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0:09 Ah, so good of you to join me again, or what's that? Well, I don't suppose I was intending on going anywhere, even if that were an option. Well tonight, I have a long, fun journey through terror, horror, and the idea that all things come to an end, or at least that's what we tell ourselves. But frankly, I'm a bit skeptical myself. So please get cozy, now, get comfy.

0:54 The tea is going, the fire is roaring. I know, even in the summer months, it gets so very hall at night. And let me show you the last plan. The CBS Radio Mystery said that present. Coming in. Welcome and Tellygrin. The Greek god of love was called Ros Arrows, was the first of the Greek gods, born from the cosmic egg, a physical and elemental force, a divinity of fertility. Now millenniums later, love is still the prime principle of life.

1:55 We celebrate and exalted as though. Our very lies depended on it, and in truth they do, and not only our lives, but the lives of all our descendants forever. It's a deal. It's a deal. You like the idea, It's all right, you want the job, I've got nothing better to do. You'll approve of the plans. Sounds okay? Oh really, I wish you could summon up a little enthusiasm, lady. I lost my enthusiasms or anything a long time ago, if I ever had any.

2:37 On this day. Drama the last time was written especially for the mystery theater by Elphabetic, who also starts as a woman. I'll be back shortly with that one. We spoke at the opening of the Greek god Elf. Now we must tell you something of senators, senators brother asleep in the night, dweller in the lower world, and the persumification of death. What you may be asking of these two errors and senators to do with each other? And what place do they have in a simple radio drama.

3:36 Listen and we'll try to tell you. I seem to have this cap he wandered in one day and simply stayed. I can't tell us he's happy here or not. I don't know whether she likes me or hates me. I think the her I'm an adoquate Housekeeper's the It's not the worst stuff out of quok. She may move on any day now, that's what she seems to be thinking as soon as he figured it out, Emile all the phone man, it breaks the monotony? Yes, hello, Hello?

4:20 Is that you? Of course? Well? This is means? Can I come over on listen? It's happened again. Oh no, not again. Yes, and it's worse than ever. But what do you want with me? I have to talk to somebody. It's getting serious. And what do you think I can do? You a way to stop it? And it's been going on for years years. I told you. It's getting worse. It's getting me crazy. Yes, me, you're both crazy. He's crazy, that's what's crazy. Look can I even talk to you about it? I don't like to get involved in something like them. That's what everybody says. I don't want to get involved.

5:01 Well, somebody's got to get involved because things can't go on this way. Boy can't say you've made out all right? So long? I told you it's getting once. Something almost gonna happen. Please, I need to. Talk it over, please, all right, it's okay to come. Over now, Yes, yes, yes, boring, it's boring. Whatever else you may say about the young, they're bored. Need to have been boring me for years. Everything to them is so important, whereas me almost nothing new except perhaps, And she fixes that long and wavering gaze on me. What's behind those yellow eyes with a thin black slits down their centers? His approval of contempt? Is it hatred?

6:04 Or is it? Oh? No, no, it couldn't be love. For it. Oh no, not even affection, and certainly not love. Oh she's here with her interminable dump, fears and complaints come in. Thank you, thanks very much, Give me your coat and go sit down. I really do appreciate this, and so far there's nothing to appreciate, well, just seeing ghost down. Oh, how do you know? You had a cat? And I don't. The cat has me? What's her name? I haven't given her one. I'm waiting to see what name she's given me and then knows what that'll be. You're weird, you know it?

6:47 You? Yes, as I am. I think I've been weird for a long time. Sit down. That's probably why I like you, because I'm weird. The strange reason to like someone I know, but I feel you know sing well, I don't. I hardly know anything for certain, that is, That's what I mean. If that last to mark signifies anything, it escapes me. Ah, me too. Well, it means I'm glad to see you recovered somewhat from your recent hysteria over the telephone. Oh, yes, that that's well. You can tell me calmly and quietly the reason for it. He tried to strangle me? Oh really?

7:32 When was it at breakfast? Any special reason? He thought I put poison in his coffee? Ah? And did you certainly not? Would I do a thing like that? I don't know. I love him, uh huh. I think he's the most wonderful man in the world. Very difficult living with the most wonderful man in the world, quite strain. Who do you think he's wonderful? I don't really ever think about him at all. You'd better start thinking about him now, because one of these days he's going to kill me if you don't stop him stalking. How can I stop him? Oh? When you'll think of something, your confidence is touching. You don't want me to die, do you? No? Nor? I don't want you to die, not actively? That is, well, then do I want you to live? That's the question, isn't it. Do I actively positively want you to live? I'll have to think about that.

8:31 But I'm young, I'm attractive, successful. I have a whole life ahead of me, all too, all too, But so many innocent victims have been young and attractive and successful, haven't they. Nevertheless, they died. We don't let it happen to me. Why don't you leave him when I love him? Oh? I said, gods, where would I go any place? You're rich enough and let him take over? He would, you know, the day after I left town. No, he's just waiting for me to do something like that. Looks like a hopeless situation. It can't be. You have to think of something. You have to full out try. Oh good, I said, o'h try. I can't promise anything. Oh, if you really try, you'll think of something. I know you will. I have to go now, just keep on thinking, keep trying. Remember I'm counting on you to save my life. All very touching, but boring, boring in extreme. Why do young people think there's a solution for everything? Must be? Has to be?

9:49 Don't they know? No, they don't know. They don't know anything because they're young. What's that a visitor again? Why don't peop? I'll call first, that's the permission? Oh will. Hello? All right? To come in? What do you want. Was it okay to come in? You let her come in? Why not me? She tells you she was here? Yeah, so is it all right to come in? You let her? So why not me? Did she tell you why she was here? She didn't have to tell me. It was the same old thing. I know that. Well, wasn't it? Never mind? I know it was. She said, you tried to choke it to death and breaks. And it's all in her head. I wouldn't have done it.

10:32 I just got mad and well, first thing I knew I wouldn't have done it, not actually done it. I love her, I mean she's the greatest, the best. I mean, she's super. Look is it all right if I come in for a minute? Come in for a minute? No more? Good? Thanks very much? Oh you got to get friendly? I don't know. I haven't had time to find out. Sit down if you want to. She's got funny eyes, hasn't she? Who has the cat? Hey? Look it looks like she's sizing you up, me up, Yeah, you me, everybody, the whole world, the whole setup.

11:12 Are you going to use your minute talking about a cat? No? No, for the world situation. No, the situation between her and me. Something's got to be done about. It, that's what she said. Well, she's right, I mean, something's got to be done. We can't go on this way. It's just impossible. You can see that, can't you. I'm not sure I can. Well, you see, she's she's got this idea that I'm out together and you're no. No, of course I'm not so well, so she's trying to defend herself against me. How does he figure on doing that. By getting me first? Can't you see that it is stupid? Tell me more. Well, that's why she started putting this stuff in my coffee, but sort of stuf.

11:54 Who knows, I don't know. Maybe maybe I should try and then find out that I could. I could find the antidote, keep it handy. Sound was reasonable, Probably. One of those things that work slowly, takes a long time. She probably started out with just a little, and then then she kept adding more and more until finally. I could taste it. And I waited till I was perfectly sure that was what she was doing, And finally there was. No doubt about it, absolutely. No doubt at all. Well, and I saw red. I mean, a man can't just sit there like a lump and let himself be poisoned to death? Right, yes, right, right? So that's when I went for a throat.

12:34 M Well, I had to, didn't I? If you were sure? I had to let her know. I knew, knew what she was up to. What's the matter with you? And I just explained the whole thing to you, didn't I? Holy, no, no, no, no, come down. Tell me what you want me to do. I want you to think of something, some way to stop it, because we can't go on like this. No, I can see you caps. Has it ever occurred to you to perhaps they're both irrational, even insane. We're insane as you are. Is that saying so much? Oh? No, listen, we've always depended on you. You're so much older, thank you? Well, I mean you're wiser, you're more educated. You've read a lot, You've been places, you've seen things, You've done things. If anybody can figure this out, you can.

13:21 All I can say is out high, I'm going home and I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks, thanks a lot, I'll be in touch. It's late. Even a cat is asleep going out with watching me or perhaps some people bored? Who knows that cat's not I flappable. Really, I can't even understand a common cat, A mighty keep too, ridiculous children, some mutual murder. Why did I have to say it'd make the attempt. It's not too late to back out. No, wait, wait, hold on a minute. It's a possibility, just the possibility.

14:11 If he do it, if he could, over the course, he could, if he can't do anything, and I know he do it for me. Hello, I didn't wait too, did I? If I did, I'm sorry. I'd like to see you. I may have a job for you. You see tomorrow anytime. I'll be here all day. I'll be over in the morning. You won't be farrow. You made the tips. The cats awake.

14:57 The yellow eyes are fixed on me with a calculating look. If you listen to my whole conversation, if you approve or disapproves, what do I care? He's only a cat, but I care. I care a lot. Do you begin to send the enigma to present itself? Our errors, cohabits for sanitors, and the result of conflict. Our life exists side by side in the same house with death. In the act to follow, we shall attempt to explore further this dichompany in the story called the Last Plans. Yet each man kills the thing he loved by each let this be heard. Some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word. A coward does it with a kiss, the brave man with a sword. These the

16:28 staring lines were composed in eighteen ninety eight by Oscar Wild. But let us remember that he wrote them from reading jail, where he'd been confined under the most humiliating and degrading circumstance. It can't have been staring at me all morning, now I have been staring back. It's too that humans can eventually make an animal shift its gaze by an effort of will, I could make this cat away. I cannot avoid the feeling that she is simply disgusted by what she sees, or made uncomfortable by what she considers to be atrocious manners.

17:11 On my part. Ah, there he is at last. I don't like him to make me wait when it's about time. I said this morning, it's almost news. It's still morning. If you want to be about don't get there the cat. Oh sorry, I didn't know you got a cat. He took a presidence here one day for no good reason. You get rid of my cat, decide it's over? There? Can I get you some to drink? I don't drink, you know, no, I forgot. So what's the proposition? I haven't got all day? Oh I hope you would have. Don't try that kit and they stuff on me and I'll go for it. What's the proposition lay out for me?

