"search the barrels." "slow... looking sharp." "Take maybe 10 minutes." "See that?" "Gives me 15 minutes." "Fifteen minutes." "I've got to start taking chances." "What I wouldn't give for some ice water or a smoke." "I've got to get out of here." "Hope I buried my shirt deep enough." "It's a dead giveaway." "Here comes something." "I've got to take that chance now." "How did you get your feet wet?" "Been wading?" "so I waded across." " Where you going?" " San Francisco." " Whereabouts in Frisco?" " Civic Center." "In your undershirt?" "I like to be comfortable." " Where did you get them pants?" " What do you want to know for?" "Never saw any like them before." "What's funny about them?" "They suit me." "They give me a lot of wear for the money." " Where you from?" " Arizona." " Whereabouts in Arizona?" " Maricopa." "Very fancy seat cover you got here." "That's a piece of a carnival tent." "You know what?" "Seems to me you'd be more sunburned not wearing a shirt than you are." "you ought to be more sunburned." "How come you're not?" "Lose your shirt?" "Why are you going to Frisco?" "a quiz program?" "Stop this jalopy and let me out." "I'll hitch another ride." "pal." "All I said was..." "Stop the car." "I'll hitch a ride where I don't have to tell my life history." "Flash!" "We interrupt this program to warn all listeners in the North Bay Area. probably on an outbound truck." "His description follows." "brown." "black shoes." "sentenced for life for the murder of his wife three years ago." "what do you know?" "stop!" "I won't tell !" "Stop!" "fast." "What is this?" "You're lucky he's still alive." "Let's go." "I want to help you." "Why?" "Vincent." " How did you know my name?" " Does that matter?" "I'd have a gun." "I'm trying to give you a chance." "let's go." "Get under here." "I was out painting." "I heard the flash on my radio." "I'll fix it." "Where are we?" "In the tunnel leading to the Golden Gate Bridge." "to my place." "It's a roadblock." "Vincent." "Don't make a sound." "miss?" "Officer?" "Have I done something wrong?" "miss." "Where are you going?" "San Francisco." "What have you got here in back?" "Just my painting stuff." "I'm an amateur landscape painter." " I'll have a look if you don't mind." " Go right ahead." "they're still wet." "miss." "You can start breathing again." "You told them to go ahead and look." "I knew they would anyway." "I had to take the chance." "What were you doing near San Quentin?" "Painting in the hills." "How did you know I'd be on that road?" "The radio said the truck was headed south." "I figured you'd head for the county road. so I turned around and came back." "And there I was." "I'm supposed to believe that?" "don't believe it." "But I got you past the police." "If you'd taken that jalopy you'd be on your way back to San Quentin by now." "That's one thing." "I'd be letting myself in for a few years of prison." "That's another thing." "I'm letting myself in for a broken jaw." "a broken jaw"?" "aren't you?" "I can't afford to make mistakes." " Maybe I've made one." " Why?" "There's a motorcycle cop coming up behind us." "He's dead ahead of us now." "He's stopping at the tollgate." "Lie still." "Hold your breath and cross your fingers." "Hear there's a roadblock on the other side." "A killer's loose." "So they say." "We're at my place." "You ready?" " What's next?" " You're going to stay here." " That's no good." " Can you think of something better?" "count 10." "By that time I'll be inside and have the elevator ready to go up." "It's one of those pushbutton kinds." "but don't run." "on your right." "start counting." "10." "let me go on ahead." " I'll make sure nobody's coming." " All right." " Wait here." " Okay." "You just make yourself at home." "I don't get this." "nothing." "There can't be anything in it for you except a jail sentence." "Wait here." "I want to show you something." "and turn on the music if you like." "legitimate swing." "I wanted you to see this." "It was printed in the Record at the time of your trial." "Huh." "Letters to the Editor." "I think it's time someone spoke up on behalf of Vincent Parry. makes every effort to picture Parry a vicious killer." "I know nothing of Parry's marital difficulties or the finality of the evidence of murder." "But I do know he is being treated shamefully in the papers." "protest your scandal-sheet tactics." "Irene Jansen." "that's you." " Yes." " Why did you write this?" " I suspected you were getting a raw deal." "I give it everything I have." "I'm funny that way." "and it's certainly no good for me." "The police will be busy while I'm doing nothing." "Vincent." " Hello?" " It's Bob." "Bob." " Like to have dinner?" "not tonight." "Got a date with someone else?" "not a date." "I just want to finish some sketches." "just alone." "You're making me jealous." "I'll bet..." "Bob." "It's not true." "about 7:00." " Okay." "Bye." " Bye." "I'm getting out." "That phone call did it." "anyway." "and I'll be in the way." "Vincent." "You can't go out dressed like that." "Let me get you some good clothes." "The police won't look so closely at a well-dressed man." "what size suit?" "I guess." "34 sleeve." " Shoes?" " 8B." " Hat?" " Seven." "That's a lucky number." "I'll be back soon." "You'll have to get rid of those clothes." "There's some wrapping paper in the kitchen." "Wrap them up in tight bundles and throw them down the incinerator chute." "Treat yourself to a hot shower." "And you'll need a shave." "let me in." "That's Madge's voice." "You know I'm out here." "Are you going to let me in?" "is someone in there with you?" "go away." "Madge." "Shouldn't have dropped those stinking clothes down the chute." "Couldn't get far in a Turkish towel." "Everything in order." "Neat." "Clean." "sentenced four years ago died last night in San Quentin