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[barking]

[Jacqueline] Gardeners come and gardeners go.

Mostly they go.

And that's why Sister Bertrille

volunteered for gardening duty.

She was perfect for the job

since she is as much a child of nature

as the birds and the bees.

After all, she's as busy as a bee

and she flies like a bird.

Excuse me, do you have reservations for this flight?

Shoo. Shoo. Shoo.

Oh, swell.

Now he's brought the whole family.

[exclaiming]

[Jacqueline] I dare say,

we have the only non-scheduled scarecrow in existence.

It's hard to believe that anything

as innocent as a Church bazaar

could have started so much trouble

for the Convent San Tanco.

Actually, the bazaar itself

was the most successful one we've ever had.

But, more importantly,

it was there that we all met

San Tanco's new Captain of Police,

Se�or Fomento.

A model of pride, dedication,

self-confidence and stability.

Oh, Captain Fomento, are you enjoying yourself?

Yes, Reverend Mother.

But next time I would suggest

that you would apply for a police permit.

Oh, is that necessary?

No, but it wouldn't hurt.

Captain!

Are you-- Are you all right?

Yes, I'm all right. Thank you.

As Captain of the Police,

I'm also serving in the Building and Safety Commission.

Therefore, I am telling you, as of now,

I am condemning your booth!

Well, as a matter of fact, Captain,

you see, we were just in the process of dismantling it.

Yes. And you just gave us a great start.

Is everything all right?

Oh, yes. Thank you very much, senor.

Se�orRamirez, have you met

our new Captain of Police, Captain Fomento?

Oh, of course. Pleasure to see you.

Likewise. And I must congratulate you

on your winning the raffle.

Uh, I must confess that I had my eye

on that television set.

I bought 10 tickets.

Oh, that was very generous of you, Captain.

How many did you buy?

One.

One? Imagine,

you buy one ticket and it is drawn.

You must be truly, a very lucky man, senor.

He's luckier than you think, Captain.

Carlos is the one who donated the television set.

That's amazing.

You donate the prize, you buy one ticket,

and out of hundreds of tickets in the bowl,

yours is picked, huh?

Are you suggesting, Captain,

that there was anything crooked about this raffle?

You said crooked, I didn't.

I'm not too sure I like your implication, Captain,

I mean, you being at the raffle,

you saw the Reverend Mother pull all the ticket.

But I am certain, Captain Fomento,

that you couldn't help seeing

that I was wearing a blindfold when I pulled out the ticket.

Yes, and this is the blindfold she wore.

How convenient. You donate the prize

and the blindfold, huh?

Observe, Sister.

Hmm?

Yes, I have to admit that I wouldn't wanna be wearing

that blindfold if I were facing a firing squad.

Very well put, Sister.

[chuckling]

They just don't make sport jackets like they used to.

Reverend Mother, if you will excuse me,

I have to go by my casino.

And then I have to go to the bank before it closes.

And then I have to go to the tailor before he closes.

Sister Bertrille, we thought we'd give you

a hand taking down the wheel.

Oh, be very careful, it was very kind to us.

Yes, we could say we're taking in money, hand over feet.

No, that's fist.

Oh, taking money fist over feet.

Sister! Excuse me.

Um, you have had a very good fortune

with this wheel of fortune, huh?

Yes, we made $81.50.

No one could beat the wheel.

I had to lose $25 to find that out.

He was our best customer.

Oh, well, you know what they say, Captain.

"The wheel of fortune, around she goes,

"and where she stops, nobody knows."

[all laughing]

But sometimes, where she goes, somebody does know.

Captain Fomento, are you implying

that someone has been tampering with this wheel?

Reverend Mother, please.

I'm not trying to imply nothing at all like that.

But there have been instances in the past,

where wheels of fortune such as these

have been deliberately rigged and weighted

for the benefit of the house.

And, uh,

I have found the rigging and the weighting,

and you're all under arrest!

[Reverend Mother] You must be joking.

When I lost my money, I lost my sense of humor.

[Bertrille] We don't even own this wheel.

Now wait a minute. We never touched the wheel.

Where did you get if from?

It happens to be a very generous gift

from a very old friend of the convent.

[Fomento] You call a person like this generous?

Let us not forget that he also donated

the blindfold and the television set.

But it was all for charity.

The law does not recognize charity

as a justification for illegal gambling.

Oh, come on, Captain.

