The Mind Reader Page #6

been reading the papers?

Everything that man tells people

actually happens.

Oh, well, I suppose this munro

is a little more clever

than the general run

of fortune tellers,

but they're all

cheats and fakes.

He told me things about Ralph

I know are true.

Where does this...

This great wizard hang out?

Why?

Never mind.

What's his address?

His card's

in my pocketbook.

Sylvia,

what are you going to do?

Now, look,

I want you to promise me

that you won't leave here

or do anything foolish

till I get back.

I'm going to have a little chat

with this Dr. munro.

Is Dr. munro in?

I-I don't know.

I just-a clean here.

Oh.

You Dr. munro's secretary?

No.

Is he in there?

I don't know.

I was just going...

Are you Dr. munro?

Yes.

What do you want?

I'm don holman.

So, you're the dirty rat

that tipped off my wife

and broke up my home.

Well,

I'm gonna teach you

to keep your dirty nose

out of other people's business.

Now, wait a minute,

friend!

Are you quite sure you know

what you're talking about?

You wouldn't want to

attack an innocent man.

This is one jam you're

not gonna talk yourself out of.

Now, go on.

Get out of here.

Go on.

Get out!

[Gunshot]

[Breathing heavily]

So you don't know

Dr. munro?

No.

Never saw him

in your life?

No.

What do you do

for a living?

I'm a married woman.

How long you been married?

About a year.

What's your husband do?

He's assistant sales manager

for the gower brush company.

Well, well, that's fine,

and what were you doing

in munro's office

after business hours?

But I've told you,

I had to go there

because this friend of mine...

For the love of Pete,

are you gonna start that again?

Come on. What were you doing

in his office?

You saw Mr. holman go in there,

didn't you?!

Yes.

But you didn't

see munro?

I've never seen the man

in my life!

Did you ever happen

to see this man?

Why, that's my husband.

Yeah.

It's Dr. munro, too.

It is?

He... he's munro?

[Laughter]

Are you trying

to tell us

you've been married

to the guy for a year

and didn't know

it was Dr. munro?

Come on.

Where's munro hiding?

I don't know!

I tell you, I don't know!

All right, lock her up.

She'll talk in time.

This way.

[Train whistle blows]

[Piano playing,

indistinct conversations]

[Gong crashes]

[Gong crashes]

Yes.

I...

In a way...

That's...

Goes...

Come on!

Snap out of it!

[Groaning]

Snap out of it, will ya?

We're on next.

Ladies and gentlemen!

You are now about to witness

one of the scientific marvels

of the age!

You are about to see

the great divoni

in an exhibition of mind-reading

that has baffled doctors,

scientists,

and college professors!

It has made him

the favorite entertainer

to the princes, kings,

and potentates of Europe.

He reads your mind

like it was an open book.

Introducing

the great divoni!

[Gong crashes]

[Piano playing,

conversations continue]

Snap out of it.

What shall I do with

the questions, great master?

What shall I do with

the questions, great master?

Great master says

burn them.

Come on. Snap out of it,

you chump.

These tamale-knockers

will tear the joint down.

Isabella Gomez wants to know

if Manuel is going to

marry her legally.

Got it?

Isabella Gomez wants to know

if Manuel is going to

marry her legally.

[Slurring]

I get a message from...

Isabella Gomez.

She asks me if...

She asks me.

Why should she ask me?

What do I know about anything?

Of all the dirty, rotten,

lowdown figures, I'm it.

Everything about me

is crooked.

Everything about

every mind reader is crooked!

You ask me questions...

Ha ha! And I answer them!

[Laughing]

Sure!

I'll show you how!

Here... a guy downstairs

reads me your questions

over these phones.

And you think

I'm supernatural.

[Laughing]

You're saps!

You're fools! You're idiots!

You ask me to tell you things!

You think I know!

I'll tell you what I know.

I'm the guy who knows

how stupid you are.

You pay me money to wreck you,

torture you,

boil you up, play to you,

and laugh at you,

sitting there like a school

of fish with your mouths open!

I made a woman kill herself!

I've broken up homes!

Ha ha!

I've broken up my own home!

[Laughing]

Here! Take it with you!

Gaze into it!

Play with it like a coconut,

you sillies!

[Indistinct shouting]

All right,

send him in.

Man:
Yes, sir.

Are you

the district attorney?

I am.

You're holding a woman

on suspicion of murder,

the holman case.

That's right.

Mrs. Sylvia munro.

She's in a prison hospital,

sick, isn't she?

Well?

If I can prove that she had

nothing to do with the crime,

no knowledge of it,

is absolutely innocent,

that would clear her,

wouldn't it?

Naturally.

All right.

I killed him.

I'm Dr. munro.

It was self-defense.

That night, about 6:00,

I was just leaving my office,

and the door flew open,

and holman came...

Now wait a minute.

Uh, sit down.

[Click]

Send in a stenographer

and a couple of witnesses

right away.

Man:
Yes, sir.

Well, Sylvia, it's all over.

You're clear and free.

Yes, they said I could leave

just as soon as I'm well enough.

And don't worry about me.

Don't give me a thought.

Chan, how can I help it,

after what you've done?

I've got the best mouthpiece

in town... self-defense.

It's an open-and-shut case.

Got me out on bail like that.

Says I'm a cinch to be acquitted

in a one-day trial.

Cinch to be acquitted?

I know I haven't got any right

to ask this, but, uh...

I want you

to do me a favor.

Sylvia...

[Chuckles] Well,

this is kind of tough to say,

but I've hurt you

so much already,

I might as well

go all the way.

Our lives

are a million Miles apart.

I've pretended

to be happy with you,

but I never really was.

Oh.

Well,

it's not your fault.

I'm to blame.

I'm just no good.

I... I want you

to divorce me.

Divorce you?

But you're young and fine...

On the level.

You got everything

in the world to offer.

Your whole life's

before you.

It'll be clear sailing

without me.

Besides, I don't love you.

I never did.

Chan, you're lying.

But you haven't fooled me a bit.

I know

you're in terrible trouble,

and you're trying

to carry it alone.

Well,

I brought it all on myself.

Why should I

divide the load with you?

I'm a flop,

a failure.

Oh,

of course you're not.

If you were fool enough

to take me back,

I'd only

crush you up again.

You wouldn't.

I know you wouldn't now.

But I tell you, I'm no good.

I never was. I never will be.

Of course you are

or you wouldn't have come back.

Oh, there you go,

bulling yourself into it.

I don't care what you say

or how black you paint yourself.

You need me now more than ever,

and I'm going to stick.

I'm going all the way

with you.

Come on. Time's up.

I'll be all right.

You can come to see me.

I'll be...

We'll be all right.

Say, these are pals of mine.

Can I say goodbye?

Okay.

Gee, boss, that crystal

sure done us wrong.

Never picked the right horse.

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