The Rag Man
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New York, a world
within a city - -
where anything
might happen.
2
On the night of June 18th,
in the lower east side
St. John's Orphanage
was - - -
3
"Are the children safe?"
4
"All but one - Father."
5
"Hey! Where you goin'
in that kimona?"
6
The following morning - the
home of Max Ginsberg -
Junk Dealer.
7
His business taught him
the gentle philosophy
of seeing value in
everything.
8
Dynamite - - a worn-out
race-horse - - - now
Ginsberg's sole companion.
9
The commercial center -
where money talks - and
the world listens.
10
The law office of
Richard L. Scott.
11
"What do you want done
with these Ginsberg
papers - - his claim is
about outlawed, isn't it?"
12
"Ginsberg is the rightful
owner of those patents -
but he has never been
able to prove it."
13
"Those unscrupulous attorneys,
Bernard and Winkler,
disappeared - - however, I'll
make one more effort."
14
"There's no market for
empty bottles."
15
"I'll pay the nickel --
but tonight I wouldn't
sleep a wink."
16
"What am I - -
a sight-seeing bus?"
17
"An honest boy in this
neighborhood? - - a
nickel you should have."
18
"Why can't you give
me a job?"
19
"Please mister - -"
20
"A job you want -
you talk like I pay
income tax."
21
"Maybe I could watch
your horse."
22
"What's your name?"
23 [text appears one word at a time]
"Timothy - Patrick -
Alyoisius - Michael -
Kelly."
24
"Oi - it sounds like
the roll call for a
St. Patrick's parade."
25
"There's two more, but
I can't think of 'em."
26
The Wall Street District -
where they dry clean
without gasoline.
27
"Ginsberg!"
28
"Don't worry, he didn't
see me."
29
Mother Malloy - who sold
so many apples three
doctors went out of
business.
30
"You've got the look
of an apple in your
eye."
31 [last line of text
appears after a beat]
"Couldn't you make
two small ones out
of this big one --
for the same price?"
32
"Hello Max, is your
rheumatism all
over?"
33
"All over - every bone
in my body aches."
34
"Shure and it's a good
thing you're not a
herring."
35
"And what's your
name?"
36
"Timothy Kelly."
37
"What're ye doin' with
Mr. Ginsberg?"
38
"I'm his horse watcher."
39
"Shure, you're a fine
combination!"
40 [text in Hebrew dissolves to:]
"How is business - -
without lying?"
41 [text in Hebrew dissolves to:]
"Business is great! --
I'm lying."
42
"How do you say 'goodbye'
in Jewish?"
43 [text in Hebrew: "Goodbye"]
44
Misery loves company -
and besides - that night
Timothy Kelly was
looking for a place to sleep.
45
"Something tells me
that I'm going to be
a great help to you -
Mr. Ginsberg."
46
"Mr. Ginsberg, hot
water is very good
for rheumatism."
47
"I'll take good care of
you, Mr. Ginsberg."
48
"Well, I guess I'll
have to be going,
Mr. Ginsberg."
49
"Here's your Chinese
newspaper."
50
"That's Jewish."
51
"Are you a Jewish
man?"
52
"Do I look like an
Eskimo?"
53
"Look! It stands in the
paper that Timothy
Kelly was burned up
by the Orphanage fire."
54
"Goodbye, Mr. Ginsberg."
55
"Goodbye, Dynamite."
56
"Dynamite's a nice horse,
Mr. Ginsberg."
57
"Fifteen years ago by
the Louisville Kentucky
races - - he won the
derby."
58
"I wish he'd win one
to fit me."
59
"Why, Mr. Ginsberg,
it's raining outside."
60
"I should worry --
I ain't goin' out."
61
"Mr. Ginsberg - - do
you happen to have
a raincoat?"
62
"I'd have plenty raincoats
if I hadn't been robbed."
63
"Robbed? Why, Mr.
Ginsberg, you never
told me about that!"
