My Best Girl
1
"The stock girl will
be right up with more
of these pans."
2
"I'll be back in five
minutes -- here's your
chance to be a
salesgirl."
3
"Here's your time card,
Grant. You'll work in the
stock room with Maggie
Johnson here."
4
"I thought you wanted
the exercise!"
5
"Open this crate of
mouse traps -- there's
a rush on them."
6
"You know, you're
awfully dumb."
7
"I may take you in
hand and try to make
something out of you."
8
Robert E. Merrill, owner
of the great chain of
five and ten cent stores.
9
"- - and it's perfectly
ridiculous to postpone
the announcement of
Joe's engagement any
longer!"
10
"Millicent is a charming
girl - and her family is
as well known as my
own."
11
"Well, Millicent dear,
how was the dog
show?"
12
"Well Joe, how was
the first day at
the store?"
13
"Great, Dad! My name
is Joe Grant - - and
I'm the dumbest stock
boy in the world!"
14
"Don't you know our
engagement is a dark
secret until I've made
some progress at the
store?"
15
"Joe Grant seems to
be making quite a hit
in the store, doesn't
he, Maggie?"
16
"What do you think
this is -- a non-stop
flight?"
17
"Joe - - I have a
trade-last for you."
18
"I heard the manager
say you were a very
efficient young man."
19
"That's because you've
taught me so much
about the business,
Maggie."
20
"Now tell me your
trade-last, Joe."
21
"Well, I know one
of the Merrills thinks
you're the finest little
kid in the store."
22
"Let's find a softer
seat on this bucking
bronco!"
23
"I wonder who busted
up my throne!"
24
"Would you like to
see a picture of
my family?"
25
"This is where we
live -- it's the swellest
house on Goat Hill."
26
"I've been to the
loveliest funeral, Pa."
27
"I haven't had such
a good cry since
our wedding."
28
"Who died, anyway?"
29
"I can't remember the
name -- but it was the
nicest funeral I've
attended this week."
30
"It's been a long, hard
day - but I feel I've
done my duty."
31
"Liz, you ain't going
out with that sporty
Nick Powell again,
are you?"
32
"He really ain't fit
company for you,
dearie - honest, he
ain't."
33
"I'm a pretty good cook,
Joe -- would you like to
take pot luck and have
supper with us?"
34
"You'll like my family -
we live sort of a
quiet life."
35
"My life is my own -
and I'll live it my
own way!"
36
"Oh, I forgot! Liz belongs
to a dramatic club and
they're rehearsing their
new show."
37
"I'm so glad to see
you, Mr. Powell --
you're just in time
for the big fight
scene!"
38
"He's the villain!"
39
"Sorry, Liz - I can't keep
our date - some important
business just came up --"
40
"What a lovely costume!
You look exactly like
a policeman!"
41
"He's a swell actor --
his uncle knows Lon
Chaney!"
42
"I'm afraid they'll be
rehearsing quite a while
yet. Would you mind
making it some other
evening?"
43
"- just a little family
dinner at the Mayfair
Club in honor of Joe's
birthday. Will you come?"
44
"What a glorious surprise
for Joe and Millicent!
I've invited all their
friends this evening to
announce their engagement."
45
"Aren't you a little
hasty, my dear?"
46
"Joe has fulfilled your
conditions. He's won
promotion at the store -
and without the help
of your name."
47
"I didn't think you'd
want to lunch with me
any more, Joe - now
that you're my boss."
48
"You bet I would,
Maggie! Why, this
little cafe has it
all over the Ritz!"
49
"He ought to read
some of Merrill's
famous slogans."
50
"I have a surprise
for you, Joe."
51
"Joe will be here
shortly. The poor boy
is probably hurrying
home from the store."
52
"Joe Grant, you're too
extravagant! You'll end
up in the poorhouse
sure."
53
"Oh, Pop, I'm in an awful
fix! Send Maggie down
to the Night Court
right away!"
54
"Liz is pinched!"
55
"Where's Maggie? Can't
she do something
about it?"
56
"Maggie was never this
late before! I can't
understand what's keeping
her."
57
"It must be wonderful
to spend an evening
like that after supper."
58
"Supper! That's a great
idea! Let's eat!"
59
"I've never stayed
out before, Joe --
I've got to cook
the supper."
60
"I might telephone
home and ask Liz
to get the supper
for once."
