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There you are, ducky.

And there you'll ready well stay until
you've paid a month's board and lodging.

And you'll pay for that, too.

Please, Mr. Smell, I've got a job of
work to do in Lagos. I'll pay you back.

Here, what are you up to in there?

If you're up to any of your tricks, I'll
show you the level of this...

I've cut into the bone.

This is my end. This is... Look here,
sir. We've searched every ship in the

harbor, and this is the last one. I
still feel that calling out the soldiers

an error of judgment. If we catch you,
you will wish that you had the old,

army. Let alone one squadron. How funny,
man. This girl's an American.

May cause an international incident. A
very serious one, too.

Here, Captain Finch.

Hello, smelly. What gives?

I'll trouble you if your passenger
lives. Well, now, I'll tell you, there

no trouble at all.

Why ain't it no trouble at all?

Because there's only one name on it,
that's why.

Michael Shane, is that all?

How many do you think we carry with only
one cabin?

Sure, Doc Shane's going up the river to
his rubber plantation.

Have you seen anything of a blonde?

Brother, where is she?

That's what I'm asking you.

Are you sure that there ain't been no
blonde with a suitcase stowed away on

boat for the last couple of hours?

Listen, Smelly, if there was a blonde on
board, would I be out here talking to

you? Now, you've got it easy.

You're behind that face.

But, brother, from the front, it's
terrible.

Walter! It's a waste of time. It's an
injustice.

That's what it is.

Oh, Mr.

Shine. Mr.

Shine. Have you seen a blonde girl with
a dishonest character?

She's robbed me.

Too bad.

My stuff get aboard? You bet.

Yeah, too much chop. Quick, quick.

All at once. All at once.

And darn good chop, too.

Would you believe I taught that boy
everything he knows about cooking?

Yes, I believe that.

Put it down.

Can't you push this tub along any
faster?

Well, she's no spring chicken. Push her
too hard and she'll bust her boiler.

Anxious to get home, Doc.

There, Mr. Shane.

Yes, I have another 200 acres to clear
and plant and rubber by summer.

Beats me.

A young fellow like you burying himself
in the African jungle.

Now, me, I'm just as well off with the
Dane River and Kermala as I'd be in Gay

Paris. Better, maybe. Not so much
competition.

Now, you. You could have your pick.

I was never trapped within a rush. I'm
interested in rubber and money.

Five more years and I'll come out of
this crawling steam bath with enough

in my pocket to last me the rest of my
life.

Could I ask you a question?

Yeah, what about her? The wife's
sister's been doctoring for years for

indigestion she has.

Her food sets on her stomach like it was
a rock.

Now, what I'd like...

I'm a rubber planter. I'm interested in
your sister -in -law's tires and a hot

water bottle, but not her stomach,
understand?

I'm turning in.

How about a game of rummy, Mr. Shane?
No.

You win.

Hey, what is this?

Listen, mister, lower your voice and be
a little friendly. I can't show my face

in this boat. I haven't got a ticket.
They'll put me off. That's no worry of

mine. Get out of here. Look, look.

Can't we just talk this over?

I didn't mean to hit you with the bag.

Out. Quick.

Honest, you won't even know I'm here. It
won't kill you to let me bunk here.

I don't snore and I won't peep. What do
you say?

I say no.

No. Well, just let me explain how I got
in this spot. I had to get out of town.

That python who runs the hotel was going
to hold my stuff, and I told him I'd

pay him back when I got to Lagos. Oh, so
you're on your way to Lagos. Sure, I've

got a job waiting for me there.

Why, you're lying. Why don't you make it
good?

Lying? Who's lying?

I have so got a job in Lagos. At the
Etoile d 'Afrique Café. That's French

Star of Africa.

Well, I don't care where you're going.
Do you get out of here, or do I call

Captain Finch?

Handsome, you wouldn't do that.

Hey, Finch.

Thanks, pal.

I always say a friend in need is a
friend indeed.

All I hope is you're in a jam someday
and you tell somebody the straight truth

hoping they'll help you out and they
throw you to the wolves like you're

to me.

You calling me, Mr. Shane?

Say, I didn't just say something.

The little lady could have written with
us. Shut up, I found her here. I never

saw her before in my life.

You're a stowaway. What are you going to
do, slap me in irons? I could. It's the

law. Okay, make them size 12. All right,
come on, sister.

Get her out.

Oh, perhaps I should take a deep breath
and cool off, golden heart. I got my bag

up there.

Keep up those eye exercises, Captain
Bly, and pretty soon you can throw away

your eyeglasses. Come on, sister.

I got four shillings for a real
emergency.

And I can't leave anyone home on my back
because I need my costumes for work.

But if you trust me for the passage,
you'll get it back.

What do you say?

Why, sure. You're a cinch. Yes, Captain,
on the boat.

Mine. Oh, gee, Captain, you're a prince.

But I don't want to put you out.

Don't worry, sister. You won't be
putting me out. Right in here.

Thanks a million, Captain.

Good night.

Well, it's early yet.

Let's have a little drink.

Thanks. I never use it.

You're missing a lot of fun.

Yeah, so they tell me.

But I miss a lot of trouble, too.

You're all right, sister.

Now, we've got to get better acquainted.

Say, you just said I was a prince,
didn't you?

Yeah, I guess I did.

Sounds like me.

Well, you're right.

I'm a prince of good fellas.

Come on, sit down.

I got a lot of funny stories to tell
you.

