Wild Boys of the Road Page #3

...and selling her piece by piece.

That's the only way

I can get my 22 back.

- She was a sweet little bus, wasn't she?

- Yeah.

Makes a fellow feel kind of funny,

like saying goodbye to somebody.

Oh, come on.

- What's the matter with you?

- Nothing.

My nose is running. What did you think?

Well, so long.

Yell if you want me

to go out with you tonight.

You know I'm always with you.

- Here, Dad.

- Wha...?

Where did this come from?

Oh, I sold my car.

I was tired of it anyway.

You know me, have a thing a little while,

get sort of fed up with it.

I guess I'm just like my cousin Hugo.

Hey, you're not sore at me,

are you, Pop?

No matter what you ever do, Edward...

...you'll never make me feel as proud of you

as you have this minute.

Heck, I didn't want it anyway.

Ma was always afraid

I'd get hurt in it anyhow.

Come on, put up your dukes.

Oh! That's the stuff. Hands down there.

Sorry, Dad, I got a date with Tommy.

You've been looking for a job

for over two months now.

What good would it do

for me to look for one?

Even my father can't get work.

Maybe it would be better

in some other place.

Anyplace would be better

than this dumb town.

You know what we could do?

I bet if we went to Chicago or New York,

we could get jobs.

That's just what I feel like doing.

Would your father let you

quit school and go?

Oh, I wouldn't tell him.

Why should I stick in school

and have a good time...

...when he has to stand in a bread line?

No, sir, boy. I'm pulling out tonight.

And I'm right with you.

Anyway, with me out of the way...

...Mom can get along with

what she gets from the roomer.

We won't say goodbye to the folks.

We'll write them notes.

Tell them we're leaving because

we don't wanna be a burden.

We'll say that when things get better,

we can come back.

How we going?

We'll bum our way.

I'll meet you in the freight yard

in 15 minutes.

Are you game?

Sure.

- Come on, let's go.

- Wait.

We can't get on while it's standing still.

They'll see us.

Come on.

Something rip?

I don't know,

but I can sure feel a lot of cold air.

Aah...

Hey, you still asleep?

Gee, I don't feel good.

You'll feel better

when we get something to eat.

Look. When did he get on?

I don't know.

He probably got on

during the night sometime.

Hey, where do you suppose we are?

In Nebraska.

Kind of looks like Indiana to me.

- Let's eat, huh?

- Yeah, okay.

Hey, where's the sandwiches?

You wrapped them inside your shirt.

They're not there now.

Somebody hooked them.

Bet I know who.

Yeah? Then I'm gonna find out.

Hey, you, wake up.

What do you want?

- Did you take something out of our bundles?

No.

- How'd you know we had bundles?

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