He Walked by Night Page #4

A 394-15 disturbance.

Car 80K. Code 1.

All units.

On the broadcast of the suspect arrested

in the shooting of Patrolman Rowlins:

Cancel the cancellation.

Suspect released from custody.

Hello, Mr. Martin.

You'll find Mr. Reeves in the machine shop.

Hello, Roy. Glad to see you.

- How are you, Mr. Reeves?

- Fine. I was hoping you'd drop in.

I wanted to thank you for showing us

how to handle that repair job.

It helped a lot.

What have we got this time?

Oscillograph?

We have plenty of these around, Roy.

Not like this one.

Yes, I see.

I suppose, as usual,

you've added your own improvements.

It seems wrong that a man of your talent...

should bother

consigning equipment for rental.

I'd like to see you devote yourself

entirely to experimental electronics.

It'll come one day.

- I'll have a place like this.

- Why wait?

I've got a pretty good setup here.

You'd have modern equipment

to work with, a lab...

- and my confidence.

- Thanks, Mr. Reeves.

- I have other plans.

- But, Roy, you can't tell where it'll lead.

Might even work your way around

to a percentage of the business.

I like it this way.

You just rent out my equipment.

All right.

- But if you should change your mind...

- I'm not likely to change my mind.

I suppose you want me

to set this up for rental, too.

You've already got five pieces

of my equipment.

You'd like to know what results I've had

from the rentals so far?

I can't say as I blame you.

I think you'll find this satisfactory.

Satisfactory.

- Goodbye, Mr. Reeves.

- You'll come back again soon, won't you?

- Sure.

- Incidentally...

how's that television projector,

the one which will reflect a 12-foot image?

Still working on it.

I just wanted you to know

I've already set up a rental on it.

In fact, I think they'd like to buy.

It'll come pretty high.

Money's no consideration

with this customer.

- Tell him he can pick it up tomorrow.

- I thought you said it wasn't finished yet.

It'll be finished.

It uses an image fixer and

then projects by ordinary incandescence.

This is the best television projector

I've ever seen.

- Let's hope that your customer thinks so.

- He will.

Yes?

Send him right in, Charlotte.

There, you see? Our customer is here,

begging for the privilege of buying.

Better be running along.

I'm not much good at business.

But, Roy, he'll want to congratulate you.

Just see that the price is right.

All right, Roy. I'll get you a good deal.

- So long.

- See you.

Mr. Dunning, come in.

Isn't it a beauty?

- It's a beauty, all right.

- You like it?

I certainly do like it.

- You see, it's mine.

- What do you mean?

Let me have the police.

- I built it. Spent years on it.

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