The Last Gangster Page #3

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YOU RAISE THA BLIND, YOU'LL HAVE REAL TROUBLE.

WHY, LISTEN, YOU!

Man:
WHY DON'T YOU

HAVE HIM SEND IT--

Man:
WE'LL ALL HELP.

Man:
BABY WANTS

HIS BOTTLE!

WE'LL GIVE THE KID

THE HANDCUFFS FOR A RATTLE.

WILL YOU SIT DOWN?!

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

OK!

LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S GIVING

EVERYBODY ELSE SOMETHING TO REMEMBER HIM BY, EH?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I TELL YOU,

THIS IS IT.

WE BEEN RIDIN'

3 DAYS AND 4 NIGHTS.

THAT'S COAST TO COAST,

AIN'T IT?

Men:
YEAH.

Man:
YOU FEEL IT?

WE'RE ROCKIN'!

Man:
WE ARE ROCKIN'.

MAYBE IT'S PERTH AMBOY.

THEY GOT BOATS AROUND PERTH AMBOY.

NO, IT AIN' PERTH AMBOY.

[BELL CLANGING]

[BOAT CHUGGING]

HEAR THAT?

WE'RE BEIN' TOWED. IT'S A TUG.

HEY, MAYBE IT'S

JERSEY CITY!

NO!

IT'S FRISCO,

I TELL YA.

AND IF IT'S FRISCO,

IT'S THE ROCK!

IT'S THE ROCK!

YEAH, MAYBE.

GEE, I DON'T GET TO

SEE THE OLD MAN.

OK, EVERYBODY.

YOU CAN RAISE YOUR BLINDS NOW.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DID I TELL YA?

THERE IT IS.

THERE SHE IS, BOYS.

YOU'RE GONNA SNUGGLE IN THE ARMS OF ALCATRAZ.

YOU EVER HI A TOUGHER STIR,

IT'LL BE WHEN YOU

STEP OUT OF YOUR COFFIN.

[MEN MURMURING]

OK, NOW...

SIT BACK, HERE.

YOU GOT 5 MINUTES MORE

FOR CONVERSATION, SO GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM.

AFTER THAT, YOU'LL JUST BE

TALKING WHEN YOU'RE TOLD TO.

YOU THROUGH?

NO.

JOE.

MY JOE.

HE'LL COME SOON?

YES?

YOU JUST BE QUIE NOW, DEAR.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE

A LOT BETTER BEFORE YOU CAN SEE ANYBODY.

YOU'VE HAD

A HARD TIME.

HE SAID HE'D COME

TO SEE BABY.

I KNOW HE COME.

DURING THE ENTIRE DAY,

YOU WILL OBSERVE THE RULE OF STRICT SILENCE.

IN A WEEK OR TWO,

YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE WORKSHOPS

FOR MORNING:

AND AFTERNOON PERIODS.

CONVERSATION IN THE SHOPS

ALLOWED ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK AT HAND.

RECREATION AND EXERCISE

PERIOD COMES ONCE A WEEK-- SATURDAY--

FOR 2 HOURS IN THE YARD,

BUT THIS, OF COURSE,

DEPENDS UPON YOUR DEPORTMENT.

IF THESE RULES:

ARE NOT OBEYED,

WE HAVE DISCIPLINE

TO HELP YOU OBEY.

BRING ME NUMBER 8429.

Guard:
THE WARDEN

WANTS TO SEE YOU.

YEAH.

[CHUCKLES]

ABOUT FACE!

YO!

THANK YOU.

HELLO, WARDEN.

I KIND OF THOUGH THAT YOU AND ME WOULD HAVE A GET-TOGETHER.

I'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED

TO INFORM YOU:

THAT YOUR WIFE:

HAD A CHILD, A SON.

YEAH, I HEARD ABOUT I COMING OUT ON THE TRAIN.

IT'S A BOY!

BORN ON THE 25th.

BOTH YOUR WIFE AND CHILD ARE IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.

THAT'S ALL THE

INFORMATION I HAVE.

NOW, AIN'T THIS

A SILLY SETUP?

