Holiday Affair Page #5

If we do get married, Carl,

he'll be our son.

Thank you.

- He called me up today. Mm-hm.

- Timmy?

Mary dialed the number for him.

He said he was sorry and I shouldn't

be mad at him and other nice things.

- Kept me waiting while he blew his nose.

- Ha-ha.

Well, I'm glad he called you, Carl.

I'm really glad.

Thank you.

Why don't you marry me, Carl?

New Year's Day.

I'm not kidding.

We'll start the year off right.

Are you gonna play hard to get?

No...

...but what made this switch?

I don't want uncertainty anymore.

Besides, as I was saying yesterday,

long have I admired you from afar.

This is gonna be a wonderful evening.

Got it all figured out. We're gonna have

dinner, take in Moss Hart's new show...

...then go home,

be sure Timmy's asleep...

...and you and I are gonna

sit on the sofa and neck.

Oh, is that what married people do?

Mm, and...

- Merry Christmas!

- Oh!

Merry Christmas!

Mom, Mom. Thank you, thank you.

- For which present, sweetheart?

- You sure did fool me.

- Oh, what, baby?

- Telling me not to get...

I wouldn't get anything wonderful

for Christmas.

But when I saw it outside the door...

Mom. Mom.

Telling me to get the milk from the hall

if I woke up early.

You knew I'd wake up early Christmas.

- Hey!

- Oh, well, let's see.

I gotta see what's going on around here.

- Look. I already opened it.

- What?...

Mom, Mom. I love it.

- I love you.

- Oh, I'm sure glad of that.

See, these two go together

and the cars light up.

And it says Red Rocket Express

on the cars too.

It's a wonderful train, sweetheart.

And the doors open and,

oh, there was a note in it.

You put it in and you forgot

I can't read big words.

Here. Let me see.

Uh...

"Timmy, this whistled at me when I passed

and said it wanted you for Christmas. "

It's signed "Santa. "

I guess it's from Santa Claus.

Santa Claus. Mom.

Oh, I got a surprise for you too.

Look, I fixed it up all myself.

I've been looking for that stocking.

- I had it hid away.

- You little character.

- Christmas gift.

- Oh, Tim.

- You gonna open it?

- Lf you'll give me time.

It's perfume, not toilet water.

Real perfume.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, I know, I can see. Look.

I saved up for it all myself.

But I had to tell the lady

in the store it was for you...

...so she wouldn't think I was a little girl.

- Ha-ha-ha.

- I'm gonna give you a kiss for this.

- Don't need it, no.

You're gonna get one

whether you need it or not.

I fooled you.

- You fooled me, I fooled you.

- You sure did.

Say, but how did you know

I wanted the train so bad?

- I didn't tell anyone except Mr. Mason.

- Mr. Mason?

Yeah, and he said he wouldn't tell you.

Oh, I know.

I didn't get the ribbon back on right,

so you knew I peeked at it.

- You always know everything.

- You peeked at it?

Yeah, that one you brought home

for the store.

I thought it was for me.

Then I said it wasn't, didn't I?

- Yeah, and then I cried.

- Aww...

Now I guess I'm so happy...

...if I was a dog,

my tail would be wagging.

Well, Tim... Tim, I've gotta tell you

about that train.

I wonder who that is.

I'll be right back, sweetheart.

Merry Christmas, darling.

Did I wake you up?

Well, I couldn't sleep.

I don't know any reason why you should.

Well, I'm a little upset.

A present arrived for Tim.

A little electric train.

I'm sure it's from Steve Mason.

He's the only one that knew

Tim wanted the train for Christmas.

I haven't the faintest idea why he did it.

It's simple enough.

He moves in on Tim, makes my camera

look like the head of a pin...

...and makes his play for you.

I'm not interested in his motives.

All I wanna know is what to do about it.

I can't take it away from Tim.

And I can't accept something like that

from Steve. It's too expensive.

Well, let's give him his money back.

I can't let you do that, Carl.

Look, I'll work something out.

I'm too upset to talk about it now.

I'll call you later, huh?

Okay.

Bye.

- Timmy?

- I'm in the kitchen, Mom.

I'm setting the table

so you won't have to.

Why, thank you, sweetheart.

I'm gonna take better care of my stuff

from now on.

- And wash more.

- Oh, well, that'll be wonderful.

- You know the cup the mouse broke?

- Mm-hm.

- Well, he didn't.

- Mm-hm.

I didn't think he did.

Mom, the train costs so much...

...couldn't we take

my other presents back...

...and get the money back?

I didn't get you that train, Timmy.

Well, who did?

Mr. Mason,

the man that was here the other day.

- Mr. Mason?

- Mm-hm.

Gee, he must he awfully rich.

No, he's not.

Well, I only met him once.

I know you did.

He must have liked you an awful lot.

This is the nicest thing

anybody ever did for me.

Except you, I mean.

Oh, I'm everyday. This was special.

I'll have to thank him.

I may be able to do that for you.

It's pretty early.

I think I can catch him

at his hotel after breakfast.

I have a few things I wanna talk about

to Mr. Mason.

I'll go with you.

You can't do that.

Grandma and Grandpa will be here soon.

You promised you'd let them watch you

open presents, so don't open any.

Ask Mr. Mason if he can come

and eat with us...

...maybe help me set up the trains.

I can't do that either, honey. It's gonna be

Grandma and Grandpa and Carl.

Here, why don't you eat with your spoon?

It might be a big help.

Been awfully nice to Carl

these last few days.

Sure.

Hey, if Mr. Mason can't eat with us...

...maybe he can come over

for a little while anyway.

Well, I'll see what he says. I'll ask him.

We'll have to have a present for him.

Well, all the stores are closed.

There's a lot of presents

he might like under the tree.

Timmy, those are for Carl.

Well, the wallet has his initials on it,

and so does the key ring.

Well, the necktie hasn't.

Timmy, we couldn't do that.

Oh, I'Il... We'll talk about it later.

Go on, eat your corn flakes.

With your spoon.

Mr. Mason, please.

- Steve Mason?

- Yes, that's right.

He doesn't live here anymore.

He checked out.

Oh, he did? When?

Oh, over an hour ago.

- Did he leave a forwarding address?

- Nope.

- Are you sure? He didn't say anything?

- No.

He just left with a big Christmas package.

- Yes, I know about that.

- Ha.

You know, he's a funny fella.

I asked him to join me in a cup of coffee

and he said, "No, thanks. "

He said he was gonna have breakfast...

...with a guy that didn't wanna be

president of the First National Bank. Ha.

- Maybe you can figure it out, lady.

- Yes, I think I can.

Thank you very much.

Well, what brings you here?

Well, what brings you here?

Can this be coincidence?

No, I went to the hotel and the clerk...

From what he said...

...I figured you must be here.

- What did you wish to see me about?

Step into the office.

- Breakfast?

- Oh, no, thanks. I've eaten.

Who's your friend?

Oh, it's an orphan.

I'm all it has in the world.

Steve, why did you get Timmy the train?

Because I wanted to.

You know you can't afford it.

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