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Well,

how are you, Peter?

Daddy! Nancy!

Good grief, how tall you've grown!

Mother! Kitty!

Where's Mother? Here I am.

Margaret. John.

Mother! But don't hug him so tight. You'll spoil that nice new uniform.

Please report, Captain Carey, your family present and all accounted for.

By the way, haven't I got another son?

Hey, Gilbert.

How are you, Dad?

What's this how are you, Dad? Is that a way to talk to a father you've come to

see after the war?

Well, I'm awfully glad to see you, Dad, but I'm past 14 now.

Fellas my age don't kiss their fathers in public.

No, of course not. How do you do, sir?

How are you, Annabelle?

I'm fine. Thank you, Captain.

Hey, Eda, hold on a minute.

Eda. What are we doing here?

Now, what are we going to do with him?

Well, I'm afraid we'll have to keep him for a while.

Where are we stopping?

The Ocean House, dear. Oh, but John, isn't the Ocean House frightfully

expensive? Yes, darling.

Can we afford it?

No, darling.

Come along, all of you.

Come here, you young scallywags.

Gather round.

So I can see what you look like.

One,

two, three, four.

Is that all the children we have?

That's all.

Well, I'm afraid, Margaret, we ought to have a lot more.

May I have him, sir?

What for?

His bath.

I don't need a bath.

Why, Peter.

I can't go away, Daddy.

Go away, Annabelle.

Go away. Go away.

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.

Now we begin to look almost like a regular family.

Well, aren't we?

Not while we have a father we have to follow around all over the country from

one Navy post to another.

Always living in hotels and furnished houses and regular family stay put.

And have fathers who come home every night.

Oh, I've got some good news for all of you.

Aunt Bertha telegraphed that she's coming down from Albany to say goodbye

to me.

Good news.

Oh, Merida. Oh, God.

Father, couldn't you telegraph her and say you've got smallpox or something?

Oh, yes, please, Daddy.

I'm sorry, Puffkin. She's my only living aunt. But we've only got just this one

day with you.

Only one day, and we're going to make it a splendiferous one.

In line!

Carry family!

Tension!

Company orders!

You are commanded to locate the nearest livery stable and requisition the

carries to take us on a family picnic.

What's going on back there? Oh, it's just another one of those silly old

games. You see, Daddy, every time we see a house that we wish was ours, we claim

it. Like that.

All right, I claim it, too.

All right, I claim it, too. So do I.

All right, Skipper, here's where we heave to stop it. We're going ashore.

Well, John, we can't picnic here. The people may not like it. What people? It

says for sale.

Yes, it's for sale. We can picnic here. Come on. Here we go.

Over the parade.

Gee, now, for goodness sakes!

How do you do?

Have you bought this house?

No, we just claimed it.

Claimed it?

Yes.

How do you

do, sir? How do you do, sir? My name is Ralph Thurston.

Do you own this house? Oh, no, sir. I wish I did.

I'm just a schoolteacher over at Beulah Academy, and I often come here to get

some quiet and to learn enough Latin to be able to teach it. I see. Well, I'm

Captain Carey. This is Mrs. Carey. How do you do? How do you do? And these are

my two daughters, Nancy and Catherine.

And I'm Peter.

Yes, that's Peter. He just found a brook.

Do you teach Latin?

Unfortunately, yes.

I love Latin.

Well, it's the first time I've heard a really pretty girl say that.

Are you thinking about buying the house, Captain Kerry?

I wish we were.

Well, it's a fine old place, and it's a shame to watch it fall to pieces.

Would you like to see the inside?

I'd love to.

Well, the front door's locked, but I always get in through a window. Well,

come on. Let's all have a look.

There you are, Mother.

Watch out. It's pretty dusty.

This must have been simply lovely.

Thank you.

How long since it's been lived in?

All about ten years.

It belonged to the Hamilton family who are now living in Boston.

This is the dining room and the kitchen's in the back.

I know, and the main hall is over there with a beautiful circular staircase.

How could you possibly know what kind of a staircase it has?

Well, I... I just have a strange feeling of having been here before.

If you'll come into the hallway, you'll see she's right about that staircase.

Mother, this must be our dream house I've told you so much about.

Daddy, Daddy will simply have to buy it for us. Well, you just dream me about a

million dollars and the house is yours.

Come on into the parlor. I'll lead the way.

Yes.

Yes, it's exactly as I've always seen it.

Here's the library, Captain Carey. I think that will interest you.

Yes, I'd like to see it.

I'd swear I'd been in this room before.

And when I was here, Grandmother's mahogany secretary stood right in that

corner. Our brass and irons would go beautifully in this fireplace.

And Great Aunt Mary's spinning wheel in front.

And the china cabinet there, with all our old pieces.

And long lace curtains on all the windows.

How in the name of Sam here did you people get in here?

Through a window.

Oh, housebreaking, huh?

Well, folks, I hope you can lay your hands on $100.

$100? What for?

That's the penalty for housebreaking in this town.

Either that or 30 days in jail, you can take your choice.

Who are you, may I ask?

Marcy and Papa, miss.

I own the general store at Beulah. And I'm also the agent legally appointed by

the owners to take care of these premises.

Well, if you're the agent, why don't you attend to your business?

If people see a house they want to buy, why, they want to see what it looks like

on the inside, don't they?

