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The Whistler - "The Killers" (Old Time Radio, 1943) · The Whistler | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: A young man convicted of killing his employer's family escapes
• 0:03
  Speaker 1: from an asylum and reaches an isolated southwestern farm.
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: There, Mrs.
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: Atkins, her sister Ellen, and her niece Della are already
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: facing money troubles and $ 1, 000 in cash from a land sale.
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: From CBS Pacific Network, this is The Whistler, The Killers,
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  Speaker 1: Episode 50, first heard May 1, 1943. Marvin Miller is featured,
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  Speaker 1: with J. Donald Wilson writing and directing, and Wilbur Hatch providing.
• 0:31
  Speaker 3: The series music.
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: The household's refuge is about to be tested by fear, identity,
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  Speaker 1: and greed. Now, back to the golden age of radio.
• 0:46
  Speaker 3: Have you heard the strange tales of the whistlers?
• 1:07
  Speaker 2: I'm the whistler.
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  Speaker 4: I know who you are. I know all about you
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  Speaker 4: and what you've done.
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  Speaker 5: You're trying to run away, but I'm going with you.
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  Speaker 3: Saturday night, and CBS presents The Whistler. I, the whistler...
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  Speaker 3: Know many things.
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  Speaker 6: For I walk by night.
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  Speaker 3: I know many strange tales, many secrets.
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  Speaker 7: Hidden in the hearts of men and women who have
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  Speaker 7: stepped into the shadows. And so I tell you tonight
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  Speaker 7: the story of The Killers.
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  Speaker 6: The rain beats down in torrent.
• 2:03
  Speaker 7: And during the brief flashes of lightning, a certain stone
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  Speaker 7: building stands out in the darkness of the night. The
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  Speaker 7: courthouse of a county in a southwestern state. A murder
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  Speaker 7: trial has come to a conclusion. A sensational trial in
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  Speaker 7: which the young killer has been tried and convicted of
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  Speaker 7: the brutal slaying of five people. His employer, Farmer Atkins,
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  Speaker 7: and Atkins' entire family. The defense, appointed by the state,
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  Speaker 7: contended that the slayer was insane. Now the killer stands
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  Speaker 7: before the judge.
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  Speaker 8: The jury has found that on the night of September 13th,
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  Speaker 8: the entire Atkins family was brutally slain with a meat
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  Speaker 8: cleaver wielded by the defendant, Joe Nichols. In the absence
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  Speaker 8: of sufficient motive other than the $ 20 found on the defendant,
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  Speaker 8: the defendant was placed under observation by the state psychiatrist.
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  Speaker 8: And the said state psychiatrist found the defendant suffering from
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  Speaker 8: dementia precox. Therefore, it is the duty of this court
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  Speaker 8: to commit the defendant to the state institution for the insane.
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  Speaker 2: And so, Joe Nichols.
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  Speaker 7: Was taken to the state asylum, there to be placed
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  Speaker 7: under observation and treatment. Now let us travel south in
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  Speaker 7: the same state to a certain farm, a farm belonging
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  Speaker 7: to the widow Agatha Mayberry. There's no connection whatever between
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  Speaker 7: Agatha Mayberry and the insane killer Joe Nichols, but let
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  Speaker 7: us go to the farm anyway. Agatha's husband died three
• 3:32
  Speaker 7: years ago and left her with a rather large farm.
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  Speaker 7: At first, she managed things very well, But then came
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  Speaker 7: the war, and hands became scarcer and scarcer. Then Agatha's
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  Speaker 7: sister Ellen came to live with her, and Ellen's daughter,
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  Speaker 7: a lazy girl named Della.
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  Speaker 9: Storm is coming up stronger now. Did you get those
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  Speaker 9: calves in like I told you, Della?
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  Speaker 4: What did you say, Aunt Agatha?
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  Speaker 9: Get your nose out of that magazine and you can
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  Speaker 9: hear me.
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  Speaker 4: Aunt Agatha wanted to know if you looked after.
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  Speaker 9: The calves, darling. No.
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  Speaker 4: No, I forgot.
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  Speaker 5: You'll have to excuse Della.
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  Speaker 4: She just can't get used to this sort of life
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  Speaker 4: in so short a time.
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  Speaker 9: We've both been here almost a year. Give her time, Agatha.
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  Speaker 9: Give her time. I'll give her time. Get out there, Della,
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  Speaker 9: and see if those calves are under shelter.
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  Speaker 4: I might catch my death of cold in this storm.
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  Speaker 9: Those calves are worth more than you are. Go on.
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  Speaker 2: She's frightened to death of lightning, Agatha.
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  Speaker 9: I don't think she's frightened of anything.
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  Speaker 3: Why don't you hire a man to do these things?
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  Speaker 9: Wish I could. Men are scarce these days, all in
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  Speaker 9: the arms.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, poor baby.
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  Speaker 9: Poor baby.
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  Speaker 4: You stay here.
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  Speaker 9: I'll go and see to the cab. You'll do no
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  Speaker 9: such thing, Ellen. Stay here and take care of your baby.
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  Speaker 9: And I'll attend to the cab. Well, you'll be all
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  Speaker 9: right just as soon as the storm's over.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah?
