Across the Pacific Page #6

Well, Sam, maybe I wont be here long.

Maybe so you need money

go other place.

No, Sam, I dont need money.

You no need money? Sam smell big fish.

Sam keep nose clean,

Sam no smell fish, no catchee trouble.

All the time you like trouble.

Maybe so Dr. Lorenz trouble?

- Maybe so.

- Girl too?

I dont know, Sam.

I hope she'ss all right.

She got you bad.

Much trouble.

All the time much trouble.

Sam...

...you can help me.

People tell you things.

People tell me because I dont tell.

I tell, they don'tt tell me anymore.

Okay, Sam. If you dont wanna

help me, you don'tt have to.

- Can do.

- I knew you would, Sam. Thanks.

Be careful.

If I get any more careful,

I wont be any good.

Much trouble.

All the time much trouble.

Key, sir. Room 24.

Thanks. Hey.

Thanks, seor.

Mr. Leland.

- May I pay you a visit?

- Yeah, sure. Come on in.

- Its hot.

- Very.

Ice water, room 24, please.

Well, doc, whats on your mind?

Now that were in Panama, I think

it'ss time you began to earn your money.

Its hot.

Okay, doc. Where do we begin?

Pedro Miguel Locks

will be a good place for a starter.

How many batteries are there?

What are their caliber?

Antiaircraft or heavy stuff?

Begin with the 16-inch guns.

Well, lets see, the last time

I was down here, two years ago...

...there were double railway guns

east and west...

...two twin concrete embrasures

half a mile to the north...

...one four-gun turret of

shore-mounted Navys back of Hill 14.

But whats the idea?

You know all that already.

- Testing me, eh?

- You examined the money I gave you?

Thats right. Do we go on?

We go on.

What specific knowledge have you...

...of the military plane patrol

over the canal area?

Well, two years ago...

What happened two years ago

doesnt interest me.

I want the current schedule

of the patrol planes.

When the flights take off,

exactly what areas they cover...

...what altitude they conduct

their reconnaissance...

...and the precise time of their return.

Ice water, sir.

Now, thats gonna take some getting.

- Ill pay generously for it.

- How much?

- Shall we say $500?

- Shall we say $ 1500?

I said Ill pay generously, not foolishly.

Now, just a minute.

Only place I can get that is Air Force

headquarters. That wont be easy.

May take almost a week of trying

before things begin to break right.

Ill make you a deal.

Fifteen hundred if you get it by 5:00 today.

Five oclock? Why all the rush?

- Theres no rush.

- Just $ 1000 worth?

Remember, Mr. Leland, its your place

to answer questions, not to ask them.

Sorry, I... Im a little new at this game.

Of course, of course.

Oh, and by the way,

dont get the ingenious idea...

...of selling me out

to the American authorities.

It wouldnt pay in the long run.

Wait a minute.

- Who is it?

- Its me.

- How you doing?

- All right.

- You happy?

- Very.

- Whats the program?

- I'mm free as a bird.

I got a couple of things to do.

Meet you at the International Bar at 1:00.

- How do I get there?

- Tell any cab driver. Come as you are.

- What can I do for you, sir?

- I want to open an account.

- Sit down, please.

- Thank you.

- Savings or checking?

- Savings.

And what is the name?

Leland. Richard Leland.

Will you sign there, please?

There you are.

How much did you wish to deposit?

One thousand two hundred

and forty-one dollars.

No one can get close enough to hear us

without our seeing them.

Go ahead with your report,

Captain Leland.

Lorenz is hooked.

Im on his payroll, $350 worth.

He must think youre very valuable.

What have you got?

Not much. Lorenz seems to be head man.

They switched his valet in New York.

The new T. Oki could be a Naval Officer.

He is. Have you any idea

what Lorenz is up to?

No, but Ive got a hunch that whatever'ss

going to happen will happen soon.

He offered me the family jewels

for the canal-patrol flight schedule...

...and he wants it quick.

- We could hardly afford...

- Worth the gamble to keep his confidence.

- We could make up a fake schedule.

- Yes, we could.

All hed have to do is get

a pair of binoculars and a watch...

...to find out hed been tricked.

We better give him the real dope.

Ill phone you if things get to looking dirty,

and you can always change the schedule.

Very well.

Under the circumstances,

I suppose it wouldnt be too dangerous.

Theyd hardly keep those men in Washington

if they intended to pull a fast one.

Should-a Be.

Now, about the schedule.

Oh, yes. Ill have a copy of the schedule

at your hotel this afternoon.

Any more dope about

the girl from Medicine Hat?

She never lived there. Shes a New Yorker.

A buyer for Rogers Fifth Avenue.

Shes made eight trips abroad

in the last two years.

Of course, that could be

part of her work.

Well...

...I guess that slams the door

on Ms. Marlow.

Its a funny thing, though.

She pointed out the Oki switch to me.

Sometimes the best way to gain

a confidence is to give one.

What have you got on a Dan Morton?

Owns a plantation here called Bountiful.

Pardon me.

Age, 55 to 60. Came here in 31.

Heavy drinker. Bit of a dipsomaniac.

Maybe a little cracked.

His plantation has been profitable.

Has substantial accounts in three banks.

Apparently, no entanglements,

either political or feminine.

- Why do you ask?

- She asked me about him.

Said people in Halifax

told her to look him up.

I dont believe anyone with

as much money as Dan Morton...

...would bother with

the small profit that treason pays.

And hes hardly the type to go in for the

excitement. However, you never can tell.

And now, I think youve been

here long enough, captain.

Ill check with you later.

You send the schedule

over to my hotel at 5:00.

Of course youll phone me at

the first suspicion they'rre making use of it.

- And your book, captain.

- Of course.

- Thank you very much, Mr. Smith.

- Good day, sir.

Im sorry to be late, angel.

I was held up.

Oh, I like waiting for you, Ricky.

Wouldnt I make a splendid wife?

- Whatll it be?

- Something cool and long.

Something cool and long.

How about a couple of planters punches?

Fine.

Rick, I had the funniest

feeling coming over here.

I felt as though I were being followed.

A cab stayed right behind mine

all the way over from the hotel.

I may be imagining things,

but I dont think so.

Who do you think would follow you?

I wouldnt know. Would you?

All that funny business on the boat,

what did it mean, Rick?

Who is Dr. Lorenz and what is he up to?

Youre good, angel.

You'rre very, very good.

Dont you think it'ss time

we got together on a few things?

- Such as?

- Who we are and what we are.

Ive told you everything about me.

Now, look, angel,

we can play this dumb or play it smart.

Im in this for what I can get,

and I don'tt think I'mm getting enough.

Now, we can make Lorenz pay off plenty

if we throw in together.

- I dont know what you'rre talking about.

- Come off it.

I dont know how you got in

with Lorenz' crowd, but you'rre in it.

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