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  Speaker 1: Bill Johnstone stars as Lamont Cranston and the shadow in
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  Speaker 1: this mutual broadcasting system broadcast, heard December 3rd, 1939. Tonight,
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  Speaker 1: the shadow brings us Death Shows the Way, catalog episode 176,
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  Speaker 1: sponsored by Blue Coal. Lamont and Margo Lane are weekend
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  Speaker 1: guests at the Barton family's country home, where a valuable
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  Speaker 1: diamond is being kept. When a visitor falls ill and
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  Speaker 1: the jewel disappears, the household, including Edward Knight and Count Santo,
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  Speaker 1: finds itself at the center of a murder and theft mystery.
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  Speaker 1: Lamont investigates as the shadow, following the case through the
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  Speaker 1: Barton home and grounds as suspicion falls among family and guests.
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  Speaker 1: And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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  Speaker 3: The shadow knows.
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  Speaker 4: The Shadow, mysterious character who aids the forces of law
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  Speaker 4: and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man
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  Speaker 4: about town. The Shadow uses his hypnotic power to cloud
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  Speaker 4: men's minds so that they cannot see him. Cranston's friend
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  Speaker 4: and companion, the lovely Margot Lane, is the only person
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  Speaker 4: who knows to whom the unseen voice of the Shadow belongs.
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  Speaker 4: Today's story... Death shows the way.
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  Speaker 2: Alan?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, Mr. Cranston. Alan!
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Alan, what in the world are you doing?
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  Speaker 4: Picking your clothes, sir. Now, just a minute, Alan. I'm
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  Speaker 4: going away for the weekend. Not a trip around the world.
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  Speaker 4: These are all necessities, sir. Now, look, Alan. All I
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  Speaker 4: need is a change of linen, a toothbrush, and a razor.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, sir, but that's impossible. What do you mean?
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  Speaker 4: I mean that I shan't send you anyplace without the
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  Speaker 4: proper appointments. Oh, I have nothing to say about it,
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  Speaker 4: is that it?
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  Speaker 2: Quite correct, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I will say.
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  Speaker 5: Something about it, and right here.
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  Speaker 4: Now, look, Alan, you come here.
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  Speaker 6: May I come in?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, hello, Margo. Come ahead.
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  Speaker 3: Are you all ready to leave?
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  Speaker 4: Not quite. I have to settle a small point with
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  Speaker 4: Alan first.
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  Speaker 3: I bet I know what it is, too. Something to
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  Speaker 3: do with your weekend wardrobe?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, exactly.
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  Speaker 4: Alan, for the last time, I'm telling you not to
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  Speaker 4: pack my bags full of all that junk. The hunting jacket,
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  Speaker 4: golf shoes, dinner clothes, riding boots, business.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, yes, fishing tackle, fishing tackle.
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  Speaker 4: Did you hear me, Alan? Quite so, sir. Suede jacket,
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  Speaker 4: polo shirt, tennis shorts... Then why don't you do as
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  Speaker 4: I say? Because, as I told you before, Mr. Cranston,
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  Speaker 4: you shan't go to the Barton's unless you're correctly timed out.
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  Speaker 4: And that, if I may display firmness, sir, is Fievel.
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  Speaker 7: There, you're all packed.
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  Speaker 4: But the Bartons don't care whether I'm correctly turned out
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  Speaker 4: or not. It isn't the Bartons that I'm trying to impress, sir.
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  Speaker 4: Then who is it? Their butler. What? No.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, pick up your bags, Lamont. You've lost again.
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  Speaker 3: Sometime before this weekend is over, Lamont, we must have
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  Speaker 3: the Count tell us about his marvelous experience on Capri.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, Mrs.
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  Speaker 4: Barton.
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  Speaker 2: I'm afraid it would be too long and dull for Mr. Cranston.
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  Speaker 4: Why, not at all. That's my specialty. Long, dull stories.
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  Speaker 4: I collect them.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Henry, what a beautiful dog. When did you get him?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, just the other day.
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  Speaker 2: Come here, Major. What do you call that kind of dog?
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  Speaker 4: A great hand.
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  Speaker 2: He's a big, ferocious-looking dog.
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  Speaker 4: Now, lie down, Major. How about some crackers and cheese,
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  Speaker 4: you people? That's for me, Henry. Okay, help yourself.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Henry, that's a nice way to talk to a guest.