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  Speaker 9: Well, you've got to do something around here, Della. At
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  Speaker 9: least you can wash the dishes.
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  Speaker 4: But I dried them yesterday.
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  Speaker 9: Don't hurt your beautiful hands. Anyway, I've got to do
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  Speaker 9: something around here under these conditions.
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  Speaker 5: You need a man.
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  Speaker 4: You need a farmhand.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, but I can't get one. Well, the only thing
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  Speaker 9: I can do is to get rid of some of
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  Speaker 9: this land. Sell it to someone who can handle it. Well, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Dalton made you an offer for part of Patagaster.
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  Speaker 9: He offered to buy some. Yes, I know. And he
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  Speaker 9: can handle it. He has a couple of sons. And
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  Speaker 9: a daughter who isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
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  Speaker 9: How much do you think he'd pay for it? Oh,
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  Speaker 9: I don't know. But I'm going to find out.
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  Speaker 4: Agatha, where are you going?
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  Speaker 9: I'm going to see Mr. Dalton, my neighbor. If I
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  Speaker 9: can make a deal, I'll make it tonight.
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  Speaker 4: But it's storming, Aunt Agatha.
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  Speaker 9: I've been in storms before. I'll drive over there and
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  Speaker 9: be back in an hour. I'm not a sissy. Go
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  Speaker 9: on to bed, Della, and pull the covers over your head.
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  Speaker 4: Aunt Agatha is selfish.
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  Speaker 2: She's mean.
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  Speaker 10: All she thinks about is this farm and work, work.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know anything about a farm. I can't learn.
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  Speaker 9: I won't. You don't belong on a farm, Della. It
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  Speaker 9: doesn't suit you.
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  Speaker 4: I won't herd animals.
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  Speaker 1: I won't milk cows.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, there, there, darling.
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  Speaker 2: Don't cry.
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  Speaker 9: Mother understands.
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  Speaker 2: No one understands me.
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  Speaker 5: I won't be a slave.
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  Speaker 4: And I guess they're trying to make a slave of me.
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  Speaker 10: There are people.
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  Speaker 4: For such work. There are men for such things. But
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  Speaker 4: men are scared, darling.
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  Speaker 2: Men are scared.
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  Speaker 5: Then we'll leave.
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  Speaker 9: We won't put up with this.
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  Speaker 2: How can we.
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  Speaker 1: Leave, baby?
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  Speaker 9: We have no money.
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  Speaker 8: No money.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I won't take care of animals.
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  Speaker 5: I'm going to be a model.
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  Speaker 4: I should be in New York or in Hollywood.
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  Speaker 9: No, no, darling.
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  Speaker 4: Don't let yourself get excited. You're insensitive. I hate her.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, please, Della, darling. Calm yourself.
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  Speaker 4: Who does she think she is ordering me around like
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  Speaker 4: a slave?
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  Speaker 9: I won't stand for it.
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  Speaker 4: Mind you, the old fool, I hate her. I don't
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  Speaker 4: mean a word you say, darling. You're just upset now.
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  Speaker 4: Please try and relax.
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  Speaker 2: Please.
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  Speaker 7: While Della, poor little Della, sobs and sobs in a
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  Speaker 7: fit of hysteria, Aunt Agatha drives on through the raging
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  Speaker 7: storm and ten minutes later falls to a stop in
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  Speaker 7: front of her nearest neighbor's house, the house of Farmer Dalton.
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  Speaker 9: Anybody home? Dalton.
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  Speaker 11: Well, land of mercy, Agatha Mayberry.
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  Speaker 2: Come on in, come in, come in, come in.
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  Speaker 9: You must think I'm kind of crazy running around on
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  Speaker 9: a night like.
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  Speaker 2: This, Mr. Dalton. Well, there must be a reason for it, Agatha.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, there is. I want to talk business.
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  Speaker 2: Business? All right, what's on your mind all of a sudden?
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  Speaker 9: You want to buy the east half of the farm?
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  Speaker 2: Why, sure, I told you I did.
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  Speaker 9: What was your offer?
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  Speaker 3: $ 2, 000.
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  Speaker 2: Well....
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  Speaker 9: That's a little low, don't you think?
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  Speaker 11: Well, perhaps, but what are you going to be able
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  Speaker 11: to do with it?
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  Speaker 2: You ain't got no menfolk around. You'll have to let
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  Speaker 2: it go to grass.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, I know that. But if we could only get
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  Speaker 9: a few women to give up their fancy manicures and
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  Speaker 9: long fingernails, it wouldn't hurt them any, I know. I've
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  Speaker 9: tried it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right about that, Agatha.
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  Speaker 9: Well, let's get down to business. You'll give me $ 2, 000
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  Speaker 9: for the east half of my land?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right.
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  Speaker 9: Well, it's a deal.
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  Speaker 2: Good. Shake. Now, how do you want it?
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  Speaker 9: Well, how are you prepared to handle it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you.
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  Speaker 11: I collected $ 1, 000 cash from Henry Jacobs late this afternoon.
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  Speaker 11: It was too late to put in the bank. So
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  Speaker 11: I'll just give you that cash and a note for
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  Speaker 11: 12 months on the balance.