still claiming his innocence." "was accused..." "Thought I heard somebody talking in here." "Just me talking to myself." "A habit I picked up in prison." " Did you get rid of your clothes?" " Yeah." "I'm glad you provided a towel big enough to cover my embarrassment." "It's decent enough." "May I have the clipping?" "You had a caller." "I told her to go away." "That wasn't very bright." "My friends will think that I..." "I know." "I told you I should get out." "Not that I care what they think." "and careful." "I hope those fit." "all by yourself?" "I guess." " Is that why you visit murder trials?" " No." "I went because your case was like my father's. yet he died in prison." "I thought it might be that way with you. until today." "How'd you happen to be painting out there?" "You didn't know I was..." "I didn't." "When I woke up this morning" "I found myself wondering how you were getting along." "or any of those things because I know it wasn't destined for my father to die in prison." "But I guess it was something like fate to make me go out to Marin County to paint." "Maybe it was simply because I was thinking of you." "I don't know." "Excuse me." "I'll get cigarettes." "Thank you." "Who's Bob?" "don't you?" "Some things." "What about this Bob?" "He was engaged to somebody else." "but at the same time..." "She didn't want anybody else to have him." " How did you know?" " I've known people like that." "You know more than that." "You know she was the woman who knocked at the door." "The one who worked against you at the trial." "It's dark enough." "I'd better be going." "But she didn't see you." "She doesn't know I know you." "and back again." "I'll go pack the rest of your clothes." "You finish your smoke." "Head down the hill." "I'll tell you where to go from there." " Mind a little speed?" " I like speed." "and I don't feel chatty." "I don't." "You always that way?" "that's why I don't have many friends." "it's funny about friends." " It's funny you can't take a hint." "you never drove a cab." "You got no idea how lonely it gets." "What's lonely about it?" "You see people." "you're right there." "You should see the character I had for a fare yesterday." "Picked him up at the Ferry Building." "full of water." "Two goldfish." "sits down and puts the goldfish bowl in his lap." "Where do you think he wants to go?" "To the ocean." "Clean from the Ferry Building to the Pacific Ocean." "But he doesn't know that there's seven hills." "Seven steep hills in between." "So we start off." "slippity slop." "the goldfish on the floor. water all over the..." "You never saw such a wet guy in your life when we got to that ocean." "And two tireder goldfish." "But I like goldfish." "I'm going to get a couple for the room." "it adds class to the joint." "Makes it a little homey." " I thought you said you got lonely." " That's right." "but they don't talk to me. and I hear them telling about all the fun they had." "and it gets lonely." "That's tough." "You're in a bad way." "You said it." "Where are we going?" "you'll ask me why I'm going there and am I gonna have fun." "remember?" "brother." "Lonely." "And smart." " Smart in what way?" " About people." "Looking at them." "Faces." "What about faces? sometimes even who they are." " Yeah?" " Sure." "you're a guy with plenty of trouble." "buddy." "I know." "that dame." "you slugged her." "too many cops around." "Don't try to hit me in the back of the head or I'll run this crate up into one of those hotel lobbies." "I'll give you $500." "Don't give me nothing." "Where do you want to go?" "You might as well make it the police station." "Don't be like that." "You're doing all right." "You're doing fine." "it would be easy for others." "That's where you're wrong." "Unless you'd be happier back in Quentin." "to keep us happy." "I see what you mean." "Let's go up here and talk." "I didn't." "I don't figure it that way." "I figure you slugged her with that ashtray because she made life miserable for you." "I know how it is." "they get along fine." "So fine that one day he threw a bread knife at her." "She ducked." "That's the way it goes." "Maybe if your wife had ducked no on the lam." "That's life." "Uh-oh." " Smoke?" " All right." "Light?" " What was she like?" " She was all right." "Just hated my guts." "then I didn't care anymore." "normal home." "I almost got roped in a couple of times myself." "it's okay." " What'll I do?" " You won't listen." "I'll listen." "I want ideas." "That's what I want more than anything else." "Ideas." "I didn't kill her." "Why should I go back to San Quentin for the rest of my life if I didn't kill her?" "I wonder what he could do with your face." " Who?" " A friend of mine." "Knows his stuff." " How much would he want?" " How much you got?" "000." "That's all I've got." "He'd take a couple of 100." "and keep after me from then on." "he's a friend of mine." " What's your charge?" " Nothing." "I've seen him work." "He's great." "I wouldn't know my own mother after he got through with her." "How long would it take?" "if he doesn't have to touch your nose." "I don't think he will." "Just a little around the eyes and here and there." "we're right near the place." " A friend." " Dependable?" "The only close friend I've ever had." "it's 2:00 a.m. now." "I'll go up and see the doc and make a date for you for 3:00 a.m." "Nice safe hour." "You go up to his place." "it's safe." "This isn't far from my friend's." "Don't let the doc's alley give you the creeps." "He don't like drop-in trade." "So long." "See you later." "Vince." "Where did you come from?" "Get out of the doorway." "What you got on?" "How did you get here?" "here?" "No." " Anybody follow you?" " I don't think so." "Want a drink or something?" "Come on in." "Vince." "you shouldn't be here." "The cops know you're my