18:01 Well? I concerned two young friends of mine, acquaintances really a friendship, come out to some sort of equality, don't you think? Some community of interest, both of which are impossible between them and me because of their youth? In your age, well, my maturity, I. Prefer to call it that. So what's the project? What have we got in mind? Where do I fit in? See me yesterday begging for help? It seems to trying to kill each other. So yesterday, so he says, he tried to poison it, put something in his morning coffee. Actually, according to his version of it, she's been poisoning his coffee for some time, but after a fan he began to taste it and yesterday became positive that was what she was trying to do. So so he went for her troup, trying to take her to death.

18:55 She says, I taking it in succeed or she wouldn't have called you. No when he tightened her that, which, according to him, is what he was trying to do. If he's conced, she plans to kill him in self defense because she believes he needs to kill her, so to protect himself, he has to let her know that if she tries to kill him, he will kill her purely a matter of self defense. So he says, sounds like they weren't getting along. Yes, it does sound that way, doesn't it. On the other hand, he claims to be devoted to the other. So they both come to me, asking me to divide a way to keep them from this, this reciprocal assassination.

19:35 I said, I think about it and see if I could come up with something. I ask my brain. I couldn't think of the thing. It's not as though I was really interested in them and their foolish problem. They're young, self absorbed, self right to self important. Well, I don't think I should tell you that until you hit a plan I finally devised. After you've heard it, if you consent to it, then I'll give you their names and or pertinent intonation. You can ask anything you like? One thing I would like to ask up front. So they got money? Money? Heavens. Yes, they may not have brains and sensitivity or common sense, but money. They have untold quantities of money.

20:18 Enough to afford me. They could afford twenty of you. Are they fighting about money? Well, I'm not sure that. Maybe is how to manage it. Perhaps, But why that should be a bone of contention. I'm sure I don't know. They have so much of it. So what's the big plan you've come up with? How do I sit into it. Enough? It'll necessitate your watching them every minute of the day and night. I can do that. As soon as either one of them makes an aggressive move, you'll kill them both. Uh huh. What am I supposed to take is an aggressive move? Well, that'll have to be agreed upon in adapts. But who makes the decision?

21:00 What I'm getting that? Who gives me my orders? I've got to come from somewhere something. Well I think they should come from me. I suppose it's your plan. I'm just the executioner. Are you trying to be funny? Me? It was never funny? Do you know that? I do know? So go on about your plans. So far. All you've told me is if you think one of them means business, you tell me, and I waste for both of them. That's the idea that that's not what I believe will happen. Actually, that would be most unfortunate. It wasn't my fault that they should actually die. No, then, well, heart of the plan is if both think that a hostile move on either part would mean the end of both of them, Well that should retain them, isn't it. If he kills her, you kill him. If she kills him, you kill her.

22:00 Where both know this in advance? So where's the problem. I got a hand of these, You got brains. I thought you'd never know. The only thing is two of them? You said, how do I stay in the sale of two people? I take it they're not always side by side. Well that doesn't matter. As long as they know you're watching one of them. They don't have to know which one, do they, As long as they know that one false step on the part of either means curtains. For both of them. I guess you're right. Yeah, you must be right. Probably you won't have to kill anybody at all. Oh, I don't mind. No I ever thought you would. How do I get in touch with you if I think one of them is getting out of line? No, come here and tell me if this time or phone if there isn't.

22:44 Okay, Now about the money, I come high, you know, very high. I don't worry, my darling. The price will be higher than any you've ever dreamed of. Oh you'll excuse. Me, go ahead. I think over everything I said. Oh, hello, hello, Hello, it's me. Are you alone? Well, not exactly. No, I'm sorry. Maybe I should call back later. It's import Well, tell me it is. Not another disagreement. Oh no, not so far, but I'm expecting. Well, I feel it coming on. Look, I'll call you back. No, no, hold on, we can talk for a not so. You sound nervous.

23:25 Yeah, I am. You can't tell me why if you know? Oh I know all right this time, I know for sure. I saw it. You saw what the knife? The knife? But nice her nice. She went out and bought a knife. She carries it around with her. I saw it. It's kind of. Played six inches long, and it's sharp, skinny and sharp. We hasn't tried to use it, I see. Oh, but she's getting ready to she's just waiting for the right moment, and then she'll go for me. Look, there's someone here right now. Who is it? And well, no one you know, and if we're lucky, you won't ever have to know. But we are discussing an idea. I had a way to keep you too from killing each other.

24:08 Do you have an idea? We're just in the process of working it out. Well, what is it? What's the idea? Call me back later and I'll tell you once it's finalized. Okay, Now, you'll be sure and be there, won't you. Oh, I'll be here because I'm getting plenty scared. We'll try to control yourself and leave everything up to me. You don't come food for us, I know you will. I'm trying. I don't want to die. Call me back in a few minutes, right, we'll do quest. I suppose you can figure out who. That was one half of the charming couple, the boy. It seem that the girl has purchased a knife, a skinny one that shot for the blade six inches long. Women go for knife. I've noticed that is I wonder why search me?

24:52 Well, what do you think of my scheet? It's okay, foolproof, wouldn't you say? As much as anything ever is, and. You'll take care out of the physical end of it. If the money is right, it will be So is it a deal? It's the deal. You really like the idea? It's all right. You take the tone. I got nothing better to do. You appears of the plan. I'm okay. Oh really, I wish you could summon up a little enthusiasm. I lost my enthusiasm for anything a long time ago, if I ever had it. Oh, you must be calling back. Well, I'll have good news for him. Hello, Hi, oh oh do you sounds surprised, Well, I am a little. I uh, I was expecting someone else to call. Oh, I never mind, hair, My yess is a matter of science.

25:51 I might have known. Is it two? You went out and bought a knighte? What if I did a sharp one with a six inch place? So what, It's not as though I'm going to use it. So what did you buy it for? To have it? In case? In case suck? In case you get any funny ideas? I see? Did he tell you I bought a knife? Well, as a matter of fact, he did. I'm a throne A few minutes ago. I might have known he would. Why shouldn't he no reason for he could have winked, couldn't dirty little towered wat the plump to defang himself against me? What's he done? That's what I call it, to tell you he's got a gun, oh says he carries it around with him all the time, stuck in his belt.

26:36 One of these days, you're off my words, one of these days. Look, I've got someone here right now. Oh, I'm sorry, I'll hang out. No, No, that's all right. It's just that my uh, my friend and I were working out a little plan that might just solve the whole problem. Really didn't know it well with my brains and his muscle. Call me done, Oh I will, I will still five minutes to do it, Okay, bye? The other half? Yes, just as hysterical as he was. She wanted to tell me he bought a gun, carries it around with him, stuck in his belt.

27:16 Sounds like they both mean business, But they don't know. They don't. They don't really, They just squared off against each other, hostile and suspicious, each waiting for the other to make a move. You could be right if they both. Know, don't you see? If they both know the wrong move will mean the in for. Both of you already told me I gotta be on my way. You really have to go, I really do. I thought maybe you and I mope not. You and I not? Maybe not possibly Why not tell me? Why not? Because lady, you scare me and I don't scare easy, as you very well know.

27:58 I don't mean to move. Must be a talent, you have something you were born with. So long see tomorrow. Am I always to be left alone like this? Even by a common, ordinary killer like him? He could have stayed for an hour, we could have talked. And left with nothing but. A cat, A cat who looks at me with contempt? Could it be the behind that I see scairlies of small trace of pitties. I'd settled for that, just a little bits of concussion. I funk so low. I'd settle for that I needed.

28:45 Even than a cat. Once in our history there was a compact organization called Murder Incorporated. At least so they were named by the media. I'm not sure what its members called themselves. That their sole cold function work to kill when told and paid to do so. Can it be that the gentleman who was just blessed. The lady so precipitously is. A resurrection of that specialized group, a one man murder incorporated.

29:32 We're returned shortly with the final at The lady who had devised the last plan in a desperate effort to deliver two young people from the threat and the fear of sudden death, is a lonely lady, one given to morbid musing, than the ways of power and its uses out of the isolations, than the melancholy she has involved the bizarre solution we are connected to call the Last can It was six weeks ago that I brought the young people together with the man and the plan was laid.

30:23 What I write, but it works. The cat is sleeping, her long body stretched out to its full length, one pulse flung across her eyes, and the blue hour is coming on, that last gasp of light before the dark lingering of the day that whispers of the night. Alone with the indifferent cat, I think back upon what has happened since the meeting between the man and the young couple and the. Hatching of the plants. Are they supposed to be here by now? Any minute? Now? Why don't have to meet the many just this once? I think you should see them face to face. I don't want you to back out and spoil everything.

31:05 I'm not going to back out there they are now, they're good for the money. Don't worry, they are can ken it? You've got us all excited this idea? Anybody want call things tea, something stronger. I don't know. All right, then let's get down the cases. This gentleman. He's here because he's going to get to know you very well, or your moods, or your movements, even your thoughts, in. So far as that's possible. I'm not going to tell you his name because you won't need it. You're better off about it. But he knows yours, and he knows where you live, where you work, where you play, and short everything. Why what's war?

31:49 Yeah? What's the point? You will be your bodyguard in a rather unique way that if he won't protect you day to day, minutes to minutes from attack. No, here's sumpthing is to watch for any seriously threatening gesture from either one of you or the other. Before the threatening one can go into action, he will kill you both both kill us. Don't get that right? Well, what do you say? How about it? I don't know what to say it's it's such a crazy idea. It's not so crazy, slining it is, both of us wind up dead. That wasn't what I had in mind.

32:31 It's not what I have in mind either. It's not wild about killing off people who haven't done anything. The point of this set up to keep you both from doing something. That's what you wanted, isn't it. Yeah, but we that's exactly what we wanted to. I wouldn't kill her. Why did you buy a god so you wouldn't kill me? I'd never kill you? Why'd you buy an all? All that one gotten? Tick ad minute? You know? I don't know as I want to bother with either of you? Why not? Why don't you? I don't know if you're worth it? If it wasn't for the money, But how much? I ask her?

