King Solomon's Mines Page #4

THEY WERE THE GREAT

TRADERS OF SOLOMON'S TIME.

PERHAPS SOME:

PHOENICIAN RAN:

THE MINE.

GAGOOL, THE WITCH

DOCTOR WHO LOOKS

AFTER THE MINES.

THESE PEOPLE:

BELIEVE THAT SHE'S

100'S OF YEARS OLD.

WOULD YOU SAY:

THAT SHE WAS:

WELL-PRESERVED?

REMINDS ME:

OF MY POOR OLD:

AUNT HANNAH.

SHE CAME TO NO GOOD.

[Speaking Kukuana]

SHE ASKS WHY THE

WHITE MAN'S SERVANT

WALKS LIKE A PRINCE?

I'VE NOTICED IT

MYSELF, AN UNCOMMONLY

GOOD WALKER.

ASK HER IF SHE'S

SEEN A WHITE MAN.

[Speaking Kukuana]

[Speaking Kukuana]

SHE HAS?

PERHAPS IT WAS:

YESTERDAY,

PERHAPS IT WAS:

100 YEARS AGO.

TIME HAS NO:

MEANING TO HER.

[Rumbling]

THROUGH THAT DOOR,

SLAVES BROUGHT JEWELS

FOR THE QUEEN:

OF SHEBA THOUSANDS

OF YEARS AGO.

AND PATRICK O'BRIEN

WENT IN TO FIND HIS

FORTUNE. COME ON.

CAREFUL,

INKOOSI.

TWALA DARE NOT HARM

YOU HERE. THE PEOPLE

THINK YOU GODS.

ONCE INSIDE,

HE HAS NO:

ONE TO FEAR.

THE STONE:

WILL ROLL BACK.

[Shouting]

COME AWAY.

[Speaking Kukuana]

[Shouting]

[Rumbling]

GET OUT OF HERE!

GIVE ME THAT!

[Shouts]

KILL HIM,

YOU'LL HAVE

THE LOT ON US.

THEY'VE NEVER

SEEN A GUN:

FIRED BEFORE.

[Crowd screaming]

I BET THAT:

MADE HIM FEEL:

PRETTY SILLY.

[Drums beating]

[Chanting]

OUR ONE CHANCE IS

TO ESCAPE BEFORE

THEY MAKE UP THEIR MINDS.

I'M AFRAID IT IS.

SOMEONE WILL:

HAVE TO DEAL:

WITH THE GUARD.

PITY, SEEMED

A VERY DECENT:

FELLOW.

ALL RIGHT, BUT

I'M STOPPING HERE.

KATHY, BE SENSIBLE.

YOU CAN'T.

I CAME HERE:

TO FIND ME FATHER.

THERE ISN'T A VESTIGE OF

PROOF THAT YOUR FATHER

EVER REACHED HERE.

HAVE IT YOUR OWN WAY.

ME SHAMROCK!

BUT I--IT'S NOT--

IT IS HIS!

ME FATHER'S!

SO HE IS HERE.

NOW DO YOU WAN ME TO RUN AWAY?

WHERE DID YOU:

FIND THIS?

ON THE WAY:

TO THE MINE.

KATHY, YOU SAW WHAT

NEARLY HAPPENED TO US.

THIS PROVES THAT IT

MUST HAVE HAPPENED

TO YOUR FATHER.

IF YOUR FATHER:

LOVED YOU AS MUCH

AS YOU LOVE HIM,

HE'D BE THE LAST ONE

TO WANT YOU TO STAY.

WOULDN'T HE?

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

I'M SORRY, KATHY.

AGREED, WE

LEAVE TONIGHT?

YES.

IT IS NOT AGREED.

YOU MUST STAY.

I'M IN CHARGE HERE.

I TOLD YOU THAT BEFORE.

THAT WAS IN YOUR

COUNTRY. WE ARE

NOW IN MINE.

YOU CANNOT ESCAPE.

