Golden Boy Page #2

Yeah, Nelson was tuning up,

sparring with the kid.

The next thing he knows,he's on

the floor with his hand cracked.

Why, you...

Hold it.

Where do you come from?

Here.

How old are you?

Twenty-one tomorrow.

Fight much?

Enough.

Where?

Oh, out of town.

You take a chance the day you're born.

Why stop now?

You don't think Roxy Lewis is crazy?

He wouldn't use a boy he don't know.

Talk him into it. He'd sell his heart

not to cancel a bout.

Give him 5 percent of the kid.

He wouldn't take 5.

Give him 10, then.

Ah, sweet misery of life.

Okay, Borneo, look him over.

Come on, kid.

Just a second.

I wanna make a phone call.

I think you'll be surprised, Tom.

You call me Tom again,

and I'll break your neck.

Hello.

Hello, Papa?

This is Joe. Look,

Papa, I'll be late tonight.

Oh, why you must

come home late tonight?

I want you come home

on time tonight.

I got something.

I'm in a rush, Papa.

I'll explain tonight. Goodbye.

Joe, Joe.

A friend of mine stayed

out late at night.

Two days later,

I went to his funeral.

Pneumonia.

Ah!

Joe's young, strong.

Pneumonia. What do you say?

It's all right to stay

out sometime.

Young people must

have a fling around.

But tonight...

Tonight is a special time.

Come on. I'll show you.

Tomorrow Joe's 21 year.

I got a big surprise I'm gonna give

him when he come home tonight.

Say, a surprise is a surprise

an hour later too.

My son, Joe, has

got a big talent.

It's a most wonderful present for

his birthday, what I give him tonight.

Fine, fine, beautiful.

It's a Ruggieri.

How much, if I'm not getting too

personal, did such a violin cost you?

Fifteen hundred dollars.

I wait for this moment many year.

Fifteen hundred dollars?

A sum that staggers the mind.

My friend, does any boy

deserve such a sacrifice?

Deserve?

Joe's practised ten year.

He work hard. He get a scholarship

in the Music Institute.

And this is a gold medal he get.

The best in the city.

Could a boy make a living

playing this instrument

in our competitive

civilisation today?

Why, don't expect for Joe

be millionaire.

Millionaire is no necessary.

Joe love music.

Music, it's a great cheer-up

in the language of all country.

Joe take this violin...

a piece of wood...

and with his two hands...

hands so beautiful...

so fine...

he make music.

How about it, Mr. Bonaparte?

No, Siggie, no.

No what?

No taxicab.

Listen, I'm married

to your daughter, ain't I?

And when you do this little thing,

you do it for her and me together.

A cab and two shifts

is a big source of profit.

Joe takes the night shift.

I'm married, so you don't

expect me to take the night shift.

I no expect for Joe drive a taxi.

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