Pat and Mike Page #7

Boy, will they go for you,

all them Europeans.

- I haven't copped it yet.

- Sure you have.

In my head you have.

The way I figure,

you've got the thing done.

- The thing you're gonna do.

- That's nice.

I can feel it in your bones.

Sure pretty dress

you got covering you.

Thank you.

You certainly are carrying

the right silks tonight, kid.

It does more for you than

them pants you're always wearing.

Easier to play in,

is why I wear the pants.

I think sometimes you ought to

change around. Give the public a break.

I'm not sure

that I'd be able to play in...

- What is this?

- Sorry to barge in.

Well, barge out.

Wait a second, Mike.

Something you don't know.

- Sam's out.

- In fact, it was us bought him.

I never seen him so upset since lately.

See, Sam suffers

from the high blood pressure.

He can't stand the gaff.

He can handle any situation

so long it's a situation...

...without aggravation. Otherwise, no.

And the minute he realized

you were not going to play ball...

...it was a situation with aggravation.

Okay. Thanks for the flash.

Now, get out of here, will you?

Can't you see we're talking

important business? Strategy.

That's just what we want

to talk to you about, Mike. Strategy.

We've been considering...

...and we think you're very foolish,

the both of you.

You don't see it our way.

It's a very full hatful

we can grab off here.

- Blow.

- You shouldn't talk like that, Mike.

- Not to us.

- Please...

What's the matter?

What're you trying to do?

Destroy your own property?

What's wrong with you two pinheads?

Look, can't you see

you're getting her all tensed up?

You're absolutely right, Mike.

I think the best would be for us

to step outside and talk over.

That would be good.

Why outside?

- Well, you know, quiet.

- We wouldn't get the lady all upset.

All right, let's go.

- You stay here. I'll be right back.

- You will?

Well, I hope so.

I ain't finished my baked potato.

Come on, what about it? Let's talk.

- You wanna go to your hometowns?

- We'll talk down over here.

- Mike.

- You stay out of this.

- I wanna go with you.

- You think I can't take care of myself?

- No, I don't.

- I can take care of myself...

...you and them.

Now, stay out of this. Go on.

All right, let's go.

Come on, let's get on with it.

We'll get on.

We want to know what you'll do.

I told you already. I ain't gonna

make no deals with you, see?

- Two against one, huh?

- That's right. Two against one.

And that's how it is

in this business too, wise guy.

- Two against one.

- You want your usual percent...?

Hey, my glasses.

What's the big idea?

Hey, that's no fair, I'm telling you.

Hey, where are my glasses?

- What is it, anyway?

- It's no fair.

Did you ever see

a thing like this before?

Ever see a thing like this before?

What is it?

My glasses.

It's no fair, I'm telling you.

My glasses.

Which one of you belongs to this?

- Where'd you get it, Kronski?

- From the lady.

- Where did you get it?

- Out of his hand.

- Where'd you get it?

- In the head.

- I wanna make a complaint.

- We'll get to that.

Now, which one of you

wants to report bodily injury?

- Nothing.

- Me. Look at that.

And see that?

And where do you think I got that?

- Okay.

- Internal injuries.

All right. What happened?

- Anybody.

- This women blew her top, that's all.

- Did you see the whole thing?

- I sure did. L...

- Could I say a word? Just one word.

- You bet.

I don't think anybody wants a big thing

out of this. We all know each other.

These two gentlemen and I,

we're in business together.

- What kind of business?

- Well...

You see, the three of us,

we own her.

- The three of you?

- Yeah, sure.

She's our lady athlete.

Very well-known, captain.

We got her entered in a tournament

here tomorrow.

- I know.

- Yeah, we had this little disagreement.

You know, a kind of

a misunderstanding.

Why don't you just forget

about the whole thing.

Well, what about this thing?

- Want me to forget this thing too?

- No, sir, I...

- Just show me what happened.

- What's the point?

I'd like to see what happened.

Well, we were standing over

by the car, the three of us.

- Just talking.

- And where were you?

I was in the middle,

where I usually am.

- And you?

- I was up on the porch.

You're in the middle,

get in the middle.

You on the porch, stay there.

You three were arguing.

We were arguing.

They came up behind me there.

In self-defense.

This guy with the glasses on started

like he was gonna throw a punch.

- I got kind of excited.

- That was when I ran down.

Yeah, like Count Fleet

she ran down there.

- What happened to your punch?

- I never threw no...

- No, he didn't get the chance to.

- What happened when you got there?

Well, the first thing,

I disengaged this fellow.

How?

Well, like:

- Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry.

- Let go of me. Let go of me.

What am I around here?

I'm gonna kill somebody here.

Am I a sack of potatoes

around here or something?

And what were you doing

all this time?

- Just what I'm doing now.

- Nothing?

- What else was there to do?

- Then what?

Then...

Well, I am very sorry about this.

I should like to apologize

to this man for doing it.

- Doing what?

- For throwing away his eyeglasses.

She sure did.

I couldn't think of

anything else to do.

Then he went down

to hunt for them...

...and I turned, sort of

to lead Mr. Conovan away.

To lead me? I thought

you were gonna carry me.

- Go ahead.

- Then the little one came toward Mike.

- No. No, I come toward you.

- Anyway, Mike started toward him.

Yeah, I started,

I came at you, remember?

- But I pushed him out of the way.

- What did you do that for?

Well, I didn't want him to get hurt.

No, she didn't want me to get hurt.

Then I think I took

this little one by the wrist.

Go away from me.

Yeah, she grabbed him by the wrist

and he went halfway down like this.

So she took the jack out of his hand

and looked at it...

...and conked him right on the head,

then he fell rest of the way like this:

And what were you doing

all this time?

Just watching.

I hope you fellas

have been on the ball.

- You could learn something.

- She's okay.

- Where'd you pick that up?

- I've been around physical ed for years.

- Physical Ed? Who's he?

- Education.

Okay, come here, all of you.

Henry Tasling, that you?

- That's right.

- Also known as Harry Creavy?

- That's been a long time since.

- Also as Ray Bryler?

Only once. I was little and they used...

Under these names,

have you been apprehended...

...seven times in this state on charges

of illegal betting, bookmaking, assault?

Something like that, yeah.

Are you aware

that a court order signed...

...by Judge Evan McEnroe

August 12, 1949, prohibits you...

...from carrying on any business

of any nature whatsoever in this state?

- I wasn't doing no business.

- He says you were.

- What business?

- Silvester Cauley, that you?

- Yeah.

- Also known as...

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