I get it.

Somebody told me once there was an
exception to every rule.

For about 40 seconds there, I thought
you were it.

Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Let's
talk this over in a friendly way. Stand

aside, buster. I got a right cross
that's known from Zanzibar to the Gold

If I'm riled, I'm liable to use it.

Oh, hard to get, eh?

No, Captain.

Impossible.

That's okay with me.

And how do you want to be friends?

I've been across the Gulf before. This
thing's too narrow. This isn't the Gulf

at all. No, honey, it ain't at all. This
stuff's going upriver.

That's right. Oh, but I've got to get
across the Gulf to Lagos. I've got a job

in Lagos. Yeah, you told me. You've got
to put me ashore. I'll lose that job.

When's the first stop? Oh, about
Tuesday. Better tell me.

Oh, that's just dandy.

Honey, did I ask you to stow away on my
boat?

You and me both, Sonny.

Gumbo.

Sunny side up, huh?

That's how I like them.

Something wrong?

Look, how does a person go about getting
something to eat in this tub?

For certain reasons, I can't eat with
them, and I sure am hungry.

You don't know what I'm talking about,
do you?

Me?

Missy, one chop. Oh, chop, steak,
anything. I'll throw for an egg.

Can do.

This tub gets slower and dirty every
time I ride it.

No bath water out of the towels all wet.

Who was in that bathroom last, Joe? Not
me.

No, I should have known.

Any food ready or is that on strike two?

Right away.

Joe, chop. Quick, quick.

All at once. All at once.

Say, you know that blonde?

I turned her out.

Yeah, I'd like to hear us out of the
story. Dollar.

Hey, just a minute. Just a minute.
What's the big idea?

Missy, dollar give chop.

Missy, she give... This.

I'm still skipper of this ship, and I
won't stand for it. Janet?

Don't do that again.

What kind of

act did you do, Miss Revere? A single,
Maisie Revere. A little girl and a big

harp. You and an Irishman, huh?

Maybe that's what the act needed.

No. A harp. You know, those... Oh, I get
it. You played the harp.

Yeah.

You bet.

Well, where did that go to?

You're sitting on it.

Huh?

Oh, that's wonderful, Miss Revere.

That's magic.

How did you learn to do that?

Oh, I used to work for a magician,
Tenato the Great. He taught me that.

He taught me a lot.

He used to saw me in two.

For real?

No, buddy, just in fun.

I might have been with him yet, but one
day I made up my mind there was no

future in being sawed in half.

Well, what do you do now?

Sing an act in fancy costume.

What's the matter?

Hold tight, Miss Revere.

Here she goes.

I told you to keep the pressure down.

Now see what you've done.

Better put your show, folks.

She's shipping water. For sure.

How long is it going to take to fix this
thing? More than five days.

I'll stay aboard.

No, sir. I can't allow it. I'm staying.

Now she might sink under you. And the
rules say I've got to land all

Get out cold.

I can't let you take the boys, Mr.
Shane. I need every hand I got. I've

been strong for rowing since an
experience I had once on a lake in

Come on, fetch yourself. Now, there's no
two ways about it, Mr. Shane. You've

got to land.

And you, too.

Well, it's all right with me, brother. I
was going the wrong way anyhow.

Tui! Vesey! Hiya! Come out there.

Now, that trail, it'll take you right to
Doc McWade's hospital.

He'll fix you up while we're patching up
the boat.

I'll camp here.

It's marsh, Mr. Shane.

Them crocodiles are hungry.

I thought from the start those logs
didn't look right.

Look, I'll give you 50 bucks left to
stay on board, right?

I can't do it, Mr. Shane. If anything
was to happen to you, I'd lose my job.

Now, Doc McRae's got a nice place up
there, plenty of room. Well, you know

I don't have to tell you about the
medical station.

Here, you better get started before it
gets real dark.

And don't ever offer anybody money like
that.

In the presence of witnesses.

Hey!

Wait a minute. What happens to me? Can I
come along?

Suit yourself.

Well, it's you or the crocodiles, and
they got more teeth.

Hey!

Hey, where are we headed for, anyway?

Medical station of the Atkinson Rubber
Company. What's the matter with this

medical station?

Nothing. Well, the way you tried to keep
them going there, you think...

For the rest of this trip, will you do
me a favor? What?

Shut up.

Is it all right with you?

Better stick close to me. You think you
can bear it?

What happened to you?

Nothing. A fellow threw mud at me.

What's the idea of these?

They gave out about a mile back.

You can't walk through jungle on your
bare feet. You'll be stung and cut to

ribbons. Thanks for the sympathy. I've
been doing it for the last mile.

Lead on, Mr.

Stanley.

Give me that.

Get up. You just can't sit down and wait
in the middle of a jungle.

Oh, no.

Well, I'm sorry to go against your
orders, Daddy Longlegs, but I'm doing

This isn't Broadway and 42nd Street, you
know.

No, really?

There are animals in these woods.

Wild animals.

Look, what's the percentage in scaring
me to death?

I got a sample last night of how you act
when somebody's in a jam.

Come on, get up.

How many times do I have to tell you I
can't? I'm all washed up, that's all.

I'm going to carry you.

Here, take this lantern.

Well, I don't know.

Oh, stop arguing.

Put your arm around my neck.

Okay, mister, but remember, if anything
comes of this, you start it.

the lantern so I can see.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Am I very heavy?

