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Lux Radio Theatre - "Alias the Deacon" (Old Time Radio, 1940) · Lux Radio Theater | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: July 1st, 1940, marked Lux Radio Theater's 270th broadcast on CBS.
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: This evening, Bob Burns returns to the role of Deke Caswell,
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  Speaker 1: known as the Deacon, from Universal's screen production of Alias
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  Speaker 1: the Deacon. At the Truxton County Fair in the Middle West,
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  Speaker 1: Deke's skill with a deck of cards and his respectable
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  Speaker 1: assumed identity draw him into the affairs of Phyllis and
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  Speaker 1: a small-town couple facing hard times. Helen Wood co-stars, with
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  Speaker 1: Cecil B. DeMille serving as host and producer. George Wells
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  Speaker 1: prepared the radio adaptation from the play by John B.
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  Speaker 1: Hymer and Leroy Clemens. Lux Radio Theater presents Alias the Deacon.
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  Speaker 1: And now, our story begins.
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  Speaker 2: Lux presents Hollywood. The Lux Radio Theater brings you Bob
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  Speaker 2: Burns in Alias the Deacon. with Helen Wood. Ladies and gentlemen,
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  Speaker 2: your producer, Mr. Cecil B.
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  Speaker 3: DeMille.
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  Speaker 2: Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Even in the 20th century,
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  Speaker 2: there's no telling where you'll run into Robin Hood, or
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  Speaker 2: under what name. Tonight, he's a long way from Sherwood Forest.
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  Speaker 2: He wears not a suit of Lincoln green, but one
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  Speaker 2: of modest black. He doesn't carry a longbow, but a
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  Speaker 2: deck of cards. And his name, known to every sheriff
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  Speaker 2: in the Middle West, is the Deacon. But don't be alarmed.
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  Speaker 2: Of all the gentry who deal cards with scientific knowledge
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  Speaker 2: instead of blind hope, the hero in our play, alias
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  Speaker 2: the Deacon, is the most charming and the gentlest. His
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  Speaker 2: coat may conceal a pair of aces, but beneath it
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  Speaker 2: beats a heart of gold. It's a part for Bob
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  Speaker 2: Burns if ever there was one. And so we followed
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  Speaker 2: the inspired lead of Universal Pictures by casting him in
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  Speaker 2: this radio adaptation of the screen success. It took a
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  Speaker 2: little persuasion, though, to get him here. Bob said he'd
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  Speaker 2: promised some fellow to go fishing with him. We got
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  Speaker 2: him to postpone his trip only by revealing a very
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  Speaker 2: special rendezvous for Trout. I'd been reserving that spot for
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  Speaker 2: a holiday of my own after finishing the picture Northwest
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  Speaker 2: Mounted Police. But I think Bob Burns in alias The
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  Speaker 2: Deacon will be worth the sacrifice. Wherever the deacon alights
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  Speaker 2: from his private car, any passing truck, injustice is on
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  Speaker 2: its way to defeat, and romance runs its proper course,
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  Speaker 2: and certain petty tyrants are apt to start running too.
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  Speaker 2: Any play with Bob Burns in it is a friendly play.
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  Speaker 2: But another kind of friendliness that we're very proud of
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  Speaker 2: is your loyalty to our product, Lux Flakes. You've never
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  Speaker 2: let us down yet, and I know Lux Flakes will
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  Speaker 2: never let you down. Now I'm sure you're anxious to
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  Speaker 2: meet the deacons. so we'll raise the curtain on the
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  Speaker 2: first act of Alias the Deacon, starring Bob Burns in
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  Speaker 2: the title role and Helen Wood as Phyllis. The Truxton
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  Speaker 2: County Fair, somewhere in the Middle West. It's Saturday afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: and a holiday crowd jams the midway, gazing in awe
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  Speaker 2: at the world's greatest collection of freaks. Gasping as the
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  Speaker 2: high diver plummets into the tank, Meanwhile, clutching tightly to
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  Speaker 2: their breasts, they're hard-earned baby dolls and canes. In a
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  Speaker 2: secluded corner of the grounds, another attraction holds forth, a
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  Speaker 2: quieter and more intimate form of entertainment. For here is
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  Speaker 2: where Deke Caswell, alias the Deacon, has set up his
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  Speaker 2: temporary stand. To collect his crowd, the Deacon plays a
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  Speaker 2: mournful tune on a mournful-looking instrument. And as the curious
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  Speaker 2: gather around, knowing farmers hold on to their pocketbooks. They've
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  Speaker 2: seen men like the deacon before.
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  Speaker 4: All right, dear, we're going. We're going, darling.
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  Speaker 3: Wait a minute, lady. You don't have to leave. That
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  Speaker 3: baby ain't disturbing me.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, he ain't, ain't he?
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  Speaker 5: Well, you're disturbing him.
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  Speaker 4: Don't cry.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I guess everybody ain't got the same taste for music, folks,
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  Speaker 3: but there's one sound that's music to everybody's ears. That's
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  Speaker 3: the music of jingling coins. Of course you have to
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  Speaker 3: have the coins to jingle. Well, that's where I come in. Gentlemen,
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to give each and every one of you
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  Speaker 3: a chance to win some of these coins right now.
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  Speaker 3: I have here in my hand three ordinary everyday playing cards.
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  Speaker 3: The ace, the deuce, and tray of diamonds. I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to shuffle these cards a little and lay them face
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  Speaker 3: down here on the stand. Now all you got to do, gentlemen,
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  Speaker 3: is watch where I put the ace. Why, it's a
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  Speaker 3: simple honestly. Sometimes I'm right ashamed of myself. Here we
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  Speaker 3: go now. Watch it closely. One, two, three. Which one
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  Speaker 3: is the ace? Anybody like to try it?
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  Speaker 6: I'll bet a half a dollar.
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  Speaker 7: All right, brother.
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  Speaker 3: No amounts too big or too small.
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  Speaker 6: That's the ace.
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  Speaker 8: That one there.
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  Speaker 3: Let's see now. Well, well, brother. I guess you wasn't
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  Speaker 3: watching very close that time. You picked the trade.
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  Speaker 6: That's funny.
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  Speaker 3: Who'll be the next red-blooded gentleman? Watch it closely now.
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  Speaker 3: As many can play as want to. Just put your
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  Speaker 3: money on the card and be sure it's the right one.
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  Speaker 5: I saw it.
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  Speaker 9: Right here.
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  Speaker 10: Me too.
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  Speaker 7: There's my money.
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  Speaker 3: Only one way to find out, gentlemen. Turn up the
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  Speaker 3: cards you bet on. Well, well, what do you know
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  Speaker 3: about that? I win again. All right, now, who'll be
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  Speaker 3: the next? Just a minute, you.
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  Speaker 7: You're switching those cards around. You're crooked.
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  Speaker 3: I resent that. Do you deny it? No, I just
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  Speaker 3: resent it. All right, gentlemen, now, who'll take a chance?
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  Speaker 3: It's a simple, honest little game. Come on, folks, come on.
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  Speaker 3: Don't let me stand here talking to myself. I've heard
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  Speaker 3: all this before. How about you, brother? Like to try
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  Speaker 3: it once more?
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  Speaker 6: I hope you cleaned me.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's too bad. How much did I clean you for?
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  Speaker 6: Sixty cents.
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  Speaker 3: Well, brother, you wasn't very dirty, was you?
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  Speaker 10: I'll try it, mister.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, brother. Step aside here, folks. Let a gentleman
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  Speaker 3: in with courage and vision. Step right up, sir. Now
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  Speaker 3: all you got to do is pick the right car.
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  Speaker 10: Sure, I know.
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  Speaker 3: All right, now watch it. One, two, three, and away
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  Speaker 3: we go. Opportunities knocking, folks. A little risk and a
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  Speaker 3: big profit.
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  Speaker 10: I'll bet a dollar.
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  Speaker 3: A dollar. The gentleman bets a dollar. And which card
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  Speaker 3: is the ace, brother? That one.
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  Speaker 7: Right there.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm sorry, brother, but you guessed wrong. My, my,
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  Speaker 3: I sure thought you had me that time. Want to
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  Speaker 3: try it again? You're a real sport, brother.
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  Speaker 7: No, I ain't.
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  Speaker 10: I'm the chief of police.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I was... Huh?
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  Speaker 8: Huh?
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  Speaker 3: The chief of police.
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  Speaker 9: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 3: Well, brother, I guess that's one time I guessed wrong.
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  Speaker 10: All right, mister. You see that sign over there? Where?
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: You are now leaving Truxton. That's the sign you mean?
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, and the sign means you. Now, go on, beat it.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, Chief.
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  Speaker 11: Don't thank me. If the roof of our jail didn't leak,
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  Speaker 11: you wouldn't be getting off so easy. There's the bus
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  Speaker 11: depot right over there. Now, come on.
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  Speaker 10: The bus leaves in five minutes. Get on and stay on.
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  Speaker 3: Where does this bus go, if it's any of my business?
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  Speaker 3: Next town is Shelton, the county seat. Well, does your
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  Speaker 3: jurisdiction extend that far?
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  Speaker 10: No, it don't.
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  Speaker 3: Well, then you wouldn't mind if I stop over there
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  Speaker 3: long enough to give one of my educational lectures. Why, no.
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  Speaker 11: Even why I'm a friend of the sheriff to reserve
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  Speaker 11: a nice room with a southern exposure.
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  Speaker 3: Why, Phyllis.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, Chief Davis.
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  Speaker 10: What are you doing here?
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  Speaker 4: Waiting for the bus. I'm leaving Truxton.
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  Speaker 10: Fine night you picked for traveling.
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  Speaker 3: What's the idea?
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  Speaker 4: My job folded up.