33:11 How much? Half of everything you've got? Half of everything? I don't work cheap? I don't know half of your lives. We're talking about it, not mine, our lives, both of them. But if you want to take chances. Go ahead, be my guest. Well do you I don't neither do I? Okay? Then we start today. So it was doubled. That was six weeks ago. And here, I said, wondering if I was as clever as I thought, if anyone is so clever, what was it? Mister said, if you gaze long into an abyss, this will gaze back into you. That's the way I feel now. I stare into the unknown, and the unknown stared back till when he reported to me two weeks later he was almost dipping.

34:18 It's a piece of cake. They're on their best behavior, I got. I'm scarcely you have we have between you and me and the plan. They don't dare step it in shadow line. Either one of them for shave to take the money. You've already taken it. And I mean the keepers and listen, I work hard for every often I remind them I'm around. I strolled across the lawn, I look in the window, run into one or both of them out shopping. I took my hat. I give them a look. I don't worry. They know I'm around. If they take one false step, it's the end I have handed to you.

35:06 I really do. It's a great plan. I couldn't have dreamed it up in a million years. Yeah, you couldn't have. It's not that I'm stupid. It is but that's what it is. You're stupid, just stupid. It's the. Big and beautiful and superbly efficient. That's what I love about you and my brains and your efficiency. We could go far, don't you think? I don't know. I don't have to think about it off and I don't think it would work. Well, think about it? What good would it do for me to think about it? If I'm stupid? Stupid? Look, I better be going no, no, take please take it back on the job.

35:48 They're quiet now, but who knows when one of them might flare up. All seemed to be going so well, everything progressing according to times. Both of them are so frightened that their own safety, their own lives. They were keeping a tight hold on their own passions. I have been right. The only solution was to keep them afraid to destroy less they'd be destroyed. That year, that dread, that horror was keeping alive. And then a few weeks after his visits, the phone. Rang, Yes, Hello, everything changed?

36:33 What do you mean? What are you telling me? Is deteriorating? It's bad? Will you stop talking like that and tell me what's making you nervous? All of a sudden, I'm not nervous. I'm never nervous, my buddy. So why are you talking like this? What's going on? You went to an electrical supply house today. I saw him go in and wesh them through the window. Yes, go on. The pump, fuse cap, detonators, electrical wire. I made sure I went inside. Oh not at first, but I was right about the stuff he bought. All he needs now is the explosive.

37:15 To do what flower up a car? Probably, but he hasn't made a move in that directionality, so bot is hoping. Could be your imagination. It could be. I thought of that to be on the safe side, if there is a safe side. I stood near the door where he couldn't help but bump. Into me on his way out, and he sure did. We were face to face eye and he didn't flinch. Did him back away. It was as though I didn't scare him one little bit. He was going to go ahead with what he. Had in mind, whatever it was. Whatever. Oh another thing, Remember she said that he had a gun.

38:00 Remember, Oh she does want. To I should. That was two weeks ago, and I haven't heard from him since. I've been sitting here with my unresponsive cat letting time sip through my fingers. She's staring at me now, her yellow eyes never seemed to blink. Is he trying to read her future in my face? Or am I trying to read mine in hers? I have to call a Cassandra. That's a Cassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy, to whom the god Apollo gave the gift of prophecy, and then, when he grew angry with her, to creed that though she could but tell the future, she should never be believed.

38:47 What is the future, Cassandra? Will it be good? Or will it be evil? Tell me what will it be? I'm coming to the. Heaven't think I thought you'd never overt. Look here, how you got there? Take a look. It's a gun. You told me on the phone. She bought a gun. I wasn't too surprised. She had an idea, had a gun. She wanted to even things up. That doesn't surprise me. Who does this. There's eight guns there, all of them loaded, some of them hid, some herds. They're all in the house, in the bedroom, the living room, even the kitchen, and of course a neat little revolver in the glove compartment of both their cars.

39:44 Went through their house. What else was there to do? They were driving me crazy. They were starting to a because though I didn't exist, they ignored me. They treated me as though I was in their way, a nuisance, something tiresome. They all they get rid of. Certainly they know they can't get rid of you. You're there for good. How could I be sure that they couldn't get rid of me if they got together? But they wouldn't. They couldn't you killing each other? But they were getting to a point where they didn't care. Don't you understand that they simply didn't care. They didn't care about anything except killing each other.

40:27 And that's what they said. That's what they said. Started to get crazy. I couldn't make any sense out of it. But they buying guns and knives and uses and dynamite to defend themselves. Whether were they were they buying them to kill? I got what. I couldn't tell one from the other. They were mixed up together and I couldn't sort it out. That's why I killed them. You what I killed them? They were driving me mad, and I killed them. I never told you to do that. They don't have to take orders from you.

41:10 Did this mean it so thing for nothing. They would have turned out this way anyhow. So later, you. Don't know that if you just kept on doing what you were hired to do. Could I'm taking it on yourself to make a judgment. You're not equip to make you ruined at all. You spoiled my project plan. That's gone down. You don't know how to eat? Oh, yes, I do. I have to do it. There was nothing else I could do. Do you understand I had no control over him, so I told him. Oh that didn't I to Sandra, I did the right thing, didn't I? Did you know that?

41:59 People? Tell me I did the right thing. Tell me your grief, telling you a prooved, Tell me all will be well. Tell me you're not angry, Show me you like me. Tell me. Tell me. Who are you suggesting that the inscrutable cat actually killed the lady, that the future contains nothing but death and destruction? You could be right, of course. You know that what we have just presented is in the nature of a fable, a parable, an allegory, perhaps even a morality tale. It was meant to reflect the parts of the ultimate perror under which we all live, all of us down with the last.

43:00 The very love, man, woman and child. All back shortly. So we have returned to the concepts of eros and senators, which were triumph. We are faced to the stern injunction love or perish, and. The unbelievable possibility that man, in his infanity and his helplessness, may embrace senators rather than errors. They choose to perish rather than love. Our cast included Elvis as, Eric Paul Hect, Bernard Brandt, and Maya Billins. The entire production was under the direction of Hyman.

43:53 Brown and now a preview of Army Take tam think I'm talking a red brocade coat. My hands. Oh oh, if I wipe them on his red coat, letting show. I'm going out of my senses. Go watch. But the bracelet wants to take donning please, packages full of things pond in the my pocket.

44:36 They go, I want to see the other. Oh my lord, I didn't. Haven't this look at. Someone to come in. To take. To them? Also, well, well, I hope that gave you something to think about. You know, we all need just a little bit of an escape. I don't know what exactly, but you know it's there, don't you as well as I? Well, well, adjust yourself into a more calm hosture, because now we're going to take it easy with the story about well, something hard to talk about for just about anyone. I suppose, Oh what's that? Oh no, no, no, it's just one simple sentence, I died last night.

45:54 The Multiple Broadcasting System presents The Mysterious Traveler, written, produced and directed by Robert A. Arthur and David cogg and starting tonight too of radio's foremost personalities, Eric Butler and Brett Morrison and I died last night. This is a Mysterious travel inviting you to join me on another journey into the realm of the strange and the terrifying. I hope you will enjoy the trips, that it will thrill you a little and chill you a little. So settle back, get a good grip on your nerves, and be comfortable if you can, for tonight. Our journey is one such as no living man ever took before.

46:45 We're going to accompany a gentleman named Gregory Raymond across the very threshold of existence into another world. It's a story I call I died last night. M my friend, mister Gregory Raymond, who is going to tell you of his strange experience is a man of middle age with bushy gray hair and the nervous intensity of one who's concentrated his whole life upon a single look solving interest. As he proceeds with his tale, please overlook the inconsequential fact that he's dead.

47:36 My name is Gregory Raymond, and it is perfectly true that all my life I was concentrated upon a single interest, the study of death and to what comes after it. Even from boyhood, that one interest absorbed me. I made a thousand efforts to penetrate the baffling veil that separates life from death, to affect communication with those on the other side of the dark curtain. And in this effort I had no success until I met that man of great wisdom from the East, the Yogi Krishna. Then I knew I had found the teacher I needed. I studied daily for months with Krishna and his other pupils. I devoted my entire fortune to the project, and we were just on the brink of success when one evening, the Yogi kept me with him after the others had left.

48:29 My friend, Gregory, it is necessary that you and I should talk. Of course, Yogi he was in troubled. I am Gregory. We have come close to success in our studies here, have we not closer than I ever dared hope we would? If now we could only tear away the last veil of ignorance that separates us from the truth, If we could only see through to the other side of the wall of death. Patience, my friend. Death is the subject that engrossed men's mind for a million years. We cannot expect to solve its dark mysteries in a few months, or of course not. But I've spent a lifetime trying, and I suppose I'm a little impatient. I too, have spent a lifetime just preparing to make the study, And now that success is in sight, it grieves me to say that we must discontinue our studies. Discontinue them just when we were getting somewhere. Well, no, we can't, We have no choice. But why why must we stop now when we're so close? For the simplest reason in the world.

49:36 We lack the money to continue. Oh, money is that the trouble. We need trained assistance, scientific instruments, many things to aid us. All this requires money, and we do not have it. Well, how much many thousands, one hundred thousand dollars, perhaps. One hundred thousand. It's a lot. We'll get it. We have to alas, my friend, I do not know where. Listen, my brother John is a rich man. He's head of the Raymond Foundation, which makes grants for all kinds of important studies. Yes, I have heard, so I'll ask him for the money for a cause like this. He'll give it to us.

