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    5-19-55 M eagles - they want this dame out of town, let her go to Reno and ruin their business! - that doesn?╟╓t phase them at all* They love Maria, and they love Tom for hiring her. They -want not only the extra week with her on which they have an option> but as many more as she is willing to give them. In a spot, Tom rushes to Chuck, who - having given his room to a couple of broke honeymooning kids - has spent the night with Emma in her stable. Would Chuck talk to Maria ?╟÷ ask her to stay? No, Chuck won?╟╓ v ?╟≤ He feels he?╟╓s done her enough damage. When he gets his money back from Bondy,who's insisted on keeping it for him overnight, he?╟╓ll go to Maria, give her half of the winnings, and apologize. After that, he'll leave her alone - tne kindest thing he feels he can do. But while Tom is working on Chuck, Sari is working on Maria. A ballerina who lets her employer tell her what to do is no baller- ina! As a result, Maria marches right to Tom. Ignoring Chuck, who's with him, she tells Tom that she's opening as scheduled - and that nothing she does privately or publically is any of his business. She?╟╓s flaming mad, and a very different girl from the haughty grande dame who first came to Las Vegas, When she stalks off, she's unaware that she's made Tom the happiest little manager in the world, and that Chuck is looking after her with decidedly new interest. The interest grows as he watches her rehearse, Maria becomes aware of it, when the rehearsal is over, but is afraid to trust it - afraid of another rejection. Instead, she takes it for granted that he just wants to gamble with her - well, she's sorry, but it isn't convenient right now. It's only when she sees xfelly standing nearby, that it suddenly becomes convenient. Doing a