Saboteur Page #4

- Oh.

I guess he's alright, then.

You needn't worry. He's alright.

He's a darling blacksmith,

only I'm not sure how much

experience he's had with handcuffs.

Do you mind if I see them?

I wonder - I can't quite see.

Could you hold them nearer?

- Now I feel better.

- I'll bet you do.

I'll bet this makes you feel great.

The blacksmith shop is two miles back.

We're on our way to the police.

Your uncle's gonna be proud of you!

The world isn't full

of kind old gentlemen.

Even my uncle wouldn't have been

so kind if he'd known more about you.

Alright, go ahead. What'd I do?

If it had been any other crime -

if a man had stolen

because he was staving,

even committed murder

to defend himself,

maybe I wouldn't tell the police,

but there's only one reason

why a man commits sabotage.

That's worse than murder.

Surprise, Miss Martin, I agree.

- Please don't talk to me.

- My pleasure.

Well! I'll see that she doesn't!

Never try driving this way. It hurts.

I'm stopping the first car I see!

Help!

Come on.

I can't get in the car without you.

Let me go! Help!

Help! Get the police!

Help!

My, they must be terribly in love.

Looks as though this car

has been overheated.

Fan's broken.

I'm cold.

Yeah, I know. And you're hungry.

No. Mostly I'm cold.

If you'd stop trying to be a hero

and decide to be on my side,

maybe we could do something

about your being cold.

Build a fire?

No, I wasn't exactly thinking of that.

Well, I didn't want to insult you

by not even trying.

What do you want to turn me in for?

Haven't you got your picture

stuck up in enough places now?

I just want to do my duty.

That's hard for you to understand.

- Why won't you believe I'm alright?

- Cos you still don't make sense.

If you hadn't done it,

you would have gone to the police.

It's a question of time!

It'd take weeks to convince them.

If they're as dumb as you are,

it'll take me months.

Do you think we're very far

from Soda City?

I don't know.

We'll ask at the next town.

If there's a next town.

Anyway, I don't believe

that part about Tobin.

You don't believe it because he's got

a big ranch, and a lovely pool, and -

No. It's just hard to believe that

about any American.

Well, you believe it about me!

Well, you're different.

You look like a saboteur.

You have a saboteur's disposition.

Don't tell me you've decided

to be on my side.

No, I'm cold.

Say, aren't you wasting

your very valuable time,

sitting up here admiring the scenery?

Hey, look at that.

Looks like we've got company.

What do you suppose

all that's doing way up here?

They aren't moving very fast, are they?

You know what we can do?

Oh, no, you won't.

Sorry, I can't take a chance.

You're right.

I'll kill you the first opportunity...

Let go of me!

- Let me go!

- Ouch!

Help! Help!

Won't you give me one break?

Wait till we get to Soda City?

Alright. I'm sorry I've got to

leave you here alone,

but I told you what I've got to do.

There's only one thing I want

to warn you about: Snakes.

There are a lot out here.

There's only five or six poisonous ones,

but there are a lot of long,

slippery, slimy ones.

Barry!

I'm coming up in the world.

Now I'm better than the snakes.

- Barry, please!

- Are you with me?

Yes, yes!

What made you change your mind?

I can't turn you in

if I'm stuck out there.

So that's it. Go back with the reptiles.

- Let me go!

- Who's there?

You've got no right here!

Stop it and get off!

Now, now, Major.

Ah, stowaways.

In the middle of this desert sea,

we acquire two more vagabonds.

Bedouins like ourselves, eh, Esmeralda?

Why, they're just a couple of kids.

Uh... our car broke down,

and we've walked for miles.

We saw your bus and hopped on.

We didn't want to wake you.

Broke down, eh?

We didn't pass no wrecks

on the highway.

- Sounds like a pack of lies.

- We were off on a side road.

I know. A moonlight night

and a parked car. That's nice.

- Oh, no, really -

- Esmeralda!

Everywhere you search for sex.

Get your eyes out of the mud

and look up at the stars.

Oh, I beg your pardon.

My name is Bones.

- Also known as the human skeleton.

- How do you do?

And this is Esmeralda, our bearded lady.

Naturally, we're very proud

to have her as a member of our group.

You must be tired. Come on in and rest.

We're trying to get to Soda City,

a couple hundred miles north, I think.

You won't get there till morning,

so make yourselves comfortable.

You must meet our other co-worker:

Titania, our little human mountain.

- A very great lady, indeed.

- How do you do?

What goes on there?

- Oh, did we wake you?

- Oh, I was awake.

I wish you'd tell Minnie to do

something about that insomnia.

Tell Marigold to shut her silly old face.

Are you girls not speaking

to each other again?

Marigold's mad because I got her beau

away from her in the last county.

Kindly tell Minnie

I heard that last remark.

I wouldn't have the gentleman as a gift.

Girls! What will our guests think?

- Hey, he's cute!

- You hear that? There she goes again.

Stop your squabbling.

- They've been walking for miles!

- Nobody gave you a lift?

The normal are normally cold-hearted.

- Stop gabbling. Get these tramps off!

- A cold heart.

I won't take no insults. Get em off.

- Aw, Major, honey -

- Don't "honey" me!

I've got a contract.

It provides for safe transportation

and don't say nothing

about picking up hobos.

- That's the police.

- They must be looking for somebody.

Who could they want?

- Me, I guess.

- Oh!

They came for you. He has handcuffs on.

What do they want you for?

For something somebody else did.

I don't believe he's

done anything wrong!

I've always told Minnie

she'd get mixed up with the police.

They're starting to search at the front.

Well, what are you waiting for?

Hand them over to the police.

- He's perfectly right.

- He's a little stinker.

Seems a terrible thing to do,

but it would be terrible, too, if we -

- Alright, Bones, call the cops!

- Just a minute, Major.

In this situation I find a parallel

for the present predicament.

We stand defeated at the outset.

You, Esmeralda, have sympathy,

yet you're willing to remain passive.

I have a belief, and yet I'm tempted

to let myself be over-ridden by force.

The rest of you, with the exception

of this malignant jerk,

are ignorant of the facts

and, therefore, confused.

Thank heaven we're

still members of a democracy.

- We'll vote.

- I'm against voting!

Fascists!

You know how we stand so far.

The twins, as usual,

are on opposite sides,

and so their votes pair.

Titania's on both sides at once,

and therefore neutral.

The major is for delivering these

people to the police,

and I, frankly, am against it.

Esmeralda, the decision is up to you.

I don't want any trouble

any more than anybody else,

but while you've been talking,

I've been looking at something -

something pretty fine too.

I've been looking at that little girl there

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