On the Bowery

Take it easy pardner!

Who do think your talkin' to, eh?

You quite the wise guys around here !

Whadda you talkin' about?

My name's Dougherty!

Why don't you speak?

Shut up...

Shaddup fer Chrissake!

- Who the hell you talkin' at? - Shut up!

My name's Brennan.

Brennan? Who knows Brennan?

The name's Dougherty! Name's as Irish as...

The only friend I have in the world...

How you goin' bud?

- Pretty good. - Yeah?

- Where you workin'? - On the railroad.

- Whereabouts? - Jersey.

- Thought you might of done Monowese. - No, I didn't get around there.

- No camp down there anyway. - So I hear...I've never been there.

How are things over in Jersey?

- Fair...fair. - That's swell.

They feed fairly good.

How's the flop?

Pretty good.

It's not always...

Yeah, I know, with this outfit, gave clean sheets once a week.

At Monowese, you don't get sheets!

Don't get 'em at all...

That's right you just get the old... don't even get...yeah...one blankets.

Get a fella a drink...?

Gin?...I'm drinkin' beer.

That's all I'm buyin'.

That's quite alright. I appreciate it.

I'd rather drink wine you know. But...I'll settle for beer.

So be it. Give us two beers please.

I appreciate it very much.

You're welcome.

Here's luck!

Your health.

What've you been doin'?

Lately, just bouncin' around. Worked for railroads too...but...

Some of the boys are over there. Would you care to come over...and join the party

There's one of those guys over there I think I worked with on the railroad once.

They're all on the railroad.

- Yeah? - That should be good.

They wanna meet you.

I know you don't I?

Have a seat.

Good idea.

You've just come in now?

Yeah...I just came back from Jersey.

I got in this morning.

You guys are muscatel drinkers?

That's right!

I don't drink wine myself but if you'll make a quarter I'll buy a bottle...

This is a swell guy!

Well, make it four.

I don't drink that...

What was that old foreman's name out there?

What was the section was that old lug Mike goin' out there?

Oh, he was with Houghton Utah.

He had likely got us all killed there one day!

When we were raisin' track...

He wouldn't let me knock that jack down.

I remember that.

Oh, we were lucky to get out of that alive.

You sure were!

Well...looks like it's here fellas!

Our friends here seem to be dry!

You're lookin' at the driest guy in the party here, rascal...

I was waitin' for you to spring a drink.

Are you gonna spring a drink or aren't you, ya rat!

Come on, break out now. I'm really waitin' for you to spring.

Reminds me of eatin' in the Grand Union with friends as your companions.

You're more than welcome.

That's swell for you to say.

We won't make no habit of it.

Well, we won't go into a habit, you rascal!

You know that we won't go into a habit.

What do you say we have a smoke?

That'd be an idea!

This is one of the darndest places ever I seen!

What the hell crap have you got against this place here?...I mean...

What's wrong with this...?

Wait a minute...What's the rap you got against this man's town?

I think this is one of the grandest towns...

Are you gonna sing?

Yes.

Let me tell you somethin' fellas... I bought the booze...I don't have to...

Yes you did...you've bin a gen'leman and we're not gonna take that rap away from ya!

Nobody's gonna take that rap away from you but...the mayor!

Did you ever hear a real song?

If we can't be

The same old sweethearts

Why then we'll just be...

You were talkin' about?

...the same old friends.

Oh I'll want someone like you just

To tell my troubles to...

What about you, Gorman ?

How's your railroad experience?

Oh...Pennsy,

New Haven, Lackawanna...

Don't wanna show off...

OK...I'll be around for a couple of days.

Good luck.

What was that about Pennsy and New Haven, was it?

You've been to Monowese?

I guess it's been burned a dozen years... I guess there's nothin' left, so...

OK Pat...well I'll see you around.

These guys sure took off, didn't they?

Sure. When they see no more in evidence ...so naturally they gotta go.

Anything for a drink, eh?

Yeah, I reckon!

Oh well...that's the way it goes.

The Bowery way!

What else is there around here?

Well, what do you mean?

I was thinkin' about most of the places you go...

...there's always a place you can get a day's labour.

In The Bowery you can get a job dishwashing for a day...

That's what I need now, a day’s work, not a full week's work.

The jobs according to all I hear... you gotta be there when they're open.

That's understandable.

You know...

I left camp last night...

...and I'm pretty well broke.

You in a position to help out here?

I haven't got a penny on me.

Always need to figure out some way to get some.

What 've you got in the keister?

I've got...

clothes...

Go down to the ''thieves market''.

You can rake up a few bucks down there.

It's just a name they've given this bunch down here

Some of the stuff's "hot".... Most of it's alright.

You know anyone?

All the boys buy down there.

You'll get a good price.

Better price than a lot of these second-hand dealers.

I'd like to have another drink.

You gotta have a flop, too.

That's for sure!

So you wanna fly?

I guess it's just as well.

Nuthin'...gain nuthin'!

Where'll we open it?

Anywhere. Good a place as any.

Got to be enough for a drink.

I haven't got too much.

-What else you got? - Not much.

Here we are!

Not that, my friend.

Why not?

I said no and I mean no, and that's all there is to it.

The pants will have to do.

Well, that wasn't too successful, was it?

Oh, they've cheapened up.

You used to be able to do alright down there.

We won't spend too much... I wanna save somethin' for a flop.

A beer and a glass of muscatel please.

Hullo, Walter.

Hullo, Doc.

You got a room?

You got money?

I haven't got a cent.

No credit on the house.

I got to sleep or...

No bed unless you got money.

Wait a minute.

How's this?

There's plenty in it.

OK...I'll give you a room.

-Leave the suitcase there. - Yeah, i will.

Thanks.

Leave it there.

- Thanks. - Go on right out this way.

Yeah, thanks.

Know where can you get a job on a truck?

Corner of Houston Street.

Follow me.

How are you going, Gorman ?

Pretty good. Say, I heard some bad reports about you.

What? About me?

You disappeared...

Somebody told me you made the sneezer on Rikers lsland.

Oh, you got the wrong island. I was on Hart Island.

Oh well...

They're next door to each other.

Well...

I only done short period...ten, and then the next one was five.

But if I had've been in the right neighbourhood,

I would've not got anything.

Why did you stay in the wrong neighbourhood?

You gotta jump from one side of the city to the other to buy what you want to get...

to make a living.

What are you doing, selling 'Sneaky Pete' out of that pushcart of yours ?

No, just sellin' the cardboard, metal and rags.

Gotta have somethin' to eat in the mornin'.!