you're certainly a hard fellow to find, sheriff.
i'm a messenger at the state house. this is from the governor.
the reprieve for earl williams.
earl williams. the reprieve.
they were all standing around when he wrote it. it was after they got back from fishing.
you can't get him on the phone. he's out duckshooting now.
yeah. but i --
yes, i did, just now. don't you remember?
huh?
forty dollars.
who? me?
the what?
you mean here in the city?
no, i couldn't do that.
i couldn't work in the city. you see, i've got my family in the country.
no, i don't think so.
i got two kids going to school there, and if i changed them from one town to another, they'd lose a grade.
yeah?
this puts me in a peculiar hole.
but how do i know?
pinkus.
you forgot to tell me what a city sealer has to do.
is it hard?
that's good, because my health ain't what it used to be.
here's your reprieve.
you can't bribe me!
i won't. here's your reprieve.
i don't want to be city sealer. i don't like seals anyhow. they smell.
they wouldn't take it.
silas f. pinkus.
they started right in bribing me!
them!
well, i been married for ten years and --
that's right.
here's the picture of my wife.
she's good enough for me! and if i was to go home and tell my wife --