A Guy Named Joe Page #3

Go ahead.

I can get along.

Only don't sit there like a

Drooling farm boy with a package-

Drooling?

I'm not drooling.

You're drooling and you're trying

To buy yourself off with a present.

You can take this,

Whatever it is,

And throw it

In the garbage!

In the garbage? This?

In the garbage

It goes.

Of all the trouble-making,

Back-stabbing,

Poison-shooting

Dames I ever saw!

Nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag, nag.

Yeah.

Pete! Girl clothes!

From london.

Yeah. I've never seen ya

In a real dress, remember?

Then you didn't get it just to make

Up for what happened this morning.

You didn't have time.

That's right.

Why didn't you tell me

Before I lost my temper?

You didn't

Give me a chance.

Oh, but, Pete,

You're such a fool,

And you've

No right to be.

But you're kinda sweet.

Go on upstairs and put that

Thing on, see if I recognize you.

If you don't, you big

Lug, you'll break my heart!

Lot of woman, Pete.

Lot of woman.

Could be.

2 with soda.

Uh-oh. Bad luck.

Make it 3.

One with poison.

Ha ha. I thought I'd

Find you hot pilots here.

We've been pining away

For you, nails.

Will you have a drink, colonel?

I mean lieutenant-colonel?

Yes, thanks.

That was a very funny trick

You pulled on me this afternoon.

Let's have a drink

On that.

Good. What trick

Was that?

Showing Dorinda

Those pictures.

You almost got me

In a lot of trouble.

That wasn't a trick. I was

Simply trying to prove to her

What a solid

14-carat hero you are.

We're even now,

Huh, nails?

I guess so.

Incidentally, Pete,

I don't believe

You realize,

But headquarters is pretty

Impressed with your record.

They feel you're wasting your

Talents as a squadron commander.

They want you to be

A group commander.

No, nails!

That's great!

You'd be a lieutenant-colonel at least!

Maybe a full colonel. A couple of

Chickens wouldn't look bad, huh?

More dough, too. Course,

I'd hate to rank you, nails.

Ho ho ho!

They're shoving the active fliers

Ahead pretty fast these days.

I'm afraid there wouldn't be

Any advance in rank at first.

Not until we see

How you work out.

Purely routine,

Of course.

Oh, yeah, sure.

At least I won't be

Pestered with you

For a while,

So let's drink

To that.

Good idea. May be your

Last before you go.

Before I go where?

Scotland.

Scotland?

That's reconnaissance.

You can't do that

To me, nails.

Reconnaissance

Is important.

There's nothing to do there.

It's like being retired.

There is an element

Of rest in it.

You've been trying to do

This to me for a long time.

You won't get

Away with it.

I'll go over your head

To general sloan.

This is funny.

Because here's an order

Signed by general sloan

That says you are

Going to scotland.

Nails, you can't

Do this to Pete.

We've been flying

Together ever since-

Isn't this touching?

And really in the best

Tradition of the air force.

Just so you don't feel

You've been forgotten, al,

The general doesn't want any

Broken hearts in the outfit.

Air transport'll have

A ship waiting at 5 a.m.

O.k.

We'll be there.

That's awfully good

Of you, major.

Good night.

Oh, uh...

And thanks for

The drink.

He won't get away

With this.

Sometimes I wonder who he's

Fighting, us or the nazis.

He's just like all the rest

Of these armchair pilots.

He hasn't flown anything faster

Than a bathtub for 30 years.

He's afraid to walk upstairs without

A parachute strapped to his back.

Well, I'm going to beat

This rap.

I'll beat it if I

Have to go to the-

Say...

Look at that!

That's o.k.

You like it?

Dorinda,

You're as pretty as

A pair of

Yellow shoes.

Thanks, al.

And you, Pete, my boy?

Gosh.

Have a drink.

I want to dance.

Come on. Let's dance.

It's a lovely dress, Pete.

Yeah, it's pretty.

Makes me realize

You're a girl

Instead of

A sky-flying cowboy.

I feel like a girl,

Too.

I feel like

My 16th birthday

And the time I graduated

From high school

And the first time I flew

Solo all wrapped up in one.

Do you?

That's a pretty

Large order.

Yeah.

How do you feel?

I feel fine.

Did you pick out this

Dress all by yourself?

What? Me pick out

A dress?

Are you crazy?

Ha ha. Did they

Model it for you?

The girls?

No!

I wish I'd been there.

Why, what's so

Funny about it?

Oh, nothing, I suppose.

Pete.

Hmm.

How'd you know what size shoes to get?

Do you want to

Dance or talk?

I wanna bite

Your ear.

Let me bite your ear.

Stop that.

People are looking.

Let's just dance.

Come on.

You know that guy?

Pete, old man, I never

Saw him before in my life.

Did you smile

At him?

I think I did. Yes.

Yes, I did.

Why?

Because

I'm so happy.

That was a pretty

Stupid thing to do.

Why, Pete,

You're jealous.

I am not jealous.

Don't want you giving the

Guy the wrong impression.

Oh. Pete.

Hmm.

Did I ever give you

The wrong impression?

Why?

Well... Don't watch me

Blush, but...

I tried to

Once or twice.

Say, look...

Do you feel all right?

No, no, no. You haven't got

Spots in front of your eyes?

No, I feel wonderful.

I feel marvelous.

Mighty fancy.

Mighty fancy.

Brother, you ain't

Seen nothin'.

I'll get by

As long as I

Have you

Though there be rain

And darkness, too

I'll not complain

I'll laugh it through

Poverty

May come my way

That's true

But what care I?

Say, I'll get by

As long as I

Have

You

Sing it again.

I'll get by

As long as I

Have you

Though there be rain

And darkness, too

I'll not complain

I'll laugh it through

Poverty

May come my way

That's true

But what care I?

Say, I'll get by

As long as I

Have you

Pete...

Let's dance

All night through, shall we?

I've never done it.

I read about it once.

It sounded wonderful.

No go.

Why not?

Al and I are shoving off at 5 a.m.

What do you mean,

Shoving off? For where?

For scotland.

Scotland?

Yeah. Nails

Assigned us to scotland.

But he promised

He wouldn't!

He what?

Well, he told me

He was thinking

About sending you

Up there,

And I said that 10 days'

Leave would do the job better,

And we argued,

Then finally he said o.k.

He promised me!

You been sticking up

For me, huh?

I always

Stick up for you.

Pretty crazy

For me, aren't ya?

Oh, don't fool,

Pete!

How long are you

Gonna be gone?

Not as long

As nails thinks.

Pete.

Mmm.

You realize something?

What?

You realize

That you and I

Have never been up

In a plane together?

Alone, I mean?

Yeah.

I realize that.

Why don't you take me

Up with you tonight?

Kind of a good-bye

Flight. It'll be fun.

Yeah. It'd be fun,

Wouldn't it? Yeah.

You know,

You're a sweet girl,

But when I fly for fun,

I like to fly alone.

That's not fair.

It's just the way

I feel.

Oh, please, Pete,

Please.

The minute you got

Out of that uniform,

You sure became

A woman.

Oh, please, please!

You're taking awful

Advantage of a pretty dress.

But I've never

Flown with you, Pete.

Dorinda, cut it out.

You're dancing

Too close.

Ha ha. Give up?

Do we fly?

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