The Star Page #5

I still want to know

why you did it.

You did a swell thing for me once.

I go out to repair your bathhouse,

10 days later...

...l'm playing opposite

Margaret Elliot in Faithless.

And with a brand-new name. Barry Lester.

How I hated that name.

Well, there's never been a movie star

named Jim Johannsen.

Barry Lester, either.

Well, the name had nothing to do with it.

You're so right.

I saw Faithless two years later

onboard a ship out in the Pacific.

We were anchored in the harbor

of Kwajalein at the time. Man, was it hot.

Faithless wasn't so bad.

No, it wasn't so bad. It's only

the worst picture ever made, that's all.

It even bored those poor guys who hadn't

had any entertainment in six months.

When it was over, the gunnery officer came

up to me, and he said, real suspicious-like:

"Hey, chief. You any relation to that jerk?

You kind of look like him."

I'm sure glad I was wearing a beard

in those days. Why, if they'd ever found...

Go ahead, eat.

- I don't want anything.

- So you spent a night in the clink.

Eat your breakfast. It's paid for.

Here, give it to me.

There was nothing I could do. After they

read the papers, they changed the lock.

Don't tell anyone, but I managed to get out

some of your clothes.

Thank you. You're very kind.

I'm not kind, but I like to think

I'm a human being.

Thank you.

Where to?

Isn't this the end of the line?

- You must have plenty of friends.

- Sure. I'm the perfect guest.

Who wouldn't be happy to have me?

Get in.

This is it.

Right after the war,

I got title to this place...

...with the help of a GI loan.

Always wanted my own business.

Better than getting up in the morning...

...and having some character

slap makeup on your puss.

This was a sail loft before I fixed it up.

One thing about having a shipyard,

you can do these things for free.

I picked up a lot of these things

while I was going to sea.

What am I going to do?

Get any sleep last night?

With all that howling?

One of them was full of hop...

...and two of them got into a brawl.

Get yourself some sleep.

I'll have my lawyer square things at court.

I've got a lot of things to do.

I can't think.

I can't think.

Of course you can't.

I shouldn't be here.

There's something I've got to do.

I can't remember.

I'll be out in the yard if you need anything.

Hello, Peggy.

Peggy, did Gretchen read the paper?

Well, thanks.

Thanks. That was very nice of you.

What?

Oh, those nasty kids.

But you told her, didn't you?

You told her it wasn't true?

Well... Well, thanks.

Thanks for trying.

I'm all right.

I'd like to speak to her, Peggy.

I promise I won't upset her.

I want to talk to her, Peggy,

you've got to let me talk to her.

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