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  Speaker 9: All right, fair enough. Make out the note.
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  Speaker 12: All right. I, John Dalton, in consideration, in the sum
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  Speaker 12: of $ 1, 000. Well, there you are, Raggedup.
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  Speaker 9: I see. Well, shouldn't we have a witness to this transaction?
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  Speaker 2: If you want it that way, sure. Oh, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 13: I just wanted to thank you, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Dalton. That was a swell supper. Oh, come in here
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  Speaker 2: a minute. I want you to do something.
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  Speaker 9: Sure. Sure.
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  Speaker 2: Anything to say, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Dalton?
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  Speaker 12: What can I do?
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  Speaker 11: Joe, this is Mrs. Agatha Mayberry, my neighbor of the West.
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  Speaker 11: She just told me the east half of her land
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  Speaker 11: I'm paying her.
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  Speaker 2: Half cash and the other half on a 12-month note.
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  Speaker 2: I'd like you to witness that note, would you? Is
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  Speaker 2: that necessary? Oh, I don't know, but that's the way
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  Speaker 2: Agatha wants it.
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  Speaker 7: Very well, I'll witness it.
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  Speaker 2: There you are. Oh, thanks, Joe.
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  Speaker 9: And who is this man?
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  Speaker 11: Well, Joe came here today, early this morning, and he's
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  Speaker 11: Worked like a dog all day, done ten men's work, and.
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  Speaker 2: That's something I can't understand.
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  Speaker 9: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 11: Well, he's been discharged from the Army because of a
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  Speaker 11: physical reason. He's a 4F, but certainly didn't show any
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  Speaker 11: bad signs today.
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  Speaker 2: I can still do a lot of useful things.
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  Speaker 9: I thought you had enough men around here to handle things.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I have, but he was broke and hungry.
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  Speaker 9: Well, if you don't really need him, how about lending
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  Speaker 9: him to me? I could use him.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, that's right. You could.
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  Speaker 11: He's got a farm and not a man on the place, Joe.
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  Speaker 2: How about it, huh? Sure. Sure, I'd be glad to
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  Speaker 2: help her. Fine, well, you go on with Mrs. Mayberry.
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  Speaker 2: She really needs help, Joe.
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  Speaker 11: She lives alone with her sister and her young niece,
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  Speaker 11: and they can't help her much, but you can.
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  Speaker 9: It's a deal.
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  Speaker 13: Right.
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  Speaker 11: Well, here's your $ 1, 000 cash, Agatha, and the note.
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  Speaker 2: Next payment's due in 30 days. I'll have it there.
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  Speaker 9: I'm not worried about you, John. See you later.
• 10:37
  Speaker 2: Well, now, you better keep an eye on me. I'm
• 10:39
  Speaker 2: a strange sort of critter. I forget sometimes.
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  Speaker 9: Well, come along, young man. It's getting late, and the
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  Speaker 9: storm's getting worse.
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  Speaker 13: Yes, yes, I know.
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  Speaker 9: Are you alone?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Good night, Mr. Dalton. And thanks for everything. Now, Joe.
• 11:08
  Speaker 9: Did you say your name was?
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  Speaker 2: I didn't say. But my name's Joe. Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 9: Ever do any farm work, Joe?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I've done a little. Here and there.
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  Speaker 9: You're sure welcome.
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  Speaker 13: Why did you sell half of your farm?
• 11:21
  Speaker 9: Because I couldn't take care of it.
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  Speaker 2: You sold it short, didn't you?
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  Speaker 9: Yep, $ 2, 000, and it's really worth $ 4, 000. He gave me $ 1, 000
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  Speaker 9: cash and this note for the balance.
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  Speaker 13: Aren't you worried about carrying $ 1, 000 in cash?
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  Speaker 9: No, why should I be worried?
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  Speaker 13: Oh, I don't know, but it's kind of risky.
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  Speaker 12: Is it?
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  Speaker 2: Aren't you afraid of me?
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  Speaker 9: No, I'm not afraid of anyone.
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  Speaker 2: No? Well, that's good.
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  Speaker 9: How long have you been out of the Army?
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  Speaker 13: Three days over four months. I was wounded in Bataan.
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  Speaker 13: But I can do lots of things even if I
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  Speaker 13: am discharged.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I'm glad to have you. Glad to have anyone
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  Speaker 9: who can do anything.
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  Speaker 2: Dark road, isn't it?
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  Speaker 9: Yep. No one could drive on it if they didn't
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  Speaker 9: know it.
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  Speaker 2: Any crossroads?
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  Speaker 9: No, none.
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  Speaker 2: How much farther is your place?
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  Speaker 9: About two miles.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that far. Big farms.
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  Speaker 9: What do you think of that? Must have gotten wet
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  Speaker 9: after all.
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  Speaker 2: That's what it sounds like.
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  Speaker 9: I hope it keeps going. I'd hate to have to
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  Speaker 9: walk the rest of the way in this storm.
• 12:26
  Speaker 2: That mud?
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  Speaker 13: Yeah, that wouldn't be good, would it? Maybe you'd better
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  Speaker 13: stop and let me have a look under the hood.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 9: Shall I turn off the motor?
