The Apple Dumpling Gang Page #4

just follow the trail.

take you right to it.

thanks.

bye!

- bye.

amos, that is the most humiliating

thing that's ever happened to me.

i know. three bitty

kids with shovels...

walk right into our hideout

and get the drop on us.

i know. and you

burnt my hand, amos.

i'm sorry about that. and you

scorched a hole in my best shirt!

well, i can fix that. why did you tell

me those three bitty kids was a posse?

well, i thought i saw 'em

down there in the bushes.

oh, you couldn't see through

a barbed wired fence. theodore?

that head of yours wouldn't

hold straw. theodore?

you couldn't sell

hacksaws in a jail.

what about that big roundup in the

sky? i don't want to talk about it!

i said i... i said i...

said you were gonna spread

your blanket next to mine.

w

- why don't we dig here?

because somebody

already did dig here.

you scared? no. no

more than you are.

i'm not scared. neither am i.

i am.

bobby?

come on. a little

mouse can't hurt you.

it was just an owl.

this looks like a

pretty good place to dig.

you start over there,

and i'll dig here.

find any gold yet?

nope. did you? no.

maybe there ain't any

gold, like mr. donavan said.

pa said there was.

stop shaking it, celia! i'm not

shaking it! it won't stand still!

it's an earthquake!

let's get out of here!

bobby?

i gotta go.

are we trapped?

there must be another way out.

come on.

bobby, what's that?

well, we base

our evaluation...

on what the price of the

gold was when we checked last,

but the price may have

gone up in the meantime,

in which case the nugget

could be worth more.

the san francisco mint will

give us a receipt for the nugget,

and the cash deposit will remain in the

children's name in the quake city bank.

i'll leave that end of it to

you. i just want to make sure...

that the children's

interests are well protected.

ah, donavan, don't

worry about a thing.

we'll see that that nugget

is well taken care of.

can we touch it?

i'm sorry, ma'am.

that's as close as we

can let you get to it.

it's a piece of cake.

you mean it ain't gold?

course it's gold, stupid.

i mean getting that

nugget out of that

bank's gonna be easier

than fallin' off a log.

oh, boy! act natural.

don't do nothin' to

attract attention.

hey, uh, theodore,

how we gonna...

theodore?

how, uh... how we gonna

get it outta that bank?

all right, first we gotta

get ourselves a long ladder,

and we're gonna go in through

the skylight, through the roof.

then we gotta get

that nugget outta town,

and i figure if it's worth

$87,000, it ought to...

oh, i'd say it'd

weigh close to...

let's see. gold

is $15 an ounce.

how many ounces in a pound?

are you listening to me, amos?

yeah, but... yeah, but what?

your rear end's on fire,

theodore. oh, thank you.

ah! ow!

why didn't you tell me

my rear end was on fire?

well, you told me not to do

anything to attract attention.

you got a match? i've got...

excuse me.

ah! ah!

hello. nice day.

mabel, stanley, donavan.

hello. hi, sheriff.

well, now, this is what

i call havin' a party.

mr. donavan said we can have

all the apple dumplings we want.

did he? did he? well, that's

very generous of mr. donavan.

and he bought me

a new dress, see?

oh, i think that's the most

beautiful dress i ever saw.

awful nice kids.

yes, they are.

you still bound

for new orleans?

oh, yes. yes. well, nothing's

happened to change that.

of course, uh, i have a few things

i have to clear up here in town,

and i've gotta make

arrangements for the kids.

seems a lot of people...

are anxious to take the

youngsters to their bosoms.

they're sayin' the kids ought

to be made wards of the court...

and for me to give 'em to some

respectable family around here,

people of substance.

'course, that'd fit

right into your plans.

you'd be free to go on your

way. unencumbered. unfettered.

yeah. yeah.

fine, fine.

who wants 'em? oh, there's

no shortage of applicants.

there's the little darlin'!

here, let me have

the sweet little thing!

what do you know about children? you

don't know nothin' about the child.

let go!

all right, ladies.

ladies, this is a

private party! but he

said i could have her!

you're all gonna wind up in the

calaboose if you don't get out of here.

that'll all be decided

later on at the hearing.

out! out!

see what i mean?

they ripped my

beautiful dress.

i know, but we'll fix it.

hey. we'll fix it.

there'sgotto be better

people in this town.

there's always

miss clydesdale.

who's miss clydesdale?

dusty? mm-hmm.

but she's not married.

- that's easy to fix.

well, who can you get?

you're not suggesting... i'm

only suggesting it for the kids.

i know, but dusty's... dusty's

a fine specimen of womanhood!

i seen her get caught

in a cloudburst once,

and i wanna tell you!

yes, mr. donavan.

please marry dusty.

no two people

ever got married...

for a more honorable or

worthy cause, donavan.

think that over.

hearing's not till

the day after tomorrow.

marry dusty?

if they give us to mrs. stockley, she

won't hit us with a stick, will she?

why would she hit

you with a stick?

she hits mr.

stockley with a stick,

and she might get mad if we track

mud in the house or something.

or forget to comb our hair.

well, i'm sure she

wouldn't do that.

when mr. stockley gets mad, he

uses words i never heard before.

he's not as mean as mr. leach.

mr. leach'll put you

in a sack and throw

you in the river if

you even talk too much.

nobody's gonna throw

you in the river.

if rowdy joe dover got us, i bet

we'd have to sleep in his shed.

don't worry, clovis. if celia gets

pneumonia, i can take care of her.

we picked these for

you, mr. donavan.

so you won't forget us

when you get to new orleans.

you can press them in a book

and they'll keep forever.

then every time you see one, you'll

remember us three "widdle" kids.

that you gave away.

come on, clovis.

we better do the dishes and

not bother mr. donavan anymore.

all right!

i'll ask her.

"three 'widdle' kids"?

three little

swindlers, you mean.

bobby? what?

what's "swindlers"?

i don't know.

okay, come on.come on!

soon as we get the ladder out of

here, we head straight for the bank.

amos! amos!

yeah? ahh!

this one's too small.

get the one on the other side.

mmmm...

i'll go open the door.

it's too long. we can't

get it out this way.

push it together.

aah! you idiot!

you get on that end, and

i'll get on the other...

and then we'll

push it together.

on the count of three.

get in there and get it out!

it went through the other window.

i'm gonna pull it all the way through.

someone's comin'!

howdy.

evening.

don't worry. as soon as we get across

here, it's gonna be all downhill.

get back, you cabbage

head. you're gonna bust it.

don't worry. aah! mmm!

it's a long way

down there, theodore.

well, don't look down.

it's startin' to shake!

hoo!

don't do that.

move it! my spur's caught.

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