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the welfare of the child.

Of course. Therefore, I have

had Mr. Clark draw up a document.

You agree to surrender the

child. I agree to adopt her.

That's a lot of words.

How long would it take a lawyer to say

"the black cat of my aunt has 18 kittens"?

Really, Mr. Day, I...

This is no time for levity.

When does the levity

begin around here?

Are we to understand that you refuse Mr.

Higginson's generous offer without even...

Considering the type of

person we have to deal with,

we thought it might

come to that.

You knew it would

come to that.

How much do you want?

Seventy-five

thousand dollars.

Why, that's ridiculous!

An outrage!

Blackmail.

I won't be held up this way.

I told you he was a scoundrel.

Oh. So you've told him.

And I'll give you 20,000...

and not another penny.

Well?

Magnificent, hmm?

You know,

we can manufacture these...

for almost nothing and sell them

at the five-and-ten; make a fortune.

No charge for the idea.

Ah, I take it I'm not invited

for lunch, so I'll move along.

I'll be out in the garden when you

make up your mind to pay me the 75,000.

Oh, 40,000, then.

Five years ago when you

removed me from the family,

you called me

a blackguard and a cad.

Forty thousand will just

pay for the "blackguard. "

The "cad" will cost you

35,000 more.

Make up your mind, and don't

take too long about it.

You see, Mr. Cosgrove,

the gypsy chief...

asked me if you wouldn't like to

have his gypsies camp on your lawn.

It's too bad, Mr. Cosgrove,

that the noise disturbed you.

But you see, sometmes they

have the most marvelous partes,

and hundreds of gypsies

come from Spain and every place.

They have such a good tme

that they forget...

Hello.

Uh, I'm looking for an old

friend of mine, a Mr. Cosgrove.

- Oh, do you know him?

- Oh, very well.

Uh, may I sit down there

with you?

Please do.

Having any fun today? I've been

sailing my boat around the island.

I wanted to see where

the pirates camped last night.

Uh, do you keep your sailboat padlocked

to the dock so the pirates can't steal it?

No. Uncle George

keeps it padlocked...

so I won't sail it alone.

He's afraid.

You see, I didn't really

sail around the island,

not honor bright.

Honor bright? You can only say that

when it's honest-to-goodness true.

Oh. Where did you

learn that?

From my mother. You see,

pirates are true, all right,

but not honor-bright true.

Oh, of course.

What's your name?

Jerry.

Mine is Pennie Day.

Mmm. I had an idea it might

be. Are you a good sailor?

I could be. Honor bright.

But he won't let me.

Why not? Uncle George just doesn't

believe in people having fun.

Mmm. I've noticed that.

Let's go sailing.

Oh, I'd love it!

But...

I learned a magic trick

about padlocks in India.

Really? Honor bright?

Honor bright.

Hocus-pocus.

Dominocus.

Ha ha ha!

Uh, should we take

Mr. Cosgrove along?

Of course. You'll come,

won't you, Mr. Cosgrove?

Sit right there,

Mr. Cosgrove.

Whoa, oh! Be careful,

Mr. Cosgrove! There.

What is it?

So this is their island, huh?

Yes. And we'll have to

be very careful.

They may be hiding in the woods. Ooh.

Where did you see them

hide the treasure?

Right over there.

Right there?

I forgot to tell you.

Last night the pirates came

and took the treasure away.

Hmm. You're Pennie Day,

all right.

Well, there may be some left.

Come on, let's both dig.

You dig there. See?

You dig there.

Look!

Look what I found!

Chinese money!

The treasure!

Sure enough!

Look!

Why, a shilling.

We'd better hurry.

The enemy's coming.

It's been a wonderful

adventure.

The best I've had

in a long time too.

We'll have to surrender now. I

wish we'd brought some guns along.

Good-bye, Jerry.

Good-bye, Pennie.

What have you got

in your hand?

Nothing... much.

Open your hand.

Hmm.

Why can't you let her alone?

I insist on being obeyed.

Now go to your room

at once.

Afraid she might be

having a little fun, huh?

It's discipline she needs,

not fun.

Well, I've decided to make you

a final offer... final...

of $60,000.

Poor child.

I said $60,000.

Listen, my dear brother-in-law.

You've always had the idea

that it was your duty...

to run other people's lives.

You wrecked your sister's! You've

pretty well kicked mine over.

You wanna keep the fun

out of Pennie's.

You've got the gall to think Elsie

could have been happy with you?

She was, so long as

you left us alone, Hmm.

impossible as that may seem,

my dearJason.

You got away with your interfering

before, but not now. Pennie.

Oh, all right, 75,000, then. Pennie!

Think of that child!

I am.

Pennie? I'm your father.

Oh, I knew it!

I knew it!

Miss Day, this is New York.

We're gonna wrap it up, tie a string

around it and take it home with us.

And, uh, we'll

take these too.

And this?

Yeah. W-We'll have that.

And, uh...

Here! Here! Here!

But Daddy,

I wanna put it on.

You'll, uh... I'll take her into

the fitting room. Come, dear.

Just a moment, please.

Transfers.

I'm saving them.

See? I use them

for money.

Hmm. I haven't

tried that yet.

Is it anything serious, Doctor? Nothing

that a dose of castor oil can't remedy.

Castor oil? You mean... You

mean I gotta give her castor oil?

Yes, I do. She'll have to keep

regular hours and eat the proper food.

I'm going to send her a diet

which will not include hot dogs.

See that she follows it.

And I'm gonna send you a book.

You can use some information

on the bringing up of a child.

It's quite a job, you know. Yes. Well,

thank you, Doctor, for straightening us out.

Not at all.

Good night.

Good night, dear.

Good night.

He was pretty mad at you,

wasn't he, Daddy?

Yeah.

Drug store, please.

My dear young woman, life is

not just a round of pleasure.

We must take the bad

with the good.

This is the bad

and this is the good.

Castor oil, I know.

Now, you take a spoonful of this

and I'll show you what that is.

All right. I'll take it.

But I'll keep my eyes shut.

It reminds me

of Uncle George.

No need to take this thing

so seriously.

Oh.

Oh, he's elegant.

Are you... Are you sure

you like him?

I'm just crazy about him.

I'm awful crazy

about you too, Daddy.

I've had such a good time.

Hmm. Well, now...

now you go to sleep.

I'll be in the next room

if you want me.

Good night, Daddy.

You see, Mr. Cosgrove,

he doesn't realize...

that I'm too old

to have a teddy bear.

Why, I gave up playing with such

things years ago, Mr. Cosgrove.

You stay there.

These samples just arrived this morning.

They look pretty good, don't they?

Oh, yes. They, uh,

they certainly do.

Now, these are from the...

face of the new crosscut

on the, uh, 120-foot level.

H:

- Have you had them assayed yet? Here are the reports.

Uh, oh, yes. I had my

attorney draw up the option.

Uh...

Oh, I didn't know

you had company.

Oh, come in, my dear. Come in.

All right. Come on in, dear.

This is my daughter,

Mr. Evans, Penelope,

known as Pennie. Young man, why

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