Rendezvous Page #4

NOW, WE'VE BEEN

WALKING FOR HOURS.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

LET'S WALK JUST ONCE AROUND

THE WORLD. WHAT DO YOU SAY?

WE'LL END UP HERE

JUST THE SAME.

I'M AFRAID YOU MIGH MISS YOUR TRAIN.

I WISH THAT TRAIN DIDN'T LEAVE

TILL THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

WHY DON'T-WHY COULDN'T YOU GE A DESK JOB HERE IN WASHINGTON?

LOTS OF PEOPLE:

ARE DOING IT.

OH, NOT FOR ME. THAT'S JUST THE TROUBLE.

TROUBLE?

YOU SEE, YEARS AGO OUT IN THE

FAR EAST, WHEN NEWS WAS SCARCE,

I ENTERTAINED MYSELF

WRITING A BOOK.

REALLY?

OH, NOT THE KIND

OF A BOOK YOU THINK.

THIS WAS A BOOK:

ON CODES.

IT WAS CALLED HOW TO

ENCIPHER AND HOW TO DECIPHER

HOW DO YOU LIKE THA FOR A TITLE?

HA HA! A LOVE STORY, EH?

HA HA HA!

WELL, I DIDN'T WAN TO LET THE BOSS KNOW

THAT I WAS WASTING

MY TIME ON CODES

SO I HAD THE BOOK PUBLISHED

UNDER A NOM DE PLUME-

ANSON MERIDAN.

THAT'S ME.

HA HA HA! WELL?

WELL,

THE GOVERNMENT-

THE WAR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN

RAISING HEAVEN AND EARTH

TRYING TO FIND ME,

THAT'S ALL.

OH. YOU MEAN

IF THEY DID FIND YOU,

THEY'D KEEP YOU

IN WASHINGTON, EH?

THEY WOULD,

BUT THEY WON'T,

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO DO

MY FIGHTING AT THE FRONT,

NOT BEHIND A DESK.

OH, I DON'T BLAME YOU AT ALL.

I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU.

YOU DO?

UH-HUH.

HA HA HA!

YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE

CHANGED MY MIND AGAIN.

I WISH THAT TRAIN DIDN' LEAVE FOR TWO DAYS.

TWO DAYS... LIKE THIS ONE?

EXACTLY LIKE THIS,

ONLY...

ONLY WHAT?

I WONDER IF THERE REALLY IS

A WAR GOING ON OVER THERE?

OH, BILL, DON'T GO.

MY DARLING...

HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE I EVER

HAPPENED TO CALL YOU THAT?

DO CALL ME THAT, PLEASE.

SAY IT AGAIN.

DARLING.

MMM.

HOW'S THAT?

OH. OH, BILL.

LIEUTENANT GORDON?

YES?

MAJOR SLOAN'S

COMPLIMENTS, SIR.

THE MAJOR INSTRUCTS

THE LIEUTENAN:

THAT HE'S BEEN TRANSFERRED

TO THE WAR DEPARTMEN

AND TO REPOR FOR DUTY AT 10:00.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THEY CAN'T DO THIS TO ME.

I'M NOT GOING TO SIT BEHIND

A DESK WITH A WAR GOING ON!

I'M GOING TO FRANCE!

SORRY, SIR.

THE MAJOR'S ORDERS.

WELL, WHAT THE-

SAY, WHAT KIND

OF A WAR IS THIS?

ANYTHING WRONG,

LIEUTENANT?

WRONG?

LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO, I,

A FREE AND PATRIOTIC CITIZEN

OF THE UNITED STATES,

AM ON MY WAY TO FRANCE,

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN

I'M YANKED FROM THE TRAIN,

THREATENED WITH ARREST,

AND SUMMONED HERE FOR WHAT?

TO FACE AN ENDLESS LINE

OF DOORS MARKED "KEEP OUT."

WHAT'S THIS COUNTRY

COMING TO, ANYWAY?

WILL YOU JOIN ME IN PROTES AGAINST THE INEFFICIENT,

INCOMPETENT BUREAUCRATIC ADMINISTRATION

OF OUR SO-CALLED WAR DEPARTMENT?

WHY, I'D BE DELIGHTED,

LIEUTENANT, UH...

GORDON.

LIEUTENANT GORDON.

LATE OF THE 73rd, NOW

A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.

SUPPOSE WE MAKE:

OUR PROTEST NOW?

ATTABOY!

HEY, TOGETHER, YOU AND I

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