White of the Eye Page #2

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- Paul.

Paul, of course. Yes, I'm sorry.

Listen, Paul, there's been a...

There was a homicide right

next door there, and...

- Yeah, I know.

- I...

Let me rescue this gadget.

That's real nice!

That's hot! How much does

something like that run at?

Well, it was $2, 200.

Tricked out like that with that

rosewood and ivory... it's $3,000.

Dr Sutter tells me you've got

a waiting list a mile long,

here in Tucson, Phoenix,

all over the place.

You get around.

Those guys out in front

always work for you?

No, I er... I sub-contract 'em.

- It depends on the job.

- I love the classics.

Wagner, Stravinsky, Mahler...

I'm big on Mahler.

Really? Mahler? I love Mahler.

What kind of equipment you got?

Er... nothing fancy.

Fedcosonic, 40 Watts.

Fedcosonic, that's a good

value. It's a good buy.

- I gotta hook this up.

- Sure, sure, go ahead.

Now, if you're talking Mahler,

you're talking challenging

the bass, right?

Now, these can handle it.

Pure, undistorted power

to the sub-sonic range.

- Don't ask me how much.

- I won't.

But let me ask you this, Paul.

Do you still hunt?

No. Why?

Well, I heard you had

quite a reputation.

Very heavy into hunting.

Well, yeah, I used to, but

I quit when I got married.

- My wife... You know how women are.

- Yeah... yeah.

Except when they want

a fur coat, right?

Did you ever meet Joyce Patel?

Joyce Patel? That's the woman...

No, man, I never saw her.

Paul, take a look

at these Polaroids.

No, not more than 1,000 miles.

Mm-hmm. Yep.

These Baja SE tires happen to be

just introduced, quality, mail

order imports from California.

Now, the company has all the

customers on a floppy disk.

So, you could say we're in luck. Only

a few sets in this state so far.

What are you trying to say?

I'm trying to say those

are like fingerprints.

Fresh fingerprints.

How many sets do

you have? In this state?

- 42.

- And out of state?

Paul, I'm gonna let you know a

little privileged information.

We've had three similar

disfigurements at least

in this state and in

this state alone.

Forget about out of state, OK?

Be patient with me.

I don't suppose you recall what you

were doing August 10th for instance?

Tuesday evening?

Well... of course, why should you?

I'll check with my wife.

She keeps the date book.

Well, er... there's no... no hurry.

Besides, I've got

41 more sets to go.

It's just leg work.

That's my specialty.

Come on, Danielle.

Come on, jump! Don't be afraid.

You know, there's no

electricity without copper.

See that?

See it? How could you miss it?

It's the only thing out here.

All these mountains are

man-made by this town.

- Donald, let me ask you a question.

- What?

Is it true that copper bracelets

are good for your sex life?

There's no question about it!

Here! You see this penny?

That's an English penny. That'll

give you a faithful husband.

That's all you gotta do is rub it.

- Don't drop it! Don't lose it!

- I ain't gonna lose it.

- Hey!

- I ain't gonna rub it anyway.

That'll be 16 bucks, Chief.

Looking good, huh?

Let's see how she sounds.

Hey, Paul.

I hear they hunt with handguns

around here, is that right?

I used to pop varmints with an automatic.

I learned to get 'em in one shot.

Oh, man, what bullshit, man!

That's a. 380 Beretta, buddy.

It's got 960 feet per second,

so what are you talking about?

Huh? What the f*** are

you talking about?

This gun's a motherf***er!

It's a f***ing deadly

weapon, man, it's Italian.

Varmints? Varmints sh*t, man!

Hey, Paul.

- Are you doing any hunting or what?

- I'm thinking 'bout going up there Sunday.

Yeah? Mind if I hang out with you?

- Hang out?

- Yeah!

It's late in the season, but I figure there's

a few mulies left up there. Fast ones.

Mulies? What the f*** are

we gonna hunt? Donkeys?

Mule deer.

- Mule deer.

- Mule deer? Yeah! Yeah, I knew that.

What?

Hey, man, what's so

funny, man? Mule deer.

Everybody knows mule deer.

Heel!

I said heel!

Heel!

There's my girl!

Here we go. Ready?

Into the capsule, if you dare.

Ne-ne-ne-ne-ne...

August 10th, August 10th...

- What are you doing?

- Nothing.

- Hmm?

- Nothing.

Doesn't feel like nothing.

Why have you tied

our dog to my leg?

- Hmm?

- Because I have something to tell you.

And what have you got to tell me?

- I got you some cookies.

- You got me cookies?

- Yes.

- You got me cookies?

- Yes.

- Let's see them.

Mmm, cookies!

- Shasta likes them too. Who made them?

- Me and Mom.

We'd better try them

out on the dog.

Keep still, Shasta. Keep still.

Biscuit.

Yeah!

Let's go see Mommy. Come on.

- Yeah?

- 'Hey, you're home?'

That's right, Fred.

'Joan around?'

No, she works down at the thrift

store on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

'Right, right...

'Paul, I gotta talk to you.

'I wouldn't want to use the

phone for this, you know. '

I don't understand why a bright guy like

that wound up in this burg. In Globe?

Selling high-tech hi-fi sh*t

out of his backyard?

We got us a non-conformist

here, Charles, come here.

That's the file.

Worked for six years as an

accountant at the mine.

Managed to embezzle six

grand in six months.

Jumped bail and disappeared

into thin air.

The mother remarried,

couldn't handle the kid.

He was raised by his grandfather.

You know, "embezzlement" must be

a weird-sounding word to a kid.

Here's the kid.

Phil, that's a juvenile hall rap sheet,

you can't put that on the computer.

I'm shocked at you,

man, I really am.

What are you telling me?

You don't believe in genes?

Nothing's sacred to you.

- I'm gonna pull the plug.

- Are you a cop or a nun?

This kid has got a serious

anti-social juvenile record.

That's not gonna help us. Look,

I got something I wanna show you.

- Possession of dangerous drugs...

- Phil, I'm gonna pull the plug.

Drunk driving, aggravated assault on

a police officer, probably on speed,

hunting the reservation

without a license...

You're spending too much time up here.

You finished? Let me show you something.

These four objects, what's

the common denominator?

What's the point? We got us

a Christian slasher here?

- Is that what you're saying?

- Maybe. Look at this.

What does this tell you?

It tells me it's

Margarita time, Charles.

OK, now what does it tell you?

I give up. You tell

me what it means.

OK. Phil...

The North Star.

The setting sun. South is blue...

I don't remember why.

East is black.

What we have here, Phil,

is an ancient Indian compass.

This goes back before the Vikings.

This is the four directions. That's

what the Indians call it, OK?

Now, I want you to take this and shove

it up your floppy orifice, OK, Phil?

Thank you, I will.

Hand me the sign, will you, please?

What happened in here, Fred?

Jesus, goddamn horde of

locusts is what happened!

People just take advantage.

Ruby, we got shoe leather here.

We're out of drippings, Dad. Jesus!

Out of drippings,

out of drippings...

Anne Mason came in.

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