Heavy enough.

What was that?

A baboon drumming.

Now who'd give a baboon a drum?

Missionaries?

Well,

this is it.

Gee, thanks a million.

I guess if it hadn't been for you, some
lion would have been finishing up the

blue plate special.

And you?

Dr. McQuaid.

Name, please?

Shane.

You, wait, please?

That's a funny routine.

Right in the middle of the jungle, you
gotta have a calling card.

What's funny about it? This is wild
country.

Uh -uh.

Warmed up for a while there, but now it
looks like snow again.

What would it be if I apologized for
living once and for all? Shut up.

Shane.

Well. Hello, McQuaid.

Hello.

I was on my way upriver.

The boiler blew up.

I've prized Jackass' face as it'll take
several days to mend it.

Well, come in.

Thanks.

How do you do?

Hello.

See, I get the bags.

Jack. Joe.

Go to bed.

Go on. Go on. Go on.

All the modern conveniences.

Electric lights, hot and cold running
monkeys.

Who is it, Jack?

It is Dr. Shane here, right here.

Shane, I don't think you've met my wife.

How do you do, Dr. Shane? Hello.

And this is Mrs. Shane?

There is no Mrs. Shane. Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm not.

My name's Revere.

I feel terrible barging in on you folks
this way. Nonsense. We're glad to have

you. How do you do?

How do you do? Let me take your coat.
You look as though you've had a

time. Oh, I'm getting your nice rug all
muddy.

You didn't walk through the jungle.

Well, yes, until I couldn't move another
step and Mr.

Doctor, he carried me. I'd like a bath
if I can have one. Oh, of course.

Doc, I think we'll put Dr. Shane in the
corner room. Miss Revere, you come with

me and I'll show you your room. Shane,
I'll show you yours. Thanks, I can find

it.

Of course you can. How silly of me.

You know this house better than we do.

You were here for five years, weren't
you? That's right.

Right in here.

Gee.

Is this ever a cute room. Thanks. I
brought some of the furniture in the

out with me. All the way from America?

Oh, you're kidding. If you have
everything you need, I'll be glad to

anything. Thanks, I got enough.

You know this part of the country well?

Here? No.

I've been in Cape Town for a year in
Cairo before that.

Oh, then this is your first visit to Dr.
Shane's plantation.

Dr. Shane's plantation?

Oh, I'm not going there.

He was on the boat, you see, and I was
on the boat, too.

Oh, then you're not.

I thought perhaps you were old friends.

Listen, before we started that bunion
derby, he'd only said two words to me,

both of them mean.

I see.

Now, maybe you can tell me something.

On the boat he was mister, here he's a
doctor.

What's the lowdown? Is he a doctor or
what?

Why, yes.

Dr. Shane was in charge of this post
until two years ago.

Then he left, and my husband was put in
charge.

The bath is next door. Be sure and tell
me if you need anything.

Thanks. When you're finished, I'll have
some supper for you.

I sure could use it.

Mr.

Doctor.

Then he left.

I give up. They got me.

Jacques is doing research, you know.
He's over in the lab now.

He's there almost every night.

He hopes within a year to find a cure
for sleeping sickness.

A year, huh?

Well, it would be quite a handy thing to
have.

How long have you been here?

A year and a half.

I came out six months after Jacques got
here. You must be about caught up in

your solitaire.

Well, I knew when I married the doctor
I'd be alone a lot.

And, of course, in a strange country,
something so entirely different than

anything I'm used to.

So much to see and to... Don't you think
it's interesting, Dr. Shane?

Uh, what?

This country, Kumala, the jungle.

Oh, yeah, it's what with the rains and
the driver ants and the mosquitoes and

the snakes and the titsy flies.

It's quite a lively spot.

Hey, wait a minute. There's a lot in how
you look at a place.

I've even had fun in Philadelphia in
good company.

Jacques' work is here.

I'd be happy anyplace with him. Sure, a
grand home and married to somebody

you're crazy about.

That wouldn't be hard to take.

Missy, excuse, please.

Barney here, he bring fruit.

Barney? Oh, all right, see, I'll be
right out.

And you, missy? Excuse me, please. This
man brings fruit over from the village.

Good evening, Varney.

Tomorrow, no more mangoes.

Melons. Three -piece melon. Can do?

Shane, Dr. Torrey. Jumbo Rafiki, Varney.

Shane, Dr. Terry.

You come back.

Up you get, now, boy. Get up.

Come on.

Are they still playing Uncle Tom's
Cabin? How are you, Varney?

So -so, Wawa.

So -so, Wawa.

Very bad?

What's the matter?

My son, who named for you Michael Shane
Varney.

Yes, I remember.

He's sick.

You come. You make well.

Very sick?

Much sick.

Much. You come see.

No, I can't do that, Vaughn. I bring him
here to the hospital. No can do. You

come, please.

It's a shame to want to leave.

All change.

So, so, Wawa.

Now, you come back.

Make well, Vaughn, my son.

Dr. McQuaid can't make him better,
Vaughn. I can't.

Indeed, yes.

You come, please, please, please.

Well, I'll see what I can do.

You come soon, please?

We'll see.

Good evening,

Barney.

Do you know anything about his son?

No, no, I really don't, and I go over to
the village quite often.

I'm trying to teach some of the boys and
girls to speak English.

You mean like three -piece melon can do?

I know this pigeon English sounds pretty
silly.

I suppose my trying to teach them is
silly, too.

