My Sister Eileen Page #9

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Bernhardt couldn`t have done better.

Well, stop grinning at me like that.

Ruth, Ruth!

I don`t even do the rumba.

Ruth!

Ruth!

Ruth!

Cut it out, will you?

Take it easy, will you?

Ruth!

Eileen! Hey, Eileen!

Eileen, I got an idea.

Lead them out the back door,

then run like mad for the front,

and l`ll slip you in. Come on.

You lead them and l`ll let you slip in.

They won`t follow me. It`s you they want.

Come on.

You`d better be there.

What are you doing? Get rid of them.

I got the door fixed.

All right.

Hey, wait a minute.

Stop! You`re breaking the law!

But, Sergeant, that`s just an innocent girl

from Columbus, Ohio.

She`s never seen a jail in her life.

This will positively kill her.

Why don`t you put me in there?

I started the whole thing.

She was leading the riot.

Yes, I know, but let me see her,

will you, please?

She must be scared to death in there.

She must be half out of her mind.

-Okay, Ed.

-Thank you.

Come on now, Eileen, open your mouth.

Don`t you do it, Eileen.

Don`t say a word till we get a lawyer.

Why, Ruth.

-Hello.

-What are they doing to you, darling?

Feeding me ice cream.

Isn`t that nice of the boys?

Boys, meet my sister, Ruth.

Ruth this is Mr. Murphy, Mr. Jackson,

Mr. Griswald.

-Hiya, Ruth.

-Hiya, Ruth.

-Have some ice cream?

-No. No, thank you.

-Say, Murphy, could I step in the corridor?

-Why, certainly.

-Give me the keys, Murph.

-Yeah, where are the keys?

Go way. Go way. Hold this.

There we are.

You know, Ruth,

policemen aren`t frightening at all.

In fact, they`re just about the nicest men

I ever met.

Eileen, you`re sure you`re all right?

All right? Well, of course.

Ruth, isn`t it fascinating?

Just think, Eileen Sherwood in jail.

I was just telling the boys...

You know, for an actress,

this is very valuable experience.

Of course,

we didn`t have enough experience.

-Ruth.

-Mr. Baker.

Bob, it was terribly nice of you to come.

Not at all. Came as fast as I could, Ruth.

Why, I didn`t know you knew Eileen.

Well, he certainly does.

We had a delightful talk this afternoon.

-Yes.

-We were all going out to dinner, you know.

Bob, I want you to meet the boys. Come on.

Bob, this is Mr. Murphy, Mr. Griswald

and Mr. Jackson.

-Hiya.

-Hi.

Hello, boys.

Look, Eileen, I don`t want you to worry,

but l`m afraid the news is not too good.

I did some phoning about this,

and it seems there are peculiar ramifications.

What kind of ramifications?

Well, it seems

that Washington wants Eileen held.

-Washington?

-DC?

Yes, something about foreign relations,

the Portuguese merchant marine.

Oh, my gosh. What if Dad hears about this?

We`ve got to get a lawyer.

No, it`s only a technicality.

I`m sure they`ll iron it out in a few hours,

but l`m afraid Eileen has to spend

the night in jail.

-The night?

-Well, what do you know?

-That`s terrific.

-That`s fine.

No, she can`t do that.

Darling, this is horrible for you.

Well, now, Ruth, if I have to, I have to.

Don`t worry, Ruth, we`ll get her out of here

first thing in the morning.

-Sure, everything is gonna be fine.

-We`ll take care of her.

Now, darling, l`m going to be nice

and comfortable here. You run along.

And thank you, Bob,

for everything you`ve done.

-I will see you in the morning, won`t l?

-Yes, yes, of course.

-Good night, Ruth, dear.

-Good night, darling.

Well, boys, you can lock me up now.

Come on, Ruth. We better go.

Ruth, l`m sorry I can`t see you home,

but I got something very important

to do at the office.

Here, you take my cab.

I`ll tell you all about it tomorrow.

Well, thank you and good night.

233 Barrow Street.

-Good night. Don`t you worry now.

-I won`t.

-I am a fool, Jenson, a fool.

-Yes, Mr. Appopolous.

That is my last exhibit.

Imagine, nobody came, even with a sign

in the window, ``Free ice tea.``

A hundred years from now,

the world will catch up with me.

Yes, Mr. Appopolous.

-See if you can fix the back door lock.

-Yes, Mr. Appopolous.

So you finally returned

to the scene of your crime.

Don`t you start, Appopolous. I`m in no mood

to swap subtleties with you.

Not so high and haughty,

my dear young lady.

I`ve rented this apartment for 12 years

to a lot of peculiar tenants,

but none of them ever started a riot

with the whole European continent before.

-Please, l`m tired.

-Arrests, jails.

I only hope your sister had sense enough

to give the wrong address.

Yeah, imagine what bad publicity

could do to this rat hole.

What`s that?

I am fixing the back door lock

for the next tenant.

Well, that`s fine.

It makes this studio a dead-end street.

Well, listen, I don`t hold grudges.

If you got some money, and you want

to stay on here, l`m ready to talk business.

You are? All right,

how about returning our month`s rent?

We`re still dissatisfied.

What are you talking about?

Whoever said such a thing?

I was one of the witnesses,

and I don`t remember.

Okay, witness, blow.

Me? Blow? In my own building?

Yeah, blow in your own building.

Very well, I will blow,

but 5:
00 tomorrow

when your current lease expires,

I am blowing back again.

Your slip is showing.

Yeah, this is the place, Mother.

What the... Take it off, please.

-Grandma. Dad. Dad, darling.

-Ruth.

Well, why didn`t you let us know

you were coming?

What are you doing here anyway?

Well, I tried to get this man to stay at home

and mind his own business,

but he had to come.

He`s been worrying like a fool.

-Worried? Worried about what, Dad?

-You know your father.

-ls this where you live?

-What`s wrong with it?

-lt`s lovely, isn`t it, Grandma?

-Yes.

The atmosphere in Greenwich Village...

You have no idea.

-Where`s Eileen?

-Eileen? Out for the day already.

-Eileen, at 10:
00, out for the day?

-Doing what?

Did you ever see

such a clucking old mother hen as he is?

-Now, what is she doing?

-Well, you know, she... Nothing.

I meant that she`s, you know, keeping up

friendships and making contacts, and...

Where is... Thank you.

-Ruth!

-Gee, Dad, you look great.

Why is it you never wrote

about anything definite?

Well, you see, darling, it takes time.

I`ve sent in a lot of material,

one story in particular.

I feel sure they`ll publish it.

But what about money?

Have you earned any?

-Why, if not, you can`t have a cent left.

-Sure.

-Hello there.

-Good morning, Officer.

Nice and quiet around here today so far.

Officer, this is my father.

Well, thanks very much for looking in.

Don`t mention it.

So long, Daddy.

What`s all this about?

Hiya, Ruth.

-Wreck, couldn`t you come back later?

-There ain`t going to be no later.

Helen and I are just leaving

on our honeymoon.

Honeymoon?

Mother said her daughter couldn`t

get married without her being present,

so we had to be married all over again.

Yeah, we were in kind of a tough spot.

I had to kick out behind my own goal post.

Well, so long, baby. We`ll be seeing you.

Come on, sugar foot.

Ruth, I want you to know how sorry I am

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