East Side of Heaven Page #6

With dreams

He'll make your little heart

So happy and gay

You'll ride a rocking horse

Along the Milky Way

Why stay awake

Better take that slumber train

With the sly old gentleman

From Featherbed Lane

Good morning,

Mr. Barrett.

Well? Well?

What have you found out?

She made a tour of the

nightclubs asking for your son.

Never mind about that.

What did she do

with the baby?

We're still working

on that, sir.

She checked in at the Fabian

Hotel but she was alone.

She must have left the child

somewhere before we picked her up.

Now listen to me.

I'm not interested

in the woman.

I'm not interested

in reports.

I'm only interested

in one thing.

Where is that baby?

That's what I'm paying you

to find out.

Where is that baby?

Nicky. Nicky.

Yeah, what is it?

Get the baby out of sight.

Oh, well.

Good morning, Mrs. Lee.

Good morning, Mr. Martin.

Anything wrong?

Yes, there is.

Will you please tell your

roommate, Mr. Bulabulakoff,

to be more careful when he

waters his plants in the morning?

Well, what's the matter?

Mrs. Watson, my tenant downstairs,

hangs her parrot outside

right under those boxes.

And the water dripping down

has given the parrot such

a cold, he can't talk.

I'll attend to the matter,

Mrs. Lee.

Well, see that you do.

Yes.

Was that a close call.

Why do you worry so much?

Suppose she finds out

we got a baby in here.

Well, so what?

So she finds out.

So we move to another place

with a bigger garden.

What kind of people can object to

little plants and little babies?

This doesn't happen

to be an ordinary baby.

Well, it looks

ordinary to me.

Nicky, I wasn't gonna

tell you this

but this baby happens to be

the grandchild of Cyrus Barrett.

The grandchild

of Cyrus Barrett?

The what?

Now you understand

why it has to be kept quiet.

Now I understand why we will

be kept quiet for a long time

if somebody finds out.

Well, it's only

for a couple of days.

Now don't get so excited.

Where did you put it?

Put what?

Oh, yes, the baby.

There you are,

just like an Indian caboose.

Are you daffy?

Supposing he fell on his head

or something?

That's nothing, I fell on my

head twice when I was a baby.

Yeah?

Well, once was enough.

There we are.

Now what do you want?

What's that?

Oh, I get it.

You're hungry.

Say, Nicky, what have we

got to eat in the house?

Everything. Here we got

chili, Welsh rarebit, pickles,

Swiss cheese

and beautiful salami.

Salami. You can't give

stuff like that to babies.

They've got to have milk

and oatmeal.

I'll climb into some clothes

and go over to the grocery store.

You just get the oatmeal

and leave the milk to me.

There we are.

You stay right here now.

That old milk train

will be along any minute.

Hey, Nicky?

Yeah.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

While I'm gone,

don't you let anybody in.

Anybody, you understand?

Am I gonna put my head

in the lion's jaw

when I know it's going

to clamp down on me?

This meal comes to you

through the courtesy of

man's best friend, the cow.

Who is it?

It's Mary.

Mary, well, hello, Mary.

How are you?

How am I?

Don't be ridiculous.

Open the door.

The door?

Well, I can't right now.

What do you mean, you can't?

I've come to cook breakfast.

But my suit is being pressed.

Oh, don't be a fool.

Put a robe on.

My robe is being pressed, too.

What's the matter with you?

Where's Denny?

Who?

Where is Denny?

Oh, you mean Denny?

Well, he went out.

He's gone out?

When will he be back?

He didn't say.

Oh, you just don't make sense.

When he comes back,

tell him to phone me.

You see, baby,

when you grow up

and women come

knocking at your door,

that's the way

to handle them.

I'll see you around, Harry.

So long, Denny.

So long.

Oh, Denny!

Pardon me.

Now, the first rule,

baby, for success in life,

is to be careful

of your appearance.

Voila.

Here, here.

What's the matter?

What are you trying to do

to the baby?

This is the way I always

play with babies. It is?

Well, I understand now what

happened to your three brothers.

I hurried just as fast as I

could. Did you miss me, baby?

I tried my best to be

entertaining while you were gone.

Yeah, but nobody knows

how to treat you like I do.

Do they, sweetheart?

We'll have to make different

arrangements for tonight, though.

I hope so. I was very

uncomfortable on that floor.

Baby, you're gonna have to go

back to your other daddy soon

because I'm getting married

tonight.

Is that a new hat, Mary?

Yes, do you like it?

It wouldn't look good on me.

I didn't buy it for you.

Calling Mr. Cook.

Mr. Cook, please.

Hello, Mary.

Hello, Mr. DeWolfe.

Are you happy, honey?

Not particularly.

Is that so? Well, there are

only two troubles in life,

love and money.

I'm not broke,

if that's what you mean.

Am I to infer

a cloud of dissension

is darkening the sunshine

of your romance?

There is no romance.

It's over.

Have you left the Cruising

Troubadour to cruise alone?

He's not cruising alone.

That's why I left him.

Are you telling me he's

acquired a new interest in life?

I'm not telling you but I

can't keep you from guessing.

Never mind, Mary. One man's

loss, another man's gain.

A heartache for you,

an item for me.

Good night, Mr. DeWolfe.

Good night.

Mary!

Mary, I've been trying

to get you all day.

Must be something wrong

with the switchboard, huh?

Well, that's one nice thing

about switchboards,

when you don't want to talk to

anyone, you just pull out the plug.

Well, I don't get it. Since when did

you start pulling plugs on the groom?

If you're a groom, you're

somebody else's, not mine.

Hey, wait a minute.

Remember me?

I'm the fellow

you're gonna marry tonight.

Oh, no you're not. This time I'm

postponing the wedding, permanently.

Whoa! Whoa!

Now, what goes on here?

This calls

for a little explaining.

I think you might do a little

explaining. Such as what?

Such as, why Nicky wouldn't

let me in this morning

when I came up

to surprise you.

You mean you came up

and Nicky wouldn't let you in?

Why, he never even told me.

Oh, you can't laugh

your way out of this.

Now look, Denny, I've

always been fair with you.

I didn't mind

when you were out of work

because I knew

you were trying.

I even put up with having our

wedding postponed four times!

But there's one thing I won't

stand for, no woman would.

And that's what happened

this morning.

Oh, honey, you shouldn't get burned

up about a little thing like that.

Little thing? Little thing?

Do you think I enjoyed standing

outside your door on my wedding day,

listening to you talk

baby talk to that woman?

Oh, the old

green-eyed monster, huh?

You know you look cute

when you're jealous.

I'm not jealous,

I'm through, that's all.

Come on, now.

You're going along with me.

I want you to meet somebody.

I'm not going anyplace

with you ever again! Ever!

Hello, Mary.

Oh, good evening.

Your suit looks much better

since you had it pressed.

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