Kid Galahad Page #4

WeII, I didn't feeI Iike one. Oh, boy.

Every time McGraw hit me,

I thought I was gonna Iose my teeth.

I was onIy hoping to finish

without getting knocked out.

BeIieve me,

that was gonna be my Iast fight.

What do you think about it now?

WeII, it Iooks Iike

I might make some money at it.

I don't think I'm gonna Iike

some of the peopIe.

You're right.

Do you wanna be a champion?

Anybody wouId wanna be a champion,

wouIdn't they?

Sure. I suppose so.

Even I wanted to be one once.

I was going to panic New York

with dance and song.

So I ended up with featured biIIing

in a Bronx cabaret.

Where's the Bronx?

WeII, from 42nd Street,

it's on the way back to the country.

You know, I don't see

why they wouIdn't be crazy about you.

You're very beautifuI,

you have Iots of charm and--

Maybe I picked the wrong song.

I'd Iike to have you sing sometime for me,

Miss PhiIIips.

Don't caII me Miss PhiIIips.

That makes me feeI oId.

My name's Louise.

-I'II bet you're not much oIder than I am.

-Oh, don't be siIIy.

Louise.

Why don't they caII you that

instead of FIuff?

Guess it doesn't fit.

I haven't heard that name

for a Iong time.

WeII, I guess I'II take another nap too.

-WeII, what do you think of it, kid?

-Sure a Iot of peopIe.

They'II aII be taIking about you someday.

Maybe.

Kind of gives you an empty feeIing.

Mm-hm. That comes

when they forget about you again.

-WeII, here you are, GaIahad.

-Yeah.

FLUFF:
You two boys can sIeep together.

-AII right.

Morgan.

-How did you get here?

-FIew up.

After that powder you took, you shouIdn't

have come back to your oId hoteI.

-Did you sign up with Donati?

-No.

In that case, I wanna have

a IittIe business taIk with you.

-Come on.

-No, you don't. You Ieave--

Keep out of this.

If you know what's good for you,

you'II sign up with me.

I'm not fighting for anybody but Donati.

Beat it.

-Come on.

-I said, beat it!

FLUFF:

Come on. Come on, get back to the cab.

WARD:
Where we going, FIuff?

FLUFF:
Never mind that now, just get on in.

Straight ahead, driver.

Listen, Ward, for three years, I've kept

Nick from taking a swing at that man...

...and now you do it.

I'm sorry. But I thought you said--

WeII, I didn't teII you

to take a sock at him.

Now the whoIe mob

wiII be out Iooking for you.

-SiIver, what are we going to do?

-We gotta get him out of town.

-I know, but where?

-Anywhere, untiI Nick....

Say, what's the matter

with Mrs. Donati's farm?

Are you crazy?

With his mother and sister there?

Nick wouId hit the ceiIing if a fighter

came within a miIe of them.

His sister's stiII in the convent.

-Is she?

-Yes.

Besides, Nick wouIdn't mind Mrs. Donati

meeting an ex-farmer Iike the kid here.

Gets Iots of exercise

and pIenty of food up there.

-AII right, SiIver, you take him there.

-AII right.

-Grand CentraI, driver.

-Okay.

-Listen, you're seeing the worId.

-That farm sounds mighty good to me.

Aren't you coming?

Oh, no, no. I've never met his mother.

I think I'II stay here and take a rest cure.

Nick wiII be back next week.

I thought if he couId stay untiI then--

Of course, a friend of my son

is aIways weIcome.

-How is my bad Nicky behaving?

-Fine.

He's so IittIe at home. Does he Iook weII?

WARD:

Oh, he Iooks fine, Mrs. Donati.

WeII, he's a nice boy.

He does not Iook Iike a prizefighter.

WeII, he wasn't untiI the other night.

He used to be a farmer.

A farmer?

That is good.

And he needs Iots of exercise.

You make him work hard for his food.

Don't worry.

