Appointment with Danger Page #3

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him the chance.

Same with the money.

Well say it's true and Gruber

found out about a deal between

Ferrar and Soderquist.

George Soderquist and

somebody else.

That's the big one.

Who is that somebody else?

Are you hurt?

No, I was late for

practice sister.

Are you all right sister?

Yes I'm all right.

Look, if they want a radio

in the room it's

$0.25 a day for everybody.

Yeah, yeah.

Did you get Soderquist.?

Upstairs.

Cronin picked up his stuff.

What about the nun?

She got lucky.

Well I'm glad she did.

You're piling up too

many mistakes Joe.

Killing Gruber was a mistake.

It happened.

Anybody ever tell

you about murder?

It's against the law.

You didn't cry too

hard at the time.

It was a mistake anyway.

Now this thing about the

nun, forget about it.

We may never hear

from her again.

Soderquist will.

There's a police call

out for him.

You sure she can identify him?

How about you?

I don't think so.

But he can identify me.

It's too much of a chance.

I've got to get him out of here.

And then we'll worry about that

nun, in case she did see me.

You'll forget about

the nun Joe.

I'm still running things.

Remember that.

If they ever get me in the

back room of that police

station I'll have it on

the tip of my tongue.

Ah, good afternoon Ms. nagel.

Good afternoon, Mr. bedford.

We'll have that corner room

for you in a day or two.

Thank you.

Nice woman.

Hello fellas.

Sit down.

How about a cup of coffee.

No thanks George.

I fixed the room up

pretty good huh?

George.

You want a cookie?

George, you've got to

get out of here.

You've been identified

by the nun.

You don't know for sure.

We can't afford to

take a chance.

You better go to St.

Louis for a while.

St. Louis.

I don't even know anybody

in St. Louis.

You're not going to

run for office.

You're going to protect

yourself and us.

Don't Joe.

I don't know about going

to St. Louis.

Give him the picture George.

It's my son.

Did you ever see a picture

of him Earl?

Yup.

You know it was terrible how

his mother took him away.

She just up and left one night

and I, I didn't see him since.

But I still had a picture.

And the baby shoes the way they

fix them up with bronze

for a keepsake.

Let's talk about it some

other time huh, George?

Yeah.

You know what's funny

about kids Earl?

They change all the time.

Yeah, I know.

Let's start packing.

I'm not going Earl.

I told you I don't want to go.

You know what's coming up.

It may not even work out.

If it does, you'll

be taken care of.

How do I know?

Because I promise you.

No Earl.

That's the most m-money

I ever heard of.

If I'm dealt out, I'm dealt out

and I don't have a prayer.

You won't pack this

stuff, I will.

Stay away from that suitcase.

I'm n-not going.

Wh-whatever you fellas say.

Joe.

Wh-what'd I ever do to you?

Well, what else could we do?

As one hero to another,

what else?

It fell this afternoon while

sister was passing under it.

It fell without any

warning at all.

Without any warning at all.

I see.

While we're waiting for

Soderquist, you may be able to

help out on the other end.

You could take a look

at the files here.

That's a waste of time.

Sister, I want you to go

back to fort Wayne.

Why the switch?

A matter of common sense.

Sister, while you're here in

Gary, we're responsible for

anything that happens to you.

Like this accident here.

Oh, I don't think you need

worry about a bad accident

happening to me.

You see, I have a

guardian angel.

You have a what?

Guardian angel.

It's a new idea to Mr. Goddard.

Look Maury, I have nothing

against angels.

But it doesn't help

our position.

Sister, I want you to go

back to fort Wayne

before you get hurt.

You once told me not to let

anybody else do my job.

It's my duty to stay.

And I'm going to stay.

All right, you stay.

Oh, that's the dinner bell.

I'm afraid you must excuse

us gentlemen.

Don't worry Mr. Goddard.

I'll be all right.

What would happen if we put

the screws to Ferrar.

You'd blow the whole thing.

Now don't try anything

fancy because you're

worried about that nun.

I'm not worried about the nun.

I just want to find some quick

way to shake up Ferrar.

Forget the quick ways.

You stick to straight

police work.

By the way, what's

the nuns pitch?

Hey what's bothering

you playful?

Money.

We can't talk here Paul?

Well why should we?

And drop the Paul will you?

You don't even know me.

Paul Ferrar, p.O. Serial

number 20754.

Are you a cop?

Postal inspector, Al Goddard.

Oh.

Come on, sit down.

Yeah, sure.

Sure.

Play dominoes?

No.

Now what's on your

mind Mr. Goddard?

You got some questions

or something?

How would like to go

to prison for the

murder of Harry Gruber?

You must be crazy Mr. Goddard

and they turned

you loose too soon.

I don't know any Harry Gruber.

And I don't know anything

about a murder.

I believe you.

But I can rig it so

a jury won't.

You couldn't do that.

Don't be foolish.

I can break every alibi

that you've got.

I can prove that you know George

Soderquist. That you

were in the alley with him the

night that Gruber was killed.

I don't know what you're

talking about.

It's all very simple.

Step by step I'm going to

railroad you into prison for

the murder of Harry Gruber.

But why?

Why go out and just pick

a guy out of thin air?

What's the point?

The point is I'll forget it...

if I get the right price.

The right price is $25,000.

What is this Goddard?

A shakedown?

It's my welfare work.

I wouldn't want to see

you go to prison.

Look Goddard, you don't just

order up $25,000 like you

would have a ham sandwich.

Where would I get it?

Go to your friends.

And you can tell them I

know why you turned

down that $500 raise.

Ah, that doesn't mean a thing.

And you can also tell

them I know why you

drive that mail truck.

Because if you don't, all the

plans for the two station

robbery goes sky high.

You know something?

I don't believe any of this.

About Soderquist, about

the robbery,

and this, this shakedown.

I don't even believe

you're a cop.

I'm at the park hotel.

You talk to your friends

and that money up.

If you don't, I'm going to box

in the Gruber thing and I'm

going to spoil your

little robbery.

Goddard.

Goddard, why are you doing this?

$25,000.

I want that money by midnight

or I catch a late train for

Washington.

Even my friends knock.

It was open.

You're a quiet man

with a latch.

Goddard, there's no such

thing as $25,000.

O.K.

You mean you'd frame me.

Sure I would.

All right, look.

I know some of them Soderquist

knows and I've talked to them.

But they haven't got

that kind of money.

And I'm not in whatever

they're doing.

Sure, sure.

I'll go along with you

in any way I can.

Is that the reason you're here.

No, they... they

want to met you.

They say they'll try to work

something out if you would sit

down with them.

Yeah.

I think they're scared.

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