friend." "That still go?" "you've always been my friend." "You're the only guy who ever liked me." "George." "that's all I'm asking." "You shouldn't stay around this town." "You ought to be on your way someplace." "but you shouldn't." "I need a week." "the cops may be on their way right now!" "I can't travel with this face." "It's plastered all over the papers." "It needs to be changed." "I'm going there tonight." "Plastic surgery?" " That costs money." " I've got plenty." "A girl named Irene Jansen gave it to me." "but she came to my trial every day." "I remember that girl." "I wondered why she..." "Irene Jansen." "She and you are all I've got to bank on." "You can depend on me." "I've got two keys to this place." "You can have one of them." "and make yourself at home." "What if the police are here when you get back?" "You don't know I've been here." "I'm a big surprise to you." " You're telling me." " I was almost a big surprise to Madge." " Madge Rapf?" " Yeah." " She knocked at Irene's apartment." " Madge know this girl?" "pesters everybody." "All my life I've tried to keep from hating people." "the way she testified against you." "She was under oath." "She had to." ""Vincent did it." "Vincent killed me." "It doesn't make sense." "that's what happened." "You got a raw deal." "Gert hated me." "That's why she said it." "Gert didn't hate you." "Gert just didn't care for you." "There's a difference." "She would have walked out on you if she'd found somebody permanent." "She wouldn't frame you when she was dying." "but she wouldn't frame you." "Madge framed you." "Madge wanted to hook you she framed you." "Sent you up for life." "We both know that." "My attorney couldn't shake her story." "Maybe someday she'll get run over or something." "That's what I pray for every night." "What time you going to this doctor's?" "Pretty soon." "It's being arranged now." "You still practice on the trumpet?" "Only when the neighbors are out." "The guy who sold me this said these keys were inlaid with semiprecious stones." "Remember the time you spent your last cent on that fire opal ring for your wife?" "just because she said she'd never be happy without one." "Yeah." "I remember when you gave it to her." "then she looked at it close and got sore. and she threw it at you." "900 bucks." "Cut your face." "Yeah." "I remember." "my face will never look the same after tonight." " Time to go?" " I got to face it sometime." " I'll leave my bag here." " What about your hat?" "I won't be able to wear a hat over those bandages." "Vince." "here." " Keep the box." " Thanks." "don't we know each other?" " I don't think so." " I guess you're right." "I haven't got any rich friends." "though." " How's it going?" " Going all right." "Longest 12 blocks I ever walked." "Don't be nervous." "I know how bad these things can be. she must've had her face lifted by one of them quacks." "She got caught in the rain and the whole thing dropped down to here." "She should've left it unlifted." "But this guy is great." "And no quack." "Come back in the light." "I think that'll work out nicely." "Walt?" "and the mouth." "Add some to the cheeks from there and there." "I think I'll leave the nose alone." "It's a nice nose." " It'd be a shame to break it." " That's what I thought." "as though you'd been in a wreck?" "Just a little wreck." " You're the doctor." " Good." "How old would you like to look?" "I don't know." "I guess." "not too young." "Will I need to come back again?" "No." "I'm taking enough chance as it is." "do you heal fast?" "Yeah." "Walt." "I like this guy's face." "I study people's faces." "because he's got a good face." "Sam." "Go in the other room and read a magazine." "Okay." "and we'll start things." "no less." "I thought it took longer than that." "Hey!" "Yes?" "are you?" "No." "you have to be shaved clean and close." "I perfected my own special technique 12 years ago before I was kicked out of the Medical Association." "My method is based partly on calling a spade a spade." "I don't monkey around." "you want it now?" "Sam said you could afford $200." "Put it on the table there." "Ever see any botched plastic jobs?" "he could surely fix him up for life." "Make him look like a bulldog or a monkey." "but good." "I'll make you look as if you've lived." "Doc." "I hope I'm not a coward when you start in." "We're all cowards." "There's no such thing as courage." "There's only fear." "A fear of getting hurt and a fear of dying." "That's why human beings live so long." "You won't feel any pain with this." "I'm gonna give you some shots that'll freeze your face." "just close your eyes." "I've got a fine anesthetic." "Used it in the last war." "It's in your bloodstream now." "Vincent." "You'll be all right." "cross your fingers." "Let me in." "Let me in." "Light?" "Got the money?" "Got the money?" "Got the money?" "Got the money?" "Ever see a botched plastic job?" "Ever see a botched plastic job?" "Vincent." "You'll be all right." "Make you look like a bulldog or a monkey." "Don't try to talk." "You're all taped up." "I left a space for you to take nourishment." "Use a glass straw." "You can have anything liquid." "but use a holder." "Don't try to move your mouth." "Don't try to talk." "The bandages can come off at about this time on the morning of the 12th." "and you can shave." "I did a fine job on you." "If you feel a little sore under your arm it's because I borrowed some skin from there." "I'm going to ask you some questions." "just blink." "Do you have a place to stay?" "Do you have someone to help you?" "Good." "talk to that person with pencil and paper." "You're to sleep flat on your back." "Have your friend tie your hands to the bed so you can't turn over." "Got that straight?" "You can get up now." "I took your coat off to get at that skin." "You can