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  Speaker 4: What do you mean, guest? When Lamont Cranston spends a
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  Speaker 4: weekend with us in the country, he's a member of
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  Speaker 4: the family. Well, thanks, Henry. Say, speaking of members of
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  Speaker 4: the family... Who's that young fellow approaching across the lawn?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, dear.
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  Speaker 8: Mommy, nurse says I have to go in and have
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  Speaker 8: my face washed and have my supper.
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  Speaker 6: Do I have to, Mommy?
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  Speaker 3: Did he say Mommy? Why, Helen, I didn't know.
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  Speaker 4: Helen.
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  Speaker 3: Don't be alarmed. I didn't tell you that Henry and
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  Speaker 3: I adopted a child a couple of months ago. Oh,
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  Speaker 3: I see. Do I have to, Mommy? Now, Skippy, I
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  Speaker 3: want you to meet some friends of ours. Miss Margo Lane, Mr. Cranston,
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  Speaker 3: and Count Santa.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, Skippy.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, Skippy. Hello.
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  Speaker 6: Do I have to have my.
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  Speaker 3: Face washed, Daddy?
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  Speaker 4: Judging by its appearance, it wouldn't do any harm.
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  Speaker 3: I think you'd better go in and do what Ness
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  Speaker 3: tells you to do.
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  Speaker 6: I don't want to.
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  Speaker 3: Daddy promised me a story. Daddy will tell you a
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  Speaker 3: story after dinner. Run along now.
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  Speaker 6: I don't want to.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, dear, what'll I do? Oh, I know, Henry. Call
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  Speaker 3: the dog. Tell him it's his new pet. Maybe that'll
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  Speaker 3: please him.
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  Speaker 2: Here, Major.
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  Speaker 4: Come here, boy. There, there. Now, look, Skippy. See what
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  Speaker 4: your mother and I bought for you?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, a doggie.
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  Speaker 6: Hello, nice dog.
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  Speaker 7: Daddy, Daddy, try to find me.
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  Speaker 4: Major, Major, get back to the house.
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  Speaker 6: Henry, that dog is vicious.
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  Speaker 4: Now, Helen, don't get excited. The dog just isn't used
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  Speaker 4: to children, that's all. Now, Skippy, you run along.
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  Speaker 6: Daddy, are you going to tell me a story after dinner?
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  Speaker 4: I'm afraid not, son. Daddy has a very important business
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  Speaker 4: date after dinner. But you promised.
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  Speaker 3: Now, run along, Skippy. Mommy will be up to see
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  Speaker 3: you later.
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  Speaker 2: I don't care.
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  Speaker 3: Daddy promised.
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  Speaker 6: To tell me a story.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, now, see what you've done, Henry.
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  Speaker 4: I can't help it, Helen. You know that Mr. Knight
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  Speaker 4: from Taylor & Company is coming here tonight with your necklace.
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  Speaker 3: But, Henry, you promised.
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  Speaker 4: Now, darling, we have guests here, remember? I hope you
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  Speaker 4: all enjoyed the little visit backstage in the home life
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  Speaker 4: of the Barton.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, we loved it.
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  Speaker 2: You spoke of a necklace, Mr. Barton. Is it the
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  Speaker 2: same one that I read about your buying in the newspapers?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, the great Harvey diamond. The great Harvey? Have you
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  Speaker 4: bought that, Henry? Yes, they're bringing it here tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Well, isn't that the jewel with the great legend attached
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  Speaker 3: to it?
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  Speaker 2: Legend? What is the legend, Miss Lane?
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  Speaker 3: Why, I believe the story is that it brings misfortune
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  Speaker 3: to whoever owns it. Isn't that it, Henry?
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  Speaker 4: Some such silly yarn, yes.
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  Speaker 2: I take it, then, that you do not believe in
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  Speaker 2: this legend, eh, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Barton? Why, of course not.
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  Speaker 2: You're a brave man, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Barton. A very brave man. Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Barton, I trust that you've arranged to keep the necklace
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  Speaker 9: in a safe place. At least until you've paid me
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  Speaker 9: in full.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, naturally, Knight.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I guess our business is finished here, then. I
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  Speaker 9: imagine you'd like to get back to your guests.
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  Speaker 4: No, on the contrary. I find it very difficult to
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  Speaker 4: tear myself away from this necklace. Beautiful stone.
