South Sea Woman Page #5

In about two minutes,

we're gonna be waving bye-bye to you.

- Oh, Davey, don't let him.

- Relax, Ginger.

I wouldn't stand that chaplain up

for the world.

I hate to break your heart, but the facts

of life have gotta be explained.

All about the birds and the bees.

No, I guess you might call it

the bulls and the cows.

What I'm trying to explain is the kind

of Marine this guy you wanna marry is.

When I first run into him, he was nothing

but a green kid with a crazy look in his eye.

Half the time he was getting into brawls

and in the brig.

That was before I took him

under my wing.

I took him out of boot camp and made him

the fightingest Marine in the 4th Regiment.

Winner of the Silver Star at Tientsin

and the Navy Cross at Mndt.

So you see, it'd be silly...

...to lose a valuable guy like this

to a sweet little housewife.

- Imagine that, now.

- You sure sold us, sarge.

Baby pie, we're heading straight

for Bubbling Well Road and that chaplain.

Hey, get away from that wheel.

Why, you little...

We'll never get to the ship now.

They'll sail without us.

So we started drifting down

the Huangpu River.

The current quickly carried us out

into the middle of the China Sea.

At last, we were sighted

by a Chinese junk...

... and eventually taken aboard

by Wu Ching...

... his wife and the two little Chings.

Of course, they couldn't understand

a word of English.

And if it wasn't that Sergeant O'Hearn...

... prided himself of being the world's

greatest expert on sign language...

... he never could have made a deal.

I guess the best sign language to know

is a handful of American money...

... for Wu Ching agreed to take us

back to Shanghai...

... on the go go, double-quick.

Unfortunately, Wu Ching's idea

of go go double-quick...

... was not the same

as Sergeant O'Hearn's.

Not even the handful of money

seemed to keep him from his course.

Well, you can just imagine

Sergeant O'Hearn's surprise...

... when early the next morning

he discovered we were going south...

... instead of north.

Get up, rock head.

Hey, you.

Wu Ching was carrying out

his end of the bargain all right.

Only he was going to Shanghai

by way of Pango Pango, a two-month trip.

Sergeant O'Hearn

just couldn't get it into his head...

... that delivering his cargo meant more

to Wu Ching than the Marine Corps.

So one of the little Chings

lowered the boom.

Rock head,

has it penetrated that skull of yours...

...that the Marines are on their way

to who-knows-where...

...and we're taking a cruise

to Pango Pango?

Dear me, that's frightening.

Don't be so frightened.

What are you gonna do about it?

It's a beautiful night, Gingersnap.

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