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  Speaker 3: There's no reason for my staying here any longer.
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  Speaker 10: I guess not. Well, I hope things break better for
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  Speaker 10: you wherever you're going. Faith!
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  Speaker 7: Hey, you folks, you waiting for the bus?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, why?
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  Speaker 7: Well, I'm sorry, folks, but the road's washed out at
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  Speaker 7: the park.
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  Speaker 8: The bus will be about six hours late.
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  Speaker 3: You mean I have to spend six more hours in
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  Speaker 3: this broken-down hillbilly town? Why? Why, it'll be a pleasure, Chief.
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  Speaker 3: But maybe it's a pleasure I can skip. Where does
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  Speaker 3: that delivery truck go? Anybody know?
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  Speaker 7: Why, that's Johnny Sloan. They're going into Shelton, probably.
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  Speaker 3: Shelton, huh? Well, maybe I ought to have a talk
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  Speaker 3: with Mr. Sloan. Evening, young fella.
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  Speaker 2: Hello.
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  Speaker 10: Hello.
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  Speaker 3: Kind of bad night all around.
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  Speaker 7: I'll say it is.
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  Speaker 8: I've been driving through floods for two and a half hours.
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  Speaker 8: I've watered my motor and my gas tank. I got
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  Speaker 8: it in the carburetor and ignition, but not a drop.
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  Speaker 7: In my radiator.
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  Speaker 3: Say, I don't suppose I might ride along... No, I
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  Speaker 3: suppose not.
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  Speaker 10: Hey, Johnny, would you like to give someone a lift?
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  Speaker 8: I just told him no passengers. Company rules.
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  Speaker 10: Oh, I don't mean him. There's a young lady here that.
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  Speaker 7: Sorry.
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  Speaker 3: I guess the age of chivalry is dead.
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  Speaker 8: It is with the crane trucking company.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, come on, son. You can take a chance just
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  Speaker 3: this once.
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  Speaker 10: Why.
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  Speaker 3: Please don't trouble.
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  Speaker 8: I can wait. I'm sorry, lady, but I.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, are.
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  Speaker 8: Are you the person that wants a lift?
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  Speaker 4: Yes, but don't put yourself out for me.
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  Speaker 8: Why, no trouble at all. No trouble at all.
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  Speaker 7: You married?
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  Speaker 3: Me? No. Sweetheart?
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  Speaker 9: No.
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  Speaker 3: Family? A father, Mr.
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  Speaker 10: District Attorney.
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  Speaker 4: And he's... He and I are very little of your business.
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  Speaker 8: All right, all right, if you want to be the
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  Speaker 8: mystery lady. But aren't you afraid riding through the night
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  Speaker 8: this way with me? A guy you never met before?
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  Speaker 9: No.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, you're not, huh?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 8: What would you do if I stopped the truck on
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  Speaker 8: this lonely road?
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  Speaker 9: You wouldn't do that.
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  Speaker 8: Wouldn't I, though?
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  Speaker 9: No.
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  Speaker 8: Uh-huh, we'll see about that.
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  Speaker 3: Well?
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  Speaker 7: Well.
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  Speaker 10: You, uh.
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  Speaker 8: you're having any protection now?
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  Speaker 4: That's right.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, why don't you scream?
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  Speaker 4: I'm hoarse from last night.
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  Speaker 7: Okay, you win.
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  Speaker 8: But it's a good thing I have to be in
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  Speaker 8: Shelton by morning.
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  Speaker 3: Me too, son. Let's go.
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  Speaker 8: What in the.
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  Speaker 7: How did you get back there?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I just figured since you changed your mind about
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  Speaker 3: taking the little lady, you might change it about me too.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, I ain't as pretty as she is.
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  Speaker 7: All right, all right. Keep quiet about it.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, son.
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  Speaker 8: Well, this is Shelton.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks a lot, Mr.
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  Speaker 10: Sloan.
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  Speaker 7: It's all right.
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  Speaker 4: Tell me, you married?
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  Speaker 2: Me?
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  Speaker 7: No.
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  Speaker 4: Sweetheart?
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  Speaker 7: No, I....
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  Speaker 8: No, I haven't. And I won't have him to lend
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  Speaker 8: my kick. Reposes another $ 250. The same being the rest
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  Speaker 8: of the purchase price for the best little business opportunity
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  Speaker 8: in all Shelton.
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  Speaker 10: I see.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 8: In front of you, you see a guy who isn't
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  Speaker 8: going to be a truck jockey all his life. Shelton
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  Speaker 8: needs a first-class garage. And I got my eye on
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  Speaker 8: a place that with a little fixing will make the
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  Speaker 8: ones here now hang their grease racks in shame.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure it'll be a success. Well, goodbye.
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  Speaker 8: Hey, wait a minute. What are you going to do?
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  Speaker 4: Look for a job.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, uh.
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  Speaker 8: Will I see you again?
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  Speaker 10: Probably.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's good.
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  Speaker 8: You see, there's a lot of things we ought to
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  Speaker 8: talk about.
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  Speaker 3: Are there? Sure.
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  Speaker 8: A lot of questions I'd like to ask you.
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  Speaker 10: Questions?
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  Speaker 9: Like what?
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  Speaker 10: Oh, like, well.
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  Speaker 3: Say, where's the nearest barbershop?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, for the love of... Are you still here? Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 8: Well, what do you want?
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  Speaker 3: Just the nearest barbershop, that's all.
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  Speaker 8: Across the street.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, son. And thanks a.
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  Speaker 10: Lot for the ride. How about it, Sheriff?
• 11:37
  Speaker 9: One little tonic on the hair, Sheriff?
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  Speaker 3: Nope, just water.
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  Speaker 9: Sure, you're the boss, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 3: You're the boss. Make it fast, Henry. I'm a mighty
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  Speaker 3: busy man since oil was discovered in this town. Morning.
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  Speaker 10: Good morning. You're next.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, sir, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 9: It'd be nice if we could have an oil boom
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  Speaker 9: like this every year.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. There's been an awful lot of riffraff
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  Speaker 3: drifting into town.
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  Speaker 9: I bet you're keeping your good eye on all suspicious characters, eh, Sheriff?
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  Speaker 3: I'm keeping a special lookout for a card sharp they
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  Speaker 3: run out of Truxton heading this way.
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  Speaker 9: Is that so?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. I got a wire this morning. No tin
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  Speaker 3: horn gambler better show himself around here.
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  Speaker 9: Hey, mister, where are you going?
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  Speaker 3: I'll be back a little later.
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  Speaker 9: But I'm ready for you now.
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  Speaker 3: Just a minute, mister. Don't believe I've seen you around
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  Speaker 3: here before. I'm Yates, Sheriff Yates. Well, how do you do, Sheriff?
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  Speaker 3: I'm Caswell, Deacon Caswell. Well, how do you do?
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  Speaker 7: Deacon, eh?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, yes. I heard there was a lot of
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  Speaker 3: strange goings-on in this town. I figured I could do
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  Speaker 3: some good around here. As a matter of fact, Deacon,
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  Speaker 3: I think you could. Now, for instance, I happen to
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  Speaker 3: know there's a lot of gambling going on. Gambling? Tell me, Sheriff,
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  Speaker 3: where's the game? Well, I ain't sure yet. I kind
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  Speaker 3: of got my eye on the Clark Hotel. You have, huh? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Elsie Clark's place, just down the street. If my information
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  Speaker 3: is correct, there's a bridge game goes on there pretty
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  Speaker 3: near every day. Ain't it awful the way some folks
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  Speaker 3: get in? The rest of the picks are ours.
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  Speaker 4: You're down three, Elsie. My goodness, but you do get
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  Speaker 4: the cards, Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Gregory.
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  Speaker 7: I play the ones I.
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  Speaker 4: Get, Elsie.
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  Speaker 3: You certainly do, Mother.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, and us along with them. Well, ladies, I don't
• 13:15
  Speaker 4: like to break up the game, but I'm expecting Mr. Cunningham.
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  Speaker 4: How much do I owe this time? A little less
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  Speaker 4: than $ 35, Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Clark.
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  Speaker 4: $ 35? Oh, well, I'll get it out of the hotel safe.
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  Speaker 4: We'll go on with the game as soon as I've
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  Speaker 4: seen Mr. Cunningham.
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  Speaker 7: Dear me.
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  Speaker 5: Elsie's been having awfully bad luck, hasn't she?
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  Speaker 4: Of course, I can afford it, but Elsie.
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  Speaker 8: Well, I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: She can afford it, too, with a hotel like this. Well,
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  Speaker 4: as a matter of fact, I think trying to hold
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  Speaker 4: it is the reason she plays. She mortgaged the place
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  Speaker 4: to Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Cunningham before the boom came, and he's one of those
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  Speaker 8: men who likes to be paid.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, I've heard that about Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Cunningham.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I guess I'll have to step across to the
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  Speaker 4: bank for a minute. I'll be back in a few minutes.
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  Speaker 9: Don't be too long, dear.
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  Speaker 10: Mother, listen.
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  Speaker 4: Shh, now be quiet.
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  Speaker 10: I won't.
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  Speaker 4: How much longer do we have to keep these bridge
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  Speaker 4: games up? I'm getting sick of these women. We're going
• 14:05
  Speaker 4: to play until Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Cunningham gets this hotel.
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  Speaker 4: I don't see what Mr. Cunningham has to do with it.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I do.
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  Speaker 4: He happens to hold our mortgage, too. He told me
• 14:12
  Speaker 4: that anything I could do to help him get this place, well,
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: he said he wouldn't forget it. You mean he doesn't
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  Speaker 4: want Mrs. Clark to meet her notes? Mildred, be careful
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  Speaker 4: what you say, dear. It might be misinterpreted.