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: No, no, no, not yet.
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  Speaker 13: Oh, your fan isn't working. The belt's slipping and your
• 12:44
  Speaker 13: motor's too hot.
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  Speaker 9: Well, can you fix it? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I can
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  Speaker 9: fix it.
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  Speaker 3: Have you got a wrench?
• 12:51
  Speaker 9: Yes, in that door pocket.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Here we are. This will do it. Turn
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  Speaker 2: it off. Well?
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  Speaker 9: What are you staring at?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I was just.
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  Speaker 7: Thinking what a brave woman you are to be riding
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  Speaker 7: around alone on a night like this with a thousand
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  Speaker 7: dollars in cash.
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  Speaker 9: Oh.
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  Speaker 4: Seems to me Agatha's been gone quite a while, Della.
• 13:23
  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 4: Been almost an hour. Maybe she got stuck or something
• 13:27
  Speaker 4: happened to the car. It would be right if it did.
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  Speaker 10: I don't care if she never comes back.
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  Speaker 2: Della, what are you saying?
• 13:33
  Speaker 9: You don't mean that.
• 13:35
  Speaker 10: Well, maybe not. But I was just thinking. So were you,
• 13:40
  Speaker 10: but you won't admit it.
• 13:42
  Speaker 2: Admit what?
• 13:43
  Speaker 4: If she didn't come back, why?
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  Speaker 10: Then we could leave here. We could go to New
• 13:47
  Speaker 10: York or Hollywood and I could follow my career.
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  Speaker 13: How?
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  Speaker 4: Well, we could sell the farm and everything. I had
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  Speaker 4: plenty of money to live on until I got started.
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  Speaker 9: We sell the farm?
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  Speaker 4: Don't be so dumb, Mother. Wouldn't you inherit all her property?
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  Speaker 9: Don't talk like that, Della. It frightens me.
• 14:02
  Speaker 10: I can imagine how frightened you are. You're not afraid
• 14:05
  Speaker 10: something has happened to her. You're afraid something won't.
• 14:08
  Speaker 9: Be still.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
• 14:13
  Speaker 9: Getting worse?
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  Speaker 13: Yes.
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  Speaker 9: I'm going to hit the road slicker.
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  Speaker 2: Muddier.
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  Speaker 4: Be hard to keep from skidding.
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  Speaker 2: Stella.
• 14:20
  Speaker 9: Stella, don't open it. Who's there? It's all right.
• 14:25
  Speaker 2: Open the door.
• 14:26
  Speaker 9: Good news, maybe, Martha.
• 14:30
  Speaker 3: What is it?
• 14:31
  Speaker 8: Oh, it's mighty wet out here.
• 14:33
  Speaker 3: Are you Mrs.
• 14:34
  Speaker 2: Mayberry's niece?
• 14:35
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 14:36
  Speaker 2: What happened?
• 14:36
  Speaker 13: Well, she had a little trouble and.
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: Where is she?
• 14:38
  Speaker 9: Is she all right?
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: I'm her sister. No, don't close the door.
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  Speaker 13: She'll be along in a moment.
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  Speaker 12: Is she?
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: How did it happen?
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  Speaker 13: Well, the fan belt slipped and the motor got hot,
• 14:45
  Speaker 13: and then when she started down that steep hill, the
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  Speaker 13: car started to slide, and she went into a tree
• 14:51
  Speaker 13: at the bottom.
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  Speaker 4: I see.
• 14:53
  Speaker 9: Where is she now? Well, I got to the garage
• 14:55
  Speaker 9: on the right, and I've heard much from Agatha a little.
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: Agatha!
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: What?
• 15:00
  Speaker 4: She's all right.
• 15:00
  Speaker 9: Yeah, but I certainly had a time with that car.
• 15:03
  Speaker 9: What do you mean, all right?
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: Of course I'm all right. But we've talked.
• 15:06
  Speaker 9: Make some tea, Ellen. I'm frozen stiff. Who's this man? Oh,
• 15:09
  Speaker 9: this is Joe. Joe, this is my niece, Ella, and
• 15:11
  Speaker 9: this is her mother, my sister, Ellen.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: We've met.
• 15:13
  Speaker 9: We're going to have a man around here. Joe's a
• 15:16
  Speaker 9: new can. Maybe we'll get something done around here for
• 15:20
  Speaker 9: a change.
• 15:20
  Speaker 4: Did you make the deal with Mr.
• 15:21
  Speaker 12: Dawson?
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: Sure.
• 15:22
  Speaker 9: He paid me $ 1, 000 down. In cash. Balance monthly. Joe
• 15:27
  Speaker 9: here was witness to the deal.
• 15:28
  Speaker 4: Witness?
• 15:29
  Speaker 13: Yes, I happened to be at the Dawson's place.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: I worked there today. Your aunt said she needed a hand,
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: so here I am. You're going to stay here?
• 15:37
  Speaker 9: Of course.
• 15:38
  Speaker 4: Well, how nice.
