Ask the Dust Page #2
You answered my prayer.
Anyway, I got a fountain pen.
Now please, sweet and lovely Saint,
inspire me. Give me an idea,
so I can write a story,
a great story,
so I can be rich and famous
and not be ashamed of my name.
Door is open.
To you, Mencken. To the future.
I headed down Third Street looking
for a place to spend my last nickel.
And there it was.
Come on.
Learn to dance if you can't walk!
The perfect place to end up flat broke.
- Can I get you something?
- Coffee with cream.
Just five months ago,
I had $150 in my pocket
and big plans in my head.
In those days, I was Arturo Bandini,
lover of man and beast alike.
All I needed was to meet one
of those beautiful golden-haired girls
that seemed to grow like oranges
out here,
and I'd write a story, a love story,
one of the greatest of all time.
Who brought this here?
There you go, Tony.
Thank you.
Are you done with that coffee?
You call this stuff coffee?
Maybe it isn't coffee at all.
Maybe it's just water after they boiled
Maybe you don't know any better.
Maybe you're just naturally careless.
But if I were you,
I wouldn't be seen in a Main Street alley
Wearing those haraches.
It's huaraches, not haraches.
I hope you die of heart failure right there
on that chair.
Camilla.
It's not my fault. I didn't do nothing.
I swear to God, I just asked him
if he wanted some coffee!
Take care of it.
If he's sick, get him out of here.
Hey.
Young fellow, are you all right?
You there? Oh, say something, please.
You can dish it out, but you can't take it,
can you?
You want the nickel?
Then mop it up.
Hey, you!
Sand from the Mojave
It was everywhere.
It was even between the sheets,
but I didn't care.
were those huaraches.
"To a Mayan princess
from a worthless gringo."
What's the name of the girl
who works here?
You mean Camilla?
The one who was here yesterday.
The Mexican.
Camilla Lopez.
Will you give this to her?
Take good care of it. It's valuable.
See that Miss Lopez gets it personally.
The truth was, I couldn't afford
to go back and see her that night.
I didn't have a nickel for a cup of coffee.
What do you want?
I'm an honest man, kid.
There, see if he wants a beer
on the house.
Sorry about the coffee.
Rverybody orders beer around here.
We don't get that many calls for coffee.
I can see why.
I'd drink beer, too, if I could afford it.
Anyway, I hope this is better.
You want cream, right?
Not bad. Certainly an improvement
over last night.
Did you read "The Little Dog Laughed"?
"The Little Dog Laughed,"
by me, Arturo Bandini.
Arturo?
Bandini. It's Italian.
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