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AS RELIGIOUS MYSTICS REPORT.

MYSTICS?

WHAT RELIGIOUS:

DENOMINATION ARE YOU?

ME? NOTHING. NONE AT ALL.

I AIN'T EVEN BEEN BAPTIZED.

OH.

PERHAPS IT WOULD HELP IF I

SENT YOU TO FATHER CASSIDY

OR THE REVEREND:

MR. THOMPSON

OR MAYBE:

A PSYCHIATRIST.

PSYCHIATRIST!

AND WHAT'S WRONG

WITH PSYCHIATRY?

MUDGE AIN'T A

DIAGRAM OR CHART!

CUT INTO HIM,

AND HE'LL BLEED!

HOW TENDER.

HOW PROFOUND.

PLEASE, MISS, I DIDN'T COME

IN HERE TO START A FIGHT.

NOR WILL I FORGE WHAT I'M OWING YOU

FOR YOUR GOOD:

INTENTIONS, MISS.

YOU DIDN'T LAUGH AT ME,

LIKE MOST WOULD'VE DONE.

MAYBE THAT'S

THE ONLY HELP:

A MAN IN MY CONDITION

CAN EXPECT.

JUST NOT TO BE:

LAUGHED AT.

NOW I-I'LL BE GETTING

ALONG OUT OF HERE,

AND I'M HOPING,

FOR YOUR SAKE,

THAT HARRY WILL:

DO THE SAME.

THANK YOU KINDLY,

AND IF I WASN'T IN THE

DOGHOUSE WITH THE LORD ALMIGHTY,

I'D BE ASKING HIM TO

GIVE YOU HIS BLESSING.

GREAT WORK.

SO LONG.

WELL, THE FUN'S OVER

IN MY TAVERN.

I HOPE:

YOU ENJOYED IT.

HAD A WONDERFUL:

TIME.

SOME TREE.

DON'T RUN INTO I ON YOUR WAY OUT.

SO LONG.

YEAH, YEAH,

I'LL BE CAREFUL,

AND YOU KNOW, THE

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

THAT'S ROOTED

IN THE AGES-

TREAT THAT CAREFUL.

THEM AGES:

GET YOU SO MUCH-

PSYCHONEUROSIS,

GUILT NEUROSIS,

CIRRHOSIS:

OF THE LIVER-

YOU COULDN'T LIVE

WITHOUT 'EM!

IT WOULD BE TOUGH.

I'LL BET IT WOULD...

AND DON'T WORRY,

THERE THEY ARE,

AND AS PRETTY PARROTS COME

AND GO, YOU'RE A GOOD ONE.

I KNOW WHAT THOSE GUYS WERE

AFTER BETTER THAN YOU DO, PAL.

THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE,

AND THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU

AND ME IS I KNOW IT AND YOU DON'T.

YOU'RE KIDDIN' YOURSELF,

AND GETTIN' AWAY WITH IT.

AIN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

ARE YOU HAVING:

A GOOD TIME?

ROTTEN.

THIS IS NO FUN.

NO, IT ISN'T.

KIDDING YOU GETS ME

NOTHIN', SISTER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

YEAH.

WHAT DO I WANT?

THAT'S IT.

WHAT'S IT?

JUST "IT."

CAN I GO NOW?

SURE, YOU CAN GO.

THANKS.

THE TREE:

IS ALL YOURS.

LET ME KNOW WHEN

YOU RUN INTO YOURS.

RUN INTO WHAT?

YOUR TREE-

THE "IT" TREE.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.

IT'S IT, AIN'T IT?

IT'S IT, AIN'T IT?

SOME WORD, "IT."

IN THE DICTIONARY, I BREAKS ALL RECORDS FOR USAGE:

A PERSONAL PRONOUN OF THE

THIRD PERSON OR NEUTER GENDER,

USED AS A SUBSTITUTE

FOR A NOUN;

OR REPRESENTING:

SOMETHING POSSESSING SEX

WHEN SEX IS NO PARTICULARIZED OR CONSIDERED;

OR TO REFER TO SOME MATTER

NOT DEFINITELY CONCEIVED;

OR AS THE GRAMMATICAL

SUBJECT OF A CLAUSE,

SUCH AS "IT IS

BELIEVED HE IS DEAD."