EVERYWHERE, THE MEN

OF TWALA WATCH.

ONE STEP BEYOND THAT

DOOR AND A SPEAR

WILL PIERCE YOUR BACK.

HOW DO YOU:

KNOW THAT?

TOMORROW THE DRUMS BEAT,

THEY SMELL OUT THE EVILDOERS.

GAGOOL WILL PUT HER MARK

ON THE ENEMIES OF THE KING.

THEY DIE LIKE CATTLE.

LOOKS LIKE A RED-

LETTER DAY FOR ALL

OF US, DOESN'T IT?

YET THE PEOPLE ARE WEARY

OF WICKEDNESS AND BLOOD.

IF THERE WAS ONE TO LEAD THEM,

THEY WOULD RISE UP.

ISN'T THERE ONE?

PERHAPS HE COULD BE FOUND.

WHO ARE YOU?

THE MAN WHO LOOKS

FOR DIAMONDS AND

HANGS ABOUT YOUR CAMP.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

ONCE THERE WAS:

A KING IN THIS LAND,

IMOTU THE LOVED,

BUT HE FOUGHT:

THE WICKED GAGOOL,

WHO IS OLDER THAN

THE MEMORY OF:

THE OLDEST MAN.

FOR THAT, SHE MADE HIS

BROTHER TWALA THE ONE-EYED

KILL HIM WHILE HE SLEPT.

THE WIFE OF IMOTU

AND THE SON OF IMOTU

WERE DRIVEN INTO THE DESERT.

IT IS SAID THEY DIED.

IF THEY DIDN'T, THE

SON OF IMOTU SHOULD

BE KING AND NOT TWALA.

YOU ARE THE:

SON OF IMOTU.

I AM THE:

SON OF IMOTU.

[Drums beating]

[Whispering in Kukuana]

[Drums beating, chanting]

[Umbopa speaking Kukuana]

THE COMMITTEE:

SEEMS UNANIMOUS.

I ALWAYS THOUGH THAT FELLOW HAD A SPOT

OF ROYAL BLOOD IN HIM.

YOU DON'T GET A SNAKE

ON YOUR STOMACH:

FOR NOTHING, YOU KNOW.

IT IS AGREED.

TOMORROW AT:

THE SMELLING-OUT

OF THE EVILDOERS,

THEY WILL LEAD:

THE PEOPLE OF THE KUKUANA

AGAINST TWALA,

BUT I NEED YOUR HELP.

AND IN RETURN:

I OFFER YOU YOUR LIVES

AND THE FREEDOM OF THE MINES.

FOR YOU, THE DIAMONDS, RICHES.

FOR YOU, ADVENTURE.

FOR YOU, THE HAPPINESS

OF THE INKOOSIKAS.

TODAY, YOU SAW

HOW TWALA TREATS STRANGERS.

IF YOUR FATHER IS ALIVE,

HE IS IN THE MINE.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

BEHIND TWALA:

STANDS GAGOOL.

THE PEOPLE FEAR:

HER MAGIC.

THEY WILL RISE ONLY

IF YOU SHOW THEM

A GREATER MAGIC.

YOU LIVE AMONG US.

YOU KNOW THAT THE

WHITE MAN HAS NO MAGIC.

I MUST HAVE MAGIC.

AND IF WE CANNOT

GIVE IT?

THE DRUMS WILL ROLL

AT THE SMELLING-OUT.

GAGOOL WILL GIVE THE SIGN.

THE KILLERS WILL SPEED

TO THE EVILDOERS.

THEY WILL BEAT US TO DEATH.

[Chanting, drums beating]

FUNNY TO THINK IT'S

DERBY DAY BACK HOME.

VERY FUNNY.

I HAD A BET:

ON MANITOBA.

THERE'S NO SUCH HORSE.

THERE CERTAINLY IS.

I'VE GOT IT IN MY DIARY.

[Chanting]

HERE IT IS,

DERBY DAY, MANI--

BY JOVE! LOOK HERE!