Only a fool would lose more than $1

to win a box of homemade fudge.

While I was there, a fool lost $25.

What? Nothing.

Now, if you have tampered with the wheel at the bazaar,

how do we know that you have not done

the same thing here in your own casino?

You are free to inspect every wheel

in this house at any time.

And the cards, too?

The cards? Uh-huh.

I want you to know that I have had a great deal of experience

in detecting marked cards

and observing the practice of dealing

from the bottom of the deck.

If I were you, Captain,

I wouldn't play cards with strangers.

[knock on door]

[Carlos] Come in.

Carlos, the Reverend Mother wanted to know if perhaps...

Oh,

Sister Bertrille, I believe. Hello, Captain.

Tell me, Sister, do you often visit here?

The Sisters of the convent consider me to be a patron.

Only last week he donated

a work bench to stimulate interest in wood working.

Oh, that's good thinking.

Yes, very good thinking.

You see, there's always a shortage of carpenters

who can make handmade wheels.

[Bertrille] Are you all right, Captain?

I shall be going now, Se�orRamirez,

but I want you to know

I shall be watching your every step closely.

In fact, I shall be watching all of San Tanco closely.

What can I do for you, Sister?

Well, it's not that we don't appreciate

what you've done for us,

but the Reverend Mother feels

perhaps you've done a little too much.

Oh, I just got through explaining

to Captain Fomento that nobody got hurt.

Except some fool that lost $25.

Who do you think that fool is?

Him?

No wonder he's playing Charlie Chan.

I tell you, we have to get him off our backs. How?

Well, there is only one way to cure a sore loser.

Give him back his money.

And that's exactly what the Reverend Mother intends on.

Oh, no. My crime, I want to pay for it. $25.

[Jacqueline] When Captain Fomento reported his suspicions

about the convent and the crooked wheel

to his brother-in-law, Chief Galindo,

the Chief summed up his feelings in two words.

Get out!

[knock on door] Come in!

Good afternoon, Chief.

Sister Bertrille.

Captain, could I see you for a moment?

Are you through with me, sir?

Keep this up and I will be.

I wanted to give you this.

It's a little something.

We hope it'll take care of things.

Nice to see you again, Chief.

Oh.

Uh-huh! What is it?

Evidence that the Bishop is skimming the poor box?

Oh, laugh if you will,

but this little envelope that was delivered to me

by Sister Bertrille is the inevitable bribe.

Bribe? Uh-huh.

You heard it with your own ears, no?

Here is a little something to take care of things.

Fomento, you're out of your mind,

and if you pursue this any further

you'll be out of a job!

Furthermore...

Fomento, take my advice,

forget about the underworld

and stamp out the litterbugs.

Captain Fomento speaking.

Just one moment, please.

Nacio. Nacio, another phone call for you.

Oh, thank you, Captain.

Thank you.

This is the fifth call this morning, huh?

Yes. Sorry, Captain. It's all right.

Hello. Oh, yes, cousin. Yes.

[stammering] Certainly, I'll take care of everything.

Mmm-hmm.

Uh, that's my cousin. He's sick.

Nacio. Yes, Captain?

It is my understanding that the...

At the Convent San Tanco,

they are looking for a gardener.

How would you like such a position?

Is the Captain displeased with my work here?

No, no, no. On the contrary.

I am most delighted with your work.

No, I was thinking that perhaps maybe

you could handle both jobs.

But I am perfectly happy here.

I'm urging you to take the job at the convent.

Besides,

the job calls for little gardening,

but a lot of spying.

Yes?

I, uh, I believe he is on his way.

Yes.

Nacio.

Telephone for me, Reverend Mother? Yes.

I, uh, I believe it is your, uh,

your nephew, Bernardo.

Oh yes, on my mother's side.

You know, Nacio, we admire

a family that stays together, a closely-knit family,

but, um,

you know, the Bishop tried to reach us all day yesterday,

without success.

Hello. Yeah.

Uh,

Heyburner

to Watchmego.

Daily double.

Right.

No, I have no, uh, problem with the police station,

I just moved to a new location.

Tell the rest of the boys, uh,

I'm at the Convent of San Tanco.

Bless you for calling, Bernardo.

But you really should let the new gardener take care of that.

Are you kidding?

The new gardener hasn't been off the phone

long enough to rake a leaf.

He does get a lot of calls, doesn't he?

I counted 12 so far today.

