Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Page #5

of the doctor's paper?

I came in a little late.

Beside, I'm not up on

cosmic consciousness.

It wasn't on

cosmic consciousness.

It was on the

psychology of knowledge.

Oh, same thing.

What is it,

religion or something?

No,

it's a philosophy.

It goes into

the fourth dimension.

Or I should say

the mathematical conception

of the fourth

dimension.

Oh, that let's me out.

I'd like to see you

at one of the doctor's

meditations, Mr. Murphy.

Oh, I'd be a very

bad influence.

My vibrations would be

positively poisonous.

You see, I don't hold

with the theory

that the fourth dimension

is either philosophical

or mathematical.

I think it's

purely intuition.

Oh?

Hmm. I don't mean

to start an argument

or sound pretentious

but that's the way

I feel about it.

I never heard

that before.

Well, it's something

we should go

into sometime.

Among other things.

Hey, there's a drugstore.

Oh, there'll

be others.

Oh, we don't

want to impose.

Thank you, very much.

This will be fine.

Your name is

Keith Mandon?

Yes.

You formerly practiced

law in this state.

I have not yet

been disbarred.

Quite so.

But I'm sure that such will be the case

in the near future.

Objection.

Sustained.

The prosecutor

will please remember

that a prisoner is innocent

until proven guilty.

Such insinuations

are singularly out of place.

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Mandon, will you

tell us in your own words

your connection

with these people?

It was coercion.

I beg your pardon?

I said coercion.

Will you tell us what

you mean by coercion?

Certainly.

I was sitting at home

one night

relaxing

after a very hard day.

Even the prosecution

will bear me out

that a lawyer's lot,

like the policemen's

is not a very happy one.

Well, anyway, the doorbell rang,

and as my houseboy

was busy in the kitchen

preparing coffee

I answered it myself.

Mr. Mandon?

What do you want?

I want to talk

to you, sir.

Well, this is where I

live, not where I work.

See me up at my

office tomorrow.

Oh, please, Mr. Mandon.

It may be too late then.

This is very urgent.

Very important.

Important

to you, too, sir.

Well, come in.

Well, I can't see

what could be so important

at this hour of the night.

I need some advice,

Mr. Mandon.

People who come to see me

generally do.

Advice on something

that's already happened

or that's going to happen?

Both.

How much money

have you got?

Well, it's not how

much money I have

it's how much

I'm going to have.

I don't deal in futures.

But these futures

are not gambles.

That is, uh, gambles

in the usual sense.

Do these futures include,

by any chance

the breaking

of the law?

Uh-huh.

Any man who breaks the law

is a sucker.

Does that include

the police?

Any policeman who breaks the law

is twice a sucker.

I know two who have.

I've got them nailed.

One of them's

an inspector.

I suppose

you know his name?

Weber.

Charlie Weber?

Inspector

of Detectives.

Toughest man

in the department

and you've

got him nailed.

The rabbit

nailing the wolf.

Wait, stand by,

Highness.

Go back and tell him

I didn't bite.

Who?

The lawyers

who sent you.

Tell them

if they want me disbarred

why don't they file charges

with the bar association.

I don't know

what you're talking about.

Oh, these little traps

they set for me

get more and more complicated

all the time.

Charlie Weber, huh?

Charlie Weber.

What do they take me for,

a fool?

Highness,

throw this fellow out.

Tell him to get out.

Here, here,

put that gun away.

Tell him to get out.

All right, Highness,

leave the room.

Now, put it away.

After you decide

to go with me.

I've got something

to show you

and I'm going to see

to it that it's shown.

Who told you about me?

Doc Green.

What Doc Green?

You know

what Doc Green.

Highness.

Highn...

Get my clothes, Highness.

I'm going out.

Oh, yes, I'm sure of that.

Well, after you've located him,

call me at headquarters.

If I'm not in,

just say Mr. Baker called.

I'll know

what that means.

Mr. Baker.

All right, Inspector Weber.

Mr. Baker.

I'll remember.

Are you convinced?

Yeah, I'm convinced, but, uh...

I don't know what to say.

All I want from you

is a yes or no.

Have I got him

and do you or don't you

want in on this?

Oh, you got him,

all right, but, uh...

he's a big man,

a very tough man.

The slightest mistake

you'll never know

what hit you.

Answer the question.

Are you in or out?

Suppose we go in

the living room

sit down, get

acquainted.

There's a lot of things I want

to find out about you people

before Weber drops

around tomorrow.

Mr. Mandon, what

do you think?

Oh, he's got something,

all right.

I guess he has at that.

All set?

They're right on time.

How are you this afternoon?

Fine, just fine.

I hear Vic Mason

met with an accident.

That so?

Kill him?

Not quite.

Mmm, pity.

This your friend?

Oh, yes,

this is Jinx Raynor

Inspector Weber,

Mr. Reece.

Lieutenant Reece.

I beg your pardon;

Lieutenant Reece.

Does he know

what it's all about?

Mmm, ask him.

He understands

English.

What about this payroll job

you got spotted?

Well?

Yes, sir, that's right.

How big a payroll

is it?

Pretty big.

How big?

Well, it's... pretty big.

Cut it out!

How big is it?

Where is it?

What place?

You better tell him.

You better

tell him.

Inspector Weber,

there's a friend of yours here.

I think we better

have him tell you.

Hello, Charlie.

What are you doing here,

Cherokee?

Having a conference

with my clients.

Clients?

Why, yes, uh...

I sometimes confer with

my clients outside of jail.

As I remember, you've had

quite a bit of trouble

keeping yourself

out of jail in your time.

What is this,

Mandon?

Sit down

and listen.

I can listen

from here.

Suit yourself.

All right, Jinx,

but, uh, not too loud.

No sense in having the neighbors

call the police.

Oh, Inspector...

Still here, huh?

Well, uh...

I thought you'd be on

your way by this time.

Well, we're trying

to get away, sir.

Trying

to locate a car.

There's two

or three buses

leave here for

Arizona every day.

I guess you

don't appreciate

when a guy's good

to you, huh?

I gave you

one break.

Maybe I made

a mistake.

I wanted to leave, Inspector

but he said

we didn't have enough money.

Yeah, that was

the trouble, sir- no money.

You know,

you took all we had

and I had to get in touch

with that friend of mine

who helped me pull

the Hartford job

and he let me have

a few hundred.

Yeah, quite a few.

It added up

to two grand.

Well, I see I can't keep

any secrets from you, sir.

Here it is.

Oh!

Get your hands up.

Get over there against

that wall, all of you.

No, no, no, no,

don't do that, Inspector

You missed

the best part.

The best part's where you

planned to heist the payroll.

Shut up!

Frisk them, Reece.

We haven't got any guns.

Where are they?

In the bedroom.

Where in the bedroom?

Beats me.

Cut that out, John!

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