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Step number two, hold.

I'm stopping here, mister. Where are you headed for?

The joint I... found when we was here before?

A girl, huh?

A couple of girls.

Yeah?

Capitano. Not that girl.

That is Alessandro's girl.

She's very particular.

The boss's girl.

and me you'd give me $25 to bring you over here?

Well, you got everything I had, didn't you? Yeah.

$3 .12.

Friend of yours, Captain?

Got to get him ashore.

You watch him while I roust out some of the crew.

Go get a big fan for the water. This here little stowaway has got to have him

bath.

What kind of water?

Baby water, fish mouth.

What kind of water?

Come on, you sugar pie.

You've got to get yourself a little bath.

Yes, sir.

Look right here.

I'll get you out of this here thing here. There's some kind of contraption

you've got on here.

Look at this cup.

Look at this. You've got a little big fat arm you've got.

Well, you get it out of there. Look at you.

Oh, lordy, look at you.

Pull it out there.

Yeah, there you go.

Oh, boy.

Yes, sir. Come on, buttercup.

P -p -pitch me that stool there, boy.

Thank you.

Get that man to your side, Captain, and we'll chuck him on the beach.

He ain't going to shore.

From now on, it's my kid, see?

Ain't that delicious?

Sandro. Hiya, Miss Sandro. What do you want?

Well, I'm Sally Clark.

Yeah?

You know Joe Gomez, don't you, in New York?

Yeah, I know Joe.

He said he'd write you about me, didn't he?

Guess he must have forgot.

You one of his girls?

No. No, he's a friend of mine.

Well,

hadn't you got a letter here for me?

Sally Clark's the name. Yeah, you told me.

Didn't Joe write you about me?

He said if I came to Timorindo, you'd help me.

What do you want?

I want to get back to New York.

Yeah? What's stopping you?

I'm broke.

You wouldn't lend me the money, would you?

Me?

My girlfriend said she's got a swim.

Okay.

Say, um... Don't you need an entertainer?

I can sing some and dance. Yeah, we've got an entertainer.

Well, I know, but you...

She says she has eight babies herself.

Knows all about them.

If she's got all those kids, how can she leave them?

Si ha tenido ocho hijos.

¿Cómo la va a dejar?

Todos se murieron.

Oh.

He says they all have died.

Listen,

I want a woman to look after my kid, not a... What honky -tonk did you pick her

up in?

Outside.

Didn't I tell you I wanted a decent girl?

What's the idea of trying to pass a tramp like that off on me?

Well, I do the best I can.

You think it's easy to find a woman to go on a freight boat?

A nice woman?

Huh.

I know.

But that's what I've got to get.

Any more?

No, that is all.

You mean to tell me there aren't any nice women in this town?

Well, maybe I'll find somebody else.

I'll go try.

Only don't go bringing back no more tramps.

One does not have much choice.

Why didn't he tell me about you?

Tell you about me?

Yeah, didn't the agent send for you?

Agent? What agent?

The steamship agent.

No, no, I just came in to find out about getting to New York.

I heard there was a boat sailing tonight.

Only, I didn't know whether they'd take a passenger.

I mean a girl alone.

Say, You see, I just got in from Trinidad today.

My father was a missionary there, and he just died.

Hmm. That's tough.

Well, I had to get back to my relatives in New York, and they told me I might

get a boat from here.

Gee, this is a break for me, all right.

What? Wait.

I'll tell you.

You see, it's like this.

That's my ship out there that's going to New York.

Well, I've got a kid on board.

Just a little kid.

I've got to find somebody to take care of him.

I can't find anybody in this town.

That is, nobody decent.

And now you come along.

You see what I mean?

Yes, but... Wait.

I know what you're thinking.

What you said about a girl like you shipping on a freighter. I was a little

afraid.

Nothing but men.

That's something you don't have to worry about.

You'll be as safe on my ship as if you was on a liner.

Oh, I'm sure of that now, Captain.