EVERYBODY IN THE

COUNTRY-- OH, IN THE WORLD, I GUESS--

KNOWS MORE ABOU THAT KID THAN HIS OLD MAN.

SO, LOOK HERE, IF

I CAN GET TO A LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE--

WHEN YOU WILL:

BE ALLOWED TO RECEIVE MAIL,

I IMAGINE YOUR WIFE

WILL WRITE YOU.

RECEIVE MAIL?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,

I CAN'T GET TO A PHONE,

FIND OUT ABOU MY OWN KID FROM MY OWN WIFE?

I MEAN THAT.

NOW, LOOK HERE,

LITTLE MAN.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH

OF THIS.

YOU GET MY LAWYER,

GORMAN, ON THE PHONE.

THIS IS JOE KROZAC.

YOU AIN'T TALKIN'

TO ANY JUNKED UP SUCKER

THAT KNOCKED OVER

A CORNER CIGAR STORE!

NOW, LET'S GE THAT STRAIGHT.

I'M TALKING TO

NUMBER 8429.

WHAT?

NUMBER 8429.

AND IF NUMBER 8429

ISN'T A GOOD BOY,

HE WON'T SEE ANYBODY

FOR A LONG TIME.

10 YEARS, PERHAPS,

OR EVEN LONGER.

WHY, LISTEN, YOU--

AND YOU HEARD ME

MENTION DISCIPLINE.

ALL RIGHT.

HUH!

OH!

OK, MOVE ALONG.

SALT, PLEASE.

WHAT?

THANK YOU.

I HEARD ABOU THEM THINGS ONCE.

WE ALL GET TOUGH

AT THE SAME TIME, THEY TURN THEM ON.

HUH?

OH, THEM PINEAPPLES

IS FULL OF TEAR GAS.

Guard:
OK, NOW.

I ONLY SAID PINEAPPLES

GIVE ME GAS, SEE?

OK.

THEY'RE FULL OF GAS.

AH, THAT'S FINE.

LITTLE SWEETNESS!

IT'S TOO BAD

HE'S GOT TO GROW UP AT ALL, AIN'T IT?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

TOO BAD?

HE GROWS UP TO BE

A BIG, STRONG MAN, LIKE HIS PAPA.

HUH, LITTLE JOE?

YES'M.

[DOORBELL BUZZES]

GLORIA--SHE TALKS FUNNY.

WHAT GOES ON HERE?

WE'RE JUST BATHING

THE BABY, MR. CURLY.

MR. GORMAN,

IT AIN'T NONE OF MY NEVERMIND,

BUT DON'T YOU

THINK WE OUGHT TO TELL THAT CHILD

ABOUT THAT MAN:

OF HERS?

IT'S GONNA GIVE

HER TERRIBLE MISERY WHEN SHE FINDS OUT.

YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHU AND DO AS YOU'RE TOLD.

TELL HER I'M HERE.

YES, SIR.

THAT AUNT JEMIMA'S

GONNA BLAB ONE OF THESE DAYS.

WHAT DIFFERENCE:

DOES IT MAKE?

SO THE APPEAL AIN' GOING SO HOT, HUH?

CURLY! MR. GORMAN!

YOU TELL ME ABOUT JOE.

THEY LET HIM COME

HOME SOON, YES?

NO WORD YET.

HERE ARE YOUR RAILROAD TICKETS.

YOU'LL LEAVE

FOR SAN FRANCISCO TOMORROW MORNING.

OH, THEN I'M

GOING TO SEE JOE! I SHOW HIM HIS BABY.

JUST A MINUTE,

MY DEAR. YES?

THIS APPEAL--

THE COURT, YOU KNOW--

IS COSTING A LITTLE MORE

THAN I ANTICIPATED.

YOU, UH...YOU NEVER

HEARD JOE SAY ANYTHING

ABOUT ANY OTHER MONEY

HE HAS, DID YOU?

MORE MONEY?

MM-HMM.

BUT HE SAID:

YOU HAVE ALL THE MONEY.

OH, I SEE.