50:21 I know it. It would mean everything to us. But suppose he refuses. He won't refuse, and if he does, I'll get the money from him somehow, I swear it well. The next day I hurried to Hollywood, where John had his home on top of the cliff that looks out over the beach and the ocean beyond. When I reached the house, Old Charles, the gardener, told me that John had gone for a walk to his favorite spot, a high point on the cliff that looked far out across the ocean. I hurried there and found him alone, smoking and watching the sunset. Swiftly. I told him why i'd come, and to my amazement, he refused my request. Gegraman answers emphatically. No, I'll not put up money for any such crackpot scheme.

51:19 But John, you're head of the Raymond Foundation. Father left it millions to carry on research and every field of human welfare. And you consider this wild notion of yours a field of human welfare. Of course it is. Don't you understand? We're on the very verge of solving the greatest mystery of all, the mystery of. Death and what follows in Dave Gregory. But it's true, we only need a little more time and money, time and money, and when we've succeeded, when we've definitely established communication with those who have left this sphere of existence, think what that will mean to the world. Just what will it mean to the world. Wish it will mean everything. Think of the comfort it will give mankind, the peace of mind, the tranquility of soul that will result when we know what is to come, what our future.

52:07 Life is to be like. Can't you see that? No, I'm afraid I can't. Old fashioned faith is good enough for me. Turn them all. There can never be such communication as you're dreaming of. It's impossible, but it isn't. The Yogi Krishna has already achieved it. Your Yogi, my dear Gregory is a fake. I've had him looked up. He's nothing but a trickster and a charlatan, running a nice little racket to get money out of deluted fools like you. That's not true, I'll tell you it is while I live. The Raymond Foundation will never furnish a cent for this fantastic scheme. No, John, you can't refuse me. You can I do, Gregory. That's final. I see, I'm sorry you said that. John.

52:49 Let him in. I see that there's only one thing that I can do. What the devil you're getting at. This project must not be allowed to fail. It means so much that the life if one man is a small price to pay for that success. What nonsense and how you're talking. When you're dead, I shall become the head of the Raymond Foundation. Good Gregor, to get away from me. Take your hands off, Old John. You wouldn't listen to reasons, so I have no alternative. Draw me. You're pushing me through the cliff. I believe me, John, I don't want to do this, but our studies cannot be allowed. To pay you. Cut your tiptance. You're out of your mile. See John, in just a moment, you'll know that I'm right now, no bar below me.

53:35 John lay still. I felt a vast pity for him, but I had done the only thing possible, and I was sure that John, wherever he might be, then agreed with me. I returned to the house, broke the sad news that John had had an unfortunate accident, and wired for John's son and daughter, Jack and Susan, who were at college, to fly home at once. The next evening, Jack and Susan arrived, pale and upset. I took them into the library to explain the whole sad occurrence to them. Uncle Gregory, you say that father had a dizzy spell and fell over the cliff before you could catch him.

54:18 Yes, Jack, it happened so fast. I could do nothing. But Father never got dizzy. His health was perfect. He was smoking his cigar sousan. He complained that he felt a little unwell, and a moment later he staggered and was gone. I feel terribly about this, Believe me. You don't look very upset, Uncle Gregory. Oh that I am, Jack. But I know that wherever your father is now, he's happier by far than any of us. Are you sure that's the reason you're so cheerful, Uncle Gregory. What do you mean by that? She means, the gardener tells a very different story, the gardener. What's the gardener got to do with it? He saw you and father talking at the top of the cliff, He says, you were. Arguing, arguing. Well, that's nonsense.

55:00 I was just explaining to John my scheme for scientifically attacking the problem of communication with the next. World, Uncle Gregory, the gardener says, he doesn't think father fell, then what does he think? He thinks he saw you push father off the cliff. That is butter nonsense. He saw me try to grab John as he was falling. That's all I wish I could believe that, but I can't. Jack. You must Uncle Gregory, couldn't have pushed father. Just isn't possible, of course, not, Susan. And I'm glad that you at least realize. I'm not so sure. He seems awfully pleased about being head of the Raymond Foundation. Now now listen to me, both of you. The coroner says that your father died accidentally, and that ends matters.

55:42 Not for me, it doesn't, And just what do you think. You're going to do, Jack, I don't know yet, but I'm going to Dad's lawyers and have you declared incompetent to handle the Raymond Foundation. I warn you, our Brook no interference. I am head of the Foundation, and from now on it would be run as I say, not if I can help it. And the first thing I'm going to do is all all the resources of the Foundation into an Institute for the Study of death. Uncle Gregory, you can't mean that the foundation scientists on the verge of a cure for cancer, for tuberculosis. You can't stop their work. Now I can, and I will. Now. I'm certainly you killed Dad. You killed him to get control of the foundation for your crazy schemes. You get out, Get out, both of you. Get out. He swung at me, lost his balance.

56:24 I couldn't catch him. He's flying so stillidh hit his head on on the fireplaces. He felt it's bleeding. Jack. Is he all right? Just a minute, I'll see Jack bent over me. I had lost my temper and then trying to hit him, had fallen. And now I lay on the floor, a great pain dropping in my head, in a strange darkness creeping up all around me. As Jack and. Susan leaned over me. The darkness closed in, and I felt myself drifting away into an unknown land. And just before the darkness became complete, I could hear their words.

57:11 Jack, how did he He didn't seem to be breathing. Is he? Is he dead? Yes, Susan. All his life, Uncle Gregory's been trying to learn what happens when you die. Well, now at last he's going to find out. How long I lay in vast dark nothingness, I do not know, but at long last, consciousness began to return to me. First I realized that the sweet, glowing scent of flowers was heavy in my nostrils. Then I opened my eyes. I lay on a couch at one end of a great, dim room with windows of stained.

58:01 Glass, like a church. And then at the other end of the room I saw three coffins. One of the coffins was banked with flowers, and candles burned at either end of it. Dazed and bewildered, I got to my feet and walked slowly toward them. I reached the side of the one covered with. Flowers and stared through the small glass plate at the man inside. And then I knew the body in the coffin was mine. Oh, you mustn't be so upset, mister. Most of us feel pretty startled at first. Ye, Joshua and I were upset just as you are.

58:44 But did we pass soon? I whirled about and saw two dim figures coming toward me from the shadows. They were smiling, and I knew that they were trying to be helpful. Who who are you? I am Joshua Brown As this is my wife, Nellie. Our bodies are in the other two coffins. Your bodies are I don't understand, of. Course, your stair confused, that's only natural. Look through the glass in this coffin. That's my body there, you see, Yes it it looks just like you. Yes, of course it is me, the earthly me. Well, then we're we're really dead, all three of us.

59:25 Of course, you died last night. You slipped and fell and hit your head. Yes, yes, I remember. Now. It's taken you until now, too well to become aware of things, to get over the shock. But where am I? This is the mortuary chapel of the cemetery. You'll be coming for you soon, to prepare to bury you, to bury me. No, oh, you mustn't be upset. Yes, to bury the mortal you the empty shell you've left behind. Yes, Nellie and I were killed two nights ago in an auto accident. But we won't be buried until to morrow, Borrel, when our sun gets here. But I never dreamed that it would be like this. Why I can still see and hear, I still breathe, my heart still.

1:00:13 Be Not really, you're used to those things, so they let you think there hasn't been much change until you get over your first shot. They're very thoughtful. They who do you mean? The ones in charge? Or you will know more about them soon. Mister Benedict will be coming for it, since I expect he'll take you along to. Who's mister benneddickt He's our guide. He stopped last night to tell us not to worry and to wait for him. He'll take us on to the next play. Oh, someone's coming. We must step back here, out of the way. We stepped back a few paces as a door opened.

1:00:54 Four men entered, pushing a carriage on raber tired wheels. Behind them came jack and'ssan dressed in mourning. They advanced toward the coffin the coffin that held my mortal body. All ad men, take it easy, now, that's it. All rift together. They lifted and placed the coffin on the wheeled carriage that they brought, and a sudden panic struck me, a sudden fear that made me cry out. Jack Susan, No, you mustn't. You can't bury me. I'm not dead. I can't beave. Please, you mustn't give way. It's perfectly natural. Really, it is no that draw me. I've got to make them understand that I'm not really dead.

1:01:35 But draw me. Jack, Susan, please, please, you mustn't distress yourself. You see, they can't hear you. It was true. None of them so much as turned. The four men wheeled my coffin out. Jack and Susan followed, and the door closed. I was alone again with the Browns. They didn't hear me. They didn't be any attention to me. It was impossible for them to hear you. We cannot communicate with the living, nor they without. But it must be possible. I'm sorry, but really it isn't, mister Benedict said so. But all my life I've worked to establish such communication, and now I have so much to tell the world, the people that I've worked with Yogi Krishna, I must tell them all this.

1:02:25 I must reach them somehow. If it is possible, mister Benedict will tell you. I'm sure, No, not please. The only thing we can do is be quiet and. Wait for him. Stunned, I sank into a chair. There was no doubt about it. I had died last night and this was what came after. But I knew the Browns were wrong. There was some way to reach the one that I left behind. I knew the Yogi had proved it to me, and so I waited for mister Benedict. I don't know how long it was, but suddenly a strange musical note sang in my ears.

1:03:14 I looked up. A shaft of white light shone directly down into the center of the room, and in it stood a tall figure hidden in a flowing robe. The light winked out, and the figure strode toward us. Are you ready, mister and missus Brown. Yes, mister Benedict, Oh, mister Raymond, this is mister Benedict. He's come for us now. Yes, it is time we must go, But I can't go yet. I've got to tell people that the people that I've worked with. We've worked so hard to find out the truth, and now may not be. Now, mister and missus Brown, it is time, sure, mister Bennedict, We're ready.

1:03:58 But mister Raymond is coming with us, isn't he? He is not coming, not coming? But why, mister Benneddict, He. Is doomed to remain here on earth for all eternity. What do you mean? What are you saying? This is your punishment to remain forever a spirit that moves unseen and unheard among men. But why is he being punished? Mister Benedict, He knows that is efficient. Now come, we must go. No, wait, you've got to take me with you. But they didn't wait. They took a step, two steps and were gone. Where they vanished. Heavy curtains rustled against the wall.

