Black Legion Page #4

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...and by the powers of light and darkness,

good and evil...

...here under the black arch

of heaven's avenging symbol...

...I pledge and consecrate my heart,

my brain, my body, and my limbs...

...and swear by all powers

of heaven and hell...

...to devote my life to the obedience

of my superiors...

...and that no danger or peril shall deter me

from executing their orders.

That I will exert every possible means

in my power...

...for the extermination

of the anarchist...

...the Roman hierar... Hierarchy

and their abettors.

I swear that I will die fighting

those whose serpent trail...

...has winnowed the fair fields

of our allies and sympathizers.

I will show no mercy...

...but strike with an avenging arm

as long as breath remains.

I, further, pledge my heart,

my brain, my body, my limbs...

...never to betray a comrade.

And that I will submit

to all the tortures mankind can inflict...

...and suffer the most horrible death...

...rather than reveal a single word of this,

my oath.

Before violating a single clause...

...or implied pledge of this,

my obligation, I... "

Do I have to say this?

Say it.

"I will pray to an avenging God

and an unmerciful devil...

...to tear my heart out

and roast it over the flames of sulfur.

And lastly, may my soul be given

into torment...

...that my body be submerged

into molten metal...

...and stifled in the flames of hell.

And that this punishment...

...may be meted out to me

through all eternity.

In the name of God, our creator.

Amen. "

Amen.

Soldier of the Black Legion...

...you see before you

an instrument of death.

We give you this half...

...as a symbol of our trust.

The other half you will receive

the day you betray that trust.

Our sacred oath is now engraved

on your heart.

You'll need that perishable paper

no more.

Step forward and consign it

to these flames.

- Congratulations.

- Thank you.

- Congratulations.

- Congratulations, Frank.

Congratulations.

- New candidates...

...you will report to the officer of supplies,

who'll issue your Black Legion uniform...

...for the nominal sum of $6.50.

Those who do not own a revolver...

...place your orders

for the Black Legion special.

A regular $30 revolver

for the small sum of $ 14.95.

Say, Hargrave,

I think I can manage the $6.50...

...but could I kind of hold off

on the revolver for...?

Private Taylor, you got your orders.

Dig up the money somewhere.

The Black Legion

must make every sacrifice for our cause.

You wanna protect your home

and family, don't you?

Okay, buddy.

And when you address your superior officer,

say, "sir. "

Yes, sir.

Well, you're one of us, Frank.

- Feels great, don't it?

- Heh.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

Hello, Pop.

Oh, hi, Buddy.

Are those real bullets?

Yeah, steel-jacketed. Leave them alone.

Don't monkey with them.

Buddy?

- Yes, Mom?

Buddy, did you get the...? Oh, yes.

Now go on upstairs

and do your homework.

Gee, Mom,

I got plenty of time for that.

Go ahead, Buddy.

Do like your mother says.

Will you let me shoot it sometimes?

Yeah, I'll let you shoot it sometimes.

Oh, boy.

Frank, why did you buy that gun?

Hmm? Well, because...

With these holdups, kidnappings

you've been reading about...

...a man's got a right

to protect his home, ain't he?

Heh. After what you paid,

there's nothing left in the house to steal.

It's worth any sacrifice, ain't it,

to be able to protect your home...

...and family and things like that?

Wait a minute. I'll get that.

Yeah?

Oh, yeah, Cliff.

Yeah, when?

When, tonight?

Where will I pick you up?

Okay, I'll be there.

Oh, Ruth?

- Yes?

Say, I gotta go out for a while.

- That lodge again, huh, Frank?

- Yeah. That was that phone call.

Something just come up about that

insurance plan we been figuring out.

- You won't be very late, will you?

- No, I won't be late. I'll be back.

Oh, say, but don't wait up for me.

Oh, you don't bother. I go open.

That's his old man.

Well, what...?

- What do you want?

You, Dombrowski. And your son.

- What have I done? Nothing.

- What is this? What's this about?

You Joe Dombrowski?

Yeah, that's him.

You're an undesirable alien.

You're leaving town right now.

Oh, what do you say leave town?

We good American citizens.

- We got farm. We pay taxes.

- Shut up. Nobody's talking to you.

Come on. Get them out of here quick.

Load them in quick.

Hey, you, some more beer.

This time it's on me, boys.

- Hey, Charlie.

Yeah?

Did you see how my pal took care

of those fresh guys? Ha-ha!

I died laughing at their faces

when we shoved them on that train.

They won't be sticking their noses

around this town again.

You should've given them that book

and a slide rule to take along with them.

Frank, how do you like the way

we do things?

- I like it fine, chief.

- See, Frank, what did I tell you?

- We don't take no lip from nobody.

- Yeah, that's the stuff.

Hit hard and quick. We ain't afraid

of nothing and nobody, are we?

Frank.

- I thought I told you not to wait up for me.

- I've been worried about you.

You said you'd be home early

and it's after 4.

Checking up on me, huh?

You've never done this, Frank.

I was afraid

something happened to you.

You mind your own business.

I can take care of myself.

Boy, did you feel them brakes?

Smooth as velvet.

You got a sweet running car

here, Frank.

Yeah, and get a load of that dashboard.

Strictly airplane type.

I wanna get a load of Ruth's face

when this rolls up to the house.

Ha-ha. So do I.

If I were you, Ruth,

I'd have fruit cocktails.

- They went over swell at our church dinner.

- Yeah, put that down.

We'll have fruit cocktail and then

we'll have tomato soup like we said.

- What are you gonna have for the main?

- I'd like to have fried chicken...

...but it's awful expensive.

That's what we thought.

But when Mother was in charge...

...she got a swell buying chickens

from Dombrowski.

Say, wasn't that an awful thing?

I wonder if they'll ever find out

what happened.

I don't know. I read in the newspaper

that the police were investigating.

Don't think they'll find anything

until they locate the Dombrowskis.

Frank says there's a rumor that Joe and his

father might have done it for the insurance.

That's crazy. They're fine people.

They wouldn't think of doing that.

Well, it's awful anyway.

I sure hope the police find out who did it.

- Say, Ed.

- What?

You ever think of joining

any organization?

Sure. I'm a union man.

No, I mean, a lodge.

You know, one of them secret societies.

- Oh, that's for half-wits.

- Yeah. Don't you believe it.

There's things fellows like us

ought to belong to.

Yeah. Maybe I ought to

but I'm not gonna.

- Come to it, I am thinking of joining a lodge.

- Yeah?

Yeah, the ancient order

of henpecked husbands.

- Oh.

- Ha-ha-ha.

- Fooled you that time, didn't I, big shot?

- Hey, look out.

Hey, Mom. Come on out, quick. Quick.

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