Satan Met a Lady Page #6

if I were to offer you $100,000?

- I'd say I ought to have an advance.

- Oh, of course. Of course.

- You say you got $1,000 from the others?

- That's right.

Supposing we double them.

You don't mean, by any chance,

double-cross them?

Oh, Mr. Shane.

If you really need

an answer to that question...

Supposing we let

the $2,000 do the talking?

I'll be listening.

I'm telling you again, mister.

- Don't hit me. I'll kill you.

- Here, Kenny boy!

- I'll kill you! I'll kill you!

- Here!

It's nice to see you two

getting acquainted.

This stuff makes it possible

to get along with anybody.

And $100,000 more

when you deliver the trumpet.

That makes it highly probable you'll be

the one who'll wind up with the trumpet.

In fact, Madame Barabbas, that settles it.

- You'll get me that trumpet, all right.

- The easiest and safest way I can.

But you're not hiring me

to do any murders.

If any difficulties arise

that calls for violence,

- Kenneth will take care of them.

- Him?

You heard what she said.

You heard what I've been saying.

You won't be the first,

but you'll be more pleasure.

Why, Kenneth,

you shouldn't talk to Mr. Shane like that.

He's wonderfully effective

with a revolver, you know.

I know. Now all he's got to do

is learn to hold on to his revolver.

A crippled newsboy took this away

from Kenneth on the way over.

Well, you won't need much help,

will you, Mr. Shane?

No, Madame.

In a few days, you'll have your trumpet

and I'll have my $100,000.

- Unless...

- Unless what?

Unless the girl's got you

the way she's got all the others.

She hasn't got me any way.

You've got me.

The only way it's possible to get me.

I've got to cool that guy off!

I'm gonna blow him wide open!

- And you can't stop me!

- Stop it, stop it, stop it, Kenny boy!

Wait till he gets the trumpet for us

and then,

Aunty will be glad to let you kill him.

I know, your name isn't on the door yet.

Never mind about the door, kitten.

We'll be moving into greener pastures

if we can keep this treasure hunt going.

My uncle, the professor,

says that story about Roland

is a famous old legend.

There might be such a trumpet.

- No?

- Yeah.

Oh, and here's his answer

all written out for you.

The professor says

there might be such a horn,

and $2,000 says there is.

- Only louder.

- Shane.

Another down payment on the saxophone?

Yes.

Maybe you can make a fortune

by not finding the trumpet.

Baby, when I get this cleared up,

you and I'll have a lot of fun.

Come in.

Don't be frightened, dear lady.

I just came by to apologize

and say how awfully sorry I was I had to

do what I did to your jolly, little place.

You know, all that messing about

with your furniture.

So, I thought I better make

some kind of atonement, so,

- I brought along this corsage.

- Oh, for me?

Yes, I thought it would

probably brighten up the place.

- Because you tore up the furniture?

- No, because I locked you in the cupboard.

Oh, that just shows you

how polite you are.

Yes, yes.

Well, I think I'd better be going.

Goodbye.

The way you scare people off,

I'm not sure you didn't kill Ames.

No kidding, when it's all over with,

will you tell me why you did murder him?

I'll tell you right now, precious.

I murdered him

so I could be alone with you.

Now get me Valerie Purvis on the phone.

- So you can be alone with her.

- And get that trumpet.

The others are still paying off

trying to get it.

- All she's asking for...

- And paying for.

...is protection.

So, she must have it somewhere.

And Papa Shane is going to stick right

with her until he gets his hands on it.

Miss Valerie Purvis?

Papa... Mr. Shane calling.

She's got it and I'm going to have it.

Hello. Valerie?

Look, darling, I'm coming right over.

Something's happened that makes me

think that for the next few days,

you're going

to need my constant protection.

Right.

- Who's that fellow in the uniform?

- He's Dr. Steven Fujiyama.

Oh, Fujiyama, huh?

Oh, that reminds me.

That trumpet of Roland's.

- What did you do with it?

- Didn't I tell you?

I lost it the other day

when I was taking a bath.

Yes, you know, I was blowing away

on it and my hands were soapy and I...

I blew so hard

that it slipped right out of my grasp

and went down the drain of the bathtub.

That's because I wasn't there

to protect you.

- Hello?

- Travers speaking.

What? Travers?

Wait a minute, I'll see if she's home.

- Are you home, Aunty?

- What does that crook want?

- What do you want?

- Probably wants to square himself.

If he's wise, he'll come right back home

to Aunty and behave.

I'm coming over at once.

I have some very important news.

You know,

even with me being pretty sure

that you're trying to double-cross me,

and you being pretty sure

that I'm trying to double-cross you,

being together has been grand.

Well, it's that double-crossing

that's made us trust each other.

Oh, but the double-crossing's

all over now, isn't it, Shane?

It is, sweetheart.

But that's no reason

that we have to break up just because

we're playing fair with each other.

Oh, I have to go.

Shane Detective Agency.

Go right in.

Mr. Shane? Oh, no, I can't disturb him.

He's in a very important conference.

Oh, all right.

Cigar? Drink?

Mr. Shane, I don't know whether

you're familiar with our organization,

the City fathers, but it's dedicated to the

preservation of the good name of our city,

and the peace and prosperity

of its citizens.

Oddly enough, Mr. Shane,

trouble seems to have begun

at just about the exact date

you arrived here to settle down.

In the last three weeks,

two murders have occurred in our city.

And you have been connected

with each of them.

We're being laughed at

by every other city on the coast.

Particularly, your old hometown, which

was wise enough not to let you return.

I know, I've seen that in newspapers.

Everything about these two murders

seems to point in some way to you.

But gentlemen, surely you're too smart

to take the police so seriously.

But it happens that their theory

that you might have killed your partner

seems pretty sound.

We don't say that you did kill him, but

we do say that you can tell us who did.

You give us the Ames killer,

and we'll take care of the rest.

Gentlemen, you've come

to the right place.

But whenever I undertake a case of this

sort, I always get an advance payment.

All we're giving you, Shane,

is 24 hours to give us the Ames killer.

What are you threatening

to do to me, City Papa?

Take me down behind the woodshed

and beat my pants off?

The City fathers

have their own very definite way

of taking care of people like you.

Papa Shane has his ways

of taking care of himself.

Oh, you're not going?

Well, goodbye. Come back again.

I hope you're not going

to become a father.

Take a letter. Allez-up!

Sears and Ward.

My dear...

Don't let me interrupt.

Oh, no.

Oh, I was...

Well, just... Was taking a letter.

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