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check the bombardment level i wouldn't

want to go up in smoke

you know almost one day there will be no

need for power transformation

electricity will be all around us in

invisible presence we will simply have

to tap into

the ancient myth of antheus

yes

if we can successfully conduct the flow

of high voltage energy through my body

into these glass orbs

we will either revolutionize power

transmission

or burn me to a crisp

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conduct

stop

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i can assure you that whoever you are

there is nothing to fear

you are safe here

i am patents

wife of rain pony chieftain of the

blackfoot people i need the help of

nicodemus legend

and so you shall have it

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whoa there tiger

thank you skeeter

that's gonna be a dollar and a half mr

legend

what that's the rate for a ride out from

town

rate

what rate

this is the skeeter cab and transfer

company

skeeter

this is the hotel wagon you were hanging

out back with the dogs when i asked you

to do me a favor and run me out here you

could tell me i ought to go into

business

this is it

for this advice i should ride free

dollar and a half is it chamberlain

brown told me the first rule of business

jobs worth a dollar

it's worth a dollar and a half

keep an eye out for those highway

robbers skeeter

janos

new member of the balloon crew

i approve

oh well hardly uh let me introduce you

this is paytence

wife of a chieftain

from the blackfoot tribe

madam it's a pleasure to meet

wife

hey pence

this is nicodemus legend

i like her attitude

we're going to be taking patents on a

trip

fine

to san francisco

what yes and we're going to be taking

the balloon to denver where i'm is going

to be doing a much needed refit of some

navigational aids and then we're going

to all be taking the train to cheyenne

and points west are you crazy define

your terms this is my vacation chicago

streetcars

shows with real orchestras restaurants

with tablecloths

beautiful women drenched in fine french

perfumes yes but they have all of that

in san francisco plus pork charmaine if

my memory serves ernest

this is an opportunity for us to help

this poor woman find her family her

family blackfeet are in wyoming not

california yes but hers are in san

francisco

i heard last night her entire tragic

story janos

you could visit your mother my mother's

half the reason i'm in colorado

look at her she's so sad and her story

is so tragic oh stop it it has all the

elements

lost from a family's wagon train

a child alone in the wilderness raised

by natives married to a chieftain

and now on a search for her roots

janos i need a vacation i just finished

the longest book of my career i'm

whipped the well is dry

i'll tell you what

why don't you listen to her tail on the

way to denver if you don't agree then

she will take the train to san francisco

and we will go off to chicago

all right fine fine

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so miss

patent

pay tense

janus tells me you're blackfoot

only by marriage

so

san francisco it is

ramos remind me to wire the chronicle

from denver and

yes yes i suppose we should give my

motherfair warning as well

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part of some new dime novel what

you selling this time not here on

business this time boys here to help

this woman find her family should you be

looking on a reservation

any of you have information i hope

you'll come forward if you print her

story there's a chance her family will

read about it and that'd be a big help

too that's all for now hey ernie what

makes her think she'll find her family

here she was abandoned about 20 years

ago in the high plains all she remembers

they were headed for the biggest city in

california taking her home with you

ernie what's your mama gonna think all

right that's enough fellas

find something else to do

what is wrong with these people what do

they want nothing that requires respect

and compassion

that's the nature of journalism

janos did you have to bring everything

yes ernest i did

14 fremont place please i'm looking

forward to meeting your mother ernest

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brad

sit down friend chai

what is it you wish

i want to buy ernest pratt's markers

all of them

pratts

what do you want him for

you don't need to know

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here we are 14 fremont place

all right

don't be surprised if there are other

guests here my mother like to keep what

is known as a salon for artistic types

and other malcontents i thought you were

quite brave in the face of the

journalistic hounds of the station and

they call my people savages speaking of

that

it's time to meet my mother

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ernest is that really you

zareldo

will you marry me

i'm sorry young man but you take up

entirely to which room still

well come in and come in

xarel the tombs

this is paytence

and janos kristoff bartok how do you do

i'd say she was like one of the family

but she's far too beautiful to be a

proud she certainly is

xarel has spent many years traveling

with the medicine show taught me

everything i know about eating fire

is anyone with my mother the usual

all eating like hogs well except for the

hindu gentleman as far as i can tell he

only eats bird seed

come with me earnest

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thank you ma'am

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to make up for unfairness in a male

