Test Pilot Page #8

It's so stern and so sweet

And so dumb.

It's halfway between

An indian and a gazelle,

And I can't do anything

Against it.

Oh, won't the landlady

Be glad to see you, too?

Hmm?

How she likes you.

She likes me?

Does she.

She kept asking me,

"when in the world

Will Mr. Lane be home?"

She's

A fine woman.

Say, how much do we owe her, darling?

About $200, darling.

Oh, well, that's nothing, is it?

No, but I'll bet you haven't got

All of that 10,000 left, have you?

I'll bet-let's see.

5 days...

Gee whiz,

The way you spend it,

I'll bet you haven't

Got over-

Over 6,000 or 7,000 left,

Have you?

Not over that,

Dear.

Well, it's a lot more

Than $10, isn't it?

Remember the night

We only had $10, darling?

Boy!

Uh, gunner tells me

You got home all right.

Yes. Here I am.

I'm home.

Yeah.

That's right.

Kind of a lonesome trip, though...

Probably.

Better than

Mrs. Benson's.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, ann.

I'm broke.

I'm asking for your

Hand. I want to shake it.

I know you're broke.

I was only teasing.

But I know Mrs. Benson

Isn't broke.

That was lovely

Of you, pal.

I'll bet you were funny when

You were giving it to her.

I wish I'd been

Behind the screen.

Hey!

What?

You're some girl!

Oh!

I see. I see now.

You do? What?

I see what you are.

You're all right.

And listen, you know

What I'm going to do?

I'm going to do something

That'll surprise you.

I'm going to show you

What I think of you.

I'm going out and grab

Some wine and drink to you.

What a surprise!

Don't kid yourself. Any dame

That accepts things like that

Isn't a dame.

She's something else.

Is that joint open on the corner?

Never mind. I'll break in if it isn't.

I'll be back with the bacon.

I'm drinking to a woman.

I'm drinking to your mother,

I'm drinking to your father,

And I'm drinking to the whole

Cornfed state of kansas.

I've been around him

A long time.

That's the first time I ever heard

Him praise anything but himself.

I can't believe it.

But you've got it coming.

It was fine.

Why? What else do you do

When there's nothing to do?

It's easy to be gallant

When you're doomed.

What do you mean,

Doomed?

You should

Ask me that.

Who said I was a sucker

When he was on fire?

I've had 5 days

To think, haven't I?

Don't you think I know

He has to get drunk?

Don't you think I can think with you?

And don't you think, Mr.

Gunner, I've tried to walk out?

I've got a ticket in

My pocketbook, even.

I've packed my bag so

Many times it's worn out,

But I didn't go,

And now I'm going

To be drunk to.

But, ann, you shouldn't

Think like that,

Because

- because it's no way to think. It's crazy.

Well,

This is crazier.

3 roads face us, and there's

Doom at the end of each.

Suppose

He didn't drink,

He slapped her

Back again,

And he sits around, his

Nerves screaming with triumph.

He sits around

Drinking sarsaparilla with ann-me.

How he would

Love me.

The second road

Is worse than that.

He's retired from flying

And works on the ground.

Imagine a man with

His heart in the sky

Living with a woman

On the ground.

He wouldn't like

Himself very much,

And I wouldn't like him, either, gunner.

Oh, no. He's in love

With a woman with wings.

She's got him. I've

No way to cut her out.

But there's

Another road.

Yes, there is,

And we're on it.

We go on as if nothing had happened.

He goes in the next race, another bat,

Another race,

Another bat,

Until someday, when he's

Not quite so young and quick,

She slaps him out,

And Mrs. Benson takes

Another man home on the train.

How do you like it?

You know, don't you?

No, no, I don't know. I've

Only had it for 10 years,

And you hit it right

On the nose, too.

You just sit

And wait for it.

What do I do it for?

Because there's nothing

Else to do. He gets you.

There's no fun being

With anybody else.

What's fun about waiting

For somebody to die?

Every ticktock

Of the clock-

Still living,

Still living,

Still living,

Still living.

What for?

I won't do it.

I won't love him

That much.

What do you think

I'm made of?

How can you expect

Me to do that?

You didn't say

I was a sucker.

You said I was the champion of them.

Well, I won't be.

Haven't I the right

To live my life

Without being tortured every second?

Haven't I?

Haven't I?!

What's the matter?

I'm leaving you, that's what

It is, on the next train.

You'll never

See me again.

Don't blow on me, ann.

Right now.

Give me a chance to make

Up for this, will you? No.

Come on. Give me a chance. I'm

Not used to being married yet.

No.

But I'll pick up.

I never asked anybody

To do anything

For me before.

That's a good start,

Isn't it, ann?

I won't do it.

I've been looking forward to

Seeing you all day. Ask the gunner.

I don't care.

And listen, dear, I'm going to

Prove a lot of things to you.

We started on that

Last party together.

I can see your face

Before me right now,

Sitting there

Through all that smoke.

We were even flirting,

Weren't we? Sure we were.

That party is going to

End up with you.

You go in the kitchen

And make some sandwiches,

And we'll make believe there

Were no 5 days in between.

Just you and I

On a little blowoff.

See the idea of it, ann?

Please see.

No.

Take it easy, pal.

It's all right. You

Can't blame her, I guess.

All that talk of sweden

And all that.

You know those things

Are disappointing.

And she tried hard

To forgive me, didn't she?

I wish she hadn't made me

Believe it, though.

She was kind of sweet the

Way she talked at first.

Well, that's all right.

A lot of angles

To it, boy.

Yeah? There's just

One angle to it, boy-

She doesn't love me as much

As I thought she did.

That's the ticket when

You get right down to it,

And there's nothing

You can do about that.

Yeah, and that's

All right, too.

Oh, I don't know.

Yeah? Well,

She fooled me good.

I thought I rated higher

Than a few days drunk.

I'm sorry I asked her

To stay now,

Because I did ask her. You

Were in the room. You heard me.

I actually asked her

To stay.

I did something I never

Did before in my life-

I begged a girl

To be my girl. Hmm!

And I didn't beg her once.

I begged her twice.

Me! A little country girl

Off of a kansas farm,

And I begged her.

I ought to go in there

And tell her right now!

I'm packed.

See all my things?

You just happened

To come back

At the wrong

Moment, dear.

I was telling gunner how

Lonesome I was, that's all.

After this,

I'll understand.

Your life is yours, and the

Loudest applause you'll hear of all

Will be me in the stands.

So, do you still want me

To come to the party?

I'll make a cheese sandwich if you do.

I do that very well.

Gee, I'm glad

To see you, crazy.

Did you really see my

Face through the smoke?

How's your sky girl? Have you

Slapped her since I've seen you?

Yes, dear.

I know you don't want me

To get out of here now.

There's that funny look coming over

Your funny mug

Again.

See it, gunner?

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