Nancy.

Oh.

You're thinking of buying it, were you?

Hello, Pop.

Oh, hello, Ralph.

This is Captain Kerry and his family. I'll see you in a moment.

How do you do, Mr. Pop? How do you do, Captain?

Just a fine drop and he ain't going to be sure you bought it.

Who bought it?

Your daughter? For $15,000?

Father, I was only joking.

Oh, Nancy, $15,000 is altogether too much.

I'll give you $12,000. Joel!

Uh-oh.

Have we got $12,000?

No, darling.

Have we even got $1,200?

No, darling.

Don't let us waste your time, Mr. Popham. We haven't a penny in the world

outside the Captain's salary.

Goodbye.

Well? I really ought to hold you people to your bargain.

But if you have to go, I'll help you hit your horses.

Come on, Gilbert, get him late.

Come on, Gilbert.

Can you get him? Gee whiz, when we find a place we really like, we always have

to go.

Come on, girls, hurry up.

Oh, we really hate to go.

Perhaps your mother would allow me to call.

Oh, I'm sure she would if you'd ask her.

We're staying at the Ocean House at Newport.

Mother, if Mr. Thurston asks you, you'll say he can, won't you? I'll say he can,

what dear?

Goodbye, sir.

Goodbye, boy.

Goodbye, Mr. Thurston. Goodbye, Mrs. Carey.

Oh, Mrs. Carey, perhaps you'd allow me to come to the Ocean House to call on...

on you.

On me?

I'll be very glad to see you.

Though we don't expect to be there much longer.

Oh, but Mother will be there at least a few days. Oh, at least.

Young man, you are unanimously expected to call.

Thank you, sir.

I'll be glad to see you come back again sometime, Mr. Carey.

Captain, I'll be glad to see you all back.

Thank you. Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Captain.

I had no idea a schoolteacher could look like that.

Such a romantic nose.

I don't romanticize about every stranger I meet. Like some people I could mention

not a million miles from here.

Come in.

Well, chickens.

Not in bed yet? No, we were just talking about... ...about that lovely house we

saw today.

Well, now, if your mother had only been sensible... ...and had married all

whoses, that fellow with the whiskers.

Mother, did you ever love a man with whiskers? Oh, long ones.

He will abhor to that house.

I don't believe you ever loved anyone but father.

So, there.

Shh, darling.

Don't spoil him any more than he is.

Here, here, here.

I want to be spoiled.

Soon they'll be all grown up and they'll pay no attention to me at all.

We'll never be too old to have a pillow fight. Come on, Kitty. Come on, Daddy.

What? A real whopping sock doll, if you want.

Treat a dignified officer of Uncle Sam's name.

Captain Blount and my sir. Well,

I'm

glad you managed to get here before I had to leave that place.

Well, it was certainly no pleasure trip for me, but I thought I had to come as I

might never see you again.

What do you mean?

He's going to war, isn't he?

Where are the children?

Come on, now, hurry up, everybody.

Bye-bye.

Gilbert, now, when we say goodbye to Father, try and think of something

bright and funny.

Well, how can we be bright and funny with Aunt Bertha hanging around?

Peter, when Daddy starts to kiss you, you back away and say, No, Daddy, I'm

over three, and fellows my age don't kiss their fathers in public.

No, Daddy, I'm over three, and fellows my age don't kiss their fathers in

public. That's good.

Remember, no tears.

Ready, sir.

Well, children.

Well, Skywise, the time's come.

Nancy, Kitty, I'm counting on you to help Mother.

This ought to take my place till I get home.

All right.

I'll grow whiskers like old hooses.

Danny, I'm going to write you about all the funny things that happened.

Well, son.

When I go to school in Andover this fall, Dad, I'm going to do an awful lot

of bragging about you.

Don Peter.

No, Daddy, I'm afraid.

Boy, my eyes don't care about public.

Oh, is that so?

Well... Goodbye, Annabelle.

And brother.

Dad?

Kitty, why have a birthday party for Daddy when we're up in Cuba?

Because it's his birthday, darling. And even if he can't be with us, we'll all

be thinking of him.

The cake's all ready. Kitty, do hurry up. I'll be through in a minute.

Kitty, can I have a cracker? Not now, dear. And don't you touch anything on

the table.

Yes?

I'm gonna be so bad.

This is very bad,

Peter.

They will like this and all.

How in the world did you know where to find him?

Why, your daughter Nancy wrote me and invited me to this point.

And you told me you met him accidentally in the street.

You can sit down now, Mrs. Carey. Everything's ready. Mrs. Hurston.

Happy birthday.

Mine has no snap ring.

Neither does mine.

Mine has.

Telegram for Mrs. Carey.

Mrs. Carey, can you come here a minute?

Yes. Excuse me, please.

Thank you

Long live the Cary Fair.

Long live the Cary Fair.

Long live, long live, long live the Cary Fair.

Long live, long live, long live the Cary Fair.

I'm afraid so.

Nancy please don't cry.

Cause I can cry cause boys don't cry.

I've never seen such jumping beans as you carries. Every time I come to see

you, you're in a different place.

Yes, this time we thought we'd take a smaller place.

It sort of saves walking around.

Ralph!

Oh, hello, Nancy.

Well, what's the matter?

Did I come too early?

