Ten Cents a Dance Page #3

Why, that's 100 dollars.

Sure it is.

I got 60 from Mrs. Crane and the rest will

take care of you for a couple of weeks.

Anything is liable to happen in that time.

I couldn't think of taking it.

Why not?

Now is the time for all good men to come

to the aid of their party.

You know, us roomers have

got to stick together.

Gee, Miss O'Neill. And if you're

gonna owe me money, it's Barbara.

Gee, Barbara...

Never mind.

Now tell me all about it.

I... I don't like to do this.

But there's not much to tell.

I thought I could trim the town overnight.

It trimmed me instead.

Trimmed you?

You haven't even started yet.

Gee, you're one swell human being.

I'm gonna take this 100 dollars

and I'm gonna pay it back.

Maybe it's a good investment.

I know it's a good investment.

You know, Eddie, there's only one way

to beat a hard-boiled town like this.

It ain't how hard you can sock but it's

how hard you can take it on the chin.

Maybe I haven't got a chin.

Sure you have. A nice chin.

And a nice face.

You're young, Eddie. You're strong

and you've got a good college education.

And you've got a job.

Job?

Hm-hmm.

I friend of mine runs a big business

and I was talking to him today about you.

He thinks there might be an opening

in his office for you.

Aw, gee, Barbara, you're saving my life. Nicks,

I'm just trying to protect my investment.

And if you're gonna thank me any longer,

I'm gonna sock you right in the nose.

Oh, alright.

But I want you to take my IOU.

Don't be silly.

Oh, absolutely...

I wouldn't think of taking this much money

without giving you some kind of security for it.

A hundred dollars?

There.

Okay.

And so to bed.

I'm not going to try to thank you anymore.

Cause I don't know how.

You'll never know what you've done for me.

I'll never forget it as long as I live.

Good night, Barbara.

Good night, Eddie.

Good night.

Gee, isn't that swell?

That kind of music makes you feel

like laughing, and crying, and...

I don't know what.

A little of both. Let's come

here every night. Hm-hmm...

Remember, I'm a working girl.

Is that so? You never have told me anything

about what you do.

Where do you work?

Oh... in a dancing school.

What do you do there?

Why, er... I'm one of the teachers.

Let's not talk about my work.

Let's talk about yours.

How's it going? It's pretty hard

to tell the first few days.

But it looks great.

What do you do?

I'm in the accounting department.

But that's only temporary.

Sure it is. All you needed was a break.

And you got it for me.

See that bench over there?

It might have been my bed the other night

if it hadn't been for you.

You certainly have been my good angel.

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