The Golden Boys Page #3

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pay her fare, too?

If she comes down here...

...and signs articles,

like she says in here...

...we all are going to be paying

a lot more than just fares.

And I agree with him.

This woman has a lot of sense.

And you, sir...

...will be going to the depot.

...as well as he and I.

The three of us will go to the depot.

Why don't you go down there

and you meet her...

...and you bring her here?

- I'll wait for her here.

- No, Jerry.

Got to treat her decent.

You are going to the depot.

Here they come.

Godfrey domino!

Heave to! Heave to!

There's no danger.

What do you mean no danger?

She knows where we live!

We're going to scoot back to the shanty...

...and we'll stay there

until she gets tired and goes home.

That's it.

Yeah. Go on. Laugh.

You set there tee-heeing

like a Bedlamite.

That's what I'd expect of you.

Oh, my body and soul.

There she comes now.

She's heading up the hill!

- Did you lock the dining room, Perez?

- Why should I lock it?

She'll go in there and sit and wait for us!

Well, now...

...one of us has got to go up there...

...and tell her she don't suit...

...and pay her fare back home.

And I think Jerry

ought to be the one, since...

...since he's the bridegroom.

Me?

You fellas got me in this scrape.

Now let's see you get me out of it.

I ain't going to move a step

unless it's out to sea.

It's a man.

He's been up to the house.

Hey.

Over here!

Over here, on your lee bow!

Mr. Hazeltine, just...

...just go on around to the back.

- Here.

- Captain.

Mr. Hazeltine, I'd like you to make...

...the acquaintance of Captain Jerry here.

- And Captain Perez.

- Hello.

- Pleased to meet you both.

- My shipmates.

We're... Sort of up to here.

We're waiting to get our bearings.

We're...

We're not out of our heads.

I'm saying that because I know

that's what it looks like.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

What we want to know is...

...have you been up to our house,

and was there anybody there?

Yes, I've been there.

The housekeeper.

That is, I suppose

it was the housekeeper...

...that opened the door

and said you were out...

...and I should wait or come back.

I told you.

I knew it. Didn't I tell you? Yeah.

Just hush up for one minute, Jerry.

Now, this woman that you say

you thought was a housekeeper...

...what was she doing?

She seemed very much at home.

That's why I thought

she was the housekeeper.

There you go. I mean, she's going to

stay there maybe forever.

I mean, she's got...

...she's got too good a thing going for her.

- That's... Come on.

- Too big a thing going...

Hush!

The thing is we're in kind of

a ridiculous scrape here...

...one that we got to get out of alone.

I'll...

I'll tell you about it sometime...

...but not now.

Well, I'll leave you to it, then.

Yeah.

Good day to you all.

All right. Now that's it.

No more stalling!

We got to go up there and see her.

And that's all! Now come on.

No! I'm telling you...

...that all this running around,

this hiding...

...it just sickened me

on this whole subject.

And I'm just not... I'm not about to do

nothing, have nothing to do.

I ain't going up there.

If there's any kind of talk of marriage...

...or any other female up there.

All right. I'll go.

Good.

And I'll tell her you're bashful...

...and you're dying to get married.

No! You ain't going to do that!

He ain't going to do that, is he?

I don't know. But, uh, maybe you shouldn't

have been so pig-headed.

You're not Captain Burgess.

No, ma'am.

My name is Hedge.

You're not Miss Snow?

Mrs. Snow.

I'm a widow.

I feel as if I know you, Captain Hedge.

The boy in the depot wagon

told me all about you...

...and Captain Ryder

and Captain Burgess.

Well, hey, I hope he gave us a clean bill.

Well, he didn't say nothing against you,

if that's what you mean.

If he had, I don't think it would've

made much difference.

I've lived long enough to want

to find things out for myself...

...not take folks' say-so.

I judge you got my letter

and was expecting me.

Now, if it ain't too much trouble...

I'd like to know

where Captain Burgess is...

...and why he wasn't at

the depot to meet me.

Well, the truth is, ma'am...

...we was at the depot.

You was?

Thing is...

...we thought you was

somebody else.

No.

We thought

somebody else was you...

...and, though, I'm sure

she's a fine lady...

...she was...

Well, there. If that don't beat all.

I don't blame Captain Burgess

a mite, poor thing.

I guess I'd have run, too,

if I'd seen that woman.

I mean, she was sitting

in the seat next to me, and...

Well, she had a shut-over bag

considerable like mine...

...and when she got up to get out,

she took mine by mistake.

Oh, dear, dear.

Where is Captain Burgess?

He's in a fish shack down the road...

...and as upset as he is...

I'm not sure when he's ever

going to break cover.

Rock of ages.

Cleft for me.

Let me hide.

Myself in thee.

Well, Captain Hedge,

there are one or two things.

...that I need to say right here.

In the first place, I ain't in the habit.

...of answering advertisements

from folks that wants to get married.

I ain't so hard up for a man

as all that comes to.

And the next thing, I didn't come here...

...with my mind made up

to marry Captain Burgess...

...not by no means.

I'll tell you what. I...

I'll go down to the shack...

...and I'll get Captain Burgess, and...

No, you shan't, either.

I'll tell you what we'll do.

It's nearly supper already...

...and I need to be getting to the tavern.

I suppose if it's not too much trouble,

you could walk me there.

And I'll stay there tonight...

...and tomorrow, I'll come down here...

...and we'll all have a commonsense talk.

That is the most sensible thing

I have heard today.

Come on! Keep that water

moving, will you?

Big fire in the village!

All hands on deck! Hey!

Come on, you!

Keep that water going there!

And don't break the bottles!

- Keep it going!

- Get those bottles out of there!

Keep that water moving, will you?

How'd it start, Web?

- How'd it start?

- Yeah.

I know mighty well how it started.

But what I'm going to find out

before this night is over...

...is who started it,

and they're going to pay!

You hear me? Come on, you!

Keep that water going there!

- Come on!

- Get the water on there!

"He burnt all their houses

wherein they dwell...

...and all their goodly castles with fire. "

Oh, no. That's not good.

It's all right, John.

Kerosene.

I'm going to get you out of this.

Well, don't worry, shipmate.

I'll fix it up.

Make sure they'll think...

...you were running to help

put out the fire.

Yeah. They'll never know you set it.

Okay.

All right. Here.

Oh, yeah.

We have a man upstairs in our house...

...who may live and who may not live.

If he lives...

...he's going to be

sick in our house for a long time.

What do we do?

Who's going to take care of him?

You got to get married now.

To the fat lady?

Well...

...she'd be shade in the summer...

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