Capricorn One Page #9

AND IT WAS TWENTY-FOUR!

FREEZE!

I'M NOT MOVING AN INCH.

ROBERT CAULFIELD?

YEAH, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

FEDERAL AGENTS.

WE HAVE A WARRANT TO SEARCH

YOUR APARTMENT.

YOU HAVE A WARRANT? WHAT FOR?

JUST DON'T MOVE.

I PROMISE. JUST TELL ME

WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

HEY, COME HERE! LOOK AT THIS!

COULD YOU COME WITH ME,

PLEASE, MR. CAULFIELD?

MR. CAULFIELD, I'M SORRY.

HOWEVER, YOU'RE UNDER ARRES FOR POSSESSION OF COCAINE.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT. YOU GUYS PUT IT THERE,

YOU KNOW YOU DID.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT. YOU PUT IT THERE.

ANYTHING YOU SAY MAY BE HELD

AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU'RE PART OF ALL THIS. YOU MOTHERS.

OW, THAT HURTS!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PU HANDCUFFS ON ME!

PLEASE, MR. CAULFIELD, THESE ARE

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST YOU.

DON'T ADD TO THEM BY RESISTING ARREST.

I DON'T BEL...! THAT HURTS!

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.

WELL, HELLO THERE, CAULFIELD!

SO NICE TO SEE YOU!

IT'S AT THIS POINT THAT ALAN HALE SAYS

TO RICHARD CONTE...

JIMMY STEWART.

YEAH, JIMMY STEWART, THANK YOU.

LOOK, SCOOP, I CAN'T KEEP BAILING YOU

OUT OF TROUBLE.

THE FRONT OFFICE IS ON MY NECK.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER

I CAN KEEP THEM OFF, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

WRONG!

I GOT YOU OUT OF THERE SO AS NOT TO

EMBARRASS THE NETWORK.

I MEAN, YOU ARE A SCHMUCK!

I CAN'T TRUST YOU TO COVER A FIRE!

YOU'LL PROBABLY FALL DOWN

AND GET BURNED!

YOU PROBABLY WOULD BE THE CAUSE OF IT!

A COMPANY CAR? YOU ARE FIRED!

I LOVE THAT SO MUCH!

I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN!

YOU'RE FIRED! YOU'RE THROUGH!

OH, I LOVE IT!

IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, REALLY.

'FRANKLY, SCARLET, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! '

I TOLD YOU. YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE LONELY

PLIGHT OF A DEDICATED JOURNALIST.

I TELL YOU TO STUFF IT.

YOU TELL ME ABOUT A MEANINGFUL

RELATIONSHIP.

I TELL YOU TO STUFF IT.

YOU TELL ME YOU'RE IN TROUBLE,

YOU'RE OUT ON BAIL,

YOU JUST GOT FIRED,

I TELL YOU I'LL BE RIGHT OVER.

MY HEAD HURTS.

YOU LOOK AWFUL.

THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT I ASKED?

ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING

I GET A CALL FROM AN UNEMPLOYED JUNKIE

TO FIND OUT ALL THE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS

IN A 300 MILES RADIUS

AROUND HOUSTON, TEXAS.

YOU CERTAINLY HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS.

DID YOU FIND OUT?

YES, AND IT WASN'T EASY.

IT TOOK EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH.

WELL, I'M PROUD OF YOU.

HOW MANY?

ONE. WHITE BLUFF. IT'S A SAC BASE.

MY FATHER USED TO BE STATIONED THERE.

THAT'S EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH?

AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING,

YOU CALL YOUR FATHER, THAT'S EXHAUSTIVE.

WHITE BLUFF... THAT'S TOO BIG.

TOO BIG FOR WHAT?

TOO BIG FOR WHAT I WANT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I'M THINKING OF ENLISTING.

THEY'LL NEVER TAKE YOU.

THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING OF ENLISTING.

YOU'RE ON A STORY, AREN'T YOU?

I WAS FIRED!

YOU'RE ON A STORY AND I'M HELPING YOU.

THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THE ONLY REASON I'M DOING IT,

CONSIDERING YOUR TRACK RECORD,

WHATEVER STORY YOU'RE ON

WILL TURN OUT TO BE GARBAGE.

YOU SHOULDN'T MINCE WORDS.

I'LL FIX YOU SOME COFFEE.

THEN YOU CAN JUMP ME.

THERE'S NO OTHER ONE BESIDES

WHITE BLUFF?

NO.

EXCEPT ONE ABANDONED BASE

THEY USED FOR TRAINING

DURING WORLD WAR II, JACKSON.

THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW.

DON'T YOU WANT TO JUMP ME?

OF COURSE I DO. WHERE'S JACKSON?

ABOUT 300 MILES DIRECTLY WEST.

I THINK I'M GONNA GET ANGRY WITH YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY MONEY ON YOU?

DO YOU WANT ME TO PAY YOU?

HOW MUCH?

ABOUT 100. WHY DON'T I JUST LEAVE I ON THE DRESSER IN THE MORNING?

GIVE IT TO ME NOW.

IN ADVANCE?

THAT'S THE HEIGHT OF CONCEIT!

PLEASE, AND YOUR CAR KEYS.

YOU'RE REALLY BEING TERRIFIC, WHY?

YOU'RE NOT AS OBNOXIOUS

WHEN YOU ARE HELPLESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

ALSO, LIZ HALLER SAID YOU WERE SUPER.

