Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Page #3

Right.

Well, the funniest

part of it

was when that

siren sounded.

Mason went right

straight up in the air

like he'd been shot.

What are you

so gloomy about?

You're off the

hook, aren't you?

You don't owe

anybody anything.

Except maybe society.

Come on, now.

Don't be foolish.

You don't know where

I got that money.

For all you know

I might have found it

in the street.

You're trying to get me in

deeper and deeper, aren't you?

Sweetheart...

right now you're in

over your head.

You stay here.

Who is it?

It's Vic

Mason, pal.

Let me in.

Reach!

What is this?

We're police.

Why, you...

Shut up!

Beat it.

He's not one of my

favorite people, either.

But I'll say

one thing for him.

He's got a heart as

big as a Mac truck.

You know what he did just

before we come up here?

He took all that money

you paid him

and put it right in the pot.

I don't think Cotter here

knows about the old lady.

Is that a fact?

You don't know

about the old lady?

Well, she's very, very sick.

They're sending her to Arizona.

But how far

will Mason's money go?

She needs doctors, nurses

a place to live

and plenty to eat.

It takes a lot of dough

for that sort of thing.

A lot of dough.

6,000 bucks!

Guess we better get on downtown.

Think we better put

the cuffs on him, Reece?

Nah, he ain't

got nothing on him.

You can put your

hands down now.

Sister, you better get

your coat and hat on

if we're going

downtown.

Come on.

Get your coat and hat.

You stay here.

I, uh...

I'm awfully sorry

about the old lady.

She's got TB.

Yeah, I know.

She has to get to Arizona.

Do you...

Do you suppose I could toss

something into the pot?

I suppose it might

be all right.

How much did you

have in mind?

Oh, about...

about 1,400.

You got six grand.

You want to put

in fourteen hundred?

That's all there is left.

Mason got 2,700,

and the other guy got two G's.

There's almost five G's

right there.

And it was the first job

we pulled here

and we were on our way

through to Arizona...

All right, all right,

where's the dough?

In my coat in the bedroom.

I'll get it.

Don't bother.

Reece!

Get this guy's coat

out of there.

Bring the dame, too.

Come on. Come on.

We need a hundred bucks

to get out of town.

The old lady wouldn't

like that.

She needs every cent.

Now listen,

both of you.

I want you to get out of

town on separate buses.

Separate buses,

I said.

And don't come back.

Separate buses

and don't come back.

You got a good

memory, little girl.

Let's go.

Oh, mister?

Please...

could I have my automatic back?

Well, there are at least three

dishonest men in the world.

So you see,

I am not unique.

I wouldn't go through that again

for a million dollars.

Oh, we got off lucky.

Any cop that'll

shake you down

is a cop

that'll kill you.

And just for the

fun of it, too.

Don't ever

forget that.

And will you get rid

of that revolver?

I don't trust them.

They're always empty

when you need

them most.

An automatic is

the only thing.

Ralph, where are you going?

I'll be back

in an hour.

Don't go near Mason.

Please, darling,

stay away from Mason.

I wasn't even

thinking about him.

We're broke.

We've got to get money

to get out of town.

No, Ralph, no!

It's taking too much

of a chance.

You've done too much

already.

Your luck won't hold.

It better hold.

Darling, listen to me.

I've lost my brother,

all I had.

But now I've got you

and I don't want

to lose you, too.

I've got a little money saved

enough to get us

out of the city

out of the state even.

We could start all over.

You could get a job.

How much have you got?

About $20.

Be back in an hour.

It's Jinx.

Anybody with you?

No.

You don't have to say a word.

I know exactly how you feel.

They cleaned us, too.

Well, they

didn't clean me.

I went out the back

door of the shop

when I saw them

coming in.

Oh, you can trust

the Inspector.

I'll bet he took

everything you got.

Inspector?

That shakedown artist

was an inspector?

Yes, Inspector

Weber.

Hmm.

Well, cut yourself a piece

of cake, Inspector.

Hmm.

Cut yourselftwopieces of cake.

Do you mean to tell me

you've still got the money?

Yeah, sure. I've got two

grand right here in my pocket.

Well, that's wonderful.

Then we can all get started

in some new city.

Wait a minute.

Let's not be hasty.

I have an idea we can do some

business with the Inspector.

We might be able

to fix this.

It might be

we won't have to start running.

That would be all right

with you, wouldn't it?

Yeah, sure.

It'd be fine.

All right,

then we stay.

And I don't want

any arguments!

Now, what do we need...

What do we need to make some

recording in this place?

Well, we'd

have to have...

No, Ralph, we've caused

too much trouble already!

What do we need?!

Well, we'd have to have a

portable recording machine.

We use that phonograph

for the playback.

We'll have to have

some ten-inch acetates

some cutting needles,

and a microphone

with about 20 or

30 feet of cable.

All right, get them.

Get them

and give me your two grand.

Give me your two grand!

I might as well have

given it to Weber.

Oh, no. Weber would have

spent it foolishly.

I'm going

to invest it for you.

You fool!

You fool!

You crazy fool!

You said yourself a cop

that'll shake you down

will kill you.

You try and frame Weber

and you'll frame yourself

right into the morgue.

He's too smart for you.

Oh, no, he stopped

being smart

when he took my money.

He's still a big man

and he knows

how to protect himself.

Especially against small-timers

like you

that try and put something

over on him.

Go get the stuff

and start setting it up.

I'll meet you back here.

And darling,

by this time tomorrow

the word small-timer

will have walked

right out of

your vocabulary.

If we're still alive.

Mason?

What do you want?

I want a car.

I thought maybe

you could drive me

and Holiday out of town.

Sorry I can't help

you, Ralph old pal.

Very sorry.

Nothing I'd like better

than to drive you

and the dame somewhere.

And have you put a

bullet in my back.

Oh, you've got me

all wrong, Vic.

I'm not sore.

I'm not holding any grudge.

I can pay 2,000...

$2,000.

You didn't think

I'd let the Inspector clean me,

did you?

I don't care if you

can pay $2 million.

Get out of here.

Vic, you mean you won't help me?

I wouldn't cut you down

if you were hanging.

All right, Vic.

Hello?

Let me speak

to Inspector Weber.

Who's calling?

Vic Mason.

Yeah?

Hello, Inspector?

Ralph Cotter was just in here.

He offered me $2,000

to let him have a car.

Did you let him have it?

What?

Did you let him have it?

No, I didn't let him

have the car.

But I thought you'd like to know

about the $2,000.

Two grand?

Yeah, that's right, Inspector.

All right, thanks.

Okay, good-bye.

Jinx, how much longer

are you going to take?

Hurry up, hurry up,

it's getting close.

What's the matter?

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