Kitty said to be here at five o'clock.

Oh, no, not at all.

We're very glad to see you.

with the compliments of a friend and admirer. Thank you.

I brought these for, uh, uh, for

your mother.

Oh, she'll be awfully pleased.

How is she? Oh, fine, thank you. She's out just now.

She works.

Nice work, too.

Darling, you do.

You'll stay for dinner, of course.

Delighted.

How's Gilbert?

Oh, he's fine.

Will you excuse me?

Nancy, I... Excuse me.

Excuse me, too.

What made you invite me to dinner? You know there isn't enough to go around.

I'll run out and get some chops.

Give me the money.

How much change have you got left?

Seven cents.

And you had to buy flowers.

You cannot stay for dinner. There's no money to buy a child.

Peter!

Why, there's a way, but that's the one.

Oh, I didn't.

Dear, you go out and play.

Are you all trying to get along on what you and your mother earned?

Oh, no.

Well, we're getting along beautifully.

We get a monthly pension from the government.

And mother isn't really working.

That is, not hard work.

She has a nice position being companion to an old lady. And she says it isn't

like work at all.

I wonder what that can be.

It's an ambulance that stopped right out in front.

Not bad. She just painted. Got her hand caught in the machine.

Machine? What machine?

The textile mill.

Mill? What mill?

The place where she was working.

Out of the way, folks.

Mother! Oh, mother!

This is very generous of you, Aunt Bertha.

Do you mind telling the children?

Well, in the first place...

The doctor says that unless your mother will move to the country where she can

rest and stop worrying, she'll make herself sick for the rest of her life,

and that's that.

In the second place, it's obvious that the five of you can't possibly get along

in the government pension.

And all you have beside that is the $500 left over from your father's insurance,

and that should be used only for dire emergencies.

So, Gilbert, you'll come and live with me.

And I'll send you to Andover, where your father went.

And his father before him.

Andover.

Gee, mother.

And Catherine, I have room for you, too.

I'll send you to a good finishing school in Albany.

Finishing school?

All right, every day.

Promise? Twice a day. What time's the train leave, Aunt Bertha? In one hour.

Andover.

Now, considering all this is going to cost me...

I don't propose to squander money on railroad fares, but if you behave

yourselves, you'll be allowed to visit your mother once a year.

Do you mean I'm to go now and never see you?

Except once a year?

You see, dear, I can't do any of the things your father and I had always

planned for you.

We'll miss you and Gilbert, but...

You'll be happier this way.

And we will too.

Thinking of you being happy.

Hurry up and pack.

Oh, Mommy.

Now, Margaret, what are you crying about?

She's crying because she don't want giving kitty go away.

She don't mind that you went away.

Aren't you packed yet?

I'm not going.

What?

I'm not going.

I'm old enough to earn my own money. And tomorrow morning I'm going out and get a

job. Somehow, somewhere.

Well, you can't do a thing like that.

I'll do anything rather than leave mother now when she needs us most. She's

sick and she's hurt.

We're not babies.

Gee whiz.

Can I go to Andover and have any fun there? If you're going to stay here and

be poor and work and...

Oh, gee whiz.

You make me tired.

Gee whiz.

I'm not, I'm not.

Oh, I'm just so proud of him.

Well, why have you suddenly changed your mind?

Well, I've been thinking things over, and it seems to me that... Stop

fidgeting.

Oh, darn it all, I'm not going, and nobody can make me, see?

Oh, gee whiz, can't a fella make up his mind to do something without having a

thousand million people nagging at him, nagging and nagging?

And I'm not going either. And no one can make me.

Mother. Mother, I've got a plan. I'm sure it'll work. And then we'll never

have to be separated.

This is the last time you caries will ever see me. So don't come crawling to

me for help.

If you insist on going over the hills to the poorhouse, I'm going to wash my

hands of the whole affair.

Well, I'll tell you, Miss Carey, the Hamilton's ain't never figured on

renting that house. Don't see how anyone in their right sense shouldn't want to

rent that place.

Ain't you got enough of your own business to tend to, Martha?

Your wife of mine's a great help.

It's all gone to rack and ruin, and the roof leaks.

We got so many interested in our business, it's a shame we didn't hold

this meeting in the town hall.

You'll have an awful job with the ants.

You're a little bit ashamed of yourself now, aren't you?

Well,

we'll let it go at 60 then.

60, not a cent less.

Hello, Nancy.

Well. I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner.

Did Kitty come with you? No.

Well, did you settle for that house?

Mr. Popham seems to think I'm a millionaire. He wants $60 a month.

Say, Pop, are you crazy?

She'll need a must-be if we said a month when I meant a year.

$60 a year?

Yeah, and that'll just about cover the taxes.

Oh, Mr. Popham, I could hug you.

Go ahead, Martha ain't looking.

Now, don't wait a minute. Let's get right down there before somebody else

grabs us.

Well, you ain't as chipper as you was a while back.

Oh, I'm so impractical.

I never realized that it would take every penny we have to fix up the place

and buy extra furniture.

We just can't afford it.

Well, I'm mighty sorry to hear that.

I've been thinking the Curries would be nice folks to have for neighbors.

Thank you.

I'm sorry too, Mr. Popham.

Goodbye. I hope you change your mind.

I've been waiting for ten years to take that for sale sign down.