• 15:39
  Speaker 13: Your aunt's a very brave woman to take a chance
• 15:41
  Speaker 13: riding with a stranger in a thousand dollars cash around
• 15:44
  Speaker 13: her neck.
• 15:45
  Speaker 9: Oh, I'm not afraid. I'm a pretty good judge of people. Well,
• 15:48
  Speaker 9: since you aren't going to make that tea, Ellen, I'll
• 15:50
  Speaker 9: do it myself. Sit down, Ellen, before you fall down.
• 15:54
  Speaker 9: Turn on the radio, Della. I want to hear the
• 15:55
  Speaker 9: news in a little bit.
• 15:59
  Speaker 5: Oh.
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: Are you married, Mr.
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: Joe? No.
• 16:07
  Speaker 4: You're not in the army?
• 16:09
  Speaker 9: I was.
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: Medical discharge.
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: You look powerful.
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: Yes, I am.
• 16:15
  Speaker 13: I wonder if you'd mind if I'd turn in.
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: Not at all.
• 16:19
  Speaker 12: Well, is there a separate building for the hands?
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: No, I suppose I know that they intend for you
• 16:23
  Speaker 4: to have a spare room up here. The end of
• 16:26
  Speaker 4: the hall.
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: I see. Well, good night, Mr.
• 16:29
  Speaker 4: My name is Donna.
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: Good night, Stella.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: Good night, Stella.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: Good night.
• 16:37
  Speaker 9: Good night, ma'am.
• 16:48
  Speaker 4: He's a bit odd, isn't he? I like him. He's
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: not bad looking, either.
• 16:55
  Speaker 14: A family with a meat cleaver. He was later found
• 16:57
  Speaker 14: to be insane and sentenced to the insane asylum. He
• 17:00
  Speaker 14: escaped last night and is believed to be heading south.
• 17:02
  Speaker 14: This man is dangerous, regardless of his seeming sanity, and
• 17:05
  Speaker 14: authorities are to be notified of any man answering his description.
• 17:08
  Speaker 14: He is five feet nine, dark brown hair, blue eyes,
• 17:10
  Speaker 14: and his name is Joe Nichols.
• 17:11
  Speaker 3: He was last seen.
• 17:12
  Speaker 9: Stella!
• 17:13
  Speaker 6: Stella!
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: It's him!
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: And his name is Joe Nichols!
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Yes, Stella.
• 17:23
  Speaker 12: His name is Joe.
• 17:25
  Speaker 7: Upstairs in that spare room is Joe, a mad killer.
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: That frightens you, doesn't it?
• 17:32
  Speaker 7: You and your mother and your aunt. Three women alone
• 17:34
  Speaker 7: in a house with a madman. And the man knows
• 17:37
  Speaker 7: about the thousand dollars.
• 17:40
  Speaker 3: What are you going to do, Della?
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: What are we going to do, Della? What will we do?
• 17:43
  Speaker 9: Quiet, Mother. I'll tell Agatha. Agatha should know.
• 17:46
  Speaker 4: Come back here and be quiet. Agatha should be warned.
• 17:49
  Speaker 5: Maybe she'll know what to do. Not a word, Wanda.
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: It would only frighten us. We've been called.
• 17:53
  Speaker 11: The police called somebody.
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: We can't. The phone isn't working.
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: It's gone dead.
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: Gone dead? Del, what do you mean?
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: What I said. I tried it earlier this evening.
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Well, when?
• 18:02
  Speaker 9: I don't remember.
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: You'll be still. Now go upstairs and go to bed.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: Go upstairs?
• 18:07
  Speaker 9: But.
• 18:08
  Speaker 13: No, Del, I can't.
• 18:09
  Speaker 9: We.
• 18:10
  Speaker 4: We've got to tell Agatha.
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: Go to bed.
• 18:11
  Speaker 12: But.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: But what if he should tell us? He knows about
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: that money.
• 18:17
  Speaker 5: I'd kill us all.
• 18:18
  Speaker 9: There's a gun in.
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: This table drawer. I can see both you, Roman, and
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: Agatha from this chair by the door. I'll stay here
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: in the dark until morning. Don't stand.
• 18:26
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: Go on upstairs before Agatha sees you.
• 18:30
  Speaker 9: Go on.
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: Well, where's everybody?
• 18:40
  Speaker 9: Where's Joe?
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: Said he was tired, so he went to bed.
• 18:43
  Speaker 5: Mother just went up.
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: After all, it is late, Aunt Agatha.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, right, it is.
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: You look tired, Aunt.
• 18:50
  Speaker 5: Yeah, she'd better.
• 18:50
  Speaker 9: What's the matter with you? What are you trembling about?
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: Trembling? I.
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: Well, I think I've taken cold.
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: A little chill.
• 18:59
  Speaker 13: I'll be off.
• 18:59
  Speaker 9: Better take some quinine and go to bed yourself.
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: Yes, but I haven't been sleeping well lately. I'll read
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: for a little while. And I'll be back.
• 19:07
  Speaker 9: I missed the news. What did it say?
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: It said that, uh, nothing's important.
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: Oh, I see.
• 19:14
  Speaker 9: Well, better drink some warm milk and go to bed. Bye.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: Good night.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: Good night.