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  Speaker 7: Daddy!
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  Speaker 4: Yes, yes, it is. It's all right, Skippy. You can
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  Speaker 4: come in. Skippy, this is Mr. Knight, a business friend
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  Speaker 4: of your father's.
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  Speaker 2: Mr. Knight, this is my son.
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  Speaker 4: How do you do?
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  Speaker 8: Daddy, when are you going to tell me that story?
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  Speaker 2: Huh?
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  Speaker 8: And Mommy said you're so forgetful.
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  Speaker 3: Did you think to offer Mr. Knight a drink?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Mommy is right as usual.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Knight, will you forgive me and let me make you
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  Speaker 4: up one for the oversight?
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  Speaker 9: Well, now that you mention it, I wouldn't mind having
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  Speaker 9: a drink.
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  Speaker 4: It's a long drive back to town. Well, how do
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  Speaker 4: you have it? Straight, please. Water on the side.
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  Speaker 2: Straight it is.
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  Speaker 4: There you are. Thank you. Aren't you drinking, Mr. Barton? No, I...
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  Speaker 4: I've been on the wagon lately. Oh, that's too bad. Well,
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  Speaker 4: here's to the great Harvey Diamond. May it bring you
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  Speaker 4: much happiness.
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  Speaker 3: Gee, you drank it all in one gulp.
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  Speaker 4: Skippy, that's not very polite.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I've got to be going.
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  Speaker 2: What's the matter? I.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know how I feel, but.
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  Speaker 2: But you.
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  Speaker 4: You're white as a sheet. Water. Get me some water. Yes,
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  Speaker 4: but it can't be. I'll run and get you some. I.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, gee.
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  Speaker 4: Daddy!
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  Speaker 6: Daddy!
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  Speaker 4: Oh, here's the water. Daddy! Here, what's happened?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Daddy, he fell down like that.
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  Speaker 4: Skippy, go out and play now and don't say anything
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  Speaker 4: to anyone about this. You understand? To no one.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Daddy. I won't tell anyone.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Skippy.
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  Speaker 4: What's all the shouting about in here?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, is something wrong?
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  Speaker 4: Oh, oh, oh, hello.
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  Speaker 2: Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Knight's had a sudden attack of some kind. I... I'm
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  Speaker 4: afraid he's very ill. We must get him upstairs. Count Santo,
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  Speaker 4: will you lift his feet, please?
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  Speaker 2: Surely.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think that will be necessary, Henry. Well, why not?
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  Speaker 4: It's too late. He's dead. Dead? Yes. What happened, Henry?
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  Speaker 4: What brought this on? I don't know. We were sitting
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  Speaker 4: here discussing the diamond and... The diamond! The diamond. What
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  Speaker 4: about it?
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  Speaker 10: It was right here on the desk. It's disappeared.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Lamont, someday, sometime, we're going to go someplace
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  Speaker 3: where we'll actually spend two consecutive days when absolutely nothing happens.
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  Speaker 4: Margot, tell the truth now. You'd be bored to death.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I suppose I would. It's the fire horse in me,
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  Speaker 3: I guess. Come on, what do you make of this thing?
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  Speaker 4: It's undoubtedly murder. The killer made off with a Harvey diamond.
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  Speaker 3: Well, why did Mr. Barton raise such a fuss about
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  Speaker 3: calling the police?
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  Speaker 4: I'm not sure. Probably didn't want his name dragged into
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  Speaker 4: a bad mess.
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  Speaker 3: Incidentally, what's keeping the police? Why haven't they gotten here?
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  Speaker 4: We're out in the country, Margo. It'll take them some time.
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  Speaker 3: And meanwhile, we're faced with a familiar question. Who done it?
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Who.
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  Speaker 2: Margo.
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  Speaker 5: I think there's a partial answer to your question just
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  Speaker 5: leaving the back door of the house.
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  Speaker 3: Who is it, Lamont?
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  Speaker 4: I'm not sure, but it looks like our continental friend,
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  Speaker 4: Count Santo.
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  Speaker 3: Where's he going?
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  Speaker 4: My guess would be to the garage. Come on, we'll
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  Speaker 4: find out.
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  Speaker 3: Do you know something, Lamont?
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  Speaker 4: What?
