 presents Maureen O'Sullivan, J. Carol Nash, and Ricky Vera. From Hollywood, the Mutual Network in Cooperation with Family Theatre presents a fine wedding for Angelita, starring J. Carol Nash and Ricky Vera. Now, here is your hostess, Maureen O'Sullivan. Thank you, Tony LaFranco. Family Theatre's only purpose is to bring to everyone's attention a practice that must become an important part of our lives if we're to win peace for ourselves, peace for our families, and peace for the world. Family Theatre urges you to pray. Pray together as a family. And now, to our transcribed drama, a fine wedding for Angelita, starring J. Carol Nash's Louie, Ricky Vera as Mingo, with Virginia Gregg as Angelita. It is Domingo Gonzalez, but no one has ever called me that. It is always Mingo. But now, since my miracle, maybe they will call me Domingo. Because we Gonzaleses are very famous here in Lizard City. After what happened at my big sister's wedding, my sister Angelita. My papa laughs when I say we have a miracle. And Father Anton at the church says it really wasn't a miracle. But I know. It started to happen the day Julio Jena came to ask Angelita to marry him. They didn't see me. I was under the porch. See Julio, I will marry you. With me. And we will have the finest wedding anyone ever saw, as fine as the richest girl in Lizard City. But Angelita, you know I work very hard at the oil pumps. I do not get much money. All my life I have dreamed of it, Julio. Sometimes I walk around in that dream so that I do not even see the poor shack we live in. And the ground so hard, nothing will grow but cactus and sagebrush. We will have flowers, Julio, dozens and dozens, bright and beautiful with color. And I will have a dress like nobody ever saw. It will be of silk or satin, or white, of course. There will be a veil to go with it. You must save your money too, Julio, and buy a black suit with black shoes which will shine like the sun. Where would the money come from for such a wedding? From me, Angelita Gonzalez. It is for the bride to give the wedding. Poposito cannot help, so I will go to San Antonio and get the job. San Antonio? Yes, San Antonio. And I will not come back until I have saved enough money for a fine wedding. But didn't want Angelina to go all alone to San Antonio. All right, all right, all right, mingo. Now I'm going to tell it. After all, I am the father of the bride. Well, you see, when Angelita said it was only because I was too lazy to take care of the family myself for a change, since now there is no mama, no more. Then I had to say she could go to prove I was not too lazy. Ha, ha, ha, the children, when she went away, had a good time. Some days I would let mingo take the bureau and the cart to call in my customers and, well, I am a junkman. Which I am going to be also in a few years. That's right, and we would only eat when we was hungry, huh, mingo? The man is even for breakfast sometimes. But I don't think Angelita was having fun in San Antonio because she would write letters to us. I am very lonesome for all of you. The hours in the florist shop are long. Just a little more time now, Papisito. When there is money for the last installment on the dress and enough left for the flowers, I will return home to you all, papa. Oh, I was so glad when Angelita came back to the lizard city. Mingo and I, we hitched up the bureau to the junk cart and we went to the station to meet her. Julio was there too. He also was very happy to see my daughter Angelita. I had forgotten how beautiful you are, Angelita Nia. Oh, now enough of that to you too. Come, come, come. All right, Papasito. Julio, please, everyone is looking. Who is there to look? Juan Macias over there on his bench, asleep as usual. Angelita, one kiss. Later. And you can see my wedding dress as soon as we get home. God, I think of that. Put it on, Angelita. It is bad luck to put it on before the wedding day. Look, you have not seen the veil. Like a handful of cloud. Oh, Julio, what a lovely speech to say. Has anyone in lizard city ever had a dress and veil like this? No one. It never was a bride so pretty. One kiss for that. Querida mía. And now for the big surprise. Wait. Papasito, Paquito, Juanita, Marie, Jose, Conchita, Lupita, George, come inside. Oh, wait till you hear, Julio. You are all here? Mingo? Here, Julita. Very well, then. Listen. At our wedding, we will have flowers. The wedding of Angelita and Julio. There will be flowers. Did you hear me? Well, you mean, maybe, Dr. Geraniums? We will have roses, Papasito. 