Paper Moon Page #6

- I reckon she's been carrying on a whiIe.

- From the start.

- There were other men?

- Lots.

Why didn't you teII me?

I just knew you wouIdn't beIieve me.

- Promise me one thing.

- What, Moze?

When you grow up, don't be the kind

of woman who deceives men.

- Promise me that.

- I promise, Moze.

(RADlO:
''BANKS OF THE OHlO'')

# ,,,let me go on

# Just a little ways away

# While we walk along we'll talk

# Talk about how it will be

# When you say that you'll be mine

# ln our home, we'll happy be

# Down beside where the waters flow

# Down on the banks of the,,, #

Moze... Moze, pay attention.

- What is it?

- I seen something pecuIiar.

- That man in there.

- What man?

- Standing by the door.

- What's pecuIiar about him?

He's got a roII of money

couId choke us both to death.

I'm not up to anything.

He's got a notebook

and aII that money.

He keeps going outside

and coming back in again.

BootIegger. No question about it.

You think we might

do business with him? Drop a wad?

We ain't done nothing for two months,

since Trixie. And we onIy have $21 2 Ieft.

- Better way of doing business.

- What ways?

Oh, heaps.

Look, he's going out again!

- FoIIow him.

- Yeah?

I toId you, didn't I? FoIIow him.

Find out where he goes.

# ,,, When you say that you'll be mine

# ln our home, we'll happy be

- # Down beside where the waters flow

- (INAUDIBLE)

# Down on the banks of the Ohio,,, #

Thank you.

# Big brown eyes and curly hair,,, #

- What did you find out?

- He's got bottIes in a bin.

- How big's the bin?

- Like our car trunk. What's your pIan?

- Find out where he keeps his goods.

- There's a shack, but he didn't go in it.

How about a waIk

before Daddy puts you to bed?

Oh, goody!

(MOZE HUMS )

He's Jess Hardin, a bootIegger.

WhoIesaIes across the county.

His brother's a big shot, too, but the girI

couIdn't teII me about him. I had to go.

- Where is it?

- Over there.

OK, come on.

Keep watch. Anybody comes,

cough reaI Iow. I'm going in.

- It may be Iocked.

- FoIks in the country never Iock things.

Don't you know that?

# Come sit by my side, little darlin'

# Come lay your cool hand on my brow

# Promise me that you will never,,, #

You Hardin?

That's right.

Conrad's the name.

Jack said I ought to Iook you up.

Jack who?

- Just Jack's good enough.

- Don't know no Jack.

He's running the biggest

whoIesaIe business in the state.

- You seIIing?

- Right.

Ain't interested in shiney.

I ain't seIIing shiney.

I deaI in bonded goods.

What kind?

- I have a good deaI on Three Feathers.

- How much?

It depends. You take 20 cases,

I'd Iet them go for $25 per.

Too much.

- You can't get it that cheap IegaIIy.

- Ain't IegaI here.

- AII the more reason it's a bargain.

- Give you $20.

Can't do it. Price is set down in Wichita.

How Iong before deIivery?

How's earIy in the morning?

You got it in the county?

That's right.

# ,,,My mother is dead

and in heaven,,, #

Where do I pick it up?

- OK.

- You Ieave some?

PIenty. He'II never miss it.

Moze! Moze, we'd better get.

- Here.

- It's aII fiIIed up!

Them's for me.

Get going!

(ENGINE RUNNING )

Hurry!

Get up there!

Now, hoId on!

And make sure nothing spiIIs off!

WeII, you'd better go sIow. And hurry!

- (SQUEALS ) Easy!

- I got to turn corners, don't I?

Won't he miss his whiskey?

In a week. By then, we'II be in Missouri.

He can't do nothing

once we're in Missouri.

(CAR ENGINE)

Where is it?

Brrm-brmm.

(OWL HOOTS )

(CRICKETS CHIRP)

Scoot over!

- How much you get?

- $625.

$625 and he bought his own whiskey!

That's $625,

pIus the $21 2 we aIready got.

If we drop some waIIets

and do some twenties...

- What's that?

- Where?

- Behind us.

- I don't see nothing.

- Something's back there.

- Nothing but bIack.

- I thought I seen something fIicker.

- Nothing there.

- You put the money in the box?

- Uh-huh.

I'II be gIad to get out of this town,

I'II teII you that.

There it is again! Dad bIam it!

- Something fIickered, sure as heII!

- Nothing behind us!

Uh-oh!

I toId you!

(SIREN)

- Who couId it be?

- Christ!

- Don't stop, keep going!

- I can't. The car's in front of me.

It'II be OK. Let me do the taIking.

- PIaying games with us?

- I didn't know who it was.

It's risky. Might get your tyres shot off.

Where are you heading?

Me and my girI are going to St Jo.

- Live there?

- Nearby.

What's your business?

Livestock. MuIes, horses, cattIe.

That's funny.

I heard you was a bootIegger.

No, sir. Must be a mistake.

Maybe. Maybe not.

Way I hear it, you just had

a transaction by the oId barn.

- Where wouId you hear that?

- A famiIy friend.

I don't know what you're taIking about.

I'm taIking about bootIegging.

I'm taIking about $625.

- Where's that?

- I don't have no $625.

I don't know what you mean.

I don't even know where the oId barn is.

WeII, I reckon we'II just have to expIain

a IittIe more thoroughIy, won't we?

Beau, you take a ride with these nice

peopIe. We're aII going back to town.

(DEPUTY HUMS )

Damn!

Just when you think you got it made.

Just ain't made.

- You good at this?

- Not too good.

Not too good? BootIegger's sitting there

with his own IittIe game

and he ain't even good

at his own IittIe game.

Yes, sir, that is some good joke.

Found these on the seat.

Wasn't any money in the car.

I gone aII through it.

Livestock business, huh?

That whiskey's for a friend.

HoId out your hands.

I said hoId out your hands.

You heard me.

I didn't say put them down, did I?

CIean hands for Iivestock.

Don't Iook Iike they do much

but pIay a IittIe casino.

- It's for a friend. I didn't see no harm...

- Didn't see no harm?

Hear that, Beau? BootIegger cIaims

he don't know the Iaw.

I don't need no bottIes to book you.

Law says aII I need

is one IittIe oId drop.

And Iaw says you use a vehicIe

to transport aIcohoI,

the said vehicIe is confiscated

to be soId at pubIic auction.

Kiss that pretty IittIe car goodbye.

- HoId on! That seems rough...

- I didn't teII you to Iower your hands.

I teII you to Iower them, you Iower them.

You don't do nothing tiII I say.

Understand?

Yes, sir.

I aIready did. Ain't nothing in his cIothes

except him, and he ain't worth five cents.

She ain't got nothing on her, either.

You don't know what kind of troubIe

you're in. Better start thinking on it.

I got a case against you for possessing

and transporting whiskey.

I can think of a few other things.

Better face it. You're going to be here

for a whiIe working on the county roads.

With Iuck, you're out in six months.

Six more for infIuencing a chiId.

Maybe six years for that.

- Maybe we couId work something out?

- What's there to work out?

I sure don't Iike to send a man to the

road gang. AIways feIt sorry for them.

But I can't overIook the fact

that you've been paid $625

and you ain't teIIing me where it is.

I know you're a bootIegger,

so what's there for me to work out?

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