Tell me about the baby. Is it yours?

Well, yes.

In a manner of speaking, it is.

Let me have your watch for the baby.

For the baby?

He don't care what time it is.

Oh, shut your mouth with him. Give me that watch.

All right.

Now, honey, don't cry.

Buttercups, come on.

Lookie here.

Look at that.

There it is.

Look at that sugar. Watch it. Here it is. Lookie here.

up to watch McGarley give me.

Yeah, but he stopped crying, ain't he? Look at him.

Here, take Miss Clark's thing. Yes, sir.

Maybe I should have told you, but... I don't know so much about babies.

I mean, what you do about them.

I was figuring it ought to come natural to you.

Yeah, I suppose it ought to.

It's a nice baby.

I wonder if he's hungry.

I ain't saying you're wrong, Missy. But every time as we offer him this, he

hollers.

Well, of course he won't take it that way.

Has anybody got a glove?

Hey, you heat this with some water. Yes, ma 'am.

And you clean out some kind of a bottle with boiling water.

Yes, ma 'am. Why, right now.

Look how it shines.

Isn't that nice?

up that swamp roof. Move it up. All right, Depression.

You ain't breaking no speed laws yourself.

Man, come on. Come on. We ain't got no time to talk here. Come on.

Look.

Are these all right?

Oh, that's even better.

Have you got any scissors?

Got any scissors?

Give me the bottle.

Yeah,

that's all right.

Isn't that going to be good?

Oh,

my, that looks good.

Oh, nothing.

There.

Good. Here, let me hold the bottle.

Goodness, that's going to taste good.

Citrum D to you.

Aloysius. Yes? Show Miss Clark where it is.

Yes, sir, Captain.

This way, miss.

All right.

Come on.

Mr.

Captain. Yes, sir.

You heard about the kid?

Yeah.

I've got a nurse for him.

Yeah? Name's Clark.

Her father was a missionary over in Trinidad.

He just died.

What I'm getting at is this.

She's a nice girl.

And nobody's going to trouble her while she's on this ship. Get that?

Sure.

We're weighing anchor about six bells.

Right. I'll be turning in for about an hour. Have them wake me.

Yes.

He was warning me, I gotta be careful nobody gets disrespectful.

You being a nice girl that ain't used to us roughneck sailors.

It's a good thing he told me about you being a missionary's daughter.

You know, I had an idea I'd seen you someplace before.

No, you couldn't have.

I suppose not.

Must have been some other girl that night in Cristobal.

She sure looked like you, though.

I never was in Cristobal or any other place you've been.

No?

I've been lots of places, though.

Port -au -Prince, for example.

Remember buying drinks for a girl there, one of the entertainers?

She looked just like you, too.

Listen,

Sal, fun's fun.

Supposedly quit kidding. I'm not kidding.

Never laid eyes on you before.

Is that the way it is? That's the way it is. And it's going to stay that way,

see?

There's no hurry.

I understand we got company aboard.

Uh -huh.

A baby and a nurse for us. Nurse.

I seen the nurse when she came aboard.

Looks like a girl I met in Marie's place in Cristobal.

Couldn't be.

She's the daughter of a missionary that died over in Trinidad a while ago.

Says who?

Says the captain.

I guess I'll go out and see about those king posts.

They sure need fixing up.

What's the matter?

I gotta have safety pins.

Safety pins?

What for?

I don't know.

How do you think you're gonna make them stay on?

Well,

why don't you get some?

I don't know much about them things, Captain.

But I was just thinking...

If they couldn't fasten him on with a sharp nail.

Yeah, maybe you can tie him his pants on with a bit of rope or something.

The ship's captain's got more things to do than look for. Fix it.

Poison. Yes, sir. Get your crew for it.

Joe Forrest.

Who come with Forrest?

Wait a minute.

to me, you.

You may have heard maybe there's a kid on this ship and a girl to look after

kid.

Well, here's something to get into your thick skull.

