A Guy Named Joe Page #5

All right,

Then I'll ask ya.

Dorinda, don't be

A pig-headed fool.

Oh, sweet, sweet,

Irresistible Pete.

Gentle, tactful,

Clever.

Wait a minute. Don't

Laugh at me. I'm serious.

So am I serious. Now you

Listen to me for a change.

I'm willing to offer

You a fair deal.

You've always wanted to get

Me out of the air, haven't you?

Here's your chance. You go back

With nails tomorrow morning,

Back to the states where

They need you and want you,

And I'll take

Ground service.

Otherwise,

I'm off to australia,

And it's that

Or nothing, Pete.

It is?

Mm-hmm.

Well, I'm afraid then

It's nothing.

Oh. Quick as that.

All right. Let's talk

About something else.

Yeah. You know you got

Feet like a monkey's.

I bet you could

Pick up a dime-

Oh, Pete, please,

Please go back! For me!

Why should I?

Because your number's

Up, and because I like you

In spite of the fact

You're such a lug!

You know, Dorinda, the madder

You get, the prettier you are.

You've been a flyer

Long enough to know

That when a guy's

Number is up, it's up.

Wouldn't I look swell cracking

Up in a plane outside of dubuque?

What about me?

I remember a poem

I learned once.

I had to learn it,

As a matter of fact.

Uh... "men must work

And women must weep."

I remember that

Women must weep part.

Ah! So that's the way

You figure it.

Women must weep.

What claptrap!

When you crack up, I'm

Supposed to sit around wet-eyed

Like an old man

With asthma

And mumble prayers

The rest of my life.

What a surprise

You're going to get.

You might at least

Crack out with a bottle.

Do you know

What I'll do?

Sure, cry like

Every dame.

I'll not cry. I'll find

Myself a man with good sense.

You'll never find

As good a flyer.

Oh, I won't, hey?

Don't kid your

- what makes you think you're a flier?

You belong back in

1925 in a flying circus.

I can just see you now

Out at the fairgrounds

Doing loop-de-loops.

You never stayed with

Your squadron.

You're a lone wolf in a

Service where men fly together.

You've got hero hunger,

And better men than you

Come a dime a dozen!

You'll never have as

Much fun with anybody.

Fun! What's fun about

Knowing you're asking for it

Every time you take off?

You think I like being sick

Inside all the time?

Waiting?

Being afraid when

A telephone rings?

Being afraid

When it doesn't?

Aw, now, don't talk

Nonsense, Dorinda.

You're not going to settle

Down with anybody else,

And you know it.

What makes you think I'm

Not, you-you conceited ape!

Because I'm going back to the

States with you, with you and nails.

Oh, Pete.

Yeah. You're gonna

Stay on the ground,

And I'm gonna teach some of those

Supermen how to fly an airplane.

Pete... You mean

I win for once?

You mean it?

In a deal like this, you

Only have to win once.

And I guess

This is your round.

Oh, Pete.

Of course, you might

Figure that I'd won, too.

Fun's over, kids.

Just got a report

There's a big convoy from the

States about 300 miles off the coast,

And they think the nazis'll

Sneak a carrier out.

A carrier?!

Yep. That's what

They think.

We'll just have to go

Out and sink that carrier.

Can't you send

Somebody else out?

No, they're all

On detail.

Besides, I never saw a

German carrier, did you?

Come on, Pete,

We gotta go.

I'll be right with ya.

See you later,

Honey.

You still my girl?

Most of me.

Drink to it.

We got a lot of things

Settled tonight, didn't we?

Oh, Pete. We never seem

To get a break, do we?

What are you talkin' about?

Meeting you was a break.

Why?

No, don't kiss me.

I just don't

Want to kiss you.

What's the idea?

I'm afraid if I say good-bye,

It might mean good-bye.

A kiss can't say it.

Words can't either.

What are you

Talkin' about?

I'm not gonna say good-bye

To you for a thousand years.

But if there were

Anything like good-bye,

There's be a kiss

To say it.

You sleep here

All night.

I'll wake you up with

A hot cup of coffee

When I come back.

Pete!

You don't belong back in

1925 in a flying circus.

You're the best cockeyed

Pilot that ever lived

Or ever will!

Sure.

There she is.

Look at that flock of

Destroyers with her.

We got enough bombs here to

Give those guys some trouble.

Yeah, it'd be fun,

Wouldn't it?

No. This is a job for

Headquarters to figure out.

What are you trying

To do, be a hero?

He's waitin'

For a turn!

Well, how do you

Like that?

2 weeks ago, he'd have

Gone after the whole fleet.

He must be gettin'

Some brains.

Hey!

No use keepin'

That radio dead.

Radio the carrier's

Position.

We may have to

Bail out.

We're bailing out, boys.

Give cap the position.

5 positions.

We're bailing out.

Navigator,

Mark this position.

Radio, notify base.

Hurry up.

When are you

Comin'?

Right away.

Go on. Get out.

Get out!

Well, Dorinda-

Don't tell me, al.

Don't tell me.

I know.

Maybe I better fix us

Up a cup of coffee, huh?

No!

They picked up the other guys all right.

That's good.

I'm glad of that.

I dunno why these things

Have to happen, Dorinda,

But just seems like

Maybe there was something

Pushing him

On and on and on.

I know.

His number was up.

I knew it all along.

Yep.

I told him

When he cracked up,

I wasn't going to cry.

Not one tear.

And I haven't.

Well, I dunno, honey,

It just don't seem right

Hardly to cry about Pete.

He was a flier, and the way I figure it,

Fliers may crack up

Once in a while, sure,

But they never

Really die.

That's not true, al.

That's not true.

Because... I just have.

Hey!

Hey! Dick brumley!

Hiya, Pete!

Well, it's Pete

Himself!

Yeah!

Hey, you had yourself

Quite a little show

With that carrier,

Didn't you?

Ah, sure, sure.

You know me.

Come right out of a

Cloud, and there she was.

4 destroyers right around

Her. Doing about 22 knots.

We didn't want to radio our

Position, so we headed for home.

Boy, then it happened!

Her fighter escort

Swarmed all over us.

Al was about

6 miles away-

So, uh, he wasn't

Very much help, and...

Say, there's something

Cockeyed here.

What?

You don't belong

Here.

Well, I certainly don't

Belong anywhere else.

You're dick brumley,

Aren't ya?

Yes.

I saw you shot down.

Your plane was on fire.

Nobody coulda

Got out of it.

That's right.

But you got

Out of it.

No, I rode her

Down, Pete.

Wait a minute.

Take it easy.

Either I'm dead

Or I'm crazy.

Ha ha. Well, you're not crazy, Pete.

You mean, I'm dead?

Yeah!

I'm...

You mean...

You mean

This is for good?

You guessed it.

You mean I went out and

Let them knock me over?

That's about it.

And now I'm...

You-you mean I'm dead?

Yep.

You mean... Dead.

How do ya like that?

I don't mind it

At all.

I don't feel

Any different.

It's pretty much the same

Once you get the hang of it.

Hmm. This is great.

I never played

A harp in my life.

There's not much time

For harp playing up here.

There's plenty of work to

Do and good men to do it.

Come on,

Let's get moving.

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