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Nice Boy Even If He Is Rich
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Oh, yeah? one of the women
said. How come?
The vice-president turned to the
woman and threatened to hit her
in the mouth with a little clenched
fist.
No more rain, he said. That's
all.. Turn it off, bartender.
Thanks, Harry said.
The bartender turned off the
rain. Harry went back to Tom.
Did anybody hit you? Tom said.
Yeah, Harry said. Seven of them
jumped on me while my back was
turned. The Mexican had a knife.
I think I'ce lost part of an ear.
Have you ever been in Venice?
Tom said. That's what I want to
know.
Yes, I've been in Venice, Harry
said.
Tom jumped back and faced his
friend. I thought so, he said. What
kind of a romance was it?
A kind you'll never know, Harry
said.
If you mean I'm old fashioned,
Tom said, you're right. Was she
one of those debutanates?
No, Harry said.
"Well, what happened? Tom said.
Tom's friend began remembering again. He didn't speak for another three minutes, at least.
Then Tom said, "Why, that's
amazing. The average man would
never take you for a great lover.
The average man would be
right, Hrry said.
Oh, I see, Tom said. You poor
boy. Talk freely. This is the
place for it. Your Mend Thomas
O'Brien Freud will fix everything
up.
Harry called to the bartender to
come over. I'm sorry, he said.
Will you turn it on again?
You mean the rain? the barten-
dersaid.
Yes, Harry said.
But I just turned it off, the Bartender said.
I know you did, Harry said. I
asked you to. I'd like it to be on
again.
The young Italian bartender
made a face, looked around for
confirmation of his annoyance,
and, swearing in Italian, turned
on the rain again.
From the other end of the bar
the women cried out with maudlin
joy.
It's raining again, they said.
Look. He's a nice boy, even if he
is rich.
The vice-president came over to
Harry and with some embarrassment said, Really. We don't mind
the rain being turned off.
Thanks, Harry said. I want the
rain on. t^£^$
Of course, the vice-president
said. He went back to the others
and Tom heard the woman say,
What's the matter with him?
Let's go somewhere else, the
other fat man said.
They all finished their drinks
and quietly moved out of the
place.
You're a spoiled young man,
aren't you? Tom said.
The other now sat at the bar
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watching the rain fall in front of
the picture of Venice.
Never did a day's work in your
life, did you? Tom said. Went to
the best schools, didn't you? Lived
among debutantes all your /life,
didn't you?
Harry waved at the bartender
and nantomimed two drinks more
each. The bartender said nothing and mixed two more Scotch-
and-sodas for each of them.
*t was now three minutes to
closing time, which was 2 o'clock.
And with all of that, Tom said,
all you are is a lousy stumblebum
like anybody else.'You've been to
every city in Europe a dozen times,
he said, and still you're just a
stumblebum.
Well, he said, you've got your
memories, haven't you? You've
got your memories of rain in Venice and a romance that you think
is something remarkable, haven't
you?
That's right, Harry said.
You know what's the matter
with him? Tom shouted to the
bartender. He fell tn love once
and couldn't get to first base. It
was because she wasn't a debutante. She was the only one who
wasn't interested in his money.
Ha, ha, Tom said. That's a
laugh. So he never remembers
anybody but her. He'd give his
left ear to have her, and now she's
married to a Fascist barber. Ha ha.
Harry finished his second drink
and got down from the stool.
Come on, Harry said. I'll take
you home in a cab.
I'll walk.
Come on, Harry said. I'll introduce you to a debutante some day.
Tomorrow? Tom said.
Sure, his friend said. I'll get you
a half dozen of them tomorrow.
O.K., Tom said. Let's go buy a
paper. I want to look over the
society page. I've always wanted
to get up in the social world.
He got off the stool and walked
with his friend to the door. The
bartender called out, Can I turn
off the rain now?
Sure, Harry said. He pushed
through the ^swinging doors and
busted out laughing.
The bartender turned off the
rain and said to himself in Italian,
These lousy people who dofi't
know how to do anything.
Vao ahead, lady—tear your electric
bill apart and see what it's all about
This little piece lights all your
lamps. This one plays your radios.
This cools and keeps your food.
This washes your clothes. This takes
care of the cooking and ironing and
cleaning. And so on.
That's a lot of different jobs to
be covered by one small bill.
And—hold on! You've paid for
more than just electricity. About
25c of every dollar you pay ior
electric service goes in turn for
taxes which benefit your community and help pay for the war*
Taxes UP. . . . General cost of
living UP. ... You'd think the cost
of electric service would be up, too.
But it isn't. It's even come down a
little since the war began. Actually—
The average family gets about
twice as much electricity for its
money today as it did fifteen
years ago!
This welcome fact comes from
the careful planning and progressive spirit of America's business"
managed, self-supporting electric
companies.
• Hear NELSON B»Y in "THE ELECTRIC HOUR" with
Robert Armbruster's Orchestra. Every Sunday$$:30
p.m., EST, CBS Network.
