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SKELTON SKELTON FILM #55 (HE SHAKES THE COIN BOX LIKE A MARACCA AS HE DANCES AND DUM-DUMS "LA CUGARACHA." THE KID WATCHES HIM, TILL SKELTON STOPS.) You see, I open at the Riviera tonight. KID Gimme that money.' (HE GRABS THE COIN BOX FROM SKELTON) SKELTON Why, you little delinquent] (SKELTON TURNS AWAY FROM HIM, WALKS A LITTLE WAY, HIS EYE ROVING AROUND FOR SOME WAY TO RAISE THE TWO CENTS. HE STOPS, AS HE SEES A MAN WITH AN OLD, WORN OUT OVERCOAT, HAT FULLED DOWN OVER HIS FOREHEAD, WEARING DARK GLASSES, AND HOLDING OUT A TIN CUP, AND A CANE. SKELTON STOPS, LOOKS AT HIM. HE IS TEMPTED, BUT OVERCOMES THE TEMPTATION, AND STARTS TO WALK PAST. BUT THEN HE STOPS AGAIN. HE FIGHTS WITH HIS CONSCIENCE OVER WHETHER OR NOT TO STEAL A COIN OUT OF THE TIN CUP. (MORE) -50-