My Son John Page #3

I haven't missed a meeting,

have I, mother?

No, he hasn't, John.

Our attendance

has doubled recently

and we're alert.

We have to be.

We've been holding some

special meetings, son,

and every now and then

we send out for...

more beer?

No, John.

We send out for a speaker,

someone whom we feel knows

more than we do

about what goes on

in the world today.

We ask a lot of questions and...

and we're getting awful smart

awful quick.

Were you gonna say

something, mother?

Oh, I was going to say

that if your father's

singing at eleven, we...

father's singing?

Will we be able to get a seat?

There might be a line.

Wait a minute for father o'dowd.

Oh, good morning.

Good morning, good morning.

Good morning.

Pardon me,

Mrs. o'cahy.

Hello, John.

Father.

It's good to see you.

I've been following your career.

You've come a long way

since you left Saint Joseph's.

Oh, thank you, father.

Good work, John, good work.

And speaking of good work,

your mother

and her ladies sodality

have been more

than generous to me.

Only last week, they gave me

a brand new stove.

You should have seen

the old one.

We had to pay the junk man

to throw it in the ravine.

Your mother and the sodality,

they're always doing things

like that for me.

That's a nice life

you have, father.

What's that, John?

We take care of you

in this world

and you promise

to take care of us

in the next, huh?

Washington hasn't changed

his sense of humor,

has it, father?

What do you hear

from the other boys?

Well, nothing as yet.

Why don't you, um,

pull the car around in front?

Sure, all right.

We enjoyed your sermon

very much, father.

Didn't we, John?

Oh, yes, father, we did.

How you... how you took

a little story

about the mustard seed

and developed it

for 20 minutes.

It was wonderful.

Should we go, mother?

Goodbye, father.

Nice to see you.

Going to be able to spend

much time with us, dear?

Oh, I intend to, mother.

Would you mind stopping,

letting me off

at teachers college, father?

I won't be long, mother.

I've been expecting that.

Can't wait to see old, uh,

Professor, uh, toosis, can ya?

Can't even remember his name.

I just want to pay my respects

and get his advice

on a talk I'm giving

to the graduating class

at my old Alma mater.

Why, John, what an honor.

Could we be there?

We'd be so proud, wouldn't we?

Mmhmm.

Well, it's an awfully

long trip, mother,

and time is so short.

I'll send you the speech

and you and father can read it.

That'll be nice.

Uh, take a left

at the next corner, father.

Do you know that you can

fly 500 Miles in 2 hours?

We could fly and hear John.

How 'bout surprising him, Dan?

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