64
"Look, Mr. Rosenblatt -
my new patent will
save time and labor."
65
"It's a great idea,
Ginsberg - - by this
you should make
a fortune."
66
"So I trusted my
invention to a
couple of lawyers -"
67
"They stole my patent -
now they've got
everything - I have
nothing."
68
"I tried for years to
make them pay - now
I don't even know
what's become of
them - -"
69
As time passed these two
lonely souls were drawn
together by the bond
of human love - - and
Max Ginsberg found himself
a partner in his own business.
70
"Now we're partners -
fifty-fifty."
71
"Please, Uncle Max, let
me go out today - -
I've watched you
buy - -"
72
"I can talk with my
hands, n' everything."
73
"How much money
have we?"
74 [oversize text]
"We?"
75
"Four dollars."
76
"And besides - - I'm
a business man."
77
"What makes you
think so?"
78
"Anybody that could
take four dollars away
from you must be a
business man."
79 [last two lines of text
appear after a beat]
When Alexander the
Great started out to
conquer the world,
he had a great army -
Timothy Kelly had four
dollars.
80
"Goodbye, four dollars -"
81
"- but bring back the
horse and wagon."
82
Dynamite's feet had been
on cobble stones so long
that Fifth Avenue felt
like a mattress.
83
"I'm Mr. Kelly of Ginsberg
and Kelly - - buying high
class junk."
84
"We pay the highest
prices of any firm in
New York."
85
"Dynamite!"
86
"Oats!"
87
"It's out of style - -"
88
"Lining's in bad condition."
89
"The moths must have
had a wonderful time
in this coat!"
90
"Pants - not so good."
91
"How much, Madam?"
92
"I'll leave it to your
judgment."
93
"They're worth at least
fifteen cents."
94
"You keep the money,
little boy."
95
"No thanks, business
is business."
96
"Hello, little girl!"
97
"I'm not a girl, my
name's Reginald!"
98
"I pay real money for
rags and bottles."
99
"How much apiece?"
100
"One cent."
101
"I'll take twenty-five
cents worth."
102
"They're full."
103
After buying all the junk
he could find except the
Battleship Washington -
Timothy Kelly was down to
his last dollar.
104
"Aren't you Timmy
Kelly?"
105
"I thought you were
lost in the fire."
106
"What are you doing
here?"
107
"Where is this Mr.
Ginsberg?"
108
"Oh -- he's sick --
but I'm running the
business."
109
"He's a very nice man - and
don't worry, Father - we're
church-going people too."
110
"Sure, every Saturday
he takes me to the
Synagogue."
111 [oversize text]
"What!!!"
112
"But every Sunday
I take him to Mass."
113
"That's fine, Tim - -
but I'm afraid I'll have
to take you back to
the new Home."
114
"Please, Father, he
needs me -- and you
wouldn't want to break
up our business - -"
115
"Not for the world,
Timmy -- but it's
my duty."
116
"But, Father - - the
Jewish newspaper
said I was dead - -"
117
"Well, Timmy - dead or
alive you'll get along
all right - good luck
to you."
118
After a successful day, Timothy
Kelly, the 'rag man' finally
established himself in the
heart of Max Ginsberg as a
business man.
119
"How is our little Irish
friend getting along?"
120
"He couldn't be any
smarter if he was
born in Moscow."
121
"My heart is full of
love for that boy."
122
"You like Uncle Max,
don't you, Mrs. Malloy?"
123
"Sure, he reminds me
of my third husband."
124
"Well, why don't you
two get married?"
125
"Why don't you mind
your business?"
126
"I'll pick me own
cave man."
127
"Say Kelly - - for me
don't be a marriage
maker."
128
"Name, please."
129
"Richard L. Scott."
130
"Mr. Scott to see you."
131
"Show him in."
132
"Who's the kid,
Ginsberg?"
133
"That's Kelly - - my
partner - - an Irisher."
