Go West Young Man Page #8

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And I say you should

mind your own business.

If Bud Norton wants to go to Hollywood,

let him go. Isn't that so, Mr. Rigby?

Well, I-

You keep out of this.

But Addie here

- I'm talking to Mr. Morgan. Shut up!

Now then, Mr. Morgan-

Dear Auntie Katie-

Huh! Mavis Arden isn't such a bad sort.

If she's a little hard-boiled, well, she's

had to be hard-boiled to get where she is.

She kept on going up until

suddenly she found herself...

a pampered, glamorous celebrity

with the whole worid at her feet.

It's a wonder she's kept her head

as well as she has.

Naturally, she's affected sometimes.

There are darn few of us who wouldn't be.

But underneath it all,

all the glitter-

She has a heart of gold.

Well, I guess I just can't help making a noise

like a double truck ad in a movie magazine.

But I more than half

mean it, at that.

Come on, Mavis, forget about this

fellow. It's for your own good.

You know you've fallen

for him. What about it?

Well, aside from the question

of your contract, there's Joyce.

Oh, I figure that's just a school-day

romance. I played that part too.

No, it's deeper than that. All right,

all right. Don't try to sell it to me.

You know that chap's invention

probably isn't worth a nickel.

Yes, and it might

be worth a million.

Mavis, this is the first time I've ever

known you deliberately to hurt anyone.

You're going to break his heart.

And you're going to break hers too.

They're crazy

about each other.

So what?

I'm only interested

in his invention.

- Besides, I've a right to my feelings too.

- Well, that's different.

These two may never be rich or amount

to much, but they've got each other.

They have each other...

and before long-

You didn't seem to-

What's that?

You know what that is, Mavis.

[ don't understand.

You mean the girl is-

Yes, Mavis.

This morning she broke down

and told me everything.

Hmm. Some fine

goings-on around here.

Oh, now don't be that way, Mavis. We

haven't the right to cast the first stone.

Maybe you haven't, but I got the right to

cast the Rock of Gibraltar if I want to.

And I thought she was

a simple country gal.

She was, Mavis.

That was her undoing.

They're just babes-

babes in the woods.

Yeah, well, they should've

kept outta the woods.

I thought you'd be more

understanding than that, Mavis. More-

Do you remember your picture,

Purity and the Maiden?

Do I remember? Why, they held it

over at Paramount for 10 weeks.

Well,Joyce reminds me so much

of the girl you played in that-

A country girl deceived

by her own innocence.

Yes, it was a beautiful part.

I always felt it had more of the real

me in it than anything I've ever done.

And do you remember the scene where

she meets the man who deceived her?

He thinks she's gonna bawl him

out. Instead, she forgives him.

She says-

Yes, I know, I know.

I've learned through pain

the joy of perfect understanding,

because suffering has taught me

to be big enough to forgive.

I was marvelous

in that part.

That's because it was

the real you speaking, Mavis.

And now that you

know the truth-

the tie that binds this boy and girl

together-you can't take him away from her.

I ain't taking him away! You

and your evil-minded innuendos!

I suppose the rest of the worid would

be satisfied to believe the worst of me.

I'm afraid so, Mavis.

The worid is your public.

It does seem terrible to sacrifice Buddy's

future just because of foul-minded people.

You can still help him.

Leave me. I must have

a moment or two alone-

A moment or two to

''commute'' with myself.

I know you'll do the decent

thing, Mavis. Get out!

There ain't been any scandal

yet. You can thank me for that.

But now, if you let him go

without fightin' for him,

you oughta be trounced

with a wet willow branch.

There's nothing I can do. It's

too late. Aw, fiddlesticks!

Mr. Morgan, did she

- did she listen to you this morning? Did she say she would?

What she says doesn't mean a thing.

It's what she does that counts.

She hasn't made a move yet.

Well, I'm all ready.

Bud, I'd like to talk to you

for just a moment. Why, sure.

You must be brave, my dear.

- I won't be able to take you with me to Hollywood after all.

- Oh!

Now,

don't look at me with those

great bewildered eyes.

Don't make it too difficult for me.

Someday you'll understand, perhaps.

But what's happened? I

haven't done anything, have I?

You haven't done anything, my dear,

and nothing's happened. Only that our-

Our little interlude

has ended. Our what?

I mean, it's ended.

But I don't understand.

You see,

I'm a creature of whims,

and this plan was one of my mad, mad

whims that I've decided to forget.

Why, Miss Arden, I

- Oh, why you're taking it so bravely, so splendidly!

You must try and forget me.

Forget you? How could I?

If you can't, then remember me

kindly for just a brief moment.

When April-when October

comes around again...

with its blue skies

and sudden showers,

remember that strange October

woman who drifted into your life...

as casually as a summer cloud

drifts over a green field...

and then drifts on again.

Of course, it is disappointing,

but still I suppose it's the only-

Oh, be careful!

I'm sorry.

Why, it'd break Gladys's sister's heart

if her baby didn't get this sweater now.

Who did you say? Gladys's sister.

She's got the cutest baby you ever saw.

Well, Mavis, we're

all ready. You dirty-

Come on, hurry!

Come on!

There he is! There's the man

that kidnapped Mavis Arden.

What is this? Take your

hands off me. Kidnapper?

What do you mean, kidnapper?

I'm her press agent, you fools!

- Listen, tell these fellows who I am.

- With pleasure.

Why, he's a wolf

in wolf's clothing.

That's enough for me, ma'am.

All right, take him out.

Thank heaven I found you in

time, Mavis. He'll pay for this.

Kidnapping is a federal offense, and

if he doesn't hang, it'll surprise me.

Hang? You mean they really

believe he kidnapped me?

Well, didn't he? Why, no,

I thought this was a joke,

and you were paying him back

with one of his own tricks.

Oh, uh,just a minute, Officers.

I'd like to explain.

You don't have to explain anything

to me now. What a chump I have been!

Now, listen, Morgan

- Don't ''Morgan'' me. I'm through as your press agent.

I wasn't checking and double-checking

on you just because I was loyal to A.K.

Well, maybe I was when I

first took the job, but...

I got to like you because I

thought you had some feeling.

Then [ found [ liked you

even more because you didn't.

Oh, you did, huh?

Mmm.

Oh, uh, do you boys mind...

stepping inside

for just a moment?

Now listen, honey-

You'll probably laugh at me

when I tell you,Joyce, but-

What, Bud? I believe

she had a case on me.

What's your name?

Mrs. Struthers.

What kind of a place is this? Oh!

Your lips were made to kiss.

Hmm, that's what I use them for.

But for me only. From now on,

there'll be no other men.

Why, men are my life.

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