Steamboat Round the Bend Page #4

Duke. She'll...

only get you in worse.

You shut up and stop sayin' that!

You're just thinkin' of yourself!

You don't care what...

happens to Duke!

Now, honey, Uncle John is-

I ain't never had no thin' to love

in my life, and...

Im not gonna let 'em take you.

Nobody's gonna take me away

from you, honey...

except maybe for a little while.

You and me gotta be free to get

married and-and...

live on this boat.

lf you don't come with me now,

you'll never see me again.

Come on, son. Let's get on over

and see the sheriff.

-You let him alone!

-Now, honey-

-Come on, son.

-I know why you're doin' this.

Its because you hate me, and

you think I ain't...

good enough for him.

Comin', Duke?

Im comin', Uncle John.

But you've gotta take care of

Fleety Belle while Im gone.

Rufe? Rufe?

Sure is quiet up here.

Sleeps right upstairs there.

See if I can wake him up here.

Rufe?

Hello down there. Well,

good heaven Betsy.

What are you doin' down there

this time of night,...

Doc? Can't you let a man sleep?

Come on down. Duke... Duke

killed a man.

Well, doggone me. Who was it,

Duke? Somebody I knowed?

Fella named Big Steve.

-Never heard of him.

-Come on-Come on down, Rufe.

Now, Doc, there ain't no need of

me comin' down them stairs.

Wait just a minute. Ill

fix you up.

Here you be, Duke.

Now just open her up and make

yourself at home.

Take the first bed you take a

liking to. And, Doc...

just hang the keys on the front

doorknob, will ya?

Ill be seein' you in the mornin'

now about breakfast time.

Good night.

Huh.

You'd think somebody killed a man

every day around here...

and come and give their self up.

Hey, you. Girl!

Come on inside here now.

Supper's about ready.

Sit down.

-Sit down!

-I ain't go in' to! You sit down!

I don't want nobody wait in' on me.

I know you hate me, and

I don't care.

Duke told me to stay here, and

Im gonna do it.

As soon as he gets out, him and

me's goin' away.

And we ain't comin' back neither.

Maybe you're goin' away,

but he ain't.

Yes, he is.

Now, we'll see about that. I never

knew of any good...

comin' of a river man get tin'

mixed up with swamp trash.

Hey, look out there! Hey.

You know-Say, you're a...

You're a spunky little rascal,

you know it?

You-

You kind of got to admire

you at that.

-There she is!

-Just wait till I get you home.

-No, I ain't a-go in'!

-Ill beat the hide...

off of you for this...

runnin' off with a river man,

shamin' me in...

the face of the Lord.

Makin' trash out of herself.

I don't know as I want...

to marry her now.

She'll marry you, Ben, after Pop

gives her a good whoppin'.

-Oh, I won't! I won't! I won't!

-You'll shut up!

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