02x03 - The Plastic Ghost

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how do you feel penny a allall of dumb

things to do falling off the horse and

hurting my leg and on the day of the big

barn dance Too never mind the dance the

main thing is to get you to the hospital

where they can check you

over the big biggest barn dance of the

whole year and I had to go and do

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this Dr walers please go to the

reception desk Dr walers reception

desk

what's the verdict Bill well it looks

like a slight

concussion as far as that ankle's

concerned it could be a communed

fracture of the

tiia that's a hairline fracture

Penny however I can't tell do we take

X-rays x-rays how long will that take oh

we'll put you up for at least one night

young

lady I suppose it's 110 or something

it's normal I don't know why you feel so

sorry for yourself you'd feel sorry too

her hour was all set for the biggest

barn dance of the whole year and now

this has to happen it's not so bad mild

concussion in a sprained ankle how long

do I have to stay here oh that's up to

Dr Waters don't you like our hospital no

I want to go

home I don't see why everything has to

happen to me young lady you don't know

how lucky luy you are I'm

sorry how would you like to meet one of

our patients well how can I visit anyone

when I have to stay here in bed oh Dr

water said you can be up in a wheelchair

if you like I can mhm oh boy I'll get

you

one miss

Morton would you please go to room

18

Penny this is our favorite patient Mary

Swanson hi hello Mary penny is a pretty

name thank you it's almost as pretty as

Cindy Cindy oh that's right you never

met Cindy have you she's nice here she

is do you want to hold her she's very

friendly she's very pretty too where'd

you get her I had always my daddy gave

her to me I'm trying to keep her pretty

so someday when my daddy comes back he

can see her when's your daddy coming to

see you soon I think and Jin says he's

coming any day now what your mommy say

and che's my mommy now oh Mary's getting

tired now it's time for her nap please

don't make pennyo I like her and I'll

come back to see you as soon as you've

had your nap all right all right promise

I

promise good morning how's the patient

Sky come on

in

well you look a lot more cheerful this

morning oh I'm so ashamed of the way I

was acting yesterday anyone would think

I had

trouble and what brought about this

Sudden Change of

attitude well it's kind of hard to

explain I remember reading something

once um let me see

you oh I wept because I had no

shoes and then I met a man who had no

feet what's this all about Mary Swanson

Mary who she's the little girl down the

hall oh she's the sweetest

thing they don't expect her to get well

well that's terrible what's wrong with

her she has some kind of rare

disease sometimes she's very weak but

she's always so cheerful and everything

I felt like such a a spoiled brat for

complaining about what happened to me oh

you didn't complain so much oh yes I did

Sky I told her all about you and about

the song bird and she wants to meet you

sure she'll be thrilled to Pieces okay

young lady finish your breakfast and

we'll go call him what do you got here

oh

toast hey come

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on

she's asleep we'll have to come back

later KY is that you please don't go

away yes it's me I brought my uncle Sky

King to meet you Sky King oh boy hi Mary

hello Penny told me all about you and

your beautiful airplane oh I'll bet

you'd like a ride in it wouldn't you you

suppose I could sometime you bet you can

as soon as you get out of the hospital

can I bring Cindy too sure you can we

could fly you any place in the country

how would you like to fly over the Grand

Canyon you know where I'd like to fly

more than any place in the whole world

where is that honey to find my

daddy well you just get well and we'll

see what we can do about

that M

guy it's time for the little game Mary

and I play sure

Bill I've got to go now honey but I'll

be back to see you real

soon okay and don't forget about the

airplane I won't

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forget you're Mrs Cummings aren't you

yes oh I'm Penny King and this is my

uncle Sky King I can't tell you how

sorry I am Mrs Cummings she's such a

fine little girl she's like my own

daughter ever since my sister died four

years ago I've been taking care of

her I never dreamed anything like this

would happen take it easy this is one of

the finest hospitals in the state and

they don't come any better than Dr

Waters I

know I know it's just that it all seems

so hopeless uh Benny uh you look like

you could use some hot soup or something

what do you mean I just had breakfast oh

why don't you and Mrs Cummings go down

to the restaurant oh um sure thing um I

couldn't oh but if if I don't have

somebody to push me I can't get there

and I'm awfully

hungry all

right Dr Shephard would you please

report to x-ray I

mhm what's wrong with the little

girl but you really want to know Sky

sure why come into my

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office sit down Sky

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thanks well all the tests show a rare

