Angel in Exile Page #5

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I tried to stop them...

You must be crazy, there's no work here.

Now go on, beat it!

Qu ha pasado, papa?

Hable con el Seor Dakin.

l no puede estar aqu, chiquita.

I don't understand.

I must see Seor Dakin.

Well, he's busy.

You understand...

He can't see anybody.

You tell him Dr Chavez is here.

And Ysidro... his best friend.

Don't forget that.

Why don't you tell ME about it?

Maybe I can help you.

I'm Dakin's partner.

His partner?

Yeah... I just came up

this afternoon.

You must know about the mine!

Mine? What about the mine?

Did he not tell you?

Tell me what?

Mr Dakin has discovered gold.

Discovered...?

Wait a minute... do you mean...?

Because of this discovery, the men believe

that he has performed a miracle.

Yeah... a miracle.

Well you wait right here...

I'll go talk to Dakin about it.

Charlie, I hope you'll forgive me

for losing my temper!

Boy, are you smart!

What a set-up!

So there's gold in your mine!

So all of a sudden,

you strike it rich!

And that stuff gets you $35 an ounce

in good old American currency.

Hey, what is this...

What's going on?

Carl, you are now as of this minute,

a partner in the Charles dakin Durango mine.

We're all partners...

I always said there was enough

for all of us to share.

And we owe it all

to good old Charlie.

You heard what the doctor said.

They think it's a miracle.

Yeah... and they want to see

their miracle man.

You better untie me...

before my friends get nervous.

Untie him, Carl.

Untie him, before he pulls another miracle

and unties himself.

Hey... what about his mouth?

That ought to do it.

Okay... so you can say

you run into a door.

I don't think you're gonna

cut your own throat, Charlie...

...by telling your pals what's happened,

when we go outside.

Just in case...

We'll leave Carl here with Ernie.

One wrong word out of you...

...and your little chum here gets it

right in the back... understand?

You pulled a miracle.

We just pull triggers.

Hello, Doctor.

Cmo ests?

Que pas?

We come to help you, Mr Dakin.

Mr Dakin... you're hurt!

I'm alright... little accident

I had on the way home.

But... your mouth!

Yes... that's it.

I brought Poco.

I thought perhaps he could help in the mine,

pulling the ore-cars.

It would make him very happy.

That's great... fine!

I'm afraid, Mr Dakin, you must be

very angry with me.

If you want,

I will tell the men to go...

Oh, no... I can't tell you

how glad I am to see you.

It is well that you are

so patient, Mr Dakin.

The men believe so deeply...

I only wish I had some

of their faith.

You mean...

But I'm afraid the men will not go

very deep into the mine.

They believe that The Blue Lady

has appeared there.

I hate to break this up...

but we got things to do.

When you have more time, Seor.

Yeah, Doctor... sure.

Vamos muchachos, todo el mundo!

Raquel!

I said we had things to do, Charlie.

I heard what you said.

We can do it later.

Have it your way, partner...

But don't forget that Ernie

is still in the cabin.

Seor Dakin... what is the matter?

Who is that man?

No one to be afraid of.

Why is he here?

Why should you have him here?

Don't worry.

- You're in trouble... I know it...

- Raquel!...

- Seor Dakin...

- Do you trust me?

Of course.

Everything's going to be alright,

isn't it?

- Yes, Seor...

-Everything's going to be always alright.

ALRIGHT... remember that.

Go on home.

Cute kid! Who is she?

You leave her alone!

So that's the way it is!

Yes!

Alright, Charlie...

Maybe she's got a friend.

Well, I gotta hand it to you, Charlie...

This is the sweetest setup I ever saw.

But what about those volunteer

workers of yours...

Can you handle them?

If they're making you nervous, Max...

Why don't you and Carl go outside

and chase them away.

Yeah... but where does

this character Higgins fit in?

So that's how you found us?

Yeah, we just happened to follow him,

looking for you.

He headed up here as fast as he could...

We followed him.

Playing the bloodhound now, Max?

Thanks, Charlie... thanks.

Now what's Higgins got on you?

Higgins can be a blessing or a curse...

Depending entirely on

how you handle him.

If Seor Dakin tells you everything is going to be alright,

you must believe him.

Perhaps he does not know

that he's in danger.

That other man is evil.

I feel it!

So now you are Pepita,

the gypsy fortune-teller, eh?

You just don't worry about him.

Leave his fate with The Blue Lady.

Now let me see

if I got it straight...

Higgins sells the gold to the mint...

...and brings the money back up here to us, eh?

Yeah, we stay off being seen

to collect... under cover.

What a deal... not a hitch.

Just another gold mine

selling to the government.

But you're right

about one thing, Charlie...

We'd never get away with it

without Higgins.

What's his cut?

This will kill you...

Half!

Half?!

Hey... he can pick up 100 grand

just by turning us in.

Well, I guess I'll have to go down

and have a little talk with Mr Higgins.

He's coming up here tomorrow.

Talkin's safer up here in the mountains.

Max, in case you got

any homicidal ideas...

...you'd better take a look

at how things stand.

First... you can kill me and Ernie,

and take over the whole deal.

In that case, my friends outside will either

kill you or turn you over to the police.

Second...

WE can kill YOU...

Call it... self-defence.

Have 100 witnesses to prove

that you threatened their miracle-man.

But that's not so good...

That'd bring the sheriff snooping around.

And third...

We can call it a truce.

And sit it out...

...or until Mr Higgins sells all the gold

to the government.

We'll split it up in 5 ways

and live happily ever after.

Which will it be, Max?

What do YOU say, Carl?

It's up to you.

Okay, Charlie... we'll sit it out.

You'd better watch where you're sitting!

Wait a minute!

I told you a dozen times... no lumps!

Just sand.

You want them to see

that there's no gold in that rock?

Why don't you watch

what you're doing?

- What's eating you?

- You're puttin' in too much!

They'll even think

we struck the mother-lode.

Come on... we'll be here all night.

How are you doing?

We'll see it.

The Blue Lady must have liked Mr Dakin.

16 more pounds of that beautiful gold.

You know... I thought I was a miner...

and I was a dumb... or a wicked one.

Just say dumb.

Dumb.

$5,000... that's pretty good

for a week's work.

It's gotta be better.

How about that, Higgins?

We can start putting much more gold

into this thing now.

I'll tell them we've struck jewelry rock.

Jewelry rock? What's that?

That's a miner's term

for very rich ore.

After a while, those veins

always pinch off.

Ours'll pinch off

after a million dollars!

How are we gonna keep other prospectors

from stampedin' up here...

...when they find out about

this 'jewelry rock'?

I do all my business over in Tucson.

If there's any stampeding it'll be done

in the mountains around there.

You're a smart hombre, Higgins.

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