roll down your sleeves." "maybe you didn't. and I've known Sam a long time." "I've got a lot of faith in Sam." "That's why I took this job." "I wouldn't have any part of it." "is this." "but you'll always feel 10 years younger." "And you're through with me and I'm through with you." "The artist in me wishes I could see what a nice job I've done." "But I never will." "and good luck." "Sam." "I didn't do this on a cash basis." "friend." "I'll save you using your face to talk me into it." "But from here on in it's like this." "I don't know you or who fixed your face." "How does that sound?" "friend." "Dead." "Why would anybody kill George?" "Poor guy." "The only thing he ever wanted was to go to South America with me" "and play that trumpet." "That's all he wanted out of life." "play a trumpet." "murdered." "just like they said I killed my wife." "Operator." "Operator." "Operator." "Got to go." "There's only one place left anywhere for me to go." "Operator." "Only one place." "Operator." "bud?" "Have a little trouble with the little woman?" "I've come 5 miles." "Great if I can't make it now." "Got to keep climbing." "It is." "It's the car that picked me up." "Where's the guy?" "Where's the guy?" "What does he want?" "It's those same seat covers." "Sun's coming up." "Maybe..." "Maybe it's just a crazy chance." "Maybe it just broke down here." "Things like that happen." "I've got to get off the street." "Hello." "I didn't think you'd come back." "I was frightened." "I'm glad I went down." "You were sprawled on the floor." "till I understood what they were." "Want more?" "You're no featherweight." "Tell me what happened." "Why not?" "You can't talk?" "Taxi driver helped me." "Took me to a plastic surgeon." "Bandages stay on till the 12th." "I'm to eat only liquids." "How did you know about the glass tube?" "you'd know it took one to get in there." "Can smoke through a holder." "Would you like a smoke now?" "and my right arm." "I'm afraid you'll have to carry me." "I understand." "You can sleep in my room." "Don't argue with your nurse." "Good afternoon." "Your face feel better?" "Sleep well?" "I suppose you would like to be untied." "your robe's over there." "Brought you some liquid brunch." "but there's not much you can do with liquids." "here's the paper." "It says that your fingerprints were on the trumpet that smashed his head in." "The police say there were no other fingerprints but yours and the dead man's." "And what about this?" "The police believe Parry demanded aid which Fellsinger refused." "The murder victim was found dead near the telephone." "Did you do it?" "Who could have done it?" "You were there last night?" "But you wrote nothing on the pad this morning about visiting him." "Is there anything else you didn't tell me?" "I know there's something else." "the more I can help you." "But I can't force you to tell me." "I only ask if it's important." "I have to report to the settlement house." "four days a week." "and we can have dinner then." "you look better by candlelight." "you don't look bad at all." "Not any worse than if you'd blocked a kick at a football game." "Ever play?" "Baseball?" "I know who it is." " Hello." " How about dinner?" "Bob." "I've just had dinner." "I'd like to drop over and say hello." "if it's okay." "on Market." " When would you get here?" " About 20 minutes." " Twenty minutes?" "All right." "Bye." " Bye." "Bob'll be here in 20 minutes." "It's better to let him come up." "He'll start suspecting something if I don't." "Don't worry." "I can get rid of him." "I've known him a long time." "We still have time to finish our coffee." "It'll be all right." "You can go up to the bedroom." "He won't look up there." "It's gotten so he depends on seeing me. but all I can do is wait for him to get tired of coming." "Madge knows he comes here." "She even thought it was funny. no-good fiancé he was." "She doesn't want him." "she doesn't want him to have anything." "Not even my friendship." "I can't understand Madge." "It seems that causing unhappiness is the only thing that gives her happiness." "That's the door." "It can't be Bob." "It's too early." "You hurry upstairs." "I'll put the cups away and see who it is." "Irene... you've got to help me." "The paper says Parry's killed George Fellsinger." "too." "He'll get even for what I said at the trial." "Why don't you leave town till they find him?" "He knows where I live." "to kill me." "You're the only person that I can turn to." "I'm just about crazy." "please." "You've got to let me hide here." "I've just got to stay here with you." "I'm scared sick." "Pull yourself together." "They'll catch him." "They haven't yet." "He's right here in this town." "I've just got to stay here." "Madge." " Why not?" "The place is plenty big enough for us both." "I'm begging you." "you can't." " Why not?" " Why are you dressed up?" " Because I'm expecting Bob any minute." "All right." "That's all right." "I can hide in the bedroom." "you won't." " Why not?" "Because it's cheap." "you're afraid Bob might walk into the bedroom?" " You think he makes himself at home here?" " How should I know?" "why stick your dirty needles in?" "I don't like it." "don't get so excited." "What Bob does doesn't make the slightest difference to me." "Madge." "You can go now." "please come home with me." " I'll help you pack." "down the hall." "he'll kill me." "Don't you understand?" "Bob." "What's Madge doing here?" "Why don't you leave people alone?" "You're not satisfied unless you're bothering people. it's people you don't even know." "It's me." "Vincent Parry is loose somewhere in this city." "You have no feelings." "No feeling for you." "except I'm annoyed whenever I see you." "You wouldn't care if Parry found me and killed me!" "let alone kill." "and you know I know why." "What kind