The Lawless Page #2

You're not taking her folks.

I'm not taking her either.

Anyway, it'll probably end up in a fight.

That's why I want it covered.

Well... I guess I'll have to call her

and tell I've got to work.

Never mind, I'll cover it.

Make sure you take her

somewhere impressive.

Gee, thanks.

Before you leave, check the

car loadings for the week

and phone them into Stockton.

Make a final check on the weather

in the hills for tomorrow...

And be careful tonight...

You know how they talk

in small towns.

You're telling me!

Hi ya Frank!

- Hi Harry.

- 'Bout time you got here.

What'd they do...

Make you wash the dishes?

Nobody makes me wash dishes.

You got dishpan hands!

Want to take a feel of 'em

with your eye?

Hey, what's on the program

for tonight?

I feel like dancin'.

The Country Club's jumpin'

with our parents.

Wouldn't have any fun there.

Who said anything about

the Country Club?

Some of those tomato-pickers are

pretty good-lookin' tomatoes themselves.

Oh, it's you Mr Wilding... I'm sorry.

- And if it hadn't been me?

- We'd have shaken you down.

We don't want any trouble here

in the Hollow tonight.

All I need is one.

No strings attached.

Are you just being generous?

Why not? They didn't cost me anything.

Mine didn't either.

Press, too!

What paper?

La Luz... weekly.

I didn't know there was one.

But there's a lot I don't know

about Santa Marta.

I've only been here a month.

Have you had a chance

to relax?

No reason to, until tonight.

Tonight?

Let's say I felt like dancing.

Good evening Miss Garcia.

Even if you find him, he's probably

with another girl.

He is

Then what are we waiting for?

To be introduced?

My name's Larry, Miss Garcia.

Yes, I know.

It's a small town, Mr Wilder.

I work for a newspaper.

Remember?

- He is your friend, isn't he?

- Yes.

He's trying to show me up.

- It isn't impolite to watch, is it?

- No

At the Country Club

they dance outside.

And they turn off the lights and

you can see the river down the hill.

When there's moonlight,

you can see the mountains.

It's very lovely.

Maybe the music's better here.

The music doesn't matter much

if you can see the sky.

Well doesn't that depend on

whom you're dancing with.

Yes... You came alone tonight.

It wouldn't be because you expect

something to happen, would it?

Now why would I expect that?

Coz a lot of people do.

Police down the street...

The mothers and fathers

sitting over there...

Some of the kids themselves

Take those two over there for instance.

A month ago they were trying to knock

each other's teeth out every time they met.

Cigarette?

Not in here.

Each one had a gang.

Eight boys on the block.

Sleepy Hollow... that's OK.

Nothing much to do,

so one gang fought another.

Then the police would come

and haul them off to jail.

Pretty soon people were saying

we were ALL juvenile delinquents.

Sounds like what happens

in every town.

But we're doing something

about it.

The minister... the teachers...

a lot of people in this town

figure that if you got the gangs together

the fighting would stop.

It has.

I'll throw away my pencil.

No, you can do a lot of good with it.

You could tell the people over there to...

well, look across the tracks.

Sleepy Hollow's been here for years...

I've been here a month.

So it's not your worry.

You're looking at a tired man.

I'm a guy who likes small towns.

I was born in one

and I've been going around looking back

and wondering why I ever left it

This town's a lot like

the one I remember.

The trees, the mountains...

a lot of nice people.

Blind to some things...

but who isn't?

So I'm not taking sides, or picking fights,

or telling them what to do.

I'm against grape-leaf hoppers

mama toads and Bang's disease.

Me? I'm for Mothers Day.

Excuse me.

Wasn't that the pastor

you were just talking to?

Don't you know a parson

when you see one?

Not unless his collar is

turned around backwards.

He's not that kind of a parson.

Hey, Sonny!

Special for you and your friend.

How did he know I liked to waltz?

How about this dance?

What's the matter...

don't you want to dance?

You got what you came after.

Tell Phil to get over here quick!

Come on... snap it up!

Hurry up!

You run around with a newspaperman,

you gotta get used to things like this!

You do?

Are all newspaper offices so dirty?

This is clean compared to

some I've worked on.

You take the...

Well, take any one of them.

Creel of "The Union" speaking, get me

the city desk of the 'Stockton Express'.

I cover Santa Marta for the 'Express'...

I pick up quite a few bucks that way.

City desk? This is Creel in Santa Marta.

Say we've got a riot down here...

yeah.. a big one!

You want me to dictate?

Alright.

They're on a deadline.

Catch that will you, Baby?

Just a minute please.

It's Mr Prentiss... he wants to talk

to Mr Wilder.

Tell him Larry ll call him back.

Mr Wilder will call you back.

I wonder what's troubling HIM.

Oh, hello, Miss Dawson? Jonas Creel.

Say, we've got a little

excitement down here.

A gang of fruit-tramps threw a dance

for some other gangs over in Sleepy Hollow.

'Good Fellowship Dance', they called it!

And what it did to promote

good fellowship!

Some of them started throwing

punches at each other...

and it was a shambles by the time

the cops got there.

One of the kids, one of the ringleaders,

a kid named Paul Rodriguez

slugged a cop.

Al Peters.

Yeah... He stole an ice-cream wagon

and took it on the lam!

Hold it Miss Dawson...

I'm covering for the 'Express. '

Hurry it up.

The guy with the mug... Prentiss,

wants you to call him.

And that's Caroline Tyler.

Here's the good one, Miss Dawson...

it was one of those trucks with bells on it!

Hey! That's mine!

Hit somebody your own size, will ya!

He's the guy that slugged me...

- Let me have him!

- Cut it out, Pete.

Try and act like an officer, will you!

Boy Scout badge, two bucks,

St Christophers medal... and

he sure needed it on this road.

That's the works.

Alright kid, get in the car.

Why don't you kiss him?

Get in there with him,

and behave yourself.

Andy, take this car back to 'The Shack'

Pick up the ice-cream truck.

Why don't you send Pete...

Maybe the music ll take some

of the meanness out of him.

Car 14 callin' in.

Sergeant Boswell talking.

Call off the dogs... we got him.

Hello, Larry.

Please, Miss Garcia, let's be practical.

Trials cost money...

And none of the people have

any money to throw away.

Now, I'm not charging anything

for my advice.

I'm giving it to you.

So why don't you take it and let me

plead the boys guilty?

Guilty of what?

They haven't done anything!

They're still in jail, Miss Garcia!

Now the charges against them

aren't serious...

They're assault and disturbing the peace.

They pay a small fine

and they're free.

The whole thing's forgotten.

But if I plead hem 'not guilty',

you've got to put up a bond.

And that means money.

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