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Hello, old Jack here, thisis Archie. Come over right away.
It's a matter of life or death. I relaxed, so she relaxed again,
the young solicited breed of archiconic magazine. No one loves her. Well
Archie Andrews and all his day.And now for our weekly visit to Riverdale.
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It's Saturday afternoon as we're looking onthe Andrews home and we find Missus
Andrews working around the living room dustingthe furniture. I was dancing to the
tenth when and old friend, whatwas that? Fred? Is that you?
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Oh? Mary? I wouldn't besurprised if it wasn't what. It
doesn't feel like me, so maybeit isn't me really? Ooh, what's
the matter. I've got a headache? Headache? Yes, please don't scream
at me, Red, who's screaming? You are? And quit clanking that
feather duster around. Fred, Don'tbe silly. A feather duster doesn't make
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any noise. Mary. Maybe itdoesn't to you, but it does to
me. Dear, you do havea headache. Well, I'm glad you
discovered it. Fred. When thestart? What difference does it make?
When it started? All? Iwant to know is when will it stop?
Well? Have you done anything forit? No? What did it
ever do for me? Fred?This is no time for jokes. A
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headache isn't funny, Mary, Ididn't say it was funny. You see
me convoults with laughter? Do Ilook highly amused to you? Do you
think I can never mind the starcasm? We have to do something for that
headache. Mary. The only thingI want to do is sit very still
and very quiet before my head fallsoff. Fred. That's a good idea.
Now, you sit right down andrest, and I'll go get you
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some aspirin. We'll have you pickedup him. Mary, I don't want
any aspirin. I just want somequiet. You're making a noise. Oh.
I guess she's right. I'm makingall the noise. Oh my head.
Oh it sure feels good to sitstill for a minute. You.
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Oh no, it's Archie Archie jeewiz Hi, Dad, I didn't see
you sitting over there. I seeyou either, but I heard you.
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Can you please stop making so muchnoise? Why is somebody sleeping? Yes?
Me, I have a headache andI can't stand any noise today.
Oh I'm sorry, Dad, Ididn't know it's all right. But now
that you do, no, lease, don't slam any more doors or singing
any more song. Okay, Dad, I won't make a sound. I'll
be the glass of water. Oh, Archie, are you mommed take aspirin?
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Yeah? Yeah, iad Archie.I have a message for you for
me. Yes. Ronica called afew minutes ago and said to tell you
the date is all right. Thedate is all right. No, this
is the end. Gee, Dad, I'm sorry. I forgot all about
it. I thought I told youI wanted quiet today, Dad. I
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thought I made it plain. Ihave a headache. Which does that mean
anything to you? Oh? No, two seconds, lady, you have
touched screaming your head off and myhead off too. Golly, Dad,
I'm awfully sorry, no fooling.I really am nearly as sorry. You're
going to be up to your room. You heard me. Were being so
thoughtless and so inconsiderate of how Ifeel. I want you to go to
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your room and stay there. Ohgee, whiz that I can't. I
gotta call Veronica bout I'm telling you, I'm warning you. I am in
no mood for arguments. I said, go up to your room, and
I meant him now said, justbecause you don't feel well, there's no
need to take it out on Archie. Mary, I am taking nothing out
on anyone. Going to his roomwon't kill him, and it'll teach him
to do what he's told the firsttime. Now go Archie. She was
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okay, Dan, I'm going read. Really, aren't you being a little
hard on the boy? Mary?I am not being hard on him.
It's high time that boy learned togreat. Yes, how long do I
have to stay up here? Anhour? An hour? Dad? Archie
sat an hour? It was okay, you see Mary, just as I
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was saying, it's high time thatboy learned to go back? Oh no,
Archie? What now? How abouthalf an hour? Aren'chie? I
said, an hour? And that'swhat I meant. Okay, okay,
Mary, it's high time that boylearned. Dad forty five minutes, oh
gee, okay, okay, Idon't ask me again. I won't.
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But even the Stake Penitentiary gives yourtime off for good behavior. Great Norry,
you see what I mean? FredHe I'm telling him to be quiet.
He starts screaming his head off.I tell him to go to his
room for an hour and he startsbargaining with me. Yag, how about
half an hour? How about mine? Fred? I think that boy has
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to learn to do is he's toldhim, but kills him? Fred,
all right, so Archie needs discipline. I agree with you. But all
I'm saying is sending him to hisroom for an hour just because he made
a little noise is being too severewith him, Harry, I am not
being too severe. He'll do theboy good to spend some time in his
room for a change. It'll dome good too. You in a way.
