25/38 The flashy brother now pulled a roll of bills from his pocket and pointed to his winning horse in a racing extra. The line in large type was there for the close-up--"Pianola Romps Home in Third Race." Followed the scene in which Merton sought to show this youth that cigarettes and gambling would harm him. He seized a duster and, with ribald action, began to dust off the rows of cooked food on the counters. Again the son stopped to embrace his mother, who again wept as she enfolded him. |