You know, if we're smart,

for Christmas we'll all chip in

and get him a phone for his lawn mower.

Oh.

Uh, that was my cousin, Enrique.

Uh, I have a lot of relatives.

[bird calling]

Well, I--I--I hate to interfere

with your family responsibilities,

but we could use a few more flowers for the rectory.

Oh, yes, yes. Right away.

As soon as I, uh, feed the birds.

Feed the birds?

Nacio, do you have anything to report?

Yes. Ah-ha.

I've seen the Sisters go in there. Where?

There and do a lot of whispering.

That is the chapel, and they are praying, you stupid...

[Jacqueline] Nacio! Telephone!

[grunting]

[Jacqueline] Things worked out rather equitably

between the Sisters and Nacio.

The convent got a lovely garden,

and he got an ecumenical answering service.

[bird calling]

We also got a few strange birdcalls.

Sister Jacqueline, do they have bobolinks in Puerto Rico?

They do now.

[bird calling]

[Fomento] You have anymore information?

Information about what?

Who is it?

Captain Fomento!

Oh, Captain. Are you all right?

Well, yes, of...

Gracious. That's wonderful.

Information about what?

Well...

Oh, yes, the machine, the Auto Club.

I want information for when they will be arriving here. Yes.

Would you like to use our telephone?No, no.

You're welcome in between Nacio's calls.

[chuckling] Nacio. No, no, thank you.

They should be arriving here any moment, you see.

Thank you. Thank you.

[Reverend Mother] Nacio! Telephone!

See what I mean? Yes.

[Reverend Mother] Nacio!

Nacio, telephone!

Oh.

I think perhaps he's down in the tool shed, Reverend Mother.

I see. Well then would you please tell him

his Uncle Diego wants to speak to him on the telephone.

Never have I witnessed such family loyalty.

We'll look. All right.

I wonder where he could be.

Even money he's at the racetrack.

What makes you say that?

A racing form! Why look, he's in horses.

Avidly, if not professionally.

That would explain those phone calls from those relatives.

What do you mean?

Sister Bertrille, the Convent San Tanco

is a front for a bookmaker.

Well, you're not serious. Nacio, a--a bookie?

That's the best bet of the day.

Why, no wonder Captain Fomento's been snooping around lately.

He's suspicious of Nacio and he's probably waiting

for the right moment to arrest him.

He'd better hurry. Why?

Well, Nacio is committing the cardinal sin of bookmakers.

He bets, too.

And according to the horses he's picked here,

he'll be out of business before the fifth race.

How come you know so much

about horse racing, Sister Jacqueline?

My father was a handicapper for the St. Louis Chronicle.

Well, it all looks awfully complicated to me.

Oh, no, it's not. No?

No, once you get the hang of it.

Now look, here's the first race.

Nacio has circled number four horse, King Saxon.

[Bertrille] So you think King Saxon doesn't have a chance?

He's a goat. Oh.

No, no, no, no.

The horse to beat in this race is Lovers Delight.

Lovers Delight.

Yes, he's got good breeding

by Baron Estey out of Action Gal. Oh.

She's a Glenn Spirit mare. Oh.

Oh, they all have a lot of speed

and with his number one post position,

he should break on top and save a lot of ground on the rail.

Well, what about the second race?

Well, if anybody called me for a bet on Poor Stan,

I'd lay off the money on another bookie.

Right.

Anyway, Sister, if you're right,

Nacio's gonna lose his shirt.

And on top of that,

he's going to be arrested by Captain Fomento.

And then his troubles will really start.

What do you mean?

He's got to face the Reverend Mother.

Oh, we really should warn the poor soul...

Yes. ...not to come back.

But I don't think we can get there in time.

All I need is a strong wind, Sister.

Now hear this.

This is your Captain speaking.

We are closing in on the gambling syndicate.

Pick up! I repeat, pick up Carlos Ramirez immediately.

I personally will round up the Sisters.

Oh, yes.

Tell Chief Galindo that I was right.

The nuns are running a crooked convent.

Over and...

out.

[Jacqueline] They're off and Fomento takes an early lead.

And here comes Sister Bertrille on the outside.

Now they're coming down the home stretch

and it's Sister Bertrille by a nose.

So much for the race.

Now to find our friend, Nacio, before he loses his shirt.

Sister, what are you doing at the racetrack?

Well, I have to find someone and I had a hunch they'd...