I'll get a peace and quiet aroundhere. And bye, George.
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When I have a headache, I'mentitled to a little piece and client around
my own house. All right,Dear, all right, I have much
too much work in a kitchen tostand here arguing with you. I won't
say another word that suits me.Fine? What I am nothing, Dear,
nothing. That woman she hears everythingI don't want her to hear,
and nothing I do want her tohear. I have never Oh, well,
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what's the difference. Finally got thingsquieted down around here, And by
George, I'm gonna keep it thatway. Or my name is in Fred
Andrews, call me joe Red.Was that the doorbell? Yes, dear,
it was all right here. Thankyou for answering it. You're quite
welcome. I answering it. Who'sanswering it? I am not. I
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have a headache, and I'm Iwant to sit still. Remember, and
I my head will I don't remember? But I you told to say in
his room and knocks them off foranything? Remember, but I and the
dormill is still ringing. Remember,But I please go see who it is?
Call me all right, Mary,all right, I'll go see who
it is. But I know whoit is. One of Archie's friends.
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Who else could have been? Allright? All right, I'm coming.
Oh wow, grow good grief.Jughead? Would you expect the smiling irishman?
No, Jughead, I did notexpect Peter should Jughead or anyone?
Go away? Will you? Yeah? Huh you heard me, judgead I
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said, go away. Forgive meif I sound rude, but it just
so happens. I have a headacheand Archie's being punished, and I sustain
in his room and you can't seehim now, just go away and come
back later. But I got goodbye, Marry It was Jughead, and I
got rid of him, Yes,got rid of him. I told him
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I had a headache and was inno mood for visitors, and I sent
him away. D I hope hewasn't insolid, Larry, I don't care
if he was insulid. Let thatkid into the house and you're in trouble
right away. I said, Iwant quiet today, and that's what I
finally got. Well, jug Head, he's gone around to the side of
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the house. I'll soon stop that. Hi, jug What in time,
maation do you think you're doing outthere? Didn't I just tell you you
couldn't see Argie, But you didn'tsay I couldn't talk to him? Oh
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right, Juughhead. You cannot see, talk, smell, touch, or
hear Argie. You understand, tellhim something important? Jug Head, I'll
important you if you don't stop shouting. Okay, good head, I've never
seen anyone. It's difficult to keepquiet. There's that boy. Dad.
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Did I hear jug Head calling mea minute ago? Oh? Archie,
how could you miss it? Head? Yes? It was jug Head.
What did he want? He wantedto talk to you and I told him
he couldn't. It may be important, Antie. I don't care if it
is important. You're being punnished,So get back in that room and close
the door. But even the statepenitentiary, let's you have visitors, aren't
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you? Do you think you'd likethe state penitentiary. You can go there,
but not until you spend an hourin your room. Even the state
penitentiary, let you have visitors.He says, I don't know who's worse,
jug Head or Archie. Together,they're impossible. Oh, sometimes I
think kids that age should be shouldbe. Oh well, what's the difference.
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Might as well sit down and havethe chance. He's the headache now.
Oh the headache is fine there,but I'm not I Mary, what
the dickens? Is that? Atray of food for Archie? A tray
of food? Hey, what areyou talking about? We just had lunch
an hour ago, Red, Itwas an hour and a half ago.
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Man just taking him some milk andcake, so we'll know that even if
he is being punished, we stillcare about him. A boy like Archie
can be very sensitive, you know, Oh, Mary, When I was
a boy and did something wrong,I didn't get sent to my room.
I got taken to the woodshed.The only thing anybody gave me to show
how they felt about me was thewrong side of a hair brush. Believe
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me, I was sensitive too,yes, dear, but times a change.
You know, Oh Mary, you'rea child psychology today. I do
you think I want Archie developing aresentment or a complex over this? He
I want him to grow up maladjusted, very want him to run away from
home or something very real? Allright? I don't want Archie growing up
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with resentments or complexes or maladjustments either. And if you think an hour in
his room is going to upset hiswhole elegant personality, unless you'll bring him
some milk and cake, and byall means, take the tray up to
him, take two trays up tohim, take the whole dining room up
to him. I don't care.But I don't want to hear any lectures
on child psychology. All I wantis peace and quiet, Peace and quiet.
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Understand peace and pad, I understandperfectly. You're the one who started
this argument, you know, notme. Oh mean, you can't win,
You just can't win. I sendthe boy who was room and you
think i'd send her to the electricchair. He'll get resentments, he'll run
away from home. I don't knowhow these women get these ideas. I
took What was that, Marry?What's the matter? What's the matter?