10 dozen of them. Red ones, pink ones, and white ones. $50 worth. What is roses, Angelita? And where the $50 is? So much worth, Angelita. So much. I have the money to pay for them. But since I work for the florist, he's going to send them COD. It is a vast amount, even for so many roses. But I'm sure we will have a fine wedding in that case. There is one thing more. One thing that is most important of all. I have $10 to give to Father Anton for the poor. In our time of happiness, we must not forget those less fortunate than we are. Oh, poor Dios. Poor Dios. $10 for the poor, Angelita. See, Papa, on the morning of the wedding, you will take it to Father Anton as a present from all of us. Now, just one thing more. In San Antonio, all the stylish people get married at high mass. So Julio and I will be married, with the sun shining through the windows on the roses. Then you will all agree everything has been worth it. Look, Pabasito, I put one X on this envelope. It is the $10 for the poor from the Gonzaleses. Now this one is $50 for the expressman. Here, the flowers for the wedding will be on the 8 o'clock trend this morning from San Antonio. All you have to do is pay the agent Mr. Tilman, then take the flowers to the church. All right. Sorry, I can't let you have them, Lloyd. It says right here, COD, $50. You only give me $10. But he's a big mistake, Sr. Tilman. Angelito gave me the $50 for you and the $10 for Father Anton. He said right here, look, see, there is the X. Don't know nothing about that. All I know is I've got to have $40 more before I let you have the boxes. You better hurry it up. I notice they've got to mark Persian. But I cannot go back to Father Anton. One cannot ask back the money one has given for the charity, huh? But Angelito, what I could do, huh? It is all right, Puppecito. It was my fault. I got the money mixed up. No, no, no, it was my fault. I gave the wrong envelope. It was all for nothing. No, no, no, no, don't cry, Nina. Please, you do not think. Maybe if I tell Father Anton about the mistake, he would return the $50. Oh, no, Papa. So often my senorim madre used to say it, money for charity one never expects back. Father Anton can do much good with $50. But who in the church is going to see the roses with my so beautiful Angelito to look at? The $50 would have bought another burro for you, Papa. Who told you the burro died? Mingo told me. Oh, that Mingo, I'm going to fix him. Angelito, I'm here. Do not cry on your wedding day. Now I'm going to find that Mingo. Mingo, Mingo, Mingo, Mingo. Oh, you are under the porch. I see you there. I'm coming, Papa. I'm ready for the whipping. And that is all that you're going to get, but I know later he's too hot now. Papa, where are you going? Can I walk with you? I got much thinking to do, Mingo. No, you stay under the porch and hide your face for shame. No, Papa, please. I'm ready for the whipping. Please, then we take a walk together. No, no, no, no, you stay here, Mingo. I go with nobody. I mean, I go with myself and $50 to help the poor. But who is more poor than me? Me? Who in all these are sickiest, is so poor as Luis Gonzalez, huh? Buenos dias, Luis. Buenos dias, Buenos dias. Hi, good morning, Luis Gonzalez. Good morning, Chef. Wow, what a messiah. You're going to be late getting to your bench at the station this morning, huh? The bench will be there when I get there. What brings you to the church so early? You're not going to leave this wedding, maybe? No, a few hours. Now a high mass, too. Just like all the big stylish people in San Antonio. If I were Julio, I would want to know what my bride has been doing in a place like San Antonio for such a long time. Perhaps if you were Julio, but since you're not Julio, then you got nothing to worry about. Oh, here comes Father Antonio. Good day, senor Juan Macias. A beautiful day for the wedding of Angelito Luis. But you do not look very happy. Oh, I'm happy, Father Antonio. It's good to know that one of my children is not going to starve to death. You do not seem to be starving, any of you. Well, until yesterday, by working very hard in the hot sun, I could make a few centavos to keep them from starving. But, well, now I got no burro. You have no burro, Luis? Well, he dropped dead yesterday. Yay, he was a fall down between the shaft of the cart. I don't understand why such things got to