is third on the outside by a length and one half." "Santouri is fourth by two lengths, and Fair Trial is..." "Hold it, Mike!" "Stay right up there." "Ride him, Mike." "By a half a length on the inside." "Uncle Gus on the outside is second by a length and one half." "Sandy Man is third." "And Uncle Gus is moving up fast on the outside!" "Come on, Uncle Gus!" "Stay right there!" "Uncle Gus on the outside is second by a length and one half." "Sandy Man is third between horses, and Santouri is fourth." "Passing the stands the first time." "It's Mr. Bank in front on the rail by a neck." "Uncle Gus on the outside..." "Look at that kid ride!" "We lost." "No, Mom, they gotta go around one more time." "Oh!" "Oh, ride him, Mike!" "The others are far back." "Around the turn for the second time." "It's Mr. Bank in front by a length and one half." "Uncle Gus is second by a half a length, and Sandy Man is third." "Turning into the back..." "I tell you, that kid's out to win!" "He's crossing you." "Mhaff a length." "Uncle Gus got through on the rail." "Uncle Gus is moving up on the inside." "It's Mr. Bank in front by a half a length." "Uncle Gus on the inside is second by a length and one half," "Sandy Man between horses..." "Ride him, Mike!" "Go on in there." "Take him through, Mike!" "Come on, Mike!" "Down the back stretch, it's Mr. Bank in front..." "Nice going, Dave." "By a neck." "You're shoving me into the rail!" "Back it up, kid." "You want to get killed?" "Uncle Gus is dropping back." "It's Mr. Bank still out there..." "Here, let me see a minute, will you?" "Sandy Man is second by two lengths." "Santouri on the extreme..." "Oh, Mike!" "That kid had me worried." "Turning for home." "It's Mr. Bank in front..." "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "It's Mr. Bank in front." "Sandy Man is second on the extreme outside." "There comes Uncle Gus!" "Got through a hole on the inside!" "It's Mr. Bank in front, Sandy Man is second and Uncle Gus is flying on the rail!" "Let him roll, Mike!" "Let's go, Mike!" "Mike!" "And it's going to be a driving finish with Mr. Bank in front, Sandy Man is second, and Uncle Gus on the rail, and he's flying!" "It's Mr. Bank, Sandy Man and Uncle Gus, and they're pounding down the stretch with Mr. Bank in front, Sandy Man and Uncle Gus." "It's Mr. Bank and Uncle Gus, and they're driving hard." "They're head and head." "It's Mr. Bank and Uncle Gus." "Mike!" "Mike!" "Mike!" "It's Mr. Bank and Uncle Gus." "It's Mr. Bank and Uncle Gus." "And now it's Uncle Gus!" "Attaboy, Mike!" "Ride him, Mike!" "It's all over, Mom." "We win it!" "How about that, boy!" "We won!" "Attaboy, Mike!" "Woo-hoo!" "Oh, we won!" "You know what that cost us?" "Three thousand bucks!" "We've got some business." "Let's get going." "Did I do it, Joe?" "Did I Win?" "Of course you won it." "Couldn't you see?" "They shoved me in the rail, so I shut my eyes." "But I won, huh?" "That's great work, Mike." "Do you think there'll be trouble with that man because we won, Joe?" "Don't you worry." "I'll pick you up at the jockey's room as soon as you've changed, huh?" "Okay." "Where are you going?" "Uh, to the barn." "Well, you're not going to leave me here by myself." "Isn't it about time Joe and Mike were here?" "Just about." "Why do you keep walking the poor thing around after he ran so hard?" "Gotta cool him off slow or he'll stiffen up like a grandpappy." "Huh." "We got great plans for this horse, us Beebes." "Hey, look." "Who's the guy with him?" "One of the brothers." "You take care of him." "Come on." "Now, you got nothing to worry about, see?" "Just keep going." "Hello, kid." "Nice race." "My brother's going to give you back your hundred..." "I'll take care of that, Mike." "This belongs to you, doesn't it?" "The next time you've got some extra money, you'll have to find a better way to spend it." "We don't go for that." "Yeah?" "That's right." "Glad you liked the race." "Dave!" "Dave!" "That was Mike." "Yeah." "Yeah, that was a swell race." "Worth every bit of that three grand I paid to see you win." "And now you're gonna get what I told you about, you dirty little double-crosser!" "Let's go." " Where's my brother?" " How should I know?" "Take 'em, Dave!" "Get him, Dave!" "They got Mike." "Break it up." "All right, break it up!" "Back it up." "Back it up!" "Now, stand right there." "If you try to follow us, I'll let one go." "That gun isn't gonna do you any good." "Get back there!" "Hey." "Hey!" "Throw that gun away, Mom." "We'll fix these guys." "Mike's in that stall, Mom." "They beat him up." "Oh!" "Oh!" "Mike!" "Are you winning?" "We ain't losing!" "I got enough!" "I got enough!" "Mighty nice going!" "I quit!" "I quit!" "We showed 'em, Dave!" "Yep, we showed 'em!" "Let's see, $2000 on the bet." "Uh-huh." "Four hundred and twenty-five on the win." "And the $37 that we saved up before." "Yep." "That's, seven, five, 12, six," "$2462!" "Mmm-hmm!" "Whoa!" "We're millionaires!" "And you're still earning $100 a week with your music." "Aw, that's out." "We're quitting tonight." "But why?" "Well, Dave's pulling out to see if he can get set somewhere, and I figured we'd take Uncle Gus East for the big races." "We don't need the music anymore." "I see." "Keep moving, that's the ticket." "New faces, new..." "W hat's that?" "Maybe buy another horse, huh, Joe, and start a big-time stable?" "That's not a bad idea." "We'll be in that winner's circle in Kentucky one of these days, boy." "Well, suit yourself, you're on your own now." "Oh, it's a cinch!" "We're really going to go to town, huh?" "Yup, old quick-money Joe." "You haven't asked me what I'm going to do yet." "What do you mean?" "Well, you're quitting your music, even though it pays you the best steady money you'll ever earn in your lives, just because you've had one lucky day." "You're going one way, and you're going another." "Oh, with you and Mike." "Not with me." "Huh?" "I'm telling you." "I've raised the three of you, and I know you'll never amount to anything unless you stick together." "Now what happens?" "David's trying to run away from himself just on account of a little trouble with Martha." "And you're going hog-wild in a silly business that'll break you flatter than a pancake." "What if Uncle Gus gets a stomachache?" "What have you got then?" "Even Michael can't talk about anything but race tracks and horses and sure things." "What's he going to grow up to be?" "Now, I mean it." "If you boys walk out on your job," "I'm walking out on this family." "Oh, Mom, you're crazy." "Thank you!" "Well, I..." "I don't mean you're crazy, but we know what we should do, Mom." "All right, I'm leaving." "Aw, but, Mom!" "Mother, you shouldn't act like this." "You need someone to take care of you." "It's all right, I'll take care of myself, don't worry." "Oh, maybe we can figure this thing out, Mom." "Not the way you're figuring now." "I wonder what's come over her." "Sure acts like she means business." "Well, fellows, the way I figure it..." "I'm no millionaire." "But I'm not the type to care." "'Cause I've got a pocketful of." "The grandest, the sweetest The cutest, the neatest." "I got to tell you you got a pocketful of." "A-one, a-two, a-three, a-four." "Got me a pocketful of beautiful dreams." "Yeah?" "Oh, yeah!" "Yeah!" "Uh, yeah."