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I told you what he did.Mary, I know it. I know
it, and it's all your fault. I told you, Marry, you
told me he'd watch run away fromhome, run away from matro. What
are you talking about? Running away? You see he's gone, don't you.
You can't lock a tensity boylike Archiein his room and expect him to
stay there. He wouldn't, Hecouldn't, He didn't, he has.
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I looked in every room up hereand he isn't here. My mom,
hidad, Archie, do you keepout of this? Marry? He could
by positive that boy hadn't run away. It just didn't like the dude,
Archie. Oh no, Archie,you came back. Where have you been?
He was sad? No place.I got hungry and I went down
the back stairway to the kitchen forsome milk and cake. You want to
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Oh? Fuck no, Actually Ido not want some. You see,
Mary, I told you you're makinga big fuss over nothing. The boy
hasn't run away at all, butrun away, run away where your mother
was convinced you would run away fromhome, She was, what would I
do that for? Ask your mother? She has all the answers to these
things. St I'm offy sorry.I guess I let my imagination run away
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with me. Yeah, I guessyou did. Now for Peachsteak, would
you please stop imagining things? Yes, dear, And if for you young
man, close that door and stayin that room and don't come out again
for anything, now you hear me? She was, okay, Dad,
But even in the state penitentiary theylet you have something. They not an
hour after lunch. They don't getwithout fred. I'm terribly sorry about this,
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really, I am. I justmarry look look less said about this
the better. All I want todo is sit still for a minute.
Now. Do you think this hastaught you to stop worrying about Archie?
Yes? You think this has taughtyou to stop getting so excited about nothing?
Yes? Do you think now Ican have a little peace and quiet?
Yes? Dear? Out there,I thought, so what a pair
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of legs hanging outside the window?What are you talking about? There's nothing
hanging outside that window, Saint.I tell you, I plainly saw a
pair of legs with feet and everything, and they just disappeared up above the
window. Oh, Mary, Idon't know what you're talking about, and
I'll prove you that there's nothing outside. Oh no, Mary, you were
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right. It's jughead. Jughead,Yes, jughead. He stood on the
trash can and now he's climbing thegrain pipe up the Archie's room. Oh,
for pity's sake, he isn't Iset him down. I just dance
and get him down, Yes,dear, yes, don't worry, I'll
get him down. Just leave itto me. Shut head, he's down.
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Oh dear, dughead, did youhurt yourself? I don't know I
should didn't improve anything. Well,thank heavens for that anyway. But whoever
shadowed me like that, you kidneyhalf to death, says you're right.
You scared us half to death climbingup that drain pipe. What the beg
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is you're doing up there? Anyway? Didn't I tell you that you couldn't
see argies, you couldn't talk toArchie. You didn't say I couldn't give
him a note? Give Oh fine, look, juughhead, you cannot give
him a note, telegram, letter, cablegram, postcard or smoke signals.
You cannot communicate with him in anyway, Now you understand I All right,
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then pick yourself up and come inhere. Maybe I said come in
here? He oh that head?Mary, I tell you I have never
in all my life seen anyone likethat. You never mind me, got
back in that room. If youknow what's good for you, Mary,
I tell you something has got tobe done. Now said, don't start
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another scene about jughead. You reallyshouldn't have scared him like that. He
might have hurt himself. Well,Mary, I had no idea he'd fall
off the pipe. And besides,if I'd let him climb any further up,
he really would have hurt himself.Did you ever hear of anything so
stupid climbing the side of a house? Then why didn't you let him go
home? I would have. Iwas sure he'd go. The next thing,
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I know, he'd be climbing downthe chimney or something. The only
way I'm going to get any peaceat all is to make him wait right
here, or I can see himuntil she's timers up. All right,
dear, but for pity's sake,don't let him get any more trouble.
Don't worry. I won't. Didyou want to see me, miss dangws.
Yes, jug heead I do now, jug heead, I take it.
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You want to see Achie? Uhhuh, okay, then you will
see Archie see I will. Yes, you'll see him when he comes out
of his room in an hour andno sooner. So please have a seat
and wait quietly. But I cansee sh I said to have a seat
and wait quietly. But I canshut down down all right, say I
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could come down? No I didnot. Okay, Now, jughead,
there's something I want to explain toyou. I have a headache, not
serious, but annoying, and forsome reason, the slightest loud noise is
very unpleasant. So I came tothe logical conclusion that the only thing for
me to do is to sit here, nice and quiet until my headache feels
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better. You understand, uh huh? All right? And I don't want
to hear a peep out of youor anybody else. And when Archie comes
out of his room, then youand he can do whatever you want far
away from here. But until then, I want quiat understand quiet, I
am utterly silent. Good, juststay that way. Oh no, it's
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not Archie's singing it's the doorbell.It was not the doorbeller's jug Head screaming.
