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00:00Well, Susie, I thought you were going to watch Harold play baseball today.
00:11I was.
00:12Then what are you doing here? The game can't be over already.
00:15No, but Harold isn't playing anymore.
00:17Oh, why not?
00:18The coach is making him sit on the bench.
00:21What for?
00:22I don't know. I guess he was just too honest.
00:26Too honest?
00:27I heard somebody say Harold was taken out because he wouldn't steal a base.
00:57I don't know.
01:28Where is it?
01:30Hazel?
01:34Hazel?
01:36Yeah? We're ready for our dessert.
01:39Oh, I'll get it in a second, just as soon as I finish what I'm doing.
01:42What are you doing?
01:43Well, I haven't done it in years.
01:44When I get started, I can't stop. I get hypnotized.
01:47Hazel, what are you doing?
01:57Reading tea leaves.
01:58Oh, for me's sake.
02:00I gave this up years ago.
02:02Well, I haven't given up my dessert. Where's that cherry cobbler?
02:04Oh, it's right over there.
02:06I gave up reading cards and reading poems and reading the bumps on people's heads because it's just superstition.
02:12Just mere superstition.
02:13Of course it is.
02:15But boy, these tea leaves must be from red China.
02:18Boy, what a mess of trouble.
02:20Oh, bad news?
02:22Uh-huh.
02:23Who for?
02:24Well, it's pointing right toward Mr. Steve.
02:26Oh, Hazel, come on.
02:28Oh, I know. I don't believe in them things. Not for a minute.
02:31But just to play safe, don't you want me to read the bumps on your head?
02:34No, thanks.
02:35It's pure superstition. Now, there isn't going to be any bad news.
02:39Oh, I know there isn't. Sure there isn't.
02:43Maybe that's it.
02:44Come on. I'll get it, Hazel.
02:49Hello. Yes.
02:53Hello, Mrs. Fillmore. How are you?
02:56I'm doing as well as could be expected considering so many real estate men ringing my doorbell
03:01and are deluging me with letters since I inherited this property.
03:06Well, I hope I haven't offended you by being so persistent.
03:09And I knew you were disposing of it.
03:12And, well, to a real estate man like myself, that has the irresistible appeal of a gold mine.
03:19Mr. Baxter, that's the reason I called you.
03:21At least you're honest.
03:23You're the only one who admits that he's thinking of himself.
03:27All the others pretend that they're trying to do me a big favor.
03:31Oh, don't misunderstand me.
03:33I really believe I could do as well, if not better for you, than anybody else.
03:37If you could just give me a chance to talk to you in person for about a half an hour.
03:43Very well. I'll give you a half an hour to convince me.
03:46But no more.
03:48Uh, when?
03:49Well, right now.
03:51How soon can you be here?
03:53Oh, uh, well, uh, where do you live?
03:55Well, I'm at my country place.
03:57120 Weldon Road.
04:00Weldon Road.
04:01Uh, I could be there in about, oh, uh, 20 minutes?
04:05Then be here in 20 minutes.
04:07And if not, don't bother.
04:09Oh, oh, I'll be there.
04:11I'll be there, Mrs. Fillmore.
04:12Right.
04:13Goodbye.
04:14Oh, boy.
04:16Oh, boy.
04:17Oh, boy!
04:19Bad news, huh?
04:22Hazel?
04:22Hazel, I want you to go out and buy a whole truckload of those tea leaves.
04:26I want all that kind of bad luck you can dig up.
04:28I must be losing my touch.
04:31Where's the map of the county?
04:33Uh, Hazel, I thought you had one in here somewhere.
04:34I think it's right here.
04:36Oh, there it is.
04:37Steve, what is this all about?
04:40It's Mrs. Fillmore.
04:41Honey, you know, the rich do get richer.
04:44I better stick to reading the bums.
04:46She was born a millionaire, and now she's inherited another million in property.
04:50She wants to liquidate it.
04:51Think what a commission that would be for me?
04:53Wow!