Excuse me.

I've talked to Vanaya a hundred times,
and I've never been able to get so much

as a smile from him.

But when he saw Dr.

Shane... Did you see his face when he
saw Dr. Shane?

Did you see the way he looked at him?

Yeah.

I don't miss much.

Oh, come in. Hi.

Hello, Pauly.

How'd you do, Dr. Shane?

Well, this hasn't changed much.

Antimony trioxide.

This what you're using? Yes.

I tried it.

Not just here.

I tried it on 500 natives, and I mocked
it NG and went on to something else.

You should have remembered that, Pauly.

My job is just to make the test, Dr.
Shane.

Yeah, just make it when I think about
it.

Well, anyway, I did test him thoroughly.
What happened to your notes?

I got them up at the plantation, holding
a door open, I think.

Is there something you wanted?

Yeah.

Barney tells me he's sun sick. What's
the matter with him?

Well, I don't know.

Barney hasn't told me anything about it.
I brought him in for treatment.

Well, he says he can.

He seems scared.

He doesn't scare, he says.

Scared? Scared to bring the boy into the
hospital?

Maybe the witch doctor's told him not
to.

What about the witch doctor? Has he been
giving you much trouble?

Well, no more than usual.

Farley, suppose you get a kid together
tomorrow and go take a look at the

Make a blood test. If there are any
trypanosomes in the blood, give him the

shots. Yes, Doctor.

Oh, you'll be going through the rubber
field. Suppose you set up shop in the

company office and see that all the
field hands get the shots.

Well, it will take some time.

Those men are in the field until
sundown. I know. Stay several days if

necessary. Well, I think I'll turn in
then.

Good night, Doctor.

Good night, Farley. Good night.

Good night.

You can't fool around with those witch
doctors, McQuaid.

You've got to fight them all the time.
Keep them down.

When we moved in here, we spoiled their
racket.

They'd like nothing better than to run
the white doctors out of here and be

kings again.

I know that.

Everybody who's ever worked here knows
that.

Do you?

You're in this lab night and day, that's
swell.

But when did you visit the village last?

I don't know the exact date.

Look, take a tip from someone who knows
these witch doctors from way back.

If they get back into power, you're
sunk. There's been no indication of

Spoiler is an indication.

Those guys are dynamite.

They'll start by scaring the people away
from you. Sell them the idea that your

medicine's killing them.

The next thing you know, there'll be a
mob at your gate yelling for blood. Oh,

it's not a matter of medical technique,
fella. It's a question of your life and

your wife's life, too.

They'll crucify you head down.

Remember, up to a few years ago, these
people ate their dead.

If the witches want to fight, they'll
get it.

But I see no reason for panic because
one native says that this child is ill.

Bismuth? Yes.

What's the matter?

Indigestion.

There's no justice.

I sold humanity short.

I'm no good, but I can digest rocks.

I sleep better than most babies and have
far more amusing dreams.

And there you are.

Cramps in your stomach, pulse too rapid,
tired all the time, blood count way

down. Did my wife tell you I'd been ill?
No, she didn't have to tell me.

You see, I used to be a medical man
myself.

You know, Shane, you're so definite
about how this job should be done, it's

wonder to me you gave it up. It's no
wonder to me.

I know why I gave it up.

Here I was in the jungle, sweating my
heart out, just as you're doing for the

same stinking little salary.

And there were my bosses, sitting on
their well -upholstered swivel chairs

in West Virginia.

I'd tell them I had to have certain
equipment.

They'd think it over and decide I could
do without it. Then they wanted results

in 15 minutes. I know all that.

But it happens that I'm not working here
just for the Atkinson Rubber Company.

Oh, no?

I'm trying to stamp out sleeping
sickness.

The company would be delighted. It
carries off so many good, strong field

They're not only field hands. They're
human beings.

I spent five years serving humanity.

Now I'm looking out for Michael Shane.

I didn't know you could measure its
service to humanity five years and then

more. My last day here, I radioed the
home office.

Over some 4 ,000 miles of land and
water, I made Mr. J .W. Atkinson a

his job and said goodbye with a juicy
Bronx cheer.

Now I'm not a doctor anymore.

I'm a rubber planter.

And I'm doing all right, thanks. And to
the devil with your talent and your

training and the oath you took when you
graduated.

You swore to heal the sick and preserve
life.

You pledged yourself to medicine.

The devil with that, eh? You said it,
boy. The devil with it.

Look, let's drop it, Shane. You're going
to be here for several days. There's no

sense in our quarreling all the time.

Sure, let's bear with that ax.

No hard feelings. Past, present, or
future, right?

Right.

I'd like to get on with it.

Here, hold it.

Laughing boy.

But it ain't my fault, Mr. Shane.

You better today.

I come down here expecting you to be
finished, or at least nearly finished.

You said it would take four or five
days. Now you say it'll take ten.

How was I to know more tubes that go
when we try to get up steam?

We work day and night, Mr. Shane.

Flesh and blood can't only stand so
much. If I come back here next week and

boiler's not patched, I'll patch it with
a piece of your greasy hide.

You and who else?

There.

Where's everybody?

McQuaid, Dr.

Tuddy, he work.

Two missy go their room.

Is that you, John?

Oh, Dr. Shane, I thought it was John.

I just ordered a drink. Is that all
right?

Of course.

Don't you want something to eat?

Let's see you make your sandwich.

No, thanks.

