A Guy Named Joe Page #4

Do we?

I'll tell you what

I'll do with you.

You know how I feel

About women in the air,

Don't ya?

Oh.

Promise me you'll

Get a desk job,

And I'll take you

Up.

Ha ha.

Ah.

Wrong gal, Pete.

Wrong place.

Wrong time, too.

Pete.

Hmm.

Why don't you be a

Good guy and marry me?

Why don't you

Run upstairs

And skin outta

That graduation number?

Al and I are leaving

In a minute.

O.k. Give me

A kiss.

I wonder what kind

Of kids we'd have.

Are you crazy?

Cute, I'll bet.

Not a brain in their

Heads, of course,

But they'd have fun.

Ha!

What a fog.

Plane's been buzzing

Around overhead

For the last

Half hour.

Must be like trying

To find your way

Through the inside

Of a cow.

I never did see

Such a country!

Even the birds

Are walkin'.

Routine search

Area "a"-

Nil sightings.

Weather:
fog.

Does anything ever

Happen up here?

Jack says he hit

A seagull

About 14 miles north

Of here this morning.

Tell him if he can

Hit a pelican,

I'll put him in for the

Congressional medal of honor.

Did I tell you what

That kid of mine hit?

No, what did he

Hit?

I just got a letter

From my wife.

The kid was hunting rabbits

One morning for about an hour.

Back he come running yelling for her

To come out and see what he's killed.

No. So she went out. Know what it was?

A cow.

Deader than $700.

How's that for a kid 8

Years old? A full-grown cow!

Sometimes I think

You're daffy!

You do, huh?

Well, everybody's entitled

To their own opinion, Pete.

You know what I think

Of you, don't ya? Ha ha.

I think you're

Gettin' kinda edgy.

Nothing the matter with me

That a few drinks won't cure.

What a way

To win a war.

I reckon maybe you're

Missing Dorinda little bit,

Huh?

Oh, you reckon,

Do you?

Mm-hmm. Me, too.

Just don't seem like we can hardly

Get along without her, does it?

I never been so lonesome for

Another guy's gal in all my days.

Where do you figure

She is now, Pete?

How do I know?

Probably listening to some tall

Talk from that jukebox commando.

I suppose you think

She's doing that.

Maybe.

Ha. You can talk mighty

Foolish sometimes, Pete.

Why shouldn't she?

There's no law against it.

She's not married to me

Or anybody else.

You know, Pete, back where I come from,

Folks call that

Love stuff

Quick poison

Or slow poison.

If it's quick poison, it

Hurts you all over real bad

Like a shock

Of electricity.

But if it's slow poison,

It's like a fever

That aches in your bones

For a thousand years.

Slow poison love's what you

And Dorinda got. Ha ha ha.

Yep, that's what you got,

Little case of slow poison.

Hey, that guy must have

Found a hole in the sky.

Transport.

Hi, cowboy.

Hiya. Say, you guys

Really put on fog up here.

Yeah!

Guy around

Name of sandidge?

That's me.

I have a package

For you, sir.

Package?

Dorinda!

Ha ha!

Well, hamstring me

For an old steer!

How are you, honey?

Hello, al.

Surprised?

You bet I'm

Surprised.

You look shiny as a new propeller!

Shut 'em off. We'll give you a toddy.

No, thanks. I've got my

Clearance, and I'm an hour late.

Good luck.

Thanks a million, ray!

I've got the most

Wonderful news in the world.

Only first, give me

Another kiss, you big moose,

A real one.

You know, al, I think

She's really glad to see us.

Maybe it's a good idea

We came up here, huh?

She appreciates us.

Could be.

Pete.

Hmm.

Is that your plane?

The b-25 over there

That looks like a ghost?

Sure it's my plane.

Why?

Oh, nothing.

Nothing.

What do you mean? Let's

Get out of this soup.

How long you gonna

Hang around here?

24 hours.

Correction, 22.

What's all this big news

You're bustin' with, honey?

Something you lugs

Are going to jump at.

Yeah. And I know

What it is, too.

Oh, you do? What?

Nails has finally decided

If he's gonna win this war,

He needs a little less

Reconnaissance and more fighting.

Now, it's much

Better than that.

Nails is going back

To the states,

And most of

The old gang with him.

Seems they need

Instructors back there

Who've had combat

Service,

And nails says you two can

Come along if you want to.

Do we have to go?

No, it's purely voluntary,

But nails wants you to.

Now isn't that

Sweet of him?

So he sent you to try

To talk us into it, huh?

If you want to

Put it that way, yes.

You think I'm gonna go back and

Start teaching a lot of kids to fly?

That's all right for a lot

Of guys, including nails,

But not for me.

Sit around in some officer's

Club in kansas city?

I'd go crazy!

Besides, I hate kids.

But you're liable to be

Up here for the duration!

No, no. They'll get in

Trouble soon then send for us.

You haven't got good

Sense, either of you.

You've got a chance to

Go home and do a real job.

But no, you'll stick around here

Till you're both knocked off.

We could crawl under the

Bed for the duration, too.

There's the jeep.

I'll get it and take you

Over to the inn.

Hey, sergeant! Sergeant!

What are you all steamed

Up about, Dorinda?

I've got to get him

Out of here, al.

Out of here?

Yeah.

What for?

Because

His number's up.

I could tell it the

Minute I saw that plane.

Aw, his number

Ain't gonna be up

For a good,

Long time, honey.

He'll probably slip in a

Bathtub and break his neck

When he's 80 or so. He's

A lucky guy. You know that.

I tell you, I felt it.

You remember just before

Joe bailey went down.

You could tell it the

Minute you looked at him.

You told me so

Yourself.

That's right.

And he washed out.

Well, that's just the way

I feel about Pete right now.

Well, there don't

Appear to be much

I can do about that,

Honey.

Oh, yes,

There is, al.

If I can persuade him

To go back to the states,

Will you go along?

If you feel that way

About it, sure.

Then be ready to go

In the morning.

How are you gonna

Go about convincing him?

You hungry?

I'm going to-

As a wolf!

As a wolf? Well, then

Come on. See you later, al.

Yeah.

Fell asleep.

Mm-hmm.

What did you do?

I listened

To you snore

And looked at

Your legs.

Oh.

I don't snore,

And you're

A lecherous old man.

That's your fault.

Pete, you're pulling

Your eyebrows again.

She loves me...

She loves me not.

Well, stop it.

Stop it, stop it.

I'm resigned to your

Being bald some day,

But a bald man

Without eyebrows

Looks just like an egg.

Don't mention eggs. Haven't

Seen an egg for 6 weeks.

What's wrong with

Eggs, anyway?

They have no character.

Do you know something?

I have no character, either.

Does that surprise you?

No. Uh-uh.

But... I'll bet

I can surprise you.

How?

I'm applying for

A transfer tomorrow.

Where to?

Australia.

Australia?

You're crazy.

No, it's true, Pete.

Aw, don't be silly. Get

That out of your head.

Well, it's my

Business, isn't it?

Whose is it?

No.

It's my business, and

I won't let ya do it.

Well, wait a minute,

My buckaroo.

How do you plan

To stop me?

Just by saying no.

That sounds like

An order, Pete,

And I don't like

Orders very well.

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