Night After Night Page #6

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It's too enchanting! | I- I can't grasp it.

Can I have some of that stuff that | makes Miss Prinny go to the woods?

You bet you can. | Oh!

I thought you were so | sure she was comin' back.

Well, I'm not takin' any | chances. Call up all the Healys.

But there's 1,700 of'em. I don't | care if there's a million. Find her.

I got Bolton's office | on the phone for you,Joe.

Hello. Mr. Bolton there?

Joe Anton.

You think he'll be there | this afternoon?

You know where I can | locate him? Aw, never mind.

Here's the | city directory,Joe.

Oh, here | he is,Joe.

Well, did you find | her? We never fail, kid.

Does Miss Healy | expect you?

Yes, in a way she does. | I'll see if she's home.

Your name again, please? Mr. Anton.

Wait in here.

Hello.

Oh, hello.

Well, this is a surprise! | Anymore exciting times?

Yeah, uh, this really | excites me.

What does? | This view.

Oh, yes, the buildings | are rather exciting.

But that view's nothing | compared to- Come here.

You can see the harbor | from here.

Look.

Say! | Well, say it.

I wouldn't know how | to say it. Gee!

What a place | to live in.

Yes, it is nice.

This bedroom's got it | all over your old one.

I'll bet the moonlight | comes in there, all right.

I suppose it does. I don't | notice it as I used to.

That's a picture of | Bolton, ain't it? Uh-huh.

That's another one, huh?

Yes, that's | his favorite pony.

Some nag, all right.

You and Mr. Bolton are old | friends, ain't you? Of course.

By the way, what happened to | your friends? What friends?

Miss Jellyman and Miss Trip | - What was her name?

Triplett? | Yes, that's it.

Oh, nothing. I thought | they were so nice.

Mr. Anton!

What? | Please!

What do you mean?

Well, it's | rather sudden.

What's sudden about it? Isn't it?

Didn't you kiss me | last night?

Oh! | Didn't you?

Well, yes, of course.

But that was last night. I was | thrilled. I had to do something.

Oh, you were thrilled, | eh? Yes, terribly.

So that's all it meant. | Well, but of course.

What did you think | it might mean?

I'll tell you what I thought.

I thought you might be in love with | me, see. Now you know how dumb I am.

Oh! Believe it or not, I come | over to ask you to marry me.

Oh, I'm terribly sorry | you took it that way.

Don't be sorry. | I get it all right, now.

You would have kissed any | guy that done the same thing.

Well, I don't know | about that. I-

Anyway, it didn't | mean nothin'.

Yeah, the pirates of today | are pretty dumb.

So long.

Oh, Mr. Anton, | wait.!

I don't know what to say.

But I do know I don't want you | to go away thinking badly of me.

No hard feelings.

And you'll drop in to | ''55'' again, maybe.

Well, I don't know. Mr. Bolton | and I are going abroad Thursday.

Mr. Bolton? We're going to be married.

Oh! | See?

Yeah. I didn't know you | was in love with him.

I'm not. | You're not?

Well, what are you | marrying him for?

Don't | - Don't tell me you're marryin' him for his dough?

Would that | surprise you very much?

So that's it! | Well, well.

Well, what? | Nothin'.

Dough's pretty good stuff, | and he's got his share.

I certainly | congratulate you.

Why, you talk as if | that's all he had.

No, I got | no quarrel with him.

And I'm sure you're gonna be very | happy. You've got all you need.

What did you think I wanted? | Something you had?

Now, now, don't pay no | attention to anything I say.

But I had an idea, see? I had an idea | that up in this part of the worid...

there was somethin' worth the | gettin', and I went after it.

But I see now | it was just my imagination.

In other words, you're | telling me what you think of me.

I'm tellin' you, as I look at you now, | you're just another dame with a skirt.

And there's no difference between you and | Iris, except the way you manicure your nails.

Why, how dare you | speak to me like that!

Well, my dear Miss Park | Avenue, I suppose I dare to,

because I got nothing | but contempt for you.

Contempt!

No, I wouldn't | even say that.

You'd better | take that back!

I ain't even got that. You're | nothin' to me, just nothin' at all.

And if I was a pirate, | and had you on my ship,

I wouldn't | toss you to the crew.

Get out of here! | Get out of here!

I'm on my way.

So long, baby.

I don't get you. You understand | English? I'm not sellin'.

You can't change your | mind like that,Joe.

You're goin' to tell me | what to do, huh? You know it.

You'd better change that tone in | your voice, or I'll change it for you.

Keep your hands out | of your pockets.

Okay,Joe, but you ain't | goin' to be here long.

What you gonna do? Make another | speech and tell me how tough you are?

No, I'm through talkin'.

That's great. | Come on, boys.

See that the boys get out | all right, Blainey. Okay,Joe.

How's business upstairs? Great.

What's the matter? | She let you down?

Never mind that. Did | Hennessey pay his bill?

Atta boy! Back in your own | backyard, huh? You said it!

Number 55 West | - I know the place, lady, I know.

Okay, Tom.

But my good fortune need not | interfere with your lessons, Mr. Anton.

No more lessons, Miss | Jellyman. They're out.

Out? | Out like a light.

And you were | getting on so nicely.

No more gentleman stuff | for me. He's right, Mabel.

What's the sense of trying | to be something you're not?

This guy was all right in the first | place. You only thought you were wrong.

Come on, snap out of it, | ya dog!

Always a pal, eh, Maudie? What do | you think of her, Miss Jellyman?

Wait for me.

Where's Mr. Anton? | He's around.

Something I can do for you? | Yes, tell me where he is.

Sit down. I'll find | him. I won't sit down.

Then stand up, and I'll | see if I can find him.

No man can say the things he | said to me and get away with it!

Oh!Just a minute! | Just a minute!

So long, kid. I know what | to do if the worst happens.

Notify your uncle. | Scram. I'm busy.

There's a tiger in the lobby. | What are you talking about?

The lady, Miss Healy, | the classy gal.

Did you ever see her | with her Irish up?

Where is she? | Down in the lobby.

All right, chief.

Hide your guns | and take it easy.

Buy you a drink, | Joe?

It looks like | you're doin' all right.

So there you are! Go ahead, | don't let me stop you.

Well, you were right, | weren't you? I don't get you.

You said I was a lot of things. | You can see you were right.

There's nobody as bad | as I am, nobody!

You wouldn't throw me | to the crew, huh?

You said I was like Iris | and I'm here to prove it.

This only proves | something very different.

What do you mean?

It proves that you are a lady, | and a little stuck on me at that.

What are you talking | about? What do you think?

Do you think you'd come over | here if you didn't want me?

This roughhousing the place is | just a fancy way of puttin' it.

Now you're boring me.

If I'm boring you, it's because | I'm talkin' instead of takin' you,

and that's what | you came here for.

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