Just a drink.

Join me?

Well, I... Keep me company.

Not Cleo.

Mara.

I have some news for you. Good news, I
hope.

We're going to be here another ten days.

Does that come under the heading of good
news?

It certainly does. We've liked having
you here a lot, you and Miss Revere.

You don't look very pleased, though.
Have you been so bored these last two

No, I haven't been bored.

This is a very charming place now.

In my day, it was a barracks.

You've made it livable.

You have a lot of talent for being a
hostess, making people feel welcome.

It's made me think of home.

Thanks, dear.

Say when.

Oh, I don't think it's quite late. You
said you'd keep me company.

That ought to be about it.

Why did you come to Africa?

Because of Jock.

Because Jock's work is here.

A year and a half.

In six months, most women here look like
an old saddle.

You looked just as you did the night you
made your debut at a dinner dance at

the country club.

How did you know about my coming out
party? I know a lot about you.

You're very romantic.

When you were 15, you fell in love
with... Who was it? Sir Lancelot or

Hale? Well, as a matter of fact, it was
Dick Helder in The Light That Failed.

Then there was a string of college boys.

Then there was Jacques.

You rather fancy yourself as a mind
reader, don't you?

Doc was going to Africa to fight
sleeping sickness.

None of the other girls in your crowd
had a romance like that, did they?

They're having lots of fun laughing at
me. Oh.

I had some very romantic ideas once
myself.

About medicine, among other things.

Not anymore?

Not anymore.

Reality licked me.

How's reality treating you?

How do you mean?

Ever get lonely?

Yes, I do.

It's awfully small to me to let the
climate get me down so, mind being

Jacques's so busy, he's at the lab all
day, every night.

When the rainy season starts, I can't
even go riding.

Read every book on the shelves, and I've
completely run out of crossword

puzzles.

I like to think that I'm self
-sufficient, but it's been wonderful

houseguests.

Something to keep me busy, somebody to
talk to.

I know.

You mean you get lonely sometimes?

I don't believe it.

Compared to my place, this is Paris.

I'm way up country.

I got my place cheap because no other
white man would work it.

Well, I'm working it, and I'll keep on
working it till I make a lot of money.

There are plenty of times when I think
the money's costing me too much. Are

there any other white people at all?

No. About once a year, if I'm lucky, I
get down to Kamala.

This last trip, it was 13 months since
I've seen a white woman.

It's been five years since I've seen a
woman from home.

Doesn't South Brooklyn count?

Excuse me, can I get some more water?
Oh, do fill it. There's a pitcher of

drinking water here. I think it's cold
enough.

I was just going to bed. When Dr. Shane
came in, I thought it was dark, so I...

Well, good night, Miss Revere. I do hope
you'll sleep well. Thank you. Good

night, Dr. Shane.

Good night.

Good night.

Oh, so wah -wah, Dr.

Shane. That's pigeon English for very
bad.

What's the matter? They cut the water
off in your bathroom?

I wouldn't know. I didn't look.

I heard you and Mrs. McWade talking in
here.

And?

I thought maybe you were playing
checkers.

Say, you pretty near had me crying
hearing how lonely you are.

Poor, big, lonesome boy.

Little girls who listen to that keyhole
don't go to heaven.

I know, but sometimes they get a chance
to help someone they like, and I like

that Mrs. McQuaid.

She's a swell girl and he's a grand
felon. It's a wonderful marriage.

You're sure taking advantage of their
hospitality.

Plenty advantage.

Why don't you pick on someone your own
size?

Mrs. McQuaid didn't seem to object to
anything I said. No, I'm objecting for

her. She's the half crazy with being
homesick and lonesome. She'd go for that

lonely act of yours.

What? Why don't you just join one of
those lonely hearts clubs?

You know, you can write to other lonely
people all over the world.

Pen pals, they call them.

You can't do near so much harm by mail.

You don't like me, do you?

No.

Well, have a drink.

Maybe that'll make you feel better about
me.

Maybe you can get to like me. Maybe I
could.

The first time I ate an oyster, I
thought nature had made a terrible

but I got to like oysters, so who can
tell?

Good night. Wait a second.

What's the hurry?

Sit down and be sociable.

Well, this certainly is your night to
howl. Well, we're stuck here for ten

more. We may as well be friendly.

Don't you ever play checkers, Maisie?

Only for keeps.

Look, Doctor, shame would you mind
letting me by?

It's too late and I'm too tired to run
around the table.

Besides, let's face it.

We're not the type.

Those men didn't seem to want to take
the treatment.

Well, what's going on here?

Where's everybody?

What are the drums for?

Drums bad.

By Asana. By Asana. Let's see Asana.

What's wrong, Barney? Sir.

Sir. Witch doctors say death from one
eye.

Not good.

You had a lot of work to do over there.
What's eating, you say?

So -so, wah -wah.

Gee, he certainly feels terrible today.
I wonder if he's in love or something.

Could you stand up and let me measure
this on you?

The two years I've been working on this,
I've been wondering who to give it to.

It'll fit you fine.

It's got plenty to give to it. Well,
it's grand of you to give it to me. I

it represents a lot of work.

Say, listen, I only wish it was a lot
more.

You and Mrs. McWade have been swell to
me.

We've liked having you here, Miss
Revere.

Call me Maisie, huh?

Thanks, I will.

And you call us Jock and Kay.

Well, I'm more the type you call by
their first name.

