Adventure Page #13

PAL.

OH.

ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU?

UH-HUH.

I'M FINE, I'M FINE.

AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE

READING IN THIS LIGHT.

YOU WANT TO RUIN

YOUR EYES? HMM?

NO AIR!

HEY...

WHEN'S THIS SUPPOSED

TO HAPPEN, PAL?

IT COULD HAVE:

HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

WELL, WHAT'S

THE IDEA?

WHY AIN'T YOU IN A

HOSPITAL, WHERE YOU BELONG?

THIS AIN'T NO SETUP.

A FARM,

A HICK DOCTOR.

YOU KNOW WHO'LL TAKE THE

RAP IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG?

ME.

SUCH CONCERN, HARRY-

I'M OVERCOME.

BUT I WAS BORN:

IN THIS BED,

AND DR. ASHLON

WAS MY DOCTOR.

I SEE. DR. ASHLON

WAS YOUR DOCTOR,

NOW HE'S MY DOCTOR.

AN OLD MAN TRIPPING

ON HIS BEARD.

NOT A CHANCE.

ARE YOU HAVING:

A GOOD TIME?

HMM?

JUST AS FRESH:

AS EVER.

A DAME'S GONNA HAVE A BABY,

SHE USUALLY WRITES A GUY,

DON'T SHE?

SOMETIMES A GIRL...

GETS WRITER'S CRAMP,

HARRY.

YEAH?

WELL, IT WASN' THOUGHTFUL OF YOU.

HA!

I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT I WOULD BE LIKE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

HOW IS IT?

OH, IT'S JUST... GAY.

WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

IT DOESN'T HURT.

NOT TO BE HUR HURTS MORE.

I GUESS I DON' GET YOU.

THAT BIG TREE.

YOU MET A GIRL:

UNDER IT, HARRY.

THAT FIRST NIGHT,

THAT FIRST KISS...

THE MOON TURNED OVER, AND THE

FLOOD SPLASHED IN HER FACE.

WHERE IS THAT GIRL?

I DON'T SEE MYSELF

IN YOUR EYES, HARRY.

HARRY.

YEAH?

WILL YOU MARRY ME,

HARRY?

SURE THING,

ANYTIME!

RIGHT TO LEFT,

LEFT TO RIGHT.

YOU WOULDN'T MARRY ME IF I ASKED YOU TO.

OH, PROBABLY WOULD.

I WAS ALONE FOR A LONG

WHILE BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG,

AND I'VE BEEN ALONE FOR A

LONGER WHILE SINCE YOU LEFT.

I KNOW THERE'LL NEVER BE

ANOTHER MAN UNDER A TREE FOR ME.

FUNNY, ALL THAT TALK

OF TREES AND LIBRARIES.

THERE SHOULD BE A REAL

TREE, FOR A MINUTE.

WELL, PAL,

I'LL HAND YOU ONE.

I'LL NEVER KISS ANOTHER

GIRL UNDER A TREE, EITHER.

WE JUST MISSED,

DIDN'T WE?

HOW LONG YOU STAYING

THIS TIME, HARRY?

OH, I GOT A COUPLE

OF WEEKS, WITH LUCK.

GOOD.

HOW ARE THE BOYS?

OH, AND HARRY,

HOW'S MY MUDGIN?

HE'S OK.

HE, UH,

FOUND HIS SOUL.

OH?

IT HAD WINGS:

ON HIM.

FLEW AWAY:

WITH HIM.

YOU MUST MISS HIM

TERRIBLY.

AW, HE'S JUS A PAL OF MINE.

HE'S A PAL

OF MINE, TOO.

HE CALLED ME:

QUEEN DIERDRE.

THAT POOR LOST POE WHO HAD THE STRENGTH

OF A BOSUN.

HE WAS STRONG:

ENOUGH.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

OH...

A FRIEND OF OURS

WANTS TO SEE US.

OH...

NURSE! NURSE!

PAIN?

YEAH. WHERE ARE YOU?

GET IN THERE, WILL YOU?

IT HIT HER:

JUST LIKE A KNIFE.

WELL, THAT'S WHA WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.

THAT'S GREAT. YOU'VE

BEEN WAITING FOR IT.

HARRY!

SHE ALL RIGHT?

YES, SHE'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU GOT A LITTLE BOY,

HARRY!

BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE

HIM, YOU BETTER HURRY!

CYANOSIS, DOCTOR.

NORMAL:

PREGNANCY, NORMAL BIRTH,

BUT HE DOESN' BREATHE.

TELL ME WHY.

YOU'RE JUST OUT OF

JOHNS HOPKINS, AIN'T YOU?

YOU KNOW EVERYTHING.

TELL ME WHY.

GET OUT OF HERE.

I'M HIS FATHER.

FATHER? YOU ARE?

OXYGEN.

OXYGEN GOT TO...

ANY CHANCE, DOC?

I DON'T KNOW.

JOHNS HOPKINS:

DOESN'T KNOW.

ADRENALINE.

MAYBE SOME MORE:

DOCTORS-

DON'T TALK LIKE

A FOOL!

50 SECONDS BETWEEN

LIFE AND DEATH,

AND HE CALLS:

FOR MORE DOCTORS.

OUR BABY.

AND WE DID IT.

DON'T EVEN GIVE GOD

CREDIT FOR A LITTLE HELP.

I- I'M PRAYING.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW

WHY HE SHOULD HEAR YOU.

MOOCHERS, ALL OF US.

TAKE HIS LOAN OF LIFE

AND NEVER WORK IT OUT,

NEVER PAY HIM BACK.

SQUANDERED:

HIS SUNSHINE:

ON MISERABLE:

TWO-LEGGED BEASTS,

LEND HIS WORLD TO

BIOLOGICAL MISFITS-

DEAF, DUMB, BLIND.

MAKE HIM BREATHE, DOC.

COME ON.

GRAB IT, SONNY.

WORK YOUR LUNGS.

CYANOSIS, DOCTOR. MORE OXYGEN.

YEAH,

THAT'LL DO IT.

IT WORKED IN THE PAST,

THAT OUGHT TO DO IT.

YEAH.

PIN CLOUDS OF GLORY ON

HIM WITH A HYPO NEEDLE.

SYRINGE MUSIC:

IN HIS EARS.

DROP STARS:

IN HIS EYES.

AND...

AND I GUESS HE COULDN'T DO IT FOR US.

HIS LITTLE:

IMMORTAL SOUL IS-

BREATHE!

BREATHE FOR US, PAL.

COME ON, BOY.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU

TO YOUR MOTHER.

COME ON WITH IT!

YOU GOT TO DO IT FOR ME!

BREATHE.

FOR YOUR MOTHER.

ATTABOY.

ATTABOY!

HARRY!

HARRY!

YOU HEAR HIM?

HE'S HERE.

HE'S HERE

TO STAY.

I HEARD YOU, HARRY.

I HEARD YOU.

LISTEN TO HIM.

YES.

YOUNG HARRY PATTERSON.

YOUNG MUDGIN PATTERSON.

OH, YES.

YES.

YOUNG WILLIAM MUDGIN

PATTERSON.

YOUNG MUDGIN.

BIG HARRY.

EMILY.

AND A TREE.

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