The Last Gangster Page #7

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THAT ALL DEPENDS

ON YOU, JOE.

YOU GOING:

TO TALK?

LISTEN, BOY--

YOU'RE NOT MINE, SEE?

THEY JUST THINK:

YOU ARE, SEE?

SO NO MATTER WHA THEY DO TO YOU, YOU CAN TAKE IT.

I KNOW THAT YOU CAN.

JUST LIKE:

YOUR OLD MAN, SEE?

I DON'T KNOW WHA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!

LET ME GO HOME:

TO MOTHER AND DADS!

DON'T LET THEM

THROW YOU, JOEY!

START HIM OFF.

I THINK YOU'LL

DECIDE TO TALK, JOE.

Hood:
START WALKING,

SONNY.

Boy:
HUH?

GET A MOVE ON! WALK!

PICK THEM UP!

FEET! FEET!

ALL RIGHT, MY SON.

DAD'S AT BREAKFAST.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

SLEEP ALL DAY, ARE YOU?

OH, ALWAYS THROWING

YOUR THINGS AROUND.

DON'T YOU WANT TO

EAT BREAKFAST, HMM?

PAUL!

PAUL! PAUL!

WHAT IS IT?

THEY'VE TAKEN HIM!

WHAT?

HE'S COME

AND TAKEN HIM!

OH, HE HAS HIM NOW!

I'LL NEVER

SEE HIM AGAIN!

AND HE'LL TELL HIM

EVERYTHING!

WHAT ARE YOU:

GOING TO DO?

I'M GOING TO CALL

THE BUREAU AT WASHINGTON.

THE POLICE? NO!

IT'LL GET IN THE PAPERS,

AND WHEREVER HE IS,

HE'LL SEE IT!

HE'LL SHOW I TO HIM!

EVERYTHING WE'VE

BEEN TRYING TO HIDE!

NOW, DARLING, WASHINGTON

HAS KNOWN ALL ALONG ABOUT YOU AND PAUL.

THEY'VE HAD TO.

IT'S THEIR BUSINESS.

BUT I SWEAR TO YOU,

THEY'LL KEEP THIS THING ABSOLUTELY QUIET.

WHEN I GIVE THEM THE WORD,

IT WILL BREAK IN EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY.

I KNOW IT WILL BE

HARD FOR HIM TO KNOW,

BUT I THINK THAT BOY

HAS ENOUGH SPIRIT TO OUTLIVE ANYTHING.

SPIN AROUND, SONNY.

THAT'S THE OL' KID.

GETTING HOT,

PAULSY WALSIE?

HOW ABOUT A NICE,

COOL DRINK OF ICE WATER?

YOU WOULDN'T GIVE ME

THE SANDWICH,

YOU WON'T GIVE ME

THE WATER, EITHER!

Joe:
YOU HEARD THAT?

I GUESS THAT TOLD YOU!

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE

KID HE IS, BUT HE'S AS GAME AS A PIT DOG!

THAT'S THROWING I IN THERE, KID!

WHOEVER HIS OLD MAN IS,

HE SURE OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF HIM!

Hood:
COME ON,

CURLY. WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

Boy:
WAIT, DON'T!

PLEASE, DON'T!

ARE YOU GOING:

TO TALK, JOE?

OK, STAR GIVING THE KID A WORKOUT.

OWW! PLEASE, DON'T!

SHUT UP!

CUT IT OUT!

OK!

WILL YOU TALK NOW?

OK. I'LL TELL YOU.

ANYBODY STILL LIVE IN

MY OLD WESTCHESTER HOME?

NO, IT'S CLOSED UP.

WELL, OUT BY

THE SWIMMING POOL IS A GREAT BIG...

THIS IS THE LAS STOP, JOE.

WHAT?

COME ON!

WE'RE SAYING GOOD-BYE, PAPA.

THE KID, TOO?

SURE, WITH OUR LOVE

AND KISSES.