Old albinist crab went and spelled my name wrong on it.

Oh, there's got to be a way.

Say, I've got a brainstorm.

If this town had a really good boarding house, I'd move in tomorrow and bring

five other teachers from the academy.

At $7 a week apiece, that'd be nearly $200 a month.

All you'd need would be the initial investment of about $500.

Come on, this is impractical. Say it's a practical idea.

Ralph, it's a beautiful idea.

We could even get Annabelle back to help with the cooking. Will you talk to your

mother about it?

Talk to her?

I'll bring her here. I'll bring the whole family here. Back to Beulah? Back

to Beulah Land.

the sea where mansions are free

Let's see if there's a big tiny one like that before it matches.

This is a good job.

Let's see if that's much bigger.

This is a good job, you see.

Half of it.

This is a pretty good job.

See ya.

Morning, Mrs. Popham. I brought you these blankets of mine. Those you

ordered from Boston haven't come down yet. That's very kind of you, Mrs.

Popham.

I swan everybody in Beulah's proud of the way you fixed up this old house.

You'll get more borders than you'll be able to take care of.

Oh, this is my daughter, Lally Joy.

Here.

She's been spending the summer with her grandma.

She brought you some quince preserves.

Thank you.

Lally Joy, what a pretty name.

Yes. Named after a steamboat where I first met her pa.

Yes, dear.

Morning, Miss Palmer. Morning. Can I borrow your tape measure, please? Sure.

Thanks. Oh, this is my son, Gilbert Lallyjoy.

Hello. Stand up straight.

Don't act like you've never seen a boy before.

She never liked boys before.

She's following him like a tail on a kite.

I'm pretty busy around here, and I haven't got time to have all sorts of

people following me around and asking me questions.

No.

What you doing?

Putting in a water supply system.

Oh, my.

You ain't just smart.

Yeah.

You see that spring up there in the hill?

Well, I figured out that if I pipe the water from that spring down to the

cellar, and then from a cellar to a tank in the attic, and then put pipelines in

the house, and we'd have running water.

Oh.

Would you mind stopping that, please?

Hey, look.

You've got your shoes on the wrong feet.

Uh-huh.

Well... Oh.

I ran him down something terrible so on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Mom

makes me put him on the other way to keep him even. That funny?

That's the right place for it.

Would you put it back there again?

I've had it over here five times already.

I know, but that is the right place for it.

You sure now? You ain't gonna change your mind again?

No.

Did you paint this yourself?

Yes.

By hand?

Why, yes.

Pretty.

Who's gonna have this room?

Ralph. Mr.

Thurston.

I thought she was mighty fussy.

Well, any room looks bare without pictures.

That's right.

Especially his room.

Oh,

I'm

sorry, Mr. Popper. That's all right. I didn't expect you to come bumping in

like that.

Ruben, Ruben, I've been thinking what a queer world this would be if the men

were all transported far beyond the northern sea.

What

are

you doing in my room?

Oh, you scared me.

Well, I just thought, well, any room looks so bare without flowers.

But don't run away.

Well, I have a lot of things to do downstairs.

Well, you've got a lot of things to do here, too.

What?

You've got to help me pick up those books.

My goodness, these are all Latin books, aren't they?

You must know an awful lot to be able to teach it.

I don't know half the things I'd like to know.

I think everyone ought to...

have a classical education.

Well, some people can do without it.

I think even a girl, I mean, everyone ought to know some Latin.

It's so... so useful, isn't it?

Well, it's... it's not the most important thing in the world.

No, I suppose not.

All right.

Oh, where are you going?

We're going over to Highland to buy some second-hand furniture.

Nancy going with you?

Yes.

Won't you come along, too?

Oh, no. I couldn't possibly.

I've far too much to do here.

Oh, Ralph!

Coming!

Come with us, please.

No, no. I'm busy. Really, I am.

Here.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye.

Bye. Bye.

Thank you so much for letting me see the house, Mrs. Carey. You've done wonders

with it. Thank you, Mr. Fuller. Are you looking for a house in Beulah? Well, as

a matter of fact, we were... Oh, not in Beulah particularly.

But my doctor recommends me leaving Boston for some place in the country for

my nerves.

I hope seeing this hasn't given you the idea of buying it. Well, as a matter of

fact, we... Untie the horses, Clarence. Oh, dear, no.

But it has given me some wonderful ideas of what to do with any colonial house

when we do buy.

Goodbye. Goodbye, Mrs. Carey. Goodbye.

We look no further.

That's it.

She's only renting it. Let her pay for fixing it up. We'll buy it right from

under her nose. But don't you... Drive on, Clarence.

Oh, I'm sorry, folks, but there ain't a chance in the world. Well, you're the

strangest house agent I ever met. Don't you want to make a sale? Well, I can't

sell what ain't mine.

A leash is a leash, the carriage is in, and in they stay. We'll see the owner in

person. Well, you won't find him in Beulah. And we know where to find him.

Come on, Clarence.

Ha! And don't mind them steps or you mightn't break your neck.

Walt.

Walt.

Walt.

Walt.

It's funny.

A fellow makes a lot of plans for his life, makes up his mind to be sensible

and stick to them, then bingo, something comes along and knocks the sense right

out of him.

What knocks the sense out of him, Ralph?