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  Speaker 3: I don't think he's any more of a count than
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  Speaker 3: I am.
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  Speaker 4: Do you know something, Margot?
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  Speaker 3: What?
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  Speaker 4: Neither do I.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think he's trying to make a getaway?
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  Speaker 4: I don't think I know. Come on, we'd better hurry.
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  Speaker 3: Well, what are you going to do?
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  Speaker 4: Have a talk with Mr. Santo and find out why
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  Speaker 4: he's so anxious to leave here.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, but, Lamont, that's dangerous. If he is the murderer,
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  Speaker 3: he'll try to kill you, too.
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  Speaker 4: Don't worry, Margo. The shadow will take care of that.
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  Speaker 7: Well, some lugger's put the starter on the fritz.
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  Speaker 2: What was that?
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  Speaker 4: I wouldn't bother wearing out the battery, Count Santo. The
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  Speaker 4: ignition wires have been cut.
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  Speaker 2: Who is speaking to me?
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  Speaker 4: I am called the Shadow. Shadow? So you've heard of me, eh, Consanto?
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  Speaker 2: Heard of you? Why, why... I thought.
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  Speaker 4: Probably you had. My name is quite familiar to those
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  Speaker 4: of the underworld.
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  Speaker 2: Underworld?
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  Speaker 4: Never heard of that either, I suppose.
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  Speaker 2: Who are you? Where are you?
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  Speaker 4: I am right beside you. Here. In the shadows. Oh,
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  Speaker 4: don't try to look for me. You see, I have
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  Speaker 4: clouded your mind so you cannot see me.
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  Speaker 2: Well, what do you want of me, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Shadow? May I suggest first that you forget your accent?
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  Speaker 2: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 5: I mean that when the starter of your car didn't work,
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  Speaker 5: you had no difficulty with the English language at all.
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  Speaker 4: You're a pretty smart guy, aren't you, Shadow? That's better. Well,
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  Speaker 4: what do you want of me?
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  Speaker 5: I'd like to know why, after a robbery and a
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  Speaker 5: murder have been committed in the Barton house, you are leaving.
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  Speaker 4: It so hurriedly.
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  Speaker 2: That's my business.
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  Speaker 4: It's also mine.
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  Speaker 5: Now listen to me, Santo. Whatever your real name is.
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  Speaker 5: I'm seeing to it that you're not leaving this place
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  Speaker 5: until the police arrive. So you'd better tell me all
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  Speaker 5: you know about what happened.
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  Speaker 4: In the house. I don't know anything. You're lying, Santo.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm lying, but I still don't know anything.
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  Speaker 5: Then what were you doing here, under an assumed name,
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  Speaker 5: accepting the Barton hospitality?
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  Speaker 4: Shall I tell you?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, do, Shadow.
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  Speaker 4: You came to steal the Harvey Diamond.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, no, that's a lie.
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  Speaker 5: You'd better tell me the truth, Santo. There's been a
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  Speaker 5: murder committed tonight. The finger of guilt points straight at you.
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  Speaker 4: All right, Chateau.
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  Speaker 2: All right, I'll talk.
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  Speaker 7: But you're not hanging any murder rap on me, see,
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  Speaker 7: because I don't know anything about that.
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  Speaker 2: That's the truth.
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  Speaker 4: How did you become acquainted with the Bartons?
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  Speaker 2: I met them last year in Europe.
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  Speaker 7: I made them think I was a count because, well,
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  Speaker 7: that's my racket, see? When a sucker gets taken by nobility,
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  Speaker 7: they don't feel so bad about it. Well, the Bartons
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  Speaker 7: look like a soft touch, so I gave them a play.
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  Speaker 4: Go on.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't tap them for anything over there. I just
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  Speaker 2: had a hunch on them, that's all.
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  Speaker 7: I felt I could build them up for a bigger
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  Speaker 7: take later on.
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  Speaker 2: I was right.
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  Speaker 4: You mean the Harvey Diamond?
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  Speaker 2: I mean the Harvey Diamond.
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  Speaker 7: I read about old man Barton planning to buy it,
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  Speaker 7: so I looked him up again. I swung this weekend
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  Speaker 7: because I knew he'd be getting the necklace.
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  Speaker 4: I see. And you came up here to steal it?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: My plan was to wait till sometime late tonight. Then
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  Speaker 7: I'd grab the stones and make a getaway while everyone
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  Speaker 7: was sleeping. Let somebody else beat me to it.