of a riddle is this?" "kept after him till she had a hold on him." "to get her out of the way." "He killed Gertrude because he hated her." " That's why he'll kill me!" "He hates me!" " He doesn't hate you." "You're not the type that makes people hate." "but you drove him to it." "or he wouldn't have killed Fellsinger." "Wouldn't have come to San Francisco in the first place." " Now he'll get the gas chamber." " That's why I'm so scared !" "He's got nothing more to lose." "That's why he'll look for me until he finds me and kills me!" "he's no killer." " He was just dumb." " What makes you think you're so smart? and not even much about them or anything else!" "We've been through all that before." "A couple of hundred thousand times and couple of hundred thousand years ago when I was a monkey and thought I wanted to marry you." " I can say plenty!" " That's very true." "Even Parry must have enough sense by this time to stay away..." "He never had anything to do with me!" "Santa Claus has nothing to do with Christmas." "Somebody lied to you." "Gert wasn't a liar." "but she wasn't a liar." "She lied to you." "Will you deny that you and Parry met secretly?" "you do." "didn't you?" "I did not." "But I hired your little rat at double his price to watch you." "he made good." "He told me a man named Vincent Parry visited you for four hours the night before the murder." "I have his sworn statement." "Why didn't you give it to Parry's lawyer at the time of the trial?" "It'd only have given the jury another reason why he killed Gert." "it would have involved you." "Sure." "I didn't want any part of the mess." "That's all a vicious lie." "He's just trying to make me look bad." "Madge." " I won't go home alone." "Bob will take you." "I don't want to have anything to do with her." " Then I'll call a taxi." " Sure." "you two can turn on the phonograph again." "Would you mind explaining that remark?" "Don't say you two weren't in here playing this phonograph when I rang the buzzer yesterday afternoon." "It wasn't me." "Then it was someone else." "You know it was someone else." "'Cause you called the office to check on me." "you hung up." "until now." "I heard the phonograph." "That's true." "The phonograph was going." "And there was somebody here with me." "A man?" "Bob." "It was a man." "Who was it?" "Vincent Parry." "Irene." " What's so funny about it?" " What?" "What was Vincent Parry doing here?" "He was feeling like murdering somebody else so he just dropped in to murder me." "Hilarious." "You had me scared." "Bob." "Is it serious between you?" "I think I ought to give it a chance." "I get it." "Okay." "Irene." "I hope things work out the way you want them to." "too." "I'll take Madge home." "Bye." "Aren't we going to wait for a taxi?" "We'll find one down the hill." "Come on." "I'll call you in the morning." "Madge." " When should I call you?" "I'm afraid I'm going to be busy from now on." "huh?" "Just pick up the sofa and throw it at her." "Maybe that'd make her catch on." "Madge." " Stop it." "honey." "Don't be angry." "nobody believes you." "They didn't." "you'd know I handled it right." "and he won't let her bother me." "Now you'll be safe." "Vincent." "It's time for the bandages to come off. but you said you wanted to get away before it got light." "How does your face feel?" "like the doc said it would." "Ready for the unveiling?" "starting a new life with a new face." "the doc said he could make me look like a bulldog if he botched the job." "I'm sure he didn't." "honest." "Shall I pull it off with one short shriek?" "Well?" "Is it that bad?" "Same eyes." "Same nose." "Same hair." "Everything else seems to be in a different place." "I sure look older." "That's all right." "I'm not." "it ought to be all right with you." " Can you shave?" " The doc said I could." "Why don't you?" "And get dressed." "I'll wait downstairs and sort of get a fresh impression." "It ought to work." "It's unbelievable." "But it's good." "I think I even like you better." "Don't let it give you any ideas." " What kind?" " Don't change yours." "I like it just as it is." "You mind if I play the other side once more?" "I may not hear it again for a long time." "When are you going?" "the better." " Where?" "To clear myself." "To find out who killed them." "Are you curious enough to start taking chances again?" "Or angry enough?" "I'm not angry." "but I'm not." "I know she was murdered." "I suppose I ought to be." "just sorry." "There's so many things I don't understand." "too. but your going away doesn't make it seem good anymore." "I've sort of joined your team and I don't look forward to being without you." "you're off my team." "Lucky to be." "I've got the Indian sign on me." "It seems I can't win." "I've got to start out and prove who killed them." "But won't you be leaving your fingerprints wherever you go?" "The doctor didn't change them." "Vincent." "I see what you mean." "fast." "You'll need more money." "plenty." "I don't know." "But you asked me to pick up those South American folders." "I..." "I like travel folders." "but you won't tell me." "I do know." "You think I'd ever let them know where you were?" "Could be." "And that's why you won't tell me?" "that's why." "it isn't." "You won't tell me because you think I'll come there." "You think I'd follow you." "You'd be insane to follow me..." "Was I insane to pick you up on the road?" "Was I crazy to let you stay here?" "Yes." "I'd be crazy enough to follow you." " That's why you won't tell me." " I guess so." "I don't know." "You do know." "You don't want me there." "You don't need me there." " Isn't that the way it is?" " I guess that's the way it is." "Okay." "I'll get you a taxi." "I'll pack my bag." "It's the taxi." "Funny how quickly they come when you don't want them to come at all." "doesn't