A Good Place to Come From by Morley Torgov

Author:Morley Torgov
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: small town, piano, jewish, lawyer, father and son, father and child relationships, father and son relationship, morley, torgov, good place, sault ste marie, gershwin
Publisher: Bev Editions

Still shaking, Harry pressed on, determined to take ad vantage of his audience's outrage. "I say we should call the police and lay some kind of a charge against him. That's gotta be assault, isn't it? I tried to get the Salvation Army woman to do it, but they're so goddam full of charity. So I say it's up to us."

One by one the other men voiced their agreement. But when it came my father's turn to speak up, he looked straight at Harry.

"Why did he throw her out, Harry?"

Harry stared at my father. "Now how the hell would I know? I wasn't there when it happened. Anyway, what's it matter? The point is, he was abusive and threatened her. If you could've seen the look on her face when she came into my shop, you wouldn't give a damn why he threw her out. No sir, you'd just want to go straight into the Ritz and punch the bugger right in the mouth, just like those Indians did."

"Then why didn't you?"

"Why didn't I what?"

"Go straight in there and punch him in the mouth? I mean, if you were that upset."

Harry twisted one side of his mouth into an expression of contempt. Without looking at my father again, he spoke to the others. "Will somebody please tell our friend here that maybe that sort of thing's okay where he and his pal across the street come from but—"

Before Harry could utter another word, he found himself drenched in coffee. It trickled down his forehead and cheeks and chin onto the front of his overcoat where it soaked into the heavy wool fibres forming massive blotches. The coffee had come from my father's cup which caromed across the table and landed on the floor breaking into several pieces. At the sound of the crashing coffee cup, Herman came running from· behind the soda fountain, a wet towel clutched in one hand.

"For Godsakes," he cried, looking at the mess on the floor and shaking his head. "What do you think this is, the Ritz?"

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