:13:00
All about my early hardships,
the newspaper business...
:13:03
and the rats I met running about.
:13:04
- Lf you mention me in that book...
- Sue me for libel.
:13:07
How is the libel these days?
:13:08
You got a good man on the hush stuff?
:13:10
Yeah, we get along.
:13:12
Where did you go when you left us?
:13:14
The intelligence department, Warren.
:13:16
I always did like contrast. Cheerio.
:13:18
- What's your hurry?
- Breakfast time.
:13:20
- It can wait. I got an idea.
- I'll take breakfast.
:13:23
I want to talk to you.
:13:24
Warren, you weren't like that when I left.
:13:26
- This is a proposition.
- Not before breakfast.
:13:28
- I haven't got time for breakfast.
- That's too bad. Goodbye.
:13:31
- Good morning, captain.
- Good morning, sir.
:13:32
- Table for one.
- Table for two.
:13:34
Very well, sir. This way, please.
:13:38
- More coffee, sir?
- No, thanks.
:13:42
Now, Warren, what's on your mind?
:13:44
I've been thinking, Bill. After all,
you're a darn good newspaperman.
:13:47
Maybe I was a little hasty when l...
:13:49
You don't mean to give me back my job?
:13:51
- That's it.
- Wait a minute.
:13:53
You want to talk business?
All right, I'll talk.
:13:56
You're in a jam over the Allenbury girl.
:13:58
You printed a hot story
and she's suing you.
:14:00
- Who told you?
- Elementary, my dear Watson.
:14:03
I read the story. First edition only,
carried by no other paper.
:14:06
That, says I,
is the fine Italian hand of Haggerty...
:14:09
the bull in the china shop.
:14:11
- What's she asking?
- $5 million.
:14:16
Who does she think she is?
:14:17
Just one of the richest girls in America.
:14:19
Yes, I know all about her.
:14:20
Title-crazy, with a fatheaded
old father to buy her in and out.
:14:24
America's international playgirl.
That's her rep...
:14:26
and she thinks it's worth $5 million.
:14:28
When I get through with her,
she'll take five cents.
:14:30
- Done. You're on the payroll.
- No, Warren. No philanthropy.
:14:35
During the six months that I was on
the Star, I saved you, all told...
:14:38
some $300,000. What did I get?
:14:41
$125 a week.
:14:44
That's the proposition, drawn yesterday.
:14:47
I've been expecting you for 24 hours.
:14:49
$5,000 down and $45,000 more
when you... Why, you're crazy.
:14:52
No other reporter gets
that much money. It's robbery.
:14:55
All right. Forget it.
You read any good books lately?
:14:57
- Now, be reasonable, Bill.
- Take it or leave it. Wait a minute.