The Last Gangster Page #4

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BUT, JOE, I HAVE TO--

WE ONLY GO A FEW MINUTES!

I WANT TO TALK:

TO MY KID AND LOOK AT HIM, SEE?

WE GOT PLENTY:

OF OTHER TIMES FOR ALL THAT BALONEY,

SO KEEP QUIET,

WILL YOU?!

ALL RIGHT, JOE.

HEY!

ASLEEP, HUH?

YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE

MINUTE, MA'AM.

LISTEN, KID,

I'M UP FOR APPEAL

SOMETIME THIS WEEK.

DIDN'T HE,

WHEN YOU LEFT HOME?

MR. GORMAN SAID

HE'S DOING HIS BEST.

THAT'S ALL HE TOLD ME.

YOU KEEP YOUR CHIN

UP. I'LL BE OUT OF HERE IN NO TIME.

YOU GET YOURSELF

A NICE PLACE IN SAN FRANCISCO,

AND JUST YOU WATCH

THE NEWSPAPERS:

THE DAY I STRUT OU OF THIS MOUSETRAP.

WE'RE GONNA

CELEBRATE, KID-- YOU AND JOEY AND ME.

YOU JUS TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BOY, HUH? JOEY!

I DO THA WITH MY LIFE, JOE.

TIME'S UP, MA'AM.

SO LONG, JOEY!

I'LL BE SEEING YOU!

GOOD-BYE, JOE.

GOOD-BYE.

OH, YEAH,

SO LONG, TALYA.

ATTA BOY. POUND

THE OLD EAR, JOEY BOY.

YOUR OLD MAN WILL PU A LOT OF SMART TALK IN IT SOMEDAY--

ALL THE SMART TALK

YOU'LL EVER NEED, JOEY!

SO LONG, KID!

Guard:

THIS WAY, MA'AM.

THAT'S SOME KID,

HUH? OH, BOY. SO LONG, JOEY!

GEE, HE'S ME

RIGHT ON THE NOSE, ISN'T HE?

YOU EVER SEE:

A KID LIKE THAT? 34 POUNDS! OH, BOY.

I HEAR TELL YOU WAN TO SEE ME, WARDEN.

IT'S ABOUT YOUR APPEAL.

WELL, I DON' LIKE TO SAY, "I TOLD YOU SO,"

BUT I FEEL:

KIND OF HIGH TODAY.

SAY, I'VE JUS SEEN A KID THAT'S

A 1-2-3 DOUBLE

FOR JOE KROZAC.

WISH YOU COULD'VE

SEEN HIM, WARDEN.

YEAH, SO LONG AS

I'M SPRINGING OUT OF HERE, I DON'T MIND--

YOUR APPEAL:

HAS BEEN DENIED.

WHAT?

THIS IS A NICE:

PLACE TO THINK UP JOKES IN, WARDEN.

I SAID, YOUR APPEAL

HAS BEEN DENIED.

DENIED?

HEY, LISTEN, WARDEN,

I GOT TO GET AHOLD OF MY LAWYER RIGHT NOW.

GORMAN, SID GORMAN.

GORMAN HAS RESIGNED

FROM YOUR CASE.

RESIGNED?

YOU MEAN, RATTED.

THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN--RATTED!

WHEN I GE OUT OF HERE--

YOU ARE GOING TO DO

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

YOU ARE GOING:

TO STAY HERE WITH US.

YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE

YOUR TIME--10 YEARS.

YOU'RE GOING

TO SERVE IT QUIETLY, ACCORDING TO THE RULES.

ARE YOU GOING TO

HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY?

OK.

HAVE IT ANY WAY:

YOU LIKE.

I'LL SPEND

MY NEXT 10 YEARS STANDING ON MY HEAD.

HOW WAS HE,

MRS. KROZAC?

OH, PLEASE...

PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE!

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE]

ARE YOU ALL LOADED,

HANK?

YEAH.

OK, THEN KEEP

YOUR EYES OPEN.

YOU MISS THIS ONE,

I'LL MAKE YOU EAT THAT LENS RAW.

