Adventure Page #11

SHE'LL TEAR

YOUR HEART OUT.

YOU STUMBLED ONTO

A QUEEN,

AND QUEENS GET INTO

MEN'S BLOOD,

AND DIRTY TRAMPS FROM

THE SEA CAN'T TAKE IT!

MUDGE.

THIS IS ME YOU'RE

TALKING TO-HARRY.

YEAH, I KNOW

IT'S YOU, HARRY.

YEAH?

I GUESS IT WAS SOMETHING

I WAS SAVING UP.

NOW IT'S SAID.

DON'T WANT TO

TAKE IT BACK?

NOT ONE WORD.

TAKE IT BACK.

YOU AIN'T TALKING TO

YOUR FRIEND,

YOU'RE TALKING TO

YOUR BOSUN.

OH, MY BOSUN, IS IT?

WELL, BEIN' A SAILOR AND

WITH RESPECT TO DISCIPLINE

TO BOSUN PATTERSON,

I TAKE IT BACK.

TO MY FRIEND:

THAT WAS,

NEVER WILL I.

HA HA HA HA HA!

IT WAS ALL MY IDEA, COMING TO RENO.

EMILY WAS HERE ON HER HONEYMOON,

AND I SAID THE WAY TO GET CURED QUICK

IS TAKE A HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU.

YOU MEAN A TACK FROM

THE HEEL THAT KICKED YOU.

MY LAST ONE WAS:

JUST PLAIN RAT.

HOW ABOUT YOURS,

EMILY?

MINE WAS A SAILOR.

OH. ANNAPOLIS MAN?

NO.

WHAT WAS HIS RANK, DARLING?

HE'S A BOSUN.

GREATEST BOSUN:

OF THEM ALL.

AND THE BIGGES HEEL.

BUT WHAT'S

A BOSUN, EMILY?

I THINK IT'S

THE NEXT RANK:

ABOVE ADMIRAL:

OF THE FLEET.

HE WAS JUS A TOUGH MUG SAILOR.

HE SOUNDS:

ROMANTIC.

DON'T BELIEVE I EVER KNEW A SAILOR.

OH, YOU MISSED A LOT.

SHE WAS A PERFECTLY

HAPPY LIBRARIAN UNTIL HE-

OH, NO, HELEN, NO.

I WORKED IN A MORGUE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN

THE DEAD RISE UP

WHEN THAT SAILOR

CAME IN.

EVEN GABRIEL'S HORN

COULDN'T PIPE HIM DOWN.

HE TREATED YOU LIKE A

TOMATO ON A BIG SHORE LEAVE.

WHAT A SHORE LEAVE.

AND THEN HE:

RAN OFF TO SEA!

I WOULD HAVE HAD

AN ADORABLE HUSBAND.

ADORABLE?

FOR 3 DAYS

EVERY 6 MONTHS.

OR ONE DAY:

EVERY 10 YEARS.

MM-HMM.

EMILY! EMILY!

HEY, JOE!

SHE ISN'T USED

TO DRINKING.

BETTER GET A DOCTOR,

HELEN.

IS SHE:

ALL RIGHT?

WAS IT JUS THE BRANDY?

OH, NO, NO, NO. BU NOTHING TO BE ALARMED ABOUT.

QUITE A COMMON AILMEN AMONG BRIDES.

HUH?

EMILY-

OH, YOU POOR KID,

EMILY!

THEY SAY A WOMAN

CAN'T KEEP A SECRET.

YOU SHOULD HAVE:

TOLD ME.

OH, NO, NO.

YOU'RE NOT GOING

THROUGH WITH THE DIVORCE.

CERTAINLY I AM.

WELL, YOU BETTER

WRITE HIM AND-

NO, NO, NEVER.

AND I WANT YOU TO PROMISE

THAT YOU WON'T WRITE TO HIM.

OHHH...

HAVING BABIES IS

NO FUN, YOU KNOW.

THE LEAS HE COULD DO IS-

NO, HE COULDN'T.

NOT FOR ME.

I'M NOT GOING

TO ASK HIM.

OH, EMILY!