Falling in love.

Ah, but it's no use getting ideas.

A fellow in my position has to be sensible.

Just what is your position, Mr. Thurston?

No position to be thinking of marriage until I can afford to support a wife.

Must a man have an awful lot of money for that?

A lot more than I'll ever make as a school teacher.

Even though I'm studying all the time to be a lawyer, it'll be two long years

before I'll be able to hang up my shingle.

Yeah.

Mother, when was the first time you knew you loved Bobby?

Oh, about an hour or so after I first met him.

Did it take father that long to fall in love with you?

My dear, it was weeks before I could even get the man to hold my hand.

He felt he was too young to think of having a wife.

Wanted to go further with his career.

Oh, mother, how wonderful.

How did you get him to... to propose?

Let me see. How did I?

Oh, yes. It was a new dress that did it.

I wore it to a party he invited me to.

Good luck, Mother.

Mother, do you suppose we could afford a new dress for the housewarming party?

I think so.

Good night, Mother.

Good night.

How long is it going to take Mr. Hamilton to make up his mind?

Do we buy or don't we? Your nerves, my dear.

He's discussing it with his son. He'll see you in a minute.

But Popham Wires refusing to cooperate.

Don't sell Bueller House to vultures, name Fuller.

Unfair to Carey's. But Dad, why should we be sentimental about the Carey's?

People we don't even know.

The Fullers are offering $15,000. Why, it's a gift from heaven.

And I could have those two years' research in Vienna that you can't afford

to give me. I always thought a diploma from Harvard Medical School was tough

enough for any young doctor.

Yes, but a foreign degree and a few extra letters after my name would make

all the difference in the world.

How long the lease of these carries got?

A year, but the lease is subject to possible sale.

Well, then we can sell it now, right this minute.

We'll get a $500 deposit from the Fullers, give the carries two weeks'

notice...

Dad, will you let me handle this?

You're the doctor.

Thanks.

You stay here and help Mrs. Carey. I'm going out in the kitchen to help with

the lemonade.

Good evening, Mrs. Carey. Welcome to Beulah. Thank you, sir. Hello.

Ralph.

What's this? A new dress.

Mother let me get it for the party.

Do you like it? Why, it's a peach.

When do I get a chance to admire Kitty? Pretty soon, I hope.

The guests are here. I'd better go down.

Yes, there's a whole flock of them.

I'd better go.

All our lives we've been known as Mother Carrie and her chickens.

Birds always on the wing.

But now we've found a home.

And in memory of one who loved this house and hoped to live here.

We welcome you to the Cary home.

You're two-step beautiful, Gilbert.

This isn't a two-step. It's a waltz. Oh.

I can't tell which way you're going. I think you better put your shoes on

backwards. You might dance better that way.

All right.

Hold my foot.

Lolly Joy, your mother wants you.

Oh, gosh.

Wait for me, Gilbert.

Wait, wait.

What do you mean, running away from me?

Well, it's so hot.

Well, let's take a walk. Come on, I'm the guard.

Mrs. Carey, Lally Joy has a piece to speak.

Henry Simpkins, I'll fix you for this.

Give him Norval.

Why Norval?

Because it's classical.

Oh, it's something nobody understands. They always call it classical.

Oh, hush.

Norval.

Norval by John Holm. My name is Norval on the Grampian Hills.

My father feeds his flock and keeps to home his only son, a frugal swain,

myself.

But I had heard of battles, and I longed to follow to the fields some warlike

lord.

A band of fierce barbarians from the hills

rushed like a torn down upon the vale.

We fought and conquered.

And before our sword was drawn, an arrow from my bow... Bow! Bow!

And before a sword was drawn, an arrow from a... Foe had pierced their chief,

yon trembling coward who forsook his master the end.

Henry Simpkins, I'll fix you.

Leave her alone, Martha. Leave her alone, Martha. Let her fight her own

battle.

You can serve the lemonade now, Annabelle. Say, Nancy.

We're going to have some singing now, but after that I'm calling for a

Virginia reel, and you know, you and Ralph said you'd take the lead. All

right, where is he? I just saw him walk around the porch into the garden. I'll

get him.

Peter, what in the name of Sam Hill you got there?

It's Lally Joy.

Lally Joy?

Why do you call it Lally Joy?

Because he's got his shoes on.

Well, you come along now. Your ma wants to see you, and we'll take Lally Joy

down here and give her to Oscar. Oscar, you take Lally Joy. That kind of makes

me a billy goat, but there's nothing done about it.

Go on, Lally Joy.

Sal!

Nancy?

I suppose you can guess what's happened.

Yes.

We wanted you to be the first to know anyway.

We're not going to wait till I put up that shingle to be married either.

That's how sensible we're going to be.

That's how happy you're going to be.

Well, circumstances allow for a sisterly kiss, don't you think?

You better wait a while before you kiss another girl.

Well, you must excuse me. I have to be getting back to the guests.

Nancy.

Ralph, I'd like to speak to Nancy alone.

You don't mind.

I'll be in a minute.

I couldn't help it, Nancy.

I... I just let myself be carried away.

Even though... I knew all the time you cared for him.

Kitty.

Kitty, listen to me.

I'm not in love with Ralph.

I never was.

I've liked being with him because he's so amusing, that's all.