"11:
15. TOTAL ECLIPSE OF

THE SUN VISIBLE OVER

TENERIFFE, SOUTH AFRICA."

MAGIC!

GOOD, YOU'RE A GENIUS.

11:
15. THAT OUGHT

TO SETTLE 'EM, EH?

IT'S A CHANCE.

IF WE CAN HOLD OUT TILL 11:15.

ARE YOU SURE IT'S

THIS YEAR'S DERBY?

OF COURSE, I WOULDN'T HAVE

HAD A BET ON LAST YEAR'S

DERBY THIS YEAR, WOULD I?

NO.

[Shouts]

[Drumming stops]

[Shouts]

[Crowd repeating chants

in Kukuana]

[Rhythmic chanting]

[Crowd]

OOOOHH!

[Drums beating]

[Drums beating faster]

[Man screams]

WHAT TIME IS IT?

11:
10.

[Drums beating]

[Drums beating faster]

HOW LONG BEFORE:

THEY GET TO US?

A MATTER OF MINUTES.

[Drums beating faster]

[Man screams]

NO SIGN OF:

THE ECLIPSE YET.

WE'RE NEXT.

I HOPE I'M RIGHT

ABOUT THE TIME.

GOD HELP US:

IF YOU'RE NOT.

[Drums beating faster]

[Drums beating faster]

[Speaking Kukuana]

[Shouts]

[Crowd chanting]

[Speaking Kukuana]

[Crowd screaming]

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

[Clapping and song

continuing in Kukuana]

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

[Rhythmic drumming

and clapping]

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

KUKUANA:

[Singing in Kukuana]

KUKUANA:

[Crowd]

KUKUANA:

[Drumming]

KUKUANA:

[Drumming]

[Shouting]

[Drums beating]

[Shouting]

[Chanting]

[Drum beating]

[Shouts in the distance]

[Shouting crowd approaches]

[Umbopa]

WA!

[Shouting]

[Umbopa yelling]

[Shouting]

LAST TIME I FIRED

THIS THING,

IT DIDN'T FIRE.

[Gun clicking]

IT STILL:

DOESN'T.

[Shouting stops]

[Mumbling]

[Speaking Kukuana]

[Shouting]

[Shouts]

[Chanting]

[Shouting]

[Chanting]

[Shouting]

[Shouting]

[Screaming]

[Silence]

[Shouting in Kukuana]

[Crowd repeating chant]

KATHY? KATHY!

SHE'S GONE.

LOOK!

GAGOOL,

THE MINE!

FATHER! FATHER! FATHER!

FATHER!

FATHER!

FATHER!

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

INDEED, I'M

NOT ALL RIGHT,

NOT AFTER:

BREAKING ME LEG.

[Rumbling]

KATHY!

KATHY!

KATHY!

COME ON!

OF COURSE YOU WOULD

BREAK YOUR LEG:

IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.

HOW DO YOU:

EXPECT ME:

TO CARRY YOU?

YOU OLD DEVIL.

KATHY! KATHY!

COME ON, YOU CAN

GET THOSE LATER!

KATHY!

[Gurgling]

[Hissing]

DIDN'T I TELL YOU

HE'D GET HERE?

THANK GOD:

YOU'RE SAFE.

OF COURSE:

I'M SAFE.

SO THIS IS WHAT:

PUT AN END:

TO THE MINES.

THEY STUMBLED:

UPON A VOLCANO.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN

THOSE SKELETONS?

MINERS TRYING TO ESCAPE

AND TRAPPED BY THE LAVA.

OH... HURRY

UP, CURTIS,

WILL YOU?

[Speaking Kukuana]

[Screams]

THIS IS:

GOING, TOO!

COME ON!

TOO BAD THAT WHEN

WE GET TO A FORTUNE

IN DIAMONDS,

THE MOUNTAIN:

SHOULD DECIDE:

TO SIT DOWN ON IT.

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