HE MUST BE:

HOTTER THAN A FIRECRACKER NOW,

AND WE GOT ENOUGH

HOT STUFF AS IT IS.

YEAH, YOU CAN GE TO KNOW THE KID BETTER!

THEN MAYBE ALL 4 OF YOU

CAN LIVE TOGETHER!

HOW ARE YOU:

DUCKING BULLETS, JOE?

YEAH, THE FEDS WILL

BE SHOOTING AT YOU FROM ALL SIDES!

THANKS FOR:

THE BUS FARE!

THEY AIN'T GETTING AWAY

WITH A THING.

THAT DOUGH AIN'T GOING

TO BE THEIRS FOR LONG.

WAS THERE MUCH?

THE BOX LOOKED:

REAL FULL.

PLENTY. BUT THA DON'T MATTER.

SOON AS I STRAIGHTEN OU THAT OLD LADY OF YOURS,

I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE

OF THOSE SMART DOUBLE-CROSSERS--

ONE BY ONE,

FROM CURLY DOWN!

AND THERE WON'T BE

ANY MISTAKING WHO DONE IT.

THE KROZAC TRADEMARK

WILL BE STAMPED ALL OVER THEM!

COME ON.

ARE YOU COMING:

HOME WITH ME?

YEAH, I GOT A DATE

WITH THAT DAME IN YOUR WATCH FOB.

MY--MY MOTHER?

OK, CALL HER THAT.

I GUESS I DON' UNDERSTAND YOU AT ALL.

MOTHER AND DADS:

WILL BE AWFULLY GLAD, AFTER ALL YOU'VE DONE.

YEAH, I WONDER.

LISTEN, KID, THERE'S

A LOT OF THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND,

BUT YOU WILL:

SOON ENOUGH,

BECAUSE YOU'RE MY

KIND OF A KID, SEE?

I...GUESS.

IT'S AWFULLY FUNNY ABOU THOSE MEN THINKING I WAS YOUR SON,

ISN'T IT?

NO, NO, IT ISN'T.

BECAUSE YOU:

ARE MY SON, SEE?

THAT'S ONE THING

YOU'VE GOT TO GET RIGHT NOW.

I--I CAN GET HOME

WITHOUT YOU.

Y-YOU DON'T NEED

TO COME ALONG.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE,

JOEY.

JUST A SECOND, JOEY.

MY NAME ISN'T JOEY.

IT'S PAUL NORTH, JR.

YOU'RE CRAZY IF YOU SAY

IT'S ANYTHING ELSE.

I THINK YOU'RE ALL

CRAZY ANYWAY!

LET ME ALONE!

HEY! NO KID OF MINE

IS GOING TO HAND ME ANY LIP!

I DIDN'T SWEA HALF MY LIFE IN A STEEL BOX

TO COME OUT AND:

GET THIS FROM YOU!

YOU'RE JOE!

JOE KROZAC, JR., UNDERSTAND?

AND YOU AND I ARE

GOING BACK TO THAT DAME--YOUR MOTHER--

AND SHE'LL TELL YOU

THAT I'M YOUR FATHER FROM FIRST TO LAST,

UNUNDERSTAND?

YES.

YOU GOING TO BEHAVE?

SURE. SURE, I AM.

OK.

COME ON. WE GOT TO

GET OUT OF THIS.

[THUNDER]

DIG IN UNDER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO

WITH A HAYSTACK.

AH.

[COCK CROWS]

DID YOU LEAVE ANY MONEY

FOR THE EGGS?

BOY, YOU SURE GO FUNNY IDEAS.

BUT YOU AND I ARE

GOING TO GET ALONG ALL RIGHT, EH, KID?

WE WON'T HAVE

ANY MORE BEEFS ON EACH OTHER.

I HOPE NOT.

'CAUSE YOU GO BRAINS.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE

BRAINS AROUND ME.

YOUR ANGLE ON:

DIGGING LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW?

AND THIS FIRE,

WITH THE POLES AND EVERYTHING--

WHERE DID YOU:

LEARN ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF?