1:04:50 I rushed over to them and front them back. There was no wall. I could see straight out into a peaceful cemetery, and across the green grass, mister Bendict and the Browns were walking away. I hurried after them, and something stopped me, an invisible barrier across my path. Cold, unkneeling like glass, I beat against the invisible barrier with my hands. I cried out, and no one heard, no one noticed, and at last, exhausted. I ceased. Jack and Susan were slowly walking toward me. They came down a little path and stopped that five feet from me.

1:05:32 That they did not see me, and they were talking about me. Well it's all over, Susan, Uncle, greg and father are both gone. We've got to face the fact. I know, Jack, do you think Uncle really did kill father? I don't want to believe it. Oh yes, we'll never know. But if he did, he's been punished for it. Perhaps this punishment is worse than we can ever guess. Do you suppose that now wherever he's trying to tell the world what he knows? Probably, Susan. But if only Gregory hadn't become such a fanatic on the subject, none of this would ever have happened. They started to move away, and again I cried.

1:06:13 Out to them, Jack, Susan, listen to me. You've got to hear me, You've got to. But they didn't turn. They didn't hear. They couldn't. They were alive, and I was dead. At last, despairing, I turned and there was mister Benedict again, watching me his deep set eyes expressions. Gregory Raymond, do you believe at last? Are you convinced now that there can be no communication? No? No, there must be. Yogi krishnapproved it to me. He was a trickster seeking money from you, the most heartless kind of trickster, preying on your hoop.

1:06:57 I don't believe it. You must resign to truth. We are not unkind. We do not wish you to be tormented unnecessarily. Come with me. I shall show you. He took me by the hand and led me across the room. The door opened silently before we reached it, and shut behind us as we passed through. We went down a corridor and came to a small room where a girl sat at the desk typing. We entered, and she did not look up.

1:07:37 She is typing the necessary documents concerning your burial tomorrow, Gregory Raymond. Do you wish to speak to her? Yes, yes I do, young lady. Listen to me. I'm Gregory Raymond here standing beside you. She does not hear you. You don't have to answer me. Just you have just stop typing anything to show that you know that I'm speaking to you. You see. Now come, we shall try further. We continue down the hallway and we came to another room in this when a man sat. We paused in the doorway and watched him.

1:08:22 He was telephoning Hello, bitchery editor, there is the Stonefield Chapel calling. Will you run an announcement please, saying that services for the late Gregory Raymond will be held Thursday at four o'clock. That is correct from the chapel. Well in the family will be present. Thank you. You may try to speak to him if you wish. My friend, can you hear me? Please? Just look around? Hello, evening letter. De obituary editor, please please you must hear me, you must. I have to let the world know all that I've learned. Anna chere, editor, Who is the Stealfield Chapel call it?

1:09:03 Will you take talon announce with pries? Oh all right, yes, all right. He cannot hear but perhaps someone else may. We will try again if you wish. Oh, yes, yes I do. Someone somewhere will be able to hear me. We went on down the corridor and another door opened before us. We stepped through on the green lawn. Mister Benedict led me across it through a little gate, and into a small cemetery that lay hushed in the shade of great trees. Their two men were digging. We paused beside them. Do you know what they're digging? Gregory Raymond? Yes, a grave?

1:09:47 You're grave, where your hearthly body shall race while you roam the world unsea. No oh, no, speak to them, see if they can hear you. I will you two men, listen to me. I'm Gregory Raymond. Do you hear? They do not hear. You've got to listen to me. Just give me some sign that you hear something. Just stop digging for a minute. Anything you see, they do not pause. Thus it must be always. Your punishment is to remain here on this earthly place, lonely soul without hope. Oh no, oh no, I couldn't bear that.

1:10:33 Take me with you. I don't care what happened to me, but don't leave me here like this. I am sorry. It cannot be otherwise. But what have I done? What am I being punished for? You know, I do not need to tell you. You mean because I killed my brother. That is for you to say, not for me to judge. I did. I did kill him. I pushed him off the cliff when you refuse the money that I asked for. How you can pass to his murder, Gregory Raymond. Yes, yes, I am. I killed him. It was an impulse. I didn't plan to do it, but I'm sorry. Now punish me anyway you water, only don't leave me here like this. Very well, Gregory Raymond, you shall be punished an earthly punishment according to the laws of men.

1:11:18 What do you mean, you two? You can stop digging now. Gregory Raymond confessed to the murder of his brother. Well or a Lieutenant Berenadict. We're sure glad it saw what these pick axes are giving us. Pleased us. They they heard us. Yes, mister Raymond. Now you're under arrest for murder. Under arrest, but that is impossible. I'm praid it is. You see, and Lieutenant Benedict of the homicide squad, you're not dead. You're very much alive. No, I can't be you're lying. I'm afraid we played a little trick on you. Not here in Hollywood, we have some very good actors, and why you see your nephew arrange the whole thing with actors, wax figures and coffins and weird atmosphere to see you couldn't get a confession out of you.

1:12:01 No, I don't believe you. He figured you had such a one track mine on the subject of death. When you knocked yourself unconscious, he decided to try and convince you you'd killed yourself. No, looks as though he succeeded better than we'd hoped. Now, will you come quietly, mister Raymond. No, you can't arrest me. You can't arrest the dead man. And I'm dead. I know I am. I died last night.

1:12:50 This is the mysterious Traveler again. Oh, you want to know whether Gregory really was dead or not. But it became a matter of some dispute. The doctor said he was alive, and he insisted he was dead. They argued back and forth, and Nia's side could convince the other. You know how it is when neither side will give in. To this day, nobody has convinced Gregory that he's really alive. It's probably the strangest punishment of man ever suffered. Which brings me to my story for next week, s O S. It's about three men who find himselves in the most dreadful predicament any man as if oh, you have to get off, she I'm sorry. I'm sure we meet again.

1:13:31 I take this same train every week at the same time. You have to hear. The mysterious Traveler are played by Maurice Tarpler. Others an archast are Brett Morrison, Eric Westler, Briana Rayburn and Jack Curtis. All characters in this story were fictitious and any resemblance to the names of actual persons to go into that original music right by Meltain kay right, and I speaking. This is the mutual podcasting.

1:14:22 As I was suggesting earlier, Well, some things are not quite so permanent as they may seem at first. But enough about me. Are you comfortable? I certainly hope you are. I try my best with what little I have in these five feet thick stone walls to make a home of sorts where you can warm up and then get chilled to the bowl. But you know what they say when you make a plan, well, it often reminds you that death laughs.

1:15:04 Last signal the new gasoline you can prove is superior. The signal oil. Company and your neighborhood bring you another curious story by the whistler Tonight, Death laughs. Last, I am the whistler, and I know many things.

1:15:54 For I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. Clint Garvey had never been the same after the death of Eddie Lamar. Eddie was his closest friend. They'd gone to school together, come up from the streets into the big time, side by side. Their partnership had been a profitable one. Eddie had plenty of money, there were no domestic troubles, his health was good, and Clint had always seemed puzzled as to why a man like Eddie would commit suicide.

1:16:39 It just wasn't in the cars. Still, no matter how much pressure Clint put on the police department, their answer was always the same. Forget it. Gravy with suicide. The carner says so, the police surgeon says. So, and I say so. You could still be wrong. Oh look, it's been a year. Huh, one year this since we went on the case. You've gone into every angle we know. Lamar has passed like a book. The records spilled two file drawers down to the bureau and everything we've got says it's suicide. I much to forget it, because I knew Whatddy lamar better than all of you, and I know it wasn't the kind of a guy who bumped himself off. That's why. What do you know about the inside of his mind?

1:17:20 Because the Midian cases just like it. Guy comes home happy, kisses his wife, not a Karen a fingo, puts himself away, not Eddie. You're off the beams, Sergeant. I'm sorry, Clint. We're closing the case for keeps this time. There's nothing more we can do. Ever made a mistake, Sergeant, Not very many. Check the record. Its department is a pretty high baton average print. There hasn't been a single insolved murder in the books for the past eighteen months. Oh come on, sergeant, you're not trying to tell me that. To take their record. So I learned black and light. Yeah, better get going do at the desk in twenty minutes. I'm sorry, Garvey, you're a smart boy in your own life.

1:18:00 Would you better loss make the decision when it comes to murder. That's our business. Come go on. The boobs, the poor dumb boobs. Oh, would i'd give to tell them off, Yes, Glynn, if there were only a way you could tell them off, show them what blundering. SAPs they are. It was a perfect crime, wasn't it So perfect that for the.

1:18:41 Past year you've had a wonderful time playing with them, watching them stumble, goading them on, almost daring them to discover how Eddie Lamar really died. Yes, Clinn, it was a new kind of sport, full of prills and danger. But you knew USA because it was so perfect. No loopholes, no loose end. You saw the catling you killed him. How you'd love to tell the public the real story of Eddie Lamar and then lean back and laugh with the rest of them while Chief Bradshaw and his clowns crawled into their holes. But that's the trouble with the perfect crime, isn't it.

1:19:23 You can't tell anybody. You've just got to sit back and smile and boil a little inside. And then one Saturday night on the highway north of San Diego, your lights pick up a hitchhiker at. The edge of the road. Where's your buddy? Stick him up? Wait a minute, pound you heard what I said, Stick him up. Okay, now get out of the car. He took everything, your watch, your ring, all your money except that hundred dollars then you always carry in your right shoe. Left you on foot ten miles from Chalmers Cove, the nearest town. Nothing to do but wait for morning in a haystack near the highway. You were boiling mad, weren't you? Clinn didn't feel much like talking when that breezy truck driver picked you up the next morning.

1:20:15 I'm always glad to give a guy. A lift, against company rules, of course, but well you know, it gets darn lonso pushing one of these six wheelers all day. I always managed to find a ride at nights too. That's when you need a guy to talk to. Yeah, it keeps you from dropping off like that guy did last night. Or guy, I just heard it by the bank of the station. Guy must have fell asleep at the wheel, drove off a graded curve, Yeah, killed him dead, car bound the cinders. Some guy from Frisco, French of. His name, Yeah, Gorvey made a note in my mind without thinking Gorvey. That's gravy spelled backwards. See, and they gotta go on to San Diego. Change my mind. Let me off here at Chomas Cove. Yeah, yes, there got room for me.