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  Speaker 4: You wouldn't still be lying by any chance.
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  Speaker 7: Listen, Shadow, I'm a high-class, respectable jewel thief. Murder is
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  Speaker 7: out of my line.
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  Speaker 4: Even murder for the Harvey Diamond?
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  Speaker 7: You know, for a supposedly smart guy, you don't follow
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  Speaker 7: the ball too close, do you? I mean there's somebody
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  Speaker 7: else in that house who wanted that diamond. Somebody who'd
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  Speaker 7: kill for it.
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  Speaker 4: Who are you talking about, Santo?
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  Speaker 2: Well, maybe I'm not saying.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, Santo. I know enough about you to put
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  Speaker 4: you behind bars for life. Name the killer. Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: I'm speaking.
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  Speaker 4: Santo! Santo! Cut me.
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  Speaker 2: Cut me too.
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  Speaker 4: Who is it, Santo? Who is this murderer? It's... Mr. Miller. Lamont!
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  Speaker 3: Lamont, are you all right?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, Margot.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I was standing just outside the door and I
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  Speaker 3: heard the shot.
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  Speaker 4: Did you see anyone as you came in?
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  Speaker 3: No, but I heard footsteps running down the driveway.
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  Speaker 4: Lamont, is he.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he's dead.
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  Speaker 4: Come on, Margot.
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  Speaker 5: We've got to catch this killer before he makes a getaway.
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  Speaker 3: Did you learn anything from Santo?
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  Speaker 4: No. Just as he was about to.
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  Speaker 5: Reveal the murderer's name, the shots were fired.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Lamont, what's that?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, but it came from the house. Come on.
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  Speaker 3: What's happened now?
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  Speaker 4: What's up? What's the matter here?
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  Speaker 3: It's Skippy.
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  Speaker 4: What's happened to him?
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  Speaker 3: I left him sitting here on the porch. I came
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  Speaker 3: out and he was gone.
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  Speaker 10: Then I looked in the lane at the foot of
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  Speaker 10: the grounds and two men had him.
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  Speaker 7: They put him in a big sedan and drove away.
• 14:17
  Speaker 3: Skippy. Skippy's been kidnapped.
• 14:33
  Speaker 4: Well, Margo, how's little Skippy?
• 14:36
  Speaker 3: He seems to be well enough, Lamont.
• 14:37
  Speaker 4: Did you tell him I wanted to see him?
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: Yes, he'll be right down.
• 14:40
  Speaker 4: Oh, good.
• 14:41
  Speaker 3: Lamont, I can't understand. Why should anyone want to kidnap
• 14:46
  Speaker 3: the child and then let him go again two hours later?
• 14:49
  Speaker 4: I don't know.
• 14:51
  Speaker 5: In fact, Margo, I don't know or understand the happenings
• 14:54
  Speaker 5: of this entire night.
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: Police are out in the garage.
• 14:57
  Speaker 4: Oh? Did they find anything?
• 14:58
  Speaker 3: Well, they learned that the bullets that killed Count Santo
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: were fired through the back window.
• 15:02
  Speaker 4: That's a clever bit of deduction. I found that out
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: when the gun went off.
• 15:06
  Speaker 3: They also learned that Mr. Knight was poisoned.
• 15:08
  Speaker 4: Oh, I see.
• 15:09
  Speaker 5: They're making remarkable progress, aren't they?
• 15:13
  Speaker 3: Lamont, have you any suspicions at all as to who
• 15:16
  Speaker 3: killed Mr. Knight and Count Santo?
• 15:18
  Speaker 4: Well, there are only five of us left here in
• 15:20
  Speaker 4: the house... I didn't do it. And I'm reasonably certain
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: you didn't. Thanks. That leaves no one but the Bartons,
• 15:28
  Speaker 4: doesn't it?
• 15:28
  Speaker 3: Oh, Lamont, you're not saying that Mr.
• 15:30
  Speaker 4: Barton... I'm not saying anything, Margo. Yet.
• 15:33
  Speaker 6: Do you want to see me, Mr.
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: Cranston?
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: Oh, yes. Come in, Skippy. I'd like to ask you
• 15:37
  Speaker 4: some questions about what happened tonight.