04:54I must have lost my touch.
04:56I told her I'd be there in 20 minutes.
04:57It's out on Weldon Road, but I had to find the turnoff here.
05:03Here.
05:04Now, here's a shortcut.
05:05Take Telegraph Road and turn left, the apiary.
05:09What's an apiary?
05:10It's a bee farm.
05:11They have a lot of beehives out there.
05:23Well?
05:23Let me try another sample of a clover, honey.
05:32You've sampled the clover twice already.
05:34But I've sampled so many others, I don't remember what it tastes like.
05:37Now, look.
05:38You've sampled the clover, the sage, the alfalfa, and everything that I've got.
05:42Now, do you want to buy some honey or not?
05:45Mmm, no.
05:47Now that I've had so much of the stuff, I'm sick of it.
05:51But I've got enough energy to last me for the next three weeks.
05:59Go away.
06:00Go away.
06:01It's all that free honey you've gobbled up.
06:05The bee's taking a fancy to you.
06:08Go away.
06:11Call off your bees.
06:14Sick them.
06:15Sick them.
06:15Go away.
06:16Go away.
06:16Go away.
06:31This the way to Weldon Road?
07:20You all right?
07:22Does it look like I'm all right?
07:25Well, no.
07:26Then don't ask stupid questions.
07:28What happened?
07:30What does it look like happened?
07:33It looks like you hit a tree.
07:35Brilliant.
07:37How's your head?
07:38I don't know.
07:40It could be a concussion.
07:41Can you see all right?
07:42Certainly I can see all right.
07:45Well, maybe if you walked around a bit.
07:47Walk around on two broken legs?
07:49I really don't think they're broken.
07:51You a doctor?
07:53No, no.
07:53I'm in the real estate business.
07:55Oh, well, why didn't you say so?
07:57When it comes to broken legs, real estate men are much better than doctors.
08:01I mean, if they were broken, you wouldn't be standing on them.
08:04If I don't stand up, how am I going to get in your car?
08:09My car?
08:10Well, you've got to take me to the hospital.
08:13Hospital?
08:14Well, the hospital's back in town, and I have an appointment over in that direction.
08:17I don't think I'll be able to make it.
08:20Wait a minute.
08:21What blood type are you?
08:22Blood type?
08:23I don't know.
08:23Stick with me.
08:24I might need a transfusion.
08:27All right.
08:28I'll take you back to the hospital, but I...
08:29Wait a minute.
08:30I left my keys in the car.
08:31I better get them.
08:31Somebody might steal it.
08:32Never mind.
08:33Get back in the car.
08:33Nobody's going to steal it.
08:34They might bury it, but they won't steal it.
08:36Don't you believe it?
08:38Let me tell you something, son.
08:40This world is full of troublemakers.
08:43Well, come on.
08:44What are you waiting for?
08:44Let's go.
08:58Here's the hospital.
09:00Can you get out all right?
09:03Don't rush me.
09:04I'm thinking.
09:05Look, pal.
09:06I happen to be in a rush.
09:07Now, I'm supposed to be on Weldon Road.
09:09I'm already ten minutes late.
09:11If I go in there, they're going to want to x-ray me.
09:14How else can they find out if anything's broken?
09:17They'll want to take a whole lot of different tests.
09:20But that's what a hospital's for.
09:22And they'll call in a lot of big specialists.
09:25They have some of the best doctors in the country in that hospital.
09:28Yeah, and they cost money.
09:30What if they find out nothing's wrong with me and then hand me a bill for a thousand bucks?
09:34Yeah, well, these days it costs money to find out that there isn't anything wrong with you.
09:39Now, will you please...
09:39Not me.
09:40I'm staying out of there.
09:41You better take me to my own doctor.
09:43Look, I don't have time...
09:44Turn left at the next corner and I'll direct you from there.
09:46This building, this where your doctor has his office?
10:02Yeah, but I don't think I'll go in.
10:05What?
10:06Of course, eight bucks just to walk in the door.