1:21:09 Yeah, I think so. I can give you twenty nine. That'll be four dollars with that. That'll do. My name's Lawrence signed the register. Please, okay, I'll give me one of those newspapers were here. You are. The name will be in to make up. The room right away. The skipping for a couple hours. I want to be alone. The body was burned beyond recognition, but police confirmed identification of Garvey through articles of jewelry discovered in the wreckage. The car at thirty nine Buick coupe was purchased by the victim in San Francisco.

1:21:53 I'm dead. What do you know? I'm dead, say clerk. Yes, how's a mail run around here? I mean tomorrow being a holiday. It'll be picked up Tuesday morning at nine. When was the last pick up on Saturday? Let me see, was it five? Yeah? Yeah, that's right, five o'clock Saturday afternoon. I see. Your mind's going a mile a minute, isn't it, Clint. A whole year of talking to yourself, of chuckling in private at the stupidity of Bradshaw and his homicide detail and now it's laid right in your lap.

1:22:38 You think it through carefully, alone in your room. They can't execute a dead man, and as far as their records go, you were killed Saturday night. A confession letter would not props out from under Bradshaw, Wouldn't it a letter from a dead man telling the citizens what a bunch of clowns they've. Got in the police department. I let her mail to Jerry Slade of a San Francisco Times star, Bradshaw's number one enemy. Uh beg your pardon? Oh yes, where'd you say the mailboxes? There's one down the road to the next corner, right at the single oil station. You can even he at the desk. I want to put this one in the box myself. It's kind of important.

1:23:23 And Jonathan Skinny Wayne right, the general who saw the Stars and stripes. Small down name, is lying checking out, checking out. It's youesday, And I changed my mind. I'll hang around a while longer, you mind? Huh? Yes? Any idea how long. Years he spent as a prisoners. It's the greatest hall in the life of Skinny Wayne Right. Well development the automobile which crashed on the highway north of San Diego late Saturday night, when they announced examination of the death of the chart victim proved him to be not the clint In Garvey, but one Joseph Castro, an itinerant water in Selena's for robbery. It is believed that the car registered to Garvey has been stolen. Police are puzzled by the fact that Garvey has not yet appeared to report the theft. I'm a checking on his whereabouts and that's the news.

1:24:19 Nine o'clock. Mailbox mails picked up at nine. What are you doing? There's something wrong with that guy. How did he's change his mind again? Could you describe how an olive tastes to a friend who's never eaten one. It's be a pretty tough. Job, wouldn't it, because an olive is so different from any other food. And that's the same fix I'm in when I try to describe New Signal gasoline. This great new super fuel is so superior. You really have to try it to believe a gasoline can make such a difference in driving. But I can promise you this, with your very first tankful of New Signal gasoline, you'll see the difference, yes, and feel it and hear it.

1:25:06 Too. Here's what I mean with new signal gasoline in your car. When you touch the starter, you feel your motor spring instantly to life. When you step on the accelerator, you see your car step ahead with pickup. That makes you proud. And even when your motor's working hard uphill, you hear it contentedly, proof. Of signals, higher anti knock. What's more, because you'll be shifting less and shifting waste gasoline, you know you'll enjoy more high gear miles actually go farther than ever with new signal gasoline. No wonder, there's been such a swing to signal. No wonder, so many folks are saying, I didn't realize how much pleasure driving could be till I tried new signal gasoline. And now back to the whistler. Well, Clint, the shoes on the other foot, now, isn't it. The laugh won't be as loud or as long as you'd hope.

1:26:17 If that letter ever reaches San Francisco, Yes, if it gets there, you're dead duck. And you know it as you race pell mell down the side street in Challamer's cove for the mail box you dropped it in last night. Five past nine. The pickup schedule for nine o'clock. Maybe the troup will be late, you keep telling yourself. Yes, it's pulled up at the box as you turned the corner. Hey, hey, wait a minute, wrong, listen, listen this letter I mail last night? Yeah, I don't want to mail, and I changed my mind. I gotta get it back. Were you mail this box right here last night? We can't get it back against apartment regulations. Once she's in the box. He got a baby? Will we make delivery? Better take it up with the postmails? Nobody, I'll no better know what you gotta do it, Sorry, Bud, I gotta get it.

1:27:00 I can't. All right, pal, I'm one of the bushes. Leave it. You get cheese? Yeah, okay, check the box first empty. He has already got in my truck. Yeh. Three mail bags okay, canceled. It's all incoming.

1:27:44 Maybe the other I'm canceled incoming. I'm gonna be in this one. Okay, So this is in coming to it's been picked up by another truck. Wait a minute, the post office? Yeah, the Los Angeles Post Office. I still got a chance. That was that again?

1:28:25 Man? You say you left request at home? Much are you. Driving me each day for six desponding at. Yeah, but you gotta have the letter with you on all overseas pack part of me chief for something. I want to wait your turn? Wi your pal was that lady? We'll only take a second. I just said, wait your turn now, lady. One package makes that time standing in deecret to all canal. Yeah, yeah, I know, but you can't send the package that size without a written request. It's I'm telling you today my heart tell me? Wait what season you take your time? Will you look? Lady? Who'd you give the nuts to hear at the county last time? Him? Hey, Kelly, Hey, he's. On the phone. Wait a minute, you'd be two?

1:29:08 Yeah, what do you know? Just amount of watch the matter at This woman here wants to send a package over seas, says you took one from. Her every week. You left the request at home. She says, oh yeah, she's okay, go ahead, sor okay. Okay, lady. He's gonna be twenty seven cents. Hey, sure next time? I bring the letter? Right now? What can I do for your path? Listen? I send an air mail letter this morning from Charmers called to San Francisco what plane will be you on? What time? Jamail? It was picked up at nine, maybe a little before. I have you on flight six out of Prayer Bank, he said, no. In facts a while. Oh what did you know about that? I had a mail robbery down the line this morning? Yeah, where Charmer's cold? Charmer's cold? Hey, wait a minute, I want that guy go too.

1:29:52 Oh, what's the matter? Take the wind to Kelly. I got a phone call to. Make eleven o'clock, Clint. One hour to make that plane, and you're havn't a chance without a reservation, unless, yes, you walk into a phone booth in a drug store. There's a chance it might work. I gotta take it. Hello, Pacific Airlines, there's the Army priority board. It's the biggest passenger for San Francisco. Will arrive at the airport in a half hour. J G. Eastley, Yeah, give him a two priority on flight six at Moon right.

1:30:33 Thank you, passenger's noble grayand hack it. On flight ten to Las Vegas, please report your reservation this flight eight. Vegas. Check. That's my army throw pardon clerk, just a. Moment, there be right with you. That's flight ten to San Francisco. Change for the reno paint at midnight to night? Hey right, what can if I want to leave on flight six at San Francisco? I see your name? My name is gus me just a minute. You are miss Gregg. Yes, I'm Reynolds. Oh oh, yes, how are you doing? Mis Terrenald? Has he checked in you? No? He called here. About half hour ago.

1:31:14 Naturally we confirm all calls from the priority boord by calling back. They've never heard of him. I see, I'll be in the lobby here. All you have to do is give me. The eye right, thanks with Drenald. What was that name again? Uh? Name is Vickers? Howard Vickers? You say you're on flight sick. I'm trying to make it. I I don't have a priority. Oh oh, I see, Well there may be a cancelation, of course when you wait here in the lobby. Take off in fifteen minutes. Yes, you'll have a pretty fair chance. As it happens, we're running two sections on flight six. Two sections. Yes, that's a break for you, isn't it? Yeah? Quite a break.

1:31:59 Who's Clint? Both of them carrying mail? You can see the trucks out there on the strip now loading it on both planes. Even if you make it now, you've only got a fifty to fifty chance. The first plane takes off at noon. Finally, at nine minutes past twelve. Mister Howard Vickers, please report your reservation disk. We have your reservation on flight six second sections. Mister Vickers. Please, if you knew how to pray, Clint, you'd be praying now, praying with the letter that means life or death to you is in one of the sacks you saw them load into the tail compartment of the plane you're riding on. Yes, and that you can follow it from the airport in San Francisco tail a postman who takes it to the office of a time Star. But if it's on the first plane, Clint, if it's delivered before you arrive, you're just as dead as if you'd stayed in chalmers Cope and waited for them to come and get you.

1:32:54 You need a break, Clint, a good healthy brain. Then it has passed one. Bass and safety belts please, there's nothing to worry about, best. Say, belts and safety belts please. We're going to land. There's absolutely no danger. We'd simply run into a storm and we're landing until it blows over. We just passed over the Salinas. It may be necessary to spend the night here. A company limousine will pick you up and take you to a hotel. Don't relax. We're landing now, Stuart. Yes, we're about the worst section of the park. And say, sir, they maybe through the storm. They'll arrive in San Francisco before we do. Maybe. I don't know. I'll try to find out for you later.

1:33:45 A shoulder down to your right, there's way. Please, what's the matter, sir, I don't know? Better, come along, sir. I don't feel well, Stuart. It was a pretty bumpy landing. You'll feel better when you get your feet on the ground. Everybody gone, yes, good, what are you in mind? Just do what I tell you. You'll be okay. Get up the keys. I'll tell you haven't got them there in your shoulder bag? All right? I said, all right, I'll open up that tail. Just try. I hate to drive you. I don't want to play games, Senior. Get back there and open it up. There you are packages. What did you explore?

1:34:25 Where's the man of letters? There isn't any, it's all expelled. Hand me that there's gonna be letters there are on the other. Plane, He goes, keeez, I'll get in that compartment. Hurry up. You're pretty panicky. Ons. You couldn't. There's no way out of it now for once, you don't know what to do. And just as you're about ready to give up. Train if I can make that train, it's a quaiteter mile along the edge of the field of the tracks. The car is pulled up on the highway at the grade crossing. That's a better idea, isn't it.

