Monkey on My Back Page #2

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l don't like it.

-lt's funny. l never figured you were married.

-Why not?

-l don't know. l never figured it, that's all.

-Well, l'm not.

As it happens, not anymore.

Let's walk. Don't cool off

you'll catch a cold. l don't like it.

But l wanna talk to you.

Let's talk and walk.

Okay.

You got a pretty good stride.

Dancers have to

keep in training, too, Mr. Ross.

-Barney.

-All right. Barney.

Cathy was something brand-new in girls,

l saw her again and again and again,

Come on in.

Mama, we got here.

-What's the matter?

-We got here, Mama.

So you weren't fooling me.

Mama, this is Cathy.

Cathy, this is my mother.

Delighted, Mrs. Ross.

Me, too. l'm pleased, l'm sure.

You better be pleased, Mama.

l'm gonna marry her.

That's nice.

Cathy, you just get used to the idea.

Barney's a very nice boy...

-but he does things all of a sudden.

-That's beginning to dawn on me.

You just sit down.

l got a nice chicken for supper,

with noodles.

-Let me help you.

-No, tonight you are company.

l'll call you when it's ready.

Five straight passes.

-Still gonna let it ride, Barney?

-You can't lose with a winner. Shoot it all.

l just got my lawn mowed.

-Can you let me have $10,OOO?

-Anything you say, Champ.

You need grass, l got it.

That's all right, son. Keep the change.

Barney, there's a limit to the amount

of punishment one small stomach can take.

-Are you kidding? l train on this stuff.

-Noreen's not in training.

Watch this bird coming up.

He's a pretty good hitter.

-You got 2.5-to-1 he don't hit.

-You got it, Big.

Two-and-a-half to what, Uncle Barney?

Lollipops, honey. Big, green lollipops.

Next time l'll give you odds, Big.

What if he hadn't hit, Barney?

What if you had lost?

So the next time

there'd be icing on the cake.

What are you doing here?

l thought you were gonna

pick me up at the club.

l'm getting to be the number one baby-sitter

on the North Side.

-Here, let me put her to bed.

-No, l'll take her.

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What's this?

A little caviar, a little chicken, lax

a little champagne. Nothing but the best.

Sit down. l serve well, too.

Why the celebration?

Big day. Two winners at Hialeah.

And l'm gonna get married.

-Just like that?

-Just like that.

You're serious, aren't you?

Why do you think l've been hanging

around so often?

-Barney, wait.

-Who wants to wait?

Who wants a girl? l want a wife.

-lt's not that simple.

-What's complicated about it?

All you gotta do is say yes,

we'll go downtown, get a license--

-l'm afraid.

-Of what?

-l've never told you about Noreen's father.

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