Between Two Worlds Page #10

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WHY DON'T WE?

YOU-YOU REALLY

WANT TO?

DO I WANT TO?

OH, SIR, YOU'LL

NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH.

BUT WHY? WHY?

BECAUSE-BECAUSE

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD

TO HAVE SOMEONE:

TO LOOK AFTER.

IT'S CHEERY.

WILL YOU DO IT?

WELL, YOU'RE GOING OU ON A LIMB.

I- I DROP CIGARETTE BUTTS

ON THE RUGS.

DO YOU, NOW?

I HANG MY COAT UP

ON BACKS OF CHAIRS.

DO YOU, NOW?

I PUT MY FEET UP

ON SOFAS:

AND MAKE A RACKE RUNNING UP STAIRS

AND NEVER SHUT DOORS

BEHIND ME.

WHAT DO YOU THINK

OF THOSE THINGS?

I THINK:

THEY'RE WONDERFUL.

YOU DO?

I DO.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

I HAVE WITNESSES.

YOU WERE WARNED.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. COME ON.

GOOD-BYE,

MRS. PRIOR.

YOU'RE

A GOOD MOTHER.

HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?

HE MUSTN'T KNOW.

OH, YOU WON'T TELL HIM,

WILL YOU?

PROMISE.

I PROMISE.

AND YOU, TOO-

BOTH OF YOU.

PROMISE ME.

OF COURSE,

BUT TELL ME,

WHY WON'T YOU

LET HIM KNOW?

IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT.

WHEN HE WAS LITTLE,

WHEN HE NEEDED ME,

I HANDED HIM OVER TO STRANGERS

IN AMERICA, DIDN'T I?

ADVANTAGES, I THOUGHT.

AND IT WOULD BE A FINE

HOW-DO-YOU-DO

IF I JUST WALKED IN NOW

AND PLUMPED MYSELF ON HIM

BRAZEN AS YOU PLEASE.

WHY, IT WOULD

EMBARRASS HIM SEVERELY-

A MAN IN HIS POSITION.

EMBARRASS HIM?

OF COURSE.

YOU'VE FORGOTTEN,

YOUR REVERENCE,

HE'S A VERY

SUCCESSFUL MAN.

BUT YOU-YOU JUS HEARD WHAT HE SAID.

WHY, RIGHT HERE.

HEARD WHAT?

OH, I KNOW HE SAYS

ODD THINGS AT TIMES,

GROWS MOODY.

THAT'S BECAUSE

HE'S SO BADLY OVERWORKED.

YES, HE'S A VERY

IMPORTANT MAN, SIR-

FAMOUS. A JOURNALIST.

OH, IT'S GRAND, ISN'T IT-

THE WAY IT'S HAPPENED.

I ARRANGED TO SAIL

WITH HIM:

BECAUSE I WANTED ONLY

TO BE NEAR HIM, TO SEE HIM,

AND NOW, IMAGINE,

NOW I'VE GOT HIM

AT LAST TO LOOK AFTER.

HEAVEN,

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S HEAVEN.

HEY, MRS. MIDGET.

YOU SEE?

HE WANTS ME.

YES, DEAR,

I'M COMING.

I'M COMING...

MY BOY.

MOTHERS.

PETE.

PETE, HURRY UP

IN HERE.

DON'T KEEP ME

WAITING.

I GOT NOTHING TO

TALK ABOUT WITH YOU.

COME AND SIT DOWN.

ALL I WANT TO SAY

IS I GOT A RAW DEAL,

AND I DON'T CARE

WHO KNOWS IT.

WHAT'S

THE MATTER?

WHAT'S

THE TROUBLE?

ALL I WANT TO SAY IS

THEY CERTAINLY PICKED A

BAD TIME TO GIVE IT TO ME.

TORPEDOED:

THREE TIMES.

LISTEN.

EVERYBODY:

THINKS TO HIMSELF

THEY'RE A PRETTY

GOOD GUY, O.K.,

BUT WHAT DID I EVER DO

THAT WAS SO TERRIBLE?

NOTHING.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

I WAS A GUY:

THAT KNEW HOW TO

ENJOY LIFE,

WASN'T I?