"HE IS DEAD," IS AS

GENERALLY BELIEVED-

YOU CAN'T SMOKE

IN HERE!

I'LL BET YOU CAN'T.

I DON'T THINK YOU

COULD DIE IN HERE!

I THINK THEY CARRY YOU

IN AFTER YOU'RE DEAD.

TAKE A LOOK:

AT THESE DODO BIRDS!

WHAT ARE THEY ALL

TIPTOEING ABOUT?

THE DEAD CAN'T WAKE

THE DEAD.

WELL, SO LONG.

MUCH OBLIGED:

FOR TRYIN'.

SO LONG.

HELLO.

HELLO.

I WAS, UH,

TALKING TO HER.

OH.

YOU READY?

I'LL HURRY.

HO, HO, BOY! HOW YOU DON'T FIT IN HERE!

FRIEND:

OF YOURS?

NO.

WHY DON'T I

FIT IN HERE?

IN THIS GRAVEYARD?

WHY, YOU'RE A LARK!

THERE'S A SONG

IN YOUR EYES,

AND THEY'RE

LIT WITH LIVIN'.

MISTER!

EVERYBODY DIED:

ON THE VINE:

AND WHAMBO!

IN COMES THE GRAPES.

SHH!

- SHH, SHH!

HA HA HA!

HELEN!

Oh, sorry.

How are you,

Helen?

Who are you?

Harry.

- Hiya, Harry.

Sit down.

HEY, HEY.

What do you do?

I'm a secretary.

What do you do?

I'm a sailor.

Oh, just

off a whaler?

Merchant marine.

Glad to meet you,

Helen.

Hi.

- When do we eat?

I'm eating

with Emily.

She Emily?

Uh-huh.

Hello, Emily.

EMILY,

MERCHANT MARINE.

WELL, THAT'S FINE.

I'VE SEEN YOU MEE SOME OFFICERS IN THE NAVY,

BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN

THIS EXUBERANCE BEFORE.

YOU HAD THE:

SAME CHANCE, EMILY.

THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S US. LOOK AROUND.

HERE. I'M GOING

TO GET MY HA AND GET OUT OF HERE

BEFORE I'M FIRED.

TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH

TO GET YOUR HAT, EMILY.

OH, BOY,

HE'S IN AGAIN.

HE'S OUT AGAIN, YOU MEAN. GOOD NIGHT.

JUST A MINUTE.

WOULD YOU DO ME:

THE HONOR TO DINE WITH ME

- UH, BOTH OF YOU?

NO, THANK YOU. I WISH

YOU'D STOP PUSHING ME.

WELL,

LOOK, GIRLS, LOOK-

I- I'M A SAILOR, AND I'M MAROONED,

AND IN YOUR TOWN.

NOW, IF YOU WAS IN MY TOWN,

I WOULDN'T TURN YOU DOWN.

OH, LET HIM

EAT WITH US, EM.

HELEN, NO.

ALL RIGHT, AND I HOPE YOU'RE SATISFIED.

I GOT NOWHERE TO GO,

AND AFTER TALKING TO YOU TWO NICE GIRLS,

DO YOU THINK THERE ARE ANY

OTHER NICE GIRLS IN THIS TOWN?

HE'S TALKIN'

AWFUL NICE NOW.

YEAH, AIN' I TALKIN' NICE NOW?

AWFUL NICE.

SEE WHAT HELEN SAYS? I'M

TALKIN' AWFUL NICE NOW.

DO YOU WANT HIM TO GO WITH US, REALLY?

I THINK:

IT'D BE FUN.

I DON' THINK SO.

WELL, IT'S

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

BEFORE YOU SPEAK,

YOU'D BETTER NO DO ANY TALKING.

