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Hey, Harry.

Hey, we're out of Douglas Fir.

How much more do you need?

Well, I'm sure about 5 ,000 board seats.

Use number three grade, then.

Number three? They ordered Douglas Fir.

Go ahead. We got plenty. They'll never know the difference.

Okay, Harry.

What do you want?

You said we might have dinner tonight.

I said maybe we might.

Hey, Carl.

Lock up when you finish, will you? I'm leaving.

Come on, kid. I need a drink and you look like you could use one.

Thanks for the dinner, Harry.

There was nothing.

I thought it was very nice.

Yeah.

Well, look, kid, I got to go. I got a lot of things to do.

Oh.

I was hoping you'd come in for a while.

Just this once.

Go a couple of rounds with that meatball brother of yours? No, thanks.

Well, John's not a bad person, Harry.

I met better guys up the river.

Harry. Well, what do you want me to do, fall all over him?

What did he ever do for me?

I mean, I walk in there, he gives me those fish eyes.

Look, kid, I gotta go.

All right, Harry.

Will I see you tomorrow night?

I don't know, maybe.

Ellen? Yes?

Harry brought you home early.

He said he had things to do.

Yeah, I can imagine.

Alice and I have decided to get married in late August.

I was writing Aunt Margaret about it.

Oh, definite then.

Yeah, but there's the matter of this house.

And what to do about me, is that it?

Yeah, I thought we might talk about that.

Must be right now. I have a headache.

Well, not if you don't want to, but we're going to have to make some

soon.

All right, John.

Good night.

Are you sure it'll be all right? I mean, Mr. Ivers isn't here and... It will be

perfectly all right, Mr. Sestew. I have his power of attorney in matters like

this. Still, it's $9 ,000 and...

You said he'd be here tomorrow. I could give it to him then. I assure you it's

safe. Besides, I can't call the family and tell them their house has been sold

if you don't make your deposit. Tomorrow might be too late.

Well, all right, then.

I'd rather have had a long -term mortgage, but at my age, I guess that's

too much.

That's going to clean me.

You... Be sure and call those people.

Oh, don't you worry. The house is yours.

It's just a matter of the usual two days' paperwork.

Thank you.

I got held up at the office.

Were you waiting long?

Not long.

What's that, a new dress?

No, I just changed the collar and took off the belt.

That looks pretty nifty.

Hi, Charlie.

Give me the usual, huh?

What are you drinking? Sherry. Then some more sherry for her, Charlie.

How's everything?

Everything, everything is rotten.

What's the matter?

I'm in trouble.

What do you mean?

Creighton's gone bankrupt.

We still have other customers. Losing one couldn't hurt much. No, no, no. You

don't get the picture. You don't get the photo at all.

Thanks,

Charlie. Want a menu?

What's the rush?

You see, Creighton owes me money that I have to give to the mill because they

won't carry me anymore.

Now, there isn't any more Creighton, so I'm left holding a bag.

Let's go.

You mean you have to pay the mill whether Creighton pays you or not?

Of course I got to pay the mill. They sold me to lumber, didn't they?

And if I don't send them any money, they won't send me any more lumber, and I'll

just be out of business, that's all.

Do you have the money?

No, I don't have the money. I don't have a dime.

You could get a mortgage on the lumberyard.

Yeah, I could get a mortgage on a lumberyard if I owned a lumberyard. But

don't own the lumberyard. I just leased the property.

What's this? I didn't order this.

Want me to take it back?

Humorous. Very humorous.

Comic.

How much do you owe the mill?

Plenty.

Well, certainly they'll take something on account.

Yeah.

Eight grand. The eight grand that Creighton owes me.

How could you have... Don't please give me that how could you have. I did.

That's all, and I'm in the soup.

You want to laugh?

I just get a big order from a guy who's going to pay me right away, and

everything gets cleared up.

Only I can't do it because I can't get the lumber from the mill because I

haven't got the eight grand.

You can't get the money anywhere?

No, not a cent.

You see, the bank won't give me any money because they say I haven't got any

assets for security.

Let's see.

Charlie, give us a menu, will you? For crying out loud, give us a menu.

I recommend the beef stroganoff.

Perhaps you'd like to try the chop suey?

Pot roast?

An omelet.

How about you, Harry?

Give me that beef junk, you know, with those noodles.

Strong enough?

Yeah.

Coffee, tea, or milk? Yeah.

What about asking the people you know? They seem to like you.

