Easy Living Page #8

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when somebody comes in

and asks you how you feel about

steel. Why you just naturally...

Who comes in? That girl I met in the Automat.

Since when are you

eating in the Automat?

I don't eat there.

I work there!

Or I used to. You mean

where they push these things

out at you?

Yeah. Yeah.

So when she said there was

a screwball in the hall who...

Didn't I already say that?

Yeah.

Yeah. I thought so. So I

said, casually, of course,

not meaning a thing,

I thought

the weather looked

kind of threatening

and that consequently

steel would go down.

He said steel would go down

because the weather was bad!

There's your son for you!

But I told you

I was only joking!

Don't you know you can't make jokes

about steel with a name like Ball!

Well, I did.

Say, I wonder does Mary

know who that guy was?

Not that it matters.

Mary who?

Mary Smith.

Mary Smith?

Yes, Mary Smith!

Say, haven't I got a right to

know a girl called Mary Smith?

You mean Mary Smith at the Hotel Louis? Yeah.

Say, wait a minute! How did you

know she's at the Hotel Louis?

I thought the whole

world knew it!

Get me the Hotel Louis!

She told me

she didn't know you.

Don't you read

the papers, dear?

Hello...

Hello! Is this

the Hotel Louis?

I want to talk

to Mr. Louis.

Yes, Mr. B.

Oh, that one?

I threw her out!

What? But, Mr. B., she's

a phony from Phonyville!

She told me she was your palsie-walsie,

and then she eat me out of the

house, and... But... But... But...

But how I am

supposed to know, Mr. B!

I am not a diplomats!

I am a great cook.

I am the... Mr...

What's the matter?

Yes.

This time the goose

is geesed or visa versa!

I tell you, you can't see

him! But I've got to see him!

It's terribly important!

Now, now, now!

You don't understand. He's

made a very expensive mistake!

Look, Mr. Ball is that busy,

if the King of France himself

come on bended knees...

In the first place, France hasn't

any king... Pardon me, please.

Oh, I don't know!

Come on, fellows!

Hello. Police Department?

Give me Captain Jackson of the

Traffic Squad. I want a V-16 picked up.

What! You say you fired her!

License Number 8C-9982.

Say, listen! Is this the

Boys' what-you-call-it?

And I... Why don't you get

these things un-snarled!

I can't talk over a phone.

There's no time to fix anything

in this madhouse!

Hello!

It's a big V-16, and Mr. Ball

wants it picked up right away.

Oh. So! All right!

Well, any time I can do you a favor,

you big fathead, you let me know!

Where did you say

you left her?

At a pet shop on 6th Avenue and 35th Street.

Get me a list of pet shops

right away! List of pet shops!

Why should she pretend

she didn't know him?

The less we know, dear,

the happier we're apt to be!

Was she wearing anything unusual

you could identify her by?

She had on

two English sheepdogs,

a goldfish bowl

and a pair of parrots!

Is that unusual enough?

She had on

two English sheepdogs and...

No! No! No!

She didn't have on...

I mean, she bought two English

sheepdogs, a goldfish bowl

and a couple of parrots.

You got those contracts

signed yet? Say, mister!

I've got to see Mr. Ball!

Could you arrange it for me?

Oh, you've got to see Mr. Ball! Yes.

Would you like to

see him in person?

Thanks very much.

No!

No, in the movies!

Say! Say, fellows, come here!

Come here, fellows!

Now, listen, fellows, when I say,

"Go," you go like anything, see?

All right. One,

two, three, go!

Hey!

Hey, wait...

Hey! Hey!

Don't talk to your father like

that! Both of you be quiet!

Oh, he's always yelling at me!

What's going on around here!

Never heard so much

noise in my life!

What the... Mary! Mr. Ball,

these dogs and this woman...

Keep quiet

and get out of here!

I got here just

as fast as I could.

So you didn't

know my father!

Are you... Is he...

Why, I didn't know...

You shut up! We're old

friends! Keep out of this!

I hurried right down here.

Do you know,

this isn't kolinsky at all, it's sable!

And I knew you wouldn't give me sable!

You mean he even

gave you the coat?

Well, I didn't know

he was your father.

Well, supposing you didn't?

Is that any reason why you

should take a coat from the guy!

I don't know. I thought...

Wait a minute.

Shut up, both of you!

If I could get a word

in edgeways around here

with one of my unimportant

quibbles, we'll get somewhere!

Get out of here! Get out

of here! Get out of here!

Now.

Did you tell anybody Mr. Ball

said steel was going down?

Uh, only Mr. Hulgar.

Only Mr...

And all the principal cities.

Oh! You don't mean

E.J. Hulgar and Company!

That must have been

the screwball in the hall.

Well, this is a fine time

to find it out!

Well, didn't you

want it to go down?

No! No! No!

J. B! Your blood pressure!

No!

Then why doesn't

she tell him it's going up?

Tell who?

Hulgar. If a thing works once,

it'll work twice. What

do you mean, tell Hulgar!

Of all the nonsensical, idiotic

idea I ever heard in my life...

Yes. Yes.

Yes, this is me!

Well, this is me.

I've got some

very important news.

Steel is going up.

Do you understand?

Up? Holy smoke!

We'll have to

cover right away!

You'd better get

plenty of covers!

And listen! I don't know what this means,

but I understand

that he's got it...

He's got it...

What?

What? Oh, give me a piece of paper, quick!

Cornered! Cornered! Yes,

he's got it cornered!

Do you know

what that means?

Holy mackerel!

Are you sure?

Goodbye!

And don't forget to tell

all the principal cities.

He's gone. Well.

Where's Hyde?

He's in the... He's in the

barber shop! I thought so!

Mr. Ball wants you right away!

Ball? Get me out of here! Let me up!

Mr. Ball wants me!

I told you I didn't know who he was,

so when I said I didn't know

your father, I didn't know him,

because I didn't know

he was your father!

Then why did you

take the coat?

I didn't want to, but your father kept

saying that I shouldn't be a smarty

and that I shouldn't know

all the answers,

and besides, you don't know

what a fur coat means to a girl

who never even

had a tippet!

Well, how nice

my coat looks on you!

Did you have it altered,

Miss Smith?

I don't blame you for believing

anything you want to believe about me.

If I loved a man

the way you love Mr. Ball,

and I thought

someone was trying

to steal him away from me,

why I... Now, Mary, please!

But why this big lug, who

practically spent the weekend with me,

who shared

the whole thing with me,

who I thought was my friend, why he

should believe all those things...

Now, calm yourself, please!

Go soak your head in a bucket!

Here! Here!

Hurray! Buy 100!

Say, what's going on

around here! Buy another 50!

Johnny,

you don't suppose...

Buy 50 more!

J.B., when do we sell?

When it hits 100!

Say, what's going on around

here, anyway! When it hits...

Yeah.

When it hits 100!

Please, I...

Please...

Hey! Follow that car!

Just a minutes!

I got to get out!

Go on, buddy, drive faster!

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