Boo#/zy, brassy Apple:; Annie,. ^ a =beggar wi th a b*.*asket of appl* e.:s, $is as much a[s part$+ of downtown ##New York as o,!ld. Broadway: itself. Bootlegger/_ Dave the Dude$ is $a sucker_! for her app)les,! --- he t;$=hi/[n\ )?ks: they bring/#% h@im+.=[ luc
k. But Dave a: nd girlfriend Queenie Marti *n n?]=eed)?! a  +lot more _t)ha-
n l=#uck when it turns out th,at Annie is in #a jam and only they,`+ can help Annie' s ($_dau.ghter L`ouise#, who has lived all her lif!#:;e in a %
)Spanish+ convent, is @com_[ !ing? ](to .]_% America with a Count and his so(+n. T]he c_$ou: nt' s s .on want-_`s t .o ma-rry^ Louise, wh o th*!ink?s her moth+
er is part o-=#*f New York so*cie,ty. :It='s up t$o Dave(^= and Qu+.\eenie and their Ru:n+yonesque cronies to t[urn A%nnie into a lad
]y \a`nd co@nv;)ince+- the Coun-t and his son `_that /the y #!are ?hobnobbing %[wi?t)h New York['s/ elite.