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The Life of Riley · September 10, 1948 · 59 min · 4,447 words
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The life of Riley with William Band-A-X as Riley. Deep down in his heart of hearts, Chester A. Riley loves marriage, but once a week the male ego causes him to try and forget the trials and tribulations of being a husband and father and reverts to bachelorhood.
Tuesday night at eight, he and four of his cronies gather around the card table and for the next four hours they vainly attempt to delude themselves that they are once again free men. You know last week I got a little fortune.
Okay, fellas, let's get the game going. Wait a minute, Henry ain't here yet. Didn't you hear, Randy? Hear what, Gillis? Henry ain't with us no more. Oh, Henry, he was a principal fella. Yeah, we sure gonna miss him.
Well, what happened? I didn't hear anything. It happened very suddenly. Oh, no. You mean Henry's dead? No, married. Oh, that's too bad. But I still don't get it just because he got hitched. he can't come to the game. We're all married.
His ball and chain won't let him. He told me maybe in a couple of weeks he'll talk her around. But I'm dubious. Henry's making a big mistake. He's a goner. With wives, you gotta break him in right from the stop when the young colts.
You gotta keep a fine grip on the reins. Well, I agree with you up to a point, Gillis, but you can't go too far. When you marry a girl, you ain't exactly getting a horse.
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