The Atomic City Page #4

Now promenade 'em two by two

Just get 'em on home, as you always do

You honor your partners, corners all

And that's it, boys,

that's it, that's all

Frank, I heard your Tommy

won the big prize this afternoon.

Yeah, that's right.

Lucky kid.

You're talking about

one of the country's top physicists.

And you're talking to a schoolteacher

who almost stopped breathing

this afternoon because of him.

Excuse me if I look a little confused.

It happened at the puppet show.

Tommy just upped and left

to meet his father outside the hotel.

At least your top physicist

might have found out

if I knew Tommy had gone.

[ring]

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[ring]

[ring]

Hello?

No, no esta.

[speaking Spanish]

Say, Charlie, if Elmer comes in,

tell him to call his mother.

May I, Martha?

You know you can't

monopolize your wife, Frank.

Excuse us.

Look, Gregson, I'm just getting some air.

Sure. Alone.

Doctor, we're outside Los Alamos.

I'm tired of having a policeman at my heels

every time I step outside the gate.

You been aggravating the doctor?

Looks like it. All of a sudden, too...

After going steady for so long.

He's probably upset about Gus Schambach.

Yeah. You running a story on him?

Just that he's been hurt.

Nothing on how it happened.

Like the newspaper business?

I'm getting pretty good.

I worked undercover

as a dishwasher one time--

Watch it.

My mistake.

Did Frank get to see

doc Schambach in the hospital?

Yeah. He was there most of the afternoon.

Oh?

Hiya, Frank. Enjoying yourself?

Yeah.

How's Tommy? Why?

I heard you had to paddle him

this afternoon.

No.

[telephone rings]

No, I didn't.

Hello?

Hello!

Excuse me.

Yes.

Hello?

Please, hello--

Hung up. They just asked

my name and hung up.

I hope nothing's wrong at home.

No, no. Everything's fine.

When me and the missis are out,

we always worry

something's wrong with the kids.

Telephone rings, and we're scared.

Watch it, darling.

People are looking at us.

Frank.

Let's go home.

Good night, mrs. Addison, doctor.

Good night, Gregson.

They haven't hurt him.

I have to call the police.

No!

You know what they want.

I can't do it. You know--

Don't! I won't let you!

There isn't any choice!

There must be some other way!

There has to be.

Maybe they'll take money.

I wish they would.

We'd raise it someway, somehow.

But it isn't money, Martha.

How can you be so sure? You don't know.

Let me talk to them first. Please, Frank!

All right, darling.

All right.

We'll wait and see what they ask.

We'll wait and see.

[bells ringing]

[telephone rings]

Hello.

Yes.

Just a minute.

Excuse me, lady, are you mrs. Addison?

Yes. Yes, I am.

Someone wants you on the telephone.

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