It Happened Tomorrow Page #7

Are you alright?

Well, I'm still alive.

You're a lucky boy.

You know, with a fall like that

you might have killed yourself

I guess my time hadn't come...

- What time is it?

- A little past noon.

By the way, you know

you're getting married today

I'm afraid I can't.

You what?

I can't leave this room.

Not before tomorrow...

...it would be fatal.

Listen, you scallywag, I've just been

talking to your Doctor out there...

he says you're as strong as a horse.

He says you'll last a hundred years.

He doesn't know anything about it.

Oh, you're faking huh?

Think you didn't fool the Doctor...

...You had no intentions

of marrying her, huh?

- You're trying to get out of it?

- No, I want to marry Sylvia.

Tell her I'm on my way

Listen, I should have

shot you last night.

Doctor, Nurse?!

I'm going to get married.

But I'll be back...

Keep this room and don't

let me out of here again tonight.

I now pronounce you man and wife.

And may God bless your union.

Congratulations, Mr Stevens.

I'm glad to see you so serious.

Marriage is a serious business.

- It's meant to last a lifetime.

- Thank you, Judge.

I wish you all the happiness

and health in the world

And may all your troubles

be little ones.

That'll be five dollars, please.

Anything else I can do for you?

Yes, you can draw up my Will.

Sorry, you'll have to

go to the races. I can't.

Races? On your honeymoon?

People don't go to the races

on their honeymoon

- What about your Will?

- My Will?

I want to leave everything

to my widow. I mean, my wife.

Eden Gardens, cabby.

No, take him to the racetrack.

Here are the names of the winners.

I aint going to no racetrack

Don't you want Sylvia to be rich?

It's her last chance.

Larry darling,

we can go some other day

Some other day won't do.

Eden Gardens.

Alright, we'll go ourselves.

No we aint gonna go.

We're going to the Eden...

Get in darling this is for you. Right

driver, hurry up to the racetrack

I want to get there in time

to make a bet in the first race

Not if I can help it. Driver dont pay

no attention, take us to Eden Gardens

Sorry Miss, there are no ladies

permitted inside the betting ring.

- Good, can you keep him out too?

- Wait here, dear.

Oh, I better go and watch him.

A hundered dollars on Lamplighter.

You wouldn't try to kid me

would you, Mister?

Lamplighter to win.

Here's the hundred.

Go on, peddle your papers.

Lamplighter just won by two lengths.

Well, did I know the winner

or didn't I?

That's just fool luck. I never knew

a gambler yet that didn't go broke

But I'm not a gambler.

I tell you, I cant lose

That's the spirit Mister. How about

picking a winner for the second race.

- You want me to tell you?

- Sure.

Mud-Lark.

The odds are 20-1

Do you want to lay that hundred?

Sure, take the wad.

Teach him a lesson.

The sooner he goes broke, the sooner

he finds out this is a suckers game.

Look at him.

They ought to send you

back to the Bull yard...

What a dog.

He wouldn't even make good cat meat.

Mud-Lark.

Mud-Lark. Mud-Lark.

Mud-Lark! Mud-Lark!

He's there... Mud-Lark!

We won, we won!

It don't mean a thing. The other

horses were slower that's all

Two thousand dollars

and my congratulations, Sir.

If I had you're luck friend,

I'd ride it.

Thats just what I'm going to do. What

will you pay on Lightning in the 3rd?

- Straight place or show?

- To win.

It's not for me it's for Sylvia.

Then I'll take the money

and go on home

She's my niece aint she.

I've got a right and a duty

to protect her future.

I'll take the winnings, please.

The other gentleman

made the bet, my friend.

The odds are 5-1 on Lightning.

What do you say?

You're on. Two thousand.

Spoken like a sport.

Give the gentleman a ticket, Chevy.

I can't stand it, I can't stand it!

I won't see it.

Lightning, Lightning!

- Come on Lightning.

- It can't be. Are you sure?

Look for yourself

Come on Lightning!

You mean, you want to bet

all this money on Ramona?

Right, to win.

I'll take Ramona too.

I'm afraid that will have to be

an even money bet Misterr.

Give me that money. I'll get 4/1

at any place in this tent

You're a good customer.

How about 3/1

3/1, OK

Wait a minute,

he's playing us for suckers

This way we can only win 30,000

- If Ramona wins

- Of course, if Ramona wins...

Don't worry, Ramona will win.

What is to be, will be

Look, Larry. Ramona is out ahead.

I know.

Isn't it wonderful darling?

Everything's turning out

just the way you expect.

Everything

Ramona, Ramona, Ramona!

Ramona, Ramona, Ramona!

That's a lot of money

to bet on one horse Mister.

I can't give you 2/1 on Black Flash.

I could get you 5/1 on Diablo.

Black Flash.

Don't be so pig-headed.

What do you know about horses?

Black Flash.

There you are.

30,000 to win on Black Flash.

For the love of Mike.

Would you put half of it on Diablo?

Black Flash.

I've been in this business a long

time but I've never heard of anyone

...picking four sure things in a row.

Not unless he's got things fixed.

I think I'll do a little fixing myself

Diablo is going to win this time

if he never runs another race

Black Flash. Black Flash!

Come on, Black Flash!

Black Flash, Black Flash!

Diablo, Diablo!

Diablo, Diablo!

Diablo, Diablo!

Diablo, Diablo!

Get away from me. Get away from me.

You and your tips.

They were wrong. They were wrong!

Black Flash lost.

If I had my gun I'd shoot you.

But I'm not going to get shot.

If the back page was wrong,

the front page can be wrong

Sylvia, what a mess you've made out

of your life. Look what you married!

Oh, we're happy uncle.

We're always going to be happy.

Does anything else matter?

The judges have the following

official announcement to make:

...in the race

which has just been run...

...number 7...

...Diablo, has been disqualified.

The winner in the fifth race...

...is Black Flash.

There you are.

Pay me Mister, 60,000 samolians.

And dont give me them in small bills.

I hope you know

this is going to clean me out.

Haha, but are you in a suckers game!

Three, four, five...

...Forty-nine, Fifty...

...Fifty-one...

- Driver, stop.

- What's the matter?

- I'm not going back to town.

- But where else can we go?

Anywhere, I...

Well, we could have a nice dinner

here in the country someplace?

Larry, will you do something for me?

Something nice?

Lets be gay.

I'd like to have dinner someplace

where there's music and people.

I know. The St. George hotel.

No, No. Not tonight darling

Alright Larry. We'll go tomorrow night.

Some other time.

Here you are my dear.

This makes you a rich woman.

Oh no. I'd be afraid

to carry that much money

You better keep it;

it'll be safer.

No, I might lose it.

- What about me? Please take it

- Somebody's got to take it

Stop, thief!

After him!

After him!

Stop, thief!

After him!

Stop, thief!

Faster driver, he's got $60,000

of my money.

- He's got a gun too.

- A gun?

- Who cares?

- Sure, who cares.

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