it?" "Vincent." "They can't get you now." "Vincent..." "I'll need a new name. let me give you one to go with your new face." "Your eyes are quieter." "Allan's a quiet name." "Allan Linton." "No." "I knew a guy with a name like that once." "I didn't like him." "How about..." "Linnell?" "Allan Linnell." "Uh-huh." "Yeah." "Allan." "You'd better go." " There isn't any possible way to say..." " No." "Irene." " You're the party who wants a taxi?" " Yes." "Nearly pushed my thumb through that buzzer." "Sorry." "Post and Fillmore." " Morning." " Good morning." "coffee." " How'll you have the eggs?" " Easy." "Easy does it." " Looking for the sports section?" " Yeah." "The guy that left the paper took it." "Oh." "race results." "What track?" "mister?" "Racing's been over at Bay Meadows a month." "sir?" "I've got plenty of time." " Where's your raincoat?" " I'm absent-minded." "I haven't got any." " That's better." "Why not?" " I told you I was absent-minded." "Is that why you're up so early?" " Couldn't sleep." " Why not?" "aren't you?" " I'm paid to be." "I've been curious for years." " What do you want with me?" " That depends." "Who are you?" "My name's Linnell." "Allan Linnell." "I'm an investment counselor." " What's ATT selling for?" " $170." "I got 10 shares." "You got any tips?" " You can't do any better than ATT." " Your office here in town?" " Portland." " Rains a lot in Portland." "What're you doing here without a raincoat?" "I'm hiding." "From what?" "everybody." "Come on now." "It can't be as bad as all that." "I'll tell you what you do. come back down here and tell me about it." "Is that why you got the shakes?" "I couldn't sleep." "fellow." "We got orders to check everybody that looks suspicious." " I always figured I looked normal." " You do." "and the racing season's over." "Not normal." "That's why I moved down to say hello." "I'll have to see your cards." "I haven't got my identification here." "It's too bad." "You got me trapped." "Now I'll have to take you in." "it's in my wallet at the hotel." "Why can't we go over there?" "I've got my identification there." "Okay." "Finish your breakfast and we'll go over to the hotel." "What's your address in Portland?" "let's go there now." "then I can eat in peace." "let's go." "Keep the change." "I'll be back later." "This is 100 bucks." "friend." "I thought it was smaller." "I'm sorry I made that crack about Bay Meadows." "Why couldn't I keep my big trap shut?" " Where is this hotel?" " Straight down the block." "You ran in front of me!" "Are you hurt?" "You ought to be shot!" "too!" "I could have dropped dead." "He ran right in front of the wheel." "My heart feels like a baseball bat hitting my chest." "I was driving home from work." "I'm a night watchman." "I got a weak heart." "All I do is sit and watch." "I can't take chances." "I was driving home from work and this crazy galoot runs in front of me." "Did you see it?" "Were you a witness?" "Won't somebody call the policeman?" "This man ought to be arrested." "mister." " I ran into a..." "Officer." "I'm a night watchman." " I was driving home..." " Shut up." "this is Kennedy." "I just picked up a suspect on Fillmore Street." "he broke away from me." "eyes brown." "stripes." "No overcoat." "Yeah." "Just wanted to see if you had any luggage." "Room's on the fourth floor." "Turn right." "You can't miss it." "Mr. Linnell." "Very unusual name." "Walk backwards." "Keep your hands up." "Keep going until you hit the wall." "000." "000?" "alive or dead." " They're stumped." " You talked to them?" "I would've talked to them." "I'm no dope." "but I'm not dumb." " What do you want?" " Money." "000." "000?" "I can't pay that." "I can't come anywhere near it." "She can." " Who?" " Irene Jansen." "Who's she?" "I told you before I wasn't a dope." "I happen to know that dame is worth a couple of hundred grand." "000." "You can't touch her." "She's out of this." "You can't do a thing to her." "Except turn you in." "And that's where she comes in. as well as for being an accessory to the Fellsinger job." "She'd get 20 years." "They'd never give her that." "let's give her a break." "She'd only get 10 years." "000 to her to stay out." "000 she's got left." "000 back in no time." "Then we'd all be happy." "No." "Okay." "Hang it up." "You'll play?" "I got to think it over." "Okay." "Think about it all you want to." "Look at it up and down and sideways." "Parry." "What do you want me to do?" "000." "What are you?" "I was a small-time crook until this very minute." "Now I'm a big-time crook." "And I like it." "who did that job on your face?" " I'm not saying." "It's high-class work." "will you?" "000 is just the right amount." " All right if I light a cigarette?" " No." "Keep your hands up." "I think maybe you better turn around." "I guess maybe you better." "I was wondering how long it would take you to think of that." "how's for sitting down?" "I guess that's okay." "But keep your hands behind you." "I didn't figure on you slugging me in that jalopy." "you should have." "'Cause then I wouldn't have come to in time to see you driving off with that classy dame in that station wagon." "I got the license number." "I always had a good head for figures." "My only interest in your head is how easy it'll crack open." "huh?" "you're gonna be annoyed more." "How'd you find out where she lives?" "I called this little auto club I know about." "Gave them her license number." "They gave me her name and address." "And said her financial rating was well over a couple of hundred thousand bucks." " You staying with me?" " I'm right alongside you." "That's dandy." "You stay there." "then I figure I got a couple of thousand dollars shakedown." "This was big stuff." "I didn't know what the rich dame had to do with you." "But I drive to her address to find