• 15:39
  Speaker 3: You carry a gun.
• 15:41
  Speaker 4: I know, Skippy.
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: Why?
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: I guess you're not much of a detective, then.
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: Margo, do you mind leaving us men alone?
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, if that's the way you feel about it.
• 15:52
  Speaker 3: All right, I'll go down to the garage and see
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: if the detectives who do carry guns will talk to him.
• 15:56
  Speaker 4: Oh, no, Margo, I didn't mean that.
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: Skippy, if he tries to give you the third degree,
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: you just call out and I'll come a-running.
• 16:04
  Speaker 4: Well, Skippy, now let's see.
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: What was it Miss Lane said you'd give me, Mr.
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: Cranston? Oh, nothing, Skippy. But she said you'd give me...
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: Let's forget what she said now.
• 16:10
  Speaker 5: Instead, suppose you tell me exactly what happened to you.
• 16:13
  Speaker 8: Well, I was sitting on the porch, just like Mommy
• 16:15
  Speaker 8: told me, and then the first thing I knew, there
• 16:17
  Speaker 8: was a man standing beside me.
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: I see.
• 16:19
  Speaker 8: I got scared, and I started to call for Mommy,
• 16:21
  Speaker 8: but one of the men put his hand in my mouth,
• 16:22
  Speaker 8: and I couldn't. Did you ever try to call your
• 16:25
  Speaker 8: Mommy with a hand.
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: Over your mouth? No, no, I don't think I have.
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: What happened then, Skippy?
• 16:31
  Speaker 8: Well, he took me down to a car, and he
• 16:33
  Speaker 8: put me in the car, and we drove away.
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: And then we.
• 16:37
  Speaker 8: Hey, what was it Miss Lane said.
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: You'll give me?
• 16:39
  Speaker 4: She was only having fun with you, Skippy. Now tell me,
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: what happened next?
• 16:41
  Speaker 8: Well, they took me to an old, old house that
• 16:43
  Speaker 8: was right in the middle of a big, dark woods.
• 16:45
  Speaker 8: And they tied me up with rope and everything, and
• 16:47
  Speaker 8: then they went away.
• 16:48
  Speaker 4: And then what?
• 16:49
  Speaker 8: Then they came and got me and brought me back
• 16:51
  Speaker 8: here again.
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: Is that all that happened?
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Yep.
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: Well, what did they talk like?
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: Talk like?
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: Yes, what were their voices like? What did they talk about?
• 17:00
  Speaker 8: Oh, they talked awful funny. They didn't speak American at all.
• 17:03
  Speaker 8: And they had big, long knives.
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: Oh, I see. Kidnappers must have gotten scared and brought
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: you back. Well. Oh, here you are, Lamont. Well, Henry,
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: what's the matter? It's about the diamond. What about it?
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: It wasn't stolen at all. What do you mean? The
• 17:17
  Speaker 4: police were just searching the late Mr. Knight's clothing. They
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: came across this package.
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: Look.
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: What? Why, it's the necklace.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: I've just finished examining it, and there isn't a doubt
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: that this is the genuine stone. But the one that
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: was stolen. It was a copy of the original. It's customary,
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: you know, for all valuable gems to have imitation substitutes.
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: And Knight must have accidentally given me the wrong one first.
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: Then the murderer got nothing but a worthless imitation.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: Exactly.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: Do you know what this means, Barton? No.
• 17:42
  Speaker 5: When the killer discovers his mistake, he'll come back for
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: the original stone.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: That so? He might have that. Well, if he does,
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: I'll be ready for him. I have a better idea.
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: You can take this offer for what it's worth, but
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: I'd be glad to keep the necklace for you until morning.
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: Well, that's very kind of you, Lamont, but.
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: I know it's a rather large order asking you to
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: trust me with such a priceless jewel, but.
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: I think you know me well enough.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, yes, of course, but.
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: Good. Then let me have it.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Oh, now look here.
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: That's fine. We can bring it into your vault in
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: town in the morning.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: No, I shouldn't do this.
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: I wonder who left the dog in the house.
• 18:14
  Speaker 8: I like to play with the dog, Daddy. When I
• 18:16
  Speaker 8: kick him, he makes a funny noise.
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: Don't ever let me catch you doing that or I'll
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: take him away from you. Major. Now, Major, get out
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: of here.
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: What, Daddy?