COME ON, COME ON.

PLEASE, A TAXICAB,

PLEASE.

I BEG YOUR PARDON,

MRS. KROZAC.

JUST A SECOND.

I HAVE A RATTLE FOR THE BABY.

GOT ONE.

I GOT IT!

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE]

EXTRA! JOE KROZAC'S

BABY AT ALCATRAZ!

EXTRA!

JOE KROZAC'S WIFE

AND BABY VISIT PRISON!

EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

JOE KROZAC'S BABY

AT ALCATRAZ!

BUT I WAN TO SEE HIM!

THE EDITOR...

OH, HOW DO YOU CALL HIM...

THE EDITOR,

YOU CALL HIM, YES?

BUT, LADY--

BUT I MUST SEE HIM,

YOU UNDERSTAND?

JUST A MINUTE, LADY!

WHO SAYS:

ALL THESE THINGS?

WHO WRITES ALL THIS?

I'M SORRY, BOSS.

IT'S OK, FREDDY.

HELLO, MRS. KROZAC.

YOU ARE MRS. JOE KROZAC,

AREN'T YOU?

YES, AND I'M HERE

TO STOP ALL THIS.

WHO WRITES:

ALL THE THINGS ABOUT MY JOE AND MY BABY?

COME OVER HERE,

MY DEAR.

THIS IS ALL LIES.

YOU LIE ABOU MY JOE ALL THE TIME,

ALL NEWSPAPER.

NOW YOU LIE:

ABOUT HIS BABY.

MY LITTLE SON...

YOU PUT A BAD NAME ON HIM!

YOU MAKE EVERYBODY

TO HATE HIM!

SIT RIGHT HERE:

AND CALM YOURSELF.

WE'LL HAVE THIS

ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT IN A MINUTE.

JUMP IN THE MORGUE

AND PULL OUT EVERYTHING ON MR. KROZAC--

ALL THOSE NICE PICTURES,

ESPECIALLY.

WE'RE GLAD YOU DROPPED

DOWN, MRS. KROZAC.

MAC...HOLD

THE FINAL 15 MINUTES. MORE ON KROZAC.

THE PICTURES WILL BE

UP RIGHT AWAY.

NOW, THIS IS

A LITTLE JOB HE DID

TO ONE OF THE DUFFY

BOYS IN CHICAGO.

THAT WAS BEFORE:

HE WAS A BIG SHOT,

WHEN HE CARRIED:

A GUN HIMSELF.

DID YOU KNOW HE WAS

PRETTY GOOD WITH A GUN, MRS. KROZAC?

JOE...SHOT PEOPLE?

NO.

YOU GET IT?

BLISSFUL,

HAPPY IGNORANCE OF EVERYTHING.

A JEKYLL-AND-HYDE

HUSBAND.

THE WORLD HATED:

WHILE SHE LOVED.

NOW, THAT WAS WHEN

HE WAS IN A MORE EXPANSIVE MOOD,

WHEN HE REALLY:

GOT GOING--

5 MEN ALL AT ONCE

WITH A MACHINE GUN

WHEN THEIR BACKS

WERE TURNED, MRS. KROZAC.

IT ISN' VERY PRETTY, IS IT?

COURSE, WE COULDN' PROVE IT IN COURT,

BUT EVERYBODY:

IN THE COUNTRY KNEW THAT JOE DID IT.

YOU SEE, WE DON' WANT TO PRIN ANY LIES HERE,

MRS. KROZAC.

YOU BELIEVE IT NOW,

DON'T YOU?

REALIZATION CAME

LIKE A SUDDEN BLOW.

SHE SAW:

THE FAIRY STORY:

OF HER HUSBAND'S

POLITICAL CAREER WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

Talya:
WHY?

WHY DO JOE...

SEARCH ME. MAYBE

IT WAS SO HE COULD BE NICE AND RICH

A MARRY A NICE GIRL

LIKE YOU SOMEDAY

AND GIVE HER THINGS

LIKE THAT, HUH?

MAYBE THAT WAS IT.