happen to me. How much would it cost to buy another burro, Luis? Oh, I know a very fine burro can be bought for a little money when one considers the excellent condition of the animal. For how much? Ah, that Padre is what is a lucky thing for $50. God takes away everything, but then he gets back again. You Padre have been giving $50 for the poor, huh? $50 is a fair price for a good burro. Oh, then you mean you're going to give me the money, huh? I have a better idea, Luis. I will buy the burro myself. And I will lend it to you in the name of the church, so long as you do a good job of collecting your junk. Come, there is time before the wedding, Luis. I will go with you, and we will buy the burro. What do we call the new burro, Papasito? Well, we're going to call him who can say mingo, Father Anton, he's going to give him the name maybe since the burro, he belonged to him, huh? Where do we go now? I don't know, wherever the burro chooses to take us, it's not for me to say mingo. It is fun this way. Al cielo, al cielo, al cielo quiero ir, al cielo pura, angelita. Her eyes are still red from crying. Pobrecita. I thought of stealing some geraniums from Senora Lobo's garden, Papa. Oh, no, no, no. For shame, mingo, he's wrong to steal even for your poor sister on the wedding days. Well, I would borrow them only since they are in pots, then bring them back after the wedding. Pots after? Oh, well, you said burro. Oh, burro, huh? Well, that is not stealing, huh? Si, Papa, the burro had chosen to bring us to the station. Ah, yeah, he bring us to the station. Hey, mingo, mingo, look, look. You see the box on the platform, huh? I see them, Papa. Well, they're the roses, huh? Angelita's roses, and since no one is going to use them, I will borrow them. And then I'm going to return them after the wedding. And this way, they're not going to be wasted. First, they're going to look nice in the eyes of everybody who looks, and then we're going to bring them back, huh? Of course, Papa, that is a wonderful idea. And it is not stealing. Oh, no, no, that's not stealing. Hey, you stay in the cart, hey, mingo. And if you see Sr. Tillman, come on. Call me a loud voice, you understand, hey, mingo? I will, Papa. But there's one Macias on his bench. Maybe he will see you. Oh, one Macias, he sleeps all the time. Don't worry about one Macias, eh? But if you see Sr. Tillman, loud voice, huh, mingo? Al suelo, al cielo, al cielo quiero ir, eh? Uh-oh, al cielo. Hey, Uriana, about to borrow, huh? We have the mall, Papa. Yeah, I bring them, I bring them right back with me. Five boxes, see, one, two, three, four, five. Now we're going to bring them right back, huh? Five boxes, now we're going to go to the church. Hey, hey, come on, burro, burro, hey, come on. Oh, this burro is no good. Come on, go, burro. Go, go, before I give you a name, you're not going to like. Papa. Oh, what a surprise for Angelita, a rose is all $50 worth in the church, eh? She will think a miracle has happened, Papa. Yes, mingo, what, what, what? I did not see Senor Tillman, but one. One, one, Macias? Well, what about him? Was he not asleep on the bench? I think, I'm not sure, but I think he opened one night. Nice, Senor Tillman, you look for something? Darn peculiar, I was sitting right here. Baseball boxes, maybe Senor, five of them? What do you know about them on, Macias? Eh, nothing for a certain, Senor. Eh, you have to pay for them, maybe, if they are gone. I better not have two. Come on, who took them one? I'll run you in for a lawyer. I do not know for a certain, Senor, but I saw Luis Gonzalez put five boxes in his cart. Maybe they are the ones you look for. Louis Gonzalez, sure, should have thought of him right off, him and his dirt. Eh, Senor, I get the reward, the reward, Senor. Nobody is just me, the father of the bride. Are you ready, Vida Mia? Almost, I'm just to fix the veil, Senor Gonzalez. Ah, Lola, I want to start this. It's good of you to help my Angelita. He's easy, with so pretty a bride. And you, Papa, will the good Juan Macias leave the bench on the station to come to the wedding? Quien sabe, Senor? He said he might be too busy. Ah, but here come my sisters and their husbands, and my Antonio is with them. Where, where, where? Look, look from the window, they're just parking. Oh, how elegante. Hey, you people, they look rich. No, not rich, Senor, but we work hard. Quien es? Mingo. Psst, Babacito, psst. Well, well, well, what, what, what, what