The Prowler Page #6

other long before the killing.

Webb.

And they'll remember your testimony,

that you'd never seen me before

in your life. How do you

think that's going to look?

It's an ambulance.

What are we going to do?

Webb?

Yeah?

Webb, we could get away from here

before anybody has a chance to notice.

We'll go where we're not known.

I could have my baby there.

Be the record of the birth certificate,

the record of the doctor's report,

the record of the hospital.

We'll give a false name and we'll

take the baby to some home and pretend

to adopt it later.

They'll have see those

pictures in the scandal sheets.

They'd recognize you.

Even the doctor who performed the

delivery could appear as a witness

against you later on.

It's a chance.

We could risk it.

He'd have a little talk with the

local sheriff, a query'd go through.

You want me to take

it from there for you?

Headquarters, attention chief of

police, Case of Officer Garwood.

What could they find?

Chief of detectives, homicide bureau.

Please oblige with

records of Gilvray inquest.

But they know all that.

Officer Crocker, report immediately.

A few questions, and

he'll begin to think.

Then they'd locate that ex-brother-

in-law of yours and his wife.

Then they'd talk.

But that's all they could do.

Oh, they'd know we both lied.

There'd be cops from

homicide on the next plane.

People can't be convicted

of something they didn't do.

That's a nice theory,

only it doesn't work.

Juries decide these things, and

juries are made up of human beings.

I want you to think about

something just for a minute.

All right.

Try to remember how close you came

to believing that I was guilty.

Webb.

Yeah.

Then think, if that baby was born

what a time we'd have with all that

evidence against us.

Webb.

Webb, we'll go somewhere where nobody's

around, where we'll be absolutely alone.

You would be my doctor, Webb.

No.

No, that would be too dangerous for you.

Millions of women have

babies without doctors.

You've had training, haven't you?

But not enough.

There might be complications.

No, that's too risky.

It's way too risky.

Well, if I'm not afraid,

why should you be?

This is it, Bud's ghost town.

We're lucky.

No one could have been in

or out of here for months.

Roger.

Shall we take the penthouse

or the bridal suite?

Into the disposal.

Got news for you.

I'm fresh out of needles.

Secrets.

John had it made to order.

The daytime, baby, the nighttime, baby.

You scared?

I've hardly thought about it.

Don't be.

We're really

- really prepared for triplets.

I don't think we've forgotten a thing.

Would you like to go

out for a little walk?

Sunset.

This will be a good story

for him to tell his buddies.

His birth increased the population

of his hometown by thirty three

and one-third percent.

You can go for miles in any direction

and find nobody but close relatives.

That's one of the things we

won't ever be able to tell him.

No.

No, our kid's going to be on the beam

from the second he gets into the world.

The breaks he gets are going to

be good, not like his old man.

Everybody has bad

breaks once in a while.

Just so we teach him to overcome them.

Check.

Just as long as he's man

enough to overcome them.

And next time, ma, the biggest private

room in the best hospital in Vegas.

Nurses round the clock.

Flowers, doctors, nothing but the best.

Oh, it's so beautiful.

They say that's important.

I mean for the mother.

Old Bud Crocker used to say there's

Something about the desert that...

Maybe there'll be a moon.

I hope so, don't you?

Well, folks almost time for signing off.

But still time to tell you about the

wife's recipe for plump, tender little...

It's one of John's records.

It must have gotten mixed in.

She likes nothing better than

fresh garden grown parsley and a

few of our ice-crisp hearts of celery.

And the cost of living is going down.

Goodnight to everyone.

I'll be seeing you, Susan.

Is Webb Garwood here?

No. The Garwoods are away on a vacation.

Oh, gosh. I'm sorry to hear that.

We're on our way home ourselves.

We was hoping to meet them.

Oh, Crocker's the name.

How do you do?

Oh, this here's my war department.

Oh, of course. You're the

people who sent the wire.

Yeah.

Well, it seems they stay

right in Frisco all the time.

You know how young folks are.

The it's a big town.

They like excitement.

However, this last one

here's from Barstow.

Says they're kind of stuck on that

desert country, that there's no need

to expect them home for

about two more weeks.

Barstow, huh? I bet Webb's going

to Take in one of my ghost towns.

Used to pass the time telling him

what I know about that country.

Gold rush, land grabs.

Mineral Canyon, you reckon?

Or Calico.

Oh, no. Mineral Canyon. Calico's

the tail end of creation.

Not even the coyotes

will stop at Calico.

Now, Mineral Canyon, that's real pretty.

Hey, how about it? On the off

chance Of meeting up with them?

I'm game.

Okay. Is he driving his Chevy?

Oh, no. They got a new

Cadillac sedan. Dark green.

A Caddy, huh? He sure made it.

Yes, sir, he sure made it now. Well, if

we miss him, tell him that Bud was by.

Little old Bud. He'll know.

Sure will.

Come on, honey.

Okay.

Susan.

Susan, I'm going to get the doctor.

I'll be all right.

I'll be all right.

Here.

Something must be wrong, Susan.

Having a baby isn't

supposed to be like this.

Something may happen to you.

I'm going to get the doctor.

No, Webb.

No.

Webb, you said yourself they can't.

Webb.

Webb.

Webb!

Webb!

I'm sure it's an emergency, son.

This time of night, everyone seems

to Think they have an emergency.

But I'm too old.

Phil, tell him about Dr. Parrish.

Yeah, Dr. Parrish, just down the block.

He's the finest, most obliging

young doctor you want to meet.

Besides, he needs the business, Phil.

But you're the one I want, Doc.

You'll just have to take my word for it.

I wish I could, son.

I can't.

Most people don't know an

emergency when they see one.

Okay.

Now will you believe me?

Well, looks like I'll have to go, Ettie.

I'm sorry, dear.

What I am going to do

if Mrs. Larson calls?

Well, I don't know what we'll do.

Drive carefully, dear.

Yeah.

Better come in my car, Doc.

I know the way.

I'll take my own.

It's right out here in the street.

I may have a call to

make on the way back.

You go ahead.

I'll follow you.

No need to have lied to me about

where you were going, how far it was.

You'll be all right now, little lady.

Let's just put this under your head.

Uh, if you don't mind?

Your wife will be quite all right.

The baby's heartbeats are normal.

There won't be much happening

in there for an hour or so.

Meantime, I've given her

something that should help.

She'd like to see you.

But be sure she stays quiet.

What if he recognizes us, Webb?

He won't.

It turned out lucky.

He won't recognize us.

You were so sure before

that someone, anyone...

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