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  Speaker 3: Over there, Deacon. That's our hardware store. Jim Cunningham owns that. Cunningham, huh?
• 14:32
  Speaker 3: That the same Cunningham that runs the real estate office?
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: Same fella. Cunningham's a pretty important man in this town, Deacon. Mm-hmm.
• 14:38
  Speaker 3: You know, this is mighty friendly of you to show
• 14:41
  Speaker 3: me around like this, Sheriff. Seems to be a right
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: promising little town. Well, we've had so many undesirables drifting
• 14:47
  Speaker 3: in lately, it's nice to meet up with a better
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: class of newcomers. And that's nice of you to say, Sheriff.
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: It is indeed. Oh, not at all. Not at all.
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: This is the Clark Hotel right here, Deacon. I'll see
• 14:57
  Speaker 3: if we can get you a room. Go ahead, Deacon.
• 15:01
  Speaker 3: Thank you, brother.
• 15:02
  Speaker 7: Willie!
• 15:03
  Speaker 3: Customer here. Hello, Sheriff. Oh, where's your ma, Willie?
• 15:07
  Speaker 4: She's in the office.
• 15:09
  Speaker 5: Borrowing some more money from that old weasel, Jim Cunningham.
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: Now, Willie, Mr. Cunningham's been a good friend to your ma.
• 15:15
  Speaker 5: Sure. He was a good friend of Whitey Hoyt's ma, too.
• 15:19
  Speaker 5: Now he owns our property.
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: That so, Sheriff? Oh, you can't believe everything you hear.
• 15:24
  Speaker 5: Believe me, he wouldn't be coming around here with his
• 15:26
  Speaker 5: promises to pay if my pop was still alive. Well,
• 15:30
  Speaker 5: what kind of room do you want, Deacon? The $ 2
• 15:32
  Speaker 5: kind or the $ 3 kind?
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: Well, what's the difference?
• 15:35
  Speaker 4: Well, there's no difference. We've only got.
• 15:39
  Speaker 12: One room left.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: Well, I kind of wanted the $ 3 kind.
• 15:43
  Speaker 5: Gee, that's swell.
• 15:45
  Speaker 9: Hey, hey, kid.
• 15:46
  Speaker 6: Give me that key to me room, will you?
• 15:48
  Speaker 5: Here it is.
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: Ah, thanks, pal.
• 15:50
  Speaker 7: Oh, hiya, Sheriff. Hello, Bull.
• 15:52
  Speaker 4: Hey.
• 15:53
  Speaker 7: You gonna be down to fight Saturday? I'll kill that guy.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: Sure, I'll be there.
• 15:57
  Speaker 7: Oh, swell, Sheriff.
• 15:58
  Speaker 6: All right, Bull, all right. Let's get going.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: Huh? Going where?
• 16:01
  Speaker 6: We got some road work to do before lunch. Oh,
• 16:03
  Speaker 6: I was just gonna take a little nap. Come on,
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: come on. The guy that's promoting this match wants to
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: see some action. Get going. Road work, road work, all
• 16:10
  Speaker 6: the time, road work.
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: I'm getting sick of it. I didn't know you went
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: in for prize fights in this town, Sheriff. Well, we
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: don't usually, Deacon, but Mr. Cunningham is opening a new auditorium, and, well,
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: you know... I see.
• 16:24
  Speaker 4: And this new note covers all I owe you, Mr.
• 16:26
  Speaker 10: Cunningham.
• 16:26
  Speaker 7: That's right, Mrs. Clark. You can tear the others up.
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: Morning, Elsie.
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: Oh, hello, Sheriff.
• 16:31
  Speaker 7: Hello, Tom.
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: Hi, Mr. Cunningham. Folks, this is Deacon Caswell, Mrs. Clark,
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: and Mr. Cunningham.
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: How do you do, Deacon?
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: Pleased to meet you, ma'am. The Deacon's come to help
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: clean up the town.
• 16:42
  Speaker 7: Oh, is that so?
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: Well, I think I can clean up a little anyway.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: That's fine, Deacon.
• 16:48
  Speaker 7: Anything I can do for you, you just let me know.
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: Now, that's very kind, Mr. Cunningham.
• 16:52
  Speaker 7: I was... Good morning, folks.
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: Morning, Deacon.
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: Good morning, Mr.
• 16:55
  Speaker 10: Cunningham.
• 16:57
  Speaker 5: Ma, the Deacon wants a room. The $ 3 kind.
• 17:01
  Speaker 7: Oh, certainly.
• 17:02
  Speaker 4: Will you just come this way, Deacon? I've got a
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: nice room on the first floor. While you're in town, Deacon,
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: I'd like to have you meet our ladies' community league.
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: I'm sure you have a lot of things to tell us.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: Why, Mrs. Clark, you're a positive mind reader.
• 17:19
  Speaker 7: Elsie?
• 17:20
  Speaker 10: Oh, here you are.
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: We thought you were lost, Mrs.
• 17:22
  Speaker 10: Clark.
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: Deacon, this is Mrs. Gregory and her daughter, Mildred. Deacon Caswell.
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: It's a pleasure, ladies.
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: How do you do? Well, are we ready to play? Oh,
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, girls, but Mrs. Hawley isn't here, and.
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: Play?
• 17:34
  Speaker 9: Just a little bridge.
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: Nora. The deacon will think we've been gambling.
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: Oh, not at all, not at all.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: Perhaps you'd like to take Mrs. Hawley's place, deacon. Oh,
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: but I'm sure he wouldn't.
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: Well, now, I must confess, I have kind of puttered
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: around with cards on several occasions, just to make up
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: a foursome, of course.
• 17:51
  Speaker 9: Then you will join us.
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: Me? You mean for money.
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: Oh, well, now, it needn't be. We can play for nothing.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: Well, I don't... Oh, I guess I wouldn't mind playing
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: for some trifling stakes, just to be sociable.
• 18:04
  Speaker 4: Oh, that's so nice.
• 18:05
  Speaker 9: Of you, Deacon.
• 18:06
  Speaker 6: Well, it is indeed.
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: We'll only be about an hour.
• 18:08
  Speaker 10: An hour?
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: Well, I'd say that should be just about long enough.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: That's our trick, Deacon.
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: Is it, Mrs.
• 18:22
  Speaker 6: Clark?
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: Now, ain't that lucky?
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: Lay your card, please, Deacon.
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: Oh, certainly. You know, I guess we Caswells are all lucky.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: All except my uncle Canfield Caswell, that is. Whenever I
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: had him for a partner, I used to feel I
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: was living beyond my means.
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: If you don't mind, Deacon, this one is our trick.
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought that was my ace.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: I did have one that kind of resembled it.
• 18:45
  Speaker 6: Ten of diamonds.
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: Your play, Deacon. Mildred played the ten.
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: Hmm. A red one, huh? Mrs. Clark, I'm awfully afraid
• 18:53
  Speaker 3: I've messed this hand all up. I don't seem to
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: have any more red ones left. See?
• 18:59
  Speaker 4: Why, you've got nothing but Trump.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: Is that good?
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: Fair, Deacon.
• 19:04
  Speaker 6: Just fair.
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: Why, don't you see, Deacon? All the rest are ours.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: They are?
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: Oh, I guess I'll just never get to understand this game.
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: How much do we owe? Um, exactly $ 86.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: $ 86? Why, we've been gambling.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: Not with your luck, Deacon.
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: Come on, Milriddle.
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: Let's go.
• 19:22
  Speaker 10: Goodbye.
• 19:23
  Speaker 4: And thank you so much for helping us out, Deacon.
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: That's all right, ladies. I'm happy to have met you.
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: Well, here's your share of the winnings, Deacon.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: Why, Mrs. Clark, I couldn't touch that money.
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: Oh, but you must.
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: Oh, no, no, no, I couldn't.
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: Well, it's hardly fair, but if you say so.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: Well, now, maybe I could. That is, if I donated
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: to some charity or, say, the Deacon Caswell Fund.
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: The Deacon Caswell Fund, huh? marvelous. Your own fund.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: Yes, ma'am. My very own.
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: My purse.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Oh, I'll pick it up.
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: Oh, it's all right.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: Notes. Paying up your debts, Mrs. Clark?
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: Well, not exactly. I gave Mr. Cunningham one note to
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: cover the whole amount.
• 20:07
  Speaker 7: $ 3, 000.
• 20:07
  Speaker 9: Oh.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: I guess he's the same Mr. Cunningham who's going to
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: promote the prize fight, huh?
• 20:14
  Speaker 10: Yes.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: Quite a busy man in this town, isn't he?
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: Yes, why?
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: Oh, nothing. Only my Uncle Phineas once said, if you
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: try to pick all the flowers, you're bound to get
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: some poison ivy.
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: Thank you.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: You have just heard Act One of Alias the Deacon
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: with Bob Burns and Helen Wood. While we're waiting for Mr.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: DeMille to present Act Two, let's talk about vacations. What
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: are you going to do for your vacation, Sally?
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: Why, I'm thinking of flying to New York, Mr.
• 20:51
  Speaker 10: Ruick.
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Hmm, how exciting. I suppose you're thinking a lot about clothes,
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: aren't you?
• 20:56
  Speaker 12: Oh, I've got everything planned.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: What are you taking? Why, um.
• 21:00
  Speaker 12: A half a pound of underthings, an ounce of stockings,
• 21:03
  Speaker 12: three pounds of dresses.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Hey, hey, have you lost your mind? What do you mean,
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: half a pound of underthings, three pounds of dresses?
• 21:10
  Speaker 12: That's the way you pack for air travel, by the pound.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: You know, I can't help thinking.
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: Thinking what?
