Tales of Manhattan Page #3

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ALL RIGHT.

PAY EVERYBODY OFF!

AND GET ME TWO TICKETS

TO RIO.

ON THE CLIPPER.

FOR TOMORROW.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M A LITTLE AMAZED

AT MYSELF.

DID I SOUND VERY NAIVE?

NO.

THAT'S HOW IT GOES.

ALWAYS ACTING UNTIL YOU FIND

SOMETHING YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.

Put out the light.

THE PARTY'S

BECOMING A BORE.

TOO MANY DRUNKS.

I WAS LOOKING FOR YOU.

WE WERE TALKING OVER

PAUL'S NEW PLAY.

IT WAS SO NOISY:

IN THERE.

YES, SO I IMAGINE.

I WONDERED IF YOU HAD

CHANGED YOUR MIND.

ABOUT WHAT?

CANADA.

COMING WITH ME?

NO.

I'M AFRAID NOT.

I DON'T SEE

HOW YOU COULD RESIS THE BEST SHOOTING

IN THE WORLD...

IF YOU'RE LOOKING

FOR MOOSE.

HAVE YOU:

EVER HUNTED MOOSE...

MR. ORMAN?

NO, I HAVEN'T.

MAYBE...

YOU'D LIKE

TO COME WITH ME.

JOHN, YOU'RE DRUNK. PLEASE.

DON'T EXAGGERATE.

I NEVER GET DRUNK.

I GET INVOLVED,

BUT NOT DRUNK.

I'LL LET YOU USE MY

FAVORITE GUN, MR. ORMAN.

LET ME SHOW YOU:

MY COLLECTION.

ONE OF THE BEST,

YOU KNOW.

HERE IT IS.

TOOK ME YEARS:

TO GATHER THIS.

AND HERE...

HERE...

IS MY FAVORITE.

NEVER FAILED ME.

HERE HE IS.

COLONEL JOHNSON.

COLONEL,

HOW ARE YOU?

OH.

BUT I...

I WAS JUST GOING.

NONSENSE. ALWAYS WANTED TO TALK TO YOU.

DON'T MIND IF I SPRUCE

UP THE COLONEL, DO YOU?

PLEASE DON'T POINT THAT.

DON'T WORRY. THE COLONEL'S NOT LOADED.

I MAY BE A TRIFLE,

BUT NOT THE COLONEL.

THREE YEARS AGO,

I GOT AN ELK.

THERE HE IS.

LAST YEAR, I SHO OVER THREE MOOSE.

THE COLONEL WAS ONLY

A CAPTAIN THEN.

I PROMOTED HIM:

AFTER THE THIRD MOOSE.

WHAT DID YOU WAN TO TALK ABOUT?

A LOT OF THINGS.

BUT WE'LL BEGIN

WITH GUNS.

THEY'RE MY HOBBY.

I DON'T THINK PAUL

IS INTERESTED IN GUNS.

GUNS HAVE:

A CERTAIN INTEREST...

IN THE HANDS OF EXPERTS.

EXACTLY.

A MAN:

WOULD BE A NITWI NOT TO BE INTERESTED

IN THIS WEAPON.

A BLIND MAN:

COULD HIT A DUCK'S EYE

AT 100 PACES WITH

THE COLONEL.

HA HA.

GOOD OLD COLONEL.

YOU REMEMBER THAT FELLOW UP THERE?

ETHEL, WHERE DID I

PUT THAT OIL CAN?

WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK

TO THE HOUSE.

THEY'LL BE MISSING US.

NOT A CHANCE. THEY'RE

HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.

WHAT DID YOU WAN TO SAY ABOUT GUNS?

EVER USE 'EM?

YES. ON THE STAGE.

SHOOT 'EM?

ON A STAGE.

NOT REAL BULLETS.

NO.

JUST BLANKS, EH?

YES.

ONLY BLANKS.

WE ACTORS:

PREFER THEM.

THIS IS SILLY, JOHN.

PAUL'S GIVEN

AN OPENING PERFORMANCE,

AND HE'S

PROBABLY EXHAUSTED.

DARLING, YOU HAVEN' DANCED WITH ME THIS EVENING.

COME ON, WON'T YOU?

I NOTICED THAT.

IT'S TOO LATE NOW.

WILL YOU STOP PUTTERING

WITH THAT GUN?

I'M GETTING VERY ANGRY!

WHY DON'T YOU GO,

ETHEL?

PERHAPS YOUR HUSBAND WOULD

PREFER TALKING TO ME ALONE.

I HAVE NO SECRETS

FROM MY WIFE.

SHE MAY HAVE FROM ME.

THERE'S ALWAYS

HALF OF WOMEN MISSING.

BUT WITH MEN, THEY'RE

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