LET HELEN:

DO IT FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL JUS STAND HERE AND HOPE.

NOW, SEE HOW SWEE HE CAN BE?

WELL, THIS IS GETTING DULL

ENOUGH. IF THE ONLY WAY TO END IT-

I'M JUST WHISTLING

FOR A CAB, PALS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ON MY ACCOUNT.

I THINK I DO.

WELL, HE'LL KNOW YOU JUS CAME ALONG TO CHAPERONE US.

I THINK HE KNOWS

THAT ALREADY.

WHY'D HE INVITE YOU?

YOUR FRIEND HAS A RATHER

COMPLICATED MIND FOR A SAILOR.

HOW WE DOIN'?

EMILY, YOU KNOW WHA HE'S BEEN TELLIN' ME?

HE'S BEEN TALKIN' SCIENTIFIC.

I'LL BET.

HE SAYS IF A DRUNKEN MAN STAGGERS,

HE ALWAYS:

STAGGERS-

WHERE'D YOU SAY HE STAGGLES

- ER, STAGGERS?

TRUE NORTH, EMILY.

TRUE NORTH.

TRUE NORTH! ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?

TERRIFIC.

THAT'S RIGHT,

EMILY.

ONCE UPON A TIME, SOME

GUYS GOT LOST IN THE JUNGLE,

SO THEY ALL CHIPPED IN THEIR HOOCH,

GOT ONE OF:

THE GUYS DRUNK,

AND MADE A COMPASS

OUT OF HIM.

ISN'T IT CUTE?

I CAN'T STAND IT.

THAT'S ONE FACT I

DIDN'T GET OUT OF A BOOK.

OH, EMILY, WHERE'D

YOU RATHER BE THAN RIGHT HERE?

DON'T PUSH ME,

DARLING.

NOW, IT'S

BEEN VERY NICE,

BUT AS WE HAVE:

TO GET UP TOMORROW,

SHALL WE, UH,

START SAILING FOR HOME?

OH, I DON'T WAN TO GO HOME.

DON'T YOU ALWAYS GET UP

IN THE MORNING, EMILY?

WE DON'T USUALLY

GET UP SUNDAYS.

TOMORROW'S SUNDAY,

YOU KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

DON'T YOU KNOW SUNDAY WHEN IT COMES?

ON LAND, EVERY DAY'S

A SUNDAY FOR A SAILOR.

OH. EMILY'S GOT A LITTLE

FARM SHE'S TRYING TO SELL.

SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING

TO SEE IT TOMORROW.

YOU GOING:

TO HELP HER?

YES.

YOU WANT ME TO HELP YOU,

SO YOU CAN HELP HER?

OH, DOESN'T HE PUT THINGS JUST DARLING?

EMILY, WHAT'S

THE MATTER WITH ME?

I'M CRAZY

ABOUT THIS GUY.

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH ME?

I DON'T KNOW.

I NEVER FEL LIKE THIS BEFORE.

MEET A MAN, FALL FLAT ON MY

FACE. YOU ASHAMED OF ME, EMILY?

NO, NO.

A LITTLE ASHAMED?

A LITTLE.

SHE'S ASHAMED

OF ME, HARRY,

BUT EMILY:

DON'T LIKE MEN.

DO MEN LIKE HER?

DO THEY, EMILY?

NO.

THEY'D LIKE HER

IF SHE'D LET 'EM,

WOULDN'T THEY,

HARRY?

I DON'T KNOW.

AIN'T SHE BEAUTIFUL?

OH, COME ON,

HELEN-

NO, WAIT A MINUTE.

THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT'S GOT TO BE DECIDED.

YEAH, SHE'S

GOOD-LOOKING ENOUGH.

THE TROUBLE WITH EMILY

IS SHE DON'T WANT MUCH.

I DON'T KNOW WHA YOU MEAN. DO YOU?

YEAH, YOU'RE

A MILD GIRL.

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