I START PACKING,

THEN I'LL BRING BABY IN TO SHOW YOU.

GLORIA! GLORIA!

GLORIA!

SO YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHERE IT IS, TOO, HUH?

WHERE WHAT IS?

OK, RAT...

"IT'S COSTING

A LITTLE MORE THAN I ANTICIPATED," HUH?

"NO, I HAVEN'T HEARD

ABOUT ANY OTHER MONEY HE HAS," HUH?

THE VULTURES ARE

ALL READY,

BUT THE CARCASS AIN' COMING THROUGH, HUH?

THE GOVERNMEN IS TAKING OVER THIS ESTATE, MY FRIEND--

THIS PLACE,

SEVEN OAKS, AND THE WESTCHESTER HOUSE.

WHAT SMELLS SO BAD

AROUND HERE?

SOMEBODY PUT A SKUNK

NEXT TO THE WASHER.

SOMEDAY, YOU'LL PEEL

BACK HIS LOWER LIP, HUH, MR. KROZAC?

THAT'S WHA THEY'RE TRYING FOR,

BUT I'M NOT STARTING

ANY TROUBLE.

NO SOLITARY FOR YOU,

HUH, MR. KROZAC?

I'M GONNA BE ON TAP

WHEN MY KID GETS HERE, THAT'S ALL.

STAND HERE...

AND TALK INTO THE WINDOW.

YOU'D BETTER NOT TRY TO WHISPER,

BECAUSE:

THAT LOUDSPEAKER WON'T PICK IT UP,

AND HE WON'T BE

ABLE TO HEAR YOU.

YES.

THERE. ALL RIGHT.

JOE! JOE!

HUH?

HEY!

OH, GEE...

SAY, THAT'S...

THAT'S SOME KID.

HEY, LOOK AT THAT--

HE KNOWS ME!

JOE, YOU LIKE

YOUR LITTLE BOY?

OH, I'LL SAY!

HE'S THE GREATES KID IN THE WORLD!

HE'S ME--ME

ALL OVER, RIGHT ON THE NOSE, AIN'T HE?

ARE YOU GLAD TO SEE

ME, TOO, JOE?

TALYA. YOU'RE GLAD

TO SEE HIS MOTHER, JOE?

OH, SURE.

EVERYTHING IS FINE.

SAY, I BET HE WEIGHS

MORE THAN ANY KID HIS AGE, HUH?

34 POUNDS.

34?! WILL YOU--

34 POUNDS!

BOY,

THAT'S SOME WHOPPER!

HEY, JOEY!

[KISSING]

JOEY! HA HA HA!

I THINK OF YOU:

ALL THE TIME, JOE.

THEY ARE GOOD:

TO YOU HERE?

OH, SURE, SURE.

DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT US.

I'LL BE OUT OF HERE

IN NO TIME,

AND EVERYTHING:

WILL BE ACES WITH US AGAIN.

JOE KROZAC, JR.

HEY! HEY, JOEY!

IT'S YOUR OLD MAN!

JOE...I SPEAK

OH, SURE, SURE.

I CAN SEE THAT.

THAT'S FINE. THAT'S

FINE--HEY, JOEY!

HEY, HEY, JOEY!

I READ:

IN THE NEWSPAPERS.

JOEY...

I READ ABOUT YOU,

JOE...

THINGS I NEVER KNEW.

I SHOW THEM TO CURLY,

AND HE ONLY LAUGHS.

WHY SHOULDN'T HE?

I TOLD YOU:

THEY WERE ALL LIES, DIDN'T I?

BUT THE LADY:

IN THE HOTEL WHERE WE STAY,

SHE STOPPED SPEAKING

TO ME AND LITTLE JOE

WHEN SHE FOUND OU WHO I AM.

JOE, I HAVE

TO TELL YOU--

WHAT DIFFERENCE:

DOES THAT MAKE?

TOLD YOU THEY WERE

ALL AGAINST ME-- EVERYBODY!

DON'T YOU WORRY

ABOUT ANYBODY:

BUT THAT KID, UNDERSTAND?

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