Why, Ralph's been in love with you for a long time.

How do you know?

He told me so. When?

Yesterday while we were out driving.

Now you go inside and enjoy yourself.

And forget about everything except him.

Oh, Nancy.

Putting the people out of their house, I must say.

Here, Carrie, you get out of that rain and get in the house. Right this minute.

Well, hello.

Hello. I'm dear Carrie.

How do you do?

Boys with sniffles stay in the house.

Uh, is Mrs. Carrie in?

Well, yes, she is. Step right in. I'll call her.

Thank you.

You can put your wet things right over there on the hat rack.

Now you run upstairs and get undressed. I'm going to put you to bed because

you're soaking wet.

Now I'm soaking wet.

Mrs. Carey's upstairs.

I'll send her down.

Thank you.

Nancy, Jacqueline's to see your mother.

She's in her room.

do you do I'm Nancy Karen my name is Hamilton oh well you're too young to be

your father so you must be Tom Hamilton yes you're right I'm Tom Hamilton oh I'm

delighted to meet you I suppose you've come to see what we've done to your

house well I I do hope you like it please come in mother will be right down

Before we say another word, there's one I simply must say to you.

What's that?

Just thanks.

What for?

In the name of all Carys, I thank all Hamiltons for having the taste to build

this lovely house and the kindness to let us live here.

Mother, we have a visitor.

There before you stands our landlord, Mr. Tom Hamilton.

Oh, I'm so glad to meet you, Mr. Hamilton.

I hope my daughter's told you how happy we are in your house.

Yes.

Won't you come over with the fire?

I hope you can stay for supper with us.

I'd like you to meet the rest of my family.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Carey, but I can only stay for a moment.

I have to catch the first train back to Boston.

Going back so soon?

Yes. You see, I came down here just to... Well, Mrs. Carey,

you have a lease on this property for a year.

I wish it were longer.

Well, that lease, if you remember, is subject to a possible sale.

Yes. Well, I hate to tell you this, but we've sold the house.

Sold it?

Yes, to Mr.

and Mrs. Fuller.

I'll have to ask you to vacate in 15 days.

My father is refunding your check for the year's rent, including the time

you've already lived here.

I'm sorry to inconvenience you like this, but we've been trying to sell the

place for years.

I realize, of course, what you've put into it.

You can't begin to know what we've put into it. Nancy.

If it hadn't been for the work we've done, you never would have sold it,

would you?

I'm sorry, but nobody asked you to do it.

We have the right to sell.

Well, we've got some rights, too, haven't we?

I'm afraid we haven't, Nancy.

Well, I'm sorry.

Business is business.

Goodbye.

Oh, Mother, it's all my fault. No, no, dear.

Yes, it is.

I talked you into taking the place and spending all our money.

Yes, Ms. Andrews, I have that done.

Good night, Ms. Andrews.

Lolly Joy, what day is today?

Friday.

I told you 15 times to go to bed. Now, scat.

My, I'll give you up for drowned, Os. It's the worst storm I've ever seen.

Any luck?

Not a speck.

There ain't another house for rent in Buellen or for miles around.

I guess the Careys will be leaving us for good and all.

I think it's a crying shame that Hamilton's putting out nice folks like

that. I'm sorry, now. I'll give him any supper.

If I had him here now, I'd give him a piece of my mind he wouldn't forget in a

hurry. Yeah, well, he ain't got him here.

He's halfway on his way back to Boston.

Well, come on. Let's go to bed and get out of them wet things.

You look like a drowned rat.

And don't forget to blow the lamps out.

Yeah.

Nancy, I'm so glad you're not in bed.

I'm too miserable to sleep.

What's the matter?

It's Peter.

He's much worse.

Someone will have to go to Popham's and telephone the doctor.

I could ask Ralph, but he's not back from that teacher's meeting yet.

Oh, I'll go right away.

You better take Kitty. It's so dark and wet. No, no, she's asleep. I'll be all

right, Mother. Hurry, darling. I'll get you a lantern.

Mrs. Carey, what are the... You, what are you doing here?

Well, I was just going to ask you the same thing.

Well, there was a washout on the line and the trains couldn't get through, so

after sitting at the station for about three hours, I came back here.

And Mr. Popham put me up.

Well, what are you doing here?

Is anything wrong?

Hello, Mrs. Harvey.

This is Nancy Carey.

Could Dr. Harvey come over to our house right away, please?

Pete is terribly sick and... When do you expect him back?

Not till morning.

Look here, Miss Carey. I'm a doctor. I'll go back with you right now.

You? Why, you're the last person in the world I'd ever ask anything of.

Now, wait a minute.

I don't blame you for disliking me.

But after all, I am a doctor, and if you can't get your own, I'm afraid you'll

just have to put up with me.

I couldn't reach Dr. Harvey, so I brought Mr. Hamilton.

He's a doctor, too.

Him?

I won't let him touch Peter.

Nor will my dead body. Gilbert, go to your room.

I'm very grateful to you for coming.

I just took his temperature.

It's 105.

Have you a portable coal oil stove?

Yes. Would you get it, please? And some extra sheets and a large kettle and

plenty of boiling water. Kitty, the sheets. Gilbert, get the stove.

Annabelle, get the boiling water. Give me that bag, Miss Kelly.

What's he doing to Peter in there anyway?

