The Chase Page #4

- Is there something the matter, Edwin?

- No.

Something the matter with me.

It's funny to have indigestion

before supper.

Sweetheart, would you fix this corset?

Where's my cuff link, now?

That's a beauty.

- I like it dyed like that.

- It's not dyed.

It's new.

It cost a dollar to shorten

and maybe a thousand to buy.

Val sent it.

Val sent you that dress?

For his birthday party.

That was nice of him.

- Turn around, honey.

- Val sent you that?

- What's the matter?

- Nothing.

I just wish I had $ 1000

to buy you a dress like that.

Where's Calder?

I wanna see him.

Well, I wanna see him.

- Somebody to see you.

- Hello, Edwin.

- Evening, Ruby.

- Hi, Ed.

- You going out to Rogers' for dinner?

- Yes.

We're not invited. Never are.

I wonder why.

Oh, you mean you wonder why

he invites poor people like us?

Well, maybe that's because...

...we're so beautiful,

so charming, so witty...

What do you want, Ed?

- Is there any news about Bubber?

- Nope.

Do you think he's heading for here?

What's the matter with you?

Can't you think of some way...

...to get yourself excited

on a Saturday night besides all that?

Well, my wife's frightened.

She wants a deputy

sent to our house.

What the hell's the matter

with you, Edwin?

Well, when I was 16 years,

Bubber was too, you know.

Yeah.

And that was the year Bubber

was sent to reform school...

...the first time, I mean.

Listen, Ed, we're running

real late tonight, now...

Look, I'm coming to it.

We both worked in a grocery store

and $50 was missing...

...and Sunshine was sheriff then,

and he blamed it on Bubber.

So to keep him out of reform school...

...his mother marched him in there

with a store full of customers...

...and made him give that money back

and say he was sorry he stole.

A bunch of boys began

to yell things to tease him.

And you hate to be different,

so I teased him.

He grabbed a butcher knife...

- Come on...

- Please listen to me.

He never stole that $50. I did.

Well, that's nice going.

I was scared to say so then...

...but a few years later, I went

to the sheriff, old Sunshine.

- He told me not to worry.

- Yeah.

If it makes you feel any better

to come tell me all this...

...then you did it, and I don't like it.

Now it's time to go on home, Edwin.

- We'll see you.

- Well, I don't like it either.

Well, a lot of years go by...

All right, here it is.

Night before Bubber

goes to jail this last time...

...somebody tells him the story.

And he acted mighty mean

when he heard it.

My wife was there, and she's

frightened he's coming for revenge.

Forget about it.

This is the last place in the world...

...that Bubber's gonna come to.

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