A Stolen Life Page #2

I NEVER DID TAKE

TO WHITTLING.

DON'T SEE WHY YOU HAVE ME DOING IT.

BECAUSE IT'S GOOD COLOR.

BEEN ON THIS:

A WEEK NOW.

ANYBODY'D THINK I HAD NOTHING

ELSE TO DO BUT SIT HERE.

PLEASE DON'T TALK. I'M

WORKING ON YOUR MUSTACHE.

FOG'S COMING IN

FAST.

HAVE TO BE GOING

INSIDE.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE:

SOME EXCUSE.

WELL, I CAN'T CONTROL THE ACTS OF GOD.

HIYA!

HI!

I'LL PICK

YOU UP LATER!

RIGHT.

IT LOOKS LIKE:

YOU'RE ALMOST FINISHED.

UH-HUH.

HEY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

WHAT WERE YOU:

DOING ALL DAY?

OH, I'VE BEEN IN

GETTING A FEW SUPPLIES.

OH.

SAY, THAT FOG IS COMING IN PRETTY FAST.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TRY

TO GET BACK IN IT, ARE YOU?

I WONDER.

I THINK YOU'D BETTER

STAY HERE FOR A WHILE.

I'D LIKE THAT.

BUT MR. FOLGER'S NEVER

BEEN VERY HOSPITABLE.

AW, IT'S NONSENSE.

HE'S GOT A HEAR AS BIG AS A HOUSE.

COME ON. I'LL TAKE

YOUR THINGS IN, EH?

YOU'RE SURE I WON'T BE IN THE WAY?

WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO

ENTERTAIN YOURSELF.

I'VE GOT A FEW

HOURS' WORK TO DO.

OH, DON'T WORRY

ABOUT ME.

MAY I COME IN?

WELL, WHAT YOU WANT?

MR. FOLGER, HOW LONG DO

THESE FOGS USUALLY LAST?

CAN'T TELL.

AN HOUR, TWO HOURS,

MAYBE TWO DAYS.

TWO DAYS?

OH.

WHAT DOES MR. EMERSON

DO OUT HERE?

CHECKS ALL:

THE EQUIPMENT.

SORRY YOU GO STUCK OUT HERE.

OH, THAT'S QUITE

ALL RIGHT.

WOULD IT DISTURB YOU IF

I LOOKED AROUND A LITTLE?

I DON'T KNOW WHA WOULD INTEREST YOU, BUT-

IF YOU WANT TO,

WHY, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

FINDING SOMETHING

TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED?

OH, I'VE BEEN

EXPLORING.

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

I'M GLAD I DIDN'T TRY

TO GO BACK IN THIS.

DOES THE FOG:

FRIGHTEN YOU?

A LITTLE.

THERE'S SOMETHING SO

TERRIBLY LONELY ABOUT IT.

I DON'T MIND

BEING ALONE,

BUT I DON'T LIKE

TO FEEL LONELY.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE,

ISN'T THERE?

YOU KNOW...

I DON'T MIND

BEING ALONE, EITHER.

IN FACT, I DELIBERATELY

TOOK THIS JOB HERE

TO GET AWAY FROM

TOO MANY PEOPLE.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOU WOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF THA FOG IF YOU WENT RIGHT OUT INTO IT.

I'LL SHOW YOU.

IT'S LIKE THE END

OF THE WORLD.

IT COULD END:

LIKE THIS.

I DON'T THINK I'D BE

FRIGHTENED EVEN IF IT WERE.

OR LONELY, EITHER?

I KNEW YOU'D GE OVER IT OUT HERE.

I WONDER WHA PEOPLE WOULD DO

IF THE WORLD:

SHOULD END LIKE THIS.

THEN THEY'D HAVE TIME

TO SAY ALL THE THINGS

THEY'D ALWAYS

WANTED TO SAY.

THEN THEY'D HAVE

THE COURAGE TO SAY THEM.

FOR INSTANCE?

HONEST THINGS.

SUCH AS?

SUCH AS TELLING YOU I DIDN' PARTICULARLY WANT TO PAINT EBEN.

THEN WHY DID YOU GO

TO ALL THAT TROUBLE?

BECAUSE I WANTED

TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

LONELY PEOPLE:

WANT FRIENDS,

BUT THEY HAVE TO SEARCH

VERY HARD FOR THEM.

IT'S DIFFICUL FOR THEM TO-TO FIND...

OTHER LONELY PEOPLE.

THE FOG'S LIFTING.

IT WASN'T THE END

OF THE WORLD AFTER ALL.

GOOD NIGHT, BILL.

THANKS FOR:

BRINGING ME OVER.

OH, I'LL WALK

YOU HOME.

OH, NO, I WOULDN' THINK OF IT.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

ARE YOU ASHAMED OF ME?

OH, NO, IT ISN'T THAT.

IT'S JUST THAT I-

WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF

THINGS TO DO ON THE WAY HOME.

THANKS JUST THE SAME.

YOU WOULDN'T BE HOLDING

OUT ON ME, WOULD YOU?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU HAVEN'T GOT A HUSBAND

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EH?

OH, OF COURSE NOT.

WHAT AN IDEA.

WELL, I'LL SEE YOU

TOMORROW.

I'LL BRING THE BOA BACK IN THE MORNING.

THANKS.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

WHAT A PERFECT NIGHT.

SO BEAUTIFUL.

I WISH I'D COME HERE

YEARS AGO.

YOU WERE MADE FOR

ALL THIS, BILL.

I- I WENT TO

A CLASS REUNION:

AT BOSTON TECH:

LAST YEAR.

MOST OF THE FELLAS

I GRADUATED WITH,

THEY-THEY HAVE

WONDERFUL JOBS NOW,

MAKING MONEY:

HAND OVER FIST.