YES.

YOU BET I WAS.

CONNIE AND THE KID-

EVEN IF I NEVER:

SAW IT,

I GOT PLEASURE JUS THINKING ABOUT IT.

AND DRIVING A TRUCK IN THE COUNTRY

- WITH THE TREES

OR JUST WALKING:

DOWN THE STREE:

LOOKING INTO:

STORE WINDOWS.

A MILLION THINGS.

LISTEN. JUS ANSWER ME THIS.

WHY SHOULD I DESERVE

TO GET PUNISHED?

NO ONE'S

PUNISHING YOU, PETE.

THEN WHY DID I:

HAVE TO DIE?

FOR THE TREES,

I THINK.

FOR THE STREETS.

THINGS YOU LOVED-

YOUR HOME.

AH, WORDS.

JUST WORDS, THAT'S WHAT THEY HAND YOU.

WAIT.

I'M AFRAID

YOU'VE FORGOTTEN.

AN EVIL ENEMY-

MISGUIDED WRETCHES

WHO DIDN'T WAN TO UNDERSTAND

WHAT THE EARTH WAS

REALLY THERE FOR-

THEY SPRANG OUT OF

NIGHT TO ROB, TO HARASS,

TO SPOIL:

AND TO MURDER.

YOU FOUGHT THEM,

PETE.

YOU STOPPED THEM.

THAT WAS A GOOD REASON

TO DIE FOR, MY SON.

THE BEST, I THINK.

FOR CONNIE,

FOR THE BABY.

FINE SATISFACTION.

I'LL NEVER

SEE THEM AGAIN.

OH, WON'T YOU, NOW?

EVERYONE WINDS UP HERE

SOONER OR LATER, DOESN'T HE?

WHAT?

BLOW YOUR NOSE, MY SON, AND CHEER UP.

WHERE DO YOU:

THINK YOU ARE?

THERE'S ALL

SORTS OF GOOD THINGS

WAITING FOR YOU:

HERE.

YEAH?

DEATH. PEOPLE HAVE ALL SORTS OF NOTIONS.

IT'S

REALLY VERY SIMPLE.

YOU SEE, MY SON,

YOU MAKE YOUR HEAVEN

AND HELL FOR YOURSELVES

ON EARTH.

YOU ONLY BRING I WITH YOU HERE.

SOME PEOPLE WASTE

THEIR MOMENT ON EARTH-

WASTE IT TRAGICALLY.

OTHERS...

TOSS IT ASIDE,

BUT YOU, MY SON,

YOU USED I BEAUTIFULLY,

AS IT WAS:

MEANT TO BE USED,

AND YOU MAY BE SURE

THERE'S NOTHING HERE FOR

YOU BUT JOY AND CONTENT.

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

IT'S O.K. IT'S SWELL.

I AIN'T KICKING.

I JUST NEVER:

LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY.

I'M GLAD NOW.

GLAD.

BUT, GEE, THOSE HOT DOGS

AT CONEY ISLAND.

WELL, BERNIE, THAT'S

THE JOB, SUCH AS IT IS.

THE MAIN THING,

YOU SEE,

IS JUST NOT TO:

MIX IN TOO MUCH.

EVERYTHING SEEMS

TO HAVE A WAY:

OF WORKING OUT BY ITSELF SOMEHOW.

WELL,

THAT'S THAT.

WAIT!

EXCUSE ME,

SIR, BUT...

WAIT FOR WHAT?

I'M FINISHED.

OH, NO,

THOMPSON.

THERE'S

THE YOUNG COUPLE.

THIS MAN.

I'VE DONE EVERYTHING

I COULD FOR HIM.

I ASKED HIM IN:

HERE, DIDN'T I?

I LET HIM LISTEN

AND LEARN.

BUT WHAT'S TO

BECOME OF US-

MY WIFE, MYSELF?

YOU HAVEN'T JUDGED

OUR CASES YET.

THERE'S NO JUDGING

TO BE DONE FOR YOU.

YOU TOOK MATTERS INTO

YOUR OWN HANDS, DIDN'T YOU?