FROM DADS.

OH.

YOU SEE, HE TAUGHT ME

ALL ABOUT CAMPING OUT LIKE THIS.

YOU SEE, WE WENT ON

A CAMP HIKE LAST MONTH--

COME ON, COME ON.

LET'S GET MOVING.

WE HAD A RACE:

TO SEE WHO COULD--

COME ON, COME ON.

CATCH THE MOST FISH,

AND HE CAUGHT 20 BASS

AND PICKEREL,

AND THAT ONLY MADE--

FISH, FISH--GO ON,

STOP THAT, WILL YOU?

LAY OFF:

OF THAT STUFF.

I DON'T GIVE THA FISH STUFF A NOD,

NO MATTER HOW MANY

YOU'VE CAUGHT.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT ARE YOU:

SORRY ABOUT?

ALWAYS FEELING SORRY.

DON'T DO THAT, KID, WILL YOU?

WASTE OF TIME.

COME ON.

I'M SOR--

I MEAN, OK.

ATTABOY. YOU'LL SMARTEN UP

WITH ME, ALL RIGHT.

YES? WASHINGTON?

OK, PUT THEM ON.

YES, YES, SPEAKING.

WHAT? YES, WHERE?

BUT WHAT ABOUT MY...

OH. YES. I'LL BE

HERE ALL THE TIME.

WHAT?

NOTHING ABOUT PAUL

YET, DARLING.

THEY CAUGHT UP WITH

THE KROZAC GANG:

AND SHOT IT OU WITH THEM. THEY'RE ALL DEAD NOW.

BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE PAUL.

BUT WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HE WASN'T WITH THEM, EITHER.

THEN HE HAS HIM.

HE HAS MY LITTLE BOY!

I'LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN!

YOU ALL RIGHT, KID?

I GUESS SO.

[CHUCKLES]

SAY, WHAT'S THAT?

GOT DECORATED, HUH?

OH, IT'S JUS A MEDAL THEY GAVE ME IN SCHOOL.

LINCOLN MEDAL.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD, HUH?

I GUESS IT IS KIND

OF AN HONOR.

WHY DO THEY CALL I A LINCOLN MEDAL?

YOU GOT TO LOOK LIKE

ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

OH, NO. YOU SEE,

IT'S FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.

YEAH?

AND, WELL, LINCOLN

WAS A GREAT MAN.

OH, SURE.

LINCOLN WAS OK.

BUT IF THEY'D HAVE PU NAPOLEON ON THERE,

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN

A REAL FIRST-CLASS MEDAL.

[LAUGHS]

NAPOLEON?

YEAH.

DADS SAID NAPOLEON

GOT A SWOLLEN HEAD.

THAT'S WHA BEAT HIM DOWN.

OH. SO NOW HE'S GOING TO

PAY OFF NAPOLEON, IS HE?

SMART GUY, IS HE?

NOW HE'S GOING TO

PAY OFF NAPOLEON!

MAYBE:

!! HE WON THAT MEDAL INSTEAD OF YOU.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

HE DID HELP ME:

GET IT.

WELL, THAT'S

WHAT HE SAID.

WELL, YOU SEE,

I ALMOST FLUNKED IN MATH,

AND DADS SHOWED ME

A NEW WAY TO--

HEY, CAN THA DADS STUFF!

BUT I ONLY SAID--

CUT IT OUT,

YOU HEAR ME?

DADS, DADS, DADS!

YOU CALL ME THAT IF YOU WAN TO CALL ANYBODY DADS!

YOU'RE MY KID, SEE?

JOEY! JOE KROZAC, JR.!

YOU'LL GET THAT INTO

YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW, OR--

PLEASE, DON'T!

DON'T, JOE!

YOU'RE GETTING

ALL SICK AGAIN!

PLEASE!

YEAH.

OK.

GUESS THIS WILL:

HAVE TO WAIT.

OOH.

NOW YOU'VE HUR YOUR SORE EYE.

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