This Is My Affair Page #6

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on the beach.

Patrick... I'll see you

at the station.

He's lying, Joe...

That wasn't him speaking.

He wouldn't let me go

like this.

He won't do anything.

You don't know him

the way I do.

We've got to leave right away.

I'm sorry, Lil...

but I'm going to Baltimore.

Oh no Joe... you can't...

you promised me!

You wouldn't want me

to run away, would you?

But you've got to come with me...

Something will happen...

I know it... I feel it.

This is my affair, Lil.

You gotta let me handle it my own way.

He'll kill you, Joe.

No he won't.

I'll take care of that.

You better run along.

I gotta pack.

I'll say goodbye at the depot.

Hello, Wallace?

Listen Brad... I've just got word that

those bank bandits are moving eastward...

Gorman National Bank

Baltimore

Yes, of course Mr President.

I'll attend to it personally.

May I ask where you got

the information?

I'm sorry Brad, but I can't divulge

the source to anyone.

But Mr President, you must realise

that any clue of this kind would be most valuable.

I understand Brad,

but it's impossible.

Now you keep the bank covered.

At last, we're getting somewhere!

Get me Mr Maxwell

at the bank examiner's office.

President McKinley on the telephone.

Yes, Mr President?

Maxwell, I've some splendid news

for you.

I believe we're just about to put an end

to all these bank robberies.

Well, this is great news.

Have you any definite information?

Yes, Maxwell, but it's absolutely impossible

for me to tell you any more at this time.

That's what I've been waiting to hear,

Mr President.

Thank you.

I want to make a call

on the long distance telephone.

Get me Baltimore. Century Hotel.

Cancel that long distance call.

I'll pull the burglar alarm switch.

You come with me, Joe.

- You about through in there?

- In a minute.

I'll take this one out.

Clean in there.

Look in that box on top there.

Drop!

Where's Joe?

Coming.

Somebody's framed us.

- Somebody's tipped 'em off!

- Shut up!

How much can we lose...?

I'm gonna shoot it out!

Tie 'em both.

This one's still alive.

This one's cold as a cucumber.

Come on out... with your hands up!

Well, what do you know about that...

tried to hide in the vault.

Keep 'em up!

And I sentence you to the

Malen State Penitentiary

There to remain until you've paid the penalty

of this commonwealth's justice...

Which is to hang by the neck

until you are dead.

What happens now?

Nothin'!

Not until they put that rope

around our necks.

Well they ain't gonna put no rope

around MY neck!

We'll be outta here

before you know it.

If we got so much protection, why

we didn't get some of it at the trial?

Well... maybe he's got a reason.

He'll show up

when the time comes.

But there are only 12 days left.

Why don't he do something?

- I ain't worrying.

- Well I am.

I can't sleep... I can't think!

All I can see is that rope.

He's gonna let us die,

I tell ya!

Say... if I could get in there 2 minutes

with you, I'd stop you yelling.

He'll come, I tell ya!

He'll get us outta here.

Hey!... Let me show you a trick.

Here, look... take a card...

any one you like.

Don't let me see it now.

Put it back.

Shuffle it.

- Did you take the...

- Yeah... the ace of spades.

A good trick, wasn't it, uh?

I dreamed about it

again last night.

Shut up, will ya!

I dreamed they came

and took us out, me and you.

They were goin' up those steps

There were 13 of them.

I counted them over and over again.

You have bats in your belfry.

I ain't gonna swing.

Not me!

You kept callin' for somebody.

I couldn't catch his name,

but he didn't answer.

Nobody ever answered.

Keep your nightmares to yourself.

You have to tell me who it is!

We're in the same boat... I got a right to know.

Well I ain't tellin' nothin' see!

I don't believe there's anybody.

You're lyin'!

There never WAS anybody!

How do you reckon I got

those vault numbers... eh?

Then he's run out on us.

Maybe things are gettin' too hot for him.

- You're crazy.

- He sent us to Baltimore didn't he?

And there were a million cops around the place...

weren't there? Who tipped them off?

That was an accident.

Yeah... I suppose this jail's

just an accident, too!

Quit ya yapping, will you.

They're testin' the ropes...

Nothin's happened yet?

Maybe he's gotta work on the quiet.

But he could just

have us some word.

But we still got time.

- We got time.

- For what?...

To sit here and go crazy?

We gotta get to him.

Well I ain't givin' in yet.

Do you know what I think?

I think he wants to see us hang.

We know too much.

He can't doublecross me like that!

Not that guy!

I wouldn't trust the best friend

I got in the world.

When it comes to hangin'

nobody's gonna step in and talk.

He'll spring us.

I know he will.

When? When it's too late?

When we're dead?

He'll come!

I'll bet he's laughin' at us

right this minute.

I'll bet he even comes

to the hanging.

Oh, shut up, will ya... shut up!

Just wait to see us go up those steps

He wants to see 'em

put that black cap over our heads

and watch 'em tie that knot

and see us drop.

He'll be there to see us

kicking and twisting.

Oh, shut up, will ya... shut up!

It won't be HIS neck!

He won't have to hang there gaspin' for breath

until his eyes pop out of his head.

And his tongue splits wide open

and his heart bursts!

It's US... you and me that's gotta die...

NOT HIM!

Can't you see that,

you poor blind fool?

Sucker! Sucker... that's what you are...

that's what you've always been.

Bat was right when he said you were dumb.

Lil knew it, and I know it!

You're lettin' this guy, whoever he is,

make a fool of ya.

Well he wouldn't make a fool out of me...

I'd yell my head off!

Yeah, that's it... that's it, the dirty rat!

That's what he wants...

He thinks I'm dumb too.

But he's got another thing coming!

I'm not gonna sit here

and die to save...

Let 'em try puttin' that rope

around HIS neck for a change.

Let HIM see how it feels.

He can't get away with this

from me...

I'll get outta here!

Now he's got you!

He's laughin' at you right now!

I can just hear him...

Yeah... that's what he's doing!

Big man, eh?!

Big office!

Big banking governor!

Alright, examiner Maxwell...

If it's the last thing that I do...

I'm not gonna hang for you Maxwell!

I'm not gonna hang for you!

No! I'll tear the place down!

Say, Tim... I gotta see the warden

right away.

The warden's not here...

he's never here at night.

But I gotta Tim, it's serious...

I got some information he wants.

Alright, I'll see what I can do

in the morning.

I've got to get this letter

to President McKinley, sir.

If you have an appeal to make, Patrick,

you'll have to let your lawyer handle it

through the regular channels.

But isn't it true sir, that any man

going to his death,

is given the privilege

of a last request?

Well, yes... ordinarily.

Anything within reason.

What possible harm could there be in letting me

send this letter to the president?

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