Love Finds Andy Hardy Page #5

l'm glad. l guessed you wanted one,

so l ordered it. lt just now got here.

lt'll make my car look like a million.

Gee, thanks, Betsy.

Some girls don't know what to get a guy,

but this is swell.

Why, Cynthia, she'll be crazy about it.

And Polly, she'll go wild.

l'm sure they'll like it.

l'll drop by before the dance

and show you.

That'll be nice.

Dinner's almost ready,

so l better be going along.

-Thanks again. Goodbye.

-Bye.

Aren't you going to practice, Betsy?

Yes, Granny.

l know, but men just don't seem to be

as important as when l was a young girl.

Well, if it isn't the old ladies'

sewing circle.

-Hi, Andy.

-Hello there, Andy.

-Did you enjoy your games?

-Games?

With a bit more practice,

l might be able to make the Potsy team.

-What's that?

-Nothing, nothing.

Oh, all right.

You're going to have secrets, so can l.

There are ways of handling

mysterious children.

Just because you're the only woman here

doesn't make you my mother.

lf you act that way,

l won't give you your telegram.

Telegram! Oh, my dearest sister...

...if l've offended you in any way,

l beg you to forgive me.

After all, we children, we just--

We just don't understand.

Gee, thanks, sis. Thanks.

Two girls.

Two girls for the same dance.

Good morning, Dad, Marian.

Any word from Mom?

No news is good news, son.

Well, in case you're at all curious,

l finished my Christmas shopping today.

Me too. And l wanna thank somebody for

that extra money l found on my table.

That's all right, honey.

Christmas comes but once a year.

-Well.

-Special delivery for Mr. Andrew Hardy.

l'll sign for it.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome. Good morning.

Special delivery for Mr. Andrew Hardy.

Thanks, Dad.

Francis Bacon Anderson.

Why, that's Beezy Anderson.

-Want me to read it to you?

-Good old Beezy, real pal.

Right on time, just like the Pony Express.

-Goodbye, children.

-Bye, Dad.

Open it. Let's read about the teddy bear

Beezy's getting for Christmas.

Oh, no hurry.

l know what's inside.

And l know who that is.

''This is Miss Potter speaking.

May l please speak to Andrew?''

Kindergarten society.

Hello?

What's on your mind, Cynthia?

Oh, don't worry about the dance.

l wouldn't miss it for anything in the world.

Oh, you got your new formal dress?

Sensational, huh?

No back in it at all?

Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy.

Well, l'll be seeing you soon.

All right, dear.

Bye-bye.

Hello. ls Miss Polly Benedict in, please?

Listen, will you tell her

Mr. Andrew Hardy called...

...and he's unable to take her to the dance?

He remembered a previous engagement.

Thank you so much. Bye.

-Hello.

-Hello.

l spent all my money except 60 cents,

and l still got two presents to buy.

Gee, l'd like to help you, Betsy,

but l've got a very important deal to close.

Beezy came through like

the Marines landing.

Then it's all fixed up about your--

Your car?

-Oh, l'm ruined.

-Andy, what's the matter?

-Are you sick?

-Oh, l wish l was sick.

Oh, how l wished l was sick.

Beezy's gone and fallen for another girl.

He said l could have Cynthia.

The whole deal's off.

l'm cooked.

Well, we've gotta do something.

We gotta talk to Mr. Dugan.

Come on.

Come on, Andy.

Come on.

All right.

No 8 bucks, no sports-model

roadster, my friend.

Gee, Mr. Dugan, couldn't l--

You gotta pay for this car

by tomorrow noon or--

You're Judge Hardy's son, aren't you?

Yeah, sort of.

l'll go to court and get

an order to show cause.

And you know what that'll mean.

Yeah, l--

l got a rough idea.

Well, there you are.

Andy.

l've only got 60 cents...

...but l've got a fur jacket, practically new.

We could pawn it and pay Mr. Dugan.

But we just can't let this happen.

Betsy, you're the best friend l ever had,

but l couldn't let you do that.

lt's-- Well, it's more than a car now.

Yes, but if l did get the money,

no one would know.

l gotta do this myself.

Dad used to recite me a poem.

lt's all about a tangled web you make

when you start deceiving people.

l know what it means now.

When you do something phony

and it turns out good, it's still all wrong.

-Maybe if l explained to your father.

-No, l've gotta do my own explaining.

Of course, l never told him any real lies.

l just can't seem to be able to.

But, gee, he'll start thinking that sometimes

not actually telling a dozen lies...

...is worse than really telling one.

No, l've gotta tell Dad.

And there's no telling what'll happen.

Did you want to be alone, Dad?

No, not at all, not at all.

Sit down.

Dad?

What's an order to show cause?

ln case someone wants to start

a lawsuit against you...

...they ask the court to direct you to show

cause why they shouldn't be granted relief.

Like being arrested?

Technically, you're in custody.

Why this interest in the law?

Going to follow in your father's footsteps?

No. A friend of mine got himself mixed up

in one of them show causes.

Too bad for your friend.

-Dad?

-Yes, Andy?

l'm in an awful jam.

Well, that's too bad.

What's the trouble?

l.... You see--

Start from the beginning.

Well, to tell the truth,

you're partly to blame for it all.

l am?

You and Polly Benedict's grandmother.

You just tell me how l'm guilty.

When l asked you for the money

to get a tuxedo...

...you gave it to me.

lf you hadn't, l couldn't...

...go to the dance

where you had to wear a tuxedo.

When you wear a tuxedo,

you gotta take a girl...

...and you've gotta have a car

to take her in.

l see.

Well, what about Polly Benedict's

grandmother?

She took Polly away for the holidays,

so l couldn't take her to the dance.

Because l couldn't take Polly,

l got mixed up with Beezy's girl.

-Beezy's girl?

-Cynthia. The one that's calling all the time.

-Dad, can l talk to you man-to-man?

-That's the way l always want it to be.

Well, man-to-man, Dad, can a guy

be in love with two girls at once?

Both are estimable young ladies?

Oh, well, we just do a little

hugging and kissing, Dad.

l mean, good, clean fun,

just like Polly and me.

Object matrimony?

Matrimony? You don't have to worry.

l'm never gonna get married, ever.

That's a momentous decision.

Well, not at least until l'm middle-aged,

you know, 25 or 26.

That's a sound idea.

-Dad, l don't understand these modern girls.

-ln what way?

Polly, for instance.

Sometimes she won't let you kiss her.

But this Cynthia, she'll let you

kiss her whenever you want.

She doesn't wanna swim,

play tennis, go for walks.

All she does is wanna kiss you.

l'm a nervous wreck.

Well, of the two degrees of kissing,

which seems the most desirable to you?

When you wanna kiss a girl and she won't

let you, you wanna kiss her all the time.

But this Cynthia....

Do you think it's wrong for a guy not to

want a girl kissing him all the time?

Well, what would you say?

l don't know.

When l only had three days

to go around with Cynthia...

...l felt like a free man

for the first time in weeks.

Three more days?

Yeah. l promised l'd date her up for Beezy

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