out." "there's the station wagon parked outside." "I park my car across the street and wait." " Want a cigarette?" " Yeah." "watching." "You weren't feeling good enough to see me." "Uh-uh." "This smoke's getting in my eyes." "use one hand." "Why didn't you come up to her apartment?" "How do I know there isn't a third party mixed up in this?" "I played it slow." "I saw your striped suit come out early this morning." "I followed it to the diner." "you're sure an amateur." "Stay that way." "What's the matter?" "Get your hands back up." "That's what's the matter." "so I can see what you're up to." "Turn around." "Get your coat." "Wait a minute." "How do you know there isn't a mob?" "You wouldn't be here alone if there was." "This dame just has a feeling for you." "I know how these things go." "She'll pay off with a smile." "How did you know who to ask for downstairs?" "I didn't." "I just told the clerk at the desk" "I had a message for the man in the striped suit that came in." "Mr. Linnell?" I said yes." "Parry." "You're gonna be better off than you ever were." "I walk out of the game." " Want your hat?" " You make it sound pretty simple." "don't make it complicated by trying to make a break." "000." "either way I make money." "Okay." "Let's go." "You drive." "quick." "That dick'll have more looking for you." "we might as well not get picked up." "Where are you figuring on going?" "Mexico?" "Mexico's good." "so you won't have any trouble at the border." "Buy yourself a car at Benton." "It's a little town about 30 miles from the border." "I'll need papers." "that's why Benton came to my mind." "You go to the Benton Printing Shop." "They'll fix you up." "Ask for a guy by the name of Ferris." "Tell him Baker sent you." "Didn't you learn those kind of things at Quentin?" "I didn't mix much at Quentin." "you should have mixed." "That's the only way you learn things." "Especially at a place like Quentin." "They put me in there twice." "I learned some things that even I never knew before." "they got some mighty smart guys at Quentin." "You're sure taking the long way around." "it's the back road to her place." "How do I get to Benton?" "You take one of those fly-by-night buses for Arizona." "as soon as I get the cash." "the cops watch..." " What cash?" "000." "000." "000?" " Sure." "what do you think I meant?" "000" "remember you said you'd leave her alone." "000 was a slip of the tongue." "I wouldn't take everything she's got." "Oh." " Is this a back road?" " We're coming to it." " I don't see it." " We go through that gate." "I'm telling you this road leads no place." "I'm telling you it does." " This road leads under the bridge." " Open the door and get out." " What you gonna do with me?" "Do as I say or I'll shoot." "pick it up." " Let's take a stroll." " Where to?" " Where we won't be seen." " You're gonna shoot me?" "I don't want any interference." " You're gonna kill me?" " Not unless you make a try for the gun." " Did you kill Fellsinger?" " No." "Did you follow me there?" "Do you know who did?" "I waited for you to come back at the girl's place." "Whoever killed Fellsinger followed me." " You had a reason to kill him." " Why would I want to kill him? you could raise the ante." "I waited across..." "You saw me walk out of her house and get the cab." " I saw you drive off and then I stayed." " Where was your car?" "Parked across the street but on the upper level." "Parked in front of her place the next morning." "I made the U-turn and parked up above so I could watch the door better." "Parry... you just drove it." "What chance would I have following a cab?" "that makes sense." "you couldn't have followed me." "But you didn't know the taxi was going to make speed after it got going." "You'd have tried to follow it. and you it and I know it." "There was another car following that cab." "automobile." "Don't stall." "That's why you stayed there." "You saw this other car with headlights off following the taxi. you thought it might be the police." "I didn't see any car." " Tell me or I'll shoot it out of you." " I didn't see any car! you'll tell me if it's the same car I think it was." "I haven't got a thing to lose." "Not a thing." "It was a convertible coupe..." "I think it was orange." " Bright orange." "Who was in it?" " I couldn't see." "I guess I got all I need." " What happens to me?" " That's not my worry." "000 you were going to get from the girl." "it's wonderful when guys like you lose out." "Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world." "Don't count me out so easy." "my good friend." "Now I know who killed my wife and George." "Miss Rapf?" " Who are you?" " A friend of Bob's." "I don't go out with Bob anymore." "That's why I'm here." "just informal." "Bob said we'd get along fine." " What did he say?" " Open the door and I'll tell you." "It's a nice place you got here." "I don't think I should've let you in." "You live up to the buildup." "What did Bob say about me?" "that you weren't easy to get along with." " Maybe I'm not." " Maybe I like it that way." "uh..." "Did he say why we busted up?" "you stopped at nothing." "He said he left you because he didn't trust you 5 feet away." " What do you think?" " I think he had something there." " Do you think you could trust me?" " Now and then." "That'd be your problem." "You'd have to guess when." "You talk like you plan to be around." "That's why I dropped in." " Is that for me?" " Sure." " What's your name?" " Allan." "Allan." "Allan Linnell." "Allan Linnell." "Allan." "You remind me of somebody." "I should've brought the candy in an orange box." "You seem to like orange." "It's my big weakness." "I'll bet everything you own is on the orange side." " Mmm-hmm." "Just about." " Even your car." "Even my car." "It's bright orange." "And my favorite gem is orange." "Mexican