SOME OF THEM:

WERE RIBBING ME:

ABOUT BEING STUCK

WAY OFF DOWN HERE.

ONE OF THEM EVEN

OFFERED ME A JOB

AT 3 TIMES THE DOUGH

I'M MAKING NOW.

I GUESS HE FEL KIND OF SORRY FOR ME.

IF HE ONLY KNEW:

HOW I FELT FOR HIM.

YOU'VE FOUND YOUR RIGH PLACE IN THE WORLD.

I ENVY YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOU ARE THE FIRS PERSON THAT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT.

DON'T EVER

GIVE IT UP.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO.

COME ON. I HAVEN'T SHOWN

YOU THE BEST SPOT OF ALL YET.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON

I EVER BROUGHT HERE.

THERE'S SOMETHING

MAGICAL ABOUT IT.

THE ONE TIME THAT I WISH I

COULD PAINT IS WHEN I'M HERE.

KATIE...

DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT YOU

COULD CATCH ALL THIS?

OH... OH, NO.

NO, I'M NOT NEARLY

GOOD ENOUGH.

WHY DON'T YOU TRY

WHILE I'M AWAY, HMM?

AWAY?

YES. I'M GOING ON TO

A NEW JOB NEXT WEEK.

OH.

WELL, IT'S BEEN LOTS OF FUN

THESE PAST FEW DAYS.

I KNOW I'VE HAD

A WONDERFUL TIME.

I'LL MISS YOU.

I'LL MISS YOU,

TOO, KATIE.

YOU KNOW THAT.

OH, SO THIS IS WHERE

YOU LIVE, EH?

YES.

HMM. WELL, AT LEAS I GOT AS FAR AS THE GATE.

GOOD NIGHT, BILL.

HOW ABOUT LUNCH:

TOMORROW?

IF YOU WANT.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL PICK YOU UP A THE MAIN WHARF AT 12:00.

I'LL BE THERE.

KATIE...

I WON'T BE AWAY

FOR LONG.

GOOD NIGHT, BILL.

GOOD NIGHT, KATIE.

NIGHT.

HELLO, SIS.

PAT, WHAT ARE

YOU DOING HERE?

COULDN'T SLEEP.

THOUGHT I'D CHEW

THE FAT FOR A WHILE.

WE HAVEN'T FOR

A LONG TIME.

I'VE BEEN BUSY.

YOU GOT A MATCH,

KATIE?

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME

THE TRUTH, KATIE?

THAT LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

ISN'T OLD.

YES, HE IS. HE HAS A

BEARD DOWN TO HIS ANKLES.

HAVING FUN:

THESE DAYS?

BORED STIFF,

FRANKLY.

WHY DON'T YOU GO

TO HYANNIS?

THE GANG'S ALL THERE.

NOT TRYING TO GE RID OF ME, ARE YOU?

DON'T BE SILLY.

YOU KNOW, DARLING,

YOU'RE NO A VERY GOOD LIAR.

WHO IS HE?

WHO'S WHAT?

PAT, YOU HAVE

A ONE-TRACK MIND.

ALL RIGHT. DON'T TELL

ME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.

WHAT DID YOU DO:

TONIGHT, PAT?

I KNOW SOMETHING

HAS HAPPENED TO YOU.

YOU WERE SINGING LIKE MAD

IN THE SHOWER THIS MORNING.

AND FOR AN ELDERLY

LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

WITH A BEARD:

DOWN TO HIS ANKLES,

YOU SPEND AN AWFULLY LONG

TIME IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR.

I SAW THE HUNKY DORY

OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON.

DOES THAT MEAN:

TOM FRAZIER'S IN TOWN?

TOM'S GETTING TO BE

A BIT OF A NUISANCE.

YOU DIDN'T THINK SO

LAST MONTH.

AH! BUT THAT WAS

LAST MONTH.

OF COURSE, HE HAS A PERFECTLY

OUT-OF- THIS-WORLD YACHT.

THAT'S SOMETHING

IN HIS FAVOR.

HE'S A GOOD CATCH, PAT.

I WOULDN'T DISCOUN HIM ENTIRELY.

WANT HIM?

I KNOW:

MY LIMITATIONS,

AND I'M SATISFIED

TO STAY WITHIN THEM.

GO TO BED, PAT.

I'M DEAD.

HE MUS BE WONDERFUL.

I MEANT YOUR BED.

HA HA! I CAN

TAKE A HINT.

BUT I'LL BET $10.00 I

GET IT OUT OF YOU YET.

$10.00 YOU DON'T.

NO WONDER:

I CAN'T SLEEP.

SUCH A DIVINE NIGHT.

FULL MOON.

NO KIND OF A NIGHT TO BE

STUCK IN A HOUSE BY YOURSELF.

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

GONE OUT.

IT WAS WARM ENOUGH

TO GO WITHOUT YOUR COAT.

PAINTING:

IN THE DARK, DEAR?

HA HA!

I WISH I'D DOUBLED

THAT BET.

OH, DARLING, JUST SO

YOU'LL FEEL BETTER,

I WILL BE SEEING TOM

FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS-

LUNCH ON THE YACHT AND HEAVEN

KNOWS WHAT FROM THEN ON.

NIGHT.

NIGHT.

GOOD MORNING.

HI, BILL.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

HERE THIS TIME OF DAY?

A BIT DRESSED UP,

AIN'T YOU, BILL?

I'M GOING TO MEET SOMEBODY

HERE FOR LUNCH AT 12:00.

AIN'T NOON YET.

YEAH, BUT...

HEY, THERE SHE IS NOW.

BY GODFREY, GOOD-LOOKING, AIN'T SHE?

YOU KNOW I DON'T GO OU WITH BAD-LOOKING GALS, LOU.

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