Primrose Path Page #3

You're a great big boy.

Oh, dear. Poor Homer.

Ain't got no gin left.

That's what's

the matter with you.

The big bad gin's

all gone, ain't it?

Well, Mamie'll

get you some money

so you can buy

some more.

I won't take any money!

I won't take

money from you!

Why don't you go out and get a job-

get some money

of your own?

The work Homer does

takes brains.

They'll never

read his book,

even if he does

finish it.

Now, here you are, Homer.

Take it and have a good time.

I'll take it.

And I hope you enjoy

my degradation.

It's all right

with me, toots.

Now, Homer, don't get tight and fall

in a ditch like you done the last time.

If he fell in the ditch

and I was along,

I'd just cover him up

and let him lay.

Going down

to the beach?

Yeah. Why?

Hop in, and I'll

give you a ride.

I ain't

takin' no chances.

You don't have

to be scared

of a silly old man

like me.

Oh, I ain't

exactly scared.

Hop in, then.

I'm just hankering

to have a talk

with somebody.

Well...

I ain't got much

to talk about.

You don't have

to worry.

I'll do

all the talking.

Get down

to the beach often?

Going fishing?

Nope. Clamming.

Oh, you like

to eat clams?

I ain't gonna train 'em

for no circus.

That's what I get

for being nosy.

Why don't you buy 'em in

town? Save you a long trip.

They got to be fresh on

account of my sister Honeybell.

What's the matter

with her?

She's sick.

If they ain't fresh,

she might get

an awful sick stomach.

Oh, I'm sorry

to hear about that.

Do you live

down at the beach?

Yeah. I run

a hamburger stand

down by

the fish canneries.

Hmm. Funny. I was going to have

my lunch down at the beach today,

but I forgot

my pocketbook.

Maybe I could

fix you up.

Oh, I didn't

mean it that way.

That's all right.

Why ain't you at school?

Don't have to be.

Why not?

I get my learnin'

from my pa.

Is he a schoolteacher

or something?

No. He went to college. He's

learning me all about them old greeks.

Well, I wouldn't know

about them.

They was mighty smart.

Don't the authorities

never say nothin'

about you not going

to school?

I'm older than I look.

What do you wear

them pigtails for?

Well, if fellas think you're

a kid, they leave you be.

They're just to keep the

fellas from getting fresh.

You don't mean me, too?

You're a fella,

ain't you?

I'm just an old hunk

of buzzard bait.

You used to be a fella.

I'll say I was!

You said something, kid!

Well, here we are.

What did you say your

name was? Ellie May.

Well, come on in,

Ellie May.

We'll see if we can't fix you

up a sandwich or something.

Maybe I hadn't oughta.

You're hungry, ain't ya?

Yeah, but I ain't

got any money.

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