• 18:22
  Speaker 6: I'm going to kick him.
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: Daddy! Major, Major, stop screaming, Skippy. I've got to run.
• 18:28
  Speaker 4: You'll either have to get rid of Skippy or the dog.
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: And I'd suggest... Yes, I know. But for the time being,
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: the dog is out of this house and stays out now. Quiet, Skippy. Oh,
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: excuse me, Lamont. Now, down, Major. Quiet now. Quiet. All
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: right now, Skippy. The dog's gone. It's all right.
• 18:45
  Speaker 6: Are you through talking with me, Mr.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: Cranston?
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: I guess so, Skippy. Unless you can think of anything
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: else to tell me.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: That's all.
• 18:52
  Speaker 6: Can I go upstairs to Mommy now?
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: You certainly can. And she has my good wishes.
• 18:57
  Speaker 8: I'm a little thirsty, too. Maybe I'd better have a
• 18:59
  Speaker 8: glass of water. There's some on that table over there.
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: Help yourself.
• 19:02
  Speaker 6: Would you like some water, Mr.
• 19:03
  Speaker 7: Cranston?
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: Why, thank you very much.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: There you are.
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: Ah, thanks. That water tasted funny.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: What's that? Dick!
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: I asked him not to do it. Why in the
• 19:33
  Speaker 4: name of thunder did I let him?
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: What do you mean, Henry?
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: Lamont was keeping the diamond for me. That's why he
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: was poisoned, it must be. The diamond, the real diamond,
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: is missing.
• 19:40
  Speaker 8: Daddy, what was the matter with Mr.
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: Cranston? He looked so funny when you carried him upstairs. Hi, Skippy.
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: Why didn't that doctor come down? Why must he be
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: so long?
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: Now, Margot. Doctor, how is he? I'm afraid I have
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: bad news for you.
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: No.
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: No.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Mr. Cranston is dead.
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: No, he can't be. I don't believe it. Where are
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: you going, Margot? I've got to see him. Come back, Margot.
• 20:02
  Speaker 6: I wouldn't go up there now.
• 20:03
  Speaker 10: Please, please, Margot.
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: Oh, the monster. Lamont, Lamont.
• 20:10
  Speaker 4: Take it easy, Margot.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: What? Did you.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: Shh, yes.
• 20:16
  Speaker 4: I spoke, Margot. Now, now, dear, take it easy.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: But the doctor said that you.
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: Yes, I know. He said I was dead.
• 20:24
  Speaker 5: I fooled the good doctor with a little trick of
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: suspended animation that I once learned. I'm sorry, darling, that
• 20:29
  Speaker 5: you suffered from my hulks. But it was very necessary.
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: Necessary enough to break me into pieces like this?
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: Yes, Margot, yes.
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
• 20:38
  Speaker 4: Just this.
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: As far as everyone downstairs is concerned.
• 20:42
  Speaker 4: I'm dead.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: You mean permanently?
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: No. Just for the next few minutes. Now, you've got
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: to help me with this.
• 20:49
  Speaker 6: How?
• 20:50
  Speaker 5: I want you to go back downstairs. Behave just as
• 20:53
  Speaker 5: you would have if I had really died.
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: Yes?
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: The shadow will join you down there. But first, you
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: must do as I say.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: Well, Margo?
• 21:10
  Speaker 3: I can't believe he's dead.
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: Who's dead, Mommy?
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: Mr. Cranston, Dad? Quiet, Skippy, please. Margo, why don't you
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: get some rest?
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: I don't want to stay in the house with a
• 21:19
  Speaker 6: dead man, Mommy.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: Please, can I go outside? Oh, that's a good idea, Skippy.
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: Why don't you? Oh, Helen, you can't let that boy
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: out of here after what happened to him before. But
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: I want to go out, Mommy. No, Skippy, Miss Lane
• 21:28
  Speaker 3: is right.
• 21:28
  Speaker 6: I don't care about Miss Lane.
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: I want to go outside.
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: Skippy, how dare you talk like that to your mother?
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: I'm going out.
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: No, you aren't, Skippy. Don't let go of me. I
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: want to get out.
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: What was that? I think you'd better stay right here, Skippy.
• 21:38
  Speaker 6: Daddy?
• 21:40
  Speaker 3: Who's talking to me?
