:18:01
I'll read it
to you, butch.
:18:04
Say, if i even knew
a dame called myrtle,
:18:07
i'd kick
her teeth out.
:18:11
Go on. Read it.
Who's it from?
:18:14
Well, it's about
your mother, butch.
:18:17
My old lady?
:18:19
Yeah.
:18:20
Gee, she's been
holding out on me.
:18:22
I didn't even know
she could write.
:18:24
Well, it isn't
from her, butch.
:18:26
It's from a guy
named tony loop.
:18:29
It's about-
:18:30
nothing wrong.
Go on. Read it.
:18:34
"Dear butch,
when your mother was sick,
:18:35
"she didn't want me
to write no letter and tell you,
:18:38
"even when
they took her to the county hospital.
:18:41
"I went to see her
a couple of times,
:18:44
"and she said you
had enough to worry
:18:46
"without having
to think about her.
:18:48
Anyway, she..."
:18:51
"she died yesterday.
:18:52
"And as we couldn't
get enough money
:18:54
"to give her
a send-off,
:18:56
"we had to let
the hospital take care of it.
:18:58
"Anyway, we sent her
a bunch of flowers,
:19:00
"and i guess
that's all.
:19:02
Yours truly...
tony loop."
:19:13
Gee, i can't
believe it, morg.
:19:17
Ma's dead.
:19:19
I wonder if it
hurt her much.
:19:21
Oh, i don't
think so, butch.
:19:23
She probably just
dropped off quietly.
:19:25
Yeah?
:19:25
Yeah.
She was pretty old, wasn't she?
:19:28
About 70...
:19:29
and as big
as a minute...
:19:31
and game.
:19:32
And, say,
the last time i was arrested,
:19:36
she fought
like a wildcat.
:19:39
It took two bulls
to hold her,
:19:41
and she almost bit
the thumb off of one of them.
:19:48
Gee, she was
a swell old lady.
:19:51
I wish you would have
met her, morg.
:19:54
So do i, butch.
:19:59
Say, morg...