Him and his hot kettles. Let's go, but he may hear you.

He's been in there for hours.

You trust a man that's putting you out of your house?

I wouldn't worry about him if I were you, Gil.

I'm sure he's doing everything he can.

His fever's broken.

He's going to be all right.

Please don't go away.

We'll be here with you, Peter.

I want him.

All right, old fella.

Now you close your eyes and go to sleep.

I'll go away.

No, I won't go away.

Oh, that's good.

He'll sleep now.

I'll stay with him. You two better get some sleep.

Nancy, we'll need some more hot water.

Make Dr.. Hamilton some coffee.

He needs it

I'm sorry.

I've changed my mind. What do you mean you've changed your mind?

Well, let me tell you, Mr. Hamilton, a bargain is a bargain and a sale is a

sale. And we're the rightful legal owners of that property. And nobody,

nobody is going to take it away from me. You can't mean you're thinking of moving

in on these people.

That's exactly what I do mean.

We'll go down there and camp in the house and we'll see them off the

premises.

I think, Mr. Hamilton, that... Clarence, I've said all there is to say.

Good day.

Good day, Mr. Hamilton.

There now, old fella.

You're well enough to go out and play.

If you'll stay in the sun on the porch.

You come out and play with me, too.

I won't in a little while.

Now remember, keep your feet dry.

No feet.

Doc! Hey, Doc!

Don't forget.

You probably should come out and help me enter the pipeline.

I'll help you, Gilbert.

No, Lala Joy, you helped me before.

That's what's the matter with it.

Oh, come on, Doc.

I will later.

Where's your sister?

Well... She's gone marketing with Ralph.

He means Nancy.

She's in the dining room.

So you think you know everything about everybody in this house?

Uh-huh.

Ain't that funny?

Miss Carey?

Yes, here I am.

Have you had an answer from your father yet?

No.

But I should have a telegram today.

It would be so wonderful if we didn't have to move.

For us and the five borders that are descending on us tomorrow.

You see, I didn't have any idea what selling this place would mean to all you

people.

I'm sure you didn't.

And I want you to know that... I wouldn't have sold it if I'd met you

first.

You and all the family.

That's very nice of you.

Look here.

Would you shake hands as a sign of forgiveness?

Of course.

Excuse me, I... I'd better get on with my work.

Couldn't I persuade you to walk to the station with me?

Why? To see if there's a telegram.

No.

I'd better stay here and finish setting the table.

Well, wish me luck.

Oh, I do.

I wish us all luck.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Say, why wouldn't you go with him? Gilbert Carey, were you listening?

Yes. Gee whiz, girls are silly.

I think there ought to be a doctor in every family. So do I. Well, I'm not

interested in what you think.

Well, I also think you think so, too.

So do I.

See, I'm going up to my room to change my clothes.

Didn't you hear me?

I won't let anybody go in.

Hey, Ralph!

Hey!

Hey! Whoa, Betsy!

Don't you hear me? Whoa, I say!

Whoa, Betsy!

What news, Paul Revere? Paul Revere's right.

I drove out to warn you the enemy's coming. The enemy? Yeah, them Fullers.

They come in on a train and they're coming out here bagging baggage to move

in and see that you folks move out.

I wonder why Father didn't telegraph me.

Here's a letter just come.

It's going to take them quite a spell to get here.

If you're figuring on doing something.

What can we do? Nothing.

This is their house legally.

Father couldn't do a thing with the Fullers.

Well... They're not going to take this house away from you if I have anything

to say about it.

Come on, we're going to have a council of war.

Hey, let me in on this.

What are you pulling, Mr. Popper?

Pullers? Oh, they're something like skunks, only they're more poisonous.

Oh.

All we want you to do is promise not to interfere. And just don't be surprised

at anything that happens. Say, it took me ten years to rent this house, and

when I rent them, they'd better stay rented. But, Mother!

Oh, very well, I give up. I yield to brute force.

You have a man and a lady.

The fours! Hurry, everyone to your posts!

Mother, Mother, your post is here, packing the barrel, but I... Mr. Popham,

can he do something?

They're bound to be nasty, Pauline.

Well, I'm not going to take any back talk.

You're a carry, I suppose. Well, my name's Fuller, and we've come to take

possession. And I want... Why, Mrs.

Fuller, come in. I'm delighted to see you.

Mother, everybody, the Fullers are here.

Oh, we're so glad to see you.

Hooray, they've come.

How do you do? You'll find us in the midst of our packing. Well, at last.

The carries, as you see, are doing all they can to get out in a hurry. And I've

been helping them.

In a hurry?

Isn't that rather sudden?

Oh, no, we'd have been out of here days ago. Only my little brother was taken

sick.

Supper's almost ready.

Please set two extra places for Mr. and Mrs. Fuller. I suppose you have a room

to put us up in?

Oh, of course.

Mother, what about the east room?

Yes, that's ready.

Gilbert, help with the bags.

Well, I'll take them both, Mr. Fuller.

I lost that punch.

We must get on with our work.

This way, please.

Clarence, look where you're going. That's not the East Room.

If you'll excuse me, I'll put Peter to bed.

Good night, Peter. Good night, Peter.

Good night.

if the country's going to agree with me. It's so nice and quiet here.

Almost seems a pity you people have to leave.

