Lost in Alaska Page #2

Clock says 8:
00.

Get some fresh air.

Psst. Hey. Hey, you.

What do you want now? The clock

says 8:
00 and it's dark out.

It shouldn't be dark when

it's 8:
00. How would you know?

You've never been up

at this hour.

That's only four times.

Hey! Hey, you.

Huh?

The clock says 8:00... Listen, I don't

get up until 9:
00. Now leave me alone.

I know, but the clock says 8:00

and the church steeple rang four times.

So in another hour, it'll

ring five times more. Yeah.

Five and four is nine,

so I've got another hour so sleep.

Now, go away from me.

Psst, psst.

You were right before.

The clock just struck 9:00.

My turn.

I tried to tell you that.

I gotta go over toJoe's place

and get his things. Uh-huh.

Ahh.

Whew.

Where's his key?

There we are.

Now, you watch out

forJoe there. I...

Get up outta there.

Get up!

Get up and don't wake upJoe.

My shift comes awful fast.

Never mind that. I can't even trust you. As soon as my

back is turned, all you wanna do is sleep, sleep, sleep!

Don't you get enough sleep?

Come here. Take that key. You go over

toJoe's place and get his things for him.

Come here. I'll get your clothes.

Yeah. Here you are, Geor...

George?

Now, where did he... George!

Will you get up outta there?

George, come on.

Come on. Pull yourself

together. Shh. Don't wake upJoe.

Huh? Don't wake upJoe.

Put that pillow down.

Put it down! Put it down.

Come on.

Shh. Don't make any noise.

Come on. Come on, George!

Don't make any noise.

You'll wake upJoe.

Go ahead, get out.

Get out. Get out.

Put your clothes on out there

and come right back.

What's the matter? Uh, nothing

at all, pal. Go back to sleep.

Go back to sleep, pal.

I'll take care of everything.

He says he belongs here. I found him

sleeping on Joe McDermott's doorstep.

Oh, good morning,

Captain Chisholm.

NuggetJoe. I've been looking

for you ever since I docked.

I got a note for you from up north.

It's... Oh, here. It's from Rosette.

Yeah. I don't care who it...

From Rosette!

Hey! She wants me back!

Rosette wants me back!

I'm sailing with the tide.

I gather I've got another passenger.

Yeah, you sure have.

Um, boy. I wouldn't be alive now

if it weren't for you boys.

I don't know how I can repay you. Ohhh.

Oh, the gold? Of course,

take it. It's all yours.

I got a mountain of it

in the Yukon.

Oh, Joe, you shouldn't have.

I shouldn't have a mountain of it

in the Yukon?

Oh, no. No, no, no, Joe.

George. George, wake up.

Huh? Wake up, George. We're rich.

We're rich! We've gotta

get right down to the bank...

and change some of these rocks

into that green stuff.

The bank don't open till 10:00.

It's only 7:
00 now.

There's nothing

like being first in line.

Wait a minute. Only 7:00?

Two hours ago it was 9:00.

Well, what's, uh, two from nine?

Seven.

That's what time it is.

Come on. Come on.

Let me outta here!

I'm going to see my Rosette.

She's wonderful!

She's a girl?

Certainly she's a girl!

Well, gold is selling

at $20 and 67 cents an ounce.

Twelve ounces to the pound

is $330 and 72 cents a pound.

There must be

at least 45 pounds there.

Come on. Get up on your feet. The

bank will be opening up any minute now.

Come on. I wanna see

how much gold we got.

You wanted to get here

to beat everybody to the bank.

I've been standing here for three hours. I could've

went home, had some sleep. I wanted to beat the crowd.

You wanted to beat the crowd. Two guys

here. This must be their off season.

I wouldn't flash that stuff around

if I were you, mister.

Why not? A prospector was robbed last

night and his body thrown into the bay.

Did they catch the killer? No,

but the police know who did it.

They do, huh? Yeah. It was a

couple of volunteer firemen.

Anybody we know?

Uh, who did they kill?

A character out of the Yukon.

Uh, "NuggetJoe McDermott. "

There must be two NuggetJoes.

Here. Read it for yourself.

Yeah, I'd like to.

Go ahead, gentlemen.

Read that.

It's gonna rain tomorrow.

Never mind that! Read the other.

Oh, my. Oh, my.

Oh, my.

"Police are looking

for two volunteer firemen. "

Here. Take the gold.

Oh, boy.

Ooh!

Ya thief!

"Take the gold, ya thief"?

Oh, this is funny.

You're wanted for my murder.

Well, we finally found something

that makes the guy laugh... murder!

We didn't murder him.

Get a load of this.

"Police suspected foul play...

"when they found the tattered remains

of NuggetJoe's clothing...

on a waterfront pier. "

That's you! Foul play? You saved my life!

"Further evidence was supplied by the

alleged killers' landlady, Mrs. McGillicuddy,

who was paid in gold nuggets and was told,

'There's plenty more where this came from. "

Why, they could hang you

on this alone!

Oh, no.

Wait a minute.

They can hang you...

hang you by the neck!

Hang you by the neck

until you're dead.

They can hang you!

Yeah, yeah!

They could hang me by the neck

until I'm dead.

No. No.

Well, it's lucky... It's lucky we got

onboard this boat before it sailed.

Now you can come down to the police

station and prove we're innocent.

No, I can't. I can't.

I've got to go up to get Rosette.

This is the last boat to Alaska

for a month!

Joe, come on to the police department.

Let them see you're alive...

What did you say? I said, let's go

to the police department, show them...

I... I can't hear him!

Nobody can hear!

Shh! Shh! Wait.

Nobody can hear!

Stop the whistles!

You've gotta come...

I can't hear ya!

What did he say?

Bwoooop!

Bwoooop!

Don't you start.

Please.

We've got to...

Bwooop!

Which way...

Which way is the kitchen?

Downstairs.

Skagway!

How do you like it?

I'd rather be headed back for San

Francisco and prove that you're alive.

Let's find Rosette,

get the first boat out of here.

There won't be a boat

leaving for a week.

But don't worry about me. Rosette

loves me and I aim to keep alive.

Somebody aims to keep you dead.

What a town.

Wait a minute. Must be something

wrong. Who'd wanna shoot you?

Could be Bob Quinn. But

why does he wanna shoot you?

Well, I had to hang his brother a few years

ago, and somehow he's never gotten over it.

I was sheriff of Skagway in '87.

In those days,

it was a real tough town.

Hey. Did you

hang anybody else?

Quite a few. As a matter of

pride, I kept a list. Ohhh.

Hey, you got quite a list.

Twelve names, in fact.

You got nothing to worry about.

He was shooting at me.

Come on, boys. Let's go. Hey. Wait

a minute. He was shooting at you.

Do realize if he kills you,

they'll hang us in San Francisco?

Hey, wait a minute. What about the

others that you've hung here in Skagway?

Have they got any relatives? Oh, I suppose so, but

they don't average more than three or four to a family.

Wait a minute. That's about 40 other

guys that are out gunning for you.

That's about right.

Don't worry about them.

I have plenty of friends up here.

Get out! Get out!

That's my place! That's my place!

Now, who was that?

I just got a squint.

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