1 In a certain "ritzy" hotel there was a young lady of many connections. 2 "No, Madam -- the pool room is not for swimming." 3 "I can only handle two plugs at once -- I'm not an octopus." 4 "What number do you want?" 5 "What numbers have you got?" 6 "Here's 500,000 numbers at ten cents each." 7 "Do you ever go out with gentlemen?" 8 "I never met one." 9 T. Roger Hammond, a gentleman with more wealth than wisdom. 10 "My dear little girl, what's the trouble?" 11 "A whole year's savings stolen, Mr. Hammond -- and my little brother ill." 12 "Don't spoil those pretty eyes with tears. Call me tonight -- perhaps I can help." 13 "That dame's making a play for Hammond. Find out what her racket is." 14 "Well, if it isn't the same old Angel Face at a brand new racket!" 15 "Did you want a number, Madam?" 16 "I've got your number -- that's all I need." 17 "Send the relief operator, please." 18 "Laugh this one off, Brad -- it's Angel Face!" 19 "Hello, Angel Face. Nice of you to drop in." 20 "So wise little Angel Face fell for my phoney cops." 21 "Listen, Bradley, I'm working my own racket -- and I want to be let alone." 22 "How'd you like to go back to Joliet?" 23 "You don't seem to realize the seriousness of failing to report to the Parole Board." 24 "I think you could save yourself a lot of trouble by joining us in a little business deal." 25 "Old man Hammond is a cinch for ten thou' -- if you help us with the shake-down." 26 "You mean take money from a poor old gentle- man?" 27 "Oh, no -- a rich old gentleman." 28 "Oh, I could never do such a thing!" 29 "How about coming up to see me tonight?" 30 "Oh, Mr. Hammond -- it would look much more respectable for you to call on me." 31 By morning, Mr. Hammond had purchased ten thou- sand dollars worth of experience. 32 "She seemed so innocent -- and I felt so fatherly." 33 "-- and suddenly her husband appeared -- a most unreasonable person!" 34 "Of course, my intentions were honorable -- but my wife misunderstands so easily." 35 "So you gave him ten thousand to prevent her misjudging you." 36 "Yes -- but I'm beginning to suspect something -- er -- irregular." 37 "Dolly Morgan alias 'Angel Face'" 38 "A washout, Dolly. Hammond stopped the check." 39 "Can you imagine Hammond acting that way? It's cruel, that's what it is." 40 "Men are that way -- seems like there's no chance for a poor girl to make an honest living." 41 "There's no use crying -- I always take things as I find them." 42 "Just to prove that all men are not alike -- I'll stake you to twenty bucks." 43 "Thanks, Brad -- you're one white guy." 44 "What's the idea -- giving another dame money?" 45 "You know how I am, honey -- generous to a fault." 46 "She's gone." 47 "The dough's gone!" 48 "I knew that dame was dishonest!" 49 "That young lady just made the biggest mistake of her life." 50 "I won't take less than one hundred thousand." 51 "The young lady paid for it." 52 "Excuse me, Miss, but did you pay for a telegram signed 'Steve'?" 53 "Was that your telegram?" 54 "I thought you had forgotten it -- and I saw it was addressed to a mother." 55 "That was mighty sweet of you -- -- mothers are most important, aren't they?" 56 "I never had a mother." 57 "That's unusual -- er -- I mean unfortunate." 58 "I hope you don't think I'm silly." 59 "On the contrary, I think you're mighty nice." 60 For the balance of the week, Dolly Morgan tried out all her wiles and every expression of her "angel face". 61 "I never realized how uninteresting cement was until I met you." 62 "He reminds me of the darkies singing down home on the plantation." 63 "Are plantations very expensive?" 64 "Some of them are worth a million dollars." 65 "I'm sure sorry I have to leave tonight -- -- but I've got to get back to my factory." 66 "I think I've sprained my ankle." 67 "It's really nothing -- sprains run in my family." 68 "I had no idea a big business man could be so tender." 69 "It's easy to be tender with you." 70 "Forgive me -- I just couldn't help it." 71 "I could make you marry me for that." 72 "Would you -- ?" 73 "Would you really -- marry me?" 74 "I know it's sudden, but I can't help it --" 75 "-- I've loved you since the first moment I saw you." 76 "I just know I can make you happy. Won't you give me the chance?" 77 "Let's get married tonight?" 78 "We'll catch the midnight train for home." 79 "Love has put me on my feet again!" 80 "I'll meet you in the lobby -- as soon as I pay my bill." 81 "I might as well get used to it -- from now on I do the paying." 