10:09I'll give you eight bucks.
10:10Oh, I know how he is.
10:13He'll say, there's nothing wrong with you, but we better keep an eye on it.
10:15He'll come back next Tuesday.
10:16I have a very...
10:17Then he'll have me coming back next Friday.
10:19I'm very late at...
10:19And then the following Tuesday.
10:21And then...
10:22Now, look, I...
10:23Do you know anybody who's handy with a first aid kit?
10:29That guy has ruined my chance of a lifetime.
10:31Darling, it couldn't be helped.
10:33And Hazel's taking care of him in the kitchen.
10:35Take me to the hospital.
10:37Take me to the doctor's office.
10:38Take me to the drugstore.
10:40Why did I stop to pick him up?
10:41I should have kept right on going.
10:42Darling, Hazel says nothing is seriously the matter with you.
10:45Oh, I know that.
10:46I had to be a nice guy, right?
10:48Oh, Hazel said he kind of twisted his ankle.
10:50And he's ruined my chance to handle a million dollars worth of property, too.
10:54Darling, why don't you just go out there and see Mrs. Fillmore anyway?
10:58Oh, honey, she said 20 minutes or not at all.
11:01Hazel put a little bandage on his forehead and put his foot in a pan of ice water.
11:05It should have been the other way around.
11:07Now, the least I can do is call her up and apologize.
11:13If she'll speak to me.
11:26Hello?
11:26Oh, it's you, Mr. Baxter.
11:29Well, you should have been here an hour ago.
11:31I don't think we have anything to discuss.
11:37Oh?
11:40Oh, indeed.
11:42Well, where did that happen?
11:45Oh, I see.
11:47And you took him to a hospital.
11:51I see.
11:52You have him there at your own home?
11:57And you're taking care of him?
11:59Yes.
12:00Yes, we are.
12:00I'm terribly sorry, Mrs. Fillmore.
12:03I guess this just wasn't my day.
12:05But, well, if you could give me one more appointment, I promise you I'll be there on time.
12:11Mr. Baxter, may I tell you something?
12:14Certainly.
12:15I admire you.
12:17I beg your pardon?
12:18You placed the welfare of another human being before the opportunity of making a great deal of money.
12:26You know, these days people talk a lot about their love for their fellow men, but I wonder how many would do as you've done.
12:36Mr. Baxter, you are the type of young man I want to handle my property.
12:43Mrs. Fillmore, I don't quite know what to say.
12:46Mrs. Fillmore, thank you.
12:48Thank you very much.
12:49Thanks again.
12:51Bye.
12:53How do you like that?
12:54What?
12:54She practically turned her property over to me.
12:57I've never even met her, honey.
12:58I didn't even have to talk her into it.
13:00Oh, Steve, it's wonderful.
13:02Yeah, she admires the way I ignored her appointment and took that guy right to the hospital.
13:08And then brought him into my own home to heal his wounds.
13:11Oh, don't tell me a good Samaritan deed doesn't pay off.
13:13Oh, no, Steve, you weren't exactly the good Samaritan.
13:17He did insist that you take him to the hospital and then you just couldn't get rid of him.
13:21Hey, that's beside the point.
13:23A good deed is a good deed.
13:25Even though I did object every inch of the way.
13:29I'll go polish your halo.
13:35Hazel and her tea leaves.
13:36This has been the luckiest day of my life.
13:38I'll go tell Hazel.
13:40Oh, but I know what she'll say.
13:42She'll say,
13:44Mom, the day ain't over yet.
13:46Now, how do you feel?
14:01Fine.
14:02How's the head?
14:04Okay.
14:05How about the ankle?
14:06Feels great.
14:08How about another piece of blueberry pie?
14:10Don't mind a Purdue.
14:11I never knew a man would ever refuse, boy.
14:15There's something about blueberry pie that's very therapeutic.
14:19You can put it right here in the same place.
14:21Okay.
14:22Say, what did you run into when you was forced off the road?
