Appointment with Danger Page #7

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airmail stamp?

You know.

I've give a hundred dollars to

find out what goes on behind

that makeup.

It ain't your money chump.

You afraid of me Al?

Doesn't Earl ever get jealous?

He understands.

You can put strings on good

women or bad women.

But you can't do anything

about lazy ones.

You can beat 'em.

I stay about the same.

You can't make them

do the right thing

or the wrong thing.

They're lazy.

They do the easy thing.

Just don't break out

into a rash Joe.

Saved by the bell.

That is the story of my life.

Once more, step by step.

They steal two cars from

an all day parking lot.

One of them is the holdup car.

It goes straight for the shack.

They transfer into it and head

for the holdup, point a.

Regas takes the other stolen

car, comes down here, puts in

the roadblocks along the escape

route and goes to point

c where he waits for

the holdup car.

Now after the stick up they had

west past these blocked

out streets and go to point

c, the rendezvous.

Then they transfer into Regas'

car in case the first

one has been recognized and

head back to the shack.

But they never get that far.

We move in the moment

they hit point c.

All clear?

You're in the mail wagon?

Yeah.

Well play it cozy when

that bakery truck

swings in behind you.

How's your skull?

Thick enough.

Good.

I may have to work on it.

The police will give us a hand

but remember, this is

post office.

You're the heavy duty section.

Look, if possible, don't

do any shooting.

We want those boys in court.

If there is any trouble

be careful.

Remember, Al's in

that holdup car.

Uh, write that down

will you fellas?

That's all.

Check-in here at four.

Don't leave the building.

An agent will pick you

up for the train.

And there's nothing

else I can do?

With Soderquist gone I'm

afraid you're out of it.

I haven't been much

help have I?

They're after Al Goddard.

But Mr. Soderquist?

We broke 50/50 on that.

But he didn't do it.

No. But he held the other

guy's coat and that's

against the rules too.

I know.

Sorry it's goodbye sister.

Goodbye.

I'll remember you

in my prayers.

Well if I haven't anything else

I've got a good lawyer.

God bless you.

Thank you sister.

You better get going.

It's around five.

Two minutes till.

I said it was around five.

Anything from you Al?

No, just remember don't

get gun happy.

You can rob fort knox and live.

But steal a dime and kill a post

office man and they'll

spend a million and a lifetime

looking for you.

You better hike cronin.

There's one other think

but I'll tell you

later in the car.

We're changing point c.

What do you mean you're

changing point c?

Sounds simple,

we're changing it.

I just found out this morning.

You find out what?

There's a detour from the

smugger into the hills so

we're changing point c.

Is there any reason

why we shouldn't?

No, I guess not.

O.K., you better get

your coat on.

Now let's shove off.

Keep your eye on the time.

Regas, you put in the road

blocks and go to

the new point c.

It's the old factory this side

of turtle road, and be there.

Hello Maury, Al.

They've changed point c.

We can't grab them there.

I don't know.

Watch all the roads a half mile

from the holdup point.

Be sure you cover that shack.

Yeah, they've got to back there.

Right.

I'd say you pulled a boner.

I'd say so.

It might help if I hadn't been

with been with Earl so long.

Al?

Coming out?

Anything wrong?

Should there be?

See you downstairs.

That puts you on my side.

Suppose I'd told them.

They'd have to do away with you.

That would make me an

accessory to murder.

And you don't love

anybody that much.

Not 25 years worth.

I'm a loser either way.

Suppose they get away

with all that dough.

I'll be wearing those mink coats

in shacks and hamburger

joints living on the run

until they get me.

Well at least you've read

the book anyway.

What are you going to do?

When you walk out I'm gonna

pack my bag and leave. I'm

gonna forget your names and

faces and what's going to

happen to all of you

in the next hour.

They can still get you for

withholding information.

Not if I tell a government

agent.

So I'm telling you.

They're gonna hold

up a mail truck.

I have to pack so goodbye.

You won't get a gold

star but thanks.

Don't bother.

Earl was good to me.

I hope he kills you.

It's all right.

Enough gas?

Full tank.

How about Regas?

By now he's on his way

to block the streets.

It's 41 right on time.

That sweet old engineer.

Let's go.

Sister, I'm from the

police department.

We'd like to talk to you.

Very well, I'll just tell the

matron, she's over there.

There isn't time.

My partner's getting to her.

I'll take care of you.

You went through a red light.

It's too late to worry

about that now.

There it comes.

Hey!

Where do you think you're going?

Did he see our faces?

Any of us?

No, we're clean all the way.

Make a little speed.

That corner, Regas was to

start blocking off those

streets, what happened?

Late.

He couldn't be.

Hey, you big bozo!

Why don't you watch

what you're doing?

Back it up back it up.

That blows it.

They all got a good look at us.

They weren't close enough.

You don't know kids.

They can pick us out of

a lineup like that.

Forget it, head back

to the shack.

We got to make a run for it.

We can't go back to the shack.

We gotta go back there.

We're not going.

Get it through your head.

We've been seen.

We're on the run from now on.

They've had half an

hour to get here.

Something's gone wrong.

They've got to come back

here to the shack.

We know that.

Not if something's gone wrong.

I tell you for some reason

they're not coming back here.

Then Goddard drew

the short straw.

We'll have to play it by ear.

Leave two squads here.

We'll take pot luck on finding

that new point c.

Sharkey, get on the phone.

Tell them to start west

of the holdup point.

Put a police cord around

the whole factory area.

Start closing in.

O.K.

Regas is here.

Stow the money in the

back of the car.

I found her, I don't care

about the road blocks.

An old friend Al.

What do you mean?

An old friend of Joe's.

She's been to the police,

she told me.

What else she tell you?

Nothing yet.

We ought to break

you in pieces.

Stop arguing.

We haven't any time.

We've been seen.

We've got to run.

Are we ready.

Almost.

Well, how about it?

I don't know.

What do you mean

you don't know?

Now she knows about

the robbery.

She's seen us, all of us.

Killing her isn't going

to go do any good.

Besides, who's got the

stomach for it.

Joe has.

Sure, a gun happy guy would

kill the whole world if he had

enough bullets.

She can't do us any harm Earl.

She doesn't know our names

or anything about us.

If we're caught she

can identify us.

If we're caught, we're

through anyway.

Look, you're here

on a free ride.

Don't come to the party

and give away drinks.

Earl, maybe you don't believe

in hell but this is a bad time

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