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: How easy it would be to tuck a box of
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: new Quick Lux flakes into your bag. It's mighty handy
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: to have when you want to freshen up your things.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: Why, Mr.
• 21:24
  Speaker 12: Ruick, I always travel with new Quick Lux. It's so
• 21:27
  Speaker 12: easy to give my underthings or blouses or dresses a
• 21:30
  Speaker 12: quick dip in the suds.
• 21:31
  Speaker 3: And it means you don't have to take along so
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: many things, doesn't it? That's right.
• 21:34
  Speaker 12: I take a few and freshen them often with new
• 21:36
  Speaker 12: quick luck. It's a grand way to stay fresh and dainty.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: You know, that's a good tip for all our listeners
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: who are planning vacations. Travel light and take along a
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: box of Luxe Flakes as your daintiness insurance. Luxe removes
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: every trace of perspiration from your washables and protects you
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: against offending.
• 21:53
  Speaker 12: Undies should be luxed after every wearing. Blouses, dresses, and
• 21:57
  Speaker 12: accessories often, especially during warm weather.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: New Quick Luxe is so easy to use, so fast.
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: In water as cool as your hand, they dissolve three
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: times as fast as any of ten other leading soaps tested.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: And new Quick Lux is thrifty to use, too. Ounce
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: for ounce, it gives you more suds than the other
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: soaps tested, even in hard water. Fast, thrifty, and safe
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: for everything safe in water alone. That means stockings, underthings,
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: and all your washable dresses. Ask for new Quick Lux
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: tomorrow in the generous large box. It comes in the
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: same familiar package and costs no more.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: Now, our producer, Mr.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: DeMille. Act II of Alias the Deacon, starring Bob Burns
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: as the deacon with Helen Wood as Phyllis. The quiet
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: little town of Shelton is proving a goldmine for the
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: amiable deacons. For a gentleman so unfamiliar with bridge, his
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: luck is astounding. And slowly but surely, his partner, Mrs. Clark,
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: is winning back all she lost. Through the deacon's influence,
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: Phyllis is now employed as a waitress in the Clark Hotel.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: From breakfast to dinner, she's on her feet. But she's
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: never too tired at night to go walking with Johnny Sloan.
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: On this evening, their walk has taken them to the
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: outskirts of the town. At last, in the bright moonlight,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: Johnny comes to a halt right at the edge of
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: a junkyard.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: Well, there it is, fellas.
• 23:27
  Speaker 4: There's what?
• 23:28
  Speaker 8: The junkyard.
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: How do you like it?
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: Well, it's very pretty.
• 23:32
  Speaker 8: I admit it doesn't look like much, but I can
• 23:33
  Speaker 8: buy it cheap.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: Buy it?
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: Oh, Johnny, maybe we'd better sit down and rest.
• 23:37
  Speaker 8: You've been working too hard. The idea's quicker than the eye, lady.
• 23:41
  Speaker 8: You see all those auto wrecks? I can salvage all
• 23:43
  Speaker 8: the junk parts and start a little supply shop. Strictly secondhand.
• 23:46
  Speaker 9: Oh, I see.
• 23:47
  Speaker 8: They'll sell it for $ 250. All I'm short is $ 240.
• 23:50
  Speaker 9: I wish I could help you.
• 23:51
  Speaker 8: You can. I?
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: Sure.
• 23:54
  Speaker 8: Planning things out is fun, but, well, it's more fun
• 23:56
  Speaker 8: if you do it with someone. You feel that way, too?
• 23:59
  Speaker 10: Yes, I do.
• 24:01
  Speaker 8: Well, if I get the business started and things look better, I, uh.
• 24:04
  Speaker 4: Yes, Johnny?
• 24:05
  Speaker 8: Oh, maybe you don't want to hear any.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: More of this.
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: But I do, a whole lot more.
• 24:09
  Speaker 8: Then get hold of yourself, because I got an awful
• 24:11
  Speaker 8: lot to tell you about us. I.
• 24:13
  Speaker 10: Hey! What's the matter?
• 24:16
  Speaker 8: I just happened to think. You know, I don't even
• 24:18
  Speaker 8: know your last name. Oh!
• 24:28
  Speaker 6: How about a haircut this morning, Deacon?
• 24:30
  Speaker 9: It'll fix you up all spruce.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: No, just finish with the shave, Andre, and don't make
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: it too close.
• 24:35
  Speaker 9: Oh, don't worry about me. I haven't cut a customer
• 24:38
  Speaker 9: in over a week.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: Hmm. You know, the barber down home used to deduct
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: a penny every time he cut somebody. You know, it
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: was nothing to see a customer leave his shop a
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: dime winner. Say, how's the sheriff getting along with his
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: gambling crusade?
• 24:51
  Speaker 9: Oh, fine, fine. No more gambling in this town.
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: Well, that's almost too bad, in a way. Huh? What
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: do you mean? I understand some people find a lot
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: of pleasure in a friendly game of cards.
• 25:01
  Speaker 9: Deacon, you ain't one of those people.
• 25:03
  Speaker 7: Oh, no, no, no.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: I always remember what my Uncle Confucius Caswell used to say.
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: Cards have either a bee or a bicycle on their backs.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: That means if you play with them, you either get
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: stung or taken for a ride. Well, good morning, Mr. Cunningham.
• 25:19
  Speaker 7: I've been looking for you, Deacon. What's the idea of
• 25:21
  Speaker 7: your steaming up the ladies' league against holding the fight?
• 25:23
  Speaker 7: I don't like it.
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: Well, to tell you the truth, Brother Cunningham, I didn't
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: think you would.
• 25:27
  Speaker 7: What's that?
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: I'm just on my way to the Clark Hotel to
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: address a special meeting of the ladies' league now. You're
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: not going my way, are you?
• 25:34
  Speaker 7: I certainly am not. Now, listen, Deacon, if you don't
• 25:37
  Speaker 7: stop shooting off your mouth about things that don't concern you, I'm... But.
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: Brother Cunningham, you do concern me. I remember what my
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: Uncle Confucius used to say. It's wise to remember that
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: the teeth that smile also bite.
• 25:49
  Speaker 7: Hang your Uncle Confucius. I've got an uncle, too, and
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: he says a closed mouth catches no flies.
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: That kind of makes good sense. Look, Brother Cunningham, now,
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: if you was to make this fight of yours sort
• 26:01
  Speaker 3: of a part for charity... What? I think that'd kind
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: of lift the entire proceedings into something finer, more aesthetic. Now, uh, now,
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: there's one little charity that's kind of in debt, about $ 3, 000.
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: You know anything about it?
• 26:15
  Speaker 7: You're not getting a quarter out of me, or any
• 26:17
  Speaker 7: information either. Remember what my uncle said.
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: All right, Brother Cunningham, and if you see your uncle,
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: you might tell him what my uncle said. He said
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: that smart people always do in the beginning what darn
• 26:28
  Speaker 3: fools finally do in the end. Now, if you'll excuse me,
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: the ladies are waiting. Good morning, Brother Cunningham.
• 26:46
  Speaker 4: And now, ladies, I am proud to present our esteemed
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: guest and speaker, the good Deacon Caswell.
• 26:53
  Speaker 10: Thank you.
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: Thank you, ladies. Thank you, ladies. My, my, what a
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: wonderful gathering. I declare I don't believe I've ever seen
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: so many bright and intelligent faces. But as intelligent as
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: I'm sure you are, I think I should take a
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: few minutes to explain the subject of this meeting, just
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: in case there might be one sister among you that
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: doesn't quite understand it. I'm reminded of one such case
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: that happened in my hometown.
• 27:20
  Speaker 10: It seems the.
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: Lady's auxiliary discovered they had a surplus of $ 140 in
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: the church treasury. and they called a meeting of the
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: congregation to vote on whether or not they would spend
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: $ 67 for a new chandelier for the church. They put
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: it to a vote, and everyone agreed except one man.
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: That was my own Grandpa Snazzy. Everybody surrounded him, and
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: they said, Snazzy, we ought to make this unanimous. What
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: are your objections to buying this chandelier for the church?
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: Grandpa Snazzy says it's the silliest thing I ever heard of,
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: just like throwing $ 67 in the fire. He says after
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: you bought the chandelier, there ain't a soul in town
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: can play one of the darn things. But ladies, ladies,
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: we're here today to discuss bringing something to this town
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: that's far more important than that. And that, ladies, is reform.
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: Thank you, ladies. That's why I've chosen to speak to
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: you today on the evils of prize fighting. It isn't
• 28:20
  Speaker 3: prize fighting alone that's objectionable. It's the element it brings
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: to your fair city. After all, a man is known
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: for the... Shh, Johnny.
• 28:28
  Speaker 8: Come outside quick.
• 28:29
  Speaker 9: It's important.
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: All right, right away. What's the matter, Johnny?
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: Has something happened? Well... What?
• 28:36
  Speaker 8: I said hello.
• 28:37
  Speaker 9: Johnny, is that all you wanted?
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: Sure, why.
• 28:41
  Speaker 12: I thought it was something important.
• 28:43
  Speaker 8: Well, I'm important, ain't I?
• 28:44
  Speaker 7: Yes, but.
• 28:46
  Speaker 4: Well, I thought you had some news about the garage.
• 28:49
  Speaker 7: I have. What?
• 28:50
  Speaker 8: I made $ 3 this morning fixing a fellow's car. Now
• 28:52
  Speaker 8: all I need is $ 237. Oh, Johnny, you're crazy.
• 28:55
  Speaker 9: Hot dog, hot dog, yippee!
• 28:59
  Speaker 4: Willie, what's the matter with you?
• 29:00
  Speaker 5: Boy, am I happy. Trouble's come home to roost an
• 29:03
  Speaker 5: old Cunningham and his pals.