And remember, nobody's going to speak to her.

Nobody's going to look at her.

She's going to be as safe on this ship as if she was living with her own kind

people.

Some of you guys don't know much about respectable women.

So get this.

This girl's different.

She's a decent girl.

She ain't used to hearing people swearing around her and talking rotten.

So you swabs are going to mind your tongue. And the first one I hear

out with anything is going to get his head knocked loose. See?

Anybody here don't understand what I've been saying?

Captain Whalen.

Yeah.

It's been nice being on your ship.

Funny glad to hear you say that.

Been kind of worried about you being comfortable.

Oh, you needn't to.

I wish I knew how to tell you.

I suppose it's having the baby to take care of and the sea all around.

That must be what makes me feel so different, like I never felt before.

Gee, I... I don't feel as if I was the same person.

You've been awfully swell to me, Captain.

You've been swell to the kid.

Coming in pretty thick.

Half speed ahead.

Half speed ahead, sir.

I guess I better be taking the baby in.

I suppose I could date him. Boy, look there we go.

You wouldn't want to have me breaking down no doors, would you? You give me

key.

No more arguments, huh?

Oh, you bet there aren't going to be any arguments.

Now you can start right in being your own sweet self.

If you know what I mean.

Saul!

Stop it now!

Let go!

The kid don't seem to like the fog any more than we do.

It's the foghorn frightened him, I guess.

Gee,

that's one mad kid, all right.

Yeah. There's something... Keep a sharp lookout, Mr. Brown. I'm going below.

Yes, sir.

a sucker for a

Come aboard.

I hate to think that you're getting into trouble on account of me.

Don't worry about it.

As long as you and the kid are all right.

You better try and get some sleep.

Do you mind if I stay here?

Mind? Why don't you stay now?

A lot of things happened tonight.

I feel as if... I know.

I know.

That's why I wanted to be up here with you.

There's nothing more to be afraid of now.

I didn't come up because I was afraid.

Sam, if I'd ever known... Known what?

What a swell guy you turn out to be.

That first night I saw you...

Supposing

I am so swell.

And supposing you'd known it.

Whatever.

I wouldn't have told you. Listen, Sally.

I ain't so much.

Just a captain on a third -class fighter.

But maybe, if you'll take a chance with me.

If you want me, Sam, there isn't any maybe.

Didn't notice the glad rags, did you?

Oh, boy, you look swell.

Come on.

Hello,

Mr. Morrissey.

I didn't expect to see you here.

This is Miss Clark. How do you do?

Mr. Morrissey's from the company.

She and I are going to be married today.

Well, that's fine, Sam.

But, uh, there's some trouble.

What about Gatlin? Yes.

They want you at the steamboat inspector's office right away.

They sent to get you, but I told them they wouldn't need any warrant.

Warrant? Sorry to take the captain away from you, miss.

Take me away from her?

Well, chance.

She's coming along.

The customs house isn't far from the city hall, Sally.

Come on.

Oh, stop worrying.

It'll come out all right.

Come on.

All right, Captain.

I guess you'd better wait out here.

I won't be long.

Sit down, Captain Willis.

As I understand, Mr. Gatson, the charge you're preferring against Captain Whelan

is assault with an attempt to commit murder. Yes, sir.

And if it hadn't been for the liner that picked me up having to stop on account

of the fog, it would have been murder.

Well, Captain Whelan?

As I understand it, Mr. Inspector, there is a particular law that the master of

a ship on the high seas is bound to protect any female passenger from being

molested. Female passenger?

You mean female... Mr. Gadsden.

Well?

It's a simple enough case.

You can read it in my log.

I shipped a young woman to take care of my baby.

Had papers for her, all in order.

I found Mr.

Gadsden in her cabin trying to attack her.

Mr. Gatson was knocked overboard while resisting my authority.

Well, Mr. Gatson?

Captain Whelan is telling us he shipped this here female as a nurse for a baby.