opal." "I had a friend once who was as crazy about fire opals as I am." "I gave somebody a fire opal once." "It had flaws in it." "What is it?" "The suit?" "Remember the night you followed it?" "Or is it the face that doesn't go with the eyes?" "do you?" "But there's nothing else for you to do." "the more you know it's true." "Vincent." "I'm the pest now." "I'm going to be..." "Because I know you killed Gert and I know you killed George." "I've got to make you confess it." "There's no way you can get away." "Vincent." "They'll never find you if you go away now." " Now I want them to find me." " They'll kill you." "I'm not." "I know you did it." "I've written down the facts to prove you followed me from Irene's to George's." "I'm going to turn those facts over to the police." "Facts that'll take them back to the day you killed Gert." "and it'll show them how." "It must have turned your stomach when you found out you couldn't get me..." "Without getting rid of Gert." "But you kept your gloves on and you picked up the ashtray and you killed her." "When you found out you still couldn't have me..." "You told the police Gert said I did it." "and not yours." " And that was enough for them." " They won't believe that." "They will when they hear the things you and Bob said to each other the other night in Irene's apartment." "and you've got Bob with you." "all right." "And you're alone. you wanted to get rid of it." "you couldn't stand that." "so you killed George..." "Because you felt that was the best way to make sure she didn't get me." "You knew they'd give me the gas chamber for murdering George." "It was the one big thing in your mind when you killed him." "You told yourself you were rid of me and nobody else could have me." "It's all written down here." "That's no evidence." "That's just the way you figure it." "isn't it?" " You want me to sign it?" " It would simplify matters." "How do you figure I thought Irene Jansen was mixed up with you?" "you knew it wasn't Bob's voice." "just to make sure. you knew I escaped from San Quentin." " You put that together." " She told you... and you waited." "the sorer you got." "you followed me in that orange roadster to George's." " Prove it." " I have." "Right in here." "You knew if you killed George every finger'd point at me... caught him off guard and killed him." "Didn't you?" "Yes." " Will you tell that to the police?" " No." " Where you going?" " I'm gonna turn this over to the police." "Won't do any good." "I haven't signed it." "And I won't." "In every paper in the country I'm a killer." "I never thought it possible to kill anybody till this minute." "She's got you now." "But you've got me." "it means they're still after you." "it means you can't prove anything because I'm the proof." " You'll be there." " No!" "because I won't be there." "You need something concrete." "You need evidence." "You need me." "do you?" "of course not." "You don't have a witness... nothing." "I've got evidence." "because you can't prove it without me." "don't be so sure of yourself." "You'll never get away from me." "You'll never get out of my sight." "doesn't she?" "She's willing to run away with you and keep on running and ruin everything for herself." "because she'd be with you and that's what she wants. and that's the way I want it." "You're nothing but an escaped convict." "Nobody knows what you wrote down." "They'll believe me!" "They'll believe me!" "I heard somebody cry out." "So did I. It was upstairs." "I'll go see." "Somebody call the police." "Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "No." " Where do you want to go?" " Peru." "Arizona." "Let me see." "Iron Springs..." "Arizona." "I'm trying to find out." "Wickenburg..." "Florence... what do you know?" "Here's Benton." " How much?" " $12.50." "When does it leave?" ""All aboard for Arizona." " And when will that be?" " When the mood strikes him." "Which means when we sell 12 tickets." " How many you got to go?" " Two to go." "Don't these buses ever leave on time?" "chum." "Sometimes." "A lot they care." "They're not worried about us." "that's the way it goes." "It's just one big battle royal all the way through." "Nobody gives a hang." "Nobody seems to ever care a hang about the other fellow." "There was a time when folks used to give each other a helping hand." "Sometimes I get so tired." "Just sick and tired of everything." "Nothing to look forward to at all." "that's something." "I got nothing." "we got something in common." "Being alone." " This is Allan." " Where are you?" "Are you all right?" " Are you alone?" " Yes." "it was Madge who killed them both." "But I'll never be able to prove it." "and she admitted it..." "But she stumbled and fell through the window." "It'll be in the afternoon papers." "You'll read that I pushed her out..." "But I want you to know how it really was." "I know how it was." "Do I hear music?" "I picked it out on the jukebox." "You didn't just call me to tell me about Madge." "There's something else you want me to know." "could I?" "I'm just beginning to realize..." "It's better to have something to look forward to." " Can you get a map of South America?" " I'll find one." "there's a little town on the coast called Paita." "Say it." "Tell me where it is." "in Peru." "Good." "Now listen." "I won't write." "We've got to wait." "We've got to give it plenty of time." "Maybe they'll get a lead on you." "Maybe they'll keep an eye on you for a while." "I'll be careful." "Go on." "if God's good to me" "I'll be waiting for you." "There's a little café right on the bay." "If you could see your way clear..." "Listen to all those "ifs." "and that's all I need." "hang up on me." "Just like that." "darling." "that's my motto." "Ross." "All aboard for Arizona!" "dear." "you may." "All set?" "English" " SDH"