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: I'm called the Shadow. Does my name sound familiar to you, Skippy?
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: No.
• 21:46
  Speaker 4: No. What are you doing here, Shadow? And why are
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: you trying to frighten this boy? Because, Mr.
• 21:51
  Speaker 5: Barton, this boy, as you call him, is at the
• 21:53
  Speaker 5: bottom of everything that's happened here tonight.
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: What do you mean?
• 21:55
  Speaker 5: I mean that he is the murderer of Mr. Knight
• 21:57
  Speaker 5: and Count Santo and the thief who stole the Harvey Diamond.
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: That's preposterous. How could a child... Skippy's not a child, Mr. Barton.
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: Skippy hasn't been a child for many years. Not a child? No.
• 22:07
  Speaker 4: He's a midget. What?
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: Oh, I don't believe.
• 22:09
  Speaker 6: Daddy.
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: Daddy, what's he saying about me?
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: If you don't believe me, Mr. Barton, then I suggest
• 22:12
  Speaker 5: you look in his jacket pocket. I think you'll find
• 22:15
  Speaker 5: the missing necklace.
• 22:16
  Speaker 4: But I... Go on.
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: Look.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: Daddy, please.
• 22:18
  Speaker 4: I want to go out.
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: I don't like that man.
• 22:19
  Speaker 4: Come here, Skippy.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: No.
• 22:21
  Speaker 4: Why don't you let him search you, Skippy? Well, Skippy,
• 22:23
  Speaker 4: there's no harm.
• 22:24
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 22:25
  Speaker 6: Keep away from me, all of you.
• 22:26
  Speaker 3: Look out. Henry's got a gun.
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: Yes, and I'll use it on the first one of
• 22:29
  Speaker 6: you that makes a move. Let me warn you, Mr.
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: Shadow.
• 22:32
  Speaker 6: I can't see you. But if you lay a hand
• 22:35
  Speaker 6: on me, I'll get these people.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: Before you get me.
• 22:37
  Speaker 4: Skippy, what are you saying?
• 22:37
  Speaker 8: All right, all right, can of Skippy stuff. From now on,
• 22:40
  Speaker 8: you can call me by my real name.
• 22:42
  Speaker 6: It's Mike. Mike Herati, see?
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: Mike Herati?
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: Sure, and I got your diamond, too, Mr. Barton, right
• 22:46
  Speaker 6: here in my pocket.
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: Put that gun down, Herati.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Not a chance, Mr.
• 22:49
  Speaker 4: Shadow.
• 22:49
  Speaker 6: I'm getting out of here right now.
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: He's turned off the lights.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: So long, Daddy.
• 22:53
  Speaker 4: He's climbing out the window. We've got to stop him.
• 22:56
  Speaker 4: He's running across the lawn.
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: No, no.
• 22:58
  Speaker 4: No. Oh, I can't watch it! I'll go and help him.
• 23:04
  Speaker 4: I'm afraid that my karate is beyond help now, Mr.
• 23:07
  Speaker 6: Parton.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: Lamont, what made you suspect that Skippy wasn't a child?
• 23:20
  Speaker 5: Well, Margot, that kidnapping, for one thing. It was too
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: good to be on the level. It was arranged to
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: get him out of the house with the diamond. And
• 23:28
  Speaker 5: then when his confederates found out that he'd stolen the
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: phony gem, they brought him back again to steal the
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: real stone.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: Oh, I see.
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: And to clinch matters, I asked Barton to let me
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: keep the real necklace. And after I keeled over, after
• 23:41
  Speaker 5: apparently drinking the water, I felt.
• 23:43
  Speaker 4: Him take the jewel from my pocket.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: Nice business. Well, it wasn't a dull weekend.
• 23:50
  Speaker 4: I should say not.
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: Two murders and little Mike killed by the dog. You know, Lamont,
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: I'm going to have a funny attitude toward children from
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: now on.
• 23:59
  Speaker 4: Well, how's that?
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: Well, when I touch them on the cheek, I won't
• 24:03
  Speaker 3: know whether to pet them or feel for a beard.
• 24:05
  Speaker 9: The End.
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: Today's program is based on a story copyrighted by The
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: Shadow Magazine. The characters, names, places, and plot are fictitious.
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay.
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: The Shadow knows.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: The Shadow's Death Shows the Way concludes our visit to
• 25:04
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