AS FOR YOUR WIFE,

NATURALLY, SHE'S GOING ASHORE WITH ME.

NATURALLY.

WITHOUT ME?

NO! NO!

WE MUST NEVER:

BE SEPARATED.

SCRUBBY.

WHY DOES HE:

SEND YOU TO ME?

BECAUSE, HENRY,

YOU AND I,

WE DIED IN:

THE SAME WAY.

YES, AND THE FATE

IN STORE FOR YOU-

IT'S JUST LIKE MINE.

YOU MEAN I'M TO BE

LEFT BEHIND ON THIS SHIP?

YES, OR ONE LIKE IT.

PEOPLE OF OUR SORT-

SUICIDES-

THAT'S THE PENALTY

WE MUST PAY.

BUT WHY DOES HE:

TAKE MY WIFE FROM ME?

SHE DIED WITH ME

IN THE SAME ROOM,

IN THE VERY SAME WAY.

HOW DID SHE DIE,

HENRY?

IN THE SAME WAY.

NO.

SHE DIED FOR ME.

IT WAS DIFFERENT...

ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT.

YOU SHOULD:

BE HAPPY, HENRY-

GLAD SHE'S

GOING WITH THOMPSON.

I DON'T HAVE TO

TELL YOU,

FOR ANN, FOR A GIRL

LIKE HER,

THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL

HEAVEN WAITING HERE.

WOULD YOU WANT HER

WITH YOU:

SAILING ENDLESSLY

BACK AND FORTH,

BACK AND FORTH?

SAILING FOREVER?

A SAD EXCHANGE,

HENRY,

FOR A WONDERFUL:

HEAVEN.

ANN!

ANN, LISTEN TO ME,

THEY-

HERE I AM,

HENRY.

OH, MY DARLING.

MY DARLING.

I DON'T KNOW

HOW TO TELL YOU.

I NEVER THOUGHT,

I NEVER DREAMED:

THAT THIS MOMEN WOULD COME.

WHAT IS IT, HENRY?

WE CAN'T BE

TOGETHER, ANN.

YOU'RE GOING ASHORE.

YOU BELONG THERE.

YOU MUST GO.

LEAVE YOU HERE ALONE?

YOU KNOW:

I CAN'T DO THAT.

BUT YOU MUST.

THERE IS NO CHOICE.

I WANT YOU TO:

LEAVE ME, DEAREST.

I WANT YOU TO GO.

COME, MY CHILD.

YOU'RE KEEPING US

WAITING.

THERE'S

NO USE WAITING.

I CAN' GO WITH YOU.

WHAT'S THAT?

ANN! ANN, STOP.

DON'T SAY THAT.

WAIT A MOMENT, CHILD.

WE CAN'T PUNISH YOU FOR

SOMETHING YOU NEVER DID.

IT WASN'T YOUR ACT.

IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT.

IT WAS.

I WANTED I MYSELF.

AYE?

WHATEVER MY HUSBAND

DID, I DID.

WHATEVER:

HAPPENS TO HIM,

THE SAME THING:

MUST HAPPEN TO ME.

WELL, THEN, NOTHING

MORE FOR ME TO DO.

NO. WAIT, SIR.

PLEASE.

SHE DOESN' MEAN IT.

FORGIVE HER.

COME WITH ME,

BERNIE.

ANN, MY DARLING,

HURRY. QUICKLY.

GO WITH THEM.

I CAN'T.

SHE MUSTN' STAY HERE.

WAIT.

OH, SIR,

PLEASE WAIT.

CAN'T YOU

DO SOMETHING, SIR?

I'VE MADE

COUNTLESS TRIPS,

ALWAYS KEPT SILENT,

NEVER ONCE FORGO MY PLACE,

BUT THIS GIRL, SIR,

THIS GREAT LOVE:

SHE HAS-

I MUST SPEAK UP.

OH, PLEASE.

PLEASE, WON'T YOU

HELP HER SOMEHOW?

SOME WAY?

GOOD MAN, SCRUBBY.

GOOD MAN.

IT'S DONE. OVER.

YOU KNEW HOW IT WAS

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