Five Came Back Page #4

Well, go ahead and tune it in.

No. We're waiting for the exact time.

Got to save our batteries.

O.K., Joe.

Giants nicked two dodger pitchers

For six hits and two runs

But were retired by a fast double play

Before they could cut

down the dodger lead.

This is the first time in my life

That I don't care whether

the giants win or lose.

And from san Diego comes tragic news

That commander Wilson

of the naval air base

Has recalled two of the squadrons

Of reconnaissance planes

Which have been searching for

the lost airliner " silver queen,

Which vanished in a tropical

storm with 12 people on board.

However, in the belief

that the! Silver queen

Was far off her course,

One squadron of naval planes

And several private planes

chartered by the airline

Will continue the search,

Which has been switched to

the west coast of panama.

Little hope, however,

Is held that any trace

of the missing airliner

And its cargo of 12 human

lives will ever be found,

As the country over

which the plane was driven

By the violent storm is

dense and inaccessible jungle.

O.K., Joe. Shut her off.

A moose!

He's got our scent. Let's get nearer.

No, no. I'll get him from here.

Darn! Missed him.

There must be something

the matter with this rod.

No, you hit him! He's down!

Oh, boy! Now we won't have

to be vegetarians anymore.

Do you mean it?

Yeah.

Wait a minute. Wait a

minute. You move too fast.

I've seen guys lose a hand for less.

I'll play you again, double or nothing.

Well, I...

Henry!

I better go. It's past my bedtime.

Turning in, Mr. Spengler?

Yes. Good night, boys.

Good night.

I always thought professors were dumb,

But that guy will surprise you.

He tied me in a knot.

I never was any good at games anyway.

You're certainly handy

with that rod of yours.

Yeah. That was the

best steak I ever ate.

I don't want to blow my own horn,

But in some circles, I'm

considered very handy with a heater.

Thanks for letting me keep it, though.

I'm so used to it,

I've even got a shoulder

holster in one of my nightshirts.

I had a reason for

letting you keep it, Pete.

Somebody has to stand guard here nights.

You know, there might be animals around.

Well, I'm a guardsman of the old school.

Shall I start now?

No. You better go to bed.

I ain't sleepy. You go to bed.

You got a lot of work to

do on that plane tomorrow.

Joe will relieve me at 2:00.

You better turn in.

O.K. If you need me, holler.

Yeah.

Night.

Night.

He's a pretty good guy.

Yeah. They've all been pretty good...

except crimp.

I only hope they keep on

feeling the way they do.

That airliner's certainly a mess.

Well, we can fix that in time.

You know, Joe,

This is going to be a very fine place

To try to make a takeoff from.

You think we can straighten that prop?

We can try. What else can we do?

I tell you what you can do.

In fact, I've got a suggestion

That will temporarily at

least solve the whole problem,

A solution I've tried

before and has never failed.

You're drunk.

Elementary, my dear Watson.

Don't you wish you were?

You could be, you know.

In fact, I've got a whole

suitcase full of liquor

Back there.

I always provide against

The minor inconveniences

of modern travel.

It's one of the secrets

of my great success.

Don't you think you better go to bed?

No!

Why don't you act your age, Ellis?

All right, big shot.

But I might as well go

on the record for saying

That I think you're carrying

This guardianship of yours too far.

You're the boss now,

But if ever we get out of this,

I'm liable to buy up that whole airline,

And then I'll be the boss, see?

Go to bed.

Stand up. Sit down.

Do this and do that.

Who do they think they are anyhow?

Hey, pipe down, you.

What's the matter with you?

You want a drink?

No. Go to bed.

I would if I could see.

Why don't they have some

sort of light in here anyhow?

Here. Let me help you.

Thanks.

You needn't bother.

Oh, that's all right.

I've handled drunks before.

No doubt.

I want you to know

That Alice and I are

going to be married.

Oh, relax.

Can I have another one of those?

Oh, yeah, sure.

Take a drag of it.

What's the matter? Can't you sleep?

Mr. Ellis is kind of noisy.

Oh, he's drunk.

I better go quiet him down.

Well, you can't blame him much.

He's trying to be a good guy,

But he's scared to death.

Aren't you?

Well, I'd feel a little better

If we were out of this jam here.

I've been in trouble before,

But nothing like this.

Yeah? What kind?

Men.

Oh.

You didn't think I was going to panama

To see the sights, did you?

Well, it's mighty pretty

scenery down there.

You don't care much for women, do you?

Oh, yeah, sure. They're all right.

Never found one that

really hurt, though.

Is that it?

Yeah, I did once.

Who?

My wife.

Run out on you?

No.

No. We got married right

after the war, and...

weren't any jobs then,

So I bought an old jenny, and...

and took to barnstorming.

I used to fly the plane.

She was a wing walker.

We played carnivals and fairs,

You know, that stuff.

One time down in Indiana,

she didn't feel so good.

I told her not to go up,

But she just laughed at me,

So we went up.

She crawled out on the wing and fainted.

We cracked up.

I lived.

Funny, you know. Things happen,

And nobody can stop them.

You better get some shuteye.

Good night.

Good night.

Why don't you guys get wise to yourself?

That thing will never fly again.

Maybe you've got a better idea

For getting out of here.

You bet I have.

We should have started

to walk weeks ago.

Sure, and we'd still be walking,

Just as far from

civilization as we are now.

The only way we'll get

out of here is to fly.

Fly. You know what I think of you two?

You're a couple of fools.

Cut it out, Joe.

That's right, Joe.

Mind the boss.

Be a good little boy.

Let me help you, eh?

No, thanks. I'm all right.

Why do you take your

whiskers off, uncle Pete?

You want me to look like a gorilla?

Well, no.

Mrs. Spengler, do you

happen to have a pin?

See a pin and pick it up,

All the day you have good luck.

Thank you.

The fisherman, eh?

Your wife is very kind to me.

I'm tempted to be

jealous of you, Vasquez.

We get fried bananas quite frequently

Since Mrs. Spengler learned

you were fond of them.

Perhaps she's only sorry for me.

Not at all, Mr. Vasquez.

The moment that plane takes the air,

All of you will begin to live again.

As for

me...

You mustn't allow yourself

To think of that.

We're getting to know one

another pretty well now.

I feel I can speak

freely to you, Vasquez.

If you had it all over again,

Would you do what you did?

I don't know.

My experiences here have made me think.

Now, look at this camp.

There are no classes here.

We have chosen a leader

In whom we all have supreme confidence

And whom we respect completely.

We have

plenty to eat...

The best.

We are well-Sheltered.

We are in good health.

By all theories,

Ours is an ideal community,

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