Pennies from Heaven Page #2

Oh, we were serenading the world.

Tell me something. What made that kid

take off like a rabbit when she saw you?

Guilty conscience.

She's playing hookey.

Bless you. Say, you know that oil

of balsam is good for that.

Never mind oil of balsam or any other

kind of oil. Answer my question.

What makes you so interested

about this kid? What is it?

I work for the welfare department,

and it's my job...

to look after the problem children

of this county.

Oh, is Patsy such a problem?

Problem? I've got 20 to look after...

and she's more trouble

than all the rest put together.

- Bless you.

- Oh, stop blessing me!

That child's supposed to be in school,

and I find her dancing for pennies!

What's the matter with that? It keeps

the kid out in the open, doesn't it?

Who are you? I've never seen you

around here anyway.

I'm the last of the troubadours.

- If you think this is a joking matter...

- I'm not joking.

Seriously, I'm just a harmless guy,

the friend of man.

I envy nobody,

and I'm sure nobody envies me.

If I were you, I wouldn't get myself

into a temperature over this thing.

- It's bad for your cold.

- Never mind my cold.

- Not too close.

- I'm sorry.

- Are you related to Patsy?

- No, just a friend of the family.

Do you know that she's in danger

of being sent to an orphanage?

I've been trying to prevent it, but if

this goes on, I don't see how I can.

What's wrong with an orphanage? I was

raised in one. It didn't hurt me any.

- It didn't do you any good.

- What's the matter with me?

If you want my opinion, you seem to be

nothing more than a shiftless loafer!

You seem to be nothing more than

a nosey, meddlesome busybody!

If you'd been raised in an orphanage,

you might have learned manners!

I'm sorry, perhaps I was mistaken.

Perhaps you're not really a loafer,

even if you do look like one.

Just what do you do for a living?

Oh, I eat, drink, sleep,

and I mind my own business.

That's a formula I highly recommend,

especially the last part.

Well, here's your money back.

Guess you just don't like music.

Oh, say, I hope that cold

is nothing trivial.

- Hello, Gramp.

- Hello.

I see the landlord's been here.

Yes, he came with a couple of men.

They left a little while ago.

Oh, this is Larry,

my most intimate friend.

- What's your other name?

- Poole.

How do you do? I'm sorry I can't invite

you inside, but we've been dispossessed.

- That's too bad.

- That's all right.

The furniture don't belong to us.

We never have to send it back.

The instalment people always

come after it.

That's nice of them, isn't it?

Good to see that you're not put out

about being put out.

No. It happens all the time.

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