dominated society

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looking as subdued as ever mother

earnest darling you still have that

dreadfulness stash thanks mom

mother this is pay tents i assume you

got our wire

oh

ah

okay

ernest is

i am so sorry my dear

those two sentences were all i could

manage in your language i'm afraid

ernest you remember river runs high the

indian who runs the auction house oh yes

he tutored me in blackfoot for the

occasion

i hope you will accept my welcome in

english as well my dear you mustn't be

afraid patents i am not afraid

i am here to find my real family

they were coming to the city when i was

lost

i must find them not only for myself but

for my child

yes

i'm carrying her first child

oh

i want him to know his white ancestors

if they are still alive oh

do you have any leads no not much mom

she was very young when she was lost oh

her mother did leave her this however

oh

it's an irish wedding band

oh ernest what do you make of the cross

engraving i was wondering the same thing

mom

oh this is not a word

oh

even before you entered the room i

sensed the aura of this distinguished

gentleman the dashing figure the black

eyes flashing magyar mischief

janus christopher

oh ernest descriptions of you and his

letters were grossly inadequate yes and

his reports of your charm and wit were

underdone as well

you don't speak hungarian in the same

way that you speak blackfoot do you oh

goodness no i am amazed anyone can

i suppose you've heard the theory that

hungarians are beings from another

planet

not really well how else to explain such

a concentration of scientific and

creative talent in one country

not to mention the remarkable tribes to

travel around in wagons like the desert

they do how else indeed to explain a

language so unlike any other

well it's an intriguing theory yes let

me introduce you to my salon

we have poets

philosophers oh painters

and dr van allsburg that man over there

dr van alsberg believes that there is a

whole civilization of one-eyed mutants

living beneath the surface of the earth

no yes really yes well

ernest

this just came for you the boys said it

was urgent

excuse me

professor

mother i'm sorry i just received a note

that says i should meet someone at

alger's alley awful farrell right away

from whom it's not signed oh then we

must go immediately it does say however

i should come alone

mother

i assume you and your friends can keep

the professor well entranced until i'm

home

oh don't be honest don't worry ernest is

a big boy always was now about this

human conduction of electricity

can that be possible oh yes absolutely

let me explain it to you you see

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hey

oh he's easy what the heck you doing out

here just looking for an exclusive an

inside scoop

something snappy on you and your indian

gal

that's why you dragged me out here i

didn't drag you anywhere i followed you

you didn't send me this note

no

now we gonna do business or not

no we're not gonna do business

go away i prat

you might as well dish it to me i'm

gonna do the story anyway

well i can't stop you but i'm sure not

gonna help you

your call hot shot

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ugh

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i apologize for any pain we've called

you mr pratt or mr legend or whatever it

is you like to call yourself

well

you have two names for me i've only got

one for you

i'm afraid you'd take offense and have

someone hit me on the head again and

we'd be right back where we started

who are you

i'm afraid i'm not it liberty to tell

you that's uh my client would object

oh a client

then this concussion is nothing personal

i take it ah it's good to see the blow

to your head hasn't dampened your famous

antic spirit

fortunately for me my spirit resides

elsewhere in my anatomy

now

what say we get to the crux of this

meeting

well the fact of the matter is uh that

your

markers for your rather extensive

gambling debts have been purchased

all of them

a formidable transaction to be sure

so if

you and your indian friend

exit this city

immediately

i will see to it those markers are

destroyed

and

and if you refuse

the markers will be called in and your

mother's house will be sold to pay the

debt

my mother's house

well now there's no reason to do that

actually i

i'm not without means to pay off you

know

course you are you're a writer

sadly your mother in a fit of misguided

maternal devotion

placed your name on the deed alongside

hers

she did that

the law is very clear on this point mr

pratt

um

you and the indian girl

will leave town

today

or

i will stop proceedings which will put

your mother

into the streets

you underestimate me sir

more dangerously for you

you underestimate my mother

am i to take it sir

that you are refusing my offer

i will tell you exactly how to take

oh my

take him away

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everyone oh dr van alsberg you take the

