Captains of the Clouds Page #2

Keeping on flying that old hatbox

after all that's happened.

If you're that kind of daredevil, good luck.

I'll be on my way.

Hey, wait a minute.

Help me with this duffle.

Let's get going before Johnny gets here.

I'll throw your stuff

in the freight department.

We'll pick up our business

in a couple of days.

Move on. Get in there. Get in the front.

Your engine sounds noisier

than Johnny's.

That's because it's faster.

When do you plan

on leaving your diggings?

- Around about the first of next June.

- First of June? I'll be up to get you.

Hey. Hang on to that steering stick,

will you?

I'll bring you back to Lac Vert for $50.

Grab that stick, will you?

Come to think of it,

I'd be losing money. Fifty-five dollars.

All right, all right, $55.

Just hold on to that stick.

All right, MacLean, you are finished now.

Set her down.

- Friends of yours?

- I don't think so.

What happens next?

Not what they think.

Here we go, Dad.

Hold on to your plates.

Okay, Johnny. I get him.

- You gonna stay there, Dad?

- Yep.

Well, take a good hold.

He's coming right at us.

Don't try to fly through the woods.

Fly over them.

Stop the ship.

Stop the ship. I wanna get off.

I've had enough.

Come on down, you coward,

where I can get my hands on you.

- Fellas like him have got no right to fly.

- He seems all right.

I wanna get out of here.

I gotta get out of here.

Gee, I wish I was an eagle.

Get this door open.

I could just get this door open.

Hey, what are you...?

Come on, come back here.

- Let go of me.

- Come in here and sit down.

Fun's all over.

Hey. What brought you back?

A whim.

Well, you can keep on going.

Oh, you don't know me.

I have a whim of iron. Here, catch.

Hitch it up yourself.

If Blimp had only cut across

instead of circling.

- He's probably still going around.

- He'll catch on in a couple days.

But doggone it, I hate to lose that propeller.

I paid off on it.

Yeah. We have more than enough time

to get to Winnipeg...

...and buy another one before dark.

We'll stop by Lac Vert for lunch.

I knew that was coming.

I wish I had a girl in Lac Vert.

Hey, look.

His nibs' plane.

He won't get away this time.

Johnny, if you catch up with that chiseler,

and I think you will...

...remember to save me

a piece of his gall.

You know, you could do this yourself.

You didn't hurt your hands.

But I did. Look.

- Hey, you're a sick man.

- I feel awful.

Let go of me. I've got other things to do.

Hello.

From your expression,

you're Johnny Dutton.

That's right. You're MacLean?

Pull up a chair and have a double mickey.

- Who caught up with you?

- Nobody.

I fell on my head and hurt myself

so I could get your fiance to nurse me.

- Slight fracture?

- Not my head.

- Anything else on your mind?

- Yeah.

- You been stealing jobs and cutting rates.

- So?

Soon as that head heals,

I'm gonna kick it.

Well, you can start trying right now.

Brian. Now, you promised to stay quiet.

What are you trying to do, kill yourself?

- What'd he do to you?

- What'd he do?

- Walked in and pulled a knife on me.

- He's a liar.

- Knife was that long.

- The guy's nuts.

Don't mind him.

He talks crazy half the time.

- Aren't you going to say hello to me?

- Hi, Johnny.

Here, let me help you.

Easy with your head.

You're all wet, pal, or do you know it?

Up with your head. Easy.

You wouldn't be having a good time

if you could stand.

I can still make things warm enough

to dry you off.

Brian!

Hey.

I thought you was gonna

save me a piece of that.

I didn't touch him.

So ornery, he brained himself.

Come on, help me get him on the couch.

If he's at death's door,

I'd pull him through.

- How'd he hurt himself?

- Prop nicked him.

- Prop?

- Prop?

This guy needs a doctor.

A doctor?

The nearest one's at Churchtown.

It looks like you and me

are gonna do some digging.

Why couldn't we just take him

on the lake?

Oh, shut up.

- What's that doctor's name in Churchtown?

- Dr. Neville.

For my dough, that's a long way to go

for that son of a bozo.

All he did is nick his gourd.

Goodbye, darling.

Come on, Tiny, help me gas my plane.

- Hurry, Johnny.

- You're always gassing the plane.

- He'll be dead and you won't be back...

- I'll be back by midnight.

- Can you land in the dark?

- It'll be bright tonight. There's a full moon.

- Moon or no moon, 3-to-1 you crack up.

- It's a bet.

- How much?

- A buck.

- Make it 2 bucks.

- Right.

Two bucks. Let's go.

- Well, how is he?

- I can't tell. He seems the same.

He's better off than Johnny

if he tries to land under this.

- He'll turn back.

- You don't know Johnny.

Besides, if he runs out of gas,

he will be in a mess.

We're gonna need all hands.

You, your father, myself and Indians.

- Dad can get the Indians.

- Let's get started.

I've gotta build a raft, we need some gas,

so roust your old man out.

We may as well do it now.

A murky, filthy mess.

It looks like it'll choke you.

We got enough gas

to get back to Churchtown.

Another five minutes, we won't

have any choice. We'll have to go on.

My boy, I'm 64 years old.

If I survive this...

...it'll be to fall prey to angina, sclerosis

or one of the other ills of age.

- Wanna go on?

- By all means.

A quick operation's

the only way to save your friend.

Okay. Get this straight.

He's no friend of mine.

Brace yourself. Here we go.

No.

No! No! No!

I sure lost that bet.

He take it out now.

- Take what out?

- Piece of bone, right out of his head.

Let me see.

No take them.

Four good ships in the air...

...two in reserve,

then you got a real airline.

- I told those bankers in Winnipeg...

- Don't you think the doctor better stay?

If something happened,

I wouldn't know what to do.

You'll be all right. Doctor's gotta get back.

He's got a couple of pneumonia cases.

I'd feel better if he was.

Don't worry. A few days of your cooking

and he'll be as good as new.

I kind of wish I had a hole in my head.

Those bankers told me if I had a good

winter, we could start that airline in spring.

- That'll be fine.

- I'll say it will.

Scheduled flights, mechanics to take care

of the work, an agent to line up business.

- Johnny, do you love me?

- Of course I do.

Why do you say, "Of course"?

Why don't you just say,

"I love you, Emily"?

Now, what got into you? You know I love

you. Didn't we plan this airline just for us?

- Will you take me to Winnipeg?

- I will someday.

- Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Winnipeg...

- And New York?

New York. Once this airline gets going,

we're gonna have vacations every year.

Vacations in style.

You know where I think the home port

will be? Waterways on the Christina.

- That's the end of the rail...

- Let's not wait for the airline.

Take me with you now.

We can be married in Churchtown.

I'd like to, Emily, but I won't.

Mrs. Dutton isn't gonna start housekeeping

in the cabin of a bush pilot's plane.

She's gonna have a real home,

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