This Is My Affair Page #3

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What time?

I'll telephone you.

What's your number?

Same as yours... National Hotel.

Now I KNOW you're a fool!

- Same boat folks?

- Sure... good old "Hilda".

I could have let her out

a dozen times already...

But I said to myself maybe

they'll want her again!

Thanks Gus. We'll do the same

for YOU sometime.

There you are Gus... a dollar for the deposit

and the rest for yourself.

I tell my wife about you!

She always says when you are in love,

money don't mean nothing.

See, even Gus has noticed.

Thank goodness "Hilda" has got

a nice flat bottom!

Look for us when you see us, Gus!

Joe... who are you really?

Just a fellow by the name of Joe Patrick.

No... I mean where do you come from?

What are you doing in St Paul?

Well I hail from Des Moines.

I'm in St Paul lookin' after

a girl by the name of Lil.

A great girl.

Don't you do anything

for a living?

No... I got my hands full

taking care of you.

You aren't in trouble, are you?

Why do you ask that?

I just wondered.

Would it make any difference

if I was?

Not as long as

you aren't in danger.

Well, there was a little trouble

in Cheyenne, but...

I figured I told you...

I don't want you mixed up in anything.

That sort of trouble

doesn't worry me.

This does... you and me

and Jock...

Yeah, well that's somethin'

we gotta get straightened out.

Just... what does Jock mean to you?

He doesn't mean a thing...

he never has.

Well then, why...

Jock's wanted me ever since he and Bat

have been together.

I kidded him along at first

because he was good protection...

He kept a lot of other fellas

from getting wrong ideas.

He thinks he owns me.

How did you and Bat ever get mixed up

with a big lunk like that?

They were together

long before I joined them.

You see, Bat isn't my real brother...

he's my step-brother.

He's looked after me, in a way,

ever since our folks died.

Seems to me he's doing it alright.

It hasn't always been like this.

I've been hungry plenty of times.

What'd Bat do...

run into a gold mine?

Well...

Bat doesn't tell me everything.

Doesn't seem to me like you got

much to worry about right now.

Except what Jock would do if he knew

we'd been seeing each other.

You're not sorry, are you?

No.

You do like me, don't you?

It isn't just because I'm a woman...

any woman?

No!... You know better than that.

It was at first, wasn't it?

Maybe.

I don't mind.

In fact it's a very comforting thought

When I'm here like this,

Bat and Jock don't mean a thing.

I almost wished they were staying

in Omaha forever.

- Who is it?

- It's me, Joe.

Come in!

I got your note,

and came right over.

The boys must be

out of town again.

They are...

for 2 whole days.

Say... some place you've got here.

Where'd they go this time?

Oh, I don't know... some place or other...

I forget where.

I thought maybe if you were free,

we might spend the day together.

Right... what say we run over to Minneapolis

and see the sights?

Too many people we know there.

Fort Snelling?

No... I don't like a man in uniform.

Well, we could always pop in

on "Hilda"!

That's what I wanted you to say.

I'll never get ready, if you don't stop

forcing your attention on me.

- How long will it take you?

- About 2 shakes of a lamb's tail!

Just give me time

to run out of the room and wash.

You can wash here...

it's the same soap and water.

That's a good idea.

You'll find comb and brush and anything else

you need in my brother's room.

It's the other side of the bathroom.

Thanks.

What's the matter... what happened?

An accident. Get some hot water

and a couple of towels, quick!

Get me a drink!

Somehow... I'll be alright.

I'll kick his face in!

What IS this, Lil?

I told you...

he's a friend of mine from Des Moines.

We were going for a ride.

You're lying!

Funny... I never saw HIM

around Des Moines.

You didn't know EVERY fellow

I went with.

- You're lyin' I tell ya! - I'm not.

- What's the idea of bringin' him in here?

He was a bit jittery about some trouble

he had in Cheyenne,

and wanted someone to! talk to,

that's all!

Hey... take a look at that.

Hey... what is this?...

Dirty rats!

Wait a minute... take it easy!

- Hey... where's this?

- The First State Bank of Cheyenne!

Don't you know better

than to take small town bills like these?

They're too easy to trace.

Maybe that's why I've still got 'em!

Or have I still got 'em?

Alright, Patrick... get going!

- If you ask ME...

- I didn't ask YOU!

- I'm sorry, Joe

- That's alright.

- You ready?

- She ain't goin' no place with you!

Some other time.

Oh... I see!

Well... you shoulda told me!

Yeah, and if you're smart,

you'll go back to Des Moines.

I'm doin' alright here!

Yeah... but you'd be a lot healthier

in Des Moines!

You don't look so healthy,

just now.

What's the matter...

have a little accident?!

Anybody home?

Oh hello, Ernie... come on in.

Alright, Patrick... beat it!

Well thanks folks,

for a very pleasant time.

I still think your boyfriend here

ought to be in rompers!

Oh, how I hate that guy!

One of these days I'll take 'im,

and I'll bust 'im in two!

- And who's this...?

- Never mind, he's alright.

Hey, sis... get that hot water

and those towels, will ya.

Take a look at that!

- What happened?

- "What happened"?... the dumb lug!

I've always told him he's the only one

that thinks those jokes of his are funny.

We go into a saloon in Elm City...

just to kill some time...

There's a monkey sittin' there

with a bald head.

Jock gives him the BBs.

Well, the bald head

don't think it's so funny.

He gives jock a bullet in the arm.

Wait until I find 'im... that's all!

I know... you'll show him

one of your card tricks.

This kinda knocks things

on the head... don't it?

Unless I figure out another way.

Sit down.

What did you find out

about Milwaukee?

That town is hotter

than a firecracker.

The "Workman's Savings"

has got a lot of money in it.

Yeah... and a cop for every dollar.

Madison is jake...

has a welcome sign all over it.

Theyre expecting a lot of money

from Chicago, to pay off Saturday...

on the livestock the farmers

have been selling.

So, you've got to crack it

by Friday night.

I can't get there...

not with this arm.

You got the layout?

The entire setup.

Here's the alarm switch.

The vault is single action

without a time lock.

What about the bulls?

I've got their schedule

timed to a second.

Those Madison bulls need a lesson.

They drink too much.

Here... wax impression

of the rear door key.

Those numbers come from the east?

No, not yet.

But they will.

They always do.

Where do I go next?

- Dodge City?

- No... we're branching out.

I want you to get me the layout

on Chicago.

Chicago!

Now maybe I'll get to see

a little real baseball!

Do you feel alright?

I sure do now, honey!

I won't be able to show you

that new trick, now.

Thank goodness we've got something

to look forward to.

Yes!

Good evening, sir.

Something I can show you?

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