is Mingo? Oh, oh, oh, I got some business. I'm coming. Angelita, preciosa, I will be back in a little minute. The, the thing is, it's going to start soon. Ah, keep us, hey, what is the matter with you, Mingo? It is the man from the express office. The senior tillman. He's very angry, and the sheriff is coming. Where is it? Where's Louis Gonzales? Ah, Senor Tillman, you, you're here for the wedding. You know what I'm here for. No, come, please, let me go outside and you and me, because we, we don't talk about such things in the church, eh? What about these flowers? Please, a few moments, Senor Tillman, and I will put back the flowers just like they was in the proper boxes. I remember which was the white one, is the red one, is the green one. I know them all, the colors. Well, what good will they be then? Give me the 50 bucks, or I'll hand you over to the sheriff. Senor, can you put the flowers back in the boxes, as my papacy, and tell the express company that they were spoiling the coming? Now, what kind of express company do you think I'm running? 50 bucks, or Gonzales goes to jail. You know, she's pleased with boxing, no, no, no. They, they're going to hear you in the church. I don't know why my Angelito to hear this, or the Padre neither. Mingo Gonzales, Angelito says to come now. They are almost ready to begin. One little minute, Lola, but this thing, tell this thing, I sing another song, eh? All right, I will tell her. But the Padre says, oh, Father Anton, I was just telling Senor Gonzales. We are ready now, Luis Gonzalez. Good morning. Father Anton, Gonzales here. Padre, Padre, I want to tell you something. Senor Tillman say I stole the roses, I tried to give him a, what, what, you called the down payment, $10, but see, I still got the envelope here, but he wouldn't take it. They mean a mistake with the envelope, Padre. The 50 dollars was for the express man, for the flowers, and the 10 was for the church, for the poor, and now they put my papa in jail, and he only wanted to borrow the flowers for Angelito, because he worked so long such a long time for them. I got nothing to do with that. 50 bucks, or Gonzales goes to jail. What good will it do the florist in San Antonio to have Luis in jail? Will he get the rest of his money any sooner? No, you're here, Padre says. Mr. Tillman send him this, then I will pay the rest, I will earn it with the budo. Please, Senor, my seat. And what about the express company? Is here you give me a still only $10? You know we'll have to make up the rest of the money? Me, I'm responsible. Minute of turn my back, I find it. Senor Gonzales, the singer, she says she has no more songs to sing. No, please, please, tell it, that one who plays the music, play more organ, Lolita. We'll be in the right away, go, go. If your back was turned, Senor Tillman, how did you know what happened? Maybe it was not my papa who borrowed the flowers. Juan Macias back one turn. My father? What about my father? He told us in you that my papa took the flowers, but it's not true, he was just going to borrow them. No, quiet, quiet, mingo, Padre is not true, we were not glad to give the $50 to the church, it's not true for the poor, we wanna give everything. You should have come to me, Luis, when you discovered the mistake. But I did come to you first, Padre, but you remember it. You didn't tell me the truth, the truth, Luis. Now you see, you are in trouble. We will see. Mr. Tillman, cannot we say that the money you hold in your hand is Luis' down payment of $10, that the flowers are his and the... Senor Gonzalez, I am very sorry that my father made a mistake like this. If there is anything we can do, oh, here are my sisters and their husbands and my Antonio. Maybe we can put a little more in the down payment, to see if they can help Mr. Gonzalez a little. Oh, good. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, my friends, please, I cannot accept the charity for my angelita's wedding. But this is not charity, Senor Gonzalez, it is only right if my father made you all this trouble. No please, I cannot accept the charity, I don't want to... But wait, Padre, Padre, please, If these flowers could be mine with the down payment, does that not mean then that I could sell them maybe to my friends? I'm not sure, Louis, that Mr. Tillman has agreed yet to consider the $10 as a down payment. We'll have to ask you. Of course, we buy your roses, Mr. Consales, as a remembrance of your Angelita's wedding. Antonio, please keep Mr. Consales the money. Oh, thank you, Antonio. Here, here, I'm going to give you 50 cents change. Oh, thank you, thank you, Gracie. 