head of the table everyone come in and

just find seats please dr van alsberg is

going to conduct a seance

concentrating on patents ring he is

going to call on the spirit guidance to

see if we can help her find her family

oh this is very exciting we haven't had

a seance here since an eskimo shaman

conjured up the shade of julius caesar

of course everyone spoke latin we

couldn't understand a word

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oh

ernest

oh yes

i i'm sorry ladies and gentlemen i i'm

afraid our little seance is over would

you please leave me and my son alone

ernest

oh

i've cared for many wounded among my

people

pressure's good

i'm afraid ernest has learned the hard

way that someone is threatened by

patents's presence here someone with

dangerous connections

i have brought this trouble to your home

it is i who must leave you will do no

such thing you are going to stay under

this roof for as long as it's mine

you've been kind to me

but i will not bring any more danger to

you or to mr legend

you sit down

mr legend has a hard head

takes after his father

oh yes dad

now i remember why i left this town i

kept getting hit in the head they were

just trying to get your attention ernest

dear

they did

they're threatening to call in my

gambling markers mom

take your house

why'd you put my name on the deed

because i know you better than anyone

else you were always this high flying

risk taker the boy who ran away to the

circus and worked without a net i wanted

you to have something where you could

land safely if you needed it but where

will you land

ah

on my feet i'm a prat

before that i was a monohand

i rode to california on a hard wooden

box looking at the rear end of a couple

of oxen now the only difference between

you and me is that i didn't lose my

family no matter how hard they tried to

get lost

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i love you mom

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well the professor is right about one

thing whoever's trying to stop us

certainly has the funds to do so

your relatives might be on knob hill

well your mother is not without

influence and contacts over there yes i

know high society is your assignment

mother

the professor and i are a little more

adept at low society we'll handle that

come my friend we have to see a man

about some markers

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if you really wanted to see me mr pratt

i can think of much more

polite ways than barging in here like

that

you never have been an easy man to see

i had a feeling you wouldn't want to see

me at all

and what is it you want of me

a name

who bought my markers

a man you don't want to see

well i really have no choice in the

matter

suppose i don't tell you

chai

doesn't it get a little annoying having

me around i could come here every night

you know

and i could have my colleague there uh

turn you into dim sum and then some

chai

it's just a name come on

the man

who came to see me was a mere go-between

nothing else beyond him

i know nothing

chai

if you could just point me toward the

gentle prince who whacked me in the head

i'd be satisfied

a tattoo man

no one knows his real name he

owns a store on east street

but if i were you

i would go home

yes well as i said i have no choice in

the matter

nevertheless

i strongly recommend you go home you see

the tattooed man knows where you live

and

he also knows your indian lady

lives there also

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two men came and broke the door down and

they just dragged her away we tried to

stop them when did this happen just a

few moments ago it was awful look what

they did to poor dr van elsberg

oh

it's okay

it's okay it's gonna be all right

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oh excuse me oh me i really i

i should have been looking

well the disc is in his pocket

it'll transmit

a high frequency sound which will be

registered on the receiver for a brief

period how brief well it's a work in

progress oh all right

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do

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which way professor

well the signal has grown weak

i would say well i guess in that

direction

back to guessing are we

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wow

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i was followed

naturally

did you lose them sure

but i don't like keeping her here

when do we get rid of her

tonight

after dark

i is particularly what happens to her as

long as she never returns to san

francisco and

nothing

disagreeable is ever found

we're getting closer

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hmm

even a

yes this is a pity though there's always

a chance that she can turn up ernest

pratt all purpose get out of the house

before mom finds out lock pick some

mongrel might dig her up

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do you suppose you might find a big rock

or two it shouldn't be too bad unless of

course she's not quite dead

excuse me

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ah

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this is my husband rain pony

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who hired you

come on tell me

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witnesses said they heard strange

