Fog Over Frisco Page #4

Oh, yeah? Well, you

guys will loosen up with...

...a box of cigars when I

tell you what I'm gonna

- You.

- Right.

All right. Come on, boys.

You. No?

- You.

- Wrong.

All right. Try it again.

All right, boys, let's go now.

It better

You.

Right. And don't let it happen again.

Your phone is ringing.

Hello.

Hello, Joe? This is

Spike. Got something for you.

Spill it.

Well, now comes a hot

young blond mama-

...named Valkyr Bradford.

Then disposes that

Named what?

- You better call her Val.

- Go on.

Well, this dame's all blows

in the Chief O'Malley's office...

...office just now and tells him that

someone walked off with her sister,...

- ... Arlene Bradford, you know her.

- Hold on, Spike.

Say, Ed. Rip off that front story. We

got a good kidnapping story coming in.

All right, Joe.

Wilson, get me the clips and the pictures

from the morgue and Miss Arlene Bradford.

And Drew, jump on your horse. Take a

camera down to the hall of justice,...

...get an interview with and a photograph

of Miss Val Bradford, who's down there...

...interviewing the police

about her missing sister.

Listen, Boss, let me

go down there, will you?

You stick right with that phone and

write everything that Spike's got.

Get me all you can for

the first run. I got...

...about twenty minutes

left before deadline.

But I'm a personal

friend of the Bradford's.

That's swell! Sneak in all

the inside stuff you know.

Come on, Spike. Is

this Joe on the level?

Well, looks like your

playmate got in a jam.

Hall of justice. Step on it.

There are no pictures and no information...

...on the younger girl.

These are all Arlene's.

Joe, the Bradford

dame dodged the boys...

...at the hob before they

could snatch a picture.

- Here's the stuff, I'm gonna beat it.

- Sure you are. Get an interview...

...of the old man

Bradford and his daughter.

Take Izzy Wright. Take

pictures of them both,...

...especially the daughter

and keep it exclusive.

Ah, you mean futuristic pictures

Get out of here. And don't

forget you're newspaper men.

Oh, are we?

Look, those buzzards beat us to it.

Come on, Tony, take it

easy. Val isnt here yet.

Oh, is that so?

Well, we'll se you later.

Drive around the corner.

You see that stuff? You

can't get to anybody here,...

...not even that old man Bradford.

You hide in the garage. I'll stand

here and catch her if she comes in.

Ok.

Hello, Val.

Got it. Come on, Val,

give me the story, quick.

- Is that your man?

- Sure, but

- Give me that camera.

- Oh, Val, listen.

Give me that camera. Will not

have my pictures on the paper.

Val, Val, dont take it so big.

So that's the way you help me, is it?

Tony, don't take it so big.

Val, wait a minute, let

me explain. Val, please.

Val, you know I

wouldnt let anything get...

...in the papers that

would hurt you. Val, Val!

- Come on. Izzy, let's get out of here.

- Wait a minute, Tony.

What's the matter?

You don't suppose

Good Lord!

Cold. Dead for hours.

This is the car Miss Bradford's

been running around in?

Sure, Val used Arlene's

car and she's been...

...driving this way all over town.

- Oh, what a picture, what a picture.

- Thorne, this is Tony Sterling,...

...let me talk to Miss

Bradford, it's important.

Just a minute, please.

Miss Valkyr, Mr. Sterling

on the house phone for you.

I don't want to speak to him.

Hello

But I tell you it's

All right.

Tony Sterling's speaking, city desk.

Hello, Hogue, this is Tony. I'm in

the Bradford garage and I have the

- ... biggest story printed since

- As for the next, I've seen it once.

Izzy and I just found Arlene

Bradford dead in the back of her car.

Her sister was driving all over town not...

...knowing she had the body

right there with her.

- Hold it, hold it. Got it.

- Izzy has pictures of everything.

How's that for a break?

Shall I call the cops?

Call the cops? You do

it and you're fired!

Don't tell anybody,

not even the Bradfords.

You and Izzy get down here with

those plates as fast as you can and...

...lock that rumble seat until

the deadline of the last edition.

All right.

- Gotta get another one right from here.

- The boss says to keep everything

Yeah, well the get

these plates printed.

- Open it up.

- Hey, are you crazy?

- There's somebody coming.

- Is it?

Tony, what was it you

wanted to say to me?

Listen Val, there's

something you should know.

- But it's for you only. Arlene

- Arlene!

That is, I mean, Arlene's car

What he wants to say is

leave everything to the journal.

They'll do more towards finding

your sister than anyone in the world.

Oh, that's wonderful of you.

Oh, Tony, I've needed you

all day, I've been so worried.

And father wouldn't pay any attention

to me. He was furious when I

Well, Val, we'll

straighten everything out.

Miss Bradford, your

father wishes to see you.

All right, Thorne. I'm in for it now.

Oh, Tony, will you come with me? Father's

been so upset of my going to the police...

- ... that I dread facing him alone.

- You bet I will.

That's a swell idea, swell idea. Tony's

the best man in San Francisco for the job.

Tell Hogue I'll be along

in about half an hour.

You'll bet, I'll see you later.

- Val, what made you go to the police?

- Some very odd incidents that happened...

...happened last night and a note

from Arlene that I found in her room.

And then there was Spencer

Carlton, he acted so queerly.

I havent been able

to reach him all day.

Well, that's the way it looks to

me. Don't worry about Carlton,...

...I told him to keep away from the

office 'till things get cleared up.

The accounts will be finished either

late tonight or in the morning...

...and we'll need him then.

- Better not.

- Don't be afraid, I'll handle him alone.

Sterling, how the devil

did you get in here?

I came in place of Miss Val to talk to

you aboutabout Arlene's disappearance.

Val made a great mistake

in going to the police.

You're making the mistake.

There's absolutely

nothing to have fears.

But the journal is in

possession of vital information...

which leads us to

believe that Arlene is

- ... well, at least in great danger.

- Sounds like a newspaper trick.

- If this a hoax

- Believe me, it isn't.

Oh, I cant give you

information now but...

...I want to know what happened

exactly last night.

Literally nothing.

- Come on, be a good fellow.

- He's a tough fellow that guy.

Well, Louise, we know just as

little now as we knew this morning.

Come in.

- A telegram for you, Miss Bradford.

- Thanks.

Dear Val, I'm in trouble and

I want to come home. Stop.

Bring my car and that envelope

I gave as soon as you can...

...to the end of the Butcher Town

Bridge. Stop.

Come alone. Love=Arlene.

It's from my sister. She's all

right. I'm gonna go and pick her up.

Quick, my hat and coat.

Thorne, wait a minute.

Yes, Miss.

Thorne, give this to father and

tell Mr. Sterling I'll be right back.

Yes, Miss Bradford.

Then you can't tell me anything?

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