A hunch?

To win at the races, you need more than a hunch,

or even prayers.

I went to church this morning and I'm out $300.

What church did you go to?

San Augustine.

I think that's for trotters. Want a tip?

Put all your money on Lovers Delight.

There's Nacio.

Nacio. Nacio, am I glad I found you.

Sister Bertrille. Sister?

A Sister shouldn't be on the racetrack.

What will the Protestants say?

Nacio, we came across your racing forms.

All those phone calls, they weren't from your relatives,

they were from people placing bets.

Now admit it.

They could still be my relatives.

Nacio.

[sighing]

Is the Reverend Mother angry with me?

She doesn't know. We haven't told her yet.

Good, then I can still use her phone.

You can't still use the convent.

And besides, Captain Fomento is onto you, too.

Oh, no. Yes.

Sister Bertrille,

Lovers Delight is a goat.

Not according to Sister Jacqueline.

She says he's dropping in class,

he's in light, he loves the distance,

he's breaking from the outside

and yesterday he ran six furlongs in 1:11 and change.

Good luck from all of us at the convent, Nacio.

I'm putting every cent I got

on Lovers Delight.

You are?

After what I just saw, I'd be crazy not to.

I am sure that all of you must have heard

that a confession is good for the soul.

And I am sure, Captain, that we are aware

of the value of confession,

but, uh, just what would you have us confess to?

You know as well as I do, Reverend Mother,

and I use the term loosely.

What's this about raiding the...

May the Saints preserve us.

As a matter of fact, I think the Saints

will be most delighted

that I have exposed these imposters

and their crooked convent.

Are you out of your mind?

Is it not true that this afternoon,

at exactly 17 minutes past 4:00,

both of you were sitting in the convent tool shed

selecting horses from a racing form?

Well, I can explain...

[Fomento] No, no, no.

Yes or no.

Well, yes.

Sisters, you do not have to be intimidated by the police.

Simply tell the truth.

Well, the truth of the matter is we were in the tool shed

and we did have a racing form and I was picking horses.

How many winners did you have?

Really, Sister Sixto.

What do you say to that, eh, Chief, huh?

Your beloved nuns booking bets.

Good work, Salazar. Wait outside.

Captain, may I ask you why one of your storm troopers

arrested me at the racetrack?

And what are the Sisters doing here?

When I put out a dragnet, I make a clean sweep.

Now do you get the picture, Chief?

The Sisters work in the convent and he's the outside man.

Well, I would say that I have an airtight case.

I think there are few punctures in your case, Captain.

Yes, like your friend, Nacio.

He told me the whole story.

He was working for you, wasn't he?

Exactly. He is my undercover man.

You mean you planted him in our garden?

Clever, eh?

Captain Fomento, I dislike interrupting,

but may I ask what is going on?

Nacio was using the convent to take bets

and the Sisters found out.

What?

Our gardener was a...

A bookmaker.

Bookmaker? Yes, Reverend Mother.

He moved his operation to the convent

from this police station.

He was using the police station to take bets?

But I assure you that there is an explanation for this.

When I have Nacio arrested...

Forget it, Captain.

He's on his way to a gardening job in Las Vegas.

Well, I'm glad he's finally going straight.

Reverend Mother,here is $500, compliments of Nacio.

He put $10 on Lovers Delight's nose for the convent.

And it was 50-1 long shot.

Oh, Sister Jacqueline, you were right.

That old nag was a shoo-in.

I beg your pardon?

It's all yours, Reverend Mother.

Oh, no. That was very nice of Nacio,

but I'm afraid that the convent cannot take money

gained under these circumstances.

Reverend Mother, that would pay to fix the leaky roof.

We can put down buckets, Sister Bertrille,

as we've done before.

We could buy the hot water boiler we wanted.

Sister Jacqueline, doctors have proved

that cold showers are good for the circulation.

But we need new desks for the school.

Sister Sixto, sitting on benches

is good for a child's posture.

Se�orRamirez, you must give this money to a worthy charity.

Reverend Mother, excuse me,

but I--I--I think I know of a worthy charity.

You do? Yes.

There's this convent that needs a new roof,

and a new boiler and new desks for the school kids.

Well, I--I never thought of it quite that way.

Thank you, Se�orRamirez.

And thank you, Chief Galindo.

And thank you, Captain...

Se�orFomento,

for sending us Nacio.

Come along, Sisters.

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