• 29:05
  Speaker 8: Friendly little cuss, aren't you?
• 29:06
  Speaker 5: Now with those guys I ain't, seeing their prize fight
• 29:09
  Speaker 5: blow up tickles me clear down.
• 29:10
  Speaker 4: To my heels.
• 29:11
  Speaker 12: You mean the fight's off?
• 29:12
  Speaker 5: It will be unless they can get a substitute for
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: Knockout Blake. He's in the clinker.
• 29:17
  Speaker 9: You mean in jail?
• 29:18
  Speaker 5: Well, what did I just say? I heard them inside.
• 29:21
  Speaker 5: They're trying to dig up a substitute.
• 29:23
  Speaker 8: Will they pay him?
• 29:24
  Speaker 5: Sure, if they can find one.
• 29:26
  Speaker 8: Willie, I think they've got one right now.
• 29:28
  Speaker 12: Come here.
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: I got a great idea.
• 29:30
  Speaker 8: Go into that room and tell them you know a fellow.
• 29:33
  Speaker 7: I just got to go on. I put a lot
• 29:35
  Speaker 7: of money into this thing.
• 29:36
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I know, Mr. Cunningham, but is it awful if
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: Blake gets pinched?
• 29:39
  Speaker 8: Hey, hey, you know what I think?
• 29:40
  Speaker 7: What, what?
• 29:42
  Speaker 8: I think we ought to get a substitute.
• 29:44
  Speaker 6: I ought to hire somebody to listen to you.
• 29:47
  Speaker 5: Oh, champ.
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: Champ.
• 29:50
  Speaker 12: Oh, I.
• 29:51
  Speaker 5: Excuse me. I was looking for the champ.
• 29:54
  Speaker 3: The who?
• 29:55
  Speaker 5: The champ, Johnny Sloan.
• 29:56
  Speaker 7: Johnny Sloan? Is he a fighter?
• 29:58
  Speaker 9: Is he?
• 29:58
  Speaker 5: Say, Oli over at the gas station told me Johnny
• 30:01
  Speaker 5: once knocked out a guy bigger than the bull here.
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: Huh?
• 30:03
  Speaker 5: There he is outside.
• 30:05
  Speaker 9: Hey, champ!
• 30:06
  Speaker 8: Hello, Willie.
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: Did you call me?
• 30:08
  Speaker 7: Oh, come here, kid. So you're a battler, huh?
• 30:11
  Speaker 8: Sure, sometimes.
• 30:12
  Speaker 5: Battler nothing. He's a killer.
• 30:15
  Speaker 9: Well, how'd you like to kill the bull?
• 30:17
  Speaker 7: Maybe. How much?
• 30:18
  Speaker 5: Yeah, how much?
• 30:19
  Speaker 8: One hundred dollars.
• 30:21
  Speaker 5: A hundred dollars. Hey, champ, he thinks you're still an amateur.
• 30:25
  Speaker 8: Sure sounds like it. Well, that's an insult.
• 30:27
  Speaker 7: Now, now, now, take it easy. Take it easy. Two-fifty.
• 30:29
  Speaker 5: Two-fifty or nothing.
• 30:31
  Speaker 7: Oh, come now, be reasonable. Yeah, be reasonable. You know,
• 30:34
  Speaker 7: money ain't everything in life. Quiet. Well, that's what you're
• 30:37
  Speaker 7: always telling me. I'll, uh, I'll make it 150 and
• 30:41
  Speaker 7: an extra hundred if you stay the full ten rounds.
• 30:43
  Speaker 8: All right, you got a deal.
• 30:44
  Speaker 5: And a fighter.
• 30:46
  Speaker 7: Well, that takes quite a load off my mind. Yeah, well,
• 30:49
  Speaker 7: if I was you, I wouldn't get too happy with
• 30:51
  Speaker 7: that deacon inside there stirring up the club women against
• 30:53
  Speaker 7: our little waltz.
• 30:54
  Speaker 5: The deacon? Oh, I can handle him.
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: Yeah?
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: How?
• 30:59
  Speaker 5: Excuse me. I'll be right back.
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: Ladies, prize fighting is the appeal to man's baser instincts.
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: It encourages gambling. It sets men afootin' with each other.
• 31:10
  Speaker 3: It brings a class of people.
• 31:11
  Speaker 5: Call for Deacon Caswell! Call for Deacon Caswell!
• 31:15
  Speaker 3: I'll take it, son, if you'll excuse me, ladies.
• 31:20
  Speaker 5: Right over here, Deacon.
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: What is it, son?
• 31:23
  Speaker 5: Listen, Deacon, you've got to cut out this anti-fight stuff.
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm afraid I can't, son. I can't explain just now, but.
• 31:29
  Speaker 5: But Johnny's going to fight. He's going to get.
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: $ 250 for it.
• 31:32
  Speaker 5: He needs the money badly, Deacon. You see, without it,
• 31:35
  Speaker 5: him and Phyllis can't get married.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, that's too bad, but I just can't get
• 31:39
  Speaker 3: out of this right now. I just can't do it. No?
• 31:42
  Speaker 5: All right, Deacon. Remember the day I took your bag
• 31:45
  Speaker 5: upstairs for you?
• 31:46
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 31:47
  Speaker 9: Well, it fell open.
• 31:49
  Speaker 5: There was six packs of cards in it.
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: No.
• 31:52
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 31:53
  Speaker 7: Oh, I see.
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: I see. Well, now, uh... Now, maybe I can do
• 31:58
  Speaker 3: something after all.
• 31:59
  Speaker 5: Sure you can, Deacon. Atta boy.
• 32:02
  Speaker 3: Yes, uh... My dear ladies. Ladies, I believe I've discussed
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: one side of this question pretty thoroughly. But like all subjects,
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: there are two sides to it. Now, where was I? Oh, yes, yes, yes.
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: I was discussing the evils of prize fighting. Prize fighting
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: is horrible, but prize fighting is also a form of athletics.
• 32:24
  Speaker 3: And athletics is what builds our children into strong, healthy citizens.
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: We don't want our boys to be strong and healthy,
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: do we? We want them to be strong and healthy,
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: don't we? Why, of course we do. And the manly
• 32:37
  Speaker 3: art of self-defense will help them to be. And that's why, ladies,
• 32:41
  Speaker 3: I'm telling you now, anyone who opposes prize fighting in
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: this community is a traitor to her country.
• 32:57
  Speaker 9: Johnny, is it almost time?
• 32:59
  Speaker 7: Almost. That's the last preliminary up there now.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: Johnny, I just can't.
• 33:03
  Speaker 9: Stay and watch the fight.
• 33:05
  Speaker 4: I'm going back to the hotel.
• 33:06
  Speaker 8: Okay, I'll be there in an hour.
• 33:07
  Speaker 7: We'll spend the rest of the night just.
• 33:08
  Speaker 3: Counting that bill.
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: Hello, youngster.
• 33:12
  Speaker 7: What do you want?
• 33:13
  Speaker 3: Now, is that friendly? I just stopped in to see
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: how you're feeling.
• 33:16
  Speaker 8: I'd feel better if you'd keep away from me. You're
• 33:18
  Speaker 8: a jinx.
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: Oh, you've got me wrong, brother. I hope you knock
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: that bull so cold he'll have to carry him out
• 33:23
  Speaker 3: with a pair of ice tongs.
• 33:25
  Speaker 8: Okay, I'll do my best.
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: Sounds like you're feeling pretty fit, all right.
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: Doesn't he look it?
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: Well, I like to know these things because while the
• 33:32
  Speaker 3: race is not always to the swift nor the battle
• 33:35
  Speaker 3: to the strong, it's not a bad way to bet.
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: Good luck, Johnny.
• 33:39
  Speaker 7: Thanks. Okay, so long, we're out. Let's get going. All set.
• 33:43
  Speaker 7: So long, darling. So long.
• 33:44
  Speaker 9: Be careful. Sure.
• 33:45
  Speaker 7: See you at the hotel.
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: You a little worried?
• 33:48
  Speaker 8: Worried?
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: A polar bear would have to wear mittens to shake
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: hands with me.
• 33:52
  Speaker 9: Oh, I hope it works out, Deacon.
• 33:54
  Speaker 8: So much depends on it.
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: Just remember that that dark cloud has got a $ 250
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: silver lining. Now you run along now. Don't worry about it.
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: Come on, Nick!
• 34:10
  Speaker 7: Come on, Nick! Come on, Nick! Come on, Nick!
• 34:13
  Speaker 10: Come on, Nick!
• 34:14
  Speaker 9: Come on, Nick!
• 34:15
  Speaker 7: Come on, Nick!
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: Seven seconds.
• 34:33
  Speaker 5: Six seconds.
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: Five.
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: Four.
• 34:35
  Speaker 13: Three.
• 34:37
  Speaker 12: Two.
• 34:40
  Speaker 14: One.
• 34:40
  Speaker 13: He did it!
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: He did it!
• 34:48
  Speaker 6: No use arguing about it, Sloan. 150 is all you get.
• 34:50
  Speaker 7: Take it or leave it.
• 34:51
  Speaker 8: Just a minute, Mr.
• 34:51
  Speaker 7: Cunningham.
• 34:52
  Speaker 8: You said an extra hundred if I stuck the full
• 34:54
  Speaker 8: ten rounds. Well, I stuck, didn't I?
• 34:56
  Speaker 7: Yes, you stuck. You were out on your feet telling
• 34:58
  Speaker 7: me you were a fighter. Why, you couldn't punch your
• 35:00
  Speaker 7: way out of a paper bag.
• 35:01
  Speaker 9: All right.
• 35:02
  Speaker 8: Then this shouldn't hurt you.