1:35:05 Clinton, a car. Here you Hey, what a minute? What's the matter, mister? Get out? But your hard your head off for you? Yeah? Sure I didn't, Seppy, Yeah, thats for sure. I'm going. You've still got a chance, Clint. The other planes delayed must have been. It's a big storm covers all the central California coast. You hit Watson Villa dusk. Take a chance on the short cut of Lost Gattos. You're almost there. When bridge washed out, you gotta turn back back to the junction.

1:35:54 Optose sokel Santa Cruz, Ben Lowman. Sorry, bod, there's a slide on the yes up ahead. There'll be a two hour away, at least. Two hours ten o'clock. Now it'll be midnight before you'll get across the mountains. You can't think of anything but that other plane. If it were delayed long enough, the delivery would be held over until morning. That's the one you're counting on, isn't it. Clinton. Then finally, at four in the morning you were there. You leave the car on. Third Street and take a taxi the rest of the way of the time Star building on Mission Street. There's a one armed coffee joint across the wave where you can telephone.

1:36:41 Pacific Airlines. Listen, I want some information, yes about flight six. What's your destination in coming? Flight six yesterday from Los Angeles? What did you want to know their arrive here? Well, flight six from North Angeles yesterday. Within two Yes, I know. It was in two sections. One was grounded north of Salinas. I want to know about the other one, the first one just. A moment, please, What is the reason for your call? Does there have to be a reason? At Sizer calling from the San Francisco Time Star is a very important airmail letter aboard the first section of flight six addressed to my office, and I want to know whether it will arrive this morning. Does that satisfy you. That's a moment, sir.

1:37:21 The first section of flight six arrived an hour ago. Your letter should be in the eight o'clock delivery. Right, three hours to go, three miles of pacing up and down Montgomery Street, over to Turney, up Market to Seventh and back again. Five cups of coffee. You're going on your nerve, Clint. Your hands are shaking so you can hardly light a cigarette. Then at five minutes of eight, a mail truck drives up to the rear entrance of the Times Star building. And you're ready for it, waiting on the platform. Hello, there is. Is that our mail?

1:38:02 This is for the Time Star If that's what you mean. Great? Everything here that's on that tackle. I'll take it up. Save your trip. Oh thanks, y, better take her by the court here, okay, heavier? That looks I see you later. So one, Well, what would you be taking that mail bag into a phone booth for mister Garving? Were from the O thanks thirty eight caliber professional model. You know how to use it too.

1:38:44 I'm Reynolds FBI, So yesterday at the Los Angeles Airport. Right, what's the gimmick? Charges? Well, let me see there are two assault charges, two mail robbery counts, a car and defrauding an innkeeper. You didn't pay your bill at the Chalmers Cove Hotel. You know, of course, I'm mainly interested in this mail business, just like you are. You've got to tell me why. You've seen in a lot of answers. Suppose you tell me. You knew one answer you weren't supposed to know, Garvey, you were the only citizen in San Francisco outside the Pacific Airlines organization who knew the second flight of flight six was grounded at Salina's yesterday. You know it doesn't take much fooling with mail bags to get a lot of publicity. We checked you from that affair you're pulled yesterday at Chalma's Cove, right through.

1:39:39 To the call you made of the airline a little while ago. I was down there when it came in. Now, suppose you just. Walk along far enough in front of me to keep things friendly. Will take care of the mail. The whistler will return with a strange ending to tonight's story in just a moment. Meantime, a word about two important items that have been making news recently, one the atom and two new signal gasoline. No, I'm not going to tell you there's atomic power in new signal gasoline, but recent developments in atoms actually did make possible this great new motor fuel. And I'll tell you what I mean.

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1:41:08 Yes, with new signal in your tank, you actually feel your car. Get young again. And the easy way to prove it just drive into one of the friendly stations displaying signals familiar yellow and black circle sign and say follow up with new signal gasoline. Now back to the whistler. Well, Clint, you have a lot of time to think it over in your cell at the city jail during the next week. It was bad enough to be picked up just as you got to the payoff with a letter practically in your hands. Worse than that is the fact that you were outsmarted, that you're going to be on the receiving end of that horse laugh as you call it.

1:42:00 That's why you're puzzled as the days go by. And there's no mention of the letter, nothing of Eddie Lamar and the murder that used to be perfect been ten days afterwards, Reynolds walked into your cellblock. Hello, Clinton, Oh we got it? What the letter to get long enough? Yeah? Swallow service. Why you have been holding him? Well, you haven't. Wait a minute. It wasn't in the sack, Clinton. Where wasn't back of Chalmers coal a hotel?

1:42:51 What? You're a little behind the times, Clinton. The air mail rate is eight cents, not six. Ah. Well, now that we're both sufficiently chilled, I'll put another log on the fire and one more kettle of hot steaming tea to make sure that we're ready for just one more I feel like I can handle it. How about you? What's that? Oh no, no, no, no, no, Just relax here. This is my favorite blanket. I've had it since before. Now get yourself in the mode of listening, because right now I'm about to take you somewhere you may have never been before. Maybe I haven't either. As we go, we go on the Last Trip.

1:44:19 And now another tale well calculated to keep. You in. Suspense. When a fond husband leaves on an overseas business trip, his loving wife is apt to slip a remembrance gift into a suitcase, as our heroine Myra does in a story by Ralph Bell and Eugene Francis called The Last Trip.

1:45:01 Here Ted over here, Hi, my rien, it's about time. Yeah, sorry, I'm late, baby, Whatever happened? And going out of my mind waiting in this horrid cafeteria. Easy easy, baby. Took me a little longer than I figured to rig up our little surprise package. Then I got stuck in a cab. Traffic is murdered. Yeah, that's another thing that makes you think they're gonna let planes take off in this weather. Relax, will you? I called the airport just before I left my apartment all overseas flights, leaving his schedule. It's only a little missed. Here, here's the package. Better get moving before Harry gets home. He's home already. What you sure? I just phoned He got him five minutes ago and started to pack. Now, how am I supposed to get this into his suitcase without his noticing?

1:45:47 Huh? I don't have to tell you how is your husband? You've never had trouble handling him up to now. Distract him somehow. Then slip the package into the suitcase, close it and see that it stays closed till he leaves with it. That's all. There is not going to be that sim sure, sure it is. You can do it, Mayra. Look you still want to go on living with him, I'll tell you right now. I'll just have to fade out of the picture. I mean, stop seeing me. I'd leave Tom. That's all. All right, Give it to me. Good girl. Now, Look, you don't have to be nervous about handling it.

1:46:27 It won't go off till it's time. Hey, are you sure it'll work? It'll work, Mayra. I guarantee it. At five pm when it explodes, his plane will be well over the ocean. Now you better get going. Phone me at my apartment after he leaves, and good lucks? We not? Is that youmorrow? Harry? Had you pasted yet? Dear? Almost there? I'll do the rest after I finished shaving. Oh, I'll do it, Harry. I'd have done it before, but I was delayed shopping.

1:47:09 Ah. What'd you buy? Anything interesting? Nothing? Really? What's in that package? Huh? The package you're holding? Oh? Oh, this just just some shoes? Oh? Really? How they look? You know? You have such pretty feet downing? Put a bottle? Let me see, Harry, there's no time. Now. Where's your suitcake? It's on the bed there. What do you want me to put in? Why? Up there? I can't hear what this thing? I said? What do you want me to put in? Or? Just some packages? Some stocks? I picked? Everything else? All right?

1:47:50 What color socks? Deer? I'm wearing? The gray suit? Would blow beer rides? I think so, Dear? What there? How many pairs? It's just enough for three days? There? I don't put up the handkerchiefs. No, I'll put them right under your shirt. It's the price package and everything else will go? What there? I said? The handkerchiefs are under your shirt, Darling, all back. In there, I just close. Oh golly, well, I'll be glad when that trip is over.

1:48:32 Oh so wild idea. Oh, don't bottle with these suitcase here, I'll. Close it all right. You know, I often think what my life was like before I met you. Yes, not just grubbing for money and who. Was there to spend it? Not here. I was over fifteen, I hadn't really lived meaningless existence. And then two years ago, Providence is merciful, you came into my life. You gave me back my youth, my right. You know that.

1:49:13 Say what, what what's in here? Did I pack too much? No? No, no, let's put our weight on it together. When I could take some things, well, come on together, ready, I pushed down. No mine, and that'll never close. Too much in here, I guess I'll have to take some things out. Oh, Harry, I. Won't take a minute. My ror your package once in doing my suitcase. Oh oh, the package for Harry Darling. If it was to be a surprise, a surprise, yes, for your birthday, my birth but but my right, it's a gift for you.

1:49:55 I didn't want you to see it until you're unpacked. Now you've spoiled him. Oh, I'm sorry, darling, I didn't mean well. You put it right back and don't open it till you all ride. Then it'll it'll still be a surprise. Promise. Oh, I promise you. You're so sweet, so powerful. Thank you doting. Now hurry, you haven't much time. And I suppose I take out these slippers of mine and that order make room to the package. Now it'll close, see, and I better like it too, while cutty fevering going on lately. Can't be too careful, so I'll say, see. Me to the door, of course. Now hurry, darling. You'll be late, all right, I'll cay as soon as I'm mad. Yeah, you give me a kiss.

1:50:36 And goodbye, darling, and take care of yourself. Oh, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Goodbye. Yes, yes he's gone. He managed it, but he knew. He torove me right out of my mind. What do you mean? Take it easy? You don't know what I've been through. Yes, who is it?

1:51:17 May open up? I did? What are you doing? I told you to stay way till it's all. Oh it's too whiskey. Yes, sounded almost hysterical, baby, but i'd better come over and stay with you till you calm down. I am calmed down. Well, I'll stick around anyway that we get the news about the plane. As soon as we hear you're a widow, I'll take off. So somebody decides to drop in, so I'll use. The fire escape in the bedroom like I've done before. How about a drink? I've had one? Ah, have another? Sell your nerves? When do we know? Will you stop fretting? The explosion will happen at five on the nose radio, probably flash the news later this evening. Then what, oh, Myra, We've been over this a dozen times. We sit tight to the airline calls. Then you go into your act the shocks and bereft widow. Yeah, only you'll have to be convincing.