If it's not jug head screaming,it's my wife balling me out.
And if it's not my wife balledme out, then you came out of
this. Okay, jug Head,go answer that. I've got to sit
down and before my head falls off. Strangers, O get ithon doorbells.
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This is jugead. Oh fine,Veronica, No, he can't. He
has to stay here. He's beingpunished. I don't know. I'll point
out the strangers. Can Verica talkto no jug Head, she certainly cannot.
Okay, Ray, I don't know. I'll find out. Mister,
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can she leave a message for what? Yes? Jug heead yes, Okay,
yes, you can leave a message. Okay, mister Randers, Veronica
says, would you please tell chieshe called? Yes, jug Head,
I'll tell Archie she called and askedhim to call her as soon as he
can't. All right, I'll tellhim to call as soon as he can,
because she wants to know if hegot her last message about the date.
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Yes, she wants it off.He got her last message about the
date, and if he did,why didn't he call? Yeah? He
did Why didn't he call? Whatdoesn't he want to date? That's all?
Jug Head? Is this a messager? Lincoln's getting his burger dress.
Hand me that phone? You understand, Hello, Veronica? Everonica, Look,
it don't mean to sound rude.And I think I am an normally
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intelligent human being. But not eventhe quiz kids could remember a message like
that. And I have a headache, and I can't stand this relay system
from you, the jug Head,to me the Archie. So would you
please do me a fake and comeover later and tell Archie everything you want
to tell him face to face.Oh my goodness, I'm sorry if I
bought you, mister Angels. Ofcourse I've come over late. Thank you.
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Oh you're welcome, and I hopeyour headache is there. It will
be Veronica just as soon as Iget off of this phone. Oh all
right, bin now by now bahnow, she says, Oh that Veronica.
I never had seen Mary. Ifyou must know, that was Veronica
on the phone. Archie, ifyou open that door once more before your
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hour is up, I may keepyou there until you're seventy years old,
and you'll be quiet too. Ididn't even say anything here. Well,
don't even look like you're going to. Maybe now I can possibly sit down
for just one minute. From goo, this head stops robbing. I don't
believe it, Judge Head, wasnot the front door just then? Uh
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huh, Well, judge head,I wonder if we could try a little
experiment you and I. Yeah.Eh, Now you go and answer the
door and speak to whoever is there, very softly, and let's see if
we can get rid of whoever itis there very quickly and with no raising
of voices. Now do you thinkwe can do that? Sure? Good?
Then go answer the door, okay, and remember no raised voices?
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Jug head, Okay, what areyou doing here? Oh no? Her
voice was ever soft, gentle andlow and excellent thing in woman's MONI what
are you whispering about? Mister Angelswants me to? It's Betty, mister
Angels, Hello, Betty, Hello, mister Andrews. What's everybody whispering about?
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If somebody said no, Betty,no, when is sick? We're
just having a quiet mood right now, aren't we, judged Head? Uh
huh? Now, just what didyou want? Betty? Well, mister
Andrews, I'm doing my algebra homework. Now, Yes, Betty, because
I'm going shopping with mother in alittle while, and I have a day
tonight, and I'm going to NewtonCenter tomorrow, and this is the only
time I have to get it done. Yes, Betty, but I don't
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know which example we're supposed to do. Go on, there's more to this,
I'm sure. Well, Archie's inmy algebra class, and I wanted
to ask him what the homework is, That's what I thought. Well,
Betty, dear, you can't.I can't. Why not because Archie is
up in his room and can't comeout for anything, not even algebra.
Horles. I've got to ask him, Betty. The only one who knows
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what our homework is. Betty,I've got to get it done right away
or I won't be able to doit at all. Ben He don't stop.
If I don't get it done,as prinkle, we'll be furious with
me. Betty. Please please,I can't stand. Don't please stop,
Betty. It's all right, allright. You can talk to Archie.