14:26A tree.
14:27Oh, boy.
14:27Well, maybe that'll teach you a lesson.
14:29Maybe you won't be so reckless anymore.
14:31What do you mean, reckless?
14:33It wasn't my fault.
14:34Oh, you mean somebody forced you off the road?
14:36Oh, well, then maybe you'll have a lawsuit.
14:40Hmm?
14:40Oh, yeah, maybe you'll get a new car out of it.
14:43New car?
14:44Sure, a friend of mine got a new car,
14:46and that ain't all she got.
14:48What do you mean?
14:49Well, she ain't exactly a friend of mine anymore,
14:51not after the way she took that insurance company.
14:54What'd she do?
14:56Well, it's true that the other woman forced her off the road,
14:59but she wasn't hurt as bad as she claimed.
15:02How much did she collect?
15:04Oh, plenty.
15:06Boy, she claimed that the accident left her with dizzy spells.
15:09The truth was, she was born dizzy.
15:12Julie believed her.
15:14How much did she sue for?
15:16Well, I don't know, but she got a new car out of it.
15:19And she ain't worked a day since.
15:21And boy, with that silly look on her face,
15:23she'll be collecting as long as she lives.
15:27Tell me something.
15:29Your boss, Mr. Baxter, he looks like a very successful man.
15:33Oh, I'll say.
15:34He's the hottest real estate operator in town.
15:37You don't say.
15:38Sure, he's working on a million-dollar deal right now.
15:41No kidding.
15:42A million dollars?
15:44Yeah.
15:45Oh, well, he handles things like that over the phone.
15:48Oh, speaking of that,
15:50did you get the license number of the man that forced you off the road?
15:54I don't need his license number.
15:56I've got the man.
15:57Oh, you have?
15:58Who?
15:59Your boss, Mr. Baxter.
16:03I said what?
16:07Why, that dirty, rotten Steve.
16:10Not in front of the children.
16:12You two better go outside and play.
16:14Come on now, get going.
16:16We always have to leave when things get interesting.
16:19How are we ever going to learn new words
16:21if Daddy can't say them in front of us?
16:23Where is he?
16:31Where is he?
16:33In the kitchen.
16:34I'm going to bounce him out of here so hard.
16:37Now, Steve, don't add violence to violence.
16:40Don't add violence to violence?
16:42Well, I mean, forcing him off the road and...
16:44Forcing him off the road?
16:45You believe I force him off the road?
16:47No, Steve.
16:48No, I don't.
16:49Good.
16:50Not if you say you didn't.
16:52If I say I...
16:53You mean, you're just taking my word for it?
16:56You're not convinced?
16:57Well, you were in a dreadful hurry to get out of here,
16:59and I know how fast you drive when...
17:01Oh, boy.
17:02I'm in trouble.
17:03I'm in real trouble.
17:04If my own wife won't believe me,
17:06imagine what a jury would do.
17:07I believe you.
17:08I believe you.
17:09She believes you, Mr. Steve.
17:11I believe you, too.
17:12It's just that when you start growing up like this,
17:14you know, she gets confused.
17:16That's it.
17:16I get confused.
17:17Well, honey, you better get yourself de-confused
17:20before the police arrive.
17:21I want to see that guy.
17:22Excuse me.
17:28Where is he?
17:29Well, he was right here.
17:31Oh.
17:32He's in my room.
17:36Hey, what are you doing on my bed?
17:39I felt dizzy.
17:40You're not half as dizzy as you'll be
17:41when I get finished with you.
17:42Get up.
17:43Oh, now, Steve, don't.
17:44He may really be hurt.
17:45Do you want a doctor?
17:48Yes, please.
17:50But first, I want a lawyer.
17:51I'll let the lawyer pick the doctor.
17:54What do you mean telling Hazel
17:55I forced you off the road?
17:57You did.
17:58I'm going to bounce you out of here so hard.
18:01Please.
18:02I'm having another one of my dizzy spells.
