Miracle in the Rain Page #4

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Well, l...

I don't know what to wish for.

It's no good, then. You have to want

something with your heart, then it happens.

You see anything you like to eat?

Well, everything is so expensive.

Lou Gehrig, the home-run king...

...made a habit of eating here

when he was alive.

- Where does it say that?

- Oh, I just thought of it.

Grace knows everything about New York.

It's a hobby.

I read all the columnists,

they're very informative.

Imagine, sirloin steak, $2.50 for one.

- How much is three times 2.50?

- Seven dollars and fifty cents.

We're all right.

Oh, here's one for a $1.25.

Steak la Salisbury.

It's a trap.

You'll wind up with hamburger.

I like hamburger.

Know what happens when you order

hamburger in a place like this?

A sneer sweeps through the entire place.

The sweet ones for the ladies.

The piano player's gone,

but we got an accordionist.

She plays beautifully.

Oh, thanks.

- You wanna take our order now?

- Oh, yes, sir.

We'll have three sirloin steaks, medium,

three coffees and three lemon...

- How do you stand a lemon chiffon pie?

- Oh, I like it very much.

- No soup first or a little herring?

- Not tonight.

Oh, I'll bring you something nice.

- No extra charge.

- Oh, thank you.

Are the drinks sweet enough?

Oh, yes they're fine, I think.

It tastes very well.

- I got a son in the Army, your age.

- Well, it's a big Army.

I've not heard from him five months.

They're pretty slow delivering

those letters from over there now.

He volunteered the first week

for paratroopers.

I said, "Well, what do you want

to be a jumper for?"

So he tells me, "Pop, you might as well

know my secret. I never liked walking."

Three streaks, medium.

I'll bring you the best we got.

Here's to your son.

May he always land in clovers.

His name is Freddie, thanks.

I'm sorry about

there being no dance floor.

Oh, that's all right. I don't dance.

I haven't danced since I left Sheboygan.

That's in Wisconsin.

- I've heard.

- I used to live there on Highland Avenue.

That is Mayor James Walker's picture

up there on the wall.

Oh, he was very popular.

I saw him in a parade once.

He waved at me.

Is that true about you not dancing?

Yes, except in high school.

We had several dances then.

- Didn't your boyfriends complain?

- My boyfriends?

- I didn't have any.

- Ma'am, I don't believe you.

A girl as pretty as you?

Miss Ullman, I turn to you for the truth

about Ruthie's boyfriends.

In Sheboygan, there was a boy

named William Stoeffle and he and l...

I'm sorry, I was just remembering.

I feel like the show this afternoon

is still going on.

It is, only you've been promoted

to the heroine.

Come on, take a bow.

Well, this is where I live.

I'd ask you up but it's very late.

So it is. It is after 8:00.

I enjoyed myself very much,

Mr. Hugenon.

It was exceedingly kind of you

to take me along. Good night.

Buenas noches, seorita. My sombrero

sweeps the ground at your feet.

See you tomorrow, Ruthie.

No, I mean Monday.

I don't remember

my father being unhappy.

Sometimes he objected the way she dressed

or kidded her about her funny old hats.

There was nothing really wrong

as far as I knew.

It all happened in a minute.

One night we were waiting

for him to come home for dinner...

...and the phone rang.

I answered it and he said,

"Ruth, let me speak to your mother."

And his voice sounded sort of sad or sick

so I gave her the phone.

And then he said... I heard this part.

- He said, "Hello, Agnes."

He said, "I'm calling to tell you

that I'm not coming home anymore.

You'll never see me again.

It has to be this way."

And he hung up.

That's a pretty awful thing to hear.

Yes, she couldn't take it. It was...

Well, I don't know if I should tell you this.

Nobody knows except Mrs. Hamer

and the doctor but she tried to kill herself.

And you've had to stand guard

ever since.

Well, it comes back every once in a while

if she gets too lonely.

Poor lady.

I'm glad I told you, though, because

if she says anything wrong about men...

...you'll know it's nothing personal.

Sometimes she stays up all night

talking about how horrible men are.

She doesn't want you

to get hurt as she did.

Well, she keeps waiting for my father to call

every time the phone rings.

He'll call, you'll see.

After all these years? No.

After a hundred years. But it'll ring again.

- Why do you say that?

- Oh, I don't know. It's just the way I feel.

You know, I really don't understand you.

Except that you are very kind.

I left my mother's dinner in the ice box.

I hope Mrs. Hamer remembered.

Mama?

Mama, are you all right?

Did you eat anything?

I wasn't hungry.

I'm never hungry

when I have to eat alone.

Mama, I'm sorry.

I thought Mrs. Hamer would come up.

I just won't rely on her anymore.

All she makes is promises,

nothing but promises.

- I'll only be a minute.

- Oh, that's all right.

- You must be starved.

- Thank you.

It really isn't late, Mama.

It's not quite 9.

Remember the last time I went

with Miss Ullman, it was after 10:30.

Of course, it's all right.

Oh, I'm glad you're home.

I feel better.

Now, you eat something.

I better run now.

Oh, do you have to go?

Yes, catch the 9:45.

Thanks a lot for a wonderful day.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you for such a nice time, Art.

- I'll be here at 10 sharp tomorrow morning.

- Well, l... I don't really know if...

Yes, I'd be very happy

to have you call tomorrow.

Good, we'll have

the whole Sunday together.

- That is, if it's all right with you.

- Oh, yes, it's all right.

- Well, good night, Ruthie.

- Good night.

Good night, Mrs. Wood.

- Good night.

- Good night.

I feel all right today.

No pains and nothing.

Tomorrow, it'll be awful.

That's how the arthritis works.

It's a terrible thing.

Beautiful.

Only you ought to have a pink sash

with a bow in the back.

Well, he'll be here soon.

I'll have to hurry.

I put four bottles of beer in the ice box,

Mrs. Hamer.

Please don't drink it all at once.

- Put some perfume on.

- I will.

And there's plenty of dinner and supper

in the ice box for Mama and for you too.

It's 11:
30.

Lousy fellow, they're all alike.

I wouldn't give a nickel for them.

You go ahead, go.

Go by yourself. He ain't coming.

You heard about Mrs. Feasley

of the fourth floor.

She got a telegram from the war.

Her husband's missing.

Cheered her up.

I told her, "I know them husbands.

He ain't missing.

He just don't want to come home."

Now, go on, go to the picture show

and have some fun.

What's the matter with you

all of a sudden?

What are you looking at her so funny for?

I told you and told you,

they're all the same.

All they want is to hurt you.

But you wouldn't listen to me.

So now it's happened again,

to you this time.

To you, Ruth.

Don't get excited. It's the milkman.

I'm sorry. I had to fight my way up to the

colonel to get a pass. Took me two hours.

Did Dixie Dooley telephone,

tell you I'd be late?

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