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: Come on, Sheriff.
• 35:13
  Speaker 7: We'll probably find him in the hotel.
• 35:15
  Speaker 3: Right with you, Mr. Cunningham. Just a minute, Mr. Cunningham. Why,
• 35:18
  Speaker 3: I've known Johnny for years. He wouldn't do a thing
• 35:20
  Speaker 3: like that. Sure, but he did it.
• 35:23
  Speaker 7: There he is. Sheriff, do your duty.
• 35:26
  Speaker 8: What's the matter here?
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: Is there anything wrong?
• 35:27
  Speaker 3: Sloan, you're under arrest.
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: Why? He had a right to hit Mr. Cunningham.
• 35:31
  Speaker 3: Maybe so, but he didn't have a right to steal
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: his wallet.
• 35:34
  Speaker 4: What?
• 35:34
  Speaker 7: I didn't take any wallet. You knocked me unconscious in
• 35:36
  Speaker 7: the dressing room. When I came to, my wallet was gone.
• 35:38
  Speaker 7: You stole it. That's a lie.
• 35:40
  Speaker 9: A lie?
• 35:40
  Speaker 7: I suppose you didn't hit me.
• 35:42
  Speaker 3: Oh, sure he hit you, but that's only half the truth.
• 35:45
  Speaker 3: And when a man tells only half the truth, Brother Cunningham,
• 35:48
  Speaker 3: it's just the same as a lie. We'll let the
• 35:50
  Speaker 3: law decide that. A good sheriff ain't interested in law.
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: He's interested in justice. That may be right, Deacon, but
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: it looks like I'll have to take the boy along.
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 35:58
  Speaker 10: Do you mind if I.
• 36:00
  Speaker 8: Can I speak to Phyllis a minute?
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: Sure. I'll be waiting outside. Come on, Deacon. Come on, Mr. Cunningham.
• 36:06
  Speaker 3: I'll need you to sway out the warrant.
• 36:07
  Speaker 7: It'll be a pleasure.
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: Phyllis.
• 36:11
  Speaker 4: You shouldn't have done it, Johnny. Even though he promised
• 36:14
  Speaker 4: you the money, you had no right to take it.
• 36:16
  Speaker 8: But I didn't take it. You don't really believe I'd
• 36:18
  Speaker 8: do a thing like that.
• 36:19
  Speaker 9: You said you'd go with the sheriff.
• 36:21
  Speaker 8: What else can I do? I've told you exactly what happened.
• 36:24
  Speaker 8: I hit him, walked out, bumped into the deacon, and
• 36:26
  Speaker 8: came right over to see you. Bumped into the deacon? Yeah,
• 36:28
  Speaker 8: right outside the dressing room door.
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: The deacon. Better come along now, Johnny.
• 36:34
  Speaker 7: Okay.
• 36:35
  Speaker 8: Don't worry, Phyllis. It'll come out all right.
• 36:38
  Speaker 3: So long.
• 36:40
  Speaker 10: Oh, Johnny. Phyllis.
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: I'm awfully sorry about the boy, Phyllis, but... I did
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: the best I could for you.
• 36:52
  Speaker 4: Yes, I'm sure you did.
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: Huh? What do you mean by that?
• 36:55
  Speaker 9: You know what I mean.
• 36:57
  Speaker 12: You were right outside the dressing room when Johnny hit
• 36:59
  Speaker 12: him and knocked him out.
• 37:00
  Speaker 9: Then Johnny left, and you went in.
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: Oh, I see. You think I did.
• 37:05
  Speaker 4: I know all about you.
• 37:06
  Speaker 8: I had a letter from Truxton.
• 37:07
  Speaker 9: You were run out of there.
• 37:08
  Speaker 8: You may be fooling Mrs.
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: Clark and a lot of other innocents around here, but
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: I know you.
• 37:13
  Speaker 13: And the whole town will know you if that wallet
• 37:15
  Speaker 13: isn't returned by tomorrow morning.
• 37:16
  Speaker 6: Do you understand?
• 37:17
  Speaker 7: Tomorrow morning.
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: I guess you got a right to think that way
• 37:21
  Speaker 3: you're thinking now, Phyllis. I've been on the wrong side
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: of society for a long time, but I've always liked
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: to believe that I ain't ever been mean. Not as
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: mean as you're making me out to be. I guess
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: it wouldn't do much good for me to tell you
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: you're wrong.
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: No, it wouldn't.
• 37:37
  Speaker 10: I see.
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: All right, Miss Phyllis, I'll still be around in the morning.
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: Good night.
• 37:42
  Speaker 5: Good night.
• 38:04
  Speaker 3: In just a moment, Mr.
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: DeMille brings you Act Three of Alias the Deacon, with
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: Bob Burns and Helen Wood. During this short intermission, we
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: bring you our friends the Browning family again. Mother Browning
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: is returning tonight from a trip, and Dot and Midge
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: have planned a little surprise for her.
• 38:21
  Speaker 5: I've got dinner already, Midgey.
• 38:25
  Speaker 4: You about done with the table?
• 38:27
  Speaker 10: Mm-hmm.
• 38:27
  Speaker 4: As soon as I lay the spoons all around.
• 38:30
  Speaker 10: There.
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: Doesn't that look nice?
• 38:32
  Speaker 9: Oh, divine.
• 38:33
  Speaker 13: My goodness, I bet Mother will be surprised. Here she
• 38:40
  Speaker 13: comes now.
• 38:45
  Speaker 5: Dot, Midge, where are you?
• 38:48
  Speaker 4: I'm home.
• 38:48
  Speaker 7: Hi, Mother.
• 38:49
  Speaker 4: Greetings, Mommy darling.
• 38:50
  Speaker 5: Have fun?
• 38:51
  Speaker 6: Grand.
• 38:53
  Speaker 4: How nice everything looks. We've got dinner all ready. All
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: you have to do is eat.
• 38:56
  Speaker 9: You darlings. The table looks lovely.
• 38:59
  Speaker 4: Why, what's this?
• 39:00
  Speaker 5: Surprise!
• 39:01
  Speaker 9: Surprise! Surprise!
• 39:02
  Speaker 4: These lovely spoons.
• 39:04
  Speaker 9: Where did you get them?
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: They're our coming home present for you. How sweet.
• 39:07
  Speaker 13: Just think, we got six of them.
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: Six beautiful teaspoons for only 50 cents.
• 39:12
  Speaker 13: And the top from a large box of new Luxe.
• 39:14
  Speaker 4: Quick Luxe.
• 39:15
  Speaker 13: It's a new offer the makers of Luxe Flakes are
• 39:17
  Speaker 13: taking right now. And look, moms, it's the allure pattern.
• 39:20
  Speaker 13: Just like the silver we got before. And it's original
• 39:22
  Speaker 13: Roger's silver plate. Doesn't it look lovely with our other silver?
• 39:25
  Speaker 4: It looks beautiful, dear. That pattern's so simple, it would
• 39:28
  Speaker 4: go well with any silver.
• 39:29
  Speaker 13: And, Mother, a whole list of the other pieces we
• 39:32
  Speaker 13: can get in the allure pattern came with the spoons.
• 39:34
  Speaker 13: Dot and I want to send for the perfectly ducky
• 39:36
  Speaker 13: beyond knives and forks.
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: Oh, they're sublime.
• 39:39
  Speaker 13: The cutest short blades and prongs and long handles and.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Yes, hundreds of thousands of women have been enthusiastic about
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: the beautiful allure pattern. And so many have asked for
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: matching pieces of this handsome original Rogers silver plate that
• 39:52
  Speaker 2: the makers of Luxe Flakes, in cooperation with the International
• 39:55
  Speaker 2: Silver Company, the world's largest silversmith, are offering this amazing
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: bargain once again. So you can get new matching pieces
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: or start a new set. This new offer brings you
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: six beautiful teaspoons in the famous allure pattern, guaranteed original
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: Rogers silver plate for only 50 cents and the top
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: from a large box of new quick Lux. Send the
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: large box top with 50 cents in coin, no stamps, please,
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: and your name and address to Lux, Meriden, that's M-E-R-I-D-E-N, Meriden, Connecticut.
• 40:30
  Speaker 3: I'll repeat that address.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: It's Lux, Meriden, M-E-R-I-D-E-N, Meriden, Connecticut. This offer is good
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: only in the United States. I'll tell you more about
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: it after our play. We pause now for station identification.
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.
• 40:50
  Speaker 7: ¶ ¶.
• 41:08
  Speaker 2: The curtain rises on the third act of Alias the Deacon.
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: It's early the following morning. On the second floor of
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: the Clark Hotel, Phyllis moves swiftly along the quiet corridor.
• 41:26
  Speaker 2: With a nervous glance over her shoulder, she starts down
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: the stairs. But suddenly a figure steps from the shadows,
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: and Mr. Sullivan stands in her way.
• 41:37
  Speaker 3: Good morning, Phyllis.
• 41:38
  Speaker 7: Oh!
• 41:39
  Speaker 10: Oh, hello. You're up early, Mr.
• 41:42
  Speaker 4: Sullivan.
• 41:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so are you. Where you been?
• 41:45
  Speaker 9: In my room. Yeah, you weren't a minute ago.
• 41:47
  Speaker 6: You were in Sloan's room.
• 41:48
  Speaker 3: I saw you.
• 41:49
  Speaker 9: You're crazy. No, I'm not. Maybe you better hand.
• 41:52
  Speaker 3: It over, Phyllis.
• 41:53
  Speaker 7: Hand what over? That wallet you found.
• 41:55
  Speaker 6: But I didn't... Come on, come on.
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: I saw you.
• 41:56
  Speaker 7: It was under the mattress. You better let me have it.