• 19:28
  Speaker 7: Why didn't you tell her, Della? Do you really think
• 19:32
  Speaker 7: you can handle the situation? Do you think you can
• 19:34
  Speaker 7: cope with a madman? Your face grows more pale. Your
• 19:39
  Speaker 7: hands tremble. Della steps to the table, studies the phone,
• 19:45
  Speaker 7: then opens the drawer, takes the revolver, turns out the light.
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: and slips into the chair by the door. As the
• 19:55
  Speaker 7: hours pass, the storm increases to a fury. It is
• 20:01
  Speaker 7: three in the morning now, and Agatha sleeps soundly in
• 20:04
  Speaker 7: her four-poster bed. Then her door opens softly and a
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: tall figure steps into the room and slips to.
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: The side of Agatha's bed.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: A few moments pass. Then a hand.
• 20:16
  Speaker 7: Reaches toward Agatha's throat, removes the money bag.
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: Agatha opens her eyes.
• 20:23
  Speaker 9: What do you want?
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: What did you do?
• 20:27
  Speaker 8: The storm has reached its peak.
• 20:35
  Speaker 7: A few minutes later, it is passed over, leaving only
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: the fall of a light rain. Suddenly, Della stirs in
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: the chair beside the door. A figure is slowly, stealthily
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: coming down the stairs. Reaches the bottom and starts to
• 20:50
  Speaker 7: cross the room toward Della. She wakes breathlessly, then snaps
• 20:54
  Speaker 7: on the light.
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: Where were you going?
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: Why, I was, uh.
• 21:01
  Speaker 9: What are you doing down here? Where were you going?
• 21:03
  Speaker 13: Well, the storm woke me up and I got a
• 21:04
  Speaker 13: little hungry.
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: I thought I'd have a look in the kitchen.
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: You were headed the wrong way, Joe.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: Huh?
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: The kitchen is over there.
• 21:10
  Speaker 12: Oh, yes.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: Yes, sure. I guess I got turned around in the dark.
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: I don't think you were confused, Joe.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: What do you mean?
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: You had no intention of spending the night here.
• 21:19
  Speaker 5: And you weren't planning to start.
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: Work in the morning.
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: Of course I was.
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: I know who you are, Joe. I know all about you.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: What?
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: How do you know?
• 21:27
  Speaker 9: The radio.
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: There was a warning on the description. They said you
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: were in there.
• 21:32
  Speaker 7: And what are you going to do?
• 21:34
  Speaker 12: Phone the police?
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: No.
• 21:36
  Speaker 9: Phone the dead.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: Yes?
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: I'm not afraid. I understand you're a kind man.
• 21:43
  Speaker 12: What do you mean by that?
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: I don't condemn you. I sympathize with you.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: You do?
• 21:48
  Speaker 11: Yes.
• 21:49
  Speaker 13: If they know I'm in the vicinity, then I've got
• 21:51
  Speaker 13: to get out of here.
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: You've got a little money, haven't you, Joe?
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 21:56
  Speaker 4: Then I'm going with you.
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: You're going.
• 21:58
  Speaker 13: What do you mean?
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: I can't do that?
• 22:00
  Speaker 9: Yes, you can.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: You've got to.
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: Once we get across the state line, everything will be
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: all right.
• 22:04
  Speaker 13: State line?
• 22:05
  Speaker 12: I don't get it.
• 22:05
  Speaker 9: I've got to get away from here.
• 22:06
  Speaker 13: I've got to.
• 22:07
  Speaker 10: I'm being held here against my wishes.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: Held here?
• 22:09
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 22:09
  Speaker 4: They think I'm crazy, unbalanced.
• 22:11
  Speaker 6: Crazy?
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: You don't act crazy to me.
• 22:13
  Speaker 9: Neither do you.
• 22:14
  Speaker 4: But they've got some reason for keeping me here, and.
• 22:16
  Speaker 5: I can't stand it any longer. I've left before, but
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: I haven't got a cent, and they watch me like
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: a hawk.
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: Here are the keys to the car. I don't need
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: a car.
• 22:23
  Speaker 13: I can hide out better on foot. I don't want
• 22:26
  Speaker 13: anybody with me, especially a girl. And besides, I don't
• 22:27
  Speaker 13: intend to cross the state line.
• 22:28
  Speaker 9: But you're taking me with you. Nothing doing.
• 22:30
  Speaker 13: I'm getting out now while it's dark.
• 22:32
  Speaker 9: Wait a minute. What?
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: Shoot if I have. Open that door and go to
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: the garage. Now go on. Remember, you're a thief. If
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: I shoot you, they'll say nothing of it.
• 22:45
  Speaker 9: Straight ahead to the garage.
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: Come on.
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: Now, turn here.
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: This is the main highway.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: Well, why the main highway? I'd rather keep you beside me.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't.
• 23:01
  Speaker 9: Straight ahead.
• 23:05
  Speaker 8: Maybe they're right.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: Maybe you are not.
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: Are you crazy, Joe?
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: Certainly not.
• 23:09
  Speaker 8: Of course not.
• 23:10
  Speaker 9: Neither am I.
• 23:13
  Speaker 13: Where did this highway go?