Wait a second. I want to see where the
sleep should start.

I wish Kay and Dr. Shane hadn't gone
riding.

Well, I was wondering how long you were
going to put up with that.

Put up with what, Maisie? And I know you
didn't like it. that chain to start

with.

Oh.

No, no, Maisie. Our fight is
professional.

Yeah, but still in all, does he have to
be taking Mrs. McWade to look for

orchids or to see some view all the
time?

Oh, hold on, Maisie. I'm delighted she's
found some congenial company. You've

got this all wrong. Oh, have I?

And why'd you wish she hadn't gone
riding?

Because it's going to rain.

Take a look at that barometer.

Well, somebody's lying. Take a look at
that sky.

That blue sky doesn't mean anything.
It'll rain before night.

Storms here come up out of nowhere and
disappear just as quickly.

Gee, you're swell.

What called forth that pat on the back?

Hey, what's the matter?

Oh, just my trick stomach.

That one was a Lulu.

Don't say anything to Kay about this,
will you? She doesn't know that I get

this. Well, if I was your wife, I'd want
to know. Oh, it's nothing. That's what

my Uncle Tim used to say when he'd get
one of his spells.

Mama was after him and after him to go
to a doctor and then... Well, wishing

won't bring him back.

Whoa, don't bury me, Maisie. I'm not
dead yet.

Can I get you anything?

Just some ice water. I'm fine now. All
right, you sit here and relax.

See ya.

Get some water.

One piece ice water, all at once.

When people ride around here, which way
do they go?

To the river.

The death sign. Oh, the superstitious
fools.

Zia!

Oh.

Oh, what's the matter? Is that pain
again?

It's bad, Maisie. I've been kidding
myself. It's my appendix. Oh.

I've got to get inside.

Lie flat.

Zia, help!

Hide out! Hide out!

Zia, wait!

You can't lie down in the dirt!

Oh, you dirty, filthy cowards! Come back
here and I'll lick the water, you!

Oh. Oh.

Come along, we'll manage.

You put your arm around my neck.

You're doing fine.

Look,

go to the kitchen.

Get all the ice in the refrigerator.

I gotta be packed in ice so this won't
burst.

You bet.

Give us a stand, Michael. One of the
boys will be along in a minute.

Doc!

What's the matter?

Appendix. Oh, Doc.

Are you in terrible pain?

Oh.

You've got it good.

You should be packed in ice.

Maze is getting it. Don't go.

Hurry up with that ice.

Oh, the Marines have landed just in time
to give a lot of chief orders.

We'll pack him in ice and get him on a
horse. Got to get him to Kamala. Kamala?

That thing's liable to burst.

What do you want to do, put him on
horseback so he can die in style?

You got to operate. I'm not practicing
medicine.

Have you stopped practicing to be a man?

Bring the rest of that ice.

Set it.

I'm going to take that out, McQuaid.

I know you don't like me, but my worst
enemy will tell you I'm handy with a

knife.

Zia can help me. He's gone.

Gone? Sure, they all run out. The four
of them. They found the death sign on

gate. You can't operate alone.

If only Farley would get back.

I have a feeling Folly won't be back.

That death sign means witch doctors.

Things are happening fast around here.

There.

Come out here, Kay. I want to talk to
you.

That eye will help, and he'll fix you up
fine.

Kay, you'll have to help me.

Ever assist a jock at an operation?

No, I haven't.

Well, you'll be all right. I'll show you
what to do.

Michael, I can't.

I can't stand the sight of blood. I
tried to watch once when Jock was

cut. I got all weak and sick.

I can't do it.

No, you can't do it.

No, it'd be no good. It might hurt Jock.

That's right, it might.

Maisie.

Maisie. You'll have to pitch it in and
help me. Give him chloroform when he

needs it and hand me what I need. Kay
can't do it. She can't stand blood.

wait a minute. I don't know as I can.

I've always been able to do just what
had to be done, but seeing someone cut

open... Gee.

Come on, you'll be all right.

I'll anesthetize him. I don't know what
that means.

I'll give him the chloroform. Put him
under before we start.

You carry on from there.

I do?

Now, here's what you do.

You hold this cone over his nose and
mouth.

Then you pour the chloroform so as it
drips onto the cone.

Sixteen drops a minute.

Okay. While I'm working over here,
you'll have to hand me what I need. I

be reaching for things.

And don't touch anything with your
hands. Use these sterile faucets.

Okay. Don't watch what I'm doing.

Keep your eyes on this table.

These are scalpels.

One for the incision, a clean one to the
side of the appendix. Couldn't you call

them knives? I'm liable to be pretty
excited.

All right.

These are sponges.

I'll ask for more of these than
anything.

Knives, sponges.

This is a hemostat.

I don't think I can learn all this. Yes,
you can. Hemostat, hemostat.

Hemostat. This is a tie.

Tie.

Um, knife, sponge, hemostat, tie. Only
two more.

Oh.

This rubber tube is a drain.

This thread is a suture.

Drain, suture. Now.

Knife, sponge, hemostat, tie.

Drain, suture. Good.

Now I'll... Bring him in and wash up.

When I've been to the solutions again,
you'll have to pour alcohol over my

and help me on with my gown and gloves.

Right?

Maisie, he's very sick.

But if you help me, I can pull him
through. Can you do it?

Yes, Doctor, I can do it.

Good girl.

Hematap. Cleaned scalpel.

Got it.

Sponge.