61
"Of course, if I
telephone - they'll
probably make me
come home."
62
"You remember Merrill's
slogan - 'we are all
one happy family'?"
63
"Let's take him at his
word and go up to
his house for dinner!"
64
"Why, Joe - this really
is the Merrill home!"
65
"Well, I'll go as far
as you will."
66
"I'll go as far as you will."
67 [small type]
"I'll go as far as you will."
68
"The Merrill's aren't
home, are they?"
69
"We work at the Merrill
store - would it be all
right for us to have
dinner here?"
70
"Say, mister, are you
sure it's all right for
the Merrill employees
to eat here?"
71
"Oh, yes, Miss! One of
the employees dines
here almost every
night."
72
"I'm afraid that something's
happened to Joe."
73
"I've an idea! Let's
play we're Mr. and
Mrs. Merrill!"
74
"You look so tired,
darling -- did you
have a hard day at
the office?"
75
"I've cooked all the
things you like for
supper - beefsteak -
and muffins - and
strawberry pie --"
76
"This lobster sundae
is rawther good, isn't
it -- Mr. Merrill?"
77
"It certainly is --
Mrs. Merrill."
78
"They may have swell
waiters - but the food
is terrible!"
79
"But don't you worry,
Joe dear -- I can
cook better than that."
80
"Maggie, there's something
I must tell you."
81
"You wouldn't have kissed
me if I wasn't your
best girl."
82
"Maggie, you are my
best girl."
83
"Why, Joe, didn't you
get my note?"
84
"Maggie - this is my
father and mother."
85
"Joe, you terrible boy -
to stay away from our
engagement party!"
86
"I thought he was Joe
Grant - - I - I didn't
know he was your
son!"
87
"If you don't mind -
I think I have a
headache --"
88
"I must follow her,
Millicent -- I've broken
her heart!"
89
"Liz is in jail,
Maggie - - what
can we do?"
90
"Please let her go,
Judge -- she's honest -
honest she is!"
91
"We're such a happy
family, Judge -- don't
break my mother's
heart!"
92
"If you'd come home,
Maggie, this wouldn't
have happened!"
93
"Don't worry, Ma --
I'll never leave you
again as long as
I live!"
94
"Maggie, dear, I'm
not going to marry
Millicent!"
95
"I love you, Maggie --
will you be my wife?"
96
"So Maggie's been
running around with
young Merrill, eh?"
97
"Rich men's sons don't
chase after shop girls
for the exercise."
98
"My wife is convinced
that your marriage to
Joe would ruin his
career."
99
"Joe has agreed to leave
for Honolulu immediately
until this scandal blows
over."
100
"I've discovered, however,
that he has made reser-
vations for Mr. and Mrs.
Merrill."
101
"I wondered whether
you would rather go
with Joe -- or accept
this."
102
"We're leaving for
Honolulu, Maggie --
we'll be married on
the ship --"
103
"We'll sail away to
Paradise, Maggie --
and leave all the
world behind --"
104
"'Sail away to
Paradise!' --
did you read that
in a book?"
105
"I don't have to marry
you now -- I've got
what I was after!"
106
"I'm sorry, Maggie - -
he should have known
you wouldn't take it."
107
"-- and you never fooled
me for a minute -- I knew
all along you were Joe
Merrill!"
108
"What an easy mark
you were for a gold
digger like me!"
109
"-- and I knew all
about that other
girl too!"
110
"She can have you --
I've got this!"
111
"Why don't you go
back to Millicent?
You wouldn't want a
girl like me anyway!"
112
"-- and you thought
I wanted to settle
down with you --"
113
"-- and sit by a fireside
all night long --"
114
"-- and raise a family --"
115
"None of that bunk
for me! A jazz life
every time!"
116
"That's me all over -
a red hot mama!"
117
"I never had a guy
fall so hard for
me --"
118
"Why, you're crying --"
119
"-- like a baby --"
120
"I'm not a bad girl,
Joe -- I didn't mean
a word I said!"
121
"I love you, Joe --
but I can never,
never marry you."
122
"It's my family, Joe --
they need me more
than you do."
123
"Like hell we do!"
124
"From now on, I'll be
the father of this
family!"
125
"If this feller goes
to Honolulu, you're
going with him!"
126
"The next funeral you
go to will be your
own!"
127
"Good heavens! The
boat leaves in ten
minutes!"
The
End
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