The Sniper

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Well, what I want to know, honey,

is what are you gonna do now?

I'm gonna be happy for a change.

After all, he ain't the only man in the world.

There's plenty of good fish in the sea,

I always say.

Besides, I was getting kind of sick of him.

It's time I run into somebody new.

- I want to go home. I want to go home.

- You always want to go home.

Say, why don't you watch

where you're going?

You might have hurt this lady.

Come on. Young fool.

- Glad you liked it.

- Do you work every day?

- Sure.

- Be here tomorrow?

- Of course. Always.

- Good night, then.

Good night, Millie.

- I'll see you tomorrow.

- Okay.

I want to get the state prison at Huntsburg.

No. No. I don't know the number.

- She always drink two malts?

- Oh, let her. It's good for business.

- Your business. Monkey business.

- What?

- Sandy, what's the matter?

- Just a minute.

- Can I have some change, please?

- Why, certainly.

- All right.

- Sandy, I didn't do anything.

- Not yet you didn't do anything.

- I was just waiting...

Hello, this is Mr. Edward Miller.

I'd like to speak to Dr. Gillette, please.

It's very important.

What?

Two weeks? Well, what's his number there?

But I've got to reach him. I told you,

it's very important. It's a matter of life or...

Well, listen.

There must be a phone near where he is.

Well, can't you...

Well, can you please tell me if...

All right. All right. All right!

I guess, I do. But you make me so mad.

- Did you get your party?

- Didn't get his party.

Do you know how much coffee

I've had today? Seventeen cups.

The Brazilians ought to give me a medal.

What is it?

Second-degree burns.

Chadwick's in with him.

- Here's his card.

- Edward Burnside. Well, the name fits.

Right hand. Electric stove.

Yeah, friend, a man's got no business

fooling around with stoves.

They're strictly a woman's business.

You're not married?

- No.

- You're missing a big deal, friend.

So you get married.

So your wife does all the cooking.

So she's the one that gets burned.

So what happens?

So she comes and cries on your shoulder,

and you pat her head

and give her a kiss or two.

Yeah, that's living. Keep your hand still.

Next day she tells you to climb on a ladder

and clean out the closet,

and you fall and break a leg. I don't know.

They got you coming and going.

- Everything all right?

- Just finished.

You'll have to sign this, Mr. Burnside.

Your left hand will do.

- Can I see you a minute outside, Chad?

- Sure.

You notice anything funny about...

Outside of the fact that

he did it on purpose, no.

- You think it was self-inflicted?

- Look, to get a second degree like that,

he'd have had to hold his hand on a burner

a couple of seconds, at least.

Sure it was self-inflicted.

Give me a minute, will you?

Mr. Burnside, I want to ask you a question.

Were you ever in a mental hospital?

- Only when I was imprisoned.

- Prison?

- In the psycho ward. But they let me go.

- Why?

My sentence was up. Dr. Gillette wanted

to keep me, but they let me go.

- What'd you go up for?

- I...

I hit someone, a girl.

- Why?

- I don't know.

- How do you feel now?

- Not right. I don't feel right.

You gonna keep me here?

I don't know.

Stay where you are for a minute, will you?

- Well?

- I'm gonna send him upstairs.

- You crazy?

- Not as crazy as he is.

He'll make five loopies you've sent

up in the past two weeks.

- Where are the rest of them now?

- That's not my fault.

Look, forget it. They'll only wrap him up in a

cold sheet, keep him around for three days,

then give him back to the Indians.

Besides, we've got some more business.

All right, boys, full house coming in.

One stretcher. One warm.

Great. Let's go, Chad.

Okay, friend, you can go now.

A little room, Mac. A little room.

Listen, don't you think

this is a funny way to get hurt?

- Sure, friend.

- Don't...

- Aren't you away yet, Miller?

- I will be in a minute.

- It's not easy with this hand.

- You sure you can drive?

- Don't worry, I can drive.

- I don't worry. The company worries.

And just remember, if you have an accident,

you're responsible.

- Who is it?

- Cleaner.

All right, Eddie.

- Hello, Eddie.

- Hello, Miss Darr.

I was hoping you'd get here earlier. Just put

them in on the bed. I'll hang them up later.

- What have you been doing?

- What?

- Your hand, you've hurt it.

- I was playing ball yesterday.

- I got spiked in a ball game.

- I didn't know you were a ball player.

- I'm a lot of things.

- Man of many talents.

- Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.

- I never seem to know a man like that.

- Are you going someplace?

- Not unless I get this down.

- Well, here, here. Let me give you a hand.

- Thanks.

Eddie, you're sweet. Just put it on the bed.

Actually, I'm only going away

for a couple of days with a friend of mine.

That's why I was hoping

you'd get here earlier, Eddie.

- I want you to do me a favor, will you?

- Well, if it's something I can.

Well, it's this dress. I tried it on

to see if it was okay this morning,

and then I noticed this stain.

I want to wear it when I go away, Eddie.

Do you think Alpine could do a rush job on

it for me and get it back to me by tomorrow?

Well, I don't know.

I'll have to ask one of the men.

- What kind of a stain is it?

- Brandy. At least, I think it's brandy.

There was this drunk the other night,

and I forgot about it.

He must have spilled something,

and I didn't...

- I'll get one of the men to do it.

- Eddie, you're wonderful.

Tell you what. You go in the kitchen and get

a beer out of the icebox, and I'll slip this off.

All right.

There's an opener right there by the bottles.

Find it all right?

Yes, I found it, Miss Darr.

I'm sorry. I forgot about your hand.

I see you got it opened all right.

Yeah, sure. It was easy.

I didn't know baseball was

such a dangerous game.

- Well, anybody can get hurt anytime.

- You're so right, Eddie.

Not just in games, either. Is it hot out?

I haven't been out yet.

- No, it's nice.

- But you're sweating.

- Am I? I didn't know.

- Well, the beer will cool you off.

Excuse me.

What is it? Al?

What are you doing up so early?

Sure. Come on up.

That's my friend. He's coming up.

Eddie, would you mind finishing

your beer out on the back porch?

Al's just like every other trumpet player.

He's jealous.

I wouldn't want him to get any ideas.

And I'll expect the dress tomorrow.

You're a darling, Eddie.

Anyone down there?

Gets better every time.

Play it again, Jeannie girl.

Listen, that's five times

I've played it for you already.

- People might want to hear something else.

- No. They ain't listening.

I'm the only one that's listening.

Play it again, Jeannie girl.

- Pete?

- What's the matter, Jeannie?

- Do you want to run off with me?

- It's this man.

Five times I've played a song for him,

and now he wants to hear it again.

What's the matter?

You know only one song?

Jeannie knows lots of songs.

Let her play and you'll hear a million songs.

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