Get up there and give him chloroform.

Okay. Hurry.

I am.

Ten drops.

One, two, three, four, five. Gee, I had
not to be doing this. I don't know

enough. Shut up. You're doing swell.

Eight, nine, ten.

Gee, I feel kind of... Back here.

Suture. Oh, speak English.

The thread, you fool, the thread.

Well, that's that.

You mean it's finished?

Finished.

Will he live?

He'll be all right.

Oh, gee!

What hit me?

You passed out colder than a mackerel.

Well, can you imagine?

Say, how did this happen?

I carried you in.

Oh, I didn't get in your way, did I?
Just when you were doing something for

No, you didn't get in my way.

You certainly come through in a pinch.

Well, you're not so bad yourself when
you press the button marked doctor and

turn off that other thing.

What other thing? You name it.

You as well.

Well, you better lie still for a while.

I'll have a look at patient number one.

I'll be back.

Come on, Maisie, grow up. He's bad news.

Come in.

Oh, Maisie, you were wonderful.

You feeling all right now?

Oh, sure, I'm fine.

I should have been able to stand by,
Jock.

Well, I'll tell you.

On the block where I was raised, we got
kind of used to blood.

I mean, like on Saturday nights, there
was always three or four black eyes and

maybe a lip cut open. And my pa was no
exception.

I guess where you were raised, you
didn't see much of that.

No, not much.

I hope Michael didn't think too badly of
me.

I wanted to help, I just couldn't,
that's all.

Oh, don't go blaming yourself. That's
how it is.

Some women can do things and others
can't.

And it takes a certain kind of woman to
handle a certain kind of man.

What do you mean?

You and Dr. Shane?

Maisie, I'm very grateful to you for
what you did today, but I honestly don't

think it gives you the right to discuss
something you know nothing about.

Something that's not your business.
Look, I'm doing it to be friendly. I

you an awful lot.

I hate to see you go off the rails like
you're doing. I know what I'm doing.

I know what's right for me. I don't need
advice.

Go on, you do too.

Mrs. McWade is like he said that first
night. I heard because I was listening

the door. You had no right to do that. I
know, but I did.

And you're all mixed up.

Living out here turned out to be hotter
and lonelier than you dreamed about. You

couldn't take it anymore.

And right then, along comes our pal
Shane.

He's big and good -looking, and he gets
you off balance by being mean and swell

by turns.

Your husband has no use for him, and
that makes him plenty romantic.

So you pin all your dreams on him.

You say to yourself, here's the answer.

He is love.

Yes.

You're very shrewd, Maisie.

I know this is the answer.

I am in love with Michael.

As soon as Jacques gets better, I'm
going to tell him honestly.

You'll understand.

You want me to be happy.

Jacques is the kindest, most
understanding man in the world.

Gee, from where I sit, that sounds like
a swell husband.

What do you want, for heaven's sake?

Love.

I realize now I've never been in love
before.

Only with Dr. Shane, huh? Yes.

And I know he loves me too, although
he's never touched me, never even kissed

me.

That's because he realizes I have a
problem with Jock.

He knows how I feel.

And he knows he'll get what he wants by
Monday anyway.

That's a horrible thing to say.

It would be a horrible thing for you to
do.

Because I'm telling you, he's the last
guy in the world for you. You know

nothing about either of us. Oh, yes, I
do.

Maybe I never met many people like you,
but I've seen plenty like him.

Oh, he's a deluxe model.

Streamline chassis, white wall tires,
fog lights and two horns, but it's the

same old car. I know him all right. Oh,
no, you don't. Well, I ought to.

I've been thinking about him ever since
I saw him with no time out except to

sleep, and then I dream about him.
You're jealous.

You're talking against Michael because
you want him for yourself. Listen, I

wouldn't take him if I won him at bingo.

I'm crazy about him.

I think maybe after today I might be
able to get him, but no thanks.

I've had my share of one -night stands.
I'm looking for a term contract.

You think Michael isn't the marrying
kind, is that it?

You think if it were you he loved, he
wouldn't marry you? Me or anyone.

Listen, I want to marry and have a home
and kids for a guy who'd love me even if

I had a cold in my head.

That's the way Michael and I feel about
each other. We'll make a home together.

No, for you that's Dr.

McWade. No, Maggie. Oh, can't you see
what kind of a deal you'd get from that

Shane? You'd have a great six months,
and when I say six months, I'm allowing

for shrinkage. Three's nearer.

Then one day he'd look at you like you
were someone he met in the subway.

Oh, Maisie, you're impossible. That
could never happen to us. Michael will

leave me. No, he wouldn't leave you.
He'd make you leave him with scars on

that would never heal up.

You'd be crying for Jock then, but he'd
be married most likely to some girl who

knew when she was in love.

Oh, listen, Mrs. McWade, you couldn't
take that. You're not tough enough.

You're going to ruin your whole life.

The only kind of guy for you is what you
got, a gentleman.

Then why have I been so unhappy with
him? Tell me that.

Why have I felt for a whole year that I
haven't been living at all? Because you

shouldn't be living in a house. Africa,
dog. You can't take this place. You're

scared of it. It's got you licked, but
you won't let on.

Where does pride get you except in a
jam?

Listen, why don't you go to him and say,
take me home? You belong back in

Montclair, the both of you. No, me. Oh,
sure, a pretty house, your friends, him

doctor, and you with maybe some kids to
raise.