HEY, HEY, DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO

WASH THE TEARS OFF YOUR FACE.

WE'RE GOING TO

THE DANCE TONIGHT.

ONCE THERE WAS A WAITRESS

IN THE BRIDGE DOOR HOTEL

HER MASTER WAS A FINE ONE

AND HER MISTRESS WAS A-SWELL

ALONG CAME A SAILOR LAD

FRESH FROM THE SEA

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING

OF ALL THAT MISERY

WHEN DID HE SPEAK

TO YOU GUYS LAST?

OUTSIDE OF GIVEN ORDERS, NOT SINCE

WE LEFT SYDNEY, MORE THAN A MONTH.

I AIN'T HAD

A LOOK OUT OF HIM

SINCE FRISCO, 6 MONTHS.

6 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS.

IF YOU ASK ME,

IT'S ALL HOOKED UP WITH THAT GOOFY FIGH HE AND MUDGE HAD WHEN WE LEFT FRISCO.

MUDGIN GIVES ME:

THE CREEPS, TOO.

ALL OVER THE SHIP

AND IN:

EVERY BLINKIN' POR LIKE A DAF BIRD DOG AFTER

A GROUSE THAT FLEW AWAY.

STILL LOOKIN' FOR THA COCKEYED SOUL OF HIS.

... AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE

FOR I TRUSTED ONE ONCE

AND HE PUT OUT TO SEA

AND THAT IS-

STOP THAT YOWLING!

WHERE'S MUDGIN?

HE'S UP IN

THE...

OH.

YEAH, "OH."

HELLO, BOSUN HARRY,

OLD PAL... SIR.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

OFF-DUTY?

MISS EMILY,

HARRY.

I SAW HER-SAW HER

FROM THE LOOKOUT.

SHE WAS STANDIN' RIGH HERE BY NUMBER ONE LIFEBOAT.

SHE DIDN'T LOOK SCARED

OR SORROWFUL OR NOTHIN'.

BRAVE AND BEAUTIFUL

SHE WAS.

GAY-LIKE, SHE SMILED AND

THROWED HER SHOES IN THE OCEAN.

YOU'RE DRUNK.

YOU'RE BLIND DRUNK.

NO, NO, HARRY.

SOBER I SAW HER, TOO.

THE FIFTH NIGH OUT OF FRISCO.

YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, MUDGIN.

YOU'RE ALWAYS

SEEING THINGS.

IF IT AIN'T YOUR SOUL POPPING OUT OF YOU

AND RUNNING UP:

POWELL STREET,

IT'S A TOMATO.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT,

MR. BOSUN, SIR.

I CAN SEE THINGS.

I CAN HEAR THINGS, TOO.

SIR.

HERE. COME ON,

THIS WAY.

YES, SIR,

BOSUN OLD PAL, SIR.

RIGHT BACK UP THERE

ON WATCH.

COME ON.

GET UP THERE, AND

MAKE IT FAST, PAL.

HOLD ON NOW,

HARRY.

START CLIMBING.

CLIMBIN' IT IS,

I'LL SCOOT UP

THAT WITCHBROOM HANDLE...

IT'S BEEN A SCREWY

DEAL, HARRY,

BUT YOU DON' WANT THIS.

WE'VE HOISTED TOO MANY

TOGETHER FOR THIS.

HE'S STIFF, HARRY.

I AIN'T HOISTED ONE

WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME.

HARRY, THAT'S THE FIRS TIME YOU EVER HIT A MAN

WITH HIS HANDS DOWN.

YOU'VE BEEN HIT HARDER

THAN EVEN I THOUGHT.

YOU'RE MASSACRED.

STAND BY FOR:

THAT FREIGHT'S SPRING LINE!

LET GO OF:

YOUR SPRING.

CAST HER IN.

COME ON, GET THA GANGPLANK UP HERE.

HIYA, CHILI!

HARRY!

OH, HARRY,

HARRY.

I'VE BEEN COUNTING

THE TIME, TOO, PAL.

EVERY SECOND.

DID YOU COUNT EVERY SECOND, HARRY?

