--Main
thing is to be at your post. The man ain't bad. He means reel well. Be
savin'. You know how careful he is! An' take care o' his bit o' clothes
an' be good to his little girl. He don't object to your boy. [_FIELITZ
re-enters clad in his long, black Sunday coat._] You can't go to that
dinner lookin' like that. Come here an' I'll sew on that there button.
FIELITZ
'Tain't possible you'll do that much! Don't go an' hurt yourself now.
MRS. FIELITZ
[_Holds his garment with her left hand and sews, still seated._] It ain't
nobody's fault if a body can't get around so quick no more. You gets well
enough taken care of.
FIELITZ
Aw, them times is past! You needn't lie atop of it all! I'm like a old
bootjack--kicked in a corner.--Has anybody been shovin' my clock?
LEONTINE
It's likely. He's got a screw loose.
[_Exit._
FIELITZ
You just wait!
MRS. FIELITZ
Langheinrich was just jokin'?
FIELITZ
I'll show the whole crowd o' you somethin' now that I got on top. I c'n
go an' stand up to any man yet!
MRS. FIELITZ
Well, o' course. There ain't nobody doubts that.
FIELITZ
I just want you to wait two years an' see who it'll be that has made the
most money: Schmarowski, Langheinrich or me!
MRS.
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