Bad Girl Page #8

- Oh, no. Just for a half an hour, kid.

- Can't even stay with me tonight.

I'll be right back.

Honest I will.

Mmm. Your honey is

searching among the bees. "

Hello?

Yeah, this is his secretary. Mm-hmm.

Who wants to talk to him? Joe?

- There's a Joe wants to talk to you.

- Hello,Joe.

Tonight? Sure I'll be there.

Hey, that's great.

It comes just at the rlght tlme.

Thanks. So long.

I'll be a little longer now,

but I'll be back at 9:00.

I got another fella to see now.

- You pick a swell night to make a date.

- You sure do.

This ain't a date.

Honest it ain't.

- I'll be back as quick as I can.

- Give my love toJenny, will ya?

- WhatJenny?

- WhateverJenny happens to be there.

Okay!

And-And tonight I'm takin' her

to the hospital.

But I'm sure the doctor

you have is competent.

It ain't that. You see, she's just

a kid herself, and she's frightened.

Her mother died that way.

She read about you

In the paper, Dr. Burgess.

Well, of course, we never thought

we could get ya.

She was sayln'that

It would be swell...

If she could get a guy llke you

to be wlth her.

Did you tell her

you were coming to see me?

No, sir. She and me ain't been

gettin' along very well lately.

I've been workin' nights.

I didn't tell her about it.

She thinks I've been

chiselin' on her, I guess.

I can't tell things like that.

I'm kind of a mug that way.

Of course, I couldn't pay you

what you're worth.

But I tell ya. I make 45 bucks a week,

and pick up 15 workin' nights.

And I'm gettin' 40 bucks

in a fight tonight.

And I got 381 saved up, see?

- Are you a prizefighter?

- No, slr.

But a friend of mine's

gettin' me on...

in the preliminaries

over at the Empire Club.

I get 10 bucks a round, and I don't mind

takin' a beating for 40 bucks.

Llsten, Dr. Burgess-

I always been kinda proud, see?

You know, pay my own way,

take nothin' from nobody.

But I ain't that way now, Doc.

I'm beggin' you.

If she knew she was gonna

have you with her...

everything would be all right.

But as it is...

she's so sick from worry-

I'm afraid maybe she'll die.

Will you do it, Doc?

I'll give you the $381

I got saved up...

and I'll pay you back

dollar for dollar.

Please do it, will ya, Doc?

So help me, God, I'll-

I'll lay down my life for ya.

I'll take the case.

Thanks.

- I guess I'm kinda nervous about this child thing.

- Mm-hmm.

Kinda goofy, huh?

Gee, Doc, I'm sorry I haven't got a cigar

or somethin' to offer ya.

I cut out smokin'.

It was hurtin' my throat.

This is a swell dump you got here.

Oh, I didn't mean-

Okay.

Flght!

- He said 9:
00.

- Don't worry.

You'd think the least he could do

would be to be with me tonight.

Now, now, now.

Don't get yourself all worked up.

One, two-

Get out. Get out.

Hey, Mike, knock that fella out, will ya?

This ain't a slaughterhouse.

I wanted to give him a break,

but I'll put him away right at the next gong.

Aw, why don't ya quit?

I know what I'm doin'.

I wouldn't take a beatin' like that

for a hundred bucks.

Yeah?

Well, that's the difference

between you and me.

One, two, three, four...

five, six...

seven, elght, nlne-

Uh! Don't knock me out,

will ya, buddy?

I need the cash.

- My wife's gonna have a kid.

- Well, why didn't you tell me?

I guess I can't make it though.

Hold on to me.

Take a deep breath.

Break it up.

Thanks. Good-bye.

I've arranged for the hospital.

The cab will be here at 11:00.

I never thought

Eddie would do this to me.

But, darling,

he's only an hour late.

Some hours are lifetimes.

He's walked out on me.

- When's the kid expected?

- Any-Anytime now.

- I got two of them.

- Yeah?

How long before they get to know ya?

Mine knew me inside of two months.

- But of course, mine was kinda extra bright.

- Yeah.

Oh, gee, kid, I'm sorry to be late.

- It's too bad about you.

- I couldn't help it.

Couldn't spend a couple of minutes

with me, tonight of all nights?

You know how nervous I am.

But you could go to some speakeasy

with a bunch of fellas...

and get your face all battered up

in a drunken brawl.

Is that what ya think?

That's what it looks like to me.

Okay.

Do you want me to go with ya?

You don't have to bother about me

anymore at all, Eddie.

I got Burgess for ya!

- How about it, Doctor?

- Congratulations. Twins.

- Twins?

- Twins.

- Boys or girls?

- Both.

- Twins!

- Yes, sir.

The baby business is picking up.

Sometimes I was here,

and I was the only one.

- This your first?

- Yes, and my last.

I wouldn't go through this again

for all the money in the world.

How many kids have you got?

Six or seven.

Maybe eight.

I don't know.

You don't know?

I know I got six.

What's happening upstairs,

I can't tell ya.

Here I am.

You're the father of a fine baby girl,

Mr. Vernon.

- Oh, well.

- Oh!

- Put him over here on the-

- It was too much for him.

- He'll be all rlght.

- What's the matter with him?

- I've got some smelling salts.

- That's fine. Give him some.

- He'll be all right.

- He's as whlte as a sheet.

He'll be all right in a minute.

People kid about fathers,

but they don't realize...

what a guy has to go through

when his wife has a baby.

If he had as many as I got,

he'd stay unconscious.

He's coming to now.

He's fine.

- What happened?

- You just had a baby.

I wouldn't go through this again

for all the money in the world.

- Hold on, or he'll faint again.

- It's all right, Mr. Vernon. You come with me.

- Hold him up.

- Gee, I'm gettin' nervous myself now.

Don't be nervous.

Say, Mr. Linsky,

I wanna ask you a question.

My wife wasn't any too anxious

to- to have this kid.

Say, in two weeks,

she will be crazy about it.

- Is that straight?

- They always are. Be careful.

Don't let her think that you are

more concerned for the baby...

than what you are for her.

Women get jealous

under those conditions.

You know, be interested,

but not anxious.

After all, you've known

your wife for years...

and the baby is practically

a stranger.

Yeah, that's right.

Excuse me.

I gotta phone my partner.

Mr. Collins?

- Yeah?

- A boy.

Okay.

Your wife will see you

in just a few minutes now.

Thanks.

Hey, what do you know about that?

My kid's 22 hours old already.

They get old very quickly

when they're young.

- Hello, Doctor. How are they?

- Fine.

Say, Doc, I've got 350 bucks here.

- And I'll give ya-

- Yeah, well, I have your bill here.

Now, I have another patient.

I must hurry.

- Good luck to you, my lad.

- Thanks.

Gee, he'll never let me

speak to him about money.

It says paid in full.

And here's a check.

Pay to the order of Mr. Edward Collins's

son- $50."

What does that mean?

He's giving your boy $50

to start a bank account.

And he wouldn't let me

give him anything.

Gee. That's a guy for ya, ain't it?

Oh, they're just grand, Mrs. Linsky.

Every time I have a baby,

my husband gives me a new bracelet.

If I don't stop,

I wouldn't have any more room.

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