I MIGHT HAVE MISSED A

MOMENT, BABY, HERE AND THERE.

DON'T TELL ME

ABOUT THEM.

STILL LOVE ME:

BEST?

I MEAN, MINNIE THE BEST AND ME SECOND?

LOOK, SEE THEM

FOOTPRINTS OF YOURS?

SAY GOOD-BYE TO THEM.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK IN

THEM WHEN YOU LEAVE, HARRY.

YOU'RE CRAZY

WITH THE HEAT.

I'VE QUIT THE SHIP.

I'M WASHED.

I'M QUITTING EVERYTHING,

RIGHT TO LEFT, LEFT-

I MEAN RIGHT AND LEFT.

I'M SPITTIN' COTTON.

HEY, NICK!

CHAMPAGNE!

I WANT TO GET THE BAD

TASTE OF THIS MUD SCOW

OUT OF MY MOUTH.

BLOW YOUR PERFUME

AT ME, PAL.

I'M SICK OF

SMELLING SAILORS.

CHAMPAGNE NEVER TO SAY GOOD-BYE AGAIN.

CHAMPAGNE TO SAY

HELLO AND HELLO.

HELLO, HELLO!

TO CHILI,

MY DEAR OLD HOMESTEAD.

TO THE DEAR OLD HOMESTEAD

AND DEAR ME IN IT.

MMM, MMM.

OK!

TELL TIME IT CAN STOP.

STOP, TIME!

SHE STOP?

ALL ANCHORED, BABY.

NOW, NOW SAY

YOU LOVE ME.

I LOVE YA.

BETTER.

GOOD.

NO GIRL:

LAUGHS AT ME?

I'M ALL YOURS, BABY.

HEY, LET'S GO. WHERE'S RENO AROUND HERE?

RENO? WHO'S SHE?

HA HA! RENO'S

NO GIRL, BABY.

LIKE MINNIE,

ANOTHER SHIP?

A LITTLE CITY,

BIGGEST LITTLE CITY

IN THE WORLD.

RENO SOUNDS SWEET.

LET'S GO TO RENO.

OK, EMILY.

EMILY?

OH.

DON'T TELL ME

EMILY'S A SHIP.

DON'T TELL ME EMILY'S A LITTLE CITY!

THE GOOD SHIP EMILY.

NO!

THE GOOD OLD TOWN

OF EMILY, NEVADA.

NO!

ALL RIGHT,

EMILY'S A GIRL.

WE GOT MARRIED:

AND DIVORCED.

SE?OR PATTERSON,

IS IT NOT?

IT IS.

AND I BROUGHT YOU

SOME OF THE KID'S THINGS.

AH. YEAH, THE KID FLUNKED.

AND US GUYS THA DIDN'T PRAY WAS PASSED.

YES, I HAD

THE SAME THOUGH WHEN I WAS IN

SAIL LONG AGO.

THE BEST AND THE

BRAVEST, THEY ARE TAKEN.

THAT'S RIGHT,

A DIRTY GYP.

BUT HE SHOVED OFF

WITH A LAUGH.

SEEMS LIKE HE JUST UP

AND WALKS AWAY ON THE SEA.

OH, SIT DOWN.

THIS IS MY MARIA.

SE?ORITA.

HOLA, SE?OR.

LONG AFTER YOUR SHIP

HAD DROPPED FROM SIGHT,

SHE STOOD AND WAVED AT THE EMPTY SEA.

ATTABOY,

MY STATUE.

A KINDLY ACT,

SE?OR.

I THANK YOU.

TO A SAILOR.

AND HIS EVENING STAR.

OK, GRANDPA!

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

GREAT-GRANDPA.

OK, GREAT-GRANDPA.

LET'S ALL GET STIFF.

I'M SORRY I CANNOT JOIN YOU, SAILOR,

I HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT FOR SUPPER.

UH-OH. WHO IS SHE?

MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY GREA - GRANDCHILDREN,

MY CHILDREN,

AND MY WIFE.

HOLY MOSES-

ALL LIVING:

IN ONE HOUSE?

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