Why don't you ask him what else he shipped her for?

Now I'll tell a story.

Just supposing the ship's captain took a fancy to a girl he'd picked up in a

port. And supposing also she'd known the mate before.

Maybe you'd taken a fancy to him.

Of course, I can understand the captain's not wanting to have his plans

wrong.

But it don't hardly seem that that's enough reason for knocking the mate

overboard.

You'd want to know what sort of girl it was before you believed that, wouldn't

you?

I was coming to that.

I guess maybe you ain't never heard of a place in Cristobal called Marie's.

No.

Not the kind of a joint you'd know, Inspector.

Perhaps if I was to give you a rough idea of what that place is like...

You don't seem to be the sort of man, Captain

Whelan, that would be mistaken in a girl such as Mr. Gatson describes.

I wasn't mistaken.

Get in the seat for yourself.

Sally, will you come in a minute?

It's called Mary's in Cristobal.

No.

Never worked there as an entertainer?

No.

Or in any other capacity?

No. But the only trouble about that is she's lying.

Why, there's men on the ship that knew her in Cristobal.

If that's true, Miss Clark, you could save us a lot of time by being truthful

with us.

Shall we send for Mr. Gatson's witnesses?

You needn't bother.

It's true, then, what Mr. Gatson has said.

Yes.

And you want us to believe, Captain Whalen, that you didn't know what this

was? That a man of your experience could be so easily deceived?

No, he didn't. He didn't know. I lied to him.

I wanted to get back to New York, and I told him some crazy story about myself.

That's why he was so good to me.

Listen, I don't care what you say about me, but you've got to believe this.

He didn't take me on that ship for anything but to take care of the baby.

If... If he'd ever known I'd been in places like the mate saw me in,

he wouldn't have asked me to marry him.

Captain? Captain Whelan asked you to marry him?

Yes, sir.

We were going to be married this morning.

That's right, sir.

He told me so himself when he came off the ship.

I think that's all, Miss Clark.

You may go.

I think I understand this case.

Captain William, there are certain formalities that must be gone through.

But I believe... You... You don't need me anymore, sir?

No.

You can go.

you doing here?

Well, Sam, I was... Do you think I'd let you on my ship?

Oh, Sam, couldn't you forgive me? I know I ought to have told you. I don't want

to talk about it. I know, but if you'd just listen a minute.

Maybe if you understood about the kind of breaks I always got all my life, you

would... I said I don't want to talk about it.

You mean you just want me to go?

I'll send your things to you.

Where will you be?

Oh, the things don't matter.

Where will you be?

Well, I guess I'll go to Gert, my girlfriend.

That's the address.

Let me see the baby once more.

Oh, you just gotta let me.

Please, now, it can't do no harm just me saying goodbye to him.

Won't you let me?

No. But I won't even touch him.

You feel like this, but just let me see him. I told you no.

Well, wait a minute. Now, wait, please.

Will you do this, then?

Will you let me talk to Mark or Aloysius? You see, there's lots of

I did for the kid that they don't even know about. I could tell them so that

when they're taken care of... They ain't gonna be taken care of.

I'm gonna... Put him in an orphanage.

An orphanage?

Oh, no.

No, Sam, you can't do that.

I can't?

Well, that's where he's going. Oh, but you can't. No, not him.

He's got to have people that love just him.

He's that kind of a kid.

Sam,

will you let me have him? I'll take care of him. I'll work for him. Honest, I

will.

Please.

You...

Keep that woman off this ship.

Captain, but he won't eat less than a salad season.

Give me the bottle.

Yes, sir.

I'll call you when I want to. Yes, Captain.

There you go.

There. Go on, here.

Take a hold of that.

Come on.

Eat it.

Good.

Come on.

Here.

Here.

All right.

Don't eat.

Captain, did you call me?

Yeah.

Take that suitcase up to this address.

Captain, you don't mean to tell me Sally ain't coming back, is you?

Yeah.