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: To the state line.
• 23:16
  Speaker 13: Look, I'm in a tough enough spot as it is.
• 23:18
  Speaker 13: I'm not going to try and cross the state line
• 23:19
  Speaker 13: with a girl at this time of the morning.
• 23:21
  Speaker 4: I'll take care of it.
• 23:22
  Speaker 9: I know it.
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: Straight ahead.
• 23:24
  Speaker 9: What's that like?
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: I could wring your neck for this.
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: You're just the one who could do it.
• 23:30
  Speaker 13: I've got one chance in a thousand of getting over
• 23:32
  Speaker 13: that line.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: We'll make it all right. We'll make it. And keep
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: both hands on that wheel. I know what you're thinking.
• 23:39
  Speaker 12: I could send this car over, you know.
• 23:41
  Speaker 9: But you won't. Will you?
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: You.
• 23:48
  Speaker 9: Hey, look.
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: Red lights ahead.
• 23:49
  Speaker 4: State line.
• 23:51
  Speaker 13: One of the lights is swinging. They're signaling to stop
• 23:53
  Speaker 13: police officers.
• 23:54
  Speaker 12: Yes.
• 23:55
  Speaker 9: Faster, Joe, faster.
• 23:56
  Speaker 10: Go right on through them.
• 23:57
  Speaker 9: They'll never catch.
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: Us.
• 24:02
  Speaker 7: I said faster.
• 24:02
  Speaker 12: Hey, stop.
• 24:03
  Speaker 9: Stay back. Stop. We've made it. Keep going. Hey.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: What's wrong?
• 24:06
  Speaker 9: I don't know.
• 24:07
  Speaker 8: I don't know.
• 24:09
  Speaker 9: I think there's broken a.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: Fishing rod.
• 24:14
  Speaker 13: This old place can't take that to be done.
• 24:24
  Speaker 5: Oh.
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: Look back. Here they come.
• 24:27
  Speaker 13: Now I am stuck.
• 24:28
  Speaker 11: Don't move, Joe.
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: Right where you are.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: You little chap.
• 24:32
  Speaker 9: Don't you move or.
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: I'll shoot you.
• 24:39
  Speaker 8: Put up your hands, buddy.
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: All right, all right, all right.
• 24:43
  Speaker 8: What's the idea of running over the state line like that?
• 24:44
  Speaker 8: Didn't you see the lights?
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: Well, you see, I... Maybe he's colorblind, Tom. Thought they
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: were green.
• 24:49
  Speaker 8: He seems to be sober, all right. Let's see your
• 24:51
  Speaker 8: driver's license.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: I haven't got one.
• 24:53
  Speaker 8: Let's see your draft card.
• 24:55
  Speaker 13: I haven't got one that is with me.
• 24:58
  Speaker 8: Well, you hear that, Frank?
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: Who are you? Hey, hey, Tom. Look, slumped down in
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: the seat. The girl. Throw your light on her. Look
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: at her face, all bloody. Open the door.
• 25:10
  Speaker 8: She's been bashed in the mouth.
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute.
• 25:13
  Speaker 14: Is this your gun, buddy?
• 25:13
  Speaker 9: No, no.
• 25:14
  Speaker 8: What's this little pouch on the seat?
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: I don't know. Look, Tom. Look at the bills. Look
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: at the wad of money. Hey.
• 25:21
  Speaker 11: Hey.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: Hey, sister. Are you all right?
• 25:23
  Speaker 9: Huh?
• 25:24
  Speaker 2: It's all right, sister. We're state police.
• 25:26
  Speaker 12: Police?
• 25:27
  Speaker 8: What happened to him? It's him.
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: Who?
• 25:29
  Speaker 8: Who is this man?
• 25:30
  Speaker 5: He came to our farm last night. He robbed my
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: hat and made me come with him.
• 25:35
  Speaker 9: He kidnapped me.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: She's crazy.
• 25:37
  Speaker 14: She's a nut.
• 25:38
  Speaker 5: When we crossed the line, I tried to.
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: Scream and he hit me.
• 25:40
  Speaker 8: You don't know who he is?
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: No.
• 25:42
  Speaker 5: No, his name is Joe. I think he's the lunatic
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: who escaped from the asylum yesterday.
• 25:47
  Speaker 13: She's crazy, I tell you.
• 25:48
  Speaker 8: Get out of that car, buddy. You're coming to headquarters.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 25:59
  Speaker 8: Go on, miss. What happened then?
• 26:00
  Speaker 5: Well, after Mother and I heard the announcement on the radio,
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: I knew it was him. I couldn't call the police
• 26:06
  Speaker 5: because the phone was dead.
• 26:07
  Speaker 8: Why didn't you go for help?
• 26:08
  Speaker 4: Because he knew that Aunt Agatha had the money. I
• 26:11
  Speaker 4: was afraid to go because of what he might do.
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: I got Aunt's gun and sat by the door where
• 26:15
  Speaker 4: I could see him as he went into his room.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Yes?
• 26:17
  Speaker 5: But I must have fallen asleep because I waked up
• 26:21
  Speaker 5: just in time to see him.
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: Coming down the stairs and start to be.
