Torrid Zone Page #6

If we are caught by Rosario:

Maybe for $50,

you could think of a couple of places?

- Si, seor.

- That's more like it.

- Wally, get the boys a couple of horses.

- I gotcha.

I'll expect you back tomorrow.

- Maybe sooner.

- Maybe later.

Tomorrow.

- Hello, Nick.

- Hello.

Alone, for a change?

Nick...

What's on your mind?

You, me.

Nick, I can't stand it here another day.

- What about your husband?

- What about him?

He's practically

in a divorce court right now.

- Soon as I get back to the States...

- "Practically" means two strikes.

Didn't you know what you were letting

yourself in for when you came here?

All I know

is what I read in the travel folder.

"Soft tropical breezes."

Gay romantic couples

finding ecstatic happiness...

...under the silvery Caribbean moonlight.

A green paradise, where idyllic romance

and lazy comfort walk hand in hand."

I wonder if the gentleman

who wrote that folder ever lived down here.

How come

you ever tied up with Anderson?

He was always begging me to marry him.

Finally, he landed this job, so I did.

I was on the rebound at the time.

Seemed a good idea. It wasn't.

Nick, why should I draw a blank

like Anderson?

Oh, like a lot of good-looking gals,

you think the right guys are like streetcars.

Miss one, another one will be along

in five minutes.

Always waiting for Prince Charming

on that white horse.

Well, there aren't enough of them

to go around.

Most guys are just like me, plain mugs.

If a mug like you had been around,

I wouldn't be here.

Thanks.

- I mean it, Nick. I do.

- I believe you.

- Come on, let's have a drink.

- You don't believe me.

Now do you?

Yeah, I guess so.

Will you take me back

to the States with you?

Well, we'll talk about that later, huh?

Let's have a drink...

I understand the Chicago fire

started from something like that.

- The Chicago fire was started by a cow.

- History repeats itself.

Why don't you learn

to mind your own business?

I was only trying to cool off,

but I see it's much hotter out here.

I think I'll get myself

a drink of water instead.

Oh, could I get you some?

Go to bed, we don't want anything.

If you don't watch out,

you're gonna get it anyway.

You're gonna look awfully silly with one of

Anderson's bullets nailed to your back porch.

Does she try to be offensive?

Just one of those gals,

doesn't know any different.

In this case, she's right. It's not smart,

cuddling on the front porch.

I don't care. Nick, you have to take me

back to the States with you.

We'll talk about that later.

- Bill?

- Yes?

- How's it going?

- Ten more cars to load.

Train will be ready around 8 in the morning.

Case won't find any fault about that.

Case can find fault with anything.

I'm not intruding

on anything private, I hope.

Not at all. Good night, Mr. Butler.

- Have a drink?

- Yeah, I could stand one.

- You have scotch or bourbon?

- Bourbon, and toss in a little soda, huh?

You always use that shade of lipstick?

- Comes off easy, doesn't it?

- Goes on easy too.

I tell Gloria she always uses too much.

That's my lipstick

and I don't use too much.

Well, Nick, here's the food.

We can really get our little party going.

Get some drinks.

- Like a sandwich?

- No, thank you.

Goodnight.

Well, that was almost a fatal slip, sonny.

You're old enough to know about lipstick.

Sandwich?

No, thanks.

Why don't you get into your cracker box

and go to bed?

Look, I just saved you from being

the heavy in a nasty little bedtime story.

I don't know why I bothered.

Please stop pushing me around.

I don't like it.

What do you think I've got, chickenpox?

I don't know.

But whatever it is, I don't wanna catch it.

Well, see if you can catch this.

Next time, a little more mustard.

- Well, here's your pullman, sister. Hop in.

- I'd just soon get on a rollercoaster.

Come on, get on.

Wait a second, wait a second.

What's this?

The governor rushing up a reprieve?

No, stop dreaming.

I'm here to make sure you go.

I suppose you told Case I was coming so

he could prepare a welcome party for me.

Haven't told Case anything.

You're not important.

You can duck away from Case.

It's no skin off my nose.

You know, even when you do

anything human, you make it sound nasty.

Well, here's 100. You may need it.

When you get going again,

you can send it to me...

...care of the Coast to Coast

grocery store, Chicago.

Thanks.

It's been so long since anyone trusted me,

I might send this back to you.

Don't worry about it.

All right, come on, up you go.

- See you tomorrow, Nick.

- Tell that chiseler to send me my dough.

- All right.

- Oh, Lee?

If you see Case, give him a kiss for me.

Not even a foreign general

would kiss that guy.

Go ahead.

Hurry up there, Pancho.

Charlie.

Charlie. Who let that irrigation ditch

get in that condition?

Find where it's clogged, clean it.

- But, seor...

- Clean it out!

I should have brought my spurs.

You needn't take it personally.

I was only kidding.

- What's the matter?

- It looks bad.

Well, what do we do now,

walk the rest of the way?

Someday, I'm gonna get mad

at that Rosario.

Back her up.

It'll take two days to fix that track.

And it was such

a beautiful load of fruit too.

Wait till Case hears about this.

And when Nick sees you,

he'll sure welcome you back.

Yeah, with a club in each hand.

- Jose.

- Si, seor.

Watch those men. They're leaving

too many young plants.

Clean them out or

the mature trees will choke to death.

- What happened?

- Track's blown...

...compliments of Rosario

and with our dynamite.

That settles it. I'm going after him.

Few things I wanna tell Case too.

You can't tell Case anything.

The wires are down.

Keep up that steam.

Can the tracks be fixed?

- Some of the rails look like pretzels.

- We have some rails here.

Well, you go on, get a bunch of the boys

down to the break. Go ahead.

Well, it's good to be home again.

Same scenery, same sourpusses.

How are the crops, Zeke?

Keep your mouth shut and your nose clean.

Step out of line, I'm gonna lock you up.

I may as well go have tea with the duchess.

By the way, how are you doing?

Send that mind of yours out

and have it cleaned.

- Look at the company I'm in.

- Won't be for long.

Carlos and Sancho get back yet?

They haven't shown. If they don't

get here in an hour, we'll go into the hills.

- Oh, Lee?

- Yeah?

Give me back that hundred.

Hey, Brannigan, get off that scooter!

- Give me a push, boys. A little help.

- Okay.

Keep trying number seven.

I can't depend on any tramp

around here except myself.

Yes, sir.

Have a patata.

Patatas, bananas, bananas, patatas.

Jose, is all your fault.

I told you when you was in the storehouse

to steal some salmon and beans.

You make me sick.

I steal two guns, more better.

Maybe, perhaps you would eat the guns.

More better.

Chico, what time is it?

Eight and 25.

It is 8:
30, you are slow.

Carlos, Sancho, vengo.

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