Oh, no, we're glad to go.

We wouldn't stay here for anything.

Certainly not. Not for love nor money.

Why?

Oh, it's just that we get tired of living in the same place.

We like moving.

We're the restless type.

You people are hiding something.

Anything wrong with this house?

Of course not, Mr. Fuller. It's a splendid house, and you're getting a big

bargain.

You folks planning to take a house in the neighborhood?

I should say not.

We're going away as far as possible.

That's hardly a fair thing for you to say, Thurston.

That's fine coming from you.

I suppose you think it's fair to stick anybody with a house like this.

Ralph, we promised Dr. Hamilton we wouldn't say anything.

Oh, naturally, the Hamiltons don't like to have it mentioned. Have what

mentioned? What?

Speak up, can't you? Now, Pauline, remember your nerves.

Oh, if Mrs. Fuller's nervous, then we'd better change the subject.

If she's nervous, she'd better not try sleeping in this house. There is

absolutely no truth in that rumor, Thurston. Oh, no?

Then how do you explain those strange noises in the attic?

Noises? What noises?

Well, in the first... So listen to him, folks. He's lying.

Call me a liar, hey?

I suppose everybody in Beulah doesn't know that your granduncle murdered your

great aunt in this very attic. You have no right to say that, Thurston. And I

suppose this attic hasn't been haunted ever since. Of course it isn't haunted.

Then why did your family move away?

Why has this house been vacant for 15 years? And why did you finally have to

rent it to strangers?

Because everybody in Beulah knows it's haunted. You come out in back of the

house and we'll settle this. So far,

so good.

Mother not another word. You can't get away Will

you have some more coffee yes, I know you

won't it might keep me awake no Don't stay awake in this house

Yeah Nancy what's going on now? It's working mother. It's working Tom has the

most wonderful idea.

I hope they're not too wonderful. Oh, no, he's just clever Say mother

before you met father were you ever in love with anybody else? Oh dear yet

Was it whiskers mm-hmm did you think you loved him terribly My dear, I could have

died for him.

What cured you? Meeting your father.

You mean you were in love with Whiskers and fell out of love with him and in

love with father without any decent lapse of time?

My dear, I'm afraid I did just that.

Well, didn't you feel sort of guilty and ashamed of yourself for changing your

mind? Yeah.

After I met your father, everything and everyone else that had gone before were

completely blotted out.

It was as if no one had ever existed for me but him.

Now I understand.

Darling, I hope you're not going to grieve too much about Ralph.

Who? Ralph.

You remember him, don't you?

Oh, Mother.

I almost forgot what I came for. It was to lock you in. To lock me in?

Yes, we don't want any interference.

Pauline, are you asleep?

Of course I'm asleep. Why shouldn't I be?

Oh, I thought you were awake.

It's time to start the water drip. Go ahead, Gilbert.

And you said my water system wouldn't come in handy.

Anything drives me crazy, it's water dripping like that.

Must be a leak in the walls.

Ralph, you work the shutter.

There's that shutter again.

I thought you fastened it.

I did.

Now fasten it again.

That wind's kind of annoying, too.

Well, that's one thing I can't fasten, dear.

It's time for the big act. You girls go and get ready.

Come on, Kitty.

Something's knocking.

Now, what's that?

Something's walking.

I'm not moaning. You are.

I'm not.

Then? Then what is?

This house is haunted, Clarence.

There's no such thing as ghosts.

Just get out of here.

Let's get out of here.

Look out in the hall.

Why? There's nothing in the hall.

Call yourself a man.

I told you.

Nancy, I'm not going to stay in this house another minute. Keep quiet. Do you

want to wake the fullers? That moaning is enough to wake the dead.

Oh, if I have to spend another night in this house, I'll go crazy.

Let's go downstairs and wait in the hall.

Then if anything happens, we can get out faster.

All right.

This is the longest night I ever spent.

As soon as it gets light enough, we'll go upstairs and get dressed.

for my nerves.

Put the bag over there, Peter.

Hello, Mommy.

That's good, dear. Mother, take these smelling salts. It'll be more

convincing. Nancy, this is really going too far.

Now, Mother, you promised.

This is the one thing we're asking you to do. You can't let us down now, Mrs.

Carey. Here they come.

Well, what's this?

I hope you don't mind us leaving so suddenly, Mrs. Fuller.

We'll arrange with the Poppins to send our furniture after us. Where's that

Hamilton?

What's all this? You can't all leave.

You Careys have a lease and you Fullers have a bill of sale.

One of you has got to stick to your bargain.

Hey, now, wait a minute.

Too bad, Dr. Hammerman, but you couldn't keep the haunting dark forever.

Fine bargain you people got. I can show you the bloodstains on the floor in the

attic. I can show you the axe the murderer was done with. Oh, Clarence,

give me that bill of sale. I'm going to tear it up. Oh, no.

A bargain is a bargain. Oh, more surely than I think of this bargain.

You pop him, drive us to the station first.

Elma Kidwell only brought one rig with him and he's driving the carriage in.

No, we're going to use it first.

Come, Clarence.

Just forget that advance check, Hamilton.

We won't be wanting it back.

No, sir.

No, sir. Hey, what's going to happen to me?

Get in the back, Clarence.

Work to the station?

Yes, and...

Thank you.