PAISLEY'S  SCHEME  WAS  ALL  WRONG.  LEARN  TO
PICK  UP  A  WOMAN'S  HAND  AND  HOLD  IT,  AND
SHE  's  YOURS."

Hicks  gives  a  demonstration,  using  Narrator's
hand.  "Some  men  grab  at  it  like  they  was
going  to  set  a  dislocation;  some  take  it  up  like
a  hot  horseshoe,  and  hold  it  off  at  arms'
length;  most  of  'em  drag  it  out  before  the
lady's  eyes.  Them  ways  are  all  wrong.  I'll
tell  you  the  right  way."  He  describes  a  man
picking  up  a  rock  to  throw  at  a  Tomcat  on  the
fence,  pretending  he  does  not  see  the  cat,  until
he  is  ready  to  throw,  etc.  "Don't  let  her  know
that  you  think  she  knows  you  have  the  least
idea  she  is  aware  you  are  holding  her  hand."
Hicks  illustrates  all  the  wrong  ways  expres-
sively, and  then  shows  the  right  way,  holding
Narrator's  hand  down  under  anxl  looking  off
blissfully  unaware.  CUT  TO


170  SCENARIO  WRITING  TODAY

CLOSE  UP  44  Hicks's  hand  holding  Narrator's  hand  between
the  two  chairs.  FADE  THIS  OUT  AND  INTO

CLOSE  UP  45  Hicks's  hand  holding  the  Widow's  between
them  as  they  sit  on  the  bench,  the  Widow's
hand  parts  from  the  clasp  and  there  is  enough
of  her  figure  seen  to  show  that  she  and  Hicks
have  gone  into  a  clinch;  the  bench  trembles:

CLOSE  UP  46    Same  as  32.  FISH'S  FACE  ALONE.
Fish  again  breaks  off  his  long-winded,  melan-
choly tale  as  the  bench  shakes  and  he  with  it.
He  turns  a  look  at  Hicks  and  the  Widow,  say-
ing miserably:

SUB-TITLE:  "LEM,  IF  YOU  WAS  A  TRUE  FRIEND  YOU
WOULDN'T  HUG  MRS.  JESSUP  so  HARD.  THE
BENCH  SHOOK  ALL  OVER."

CLOSE  UP  47    EXTERIOR.  Same  as  32.