• 41:58
  Speaker 10: No.
• 42:00
  Speaker 7: No.
• 42:01
  Speaker 4: And you won't say anything, please.
• 42:03
  Speaker 7: Not me, but what about you?
• 42:05
  Speaker 6: If they ever put you on the stand, your boyfriend sunk. Why,
• 42:08
  Speaker 6: you couldn't lie even.
• 42:09
  Speaker 9: I know.
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: He did it.
• 42:11
  Speaker 10: Well, there's only one thing to do. You mean get
• 42:14
  Speaker 10: out of town?
• 42:15
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 42:16
  Speaker 7: Look, beautiful, I'd like to help you.
• 42:19
  Speaker 6: There's a bus leaving at four o'clock.
• 42:20
  Speaker 3: We could be on it.
• 42:21
  Speaker 9: We could be on it? Sure, you and me.
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: Thanks, just the same.
• 42:26
  Speaker 4: But I always like to travel alone. Deacon? Deacon, is
• 42:40
  Speaker 4: that you?
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: It's me, Mrs. Clark. I just came from the courthouse.
• 42:43
  Speaker 3: Johnny will be released just as soon as the papers
• 42:45
  Speaker 3: are filed.
• 42:46
  Speaker 4: You're a very persuasive man, Deacon. I never thought I'd
• 42:49
  Speaker 4: be putting up bail for a criminal.
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: That boy is no criminal. Besides, helping young love is
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: kind of good for you.
• 42:56
  Speaker 4: Yes, even if it isn't good for itself. Phyllis just
• 42:59
  Speaker 4: left town. Didn't even want to say goodbye to him.
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: Left town?
• 43:03
  Speaker 12: Mm-hmm.
• 43:04
  Speaker 3: The older I get, the less luck I have figuring
• 43:07
  Speaker 3: out any kind of woman.
• 43:09
  Speaker 4: You must be worn out, Deacon. Shall I send a
• 43:12
  Speaker 4: cup of tea to your room?
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: Well, I'd sure like a cup of tea, but being
• 43:16
  Speaker 3: a bachelor gets kind of lonesome. Maybe we could have
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: it together.
• 43:20
  Speaker 4: Why, I think that would be pleasant as could be.
• 43:24
  Speaker 6: They should have held him.
• 43:25
  Speaker 7: They had no right to let him go.
• 43:26
  Speaker 6: Now take it easy, Mr. Cunningham.
• 43:29
  Speaker 3: Something the matter, Mr. Cunningham?
• 43:30
  Speaker 7: Plenty's the matter. That crook has skipped town.
• 43:32
  Speaker 4: What?
• 43:33
  Speaker 7: Johnny Sloan. Somebody put up bail for him and he
• 43:35
  Speaker 7: skipped town.
• 43:35
  Speaker 9: Oh, dear.
• 43:36
  Speaker 3: Oh, he wouldn't do that. He must have gone after fellas.
• 43:38
  Speaker 3: Somebody must have told him.
• 43:39
  Speaker 7: Nevertheless, he's gone.
• 43:40
  Speaker 9: Oh, this is terrible.
• 43:42
  Speaker 7: Mr.
• 43:42
  Speaker 4: Cunningham, I put up the hotel as bail.
• 43:45
  Speaker 3: You did what?
• 43:45
  Speaker 4: The hotel. I put it up.
• 43:47
  Speaker 7: But I counted on this place's security for those loans. I... Why,
• 43:52
  Speaker 7: I'm putting up bail for the man.
• 43:53
  Speaker 8: That assaulted me.
• 43:54
  Speaker 7: Elsie, how could you do a thing like that to me?
• 43:57
  Speaker 3: I asked her to.
• 43:58
  Speaker 7: You asked her to. Elsie, whenever you needed money, you
• 44:00
  Speaker 7: turned to me. But when it came to using that money,
• 44:03
  Speaker 7: my money, you had to turn to a stranger, a meddlesome,
• 44:06
  Speaker 7: two-faced hypocrite. Very well, Elsie. As soon as that young
• 44:10
  Speaker 7: crook is caught, I'm starting suit on my note.
• 44:12
  Speaker 4: But I have six months to pay.
• 44:14
  Speaker 7: You had six months. Maybe you didn't notice that the
• 44:17
  Speaker 7: new note is on demand.
• 44:19
  Speaker 10: Demand?
• 44:20
  Speaker 7: Perhaps your financial advisor can straighten this out, too.
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: Oh, Deacon. Deacon, what am I going to do?
• 44:27
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Miss Clark. I never thought this would happen.
• 44:30
  Speaker 4: But it's everything I own.
• 44:33
  Speaker 3: It's... Oh. I, uh, I don't think Mrs. Clark is
• 44:39
  Speaker 3: feeling very well.
• 44:40
  Speaker 7: That's surprising when she has you around here to help her.
• 44:44
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mrs.
• 44:45
  Speaker 7: Gregory was telling me about those little card games, Deacon.
• 44:49
  Speaker 7: Very interesting.
• 44:50
  Speaker 3: Oh, yes. Well, I guess I shouldn't have played with
• 44:53
  Speaker 3: those ladies, Brother Cunningham. I succumbed to a weakness. But
• 44:57
  Speaker 3: to tell you the truth, if it wasn't that I
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: didn't know one card from another, I'd be tempted to
• 45:02
  Speaker 3: do it again. And that'd be dangerous because I've got
• 45:05
  Speaker 3: my parish's money in my pocket.
• 45:07
  Speaker 9: $ 2, 500.
• 45:07
  Speaker 3: What's that?
• 45:09
  Speaker 10: Uh-huh.
• 45:10
  Speaker 3: Yes, Mr. Sullivan, I got to be careful. Well, I
• 45:12
  Speaker 3: should say.
• 45:13
  Speaker 6: You see, bridge is a very scientific game, but I'd
• 45:17
  Speaker 6: be perfectly willing to give you a chance to even
• 45:19
  Speaker 6: up at, let's say, a little draw poker.
• 45:21
  Speaker 3: Draw poker? What's that?
• 45:23
  Speaker 9: You don't know?
• 45:23
  Speaker 3: Uh-uh.
• 45:25
  Speaker 6: Why, we can teach you, can't we, Mr. Cunningham?
• 45:28
  Speaker 7: Well, I'm kind of angry at the deacon, but.
• 45:34
  Speaker 7: Maybe I was a bit too excitable.
• 45:36
  Speaker 3: Well, now, that's mighty swell of you, Brother Cunningham.
• 45:39
  Speaker 7: Just step into the dining room, Deacon. We'll teach you
• 45:41
  Speaker 7: in no time at all.
• 45:42
  Speaker 4: No time at all.
• 45:47
  Speaker 3: Now, let's see, gentlemen. You say a royal flush beats everything?
• 45:51
  Speaker 7: That's right. You're catching on fast, Deacon.
• 45:53
  Speaker 6: Come on, let's begin.
• 45:54
  Speaker 7: I'll deal.
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: Wait, uh... Don't you think I ought to cut the cards? Huh? Oh,
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: not that I don't trust you, Mr. Sullivan. Well, I
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: always say if you suspect a man, don't play with him.
• 46:04
  Speaker 3: And if you play with him, don't suspect him. Still,
• 46:07
  Speaker 3: I think it'd be a little more friendly if I
• 46:09
  Speaker 3: cut him.
• 46:10
  Speaker 6: Sure, we'll even cut for deal. Take a card, Deacon.
• 46:13
  Speaker 3: Well, now, that's downright brotherly.
• 46:15
  Speaker 7: I have a seven. Ten here.
• 46:17
  Speaker 3: I got a king. Who wins?
• 46:18
  Speaker 7: Why, you do, Deacon.
• 46:20
  Speaker 3: Already?
• 46:21
  Speaker 6: Naturally. Beginner's luck.
• 46:23
  Speaker 3: Beginners, look. How true, brother. How true. Now, let's see.
• 46:27
  Speaker 3: I think you said five cards to each player, didn't you?
• 46:30
  Speaker 7: Five cards, Deacon. Thank you.
• 46:33
  Speaker 3: You're welcome.
• 46:33
  Speaker 6: I'll open for ten.
• 46:35
  Speaker 2: Hmm.
• 46:36
  Speaker 7: Ten, eh? All right. I'll stay.
• 46:39
  Speaker 3: Let's see now. That's a lot of money. Ten cents.
• 46:42
  Speaker 6: What do you mean, ten cents?
• 46:43
  Speaker 7: Ten dollars.
• 46:44
  Speaker 3: Ten dollars?
• 46:45
  Speaker 7: Just a sociable game, Deacon.
• 46:47
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, I'll play along just to see what happens.
• 46:50
  Speaker 7: Add up, boy. Three cards here. And two for me.
• 46:54
  Speaker 10: Three, two.
• 46:56
  Speaker 3: I'll just take one.
• 46:57
  Speaker 4: Huh?
• 46:58
  Speaker 3: I pass.
• 46:59
  Speaker 7: Me too.
• 47:00
  Speaker 3: Do we lay our hands down now, gentlemen?
• 47:02
  Speaker 6: That's right.
• 47:03
  Speaker 3: Pair of kings.
• 47:04
  Speaker 7: I have three twos.
• 47:05
  Speaker 3: Let's see now. Aces count as ones, don't they?
• 47:08
  Speaker 7: Well, yes, they do, but.
• 47:10
  Speaker 3: But then I guess you win, because that's all I have.
• 47:13
  Speaker 3: Three little bitty ones.
• 47:14
  Speaker 10: Oh, boy.
• 47:17
  Speaker 7: Oh, well, now, that's too bad, Deacon. Better luck next time.
