ACT TWO
FADE IN
INT. COURTHOUSE - DAY
Andy and Barney are discussing the case over sandwiches.
Rafe listens in at the bars of the jail cell.
BARNEY
You don't figure Otis for a degenerate
gambler, do you?
ANDY
Well, he was a degenerate at just about
everything else. But a gambler's not
like to bring so much money home.
Especially not a gambler with a
drinking habit and a different girl to
squire around every weekend.
Rafe busts out laughing.
RAFE
Well, I'll be. I wouldn'ta thought he
had it in him--
BARNEY
You pipe down in there, Rafe. You're
eavesdroppin' on official police
business.
RAFE
If you didn't still have me in the
pokey, I wouldn't be droppin' from no
eaves.
ANDY
I reckon he's right, Barney, go ahead
and turn him loose.
BARNEY
But Andy, we got him red-handed on
operating a illegal still and
discharging a fire arm in the vicinity
of police personnel.
ANDY
I know, but we got bigger fish to fry.
Barney goes to the jail cell in a huff and lets Rafe out.
BARNEY
You heard the Sheriff, you're free to
go. Small fry!
RAFE
Thank'ee, Sheriff.
ANDY
I would like to know what you think
Otis didn't have in him that's so darn
funny, though.
RAFE
Don't you fellas get it? All that
money and all them gals? Otis Campbell
was the town gigolo.
BARNEY
Oh come on, now!
RAFE
It's probably what drove him to drink.
I've only got the one woman and she's
enough to put me over the edge.
ANDY
That's nice. Go on home now.
BARNEY
Go on, get! Before I haul you in for
loitering.
Rafe sticks out his tongue at Barney as he ducks out the
door. Andy sits back down to finish his lunch.
BARNEY
So Otis was a gigolo? Kinda hard to
picture.
ANDY
I don't know anyone that desperate,
frankly.
BARNEY
What about your Aunt Bee?
ANDY
Don't make me come over there and smack
you.
They are interrupted by OPIE dropping by for a visit.
OPIE
How's it goin', paw? Have you solved
the case yet?
ANDY
Not yet. Not a whole lot of clues.
Just this envelope of money.
While Andy and Barney continue to discuss the case, Opie
pokes around in the clues.
BARNEY
If he did have a mess o' girlfriends,
there's your motivation. One of them
found out about the others and got
jealous and offed him. You know how
gals can get.
ANDY
Still, that's a lot of money for any
gal to lay out on a weekly basis. How
much you figure Juanita makes over at
the diner?
BARNEY
Oh, I dunno. Quarter a plate adds up,
Andy.
ANDY
So maybe 6 or 8 dollars a shift. And
she's about the highest paid woman in
Mayberry.
BARNEY
That's why Otis was running a volume
business. Different girl every weekend
gives 'em time to save up for their
night of romance. For all we know, he
coulda been keeping company with every
woman in town.
OPIE
Even Miss Crump?
ANDY
What--! Opie, cover your ears.
He does.
ANDY
Now why you wanna go puttin' ideas in
the boy's head?
BARNEY
He's gotta learn somewhere, Anj.
ANDY
What about your Thelma Lou? Are you
gonna put her on the list of suspects?
BARNEY
No need for that, Andy. That is one
satisfied lady.
ANDY
Didn't you tell me, two weeks ago, she
couldn't see you on account of she was
washing her hair? And Thelma Lou is a
brunette.
Barney splutters. Then he notices Opie shaking out the
envelope of money.
BARNEY
Now, don't mess with that, Opie.
That's state's evidence.
OPIE
This money's got hairs on it.
Barney goes over to take a closer look.
BARNEY
He's right, Andy. Little red hairs.
Like on a barber shop floor.
ANDY
Opie, didn't you just get your hair cut
this morning?
OPIE
Aunt Bee sent me over. She said I was
lookin' kinda shaggy.
BARNEY
How did Opie's hairs get on Otis's
money?
ANDY
Maybe Opie's head and Otis's wallet
were both in the same place this
morning.
BARNEY
Otis Campbell's pants?
ANDY
No! Floyd Lawson's barber shop.
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