50 cents, who's going to buy another flower? I will. It's going to be delivered after the wedding, after the wedding. Thank you, Gracie. And roses, roses from the wedding, you can put them in a book and remember the wedding. Thank you. 50 cents each, very cheap for the money. See, I will buy one. Oh, Gracie. Oh, Gracie. And I'll also say for two Angelitas. Gracie, Gracie. Oh, here, here you are, Gracie. Who else, who else for flowers from Angelita's wedding? Going to be delivered after the wedding. Babacito, there are not many left to sell. Charge a dollar a piece now. Oh, here, Mingo, how smart you are. Use like your papa. All right, those that are left, one dollar and a half a piece, 150. 48, 49, and 50 dollars. There, there you are, Sr. Tillman. Oh, hey, hey, hey. No, quiet, please, everybody, wait, wait, wait. It's a 10 dollar left in my sombrero. 10 silver dollars. Father Anton. Yes, Luis? Hold that to your hand. Look, it's a 10 dollars more to give to the poor in the name of Luis Gonzalez, whose daughter Angelita is going to have a famous wedding in the whole, whole world. Thank you, Luis. And now it is time. Oh, si, si, Padre, now, now I go tell Angelita and we begin, eh? Smile, smile Angelita, smile her, come on, smile her for your papa. I'm smiling, Papacito, but where have you been? I was so worried. Why's nothing? My eyes, do they still look red? No, never was such a beautiful bride, never. The music, your wedding begins, my daughter. Papacito, I'm frightened. Take my arm, Angelita. Look, they are opening the doors. The roses, the roses. Come, my daughter. Yes, the roses. But how? It is like a miracle. Almost, Angelita. Since this happened, I don't know if I like it too good. Papa even talks about getting a floor stand on the corner, and then Angelita has bought shoes for everyone. And if we don't wear them, she'll yell at us, especially me. So mostly I stay under the porch and think about my miracle. Father Anton, he says it isn't a miracle, but isn't a miracle when something beautiful like the roses happen, when nobody thought it could? I think so. Maybe they will call me Domingo someday. We know Sullivan again. We know Family Theatre receives many letters from its listeners, most of them expressing gratitude for the message of faith and hope that this program tries to convey each week. But every so often, we receive a letter which contains its own message of faith. And when that happens, we try to pass it on to you. The following is a short poem sent to us by a woman whose son was killed during World War II. It helped her then to bear the terrible burden of grief that such a loss inflicts. And she feels that it may help others like her today. The poem is entitled, Resignation. He gave me a splinter from his cross, and there I knelt, complaining. For I could not lift the heavy load with all my human straining. And then, as I raised my anguished eyes, I saw my Saviour weeping, that I could refuse to give my son back to his loving keeping. And knowing now he was lent to me, the loveliest of God's favours, I returned him to the Saviour's arms and rose to resume my labours. Just a parting reminder, the family that prays together stays together. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. It was written by Wilson Bauer and Dorothy Millard Brown from an idea by Harry Hamilton with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman and was directed and transcribed for Family Theatre by Luex Lansworth. This series of Family Theatre broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who feel the need for this type of program, by the mutual network which has responded to this need and by the hundreds of stars of stage, screen and radio who give so unselfishly of their time and talent to appear on our Family Theatre stage. To them and to you, our humble thanks. This is Tony LaFranco expressing the wish of Family Theatre that the blessing of God may be upon you and your home and inviting you to be with us next week when Family Theatre will present Employees Only, starring Joan Leslie and Arthur Shields. Join us, won't you? Family Theatre's broadcast throughout the world and originates in the Hollywood studios of the world's largest network. 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