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That woman upstairs and you have got to have your tongues stopped。 

    ALICE: (standing in front of curtains) You try to go near that woman! 

She's ill; she's feeble; she's my mother!       You dare to touch her。 

    HATCH: Get out of my way。 

    ALICE: She's ill; you cowards。          It will kill her。    You'll have to kill 

me before you get through this door。 

    HATCH: (savagely) Well; then; if it comes to that 

    (Three   locomotive   whistles   are   heard     from   just   outside   the  house。 

ALICE throws up her hands hysterically。) 

    ALICE: Ah!       At last!    They've come。      They've come! 

    HATCH:       (fiercely)   They've   come!     What     is  it? What     does   that 

mean? 

    (REDDY runs to window and opens the shutters。) 



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                                    MISS CIVILIZATION 



    ALICE: (jubilantly) It meansit means that twenty  men are crossing 

that   lawn。   It   means   that   while   you   sat   drinking   there;   Civilization   was 

racing toward you at seventy miles an hour! 

    HATCH:        Damnation!      We're    trapped。    Get    to  the  wagonquick! 

No。    Leave   the   girl   alone。  We've   no   time   for   that。 Drop   that   stuff。 

That way。     That way。 

    REDDY:        (at  window)    No。    Get   back!    Get    back!    It's  too  late。 

There's hundreds of them out there。 

    HATCH: (running to centre door) Out here!             This way!      Quick! 

    ALICE:      (mockingly)     Yes;   come!    You     don't  dare  come    this  way 

NOW! 

     (She drags open the curtains;  disclosing CAPTAIN  LUCAS and   two 

other   policemen。     For   an   instant   they   stand;   covering   the   burglars   with 

revolvers。    REDDY runs to window。            He is seized by an entering crowd 

of men in the oil…stained blue jeans of engineers and brakemen。) 

     CAPTAIN LUCAS: Hold up your hands; all of you!                  I guess I know 

you。 (With his left hand he tears off HATCH'S mask。) 〃Joe〃 Hatchat last。 

(Pulls off HARRY'S mask。) And Harry Hayes。               I thought so。    And that's… 

…the   〃Kid。〃   The   whole   gang。     (To  the   police。)   Good   work;   boys。  (To 

ALICE) My congratulations; Miss Gardner。               They're the worst lot in the 

country。    You're a brave young lady。        You ought 

    ALICE: (speaking with an effort and swaying slightly) Hush; please。 

Don'tdon't alarm my mother。         Mother's not as strong asas I am。 

     (Her eyes close; and she faints across the arm of the Chief of Police as 

the CURTAIN FALLS。) 



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