Strangers in Love Page #6

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Any real harm?

You've only cheated my father

out of everything in the world.

Cheated your father?

What is the use of pretending, Arthur?

We both know about it.

- Oh, Arthur?

Oh yes.

You mean that business with your father?

- Of course that's what I mean.

Perhaps you'll stop laughing when I tell

you the police are coming to arrest you.

Well, I'm here.

Oh Arthur, I want you to go.

You still have a chance. There's time.

You want me to run away?

- Yes. - Why?

Well, I ..

I don't want you to go to jail.

- Diane.

Why do you want me to go?

Because.

Because?

Oh Arthur, you've got to go.

- Diane.

See.

I'm not Arthur Drake.

You're ..?

You're not ..?

- I'm not .. Arthur Drake.

I can prove it.

I don't blame you for

looking at me like that.

Won't they be surprised when they get

down here and find you aren't Arthur.

Yeah, they'll be surprised.

Buddy.

Buddy, they won't ..?

- Yes, they will.

I must prove I'm not Arthur or they'll

arrest me for the deal with your father.

Then when they find out I'm Buddy ..

They'll put on an extra pair of

handcuffs and take me along after all.

But why? You haven't done anything.

Masquerading as another man.

And taking over the

home that was legally his.

Not so good, Diane.

But Buddy, you .. you

can't just stay here.

Too late to do anything now, Diane.

I should have known this

would be the end of it.

I guess I thought I'd find a hidden

Will or some-such nonsense.

Now the police are on their way.

The time for expecting

a miracle has passed.

But Buddy ..

- No use, Diane.

I can only stay and take it.

I stuck my head up over

the top of the shell hole.

When ping!

Right through the top of my tin hat.

So, so I ducked back again ..

That reminds me when I was

in the tragedy of El Caney.

El Caney?

What battle was that?

- That was the Spanish/American war.

And as I'm telling you,

when I was in the trenches ..

Oh that war. Ha.

Let's see, what was I telling you?

About your tin hat.

Oh yeah, about the tin hat.

So I ducks back again.

And what do you think I hear?

Bzzzzzzzz .. bing!

A German 77 on the hill across

the way had spotted me.

And it was shooting at

me through direct sights.

Bzzzzzzzz .. bing!

Ten yards from me.

And then another one.

Bzzzzzzzz .. bing!

And ..

[ Police siren ]

What's that?

Mice.

That reminds me. When I was

in the trenches at El Caney.

Father.

What?

We've got to do something.

This isn't Arthur.

Isn't?

What are you talking about?

- It's Buddy, father. Buddy Drake.

Arthur was the one who died.

If you are Buddy you can't stay.

They've got you either way.

But it doesn't seem right to run away ..

- Buddy, please.

They're talking sense, Buddy.

You've got to get out of here.

No. We're your friends

and we want you to go.

Besides, if you're ever going to make

Diane happy you've got to go, Buddy.

You've got to go.

- For my sake.

Can you love a man who

deliberately ran from trouble?

Of course I could.

Come on, Buddy.

If I go now, I'll be an outlaw.

I can never come back.

So I'll go with you and neither of us

will come back. Now will you come?

This is insane.

- Buddy, please. You must.

Hey.

Wait a minute, there.

I'm just in time, eh?

- What do you want?

You.

Please, there's been a mistake. I ..

I'll say there has been a mistake

and that's the guy that made it.

I got enough on him to send

him up for the next ten years.

Bring them in, Eddie.

Come on.

Well.

And how are the wife and kiddies?

- Shut up, you.

Your pal here is a phony penman.

He was a little tough to handle.

But after the doll got through yapping.

We figured we'd just about had you

hog-tied and ready to be shipped.

Take them away, Eddie.

Go on, you.

Now, if you've got anything

to say for yourself ..

Now just a minute.

I'm the only one who's been injured

if there has been any irregularities.

And if I refuse to prosecute ..

This is our of your hands, Mr Merrow.

The law is the law and I'm here

to see that it's carried out.

Arthur Drake.

I arrest you for ..

Hey! Who did that? What's the idea?

Who did it?

Well, what do you know about that?

Hey .. stick there.

I say, McPhail.

Hey, I want to speak to you.

Hurry up, Stan .. get going.

Harbor Police?

Simms of the DA's office.

Get out your boats and grab a speedboat

and send it to the outer harbor.

Two guys and a dame.

Yes.

Forgery.

This is a bad business I tell you.

I think it's perfectly thrilling.

I don't understand.

We're liable to be shot at.

I've always wanted to be shot at.

We've got to stop it, Stan.

We'll be killed if you don't.

- Don't stop. Keep on going.

They've hit the gas tank.

Keep on going!

Keep on going!

Look out!

He just got Clark to forge the

Will for him. That's all he done.

Forge a Will? What do you mean?

- Sure. Signed the old man's name to it.

So he'd leave all

the property to Arthur.

Half the estate should have

gone to the other brother.

The one that kicked off.

So you're .. you're not going

to take me to jail after all?

Can't put a man in jail for

taking what belongs to him.

Then you're quite

satisfied that I'm Buddy?

Right.

When Andy McPhail

does something, it's done.

I took care of everything

and it's in the bag.

I never miss.

And I never forget.

Your hat.

Huh?

Oh.

Where is your hat?

You ..

You didn't have any .. hat.

Now where ..

Just where Miss Merrow did we ..

Leave off?

Oh.

Well, Mr Drake.

When Mark Anthony went bck to Rome.

Cleopatra went ..

Wherever she went.

After the asp dd its stuff?

The boy discovered that his

royal employer had made a Will.

And left him the barge.

Yes, the boat .. the boat.

So ..

So what did he do?

He married the girl.

So, then ..?

You went and guessed it after all.

T-G

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