Don't kid yourself.

They like me because I never put the bite on them.

Well, you never saw anything freeze so fast like an old pal when you put the

bite on him.

I'd have to go out of business and start all over again on something else.

Is it really that bad that you'd have to go out of business?

What are you talking about, I'd have to go out of business? I am out of

business, don't you understand?

I'm in the lumber business, lumber.

And I can't get any more lumber.

So, how much better can it get?

Suppose the bank did give you the money.

How long would it take you to pay it back?

$48.

Could you really get the money from the customers so quickly?

Don't they have to receive the lumber and then go through some sort of billing

department?

They know me over there.

You see, they like me a lot.

I mean, I've set up a lot of good business deals for them.

All I have to do is...

Just walk in there with a big hello.

And they make the check right out for me.

Are you sure?

What do you mean, am I sure? That's the way they are with me.

And you could get your money in 48 hours. There'd be no chance that you

couldn't. That's right.

And it would keep your business going, wouldn't it?

Yeah. What are you asking all these questions for? What do you got on your

I could get the money for you, Harry, if you're sure you could get it back in 48

hours. That's $8 ,000, honey.

Where could you get $8 ,000?

I... We... We own our own home. My grandfather built it.

The bank would give me a mortgage on it.

Without your brother knowing?

We talked about mortgaging last summer. We were going to get a summer cabin at

the shore, but the bank knows about it.

And you're sure you could get the money back in 48 hours?

It would help your business.

Wouldn't it, Harry?

Yeah, but look, kid, your brother doesn't like me. I mean, supposing he

out, couldn't he louse the whole thing up?

He'll be away for two days.

How soon could you get it?

Tomorrow, about 11 o 'clock.

All right?

That's great, kid.

Just great.

You're sure you can get it back in 48 hours, aren't you?

I'll give you my word.

Mr. Vecchio gave us a down payment on the Randall place yesterday. It was $9

,000. That's fine, Helen.

It was late. I think I ought to go down to the bank with it, Mr. Ivers.

Here, you go ahead.

Oh, did you call the people to tell them we'd sold their place?

Yes, they're going to bring the deed down this afternoon.

Fine.

It's been a pretty thin month, all in all.

Morning, Helen. Morning, Ben.

How are you this morning, Helen?

Oh, just fine, Mr. Parker.

Have you and Mr. Ivers got a corner on a real estate market yet? Not yet.

Hi, Helen. How's everything?

Just fine, George.

You're lucky to be out on a day like this. I sure hate being cooped up when

fish are biting.

I want a cashier's check for this.

Who do you want the payable to?

Make it out to Harry Wade.

What did your brother say about this money? He doesn't know about it. It'll

all right as long as I get the money back in two days.

Don't worry.

I got something else working.

I'm going over to Hillside tonight. I got to see a guy over there that I

get a city franchise.

You're sure I'll get the money back, aren't you?

Will you quit worrying? I can go a couple of ways. I can even give the guy

piece of the business.

Would you do that?

You want to get married, don't you?

Harry, you know I do.

Sometimes I wonder.

But look, you gotta get it through your head that I can't do nothing along that

line until this thing is straightened out, huh?

Hey, you sure you didn't steal that money?

Will I see you tonight?

I don't know, maybe.

You mean he popped the question?

Yes.

Harry and I are getting married.

When did all this happen? Today.

Right now he's seeing about a business deal so we can go ahead.

There's a man over in Hillside that's been begging to buy into the business.

Well, I sure had him pegged on wrong.

Yes, you did.

Congratulations. Thank you, John.

She set the date?

No, I thought I'd let you and Alice set yours first.

Yeah, yeah.

May I help you?

Is Helen here?

I'm afraid not. She's out right now.

Oh.

She isn't in.

She's got to be out, right?

When will she be back?

I don't know. She's out making an appraisal.

Oh, she's making an appraisal.

Well, thank you.

Oh, say, would you tell her something for me? Huh?

Yes, I'll be glad to give her a message.

Well, you just tell her.

Tell her tonight's the night.

Huh?

Tonight's the night? Tonight's the night. You got it?

Yes, I'll tell her.

Who did I say called?

Harry.

Harry who?

Just Harry.

All right.

I was just in your office. That old grouch your boss?

He's not a grouch.

All right, I feel sorry for you.

Hey, kid, I got news for you. Everything's set. I'll have the dough

How wonderful.

Yeah, I gotta leave now to latch on to the bundle.

