Bringing Up Baby Page #10

Now you come along.

No! Don't do this to me! This is awful!

Elmer, look.

- You know him?

- No. Looks like a peeping Tom.

Get your gun out. We'll nab him.

Stick them up.

Grab him, Elmer.

I have to get my dog.

Don't go away, George!

Don't argue. Inside.

- What are you doing?

- I have a hairpin.

I did it once with a trunk.

Anyway, when they find out who we are,

they'll let us out.

When they find out who you are,

they'll pad the cell.

We've picked up a girl

who says she's your niece.

Now, the question is,

have you or have you not got a niece?

Of course I have a niece, but she's not

singing around under windows.

She's decently in bed.

I wouldn't be too sure, Elizabeth.

Horace, do be quiet.

I'll talk to you presently.

Now, lady, do you definitely refuse

to come and identify this girl?

If you continue to annoy me

about this girl...

who is no responsibility of mine,

I'll have you arrested.

- The idea.

- Hello.

She says her niece is in bed.

Just what I expected. That girl is lying.

- I think they're both lying.

- What are you going to do about it?

- What would you do?

- Find out the truth.

You're right.

I'll have a little talk with them.

Come on, Elmer. Open her up.

You two, get your ears up

'cause I've got something to tell you.

- If you wanna get out, better listen.

- I'm listening.

Quiet. I'll get to you later.

I want you to tell me the whole truth.

- What did my aunt say?

- Be quiet, please.

What did my aunt say?

Your aunt said...

Young lady, you haven't got an aunt.

- I certainly have got an aunt.

- Quiet, please.

Look here, young fellow,

I want you to tell me...

just exactly what were you doing tonight?

- We were hunting for a leopard.

- You were hunting for a leopard?

Now look here, young lady,

you know that's silly.

- There never was a leopard in Connecticut.

- There is now.

Now, listen here.

I'm going to stay here if it takes all year.

I am waiting for you to tell the truth.

If you wait for her to tell the truth,

you'll have a long gray beard.

You know, my grandfather had... Quiet!

Young man, I don't want

any more slick remarks out of you.

This is a jail.

Have a little respect for the law.

I'm just trying to explain.

It all started over at my aunt...

Her aunt's house.

Her aunt's house?

- Her aunt promised to give me a lot of...

- Hold on there, bub. Just a minute.

She hasn't got an aunt.

I do. She's my father's sister.

Look here, Constable,

stop wasting your time. Now, quiet.

You want us to get out of here, don't you?

Lady, yes, I certainly do.

I gave you my aunt's telephone number,

didn't I?

And you called her up, didn't you?

What did she say?

- She said that you were home in bed.

- Then what am I doing here?

You're here because your aunt...

Confound it, lady,

you know that you haven't got an aunt.

- If I did have an aunt...

- She'd muzzle you.

You can't talk to me that way.

I don't like to see young people in jail.

I have children of my own.

I don't care about your family.

All I want to do is get out of here.

I don't have time to waste

sitting around in jail.

- Go away, please.

- Shut up, David.

- David, please be quiet.

- Let me tell you what happened.

You're not going to get anywhere

with her. Just come with me.

If one of us talks at a time,

now we're really getting somewhere.

Now then, speak up, speak fast.

- I'll explain the whole thing...

- Elmer!

Get the key here, quick. Lock him up.

A fine officer you are.

Locking up a dangerous criminal

without locking him up.

- Look, it's not locked.

- Thank you.

I've seen it!

I've seen a cheetah in the park.

You have no right to do that!

What's going on here?

- Here's something for you, Constable.

- What's the charge?

We caught him in front of the meat market

in Dr. Lehman's stolen car.

So you're a car thief?

No man is going

to call Aloysius Gogarty a car thief.

Come on!

Lock him up.

Hey, let go!

Here you are, fellow.

This should hold you for a while.

Hello, Gogarty.

Hello, Miss Susan. How did you get here?

Influence.

Don't worry, Gogarty. I'll get you out.

Sure. Look, she got me out.

Hold on here.

Do you know this young lady?

Of course. Don't I work for her aunt?

- You what?

- Don't I work for her aunt?

If one more person mentions

that she's got an aunt...

I'll put you all

on bread and water for 30 days.

Well, where is everyone?

Who's in charge here?

Right in there. Hey, Constable!

What do you mean

by locking up my niece?

I won't stand for it! Give me the keys.

Madam, you're hysterical.

- What is it you want?

- She wants her niece.

I certainly do. I want my niece right here.

- Who is your niece?

- Give us a description of her.

- She's about so tall...

- Aunt Elizabeth, is that you?

There she is now.

Hold on just a minute.

Lady, tell me, who are you?

I am Mrs. Carleton Random,

and I want my niece.

- You're Mrs. Carleton Random?

- I certainly am.

- And you say your niece is here?

- She certainly is.

That's where I got you.

The young lady here ain't got no aunt.

And you're not Mrs. Carleton Random,

because I talked to her...

on the phone not 10 minutes ago.

I ought to know who I am!

Yes, you should, I think.

You did talk to her 10 minutes ago...

on the phone.

- How do you know?

- I was there.

- Who are you?

- I'm the niece... I'm the aunt...

I'm Major Horace Applegate

of the Explorer's Club.

What are you doing with that gun?

I have been hunting a leopard.

- You've been hunting leopards?

- I said so, yes.

- Any luck?

- Not what I'm accustomed to, no.

I have been a bit confused

regarding the leopards here.

- Boys.

- You have something on your mind.

Not so fast, lady. We just want to find out.

This old battle-ax keeps

yelling that she's Mrs. Random.

Why, that's ridiculous.

Mrs. Random is in bed.

And don't you be calling up here again.

Good night.

Good night. Well, just as you said, doc,

they're all lying.

Obviously. I have no doubt you'll find

you made a very important haul.

Yeah, thanks to you, doc.

If you get their confessions,

there'll be a lot of things you will turn up.

Yeah? Well, I'll try it again. Come on, boys.

Quiet!

I'm warning you.

The first one who lets a squeak out...

I'll put in solitary confinement.

I'm gonna ask this man some questions.

I want absolute quiet.

You said your name's Bone.

You stick to it?

Won't do any good, we don't believe you.

We know that's an alias.

- They're all impersonators.

- Why'd you try to break into his house?

I was after a leopard.

Leopard. Doc, they still stick to it.

All agreed on one story.

How about that bank robbery in Oldtown?

What about it? How much did they get?

They got a pretty penny.

Must've got $5,600...

Say, who's asking the questions,

you or me?

Who was with you last month

in that mail-truck job?

Mickey the Mouse and Donald the Duck.

Doc, make a note of their names.

Now we're getting someplace.

You've gotta speak up.

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