Donovan's Brain Page #3

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as madame Eve curie.

Well, if I'm as useful to you

as she was to her husband,

I'll settle for that.

You're just as useful...

And lot's prettier.

Oh, pat, please go take a nap.

Not now, dear.

You do the sleeping

for both of us.

Let me have the notes, please.

Seventh day.

Brain's absorption

of nourishment

increasing approximately

1 cc per hour.

Growth and pulsations

visible to naked eye.

These impulses!

They must mean something.

They must!

More notes?

No, not now, dear.

Pat, I'm worried about Frank.

Why?

He'll show up when

he runs out of money.

Don't you feel a little guilty?

If he hadn't

been here helping you,

he'd have been home

on duty when Tuttle called.

Wouldn't have lost his job.

Jan, when a teetotaler

takes after a drunk,

the drunk doesn't have a chance.

Tuttle's been after

Frank for a year now.

Sometimes I think

you're a bad influence.

Why don't you discourage

Frank from drinking?

Oh, perhaps I'll cure Frank

and every other alcoholic,

if I can solve the mystery

of Donovan's brain.

I think it's a matter

of chemistry,

how the brain thinks.

The problem is to find out

what chemical combinations

are responsible for success,

failure, happiness, misery.

Sounds impossible.

But it isn't.

It can't be.

There has to be a way.

Pat, I wish you'd eat

and get a good night's sleep.

Oh, there must be some way.

Now this oscillograph

has shown us

all kinds of reactions,

but what do they mean?

Honey, are you really

interested in reactions?

Are you kidding?

Of course.

Well, what about mine?

It looks like

we're going to spend

the rest of our lives

here in this room.

All right.

I don't miss the fresh air,

and my cooking smells

like carbolic acid,

but there's no place in here

for you to warm my cold feet

on these long winter nights.

I guess if we had

about a hundred mirrors,

we could watch the brain

from every room in

the house, couldn't we?

If you think it'll work,

I'll buy them.

Something else will work.

What?

We'll give the brain a voice,

and we can hear it

from anywhere.

Now who's kidding who?

No, no, no. Honest.

I'll show you.

Look, go get the portable radio,

will you?

And the soldering iron.

And a ham sandwich on rye!

See, beautiful?

The same electrical impulses

which move the oscillograph

can be turned into sound waves.

This thing lets us

see the brain think,

and the amplifier

and loud speaker let us hear.

If I only knew

what it was thinking.

It sounds spooky.

Now when did we get

superstitious?

I'm not really.

I'm just a little upset.

What about?

Well, now that that thing works,

can we go in the other room,

sit in front of the fire?

Sure, dear.

That's what it's for.

Welcome home,

Dr. Schratt.

Well, it's

about time you showed up.

Can I live

in your breakfast nook?

It's been made up for days.

How's the mastermind doing

with his stolen brain?

Go take a shower, will you?

What's that noise?

Mr. Donovan

thinking out loud.

Oh, very funny.

You look like you

could use a shower

and a shave and some sleep.

Thank you, Frank.

Pat's letting himself

run down like a broken clock.

He won't listen to me.

Look, pal, I've got an idea...

The answer to everything

you want to know.

You come along fishing

with me for 3 days,

and I'll solve all

your problems for you.

All right, wise guy,

let's have it now.

What you need is

a nice big crystal ball.

Oh.

If you didn't have a beard,

I'd kiss you for that.

For what?

Crystal ball, that's it!

The next step...

Clairvoyance, telepathy.

You remember the experiments

at Duke university.

One brain transmitting thoughts,

the other receiving them.

Well, don't you get it?

Donovan's brain

is sending out thoughts.

All I have to do is use

my brain to receive them.

Oh, naturally.

Very simple.

Darling, will you

do something for me?

Will you go into town

and get back issues

of magazines and newspapers?

I want every article

that has anything

to do with Donovan.

Every possible detail

of his life.

Will you, baby, please?

Hey, you sober enough?

Will you drive her?

I'm beat.

I want to take

that shower you sold

me on and sleep.

I'm tired of this

space-patrol junk.

All right, all right.

Darling, will you, please?

Sure.

Maybe there's something in

the last issue of newsweek.

"Despite his millions,

"Donovan was

notoriously antagonistic

toward organized charity.

His huge..."

hey, you read that one before.

Oh.

How about this?

"The government case

against Donovan

"for income tax evasion

"has been in a legal

snarl for years.

"Donovan carried to an extreme

"the independence

of the self-made man.

"What belonged to him he

felt was his and his alone.

"He scorned taxes, fought

the payment of every penny.

"Treasury department experts

refused comment

"on how the fact

that Donovan left no will

will affect the status

of their case."

Jan, read that one again

that gives his description.

"Donovan's strength

was in his lined,

"granite-like face

and piercing eyes.

"Nephritis had left him

in poor physical state.

"He must have been

in constant pain,

"because he generally

walked with a limp,

his right hand soothing

his aching kidney."

Yeah, a lot of walking he did

with 4 Cadillacs.

I can just see him now,

hobbling from

the mansion to his car,

chewing on a $2 cigar

and blowing smoke rings

worth a nickel a piece.

Well, thanks

for everything, kids.

Night, darling.

Frank.

I'm gonna catch us

some nice fresh

trout for breakfast.

Want to come along?

No, thanks.

Somebody around here

ought to get some sleep.

See you in the morning.

Hey, if you happen

to get a message

from an old lady

with white hair,

that's my great aunt marta.

Say I'm out.

Hey! Anybody up?

Look.

3 nights in a row

he hasn't been to bed.

She should have married

a mattress tester.

Pat.

Hmm?

Pat?

Now, this is silly.

Why didn't you come to bed?

What happened?

A remarkable occurrence,

Dr. Cory.

A thoroughly exhausted

man fell asleep.

Now, look.

Why don't we put this

on a sensible basis?

Now that Frank's living here,

we can take turns,

and that way

we won't miss a thing,

and we can still

keep our health.

You write this?

No.

Frank, is this one of your gags?

Did you pull this

after I fell asleep?

No. So help me, pat.

How could I?

I was busy catching

our breakfast.

What is it, darling?

Where's that picture

of Donovan's signature?

I think it's in newsweek.

Newsweek?

Give us a hand,

will you, Frank?

Here it is.

We've done it.

Contact with

Donovan's brain at last.

I wonder who Fuller is.

Hi, flower girl.

Finally remembered how

bright the sunshine is.

I can't seem

to make contact today,

so I'm going to check around

and try to find out

who Fuller is.

I wish you'd stay close by.

Of course, darling.

Won't miss a thing.

Why aren't you

in the laboratory?

I told you to watch

the oscillograph

until I returned.

Don't talk to me like that.

Well, then do as I tell you.

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