No Man of Her Own Page #4

take such a fast train?

Come on. We have to

get going. Come on.

Oh, no, no, no! Wait, darling,

till I get my mules.

Well, hurry up. Make it

snappy. All right, come on.

Hello, Mr. Stewart.

Been away?

Well, well, Mr. Collins. Here

in person to wish us luck, eh?

Well, here she is.

Mrs. Stewart.

How do you do, ma'am?

I'm glad to know you,

Mr. Collins.

Drop in and see us sometime,

will you?

Thanks.

I know I've neglected you.

It'll be soon now.

In the bedroom.

All yours?

Well, I hope so.

How do you like it?

It's lovely.

Go on, take a good look.

Why don't you

take your hat off?

You know you're going to

stay a while.

Well, I'd better.

Oh, let me look around,

will you?

I wanna see everything.

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

BABE:
That must be Charlie.

Hello, you mug!

Hello, pie-face.

How are you?

Oh, swell. How's the boy?

How's things, huh?

Good.

Come on in,

I want you to meet the wife.

The what?

Darling, this is my pal,

Charlie Vane.

I'm glad to know

any of Jerry's friends.

And I'm delighted to meet

any of his wives.

(CHUCKLING UNCOMFORTABLY)

Well, how do you

like New York?

You don't have to make conversation

with Connie. She'll make it with you.

Darling, we have some business.

Would you like to wash up?

How'd you guess it?

Excuse me.

Darling, don't keep me

waiting too long.

I'm liable to get Ionesome.

BABE:
All right, honey.

"Liable to get Ionesome.

All right, honey."

Oh, who is the Jane?

I tell you, she's my wife.

(SCOFFS)

No, no kidding.

Shotgun?

Flip of a coin.

You lost.

Right.

And I never go back on a coin.

So that's the "frail chance".

No drinks during the day.

You know that.

So you're doing fine,

winning Janes in a lottery.

What you gonna do with her?

Show her a good time

for a while,

then send her back home with a

couple of grand, a swell trousseau.

She deserves it.

She's a good kid, and clever.

Darling.

Yes, dear?

I don't seem to be able to find

room for these with all my clothes.

Let's give them to

the Salvation Army, huh?

And I think these

girls' pictures are terrible.

Didn't I tell you

she was clever?

Stick around a while and learn

something. It'll do you good.

You know, I think I'll take

her along on the next game.

We got a party all set

for tomorrow night.

You were laying low so long. I

thought you'd want to get back to work.

Vargas guarantees big money.

Well, I suppose you bozos know

that Collins is on the trail again.

No.

Yeah, met me downstairs.

Now we got to pull a twist.

From now on, I bow out of the winnings.

You deal yourself the winning hand.

Okay.

And no jacks next to the 10.

Oh, now that wasn't my...

All right, all right.

You're sure Morton

didn't press those charges?

I told you, Kay has him

out on his yacht.

She has him going again?

One kiss from her and he

wants to turn a handspring.

But of course he can't.

See, now, Babe, if you'll

just... Yeah, all right, Charlie.

Now you run along on downstairs and

see if the street is still there.

I have some

unfinished business.

And listen, we'll have that game with

Vargas tonight. I wanna shake columns.

You're not really going to bring

along that kid from the sticks?

Yeah, you wait till

you see her all dolled up.

You know, I have

a hunch she'll make

Kay and all the others

look like a pair of deuces.

All right, sailor.

On your way, on your way.

(SHOWER RUNNING)

Honey...

Oh, don't come in!

I say, hurry, darling. We'll run

down and pick up some clothes.

I want you to meet some friends of mine

tomorrow night. Show you off to town.

Do I get the key to the city?

I'm calling the mayor

right now.

(LAUGHING)

Darling, I've just got to take

my shoes off. They're killing me.

I took a B width

instead of C.

(GROANS)

Honey, you knocked them

dead tonight.

What a break for little Connie.

The only girl with four men.

You can't deny I was

the most popular woman there.

But I know I should have worn the

blue dress instead of this, darling.

How am I gonna wear

all those things?

You'll have to find a way.

But it's fun to go shopping.

Let's go again tomorrow,

but let's not buy anything.

I'll buy you anything I like.

Yes, and I think I'll let you. What

are you, a millionaire or something?

Losing $3,000 that way

in one evening.

I never knew there was

that much money in the world.

The next time I play,

I'll win it back.

Plus some. Vane and Vargas just

had the breaks tonight, that's all.

Yes. Well, from now on

I'm bookkeeper in this family.

Will you look what Mr. Brent

and Mr. Carrington lost?

$5,000 between them.

Nothing unusual, honey, this is

New York. Anything can happen.

I know what's gonna happen

to Mr. Babe.

You're gonna get some sleep.

It's after 3:
00.

You have to work tomorrow.

Work?

Oh, yes, yes, yes. I've been on a vacation

so long, I almost forgot about work.

What time do you get up,

7:
00 or 8:00?

Honey, that's too far away

for me to think of.

All right, Mr. Brent.

Then you and Mr. Carrington didn't

lose that money tonight to Babe Stewart.

But you did lose it to Charlie Vane, and

I'm telling you he's one of Babe's outfit.

It's just a blind.

There won't be any publicity.

That fellow belongs in jail, and if I

can get your help, I'll put him there.

I'll keep it out

of the papers, I...

Then I can't get you

to change your mind, eh?

And you better bring

an extra pot of coffee.

Very well, madam.

Thank you.

Jerry. Jerry.

Babe.

Darling.

It's time to get up. Breakfast

will be right up, dear.

Oh, I'm sleepy.

Honey, close those curtains.

You wanna be at the office

at 8:
00, don't you?

I'm on Wall Street. Doesn't open

till 10:
00. Good night, darling.

Honey, close those curtains.

Come on, say it now, come on.

I love you.

CONNIE:
That's settled.

(SHOWER RUNNING)

Darling, don't be funny

so early in the morning.

I never laugh

until I've had my coffee.

It's cold. Honey, get me

my bathrobe, will you?

Here it is.

And we're going to bed

early tonight, too.

Tonight?

It isn't even morning yet.

Honey. Honey.

What suit do you want me to put

out for you? Brown, blue or gray?

Lay them all out, darling.

I'll wear them all!

Darling, I wish you didn't

have to go to work so early.

With you at the office, the

days are gonna be awfully long.

Yeah, that's what

I've been thinking.

Oh, sweetie, don't forget to

leave me your telephone number.

I wanna call you

during the day.

(SPUTTERING)

Top card.

Charlie.

Charlie!

Huh? What? What's up?

Oh, nothing,

I just dropped in.

I've never been up against

anything like it in my life.

Something's got to be done.

At 8:
30 in the morning?

Have you gone mad?

Yeah. No. I've been up

for an hour.

Put out of my house to go to work. Work?

Now listen, I don't want to be

wakened in the middle of the night

to hear funny stories.

What are we going to

do about that girl?

That's your problem,

don't bother me.

I'm gonna give her some dough

and send her back.

What? Don't be silly. Keep her,

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