Oh, gee, I'd give my right arm to make
you see there's nothing wrong between

and Dr. McWade that going home wouldn't
cure.

Hey, Maisie, come out here, quick.

Michael, what's the matter?

We're going to have visitors.

Gee, I never saw such a place. Never a
dull moment.

Close all the doors and shutters. What
are they going to do?

Kill us if they can.

Maybe they can.

Get those shutters closed.

We'll see. Michael, you're not going out
there. Hey, go in the jar.

Lazy, bolt the door behind. Okay. This
is ready if you need it.

And don't come outside either, if you
understand.

All right, if you want Ian, you'll do
something. I'll be right here.

Bolt it. I told you to bolt. Okay.

You'd better go in the truck like you
said. He needs you. Yeah.

You'll kill Farley.

When

you

were sick, I made you better.

McQuaid, Doctor, I made you better.

Where are your friends? Rafiki.

These witch doctors are bad.

You want to go with Commissioner
Watanabe?

The Society of American Magicians.
Figure it out for yourself.

I figured out one thing.

Have you?

Hey, wait a minute.

Come in.

Hey! Oh, gee, I'm sorry.

Here.

I've got to get rid of this thing. Pull.

Go on, pull.

There.

Now you know.

Only tonight...

Well, you did it well enough for me.

Say you love me and mean it.

I love you and I mean it.

All right, mister, break it up.

Break it up? Nothing.

I must have been crazy. I always thought
when I found you, I'd know you right

away. And, hey, you've been right under
my nose all the time.

What are you going to do about Mrs.
McWade?

She thinks you're in love with her, and
I bet she has quite a lot to go on, too.

Well, I did throw a couple of
compliments her way. I found her very

someone from home.

But I never gave her any reason to think
I was in love with her.

Oh, there's nothing to that.

So much nothing, she's going to break
with Dr.

McWade. Break with McWade? Yeah, what
are you going to do about that?

Are you going to talk to her?

Certainly I'll talk to her. I'll
straighten that out quick.

I see that you do.

Wait. I've got a lot to say to you.
Look, I've got to change my clothes.

Honestly, I'm cold.

This is important.

So is pneumonia.

Come on. I'm going to go.

All right.

But make it quick.

He's bad news. He's bad news.

Don't give up the ship.

Maisie?

Yeah? Where's Dr. Shane?

He's... What, me?

Doc wants to talk to you.

I'd like to have you both there.

Yeah, sure.

Shane, I want to thank you for a swell
job.

You've got a good constitution.

Now that you're rid of that trick
appendix, you'll be all right.

It's pretty hard to say thanks for
saving my life twice.

Because you did.

Once on the table and out there, you and
Maisie saved all of us. Ah, listen,

you've done a lot for me.

I never could see much excuse from you
being alive except for laughs.

But from now on, I'll feel I got a share
in you, so to speak.

When your picture's in the paper for
cure and sleep and sickness, I can say I

shot the chloroform to him when he
needed it.

Shane?

Kay and I are going home as soon as I
can move around.

Kay told me just now she can't be happy
here. Well, I should have sensed it long

ago. She doesn't belong here, and
neither do I.

I had a lot of bullheaded pride. I
wouldn't admit the job was too tough for

It takes somebody that can out -bluff
the witch doctors and keep the people in

line as well as doing the research.

The job will be open. What about it,
Shane? Oh, me?

Oh, no.

Let him send someone out from home, some
clean -limbed lad with ideals.

I had this job for five years. I know
all about it, and I don't like it.

Don't give me that.

I saw you carving up Dr.

McWade. You were in seventh heaven. You
had a gleam in your eye. And out there

with those fuzzy -wuzzy say, don't kid
me, as scared as you were, you were

having the time of your life.

The reason you don't like yourself is
because you run out on the one job

crazy about. That's why you go around
barking at people. You're bored to death

with those rubber plants.

Look at you.

After all you've been through today, you
look ten years younger.

She's got you there.

She's right.

How about it, Dr. Shane?

Yes, I guess so.

I guess this is where I belong, all
right.

Just about fill a bill.

Part doctor, part faker, and the rest
out and out son of a gun.

Yeah, I'll take the job.

The good, kind rubber company will take
me back. I'm delighted.

Well, don't give me credit for being too
good.

Right now, I'm figuring out a way to
organize that rubber plantation so as I

make some dough on the side.

Well, I think we'd better let Dr. McWade
get some rest and clear out of here.

Maisie.

I want to thank you.

I owe you a lot.

Oh, honey.

I'm just glad everything worked out all
right.

Well, that worked out fine.

I didn't have to talk to her after all.

She must have sensed it.

You women seem to feel things like that
in the air.

Yeah? Well, see if you can feel this in
the air.

What the... What was that for? That's
for being like you are.

Meaning what? Meaning I don't want what
you've got to offer.

And I hate you for making me so dizzy
about you. I pretty near forgot I don't

want it.

Why, you crazy little screwball. I love
you and you love me. Oh, sure, sure.

That's great for now, but I've got to
think of my future.

It'll be the most wonderful few months
any two people ever had, but that's not

for me, see?

I want to...

I told you I only play for Keith, and
that's true.

Oh, get out of my way. Oh, you're just a
little fool. You don't know what you're

talking about. I do so. I want a home
and husband and kids. Well, you've got

them. Get that through your silly yellow
head. You've got them.

At least you've got a husband and a
home.

As for that other thing, well...