No Time for Love Page #7

around you, the goofier I get.

I'm a grown man. I've taken care

of myself ever since I was a kid.

By my standards, I'm as

good as anybody on earth.

And then you come along and I

start asking myself questions.

Like maybe one person

is better than another...

...and there couldn't be any real

happiness, just momentary infatuation.

Yeah. Yeah, how did you know?

Because I'm nuts about you, Ryan.

Well, I'm not nuts. Katherine

Grant, are you drunk?

Where are your manners?

Can't you see she's busy?

Katherine.

I'll see you inside, Hoppy.

Ryan, if my own sister hasn't the willpower.

...to do as she intended, I'll do it.

If you want to avoid a kick in the pants...

...you'd better clear

out of here and stay out.

What's she talking about?

I haven't the faintest idea.

Have you lost your head completely?

Do you deny that ever

since you met the man...

...you've been deliberately

plotting to make a fool of him?

Tell me that wasn't your plan.

Yeah, go ahead, tell her.

He's got me all mixed up. You see,

that was my intention, but I...

Why do you lie to involve yourself?

You know you've been making

a game of ridiculing him.

Pretending to be attracted.

...so you'd be fed up with

him as quickly as possible.

You've even told that to Henry.

To Henry, huh?

Hoppy, would you please go

inside? I want to talk to Ryan.

No need.

I know what you'd say.

That maybe you weren't on the

level before, but you are now.

That wouldn't be right.

In the morning, you'd wake up

cold-blooded with that same old routine.

...about maybe one person

is better than another.

I guessed right the first time, kid.

You're a phony from heel to heel.

Sleep good.

It's a pretty serious proposition.

If they have to call off the project

for good, the city will lose millions.

So you want me to go down and

photograph a hole that's filled up?

No, not exactly.

You see, there's a man who

says he can save the tunnel...

...and they're giving him

a chance to prove it today.

How's he going to do it?

Now that I don't know.

I realize that this is a spot news

assignment, a bit off your block.

But it's darned important, and, after

all, you're familiar with the work.

Okay. But the idea of one man

saving an entire tunnel project.

...sounds like Aunt Minnie's

pipe dream. What's his name?

Ryan. James Ryan.

Ryan? Do you know him?

Not as well as I thought.

The facts are these...

...this tunnel project has been condemned.

...because of cave-ins

and escaping pressure.

...that make it impossible for the men to

continue working with any degree of safety.

A few years ago, Ryan

went to work as a sandhog.

...to familiarize himself with the

problems of underwater construction.

During this time, he's developed a machine.

which he claims will

permit resumption of work.

Well, we don't know. But

if what he claims is true...

...then Ryan will have

accomplished something.

...that's been attempted

for years without success.

Can't we go in for pictures?

Sorry, but we're not risking any more

lives than is absolutely necessary.

There will be only the officials

and the volunteer sandhog group.

Here's your chance to speak to

Ryan now and photograph his machine.

Couldn't you have hired a small

boy to carry all this junk?

What's he saying?

He's still having trouble

getting the pressure up.

The air is blowing right into the river.

Ryan, these people want to ask some

questions and take a few pictures.

The press, huh?

I used to be in the racket myself.

What about the machine?

Well, the idea for this machine came to me.

while I was watching a

sideshow barker at Coney Island.

This barker put a chemical powder

into a glass of water and froze it.

Of course, the trick was

supposed to have been magic.

It took me a couple of months at

engineering school to find out.

...that it was simply a well-known

endothermic chemical reaction.

How do you spell it? I don't.

So here we are.

The chemical in this feedbox here.

...is forced through these

pipes and into the drills here...

...goes from the drills into the muck...

...freezing any portion of the tunnel end.

...to prevent cave-ins and pressure escapes.

Mind looking this way? Any questions?

We'll fire the questions if it works.

All set, Ryan. The pressure

is as steady as she'll ever be.

Okay. Hey, Clancy. Follow me, please.

Right with you, as soon

as we finish this hand.

Now, you knucklehead.

Coming, Superman.

Sorry, they won't let you

photograph the machine in action.

He's sorry about the nicest things.

A publicity break like that

would be a great help right now.

Good luck. Hope I don't need it.

Hey, Ryan, am I in charge

of your water remover?

Give me those flashbulbs. What goes on?

Didn't I tell you to take it

in through the machine lock?

Yeah, so you did.

Keep your mouth shut. I'm gonna

photograph that machine in action.

But, Kate...

Didn't I tell you I'd meet

you inside in the high air?

Yeah. So what the devil do you wanna know?

What are you waiting for,

you brainless baboons?

Hello, kid, where's your girlfriend?

She...

Oh, I forgot. You ain't very bright.

Well, come on, you lugs, we can't

keep that air high till doomsday.

What's your hurry?

We're working for nothing,

my high and mighty.

And it is doomsday.

Oh, pardon me, dearie, I forgot

you were a bundle of nerves.

Gentlemen...

You can see it from up here.

Then you'll be able to get back in the tank.

...in a hurry if anything happens.

I'll be down with the crew.

Here's hoping.

I'm not worried.

All right in there?

Not enough pressure to

begin to hold back that pump.

when they loosen the boards.

It's as high as we can get it.

Ryan knows what he's up against...

...and he still claims he can do it.

The trouble with me is I keep

volunteering for things without thinking.

Some morning I'm gonna wake

up in the maternity ward.

Did you expect a ride in the

tunnel of love? Bring it down easy.

Keep it coming.

Come on, easy.

All right, hold it there.

Morrisey, get a power hookup for the machine.

Right.

I see eight spots ready to give.

...and bury us in muck in two seconds flat.

I see six spots where we can

get sucked into the river bed.

Those spots you're seeing are from bad booze.

Come on, give me a hand, get the cover off.

All set? Give her the juice.

Throw it out there, you guys.

Untangle that line.

You all set? All right.

Now there can't be any mistakes in this.

...because your first one will be your last.

When you yank that boarding

loose, yank it all the way.

Get clear or we'll be shoving

these drills through your backs.

Got to freeze that muck

before it can bury us.

Do you understand?

Okay. You give us the count.

All right, one, two, three...

Here we go!

We're holding our own.

Wait. What's happening?

It's working. She's slowing down.

Why wouldn't it work? This is my baby.

I'll hang on till it's up

to my ears, but no longer.

It's a dame.

It's that bad-luck dame.

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