The Newton Boys Page #3

you'll be the first to know.

WlLLlS:
Ha ha ha ha ha!

Whoo!

WOMAN:
Stop that noise!

Who are you, and what are you

doing down there?

JESS:
Go back to bed, lady.

I got a fire siren up here.

Do you hear me?

JESS:
There ain't no fire.

WOMAN:
And if you don't

tell me what you're doing...

I'm going to crank it up.

[Scoffs]

JESS:
You touch the damn siren,

woman, I'm going to blow--

JOE:
Sorry to wake you, ma'am.

We're repairmen.

We're down here

trying to fix a lock.

Oh, no,you're not!

Not at 2:
00 in the morning!

JESS:
You touch the siren...

I'm going to blow your whole

building to kingdom come!

[Siren]

Hey! I said turn that off!

You're bank robbers,

that's what you are!

Somebody catch these men!

They just robbed the bank!

JESS:

Don't make me come up there!

JOE:

You're mean,you know that?

WOMAN:
Somebody stop these men!

They've just robbed the bank!

JESS:
The whole town's going

to be down here in a minute.

-Hey!

-What?

WlLLlS:
Get in there

and carry that silver.

We're getting it all.

-Whoo! Where?

-Behind the smoke!

WOMAN:
Catch them!

They robbed the bank!

That's my money in that bank!

JESS:
Well, it's our money now!

WOMAN:
No!

JESS:
Go back to bed!

All y'all! All is well!

All is well!

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

WlLLlS:
Come on!

Keep your speed up, boy!

JOE:
My leg's shot!

WlLLlS:
When I was your age...

I could've passed you running

backwards with that load,Joe.

Get it all?

JOE:
There's still

a calendar in there.

JESS:
I got them idiots

shooting at each other!

WlLLlS:
Hee hee!

GLASSCOCK:
It's a hell of a way

to make a living.

[Gunshot]

WlLLlS:
Whoo!

[Gunshot]

WlLLlS:
Whoo-ha!

I want to ship this back

to Texas, miss.

Well,whatever you say,Tex.

Ain't you a little young

to be running a hotel?

Ain't you a little young

to stay here all by yourseIf?

Yeah.

WlLLlS:
Good evening, ma'am.

LOUlSE:
What can I getfor you?

WlLLlS:

You got any out-of-town papers?

LOUlSE:
Oh, no, sorry.

You might want to try the depot.

WlLLlS:

How about that one right there?

-The Police Gazette?

-Yeah. Sounds good.

WlLLlS:

Let me get thatfor you.

I was going to say only

criminals read the tabloids...

but you don't look like

any criminal I ever met.

WlLLlS:

You'd be right about that.

-Nickel for the paper?

-Yes, please.

WlLLlS:
So...

what's fun to do in Omaha?

Well,you could chew gum.

It's been nice chatting,

but I have to close up now.

[Playing]

WlLLlS:
Looks like we're going

the same place.

Piece of Wrigley's?

[Louise laughs]

-Hey, Louise.

-Kat, how are you doing?

WlLLlS:
Howdy. Will Reed.

Oldfriend of Louise's here.

Hi there.

KAT:
So, how do you two

know each other?

LOUlSE:
Well...

that is a wild story.

I'll let you tell it.

WlLLlS:
Boy,that is

a wild story, isn't it?

[Laughs]

Matter of fact,

it was 16 years ago to the week.

Now, I was frog gigging

down in Gracy Creek.

I come around the corner...

and who do I see bogged

down to her knees in mud...

with a frog stuck

on the end of her gig...

but Miss Louise here?

[Both laugh]

Boy,we got a lot of

catching up to do.

LOUlSE:
Yeah, I guess we do.

[Laughter]

WlLLlS:
Louise--frog gigging.

[Laughs]

[Jazz music playing]

LOUlSE:
Do you want a match?

WlLLlS:
No,thank you.

I make it a habit

to stay too busy.

Busy doing what? Giggingfrogs?

No. I'm an oilman.

Really?

You have oil wells and all that?

Yep. Working on one right now.

She's a real wildcat.

You have quite a line, Mr. Reed.

