The Big Steal Page #5

Doesn't that pose something of a problem?

What do you tell the army?

Fiske has it. You gave it to him.

You came down here to meet him

and get your share.

He got away. You didn't.

- There must be a safe place for his body.

- Oh, there is.

Not bad.

Maybe the army will believe you at that.

What about the Mexican police?

When I saw Ortega in Tehuacn...

- Is he in Tehuacn?

- Yeah, he was a while ago.

He was watching the girls

at the Hotel Pennyfields' pool

when he wasn't keeping an eye

on me and Fiske.

Thanks, pal.

Keep him covered, Seton.

Hotel Pennyfields in Tehuacn.

Everything figured out now.

Army training, Duke.

Everything up through channels

since I've been tailing you.

Regular reports,

endorsements, travel orders.

You ought to see my file... Hello.

Inspector General Ortega, por favor.

You see what I mean, Duke?

Everything according to Hoyle.

Would be against regulations for me

to make the arrest myself.

Hello? Hello, Inspector,

this is Captain Blake.

Yes, sir.

I've got the man I was telling you about,

and I want you to take over.

Oh, no, sir, that won't be necessary.

I'll bring him to you at the hotel.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, there's just

one complication, Inspector.

He was killed trying to get away from me.

All right, Duke, start running.

You were shot in the back

while trying to escape.

What about Seton?

You know, you got to shoot him, too.

With him out of the way,

you can give the army back its payroll

and come up smelling like roses

with $150,000 profit.

They'll pin medals on you, Vince.

They might even up your rank.

- Start running, Duke.

- Will you mind dropping that gun, Captain?

Don't turn around, just drop the gun.

- You fool, don't you see what he's up to?

- Possibly.

But on the other hand, considering

the way you treated your partner,

there might be something in what he says.

You see, I plan to come out of this alive.

Don't be...

Please, please, please stop it.

Please stop it!

- Nice shooting, Chiquita.

- I didn't mean to. It just went off.

Huh?

When your teeth stop chattering,

you get Ortega on the phone.

You tell him to come down here pronto,

muy pronto.

- What was what you called Seton?

- Oh, fence.

Fence? Oh.

This English.

- Well, thanks for everything, Inspector.

- The thanks are to you.

- Yes, for helping me get the... goods?

- Goods.

Goods on Seton, such a clever man.

We knew he was a fence,

but we could not prove nothing.

All we could do was to wait

until someone would lead us to he.

Along came Fiske, along came you,

along came Blake.

Now we have nothing to worry for Seton.

- Or Blake, or Fiske.

- Or you.

- Goodbye, Lieutenant.

- Buenas noches.

- Tardes.

- Tardes, Inspector...

- Generale.

- Muy bien.

Well, you're looking at a man

without a thing to worry about.

Travel order's in my pocket

and no guys with handcuffs

waiting at the end of the line.

That's wonderful, Duke.

"Home," the man said,

in 2,000 well-chosen words.

- Do you really want to go home?

- Well, of course I want to.

Maybe you think what we've been doing

for the last couple of days was fun,

but not me.

- Oh.

- Why "oh"?

Just "oh. " It's a two-letter word

meaning nothing in particular.

- When are you leaving?

- Tomorrow morning.

- Oh.

- There's that two-letter word again.

- What do you want me to say?

- Anything.

"Oh, wasn't the scenery great?"

You like the people, you hate to leave.

Oh, I'm not leaving.

- Did you hear what I said?

- Yeah, I heard you.

- What are they doing?

- It's a form of lovemaking.

Oh.

Now you've got me doing it.

- What happens when their feet get tired?

- They pair off and sit down.

- Uh-huh. And then?

- Then their chaperones sit down with them.

Hmm. Now that I wouldn't like.

After a while, the boy takes the girl home.

With the chaperone, of course?

Then he stands outside her window

and sings.

Oh!

And if she likes the song,

then she opens the window

and lets him in?

The windows have bars on them.

Ah.

Oh, it sounds like a charming custom,

but I think my way is better.

Waste an awful lot of time down here.

Oh, I don't know.

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