Hey, and as long as your brother's out of town, I'll pick you up at 8, okay?

Oh, he's not out of town, but come anyway, Harry. I told him about us last

night. You never saw anybody do such an about -face in your life.

Where did you tell him about us?

About us getting married.

You told him, huh?

It's not a secret, is it?

See you tonight.

All right, Harry.

How are you, honey?

Come in, Harry.

Well, I don't know, kid. You're liable to dump me out of my ear.

Do you have the money?

Sorry, baby, I haven't got it. I laid a square -egg zippo.

Harry, you said they were paying... Not a guy down there at the mill, the guy

that always gave me the money, you know?

He was fired. He isn't there anymore.

What about the man that was going to buy into the business? You could get it

from him. He couldn't make a deal.

Harry, I must have that money by tomorrow.

Helen, baby, don't tell me they're going to foreclose the mortgage. Boom, just

like that, you want me to stall them? What mortgage?

Hello, John.

She just took out a little mortgage on this house to help me out a little bit.

She didn't want you to know.

You can't get any mortgage without my signature.

Did you give him money?

Yes. How much?

$8 ,000.

Where'd you get it? I borrowed it from Mr. Ivers' account.

You stole it. Now, wait a minute. What kind of talk is that?

You put her up to this. You take it easy now. I'm in no mood for that kind of

talk. You're in no mood. What mood do you think we're in? Keep your shirt on,

will you? You'll get your money. When? Soon.

Honey, don't say nothing to your boss about this.

Relax, will you?

So you fell for his con game.

Anyone could see a mile off what he is. Anyone but you. I gave him the money

because I wanted to. This country is full of unmarried women your age who

for guys like him because they think they can buy a husband. I don't want to

talk to you.

You don't want to talk to me.

Who do you want to talk to about the $8 ,000 you stole? The drivers?

Well, why don't you do something instead of just yelling? Why don't you

prosecute him? I can't prosecute. You stole the money. You think I want that

the papers when I'm just about to get married?

I'm sorry, John.

What good is being sorry?

You're always sorry, even the first time.

You wouldn't listen to me when you were going with George Maxwell or with that

doctor.

At least they didn't put you up to stealing $8 ,000.

How am I going to explain this to Helen?

Helen?

Oh, hello, Harry.

Hello, I was wondering maybe we could have dinner tonight, you know, down at

Charlie's?

No, Harry, I don't think so. Hey, don't do that.

Come on now, honey.

No reason to ball cut it out.

Here.

They get the money.

Told you I'd get it, didn't I?

But how?

A couple of guys I know use a builder's supply set up as a front. They wanted to

make a fast killing.

So I told them I'd get them $10 ,000 worth of lumber for eight.

When do you have to deliver the lumber?

I told them tomorrow.

But if you give me the money... So what? So they don't get it. I can only stall

them a couple of days.

Are you sure?

Would I kid you?

Look, these guys would be surprised if they get paid on time.

Harry, I don't know what to say.

All right, don't start thanking me.

Will I see you tonight?

I don't know, maybe.

Staying home again tonight?

Yes.

Why don't you change your mind?

Come to the movies with Alice and me.

No, thanks.

Gee, I hate to see you sitting around here like this.

Don't worry about me.

Look, I know you're upset you haven't heard from him for three days.

You'll be late for the feature.

Can you tell me where I can find Mr. Wade?

Harry Wade?

Yes.

Harry Wade hasn't been in here for months, lady.

Of course he has.

I was in here with him last Tuesday. We sat right over there.

Not in here, you didn't. I ought to know whether I've been in a place.

I'm sorry, lady. You must have been mistaken.

Harry hasn't been in here for... must be four months. Just a minute.

I was in here with him last Tuesday, and we sat right here and had dinner.

Lady, I don't know anything at all about Harry.

Nobody here does.

Look, why don't I call you a cab, hmm?

Something happen to her?

Yeah, why don't you just sit here and drink this while I get you a cab?

Can't you tell me anything?

Lady, you just don't fool around with guys in the racket.

Do you understand?

You just don't.

Racket?

Please.

Please tell me.

Harry's dead.

He took two of the guys in the racket for $8 ,000.

Don't you get it?

Harry dead.

So much for our merry tale.

Now a stranger approacheth to tell us what to do with those extra farthings.

I have finally finished Robin Hood's Merry Adventures, the revised edition.

The sheriff gets him in the last chapter, income tax evasion. Until next

Good night.