WELL, WHEN I GET BACK,

WE'LL JUMP EACH OTHER.

MAYBE.

I'LL GET ARRESTED AGAIN.

IT'S A DEAL.

MORNIN'.

MORNIN'.

YOU IN CHARGE HERE?

YOU SEE THAT SIGN THERE?

YES.

WELL, READ IT.

I DID.

OUT LOUD!

'A AND A CROP DUSTING SERVICE'.

YOU WANNA KNOW WHO I AM?

I'LL BET YOU'RE ONE OF THE 'AS'.

WELL, WHICH ONE? I'LL BET YOU CAN' ANSWER THAT QUESTION, SMART-ASS!

THE FIRST ONE.

WRONG!

CAN I HAVE ONE MORE GUES?

YOU GOT IT.

THE SECOND ONE.

WRONG. I'M BOTH OF 'EM!

'A' AND 'A'. MY NAME IS ALBAIN.

I GOT A SON. THE OTHER 'A' WAS FOR HIM,

BUT HE DON'T LIKE TO FLY AND IS A LAWYER.

HE'S A PERVERT, SO I TOOK THE 'A'

AWAY.

WANNA SPEAK TO SOMEBODY IN CHARGE?

YOU'RE SPEAKIN' TO BOTH O' THEM.

MY NAME IS CAULFIELD.

HEY, I CAN'T HELP THAT.

MR. ALBAIN, HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE

TO DUST A FIELD?

25 DOLLARS.

I'D LIKE TO HIRE YOUR PLANE.

THAT'LL BE 100 DOLLARS.

YOU SAID YOU CHARGED 25.

25 DOLLARS T' DUST A FIELD, BUT YOU AIN' GOT NO FIELD BECAUSE YOU AIN'T A FARMER,

WHICH MEANS YOU AIN'T POOR

AND I THINK YOU'RE A PERVERT!

OKAY, 100.

WHAT?

BECAUSE YOU SAID 'YES' TO 100

TOO QUICK,

WHICH MEANS YOU CAN AFFORD 125!

WHERE DO YOU WANNA GO,

SMART-ASS?

I'M NOT SURE. I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

WHO'S LOST.

IT'S YOUR MONEY.

PUT YOUR GODDAMN HEAD DOWN

SO I CAN SEE!

WHY DIDN'T YOU SIT IN FRONT?

YOU KNOW HOW TO FLY?

NO!

THEN I GOTTA SIT IN BACK

AND YOU GOTTA PUT YOUR GODDAMN

HEAD DOWN, SMART-ASS!

NOW, WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR FRIEND DOIN'

OUT HERE?

HE'S LOST!

HE ROB A BANK OR SOMETHIN'?

NO!

WELL, I GET A THIRD!

WHAT?

WE FIND HIM, I GET A THIRD OF THE LOOT!

NOW, KEEP YOUR GODDAMN HEAD DOWN!

YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO

IN ANOTHER DIRECTION?

HEY!

WHAT?

OVER THERE!

WHERE?

HELICOPTERS!

I SEEN THEM FLY AROUND HERE

LAST COUPLE OF DAYS!

LET'S FOLLOW 'EM!

I WOULD IF I COULD SEE 'EM!

THEY'RE GOIN' DOWN OVER THERE!

HE MUST BE IN THERE!

LET'S GO DOWN.

THEY GOT GUNS, SONNY!

YOU SAID YOU WANTED A THIRD OF THE LOOT!

HALF!

OKAY, HALF!

KEEP YOUR GODDAMN HEAD DOWN!

PULL THAT LEVER DOWN BY YOUR FEE WHEN I TELL YOU, SONNY!

NOW!

PERVERTS!

REMEMBER, I GET HALF!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

MRS. BRUBAKER

MRS. WILLIS, MRS. WALKER,

MY FELLOW AMERICANS.

I COME HERE TODAY TO TALK OF

UNFINISHED HOPES

AND OF UNFULFILLED DREAMS.

CHARLES BRUBAKER, PETER WILLIS

AND JOHN WALKER:

LEFT THIS EARTH FOR THEIR DREAM

A LITTLE MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

THEY WERE NEVER ABLE

TO RETURN TO US.

THEIR DREAM WAS ABLE TO GROW

AND FLOURISH:

BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF MILLIONS

OF CITIZENS:

ALL ACROSS AMERICA

AT A TIME WHEN CYNICISM WAS

A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC,

THEY GAVE US SOMETHING

TO TAKE PRIDE IN.

IT IS A DREAM THA SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DIE.

A NATION IS BUILT ON THE SPIRI OF ITS PEOPLE.

THE TEST OF THE GREATNESS

OF ANY NATION:

IS HOW THAT NATION PULLS TOGETHER

IN A TIME OF CRISIS.

THE ONLY LIMITS ON WHA WE CAN ACHIEVE

ARE THE LIMITS WE PLACE ON OUR HOPES.

THESE THREE MEN REMINDED US

OF THE LIMITLESSNESS OF OUR HOPES.

THERE WAS A MOMEN IN THESE PAST FEW DAYS

WHEN WE WERE ALL ONE PEOPLE.

WE WERE ALL HOPING,

WE WERE ALL A LITTLE BIT TALLER,

A LITTLE BIT PROUDER.

WE WERE ALL FEELING THE SAME FEARS

AND THE SAME EXHILARATION.

THESE THREE MEN BROUGHT US TOGETHER.

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