The Little Colonel Page #5

You know I can't stand noise.

- Take that infernal dog and put him out.

- Yes, sir.

- Walker.

- Yes, sir?

Uh, take Miss Lloyd to her room

and have Maria put her to bed.

Yes, sir.

Good night, dear.

Good night, Grandfather.

What are you wearing

those old clothes for?

Why don't they dress you up

when you go visiting?

It isn't showing proper respect

to send you off...

in the oldest things you have.

They're the best I've got,

and I like them.

And anyway,

I don't need any new ones...

because pretty soon

we'll be going away.

Going away? Where?

To the poorhouse.

Now, now, Miss Lloyd,

where you goin'?

I'm going home to my mother.

She loves me,

even if my clothes are old and ugly.

Why, the colonel loves you too,

Miss Lloyd.

It's just because his rheumatism

is botherin' him that he's so cranky.

My, my! You should hear

the things he says to me.

They would just curl your hair.

Would they really curl my hair?

Would they?

You can see what they did to mine.

I don't wanna go up there.

Why, everybody's got to go upstairs,

Miss Lloyd, if they wants to go to bed.

I don't want to.

Look here.

Will you go if I show you

a brand-new way how to go up stairs?

How could there be a new way

to go up stairs?

Now, you just watch.

# I went to the market

for to get some beef #

#And the beef's so tough #

#And I couldn't get enough #

# I paid five dollars

for a great big hog #

#And the hog's so fat

And I couldn't get back ##

- I wanna do that too.

- All right.

- Are you ready?

- Yep.

Come on.

Ah!

Say, you catch on quick.

Look out now.

Here's your last one.

What's going on around here?

Oh!

Whew! That's the fastest my feet ever moved.

I like to go up stairs that way.

You sure learn fast.

Now, tomorrow,

I'll show you some more steps.

- Good night, Miss Lloyd.

- Good night.

- Pleasant dreams.

- Now, honey, we gonna go to bed.

Fritz, hup. Hup.

Now, you be quiet for a spell

until the coast is clear...

then I'll take you upstairs.

The little lady up there

might be powerful glad to see you.

I want my mother.

- Is that you, Walker?

- Yes, sir.

What in blazes

are you prowling around for?

Why, Colonel, sir,

I thought maybe you might like...

one of them special hot toddies

before you go to sleep.

Well, that's a good idea.

- Fetch it.

- Yes, sir.

What's that?

Me, sir.

I kind of got a misery in my throat.

Well, do something about that.

Yes, sir.

Oh, Fritzy, I'm so glad to see ya.

Now I can go to sleep.

Go to sleep now.

Walker!

I don't know how that dog

got in there, sir. Honest, I don't.

- Ah, he probably crawled up the chimney.

- Yes, sir.

Well, never mind about that.

I want you to go to town on Saturday...

and buy a lot of little girls' clothes.

- What shall I buy, sir?

- Well, what do you suppose?

Hats, shoes...

stockings, dresses...

and whatever goes under the dresses.

- Yes, sir.

- And, Walker?

Yes, sir?

- I'm an old fool.

- Yes, sir!

And that's the end of the story.

It would be nice

if life were more like books.

Then when a couple married,

their troubles would be over instead of...

just beginning.

The only trouble we have is your illness.

And the sooner you stop fretting,

the sooner we'll be rid of that.

How do you do?

Is Mr. Jack Sherman at home?

- Yes, he is. Won't you come in?

- Thank you.

How do you do, Mr. Sherman?

My name is Jeremy Higgins.

- I represent the Union Pacific Railroad.

- I'm honored, sir.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- How can I serve you?

Well, sir,

"short and sweet" is my motto...

and I'll state my business

just as briefly as possible...

and then all you need

to tell me is yes or no.

What is it you want?

I want a right-of-way

through your Western property.

- I don't understand.

- It's very simple.

Our engineers were going

to tunnel through a mountain...

but if we have the right-of-way across

your property, that won't be necessary.

- Well, l-

- Now, now, we know exactly what you paid for it...

and we'll give you $5,000

for your right-of-way.

But frankly, sir, we will not stand

for a squeeze. No, sir.

Now, remember, all you have to do

is give us the right-of-way...

and you'll retain all the rest

of your property.

- Well, will you deal?

- I'm knocked off my pins.

Now, now, my dear sir,

I am a man of very few words.

- All I want from you is yes or no.

- It's yes, of course!

Good. Good. I'll have

the necessary papers drawn up-

all except the legal description

of the property...

which, of course,

I can get from your deed.

- You have your deed, of course?

- Yes, it's at my bank.

You have it here tonight,

and I'll have a check for you.

That's the way the Union Pacific

does business.

Good day. Good day.

Oh, my darling!

This is more cure than all the medicine.

I'm well again.

Oh, no, you're not.

Now, you just be quiet.

The best part of it is that now we won't

have to ask your father for anything.

And he can't laugh at me

for being a failure.

Now, look, Elizabeth,

you must go to the bank.

I'll give you a note to Mr. Jennings,

and get all the papers I left there.

- The deed is with them.

- Yes, dear, I will.

Oh, it's almost too good to be true!

Miss Lloyd, there's only one word

for the way you look in your new clothes...

and that is "scrumptious."

- Sure is a-quality.

- Uh-huh.

Are you gonna show me some new steps today?

Not today, Miss Lloyd.

You see, I gotta drive to town.

You, Walker! Better hurry on now.

Hear that? Now, you know

I ain't got no time for dancin'.

# I say, you hear me #

# I just ain't got time #

#To do no dancin' today ##

You, Walker! Where is you?

Now I'm really goin'.

Hello in there.

Well, bless my buttons.

If it isn't the little colonel.

Why, good day, young lady.

How does your "copperossity"

seem to "sagashuate," hmm?

What's the matter?

Has the cat still got your tongue?

You ought to be glad to see us.

We're old friends of yours, and we've

come a long way to see your daddy.

- Where is he?

- He's home, and he's sick.

Oh. Sick, is he? That's too bad.

Uh, where's home?

It's down at the end of the road.

Thanks, Colonel.

You're still a colonel, I suppose?

Good-bye.

Those are bad men.

I heard Papa Jack say so.

Come in.

- Why, Jack, old partner.

- What's wrong, Jack?

- What's happened to you?

- I've been very ill.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear it.

Anything I can do?

No, thank you.

Maybe when you find out

why we're here, you'll feel better.

When we sold you that land,

we did it in good faith.

- Didn't we, Hull?

- That's right.

We thought there was gold, and plenty on it,

then we went on to California.

On our way back, we stopped off

to see how you were faring...

and we found out what had happened.

Partner, we felt bad about it,

didn't we?

- That's right.

- Go on.

Now we'll prove we're honest.

We made this long trip to find you

to give you back your money.

Oh, you did, did you?

Yes, sir, every penny of it.

Why, I couldn't sleep again if I thought

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