18:05Oh, come on.
18:06He's faking.
18:09What are you worried about?
18:10An important man like you
18:12must carry plenty of insurance.
18:13Oh, I do.
18:14I do.
18:15But I won't let anybody like you
18:16try to swindle them.
18:18Nobody forced you off the road
18:19and you know it.
18:21It's a lonely road.
18:22Your word against mine.
18:25We'll let a jury decide.
18:27Look, just between you and me,
18:29off the record,
18:31you weren't dizzy when I brought you here.
18:33What inspired these sudden spells of yours?
18:36Hazel told me about this friend of ours
18:38who had the same kind of accident.
18:40Her friend's resulting dizzy spells
18:42were identical to mine.
18:45I'm sure glad you told me
18:47about that friend of yours, Hazel.
18:50Doorbell.
18:59How do you do?
19:01My name is Mrs. Fillmore.
19:02Oh.
19:03Mr. Baxter called me today
19:05about handling some property
19:06that I inherited.
19:08Oh, yeah?
19:09Well, he was on his way to see me
19:10but stopped to assist
19:11a poor man in an accident.
19:13He said he brought him here
19:14to his own home
19:15to look after him
19:16and care for him.
19:17Oh, yes.
19:18Yes, I guess you could put it that way.
19:21There aren't many humanitarians
19:22like that in the world.
19:24And since I had to come into town anyway,
19:26I thought I'd drop by
19:27and tell Mr. Baxter personally
19:28how thrilled I am
19:30with his noble gesture.
19:31Oh, yes.
19:32He's as noble as they come.
19:34Is he at home?
19:35Well, why don't you try his office?
19:37It's just down the block.
19:38Ow!
19:39Out of this house, you minister.
19:40Out of this house.
19:41Wait a minute.
19:42Wait a minute.
19:42What about my sock and shoe?
19:44I'll throw them out after you.
19:46This is Mrs. Fillmore.
19:48How do you do?
19:49Mrs. Fillmore.
19:50Oh, how do you do?
19:51This is a real pleasure.
19:53I...
19:53I came to see you
19:58and the man you rescued
20:00from that accident.
20:02Rescued?
20:02He's the guy
20:03who forced my car off the road.
20:05I beg your pardon.
20:07I'm going to sue him.
20:08I got all kinds of concussions.
20:10Mrs. Fillmore,
20:10don't listen to him.
20:11He's lying.
20:13Well, Mr. Baxter,
20:15this is in
20:16rather unexpected development.
20:19Could it be
20:20that you were playing
20:21on my sympathy
20:22to get control of my property?
20:23Well, certainly not.
20:24It's his word against mine.
20:26I may not be an important man
20:27like he is,
20:28but my word is
20:29just as good as his is.
20:30I don't know
20:31whom to believe.
20:33But if I decide
20:34that you are right,
20:35I'll provide you
20:36with the finest core
20:37of attorneys money can buy.
20:39Mrs.
20:40Now,
20:41while I hear
20:41both sides of the story,
20:43may I have a cup of tea?
20:45I'm sure it won't take them long,
20:53Mrs. Fillmore.
20:54I hope not.
20:55My husband said
20:56the man at the honey stand
20:57may have seen the accident.
20:59I hope so.
21:02Don't ask me to be a witness.
21:04I didn't see anything.
21:05But you must have.
21:06You're talking to the wrong man.
21:08I didn't see a thing.
21:11Wait a minute.
21:11I remember now.
21:13You were standing
21:14in front of the honey stand.
21:15I stopped here
21:16about the same time
21:17he ran off the road.
21:18How could I have
21:19forced him off?
21:20You must have heard the crash.
21:21I didn't hear a thing.
21:24Now, listen.
21:25This thing is going
21:26to end up in court
21:27unless I get a witness.
21:29Now,
21:29it could drag on
21:30for months and months.
21:32That's why I'm not
21:33getting mixed up in it.
21:35You're not getting me
21:35to spend a lot of time
21:36in court.