But, Captain, boss, what about Little's family? You know that he... Will you

shut up and take that suitcase?

Yes, sir.

233 West 71st Street.

233.

233 West 71st Street.

Captain, is you sure you'll stay with Sammy till I get back?

Where's Mark?

He done gone to show to get some doodads for Sammy. Miss Sally sent him.

All right. Get going.

Yes, sir.

233 West 71st Street.

You sure you'll stay with Sammy?

I said get going.

Yes, sir.

233 West 71st Street.

233 West 71st Street.

Ain't no good gonna come out of this.

233 West 71st Street.

233 West 71st Street.

233 West 71st Street. Now be

a good kid.

I want you to be good.

Because, well, tomorrow, I gotta take you to a place where,

where there's lots of other kids.

And I want you to be the best one there, see?

Are you going to be good?

All right.

We won't talk about it now.

You eat.

I'm going to shore.

And I want you to stay here and watch this kid till Mark gets back. Yes, sir.

And don't leave until Captain Mark comes.

No, sir.

Tired of sitting there, huh?

Well... Just wait a jiffy.

That better?

Well, mister, I owe you an apology.

I was wrong plenty.

What do you have?

I'm drinking gin.

Two, Jake.

I'll say you were wrong.

Gee, what a sap she made out of you.

Here.

Jake, two more.

What are you going to do?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I guess... I guess I'll go and hang around the boat.

Maybe he'll be assured.

I could see Mark. Where's your pride, Sal?

I haven't any.

Not where that kid's concerned.

I've got to find out where he's going to leave him. And then...

As soon as I can get a job.

Well, he's going to be my baby then.

Well, I give up.

Was the man seen as Dolly Clark?

Me? Yes, ma 'am.

glad. Come on in. Wait a minute.

I ain't staying.

I just came to bring a friend of yours.

What, a friend of mine?

Hey.

Oh.

Hello, baby.

You was lonesome.

I had your address.

Well, I'll be leaving.

Wait a minute.

You dirty... Now, listen, kid.

You...

you for the way you treated me down at the dock. I didn't even blame you for

letting me see the kid. But supposing I did lie to you, that doesn't give you

any right to pull a rotten trick like this.

You and your high and mighty talk about girls being decent. What do you know

about girls anyway?

You'd better give one of them a break.

Ask you to marry me. Yes!

I must have fallen asleep.

Fallen asleep.

Come here, Carl.

This'll look swell on you, Sal. It's just your color.

And this'll be swell in you, dearie. You'll need it.

Yeah.

Oh, Aloysius.

What?

Turn that radio off, will you?

Now tell me, Aloysius.

The baby's sick.

Sick?

You can't go in there now. The doctor's with him.

Doctor?

Well... You'd better sober up if you can.

What's the matter with him?

The doctor says it looks like pneumonia.

He crawled out in the rain.

But I told... I told the boss... Yeah, yeah, you told him.

Sure, and then you went away and forgot all about him.

And you're telling me I ain't fit to take care of a baby.

There is still a chance.

Are you the father?

Oh, never mind about him. I'm taking care of the baby.

I'll be back early in the morning.

In the meantime, keep up those cold compresses. That's about all you can do.

Thank you.

Good night.

past ten, sir. Well, sailing orders were for ten.

Tubbo's alongside.

Tell him to stand by.

We may not sail till later.

Yes, sir.

Not so good.

I think he's going to be hungry.

Hungry?

The fever's broken.

It happens like that sometimes.

He's out of danger.

Mark! Aloysius!

Yes, sir! Yes, sir, Captain. The kid wants to eat.

All right, Mr. Brown. Yes, sir.

The good Lord certainly must have heard me.

Oh, it's you.

How you all think I got all them calluses on my knees?

baby. Didn't you hear what the doctor said?

Well, how can I?

You look after the baby. I'll take care of the rest.

I've got to get the radios up.

I'm going to throw them to Mr. Morrissey.