By the Light of the Silvery Moon Page #2

- Oh, yeah, come on in.

You go on in the living room.

I'll call Marjorie.

- Marjorie!

- Yes, Mother?

Come on down!

We want you to hear Wesley

play his new piece.

In a minute, Mother.

William, this is Fester Chinley.

Chester Finley.

- I'm glad to meet you, Chester.

- How do you do?

Chester's been dating Marjorie

ever since you left.

Yes, I know.

Marjorie told me in her letters.

And you don't know what a comfort

it is to a man overseas, Chester,

not to have to worry about his girl.

- Aren't you gonna bump him one?

- Wesley...

- Candy?

- Thank you, Mrs. Winfield.

Boy, this is one thing we missed overseas.

- Have one? Cream centers.

- I know.

I guess he doesn't like cream centers.

Chester's been giving Wesley

piano lessons.

He's coming along, slow but sure.

We'd hoped by now he progressed

far enough to play at your wedding.

Well, he'll still have time to learn.

Oh, we wouldn't want to postpone

your happiness

just because Wesley happens to have

two left hands. Not by a long shot, son.

Oh, Mother, it's beautiful.

Bill!

- Marjorie.

- This is a surprise.

Yeah.

- Marjorie, you look beautiful.

- Do I?

You know, the groom's not supposed

to see the bride like this

- until the day of the wedding.

- Yeah.

Well, I guess I better be getting home.

I haven't even seen the folks yet.

Will I see you tonight, Bill?

Well, there's a dance at the club.

Oh, fine. Fine.

And we've got a lot to talk about,

haven't we?

Yeah, lots.

Well...

Bill, you're all right, aren't you?

All right?

Well, you're acting so strange.

You weren't hurt or wounded or anything?

Oh, no. As a matter of fact,

the Germans surrendered

the day I landed in Paris.

I guess they knew you were coming.

- See you tonight.

- Yeah.

I saw your eyes

Your wonderful eyes

With love light and tenderness beaming

They thrilled me through

They filled me, too

With wonderful dreams I am dreaming

No need to speak

No more shall I seek

For my heart has taught me their meaning

And love has come at last, I know

- Your eyes have told me so

- Your eyes have told me so

Bill, would you like to go someplace

where we can talk?

- We haven't talked yet.

- Later.

It sure feels good dancing

with my girl like this.

Do you think you'll feel

the same way after?

- After?

- After we're married.

- You'll always be my girl.

- And you'll always be my husband.

No need to speak

No more shall I seek

For my heart has taught me their meaning

And love has come at last, I know

- Your eyes have told me so

- Your eyes have told me so

Bill and Marjorie are sure making up

for lost time.

Hey, Bill,

when are you two gonna get hitched?

- Yeah, when is it gonna be?

- You set the date yet?

Come on, Bill, tell us about it.

Well, now, folks, friends,

as you can tell by just looking at us,

we can hardly wait.

I'm a mighty lucky fellow

to be getting a girl like Marjorie.

Not only because she is beautiful

and wonderful,

but because she is, well,

so understanding,

so practical and so intelligent.

How would you know, Bill?

Well, the thing of it is,

that we've decided to wait a while.

What are you gonna wait for, Bill?

What's the matter?

Well, after all,

I'm just a soldier back from the war.

And we've decided to be a little patient,

so I can get a job

and maybe save a little nest egg and...

Well, as soon as we set the date,

why, you'll be the first to know.

- Marjorie, you're not angry, are you?

- I'm too intelligent to be angry.

- Marjorie, wait!

- We've decided to leave!

I understand. No leaky rowboat for us.

You know, once I get a job, why,

in no time at all we'll have that nest egg.

- Bill, how big an egg are you planning on?

- Just enough to give us a start.

A down payment on a house.

- Our own little home.

- Isn't that better than rushing things?

A little cottage, a picket fence,

a yard for the children.

Now who's rushing things?

- Must be out of gas.

- There is plenty of gas.

- We had a full tank when we left.

- Yeah. Probably a flat.

- Lf we had a flat, you'd feel it.

- Yeah.

Say, I've got a hunch

the valve under the gas tank is jammed.

Yeah, I'd better have a look at it.

William, it's not in there.

Underneath the car.

Yeah.

Here you are.

- That about does it.

- Yeah.

Push her off the jack.

- Wait till I get out from under!

- Yeah. Here, I'll help you.

- There we go.

- Oh, dear.

Oh, my. Okay.

Push her off.

Start the motor, huh?

- We're okay now. I got her going.

- Yeah.

- Oh, here, let me help you.

- It's getting cold.

Gee, Marjorie,

you ruined your favorite dress.

My favorite dress is the one

you saw me in this afternoon.

Now, Marjorie,

I thought we settled all that.

You even said you'd be happy to wait

until I got a job.

I'm only teasing.

But you know something,

I was just thinking.

We'd only have to wait

half as long if I had a job

and was saving along with you.

The business world's

a man's world, Marjorie.

And women have no right forsaking

their sacred heritage to meddle in it.

Now they're even meddling in politics.

- I was just offering to help, that's all.

- Thank you, Marjorie.

But I intend becoming a capable provider,

a good husband

and a father, without any help from you!

I mean... Well, you know what I mean.

With your egotism, I'm not so sure.

You just don't believe in progress.

Why, you're getting to be

an old fuddy-duddy.

Fuddy-duddy?

Come on, Marjorie.

get in and we'll go home.

- I wouldn't ride in the same car with you.

- Now stop acting childish.

We're a mile from home,

and it's getting cold.

Well, isn't that just too bad?

Marjorie!

guess the children

will be home late tonight.

Well, Alice, after all,

the boy's been overseas,

and this is the first time he's been out

with his girl in a long time.

Didn't they look cute tonight

when they left?

William is a fine boy, a fine boy.

Marjorie.

- Marjorie?

- Bill and I had a fight.

- You won?

- George.

Darling, what did you quarrel about?

Mother, William Sherman

doesn't believe in women.

What?

Well, the next time his gas valve

gets jammed, he can fix it himself.

All I did was offer to go to work and help

so that we could get married real soon.

Oh, you discussed your wedding plans?

I've already talked to

the Palmer Printing Company

about turning out the invitations.

Are you and Bill planning

on a large wedding or a small one?

A small one. I won't be there.

Miss Marjorie is having one of her moods.

I'm going to have a talk with

that Sherman boy and find out

just how serious his intentions are.

Marjorie told me all about Bill's plans,

and I think it's admirable of him

to be so conscientious

about their future, I mean.

Well, I'll speak to Harris today.

See if we can find a spot for the boy

at the bank.

I don't like this waiting business.

Oh, George, this little spat is nothing.

Then why is Marjorie having a mood?

Because she's at the age

when girls are very emotional,

easily depressed,

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