OR MAYBE IT WAS SO HIS SON, YOUR BABY,

COULD GROW UP:

AND GO TO COLLEGE

AND HAVE A BIG CAR

AND A RACCOON COAT, HUH?

BUT MY BABY:

DIDN'T DO ALL THIS.

IT'S NO RIGHT FOR HIM

TO KNOW ALL THIS.

THAT YOUNG FELLOW

AND HIS WIFE HAD BABIES--

TWO BABIES, I THINK.

BUT JOE HAD HIS BOYS

TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE

BECAUSE HE DIDN' AGREE WITH JOE.

PRETTY CLEVER,

HUH, MRS. KROZAC?

AND THAT WIFE:

SHOT HERSELF:

WHEN SHE SAW HIM

LYING IN THE MORGUE LIKE THAT.

NOW THOSE BABIES ARE

IN AN ORPHAN ASYLUM, I GUESS.

IT'S THE OLD ANGLE,

PAUL--SINS OF THE FATHER.

SINS OF THE FATHER

VISITED UPON HER CHILD.

YEAH, I GET IT.

YOU? YOU WRITE

ALL THESE THINGS ABOUT MY BABY?

OH...NO,

BUT YOU SAW HIM!

WAIT A MINUTE.

LET'S TALK SOME MORE, MRS. KROZAC.

PLEASE, DON' SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT MY BABY.

WHY, IT'S JUST NEWS,

MRS. KROZAC.

YOUR BABY:

WILL BE FAMOUS FOR A LONG TIME.

EVERYBODY WILL WAN TO READ ABOUT HIM.

OH, NO! PLEASE...

I'M NO MAD

ANYMORE NOW, BUT...

PLEASE...

[CRYING]

NOW, NOW,

WAIT A MINUTE, MRS. KROZAC.

WELL, I GUESS

THAT'S EVERYTHING.

CRACK DOWN ON IT,

PAUL--THE WORKS.

I'LL RAP OU A NEW HEAD.

WELL,

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH YOU?

OH, IT'S LOVELY.

I DON'T KNOW,

I GUESS I'VE GONE NOBLE OR SOMETHING.

I CAN'T TAKE IT.

ARE YOU NUTS?

NO. I JUST CAUGH A FLASH OF YOU AND ME

AND WE'RE A COUPLE

OF PRETTY FILTHY- LOOKING GUYS.

THAT GIRL NEVER:

KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS KROZAC STUFF.

SHE'S ON THE LEVEL.

GET BACK:

ON THAT TYPEWRITER, YOU SILLY SLUG.

YOU HEARD ME TELL

MAC 15 MINUTES.

YOU BETTER GE ANOTHER BOY.

COME ON, YOU AND ME ARE

GETTING OUT OF HERE.

HEY, PAUL,

WAIT A MINUTE! SNAP OUT OF IT.

YOU'LL NO WRITE

ANYMORE ABOUT MY BABY?

NO, NO.

LISTEN, YOU CRAZY FOOL,

THAT'S A GREAT STORY!

SO WAS THE SLAUGHTER

OF THE INNOCENTS.

LONG WALK UP THIS HILL.

ARE YOU TIRED?

NO...BUT I MUS STOP CRYING.

TO CRY:

WILL FIX NOTHING.

OH...

SOMETIMES IT DOES.

THE FATHER OF:

MY CHILD, OUT THERE IN A CELL SOMEPLACE

BECAUSE HE DID:

ALL THOSE THINGS.

WHEN JOE AND I:

MARRIED,

I WAS IN LOVE,

AND I BELIEVED:

EVERYTHING HE SAID.

THEN ALL THE:

THINGS HAPPENED.

THEY COME AND:

TAKE JOE, AND...

I HEAR:

AND UNDERSTAND ALL THINGS.

TODAY,

I WATCH JOE'S FACE.

I WONDER.

ALL AT ONCE,

I GREW UP INSIDE,

AND ALL AT ONCE,

I FEEL...

OLD AND EMPTY.

OH, NOW,

JOE PROBABLY KEPT THOSE THINGS FROM YOU

TO MAKE YOU HAPPY,

YOU KNOW?

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