Life Begins at Forty Page #4

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I didn't ask you

any questions at all.

I was gonna make him

tell the truth, or kill him.

A couple of first-class funerals

would do this town a lot of good...

but shootin' people's

not the way to initiate it.

You know what he did to me.

Well, I wouldn't be

too hard on the colonel.

No. It did look kind of suspicious.

You was workin' in the bank,

and all that money disappeared.

- And you can't say you didnt get a fair trial.

- But I tell ya, I wasn't guilty!

Then you got nothin'

to worry about, son.

That's a laugh.

I've been in jail. I'm branded as a convict.

My whole life is ruined.

Your life is ruined.

What do you know about Life?

You haven't started to Live yet.

Every minute I was in there,

I thought of only one thing-

to get him and that lying son of his.

You didn't deny bein'

in the bank that night.

I tell you, I was framed!

All right, now, come on.

Quiet down.

Sit down and eat your cakes there

before they get cold. Come on.

Why didn't they question Joe?

He worked in the bank same as I did.

Why don't you stick around here

and see how people act?

You know, there ain't nothin'

that'll upset a guilty conscience...

like an innocent man's presence.

I've got a fine chance proving it.

Oh, who knows? Maybe

some new evidence will pop up.

But what could I do?

Who'd give me a job?

Ain't a finer business in the world

than the printin' business.

Kind of lonesome here.

Got lots of room.

Whoo-hoo!

Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!

Come on in.

We had some strawberry shortcake for supper,

and Miss Ida thought you might like-

Oh, uh, I hope

I'm not interrupting anything.

Nobody but yourself.

Here. Meet-

This is, uh-This is my helper,

Lee Austin.

- You remember him.

- Oh, yes.

That is, uh,

I've heard of him.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Don't be afraid of her, Lee. She's, uh-

She's just a schoolteacher.

Just come here from out of town

about the time that you left.

Her name's Del Anderson.

Folks say that she's not so popular

with these town girls.

Say, did you ever- Did you ever eat

one of my batter cakes?

- Why, yes, of course.

- Well, you're gonna eat one now.

Wait a minute. Sit right here

where there's clean plates.

Come on. Hustle around here

and help fix up-Wait on her there now.

I've got to run over

to Miss Ida's.

They tell me she's been

feedin' that jaybird just to spite me.

- Well, I can't stay but a minute.

- I'll be right back.

Let me get you some coffee.

I'm really not very hungry.

Well, it's risky business.

You know how the folks

in this town talk.

Ida, you and I are old enough,

we don't have to care what they say.

Speak for yourself, Kenesaw Clark.

I never did like the way them Abercrombies

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