134
"I think we're on Bernard's
trail at last. He's living
somewhere in New York
under the name of
Bishop."
135
"His partner, Winkler,
seems to have dropped
out of sight."
136
"For me, I don't care -
it's the boy I'm thinkin'
of now."
137
"For twenty-five cents he
bought enough bottles
to make a bootlegger
independent - -"
138
"It looks like business
is pretty good."
139
"Yes, I bought all of
these bottles for
twenty-five cents."
140
"They were full but
we emptied them."
141
"That's the best joke
I ever heard."
142
"Congratulations."
143
"Where did you get
them?"
144
"From a nice little boy
at 19 Park Avenue."
145
"What was the boy's
name?"
146 [text appears one line at a time]
"Ye Gods!
My boy!
My cellar!"
147
"He's my lawyer - he
came to tell me about
those men who robbed
and cheated me - -"
148
"He says that Bernard
is in New York now,
calling himself Bishop."
149
"He can't seem to get
any trace of the other
fellow - - - Winkler."
150
"Vell - a clean conscience
gathers no moss."
151
"I'd like to see
Mr. Bishop, please."
152
"There's no Mr. Bishop
here."
153
"Maybe his name is
Bernard now."
154
"Please, I must see
him - -"
155
"I'm Kelly of Ginsberg and
Kelly, 62 MacDougal Alley -
I guess you know Uncle
Max."
156
"I found a letter in your old
coat - - it was from your
partner Mr. Winkler, who
was sick in Denver, and
it told about all the money
you owe Max Ginsberg."
157
"Where is the letter?"
158
"I burned it up before
I knew - -"
159
"In the eyes of the law
you have no evidence."
160
"But just the same
the money belongs
to Uncle Max - -"
161
"Please - - you have
everything - - he has
nothing - - except me."
162
"You can't look me
straight in the eye,
Mr. Bishop."
163
"But Uncle Max is poor -
he's sick - he needs help."
164
"Some day you'll be
sorry - - Mr. Bishop."
165
"Kelly - - if you don't
like your name - -
change it to Levinsky."
166
"- - I bragged I was
a business man."
167
"Anybody what can fill
a junk wagon with
four dollars these days
is a business man."
168
"I'm too little to be a
business man - - I'm
going back where
I belong."
169
"I tried to help you -
but I failed."
170
"Kelly - - I love every
mistake you make."
171
"Some day when I get
big I'll pay you back."
172
"Please don't go, Kelly -
ain't we fifty-fifty?"
173
"I'll send these clothes to
you from the Home - -"
174
"I can look you straight
in the eye now."
175
"Bernard - you name
changer - you thief -"
176
"All these years you
are rich with my
money - - you low
life."
177
"I came here to make
amends."
178
"It wasn't you that
brought me."
179
"It was that boy."
180
"I came to give you
two hundred thousand
dollars."
181
"Tomorrow - - I'll give
you the money that
has been coming to
you all these years."
182
"Uncle Max - - how
about the interest?"
183
"That's Kelly - -
my partner."
184
"Now I'll have balloon
tires put on that
wagon."
185
"I'll see you at ten in
the morning --"
186
"If nothing happens
to me."
187
"James."
188
"Drive carefully,
please."
189
"$200,000 - - Oi - -
I'm a millionaire."
190
"I got everything - the
world is mine - four
cheers."
191
"I'll buy a bath tub -"
192
"I'll have Dynamite's
tail bobbed."
193
"I'll buy a car load of
Matzos."
194
"I'll buy a brand new
second-hand Ford."
195
"Just a minute, Mr.
Ginsberg - - don't get
so reckless with our
money."
196
"Oi - oi - such a business
man."
197
"Kelly."
198
"Ginsberg."
199
Springtime - - -
The Idle Rich.
200
"Who are those people?"
201
"They're the largest
antique dealers in the
city."
202 [text increases in size]
"Fore!"
201
"I wouldn't give but
three ninety eight."
202
"Still a business man."
THE END
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