WlLLlS:
My friends

call me Willis, Louise.

You ever heard of this place

called the Argosy Ballroom?

LOUlSE:
Yeah.

What do you say you and I

get on over there...

on Saturday night?

I have to tell you something.

WlLLlS:
What's that?

I have a son.

-Really?

-Yeah.

What's his name?

His name is Lewis.

He's ten years old.

His father died in the war.

Why, I love kids.

Why don't you bring him along?

We'll go

to the picture show instead.

I think he would like that

very much.

And you?

[Footsteps]

ARTHUR:
There you are.

Sorry I'm late.

LOUlSE:

Arthur. This is Mr. Reed.

WlLLlS:

Will Reed. Pleased to meet you.

ARTHUR:
Arthur Adams.

LOUlSE:
Arthur owns

the cigar stand where I work.

ARTHUR:
You ready to go?

SlNGER ON RADlO:

Right or wrong...

I'll always love you.

Though you're gone...

I can'tforget.

[Ukulele playing]

[Sniffs]

There's more money in that pile

than Pa made in his whole life.

WlLLlS:
You got that right.

JOE:
As long as you're telling

Louise you're an oilman...

why don't you just be an oilman?

Hell, I will be soon.

If you boys are smart,

you're going to invest with me.

[Yawns] Oil, huh?

Well...good luck

to the both of you.

Any money I make I'm putting

into stocks and bonds.

ln what?

Silk stockings

and bonded whiskey.

At least till

I get myseIf killed.

You want Avis

to carry your share?

No.

[Knock on door]

Oh.

WlLLlS:
Put that thing away.

Nobody knows us around here.

Yeah,who's that?

DOCK:
The law.

Lookingfor

a bunch of no-good Newtons.

WlLLlS:
So,youfinally wore

them tracking dogs down.

[Both laugh]

JESS:
God almighty,

you son of a b*tch! Aiee!

[Laughter]

When did they finally

let you out?

DOCK:
Let?

Well, hell, I escaped.

WlLLlS:

Goddamn good to see you, Hoss.

DOCK:
Good to see you.

JESS:
Hee hee hee hee!

DOCK:
Well,who's this?

Joe.

-Your brother.

-Joe?

DOCK:
Joe, I haven't seen you

in a long time!

JESS:
Damned if this

don't call for a celebration.

WlLLlS:
Whoo!

DOCK:
You weren't lying

in that letter you sent me.

WlLLlS:
Hell, no. Got 5,000

in cash and 3,000 in bonds.

DOCK:

To hell with picking cotton.

JOE:
Goddamn it,Willis.

JESS:

Oh, "God damn you,Willis."

[All talking at once]

JOE:
You got my hair,you--

JESS:
Ha ha ha!

Whoo-hoo! Hey!

WlLLlS:
What about Willy Hart?

LEWlS:
William Hart's good,

but I like Tom Mix better.

WlLLlS:
Tom Mix?

Them outfits he wears is

kind of fruity, don't you think?

LEWlS:
He can rope and ride

better than any of them.

I want to be a cowboy

when I grow up...

but Mother says

I have to stay in school.

WlLLlS:

Your ma's right about that.

You don't stay in school,

you'll end up picking cotton.

That don't sound like

too much fun, does it?

LEWlS:
Nah.

WlLLlS:
What's next?

LEWlS:

Could we get a chocolate soda?

LOUlSE:
Lewis.

WlLLlS:
How about

a triple chocolate soda...

with a big old scoop

of ice cream on the side?

That sound good?

I'll race youfor it.

Ready, set, go.

Watch it. There's your mom.

[Laughs]

JESS:
Whoo! I got 'em,Joe!

Looks like a 6-pointer.

JOE:
Yeah.

DOCK:
Some hunting season

this turned out to be.

WlLLlS:

I'll tell you what, boys.

We hit every bank

on this list...

and I guarantee we going

to make enough to retire.

Then y'all get to do

all the hunting you want.

DOCK:
So what do we need

that Glasscock fellow around?

There's enough of us.

WlLLlS:
I'll tell you why--

'cause he knows his grease...

and every damn criminal

between Canada and Mexico.

While you two boys

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