Carson City Page #2

I found him. Here he is.

Hello, Jeff.

How do you feel?

Proud as I look.

Thanks for bailing me out.

- You broke?

- Flat.

Good. He's your man.

This is William Sharon.

He wants you

to build him a railroad.

The fact is I may not

be ready to start.

Don't be a fool. When I

recommend a man for a tough job,

I know what

I'm talking about.

Thanks, Mr. Crocker,

but I don't want it.

- You don't know what it is.

- You said it was tough.

- All I have to know to say no.

- You've changed.

Sure.

Ever spend six months

Pushing a track

through a swamp

With mosquitoes

as big as your fist?

Let me know whenever you

need a good office man. Thanks.

Daley was right.

It wouldn't work anyway.

Too many mountains to go around

between Carson and Virginia.

Why do you want to build a

railroad in that desolate place?

- That's my business.

- What's your route?

That's the trouble.

There isn't any.

All you have is a whole range

of granite mountains.

There's the big one,

right there.

- How do you know that country?

- I was born there.

You never

told me that.

You never asked me. I haven't

been back in 10 years,

But I remember that baby

sticking up all by itself.

That was my first

engineering job.

My kid brother and I swiped

a couple of pickaxes and started

To tunnel through it. Broke the

handles before we got 2 feet in

And got a licking to boot.

Always said I'd come back

someday and finish the job.

- How does it look?

- Just as dead as when I left.

- You had a brother here?

- Half brother.

You can look him up

and meet me later.

Haven't seen him for 10 years.

I can wait till I get a shave.

As head of the family I've got

to make a good impression.

How do you spell

"inconsequential"?

How do you spell

"inconsequential"?

Look it up for yourself

so you'll remember it.

You're not fooling me.

You don't know yourself.

I wish dad would use

shorter words in his editorials,

Or else learn how

to spell the long ones.

That's the beauty

of owning your own paper.

Nobody can edit

my copy.

You're not supposed to

hear that.

I... N...

Hmm.

Alan!

Look, it's Jeff!

Jeff!

Jeff!

Jeff!

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't

mean to. I just got so excited.

That's all right.

I'm afraid I don't...

Susan Mitchell.

Don't you remember me?

No. Why,

I can't believe it.

What do you expect me to do,

stay 13 all my life?

Hello, Jeff.

- Alan.

- Welcome home.

Say, you filled out.

Well, people change

in 10 years.

You haven't.

I knew you right away.

I had such a crush on you. I was

always trying to impress you.

Give me your coat.

I'll get the stain off.

There's plenty of time. I'm

going to be around for a while.

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