Life Begins at Forty Page #2

 
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but I'm pushin' 60.

Ah, 60! Why, you're just now ready

for your first mint of long pants.

Wait a minute. Here, don't sit down.

- What's the matter?

- Old T.'s been in here...

and he might've gnawed

a leg off of that chair.

Go ahead. It's all right.

This is-

This is no laughin' matter, Kenesaw.

That's the reason

I came to you.

Let me sweep up here

a little bit.

Can't tell whether you're in

a printin' shop or lumberyard.

I'm thinkin' that you'd help me fix up

my last will and testament...

so as my children can't make fools

of themselves after I'm gone.

I suppose they've always done everything

that you wanted 'em to do.

No, they haven't.

That's the trouble.

Never could do anything with 'em.

Oh. You can't do anything

with 'em while you're livin'...

and you wanna control 'em

after you're dead.

- Is that it?

- Well, I know they're not gonna

waste my money when I'm gone.

Oh, yeah? Looks like

the government tax makers...

is gonna fix it so you ain't

gonna have to worry about that.

Oh, it's got so I can't sleep nights

just thinkin' about it.

Hey, aint you the fella...

that, when we was boys

in school together...

used to always be talkin' about you was

gonna get a lot of fun out of life?

Well, I've been too busy.

And once you get started,

it ain't so easy as you think.

I'm not the only one.

There are thousands like me.

- Somebody's got to run the world.

- Ah!

Run the world" my granny.

You rich men is all alike. You spend

all your life makin' some money...

and then you get old and you

don't know what to do with it.

Hey, uh, maybe you're right, Kenesaw.

Ah, but even so,

it's too late now.

I-I'm too old a dog

to learn new tricks.

What could I do at my age?

Lots of things.

You can get yourself

some fancy britches...

go out and court some widow

that's just itchin'...

to help some old man

spend his money.

Well, uh, do you think

that would be fair to my children?

- You started from scratch, didn't ya?

- Yes.

Well, then you wanna give them

just as good a chance as you had.

You don't wanna dump

all that money in their laps...

and spoil all their ambition.

Make lapdogs out of'em.

Well, uh,

you may be right, Kenesaw.

But I don't know.

Say, would it be all right...

about that widow business?

Who knows? Who cares?

I've heard that, uh...

you can have a lot of fun

with a widow.

Well, I'll be on my way.

So long, Kenesaw.

So long.

Hi, Colonel, old boy.

Oh, hello. Hello, Colonel.

Come right on in.

- Hello, Mr. Clark.

- How are ya?

Say, I was just talkin'

about you not 10 minutes ago.

Well, I hope your estimate of myself...

was not too caustic, Mr. Editor.

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