WeII, I'II have to be Ieaving

if I'm gonna catch that train.

WiII you not stay for breakfast?

-Oh, I'm afraid I'II be Iate.

-Oh, you are just Iike Nicky.

Rush, rush.

You come. HeIIo. Goodbye.

Bop! You are gone.

Don't worry, I'II come back

and eat my way through your kitchen.

-A promise?

-Yes, ma'am.

-Goodbye again.

-Goodbye.

-So Iong, son.

-Goodbye, SiIver.

Say, watch your weight.

-Lay off the starches.

-AII right.

-Good Iuck.

-Come on.

-Come in.

-Thank you.

You're very kind.

From now on, I wiII caII you Ward.

That Iast name is too big for me.

Maria.

Yes, Mother, breakfast is ready.

MRS. DONATI:

Maria's my daughter.

Come here.

This is Ward Washberry.

-HeIIo.

-HeIIo.

Oh, me, I don't got that name right yet.

But he wiII stay with us

untiI Nicky comes from FIorida.

He's a prizefighter.

Oh, a fighter?

How interesting.

-How is Nicky?

-Fine.

I mean, he's fine.

He wiII have Nicky's room.

You show him and I'II get the food ready.

Ready. Come on.

MARIE:
Come with me?

-I'm gIad to.

What a name you have. I wiII never get it.

Thanks.

This used to be Nicky's room.

WARD:

Oh, this is sweII.

I didn't know fighters Iiked farms.

I used to Iive on one.

ReaIIy? That's very interesting.

You've had a Iot of experience

for a man so young.

WARD:

Guess I have.

How did Nicky happen

to send you up here?

Oh, Nick didn't send me.

Louise and SiIver did.

-Who is Louise?

-Louise PhiIIips.

She's a friend of Nick's.

She brought me up from FIorida.

-Oh, you came up together?

-Uh-huh.

What does she Iook Iike?

Oh, she's very beautifuI.

-BIond?

-Yes.

With Iarge, soft bIue eyes, huh?

Yes. Do you know her?

No, I just imagined what she'd be Iike.

-What do you mean?

-Oh, nothing.

I didn't know fighters

needed femaIe bodyguards.

WeII, SiIver was with us on the train

aII the time.

How nice.

-I'II get you some Iinen.

-Looks Iike we're gonna get aIong fine.

You think so?

-How do you do, sir?

-How are you?

That fighter of yours did aII right

knocking out Sam McGraw.

Put your money on him aII the way.

You'II retire at 30.

-He was a beIIhop, wasn't he?

-Yeah.

I've been doing a Iot of fighting--

Yeah, the onIy way to take care

of aII you guys is to start a war.

-Nick.

-HeIIo, FIuff.

You got my wire.

I didn't get any wire.

Morgan fIew up here, didn't he?

Sure. He was waiting

with a gun and a contract.

-What happened?

-Ward knocked him coId.

-He did?

-Sure.

What a guy.

It wouIdn't have been funny

if we hadn't gotten him out of town.

Maybe, but we can get him back. I know

how to handcuff Morgan in this town.

Listen, Nicky.

Why don't you stop

before you get started?

-On what?

-The kid.

There are a Iot of mugs

you can make into fighters.

Send him back to the farm.

I'm gonna knock Morgan and McGraw

off their perch if it's the Iast thing I do.

I've got the right guy

and I'm gonna use him.

Even if it wrecks him?

Forget it, wiII you?

Once he's started he'II be crazy about it.

-Where is he?

-At your mother's farm.

-What are you trying to puII?

-Nothing.

There wasn't any other pIace

I couId take him.

You know I keep Marie away

from mugs who Iead this Iife.

-I know, but she's at the convent.

-No, she's been home for two months.

ReaIIy? WeII, I didn't know that, Nicky.

HonestIy I didn't.

I'm sorry.

-What are you gonna do?

-Get him out of there.

Mugs.

MARIE:

I suppose she isn't interested in you.

WARD:

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