Bad Girl Page #6

Gee, I told the real estate guy

I'd meet him tonight.

I can't make up my mind

about that sign.

Eddie Collins" or Edward Collins"?

Course, Eddie Collins" is all right

for a saloon or somethin' like that.

Nope, it ain't got class enough

for a radio store.

I'll be back in 15 or 20 minutes.

And I still think that Edna jane

put that idea in your nut.

I was afraid you wasn't comin'.

What's the idea of phonin' me

to meet you here?

- Dot and me are movin' here.

- You're movin' here?

Sure. I got new furniture

and everything.

That's why I asked you to come.

I thought maybe you'd help me

put 'em in the right places.

You'd be buttin' in anyway, so I figured

out you might as well do it in the beginning.

You're moving here?

Yeah. Dot told me that secret.

What's that got to do with your moving

and spending your money?

She wanted to go to work.

- You mean that's the secret she told you?

- Yeah.

So I put two and two together

and figured out why.

She wanted a home

with nice furnishings and things.

- Say, how much did all this cost you?

- I shot the bankroll.

- Oh, no.

- Yeah.

- All you'd saved?

- Sure. This is a swell joint.

The furniture man is takin' charge.

I bought everything new-

from soup to nuts.

When it's finished, it'll look just like a home

that somebody's lived in for a long time.

Some surprise for the kid, huh?

Yeah, but what about your store?

Well, I figured, why let her

starve to death...

while I'm tryin'

to build up a business?

I might've made a flop

of the store anyhow.

Not that I would've.

I'd have made a success of it.

Don't get that idea in your nut.

And you spent all your savings?

Sure. She's worth it.

She's a great kid.

You'll have me crying

in a minute, Eddie.

What for?

You wouldn't know.

Come on. You never saw anything

sweller than that parlor set I bought.

Come on.

Wait till you get a load of the bedroom.

It's got sheets and pillowcases

and beds and everything in it.

And the kitchen-

We got a lot of pots and pans.

It's gonna be like a party.

See, I'm gonna tell Dot that Pat and Sue

have got a new flat...

and are havin' a housewarming

and we're invited.

I asked a lot of the gang,

and they're in on it too.

It's gonna be like, you know,

one of those surprise parties.

And the big payoff

comes when I say...

Well, kid, how do you like

your new home?"

What do you think of the idea?

- I don't know.

- You didn't think it up. That's why.

Hey, wait a minute. Don't put that

great big chair over there by the divan.

- That's where the chair belongs.

- No, it isn't. It belongs over on this side.

Haven't you got

any sense of balance?

- You would get your mouth in it

some way or another.

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Hey, hey. Wait until they get here.

Aw, have a heart.

I haven't had any supper.

And don't drink up all the punch.

Here they are.

Listen, Pat. Remember, this is supposed

to be your home. You're the host.

- Right. I'll take off my coat and collar.

- That ain't funny.

- It always gets a laugh.

- You open the door. Go on.

I didn't even know that Pat

had moved from 92nd Street.

Sure. They got a swell place here.

- Hello, Dot. How are you?

- Hello, Sue.

- Hello, Eddie.

- I didn't know that you'd moved.

Oh, I've been here a week.

Come in.

Hi, everybody.

- Hello, Chad. How are you?

- Hello, Dot.

- Hello, Pat. How are you?

- Let me take your coat.

- Have a schnapps.

- Oh, no, thanks.

Oh, gee, Sue, this is swell.

Pat must have murdered

a millionaire or something.

Hey, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Come on out here

and I'll show you the kitchen.

You'd think this was his house.

Come on. Let's eat.

A closet, and it's got

glass in it too.

And a sink and a washtub.

And look at these things

over here- canisters.

That's where you keep your salt

and pepper and spices and things.

In the one marked Salt,"

you keep the salt.

In the one marked Pepper,"

you keep the pepper.

Gee, Eddie, ain't it swell?

Look at that darling table.

The guy said it was

the breakfast nook.

Oh, Eddie, you think

we'll ever have a place like this?

- Would you like to live here, kid?

- Oh, gee, would I?

- Of course, we couldn't afford-

- Why not?

Well, we couldn't afford

the money now.

Well, why now?

- Well, you wanna get your store first.

- Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's right.

Say, wait till you get a load

of the bedroom. Come on!

Say, if Eddie can get Dot a home like this,

why can't you get me one?

I thought that'd crop up.

- Look at this.

- Oh, this is swell.

Listen, kid.

There's a bed.

You can't buy a better bed

than that- 65 bucks.

- But how did you-

- Oh, Pat told me.

Come on. Feel it.

Just feel it.

Ain't this a bed?

Not like that old egg crate we sleep in.

I've never seen you so enthusiastic.

The house has sure

made a hit with you.

Come on. Now I'm gonna

show you somethin'.

Just grand.

There's the bridges over there.

And there's all New York

to pick from.

Ain't the lights great?

And the East River.

And stars.

Aren't they beautiful?

Not phony ones either.

Gee, a roof like this would be

a swell place for... kids to play.

Wouldn't it, Eddie?

You know, they could get

plenty of fresh air...

and their mothers wouldn't have

to worry about streetcars...

and taxis and trucks and things.

You know, rich kids couldn't

have a better place than this.

You like it, don't you, kid?

Oh, I think it's just grand.

I'm awful glad for Pat and Sue.

Okay. We better get back

to the bunch now.

You said it.

Sue, it's the grandest flat

I ever saw.

- I'm awfully glad you like it, Dot.

- Oh, it's sweet for anything.

Dot, sit down.

Here goes.

Well, kid, it's yours.

- Mine? What do you mean, mine?

- Sure. Yours.

This is where you're gonna live.

I bought it for you.

- You bought it for me?

- Sure.

You know that secret

about goin' back to work?

Well, I doped it out that

you wasn't satisfied where you're livin'.

So this is the answer.

- Well, what about your store?

- Thls Is It.

You spent all your money for this?

I shot the works.

- You mean, all of your money?

- We don't owe a nlckel on It.

Well, what do ya say?

I don't know.

Don't seem to make

such a hit with ya now.

Naturally, Eddie.

She's surprised.

You can't get a thing like this

through your head in a minute.

- Did you know he was doing it, Edna?

- Yeah, I helped hlm fix It up.

Why'd you let him

spend all the money?

Well, folks, it looks like a bust.

Oh, no, it isn't, Eddie.

I think it's just great.

I'm tickled to death.

- You're the swellest husband any girl ever had.

- Okay.

Dot's only disappointed

for you, Eddie.

She was so anxious for you

to have the store...

she didn't want you to spend

the money for anything else.

- That's rlght.

- Sure.

That's why, dear.

You know I think it's just swell.

Why'd ya do it?

Well, I figure, a long time dead.

Live while ya can.

That's what I say. When I think of

the way my folks used to live.

They didn't have enough money

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