The Prowler Page #2

Coach said they were trying

to teach us to work as a team.

I got him thrown opened good,

right in front of the whole squad.

From then on, he had it

in for me, that's all.

Told the athletic director,

and they stopped my dough.

Just another one of my lousy breaks.

Hadn't been for that, I'd

have had my four years of

college, have a nice, soft

job in one of those big bond

houses, and I'd be eating lunch

every day in the university club.

I used to clip your picture

out of the Terre Haute paper.

Yeah.

Who'd ever have thought...

That I'd turn out to be

just another dumb cop, huh?

Oh, no. I wasn't thinking that at all.

I was just thinking how funny

it is the way you meet people.

Yeah.

People you never thought you'd meet.

They say there's no such

thing as a native Californian.

Those were the days, no kidding.

I wish we'd met there instead of here.

What street did you live on there?

Lakeview.

Oh, well, that explains it.

You had sidewalks and

lawns out in front.

I lived down on Carrington.

My old man's idea of success was

a buck 20 an hour union scale.

He's a maintenance

worker in the oil fields.

He must have had a dozen chances

to cut loose on his own...

make himself some real

dough wild-catting, but he

was too yellow to risk his buck

20 an hour, so he never made it.

Well, it's just about

that time, you night owls.

This is John Gilvray bringing

to a close the Ranch Market...

It's almost his signing-off time.

I've got to check out, too.

I guess you'll feel

safe from now on, huh?

Wouldn't you like to stay

and have breakfast with us?

I'd like you to meet my husband.

Sorry, but no can do.

I've got my reports to make out.

We've been having a lot of

trouble with prowlers lately.

I'll drop by once in a while

to see if everything's okay.

Won't that be too much trouble?

Well, it could be, but

I don't think it will.

After all, we Hoosiers have to

kind of stick together, don't we?

Sure do.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

3:
58 a.m. And 50 seconds.

I'll be with you again tomorrow night.

And good news, folks. The

cost of living is going down.

Goodnight to everyone.

I'll be seeing you, Susan.

You got one of those... businesses?

Thanks.

Boy, if they could only see me

now, I'd be the envy of the force

if they knew about this, huh?

Those guys, there's nothing but

hamburgers night off or no night off.

They don't mind, though. Hamburger's

the only thing they're used to.

You don't like being

a policeman, do you?

Why should I?

Well, for one thing, you

look nice in the uniform.

This is the only uniform I like.

Quite a collection.

Got any Guy Lombardo?

They're not what they seem.

Those are my husband's

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