I can't. Yes, yes youcan. I'm sure talking to him won't
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make nearly as much noise as you'rehowling like that. Oh God, thanks
a lot. Mister Andrews, I'llgo up and see him right down,
Betty. No, no, youcan't go up to see him. Why
not? No matter principle. Ihadn't let anyone else go up there,
and I haven't let him talk toanyone. I'm trying to teach Archie the
meaning of discipline. So if youmust talk to him, call up the
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steps and ask you what you wantto know? Oh, okay, mister
Betty. Just ask him one questionnow, on one question only. I
want no chit chat about school ordate so dances or anything else. Sure,
mister Andrews, I only want toask one all right, now,
go ahead and hurry. Okay,Archie? Ohchie, Betty's that you?
Huh? He went? How'd youget by my father? Has he gone
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out or something? No? Idon't know. Sophus wouldn't let anyone talk
to me, Archie. I stillhappen to be here. Yeah, yes,
I are, kid that do youthere all the time? Never mind
the alibis and answer, Betty,answer, but he hasn't asked me anything.
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Well, I want to Archie,what algebra examples are we supposed to
do? On page twelve. Pagetwelve, Betty, we're not supposed to
do any on page twelve. We'resupposed to do the first twelve on page
ten. We are I thought wewere supposed to do the first ten examples
on page twelve, Betty. I'msure the first twelve on page Betty,
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please sure? The teacher said somethingabout doing ten example all that. She
said, if we wanted to,we could also do the first ten examples
on page eleven, Betty, wouldyou know Archie she said, the first
eleven on page thirteen. Oh,Betty, all right. I could see
I made a serious error by hopingyou could conceive we'd be asked Archie one
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simple question and get one simple answerand then leave the house quietly. I
don't care whether you do the firsttwelve questions on page ten, or the
first eleven questions on page twelve,or all the questions of the whole book.
You can't talk to Archie anymore.But I still don't know what we're
supposed to do, Betty. I'msorry, and I know what I'm supposed
to do with his headache. I'msupposed to have absolute quiet, and that's
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just what I'm going to have.Start him right now. You understand nothing
but what the dickens is? Thatsounds like ranica to stop to that?
Barana got cut that out? Yes, he certainly is. And is that
any reason to blow that horn likethat? Archie? For just a man?
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Were your cats? His time isnot yet? And I haven't let
jug Head or Betty here see him? So I go see why I should
let let let That's funny. What'sthe matter Betty? What'd she disappeared to?
She was? She was here justa minute ago? Nice lot,
Archie, Betty? Where the dickenswere you? Oh? I just went
upstairs for a minute and got thehomework assignment from Arching. But I thought,
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I told you no, what isthe logesty? I've been waiting for
half an hour? Mary wanted toget the home very I trying to say
all around us about just a minutehere, just one minute. That's better
now, all of you listen tome. This nonsense has gone far enough,
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too far. In fact, halfan hour ago, I happened to
have developed a bad headache, andI wanted a little piece and quiet,
That's all I ask, just afew minutes till my head stopped hurting.
Now is that asking too much?No, dear, You're done right?
It isn't. But I can seenow I made a very serious mistake.
I tried to make Achie stay inhis room as punishment, but with the
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assapm the friends he has, thatwas the most foolhardy thing I could have
done. I can now see thatthere's only one thing for me to do,
Archie. Yes that, do youthink you've learned your lesson? Now?
Yes? That? Do you thinkyou can be less noisy around this
house hereafter? Yes? Then doyou think you can show some consideration for
other people's feelings? Yes? Allright. In that case, you don't
have to stay in your room anylonger. You may go out with your
friend. I can go out here, young man. You much right up
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Defense bond. And now back tothe Andrews. It's a few minutes later,
and missus Andrews has just talked misterAndrews out of sending Archie back to
his room. Well, all right, all right, maybe you're right.
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Maybe the house will be quiet ifArchie just goes out with his friends.
Oh sure, it will be dead. We'll go right now, All right,
now, before you go, there'sone question I must ask. I
know that Betty came over to askabout some homework, and Veronica came over
to ask about a date. Butjug him, what the dickens did you
want to see Archie about? Well, I just wanted to tell I couldn't
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play both with him this afternoon becausemy brother said I have to spend the
afternoon in my room for making toomuch Noise, Oh No, with the
listening to another chapter of the Adventuresof Archie Andrews written by Carl Jampellen,
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based on the copyrighted feature appearing inArchie Comics magazine. Archie is played by
Bob Hastings, jug Head by HarlanStone, Mom and Dad Andrews are played
by Alice Erman and author Coole Ronicand Betty by Gloria Mann and Rosemary Rice.
This program is produced and directed byKenneth McGregor. Listen next Saturday at
the same time for more of themerry Adventures of Archie Andrews. This is
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