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: Out of doors.
• 26:24
  Speaker 5: I turned on the light and He said he was
• 26:27
  Speaker 5: looking for the kitchen.
• 26:28
  Speaker 8: It was then you realized that while you'd been asleep
• 26:30
  Speaker 8: that he'd gone into your aunt's room, killed her, and
• 26:32
  Speaker 8: taken the money?
• 26:32
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: If I hadn't fallen asleep, I might have presented it.
• 26:35
  Speaker 4: I would have shot him.
• 26:37
  Speaker 8: Officer, you know this woman's crazy, don't you?
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: Crazy? Yes.
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: Yes, she told me so herself.
• 26:41
  Speaker 13: She said she was being kept a prisoner by her
• 26:43
  Speaker 13: aunt and her mother because they knew she was unbalanced.
• 26:45
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Well, maybe you're right, Joe.
• 26:48
  Speaker 8: Maybe she is crazy.
• 26:49
  Speaker 9: What?
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: What do you mean by that?
• 26:52
  Speaker 8: She's crazy.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 26:54
  Speaker 8: Crazy like a fox.
• 26:55
  Speaker 9: He's lying.
• 26:56
  Speaker 5: I never said I was crazy.
• 26:57
  Speaker 8: When Joe came to the farm and you realized he
• 26:59
  Speaker 8: was the escaped killer from the asylum, you decided to
• 27:01
  Speaker 8: take advantage of his being there and kill your aunt
• 27:03
  Speaker 8: so your mother would inherit the estate.
• 27:05
  Speaker 5: How can you say such a thing?
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: That's horrible.
• 27:07
  Speaker 8: You knew Joe would try to make a getaway when
• 27:09
  Speaker 8: you told him about the broadcast. You had the money
• 27:11
  Speaker 8: and the gun. You forced him to take you across
• 27:13
  Speaker 8: the state line. You knew we'd chase you and catch you.
• 27:16
  Speaker 8: You dropped the money bag in the seat and when
• 27:18
  Speaker 8: we caught up to you, you hit yourself in the
• 27:20
  Speaker 8: mouth with the gun button.
• 27:20
  Speaker 6: I didn't.
• 27:21
  Speaker 9: I didn't.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: Ah, yes, you did.
• 27:23
  Speaker 8: We know all about it. It was you who went
• 27:25
  Speaker 8: into your aunt's room, took the money, and hit her
• 27:26
  Speaker 8: on the head.
• 27:27
  Speaker 4: How can you say that?
• 27:28
  Speaker 8: Because your aunt saw you standing over her bed. She
• 27:31
  Speaker 8: called headquarters an hour ago.
• 27:35
  Speaker 6: She what?
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 27:36
  Speaker 8: You didn't hit her hard enough, Della. And you lied
• 27:39
  Speaker 8: about that phone. It was never out of order.
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: She isn't dead.
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: Oh.
• 27:48
  Speaker 6: But.
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: But this is ridiculous.
• 27:52
  Speaker 9: Why would I do such a thing? Oh.
• 27:55
  Speaker 4: He is an escaped lunatic!
• 27:58
  Speaker 9: A mad killer!
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: Why should I be accused of such a thing?
• 28:02
  Speaker 8: Bella, Joe Nichols was captured a half hour after the broadcast.
• 28:06
  Speaker 8: This man isn't Joe Nichols. He's Joe Davis, a deserter
• 28:10
  Speaker 8: from Camp Higbee. But I think he's ready to go
• 28:13
  Speaker 8: back and face the music.
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: Believe me, Lieutenant.
• 28:15
  Speaker 13: I thought I couldn't stand it there any longer.
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: So I ran away.
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: But after all this.
• 28:21
  Speaker 13: Well, just take me back to camp.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: It'll... It'll be like paradise.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: Well, there you are.
• 28:31
  Speaker 7: A strange story that might very well have ended disastrously
• 28:35
  Speaker 7: for Joe if Della hadn't slipped up on two things.
• 28:39
  Speaker 7: The telephone and the failure to learn if Aunt Agatha
• 28:42
  Speaker 7: was really dead. Even though Joe has not escaped his
• 28:45
  Speaker 7: escaped lunatic, he might very easily have been charged with
• 28:49
  Speaker 7: murder had it not been for the over-anxiety of the
• 28:51
  Speaker 7: vicious-minded Della.
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: Stella wasn't crazy.
• 28:54
  Speaker 7: She was just a selfish little fool with no thought
• 28:57
  Speaker 7: for anyone or anything except her own individual existence.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: There are a lot of you like that. Think it over.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: The End.
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: CBS has presented The Whistler. Original music for this production
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: was composed and conducted.
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: By Wilbur Hatch.
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: The Whistler is written and directed by J. Donald Wilson
• 29:41
  Speaker 3: and originates from Columbia Square in Hollywood. Next week, same.
• 29:47
  Speaker 7: Time, I, the Whistler, will return to tell you another
• 29:50
  Speaker 7: unusual tale.
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: Good night. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: We close the curtain on The Whistler, The Killers, first
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: broadcast May 1st, 1943. Follow The Whistler for more classic broadcasts.