oriental screaming and loud electrical

explosions coming from a warehouse a

dead body identified as that of andre

killer well-known north beach underworld

character was apparently killed with an

indian arrow this would appear to be the

first indian attack in downtown san

francisco in 50 years

police are baffled

well aren't they always

oh the papers wanted their story

rain pony wants me to come home with him

he does not understand your people

but i told him that our work here is not

finished

good girl

ah my research staff

going on the assumption that paytence

was part of an irish family i had

zerelda go over the social register and

good mrs o'hara to canvas her

we found a certain watch family oh

shipping piles of money

came to san francisco about the time

peyton's family came here

melissa walsh is a widow who lives on

stalker

dr van elsberg tells me that he has

conducted many a seance at her home

but then it is conceivable that mrs

walsh is a member of the family

mrs walsh's husband liam died several

years ago leaving her the sole heir to

the family fortune

not if pay tense is a blood relative

professor i could use the opportunity to

sneak around that house maybe find

something that might connect pay tents

to the family what do you say to a

little second-story action eh

no need for that

the annual hibernian masked ball this

year it's to be held at mrs walsh's

house i was invited

uh it says i could bring a companion

seance

what

we could take one to her

and i could

conjure up some ghosts and you could

rifle upstairs

you must tell me everything that you can

remember about your mother about the

trip west

go get the door please

thank you

good evening thank you for coming nice

to see you

my sister-in-law

and her son

and her husband

and uh their retainer they never go

anywhere without bapu

and this is my great aunt on my mother's

side

oh and this is my cousin's personal

physician

an iroquois root doctor

quite amazing

if you'd like i could have him brew up a

batch of his special rejuvenating tea

good evening is it mrs o'hara yes a

pleasure to be here the invitation did

say that you could bring a guest but

here he is dr janos bartok isn't that

mrs pratt's maid a professor bartok is

the famous hungarian medium

medium

a pleasure

i feel the presence of many an active

spirit in this room you do

it's a good thing i've come in time

what you are in the need of is a good

psychic purging

now what i will require is a table

13 chairs a bell candle oh

and a sardine sandwich i haven't eaten

since breakfast

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so

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place

your fingers above the table

spread them wide

and feel the vibrations

now in the name

of

jobel

and honnani the unknowable

we enter in the spirit world

i want you to firmly grasp the hands now

of those who are sitting next to you

without fast movements

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clasp them firmly

and our life forces will unite to form

an unbroken circle of energy

to draw the spirits near

close your eyes

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we are now entering

into the world of the mysterious

into the realm

of secrets

and shadows

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oh

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um

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do

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do you like family pictures young man

oh ma'am i'm i'm sorry i i was at the

party downstairs and i got lost looking

for the best my family

this is the last picture of them taken

before we went west

this is your family

most of us came out by ship

but my son patty his wife mary

and their child

came out by wagon

i'm hearing a spirit voice

faintly

faintly

will you identify yourself

there is no need to frighten us

we are your friends

wait wait there's something stronger

much stronger

i feel that there's a blood tie between

this spirit and someone

at this table

please

tell us who you are

i am the shame of billy walsh

i am cold

i miss my family

my daughter

my son the arm is with me

and sends his love

to his wife

melissa

melissa walsh

tell her

young

peace

is there anything else

you want to tell us mary

leon wants to know

why melissa

is being unkind to my daughter

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only they'd come with us

mrs walsh

it is mrs walsh isn't it yes

your ring is very beautiful may i look

at it yes

it's irish

all the women in the walsh family wear

them

man

about patty and his family

dead

all of them killed by indians

even their little daughter patients

patience

mrs walsh yes

i have something very important to tell

you

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mary

please tell us where is your daughter

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my daughter is in this failure room

tonight

she came to san francisco to find me

to find her family

instead of love and kindness she's been

met

by violence

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excuse me just for a moment

what happened

how do i know you're the famous european

scientist

lights bring the lights this is a sham

the whole thing is a sham

throw this hungarian charlatan out into

the street get them out the whole

shameful lot of them sit down listen

sit down and be quiet

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grandmother walsh please don't let these

people blind

patience

you're the image of your dear mother

you're beautiful

oh

you're home home at last

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i'm having benny sarbanes go over the

legal papers for pay tents

oh i suppose i should be getting used to

calling her patience sarbanes is he the

guy who defended the sausalito seven the

very one the most vicious attorney west

of riddle he's got that on his cards now

yes i'll bet he does

lawyers reporters in-laws

is it any wonder pay tents and rain pony

made a b-line for the wilderness well at

least their child's inheritance will be

protected

have i told you how proud i am of my son

really

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you're becoming more and more like that

wonderful character you write

mother

nicodemus legend is fictional

but he's your fiction earnest and you

couldn't have created him if you didn't

know him very very well

i love you mom

i love you

goodbye delena see you in the spring and

the zuko twins the scandinavian juggling

troop may come as well oh you should see

what they

only imagine

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do

you