type of disease often found in the

tropics is there no cure for it well

there is and there isn't is he sometimes

antibiotics work but in this case they

haven't in its later stages the disease

attacks the bloodstream and its

consequences can be dangerous and the

little girl I've just taken a blood

count again

Sky it's only a matter of hours until

she sinks into a

coma and

then isn't there anything we can do

about it there may

be is one chance in a million Mary's

father what do you

mean Jack

Swanson Mary's father was a mining

engineer you see his company sent him on

a prospecting trip down into South

America now he went against the advice

of everyone in taking his wife and

little child along with him while down

there he contracted the disease in his

company had him shipped home for

treatment he got over it but his wife

wasn't so

lucky now why the little girl didn't

come down with it then no one knows it

evidently laid dormant in her system

until now how can Mary's father help

it's just possible that his blood may

contain antibodies that would destroy

the disease germs

how we would take some of his blood and

make a serum in which we would inject

into Mary's bloodstream what are you

waiting

for it's not that

simple Mary's fathers disappeared 4

years ago do you mean to tell me he

walked out on his only child well now

don't judge him too harshly now you see

when his wife died Jack Swanson went

completely to Pieces he blamed himself

for what happened it prayed on his mind

so much that I feared that he might

crank up I was right a short time later

Jack Swanson disappeared and left no

trace and you think his blood would that

may

help but there's one ingredient you

won't find in medicine what's that it's

love Sky it's love of a little child

Mary needs her father now more than

anything else in the

world Sky do you know what it's like to

possess the

knowledge the years of experience and

easing pain and saving lives and yet

have a life slipped between your fingers

and not be able to do a single thing to

stop

it

I'm sorry I must be

tired

doc how much time do I

have 24 hours no more if he's alive I'll

find

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him we heard one just once we received

an insurance policy with a beneficiary

change to Mary that's all but it must

have been

postmark where was it mail from I don't

remember it it was here

somewhere here it is it's postmark

Barrow Springs Barrow Springs that's

about 20 mil from here very rugged

country they made a big uranium strike

up there that's just the sort of place a

mining engineer might pick out do you

have a picture of Jack yes right here

what are you going to do if he's in that

section of the country we've got to find

him there's just one trouble even if you

do find him he he may not come with you

I know Dr Waters told

me I know Cindy Cindy yes Mary's doll

her daddy gave it to her he might

recognize

that

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are you sure you haven't seen this man

can't say is I have and can't say is I

haven't but all these strangers coming

and going ever since the big uranium

strike Burl Springs ain't what it used

to be well thanks anyway I'm sorry beg

your pardon that's all right Sam I just

came in and say goodbye hey wait a

minute where did you get this do you

know him do I know him why he was owning

my partner for 3

years met him right here in Barrel

Springs he was always a sort of a q*eer

duck kind of quiet and sad like but

never was a man that old biley couldn't

get next to I'm the friendly

kind I'm sure you are Mr Bailey but what

about your partner oh him H we decided

to throw in together he sure did know

his way around when it come to mining I

remember him now he and Bary here struck

one of the biggest uranium pockets in

this part of the country I sold him my

half the claim but he wouldn't sell

wouldn't even talk to them what do you

want to know for her this man Jack

Swanson has has a daughter who's

desperately ill she may have only hours

to live you never said anything to me

about a daughter in fact I didn't think

he had any kin Folks at all well he did

now can you tell me where I can find him

well I can show you right there on that

map where uh there it is that's the

place and uh there's Barrow Springs how

far is that oh about 2 Days by horseback

I'd say that's too late I've got to find

him today oh there ain't no chance of

getting there today not unless you you

got an airplane I have an airplane is

there any place to land up there it

ain't likely and not among all those

mountains any level place no matter how

small think well there's a meadow about

2 miles from his digging and

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thanks

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my

C

Swanson don't sh**t I want to talk to

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you can you hear me

answer get off my

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clim Swanson it's about your daughter

Mary she's sick she needs

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you

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all right why don't you finish me what

are you waiting for get on your

feet it's about your little girl

Mary Mary yes your daughter Mary she's

desperately ill you're our only chance

to save her you're

lying you want to steal my claim Swanson

you've got to believe

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me

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Cindy

Mary oh

Mary

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Barry Swanson I'll take you to

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her

not us further now Tower to song bird

Tower to song bird come in Songbird over

song bird here over we have a reply to

your message sky from Penny doctor says

Mary is sinking fast hurry over

thanks I'll contact you in 20 minutes

for landing instructions song birn

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out

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there's less time left than I thought if

they don't get here

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soon Uncle

Sky hello

Jack hello Dr Waters Jack oh Jack I'm so

blessed

there's no time to lose you come with me

Jack come

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on they've been in there most of the

night what's keeping them so long prob

have to give the serum a chance to work

if it will well couldn't we just go

inside and look what harm was that

to I think she's going to be all

right

Daddy

marry my

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bab

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