21:37I've got a bee farm
21:37to look after.
21:39Hmm.
21:40You know I'm innocent
21:41and you won't even
21:42give me an affidavit?
21:43You're wasting your breath.
21:45I'm not going to get
21:46mixed up in any lawsuit.
21:48Now,
21:48that's your hard luck,
21:49my friend.
21:50Well,
21:51if you won't back me up,
21:52I guess it is.
21:53Come on, Hedgel.
21:54Oh, no,
21:54let's not hurry.
21:55This gentleman
21:56may change his mind.
21:58Not a chance.
21:59Why do you say that?
21:59Well,
22:00I was just noticing
22:01those bees over there.
22:05What about them?
22:06Well,
22:07when I was nursing
22:07our so-called victim,
22:09I noticed he had
22:09a bee sting on his head.
22:11Maybe that's what
22:12made him lose
22:12control of the car.
22:15Oh,
22:15a bee in the car?
22:16But, you know,
22:17that would account
22:17for the crazy way
22:18he was driving.
22:19Oh, sure.
22:20Maybe, uh,
22:21maybe instead of suing you,
22:22he'll be suing
22:23this gentleman.
22:26Don't make me laugh.
22:28I'm not responsible
22:29for what my bees do.
22:31Sure,
22:31I saw the bee
22:32go after him
22:32and it served him right.
22:34Standing here
22:34sampling all my honey
22:36and not buying any.
22:37But I can't be
22:38held responsible
22:39for what my bees do.
22:43Can I?
22:44Well,
22:45it might be interesting
22:46to find out.
22:47Well,
22:48I never heard
22:48of any such law.
22:49Oh,
22:50there's lots of laws
22:51we never heard of.
22:52That's why we have
22:52expensive lawyers
22:53to tell us.
22:55But I don't have
22:55a lawyer.
22:56Oh,
22:57sure.
22:57Uh,
22:57there might even be
22:58a law against
22:59raising bees
23:00close to a public road.
23:01Oh,
23:01sure.
23:01I bet there's
23:02hundreds of laws
23:03that'll hold you
23:04responsible.
23:04He's determined
23:07to sue somebody.
23:08Sure.
23:09A good lawyer
23:09just might be able
23:10to build up a case.
23:12Well,
23:12listen,
23:13if you don't know
23:14about it,
23:14don't tell him.
23:16Uh,
23:17let's put it this way.
23:18I won't talk
23:19if you will.
23:27Well,
23:27to make a long story short,
23:30Mr. Baxter
23:31stopped at my stand
23:32at the same time
23:33I heard the crash.
23:34So he couldn't
23:35possibly have forced
23:36you off the road.
23:37Well,
23:37that seems fairly
23:39conclusive.
23:41I thought you were
23:42a dumb hick
23:43when I was sampling
23:44your honey
23:44and that's exactly
23:45what you are.
23:46If you were smart,
23:47you would have testified
23:48for me and made
23:48yourself some money.
23:50Speaking of being smart,
23:52if you were so smart,
23:53you wouldn't leave
23:53your car standing
23:54out there on the road.
23:55Huh?
23:56By now,
23:57people are probably
23:57stripping off the tires,
23:59tearing out the engine,
24:00unscrewing the batteries.
24:01Mr. Baxter,
24:15while I'm here,
24:16why don't we discuss
24:17your handling my property?
24:19Oh, by all means.
24:20More tea?
24:21No, thank you.
24:22Uh, Hazel,
24:23would you care
24:23to read some tea leaves?
24:24Oh, sure.
24:25Just what are
24:25your specific plans?
24:27Well, I...
24:27According to the tea leaves,
24:29this ain't the day
24:30to make any plans.
24:31Hazel.
24:32Well, uh,
24:32it ain't the day
24:34to make plans
24:34to go to Europe.
24:36Well, then you ain't
24:36going to Europe,
24:37so go right ahead.
24:42You see,
24:43it's...
24:44a little bit better.