82 "And how!" 83 "You wait downstairs -- this is going to require intelligence." 84 "Going away?" 85 "Just unpacking." 86 "Where's my dough?" 87 "Oh, you mean our dough -- that you forgot to divide." 88 "A complete washout. I must have lost it." 89 "Just to prove that all women are not alike -- -- I'll stake you to twenty bucks." 90 "Oh, we'll forget the small change -- now that you've lined up a new sucker." 91 "Never mind the phone -- I've got a few instructions for you." 92 "I'm merely ordering refreshments." 93 "Now, Brad -- it isn't going to get you anything to spoil my game." 94 "I'm your pal, and I wouldn't try to put anything over on you." 95 "I understand, and just to help a pal I'm going to let you include me in your new deal." 96 "It will be a pleasure, Brad -- and with your help -- a cinch." 97 "Now that we understand each other, I'll stick around until this sucker is landed." 98 "That's the spirit, Brad -- we'll work the old racket." 99 "That's him now -- do your stuff!" 100 "When I cough that's your cue to walk in." 101 "I thought you would never get here." 102 "I came as soon as I could." 103 "Won't you have a little drink?" 104 "Oh, darling, you mustn't be so rough." 105 "There's no one here but my husband, and he's asleep." 106 "A dame like that ought to be in jail. She's a menace to society." 107 "Dolly, this is Ma." 108 "Gee, Brother -- she'd make getting married a pleasure." 109 "I'll dust the seat off -- so you won't get that pretty dress dirty." 110 "So this is Steve's car." 111 "Yes -- after four more payments." 112 "Steve, we landed that Jackson job." 113 "That'll pay forty dollars." 114 "Nothing like prosperity." 115 "So this is the plantation." 116 "Oh, no, the plantation is next door." 117 "It's Colonel Winthrop's plantation -- -- but we enjoy looking over the cotton fields." 118 "That's just like owning it -- except that Colonel Winthrop pays the taxes." 119 "You haven't seen anything yet." 120 "Enduro Cement -- takes five minutes to settle and lasts five hundred years." 121 "This is my most convincing demonstration." 122 "That's the way I fool 'em all. That's ordinary cement." 123 "This section is made of Enduro." 124 "I must carry my bride over the threshold the first time -- that means a lifetime of happiness." 125 "When I put my cement deal through we'll have a new house." 126 "You should put it through, Big Boy. You're some salesman!" 127 "I suppose we'll get a much better view of Colonel Winthrop's estate from upstairs." 128 "Steve always sleeps on that side." 129 "Come and look at Steve's factory." 130 "Looks just like Pittsburgh!" 131 "There they are, honey -- just like I said -- the darkies singing on the plantation." 132 "Yes, on Colonel Winthrop's plantation." 133 "Did you think it was my plantation?" 134 "Oh, no -- I thought it belonged to the Salvation Army." 135 "We can have a plantation, honey -- when my cement deal goes through." 136 "Certainly -- I'll only have to wait five hundred years for that cement to prove itself." 137 "I reckon you must be disappointed in things." 138 "I didn't mean to misrepresent any- thing, honey." 139 "If I enthused too much, it's only because I love this old place --" 140 "-- and I was hoping you'd love it, too." 141 "We love each other -- what else matters?" 142 "You do love me -- don't you?" 143 "But, Steve -- we can't live on love." 144 "I guess you're right, Dolly -- I can't expect a lady like you to be happy in these surroundings." 145 "Steve, you should have married a girl who could help you --" 146 "-- not a lady like me." 147 "What are you going to do?" 148 "I'm leaving for New York tonight." 149 "Good-bye, Dolly." 150 "I'll be thinking about you -- always." 151 "It's better that you forget -- everything." 152 "The old boy has to get up early, now that he has a missus to support." 153 "Isn't Dolly coming down for breakfast?" 154 "Don't worry about him, Ma. All married people act goofy." 155 "Dolly, you've come back to me!" 156 "That dame will soon learn that she can't put anything over on me -- -- and get away with it." 157 "Mr. Steve Crandall's residence." 158 "You've made me the happiest man in the world." 159 "Steve, I love you -- and I don't want anything to ruin your happiness." 160 "This can't be the place." 161 "You can't tell -- -- some millionaires are nuts about simplicity." 162 "We're Mrs. Crandall's cousins from New York." 163 "My son is down in the village -- I'll call Dolly." 