Bordertown Page #5

I could go for you plenty...

but Charlie-

Oh, so that's the angle.

Sure.

Charlie and me are partners.

We're doing swell.

What a chump I'd be to let a woman-

Any woman

- Bust us up.

I think you must have an adding machine

Where your heart ought to be.

Maybe so... but as long as it keeps adding,

I don't kick.

Someday you're going to fall hard.

Not me.

I'm always moving too fast.

Good night, Mrs. Roark.

Ha ha!

All right, boys. Just

get a close-up of these-

The swellest set of ivories

You ever saw off a piano keyboard-

And give a little hand

to the guy that done it-

Painless carter!

Stand up and take a bow, boy.

Tell the folks on the level

- Did it hurt, Charlie?

Did it give you any pain?

Ha ha!

Only when I got the bill.

Ha ha ha!

Comical, huh, babe? Did you get that crack?

Sure. Also I got a headache.

Now, honey, don't feel that way.

Let's have some fun. It ain't every night

You can set up and

celebrate a new set of teeth.

Is that a promise?

I feel like a new man.

And I liked the old one so much.

She liked the old one so much! Ha ha!

Did you get that, folks? Is that rich?

I'll tell the world I got a

frau with a great sense of humor.

Let's have another bucket

of these old bubbles.

Hey, Johnny! Here's a great boy!

Come on here, Johnny,

And dip your feet in some of this fizz water.

Why, thanks, but I got plenty

to do moving round the crowd.

Want to look at my teeth again?

Later, later, when I have

more time to enjoy them.

All right, now, Johnny,

Send over a couple of gallons

of champagne, will you?

It's on the house.

There's a swell kid, huh, baby?

Mm-Hmm...

swell.

My little Marie...

my little wife is the best wife I ever had.

My hero!

My lord and master!

I'd swap them both for a pack of cigarettes.

And that's what I promised

to love, honor, and obey.

How's he doing?

Need you ask?

Charlie!

I'm sleepy, big boy.

Sleepy... that old wife...

All right, Charlie. We go

home and take a little snooze.

All right, Johnny. Guess

I got a little plastered.

I guess you did.

Carlos!

Tell him where you want it poured.

Thanks, Marie.

Good night.

All right, lift him.

Here we are.

Oh, boy, Johnny.

Whoo!

Ha ha ha!

You want me to drive?

No, thanks. Not tonight.

I don't think you'll be

able to handle him alone.

You better let me come along.

Oh, I can handle him all right.

My little wife here will take care

Of old Charlie, all right.

Now, Johnny, you fly away and don't annoy us.

Home, James, and don't spare the horses!

So long, Johnny.

The old wife will take care of old Charlie!

Aw, Charlie, stop.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Come on.

Oh, sit up, you fat, drunken pig!

Come on, get up and walk!

Do you think I can carry you?

Oh, stay there.

Now, just one more question, please.

Where was Mr. Roark when you left the garage?

Asleep in the back seat of the car.

Very drunk.

There are sufficient witness to that fact.

Naturally I couldn't lift such

a heavy man out of the car.

He must have waked up, still drunk,

Turned on the motor, tried

to get back in the car,

And-And then fallen.

Thank you, Mrs. Roark.

You need upset yourself no longer.

The case is quite clear-

Accidental death by carbon monoxide gas.

I regret the necessity

Which forced me to question you.

You've been very kind, seor.

Please accept my deepest sympathy.

If there is anything this

department can do to help you,

Please command me.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Good-Bye. Good-Bye.

We may consider the disposition

of the estate settled.

Uh, except the insurance checks.

Of course.

You want them put through for collection?

No. The exchange is too high.

You better enter them in

the states for deposit.

We'll wait until the rate goes down.

Splendid.

You are fortunate in having

such a shrewd adviser.

I know that only too well.

At any rate, your affairs

are in excellent shape.

I am certain your worries

should never be financial,

Especially if you continue to

have such excellent counsel.

I'm sure of that. Good-Bye.

Good-Bye.

Here we are.

I don't know what I'd have

done without you, Johnny,

During all this.

Aw, forget it.

I'll be depending on you more.

I'm just a child when it comes to business.

Well, I'll take care of everything.

I'll make you more money

than Charlie ever thought of.

You will at that.

I'm going to sell the cafe

And build a new one, real elegant,

And charge fancy prices

and get the best people-

Judges, bankers, aristocrats

- And soak them good.

That is, if it's

- If it's O.K. With you.

Anything you do is O.K. With me.

You know that, Johnny.

It's going to be the class of bordertown.

You know, they never really had a nice place

Around this part of the country.

Keep it.

Oh, I-I can use the bell.

Well, keep it anyway.

You'll be, uh...

well, you'll be bringing money into the safe.

I can still use the bell.

...that won't do. I'll never stand for that.

Mr. Ramirez, the lumber-

The lumber! Don't tell me it

was the lumber that held you up.

I saw it on the ground two

hours before you needed it.

Yes, sir, boss, but-

This job has got to move faster.

I don't care whether you do

it with pick handles or bones.

You want me to kill my men?

I want this place to open

three weeks from today!

If you can't sweat some

work out of these guys,

I'll get a foreman that can.

All right, sir.

Come on, move them!

All right.

When will you have those built?

The lumber! He's always got something to say.

What's that?

Wong, missy, Wong.

You crazy fool! Stop

creeping around the house.

I no creep. I walk the same all the time.

Oh, shut up!

Wong!

Yes, missy?

Wong, get my coat.

Wong!

Yes, missy?

Call me a taxi.

What's the matter? All your automobile broke?

Mind your own business and call me a taxi!

Yes.

Hello? Gifaro?

This is Johnny Ramirez from the La Rueda.

I'm coming up to Los Angeles tomorrow

To take a look at those materials

For the interior decorations.

All right, good-Bye.

Say, Jim, I've been thinking.

You know, that bar is a little too big.

I want it smaller.

It's architecturally perfect.

Oh, is that so?

Well, I want it smaller, so make it smaller.

Anything you say, Mr. Ramirez.

Oh, hello, Marie.

Came to take a look at the place?

No. To take a look at you.

Well, I've been meaning

to come over to see you,

But I got to stick around here

and push this job, you know.

Come on, I'll show you around.

No, no, let it go.

It's only a lot of lumber,

And it doesn't make much sense to me.

Listen, Johnny, how about taking

me up to Los Angeles with you?

You know, just for the ride.

I'd like to, but there's

a lot of work to be done,

And you'd only be in my way.

I wasn't in your way when you

needed money to build this place!

Stop squawking!

I'm going to make you more

dough than you ever had before.

I don't care about the money, Johnny,

Just as long as I see you once in a while.

That house is giving me the willies.

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