1:52:11 That won't be easy. It'll be such a relief to know I'm finally rid of him. One thing worries me too, A drink? What worries you? Those are the planes only damaged and it manages to turn back and land me? Are not a chance? There's enough blast in that little package to knock over our house. You can imagine what it will do to a plane ten thousand feet up. Come on, drink up, Myra, wait, wait, wait to toast to Harry, our benefactor to his last trip. Let's turn on the radio. Huh.

1:52:55 You know I can't help feeling a little sorry for those other plane. Well, that's very humanitarian of you, Mayrah. But like I've always said, some must die. That others may live in Clover. That's a basic factor. Lie. You're very necessary to me, kid, I mean emotionally. Really, why. It's such an unadultrated heel. You make me feel almost respected. And you're such a charming hypocrite. You make me feel like an honest man almost.

1:53:35 We're a dandy team. Yeah, And now the late afternoon news. The weather is making headlines again today. The slight haze that's hung over the city for the past two days thickened late this afternoon and developed into. A heavy smog. Hey, turn that up. The smog has been caused by a heavy, congested, smoke filled atmosphere that is imprisoned over the city by. Damp, immobile air. Meanwhile, all flights have been canceled at city airports, and motor traffic is moving at a snail's base. Motorists are worn to drive with extreme court. President Eisenhower held a press conference today.

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1:56:16 Now, I don't care where Harry is. Where's a suitcase? If it explodes while he's carrying it around, we're really in a soup. There'll be an investigation. They'll lead right back here. What do we do? Wait? Wait a minute, let me think. This is a fine time to think, genius, Why didn't you think before? I'll wait? The weather reports that slight, Hayes. The airline said they were operating a regular schedule. Nobody could figure that'd be small. Nobody could figure. You were smart enough to figure everything else. Why couldn't you figure this? Fight? Now? Right? All right? I didn't. Now we're gonna shut up for a minute. Wait wait, wait, maybe we're jumping the conclusions. We're not sure his plane was grounded, So how do we find out?

1:56:56 Oh? Here, come on, an sir. Hello, can you tell me if why three seven seven took off on schedule? Yeah? How hold on? Hello? Oh thank you? You see we panicked over and nothing plane took off ten minutes late. But it took off. Oh what a relief. I'm sorry, that's. All right, baby. For a moment there, it felt like the whole world was falling in on it. Say I could use another drink?

1:57:41 You yeah, Hey, who can that be? I don't know what you call in the bedroom. I'll wait out on the fire sched til you get rid of whoever it is? Close as okay, coming? Who is it? It's maybe open up there? What happened about? You're on that plane? Myra, You won't believe it. Wait until you're here. Close it did, Horry? I haven't face what happened? Well, my cab got stuck in an awful traffic jam, and the farm or the Smile or whatever it is kept getting heavy every minute. Traffic was just crawling, And finally occurred to me that even if the cab got me to the airport on time, all.

1:58:25 Flights should probably be canceled. So plan to coof or do well? How do you know? I called the airport? Hu, Now, how do you like that? I probably could have made it. After all? Where you've been all this time? I went back to the office, sent a cable that i'd be a day mate. You left your suitcase in the office. What your suitcase? Did you leave it in your office? Well? No, of course not. Where is it? Why isn't that fool man? I left it outside the door I. Better bring it in. Hey, here we are. I'll just leave it in the corner here. There's no point in unpacking.

1:59:06 I'll be going first thing tomorrow. What time is this? Let's see? Yeh quarter five? More or less? Well, what do you mean more or less? My watch may be a little slow. Look, Harry, let's go out to dinner tonight. Huh well, it's not very pleasant outside. Well, I don't care. I just don't feel like cooking in tonight. Let's let's eat early right now and go to a movie or something. Huh wow, if you're ready want, Yeah, I'll go fix my face. Why don't you mix the drink for us while I get ready? All right, there's soda in the kitchen. Now, I'll be ready in a minute. Morra. What put that? Kids? Why I'm taking the bedroom? It clouds up the room. Here, insank, you'll screen yourself. That's too heavy, boy, he can I.

1:59:49 Can manage that. Don't fuss, Harry. Less a drink? Wow? All right, but if you strain yourself. Moral, it's all right. He's in the kitchen. Get in here. I've got the suitcase. Okay. What do you want me to go to do? I want you to do. Take the bomb out and get. It out of here. Okay, okay, you've got less than fifteen minutes before it goes off. I know. Oh, Okay, gets on that key, Harris got you have to. Break the lock? Then? How am I to explain that?

2:00:31 No? Wait, I've got a better idea. What take the suitcase? Get rid of it in the river. It's only a block away. You have time, Yeah, but how can I take it down? All right? All right? All right? Hit me what got hit me in the face? Then take the suitcase. I wait till you get down the fire escape. Then I'll call for help. I'll tell Harry there was a thief that he that he knocked me unconscious before I could scream. Yeah, but are you do what I say? Okay? Ready? Yeah, hard enough to leave a mark. It's got to be convincing. Ime on. All right, okay, Myra, I'll be in touch.

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2:02:53 Here, Harry, Wira, Harry, what happen? Let me help you onun look at your face? What about the man? He must have come in from the fire es kaping. He struck me before I could scream. Good lord, I don't take your suitcase? How I passed out? Oh? I better call the police. Are you all right? Shall I call a doctor? No? No, it's it's just the blues. You better lie down. I'll be right back. Hello, operator, I want to report a robbery. Hurry please.

2:03:36 Now, Myra, Myra, you should lie down. I'm all right, I tell you, old on. Who can that be? I'll get it. Yeah, what is it Harry Jason's Residents, Yes, Detective Sergeant. Duran twenty eight precincts. Oh, I was just calling you, brothers. Yeah, what about Well a man just broke into our apartment from the fire escape. He struck my wife and got away with a suitcase. And you better come in, officer, And just a mimute. Is this your suitcase, mister Jason? Oh? Yes it is Myra. Oh, it's definitely my suitcase. Sergeant, you see there are my initials hj.

2:04:22 A. Kan bring him in here, closed the door. It's the man who assorted your lady. I can't be sure. I didn't get a good look. Can you identifying mister Jason or no, Sergeant, I didn't see him at all. I was in the kitchen when it happened. What makes you think he's the one? Somebody from across the way called a report there was a man laking on your fire escape. We got here just as he was coming down carrying your suitcase. He started to run and we called her. Please, what time is it? Time? Thought? It's about five? I mean exactly, exactly, please, I got the four minutes to five.

2:05:04 Why, oh, no reason, I'm just confused the shock. Oh sure, sure, I understand. Now a few folks will come down to the station and file chargers. Sure, I might as well get old. Well, well, why don't you all go ahead. I'll join you as soon as I make myself more presentable. No' all right, man, we'll wait for you. No hurry, but I don't feel well my faith. Yeah, sure looks a mess meaning no offense. Man, Maybe you better bring it down. Later, mister Jason, okay, you'll pick up the suitcase. No, what do you mean though? You want it so bad? You love it down the fire escape. Now you can log it down to the station, pick it up.

2:05:48 Gone. Wait, listen to me. There's a time bomb in there. It's set to go off and less than four minutes. If we don't get away from here, we'll all be built up pieces. What are you a comedian? Pick up that? It's the truth. I tell you. You gotta believe me. How do you know there's a bomb in there? His wife pull a thing? He praised the officer. I don't even know this man. We were in it together. She was supposed to blow up on the plane. I'll open that suitcase. I'll refuse the bomb before it's too late. With your hurry. I don't understand you mean there's actually a Relax, mister Jason. You know there's no bomb in there. He's pulling some kind of story. I'm not I swear it all right. I'll go along with a gag. We'll just sit here for five minutes and see if your bomb goes off.

2:06:33 One thing I can't stand is a too bit crooked. That's a wise guy. He's telling the truth. Harry opened it? Given the key, Harry, quick. The key, Jason, the key of the suitcase of your gottage. Oh hear, Kim, where'd you put it? And just shape. If you're referring to my birthday present, myrah dear, you're quite right, it's not in my suitcase. But you see, myrah, my, dear, I was so touched this afternoon when, for the first time in our whole married life, you remembered I had a birthday. In fact, it was the first birthday gift you'd ever given me, so on my way to the airport, I couldn't resist seeing what it was. Imagine my surprise when I recognized its somewhat leathful nature.

2:07:37 It wasn't my idea, howry honesty. At first I was somewhat stunned, And then all your little maneuvers, your adroit little eyes in the past, began to fall into place. I took your gift to Sergeant Iran here, and then we drove over and waited outside the house until we saw your friend arrive. We evolved a little stratagem to get a confess from you both, and now that we have it, Serge and I think you'd better get him out of here. Oh, mister Jason, Okay, let's go here to oh myrah. One thing more, My birthday actually occurred last month. The pity you never remember the date, or rather, how lucky.

2:08:39 Suspense you've been listening to the Last trip Written for Suspense by Ralph Bell and Eugene Francis burd In Tonight's story were Ralph Bell, Connie Lemke, Eugene Francis and Bob Dryden. Suspense is produced and direct by Paul roberts. Well. Another fine late night enjoying something older, darker. But now I suppose the sun will be coming up any really any time. Now, it's it's that's its right, I suppose, And you must return home. You must get yourself into your cozy bed, and I have to return to Hallow, wherever it is I come from. So please be careful on your long journey home. But as you take your leave, as you journey down the cobblestone walkway, through the woods, past the brush, as the moonlight cuts through, blessing your hairs.

2:09:54 You make your way home. As you open that door, as you remember to lock it behind you before you gnawed away on your soft pillow, take a moment and be thankful for what you have. And I'll be here when you come back.