164 "Your cousins just arrived." 165 "Mother, would you make some coffee for them?" 166 "What do you think you're going to gain by coming here, Bradley?" 167 "We're merely trying to find out why a gink with a million bucks lives in a shanty like this." 168 "He isn't rich -- he hasn't a dime." 169 "Of course, you wouldn't understand, but I love this guy." 170 "She slays me!" 171 "You're not going to give me the run-a-round again -- understand!" 172 "If I wanted to put anything over on you -- it would be a cinch!" 173 "But what about my dough?" 174 "You're going to get every cent of it!" 175 "This joint don't look like ready money to me." 176 "Maybe it's one of them antique joints." 177 "We'll do one thing at a time .... first we'll get our dough -- then we'll get a line on her boy friend." 178 "It's all yours, Bradley -- if you'll get out of here!" 179 "I assure you that leaving this place will be a pleasure." 180 "Are you sure you're on the level about this poverty gag?" 181 "Look around -- -- and judge for yourself." 182 "Brad, why don't you go? There's nothing here for you." 183 "I've sold the formula -- -- for a hundred thousand!" 184 "Ma -- we're rich!" 185 "It's quite a relief to know that my little cousin has such a substantial husband!" 186 "I told you I was through with the racket and I meant it!!" 187 "Applesauce! You're just tryin' to keep this sucker for your private pickin'." 188 "Can't you understand? I love this boy and I want to be on the level with him." 189 "I suppose you expect us to tell him nothing -- -- and leave all this soft dough for you!" 190 "Listen, Gwen -- I'm warning you -- don't tell Steve any- thing about me!" 191 "Now ain't you in a swell position to threaten somebody?" 192 "I'm not threatening!... I'm telling you!!" 193 "Put that down -- you know we're not anxious to tell him." 194 "We're leaving for New York tomorrow -- and Cousin Brad has invited us to stop at his place." 195 In New York -- ready for the "racket". 196 "You didn't let Steve get away with any of his dough, did you?" 197 "I'm allowing him ten percent -- as a sort of amusement tax." 198 "Listen, Angel Face, if you don't snap out of the glooms -- -- you're going to queer this whole deal." 199 "You haven't told him anything about me -- have you?" 200 "Certainly not -- and I trust you won't make it necessary for me to enlighten him." 201 "Well, if it isn't Santa Claus." 202 "It all seems too good to be true." 203 "I know how you feel, honey. I'm so happy I could cry myself." 204 "Cocktails are ready." 205 "Steve -- do you think it's okay to sign up with Brad?" 206 "Brad is your cousin, dear -- -- that's enough recommendation for me." 207 "Make it snappy -- we've got an awful thirst." 208 "I want to speak to Detective Sergeant Matheson." 209 "Before you sign anything -- there are a few things you ought to know." 210 "Bradley's been promising to tell you -- maybe he forgot." 211 "I think he forgot to tell you that this deal is crooked." 212 "He also forgot to tell you -- -- that I'm a crook -- -- " 213 "-- that I'm wanted by the police -- --" 214 "I married you to trim you --" 215 "So now you know, Steve, the kind of lady you married." 216 "You've crossed me for the last time -- this is the pay-off." 217 "Don't bother, Bradley. I've already called the cops." 218 "Who's there?" 219 "Sergeant Matheson! Open up!" 220 "Well, Angel Face, this is a surprise!" 221 "Yes, Matty, I thought you might want to know where I was." 222 "I'll change my clothes and be with you in five minutes." 223 "Dolly -- this mustn't be the end for us!" 224 "Yes, Steve -- it's got to be." 225 "But I can't let you go." 226 "It won't be as tough as you think, Steve. You'll find some nice girl --" 227 "I'm grateful for your feelings, Steve -- but you're going to be better off without me." 228 "What does she think she's dressing for -- the Ritz?" 229 "Matty is getting impatient." 230 "All set, Matty." 231 "But, Dolly -- -- you're coming back to me?" 232 "No, Steve, but thanks -- for everything." 233 "So you were married while you were out on parole?" 234 "I would rather not talk about that, Warden -- please." 235 "That's just what we're here to talk about." 236 "Your husband has applied for your parole in his custody." 237 "That's just like Steve -- he would do that." 238 "No, I've burdened him enough -- -- besides, he isn't my husband any more." 239 "Whether you like it or not -- -- your parole is granted." THE ENDHome