Athena Page #3

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After all, Johnny hasn't had the advantages

you've had. With the proper training...

Sure! That's all I need... a helping hand,

a friendly smile, the love of a good woman.

- And a great deal of work with Grandpa.

- They all need work.

- Take mine for example.

- Yes, how is he?

Very sweet and very attractive.

His name is Adam Shaw.

Of course he has a lot of strange

ideas, but I think it'll work out.

Sure you've got the right one?

Of course, it happened

just like Grandma said.

It all figured... and I think

Grandpa'll be able to work wonders with him.

Well if Grandpa can do anything

with this one, nothing's impossible.

Look, this is probably

none of my business,

but is there something wrong with

me that I ought to know about?

Just hold the good thoughts.

Hiya, Girls!

Hi, Bill!

- Hiya, Minerva.

- Hi.

Saw the store open

turning away, any trouble?

Oh, no, Bill, but it's awfully

sweet of you to ask.

We were just closing up.

Oh, Bill, if you have a moment, would you

take these walnuts back to the storeroom?

- Who was that?

- Bill Nichols, a special friend of mine.

- Were those his own muscles?

- Oh, anybody can do what he did.

- Don't bet on it.

- Thanks, Bill.

Oh, it's all right, I'll see you

up on the hill after supper.

Okay, bye.

Goodbye.

I guess between a guy like

that and a guy like me,

anybody'd rather have a guy like that.

Well, muscles aren't everything, sometimes

it's personality, and the way a fella smiles.

Can I see you tonight, smiling all the time?

Oh, I'd like it, and besides

Grandpa oughta to see you.

Well, if he's used to fellas like that,

I'm liable to be a shock to him.

Oh, after we get done with you,

you'll be a shock to yourself.

Gee! Imagine!

Imagine you're an apple,

a big red apple,

sittin' on the top of a tree.

If I came along,

at just the right minute,

you might just fall for me.

Imagine you're a willow,

a weeping willow,

weeping for some rain from the blue.

If I were a cloud

with lots of rain in it,

I might fall for you.

Imagine that I'm the ocean,

imagine that you're the shore,

I'd grant you a damp devotion,

I'd pour it before you

were four... I adore you.

Imagine you're a flower,

a full blown flower,

Imagine I'm a rather fresh bee,

If I came along

at just the right minute,

You'd be sweet to me.

As sweet as honey to me.

Honey?

Imagine I'm a spider,

a big, black spider,

Imagine you're a very small fly.

If you came along

at just the wrong minute,

Kiss. Bye. Goodbye.

Image you're a weevil,

and old boll weevil,

Suppose the field of cotton is me,

If you came along

and settled down in it,

Fetch the D.D.T.

I'm a flame, you're a

moth that's spinning.

Around me you whirl and turn.

Prepare for your final inning,

I'll spurn you, whirl you,

I guess that'll learn you.

Imagine we're a couple,

a shipwrecked couple,

Together on an island for two,

Hey! If you were the one

and only man in it,

I'd be cold to you,

as cold as winter to you.

May I kiss you now?

Grandma was right.

- Good morning, Sir.

- Good morning, Roy, beautiful day.

Am I hearing what I'm hearing?

Arrived a little before seven with

wax paper, watermelon rind, and fish heads.

Miss Mulvain.

Miss Mulvain!

Miss Mulvain!

Miss Mulvain!!

- Good morning, Adam.

- That's a matter of opinion.

I want to talk to you very seriously.

Now sit down, and don't interrupt.

Miss Mulvain, this

nonsense has gone too far.

I was prepared to humor you yesterday,

but you're taking advantage of it.

I will not have it.

Just as the charts say, it's a creature

of moods... now fierce, now gentle.

You're just as you should be, Adam darling.

Mulching again?

I left my glasses in your car last night.

I'll get them.

- Don't let me interrupt.

- Oh, you're not interrupting.

Anything Adam has to say to me,

you can hear.

How cozy. What I have to say to

Adam is better said in private.

- And alone.

- Well, all right.

But according to the charts,

it's a waste of time.

Now, look here Beth,

if you're thinking what

I think you're thinking,

you're dead wrong.

- She just came here...

- If you saying "mulch" again, I'll scream.

I come here at eight

o'clock in the morning

and find you having breakfast

with a very attractive young lady.

And all I want to know is, how long

has this "mulching" been going on?

I resent the insinuation.

When you came in I was

just about the tell her

not to come here again.

- I was being very firm about it.

- Is that why she called you "Darlin"?

Why, Beth, you're jealous.

Well, don't look so smug about it.

Well, it's very flattering.

But don't worry, I'll... I'll

settle this matter once and for all.

When you're decisive, Adam,

you're very attractive.

Miss Mulvain.

Miss Mulvain!

Miss Mulvain left.

Well, ah, she knew I wanted to

speak to her, did she say anything?

No message, Sir, if that's what you mean.

Just:
Watakushi wa anata u suki desu

o tomodashi ni narimashou, Roy-san.

And then she said, "I'll be seeing you."

Is this the Saccharin Mulvain residence?

Is a Miss Athena Mulvain there?

Sorry, I must have the wrong party...

again.

How about it, Miss Seely,

let's not take all day.

Do you realize how many

Mulvains there are in this town?

I have just finished the list,

and there is no Athena Mulvain.

There has to be, I've seen her.

Call the Registrar of Voters,

get a City Directory.

- Oh, Adam, I just talked to Tremaine.

- Who?

Tremaine.

Oh! Oh, yes, yes.

What's the matter with you?

Sorry.

Had something fried for breakfast,

it just kills me.

Tremaine wants you to give a speech

next week for the Massachusetts Club.

Uh, nothing special, just a few

Down-East, New England type jokes.

But don't knock California.

Is it all right if I sail-in on a

whaling ship wearing

sports shirt and slacks?

Good! Put it in the speech.

Yes, Miss Seely.

Mr. Johnny Nyle to see you.

All right, send him in.

And how are you doing on that other matter?

The best I can, but remember

I'm a secretary, not a detective.

Just find the girl.

I know you're busy Lieutenant,

but just one question.

Is it okay

for me to work or not?

Oh, Johnny, I forgot all

about it, I'm so sorry.

It's the first time anything

like that's happened to me.

It's that I've got that

TV show tomorrow night.

I'll post a bond and fix a date for

the hearing, you'll be all set.

I feel like a new man.

Thanks a million.

Sorry.

Hey, not bad, no bad at all.

- My fiance.

- You and her?

It's all right, Johnny,

I'm a big boy now.

Yes, I know, but what about Athena?

Athena, what's she got to do with it?

Athena!!

How do you know about her?

Well, I picked her up

at your house yesterday

and drove her to the

store and then home.

She told me you two were getting married,

then she told me...

Married! When I find her, I...

You say you drove her home,

well, what's the phone number?

- Oh, they don't believe in telephones.

- Telephones are not a matter of faith.

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