• 47:20
  Speaker 3: Well, that's the way I feel, brother. You deal, Mr. Sullivan.
• 47:31
  Speaker 3: Is it my turn? I'll open also. I guess I
• 47:34
  Speaker 3: can afford it.
• 47:35
  Speaker 6: I'll tell you, Ken. Nine straight pots. You sure picked
• 47:38
  Speaker 6: the game up fast.
• 47:39
  Speaker 3: Thanks to your wonderful tutoring, Brother Sullivan.
• 47:42
  Speaker 6: I'll bet 50 bucks.
• 47:43
  Speaker 7: I'm in.
• 47:44
  Speaker 3: Well, now to give you a chance to get even,
• 47:46
  Speaker 3: that 50 and 50 more.
• 47:48
  Speaker 7: Oh, trying to scare me, huh? Well, I pass. So
• 47:52
  Speaker 7: do I.
• 47:52
  Speaker 6: That guy does more raising than a roller blind.
• 47:55
  Speaker 3: There's my hand, a flush, brothers, all the same color.
• 47:58
  Speaker 7: Hey, wait a minute.
• 47:59
  Speaker 6: They're all the same color, but one of them's a diamond.
• 48:02
  Speaker 7: Yes, yes, one of them's a diamond.
• 48:03
  Speaker 3: Oh, yes. But, but now, you gentlemen threw your cards away,
• 48:06
  Speaker 3: and when you throw your cards away, you lose. You
• 48:09
  Speaker 3: told me that yourself, Brother Sullivan, remember? Take the dough,
• 48:13
  Speaker 3: take it. I'm awfully sorry, brothers. In fact, I'm tempted
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: to return your money on this one.
• 48:17
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: But one must never yield to temptations.
• 48:22
  Speaker 7: It's my deal. Give me the cards.
• 48:24
  Speaker 3: Wonderful game, Brother Cunningham. I don't know when I've had
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: so much fun. The last pot that I won, they'll
• 48:31
  Speaker 3: save at least a hundred heathens.
• 48:32
  Speaker 7: If you save any more heathens, they'll have to chip
• 48:35
  Speaker 7: in to save me. All right, all right.
• 48:37
  Speaker 10: Who opens?
• 48:38
  Speaker 3: Who opens? Oh, yes, yes. I'll bet $ 20.
• 48:41
  Speaker 6: I'm in.
• 48:42
  Speaker 7: I'll stay, too. How many cards, Deacon?
• 48:44
  Speaker 3: Well, now, I'll take four.
• 48:46
  Speaker 7: Four? That's fine.
• 48:50
  Speaker 3: Two here. Two?
• 48:53
  Speaker 7: And two for the dealer.
• 48:55
  Speaker 3: Brother Cunningham, is it correct to deal from the bottom
• 48:57
  Speaker 3: of the deck?
• 48:58
  Speaker 7: I didn't deal from the bottom of the deck.
• 48:59
  Speaker 3: Oh, I didn't say you did. I just asked if
• 49:01
  Speaker 3: it was correct. Oh.
• 49:03
  Speaker 7: Play the game. Play the game.
• 49:05
  Speaker 3: I'll bet $ 100. Okay, okay.
• 49:08
  Speaker 7: I'm in. $ 100, eh? All right. And I'll raise that $ 200.
• 49:12
  Speaker 3: I'll raise that another $ 200.
• 49:14
  Speaker 10: I'm out.
• 49:14
  Speaker 7: I'll see that and throw in another $ 200.
• 49:17
  Speaker 3: My goodness, how much money is in that project? brother?
• 49:20
  Speaker 3: Over $ 1, 000, ain't it?
• 49:22
  Speaker 7: $ 1, 360.
• 49:22
  Speaker 3: Have you got that much cash?
• 49:26
  Speaker 7: Well, I got Mrs. Clark's note. Is that good enough?
• 49:29
  Speaker 3: But lay it down, brother. What would you do with
• 49:33
  Speaker 3: this hand, Brother Sullivan?
• 49:34
  Speaker 6: Listen, if I knew as little about cards as you,
• 49:37
  Speaker 6: I'd write a book on it.
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: Oh, well, I'll see it, Brother Cunningham.
• 49:42
  Speaker 9: Right.
• 49:42
  Speaker 7: Three kings, I win.
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: Oh, just a minute, Brother Cunningham. I've got a full house.
• 49:47
  Speaker 7: What? Deacon, you're cheating.
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: Brother Cunningham, how could you say that?
• 49:51
  Speaker 7: Because I know what cards I dealt you.
• 49:53
  Speaker 3: Why, Brother Cunningham?
• 49:54
  Speaker 6: I mean, you see, it's all a mistake.
• 49:57
  Speaker 7: You see, I... All right.
• 50:00
  Speaker 3: All right. Caught you in the act.
• 50:01
  Speaker 7: What is this, Sheriff?
• 50:03
  Speaker 3: I just got word that there's a card sharp in
• 50:05
  Speaker 3: this room.
• 50:05
  Speaker 6: There certainly is, and there's your man, Jim Cunningham.
• 50:09
  Speaker 3: What?
• 50:09
  Speaker 6: Sure, he just admitted he was cheating.
• 50:11
  Speaker 3: Oh, please give him another chance, Sheriff.
• 50:13
  Speaker 4: Why, what's going on here?
• 50:15
  Speaker 3: Oh, Mrs. Clark, Mr. Cunningham has just donated this note
• 50:19
  Speaker 3: of yours to the Caswell Fund.
• 50:21
  Speaker 4: You mean he's not going to sue?
• 50:24
  Speaker 3: I'm afraid not, are you, brother?
• 50:26
  Speaker 7: No, no, certainly not.
• 50:28
  Speaker 4: Oh, Deacon, how can I thank you? I could just
• 50:33
  Speaker 4: kiss you.
• 50:34
  Speaker 3: Well, that's a pretty good way. But there's one thing more. Mr. Cunningham,
• 50:39
  Speaker 3: just what were the denominations of the bills stolen from
• 50:42
  Speaker 3: your wallet?
• 50:42
  Speaker 7: Four $ 100 bills. Brand new.
• 50:44
  Speaker 3: That's strange. They tally exactly with the bills Mr. Sullivan donated.
• 50:49
  Speaker 6: So what are you trying to do, pin it on me? Why,
• 50:51
  Speaker 6: Phyllis even found a wallet in his room.
• 50:53
  Speaker 3: I guess she did, all right, after you put it
• 50:56
  Speaker 3: there last night.
• 50:56
  Speaker 7: You're crazy.
• 50:57
  Speaker 3: Maybe so, but I ain't blind. If you didn't put
• 51:00
  Speaker 3: it there, then how did you get those bills? Well, I.
• 51:03
  Speaker 7: I can explain that.
• 51:04
  Speaker 3: You'll explain it down at the jail. Come on.
• 51:06
  Speaker 7: Now, wait a minute. Shut up.
• 51:09
  Speaker 3: Oh, Deacon, it just occurred to me. Remember that other
• 51:12
  Speaker 3: card sharp I was telling you about? Oh, yes. Well,
• 51:16
  Speaker 3: I think I know who he is. I guess he'll
• 51:19
  Speaker 3: be gone, though, by the time I tend to these birds. Oh,
• 51:22
  Speaker 3: I'm sure he will. Good morning, Sheriff.
• 51:23
  Speaker 12: Deacon.
• 51:32
  Speaker 5: Deacon.
• 51:33
  Speaker 7: Hey, Deacon.
• 51:34
  Speaker 3: Hello, Willie.
• 51:35
  Speaker 5: Where you going with that grip at this time of night?
• 51:37
  Speaker 3: Shh. I'm leaving town, Willie.
• 51:40
  Speaker 4: What for?
• 51:41
  Speaker 3: Well, it's kind of a long story. Something to do
• 51:44
  Speaker 3: with those six decks of cards you found, remember?
• 51:47
  Speaker 5: Yeah, but do you have to go?
• 51:49
  Speaker 3: I guess I do. Good luck, son.
• 51:53
  Speaker 5: Well, so long.
• 51:55
  Speaker 9: Good luck.
• 51:56
  Speaker 3: Hello, Deacon. Well, if it ain't Johnny Sloan and Phyllis.
• 52:03
  Speaker 4: We've been waiting here to see you.
• 52:04
  Speaker 3: I knew you didn't run away, Johnny.
• 52:06
  Speaker 8: I just went after Phyllis. When I got back, I
• 52:08
  Speaker 8: found this in my room. It's a deed to that
• 52:11
  Speaker 8: property I wanted.
• 52:12
  Speaker 3: Is that so?
• 52:13
  Speaker 8: And I know who put it there and who paid
• 52:14
  Speaker 8: for it.
• 52:16
  Speaker 3: Thanks, Deacon. Oh, forget it. Or else go thank Brother Cunningham.
• 52:20
  Speaker 3: It was really his money.
• 52:24
  Speaker 4: Deacon, Deacon, I just found out why Mr. Cunningham wanted
• 52:28
  Speaker 4: this hotel.
• 52:29
  Speaker 3: You don't say. I bet he thinks there's oil on
• 52:32
  Speaker 3: this property or something.
• 52:33
  Speaker 4: Well, yes, he does. And there is, too. I've just
• 52:36
  Speaker 4: been speaking to a man from one of the big companies.
• 52:39
  Speaker 10: Oil? Oh, why, Mrs.
• 52:40
  Speaker 4: Clark, that's wonderful. Deacon, you did all this.
• 52:43
  Speaker 3: Oh, listen, I didn't do anything. You certainly did.
• 52:45
  Speaker 8: And I'm ashamed of the wrong way I had you pegged, Deacon.
• 52:48
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm glad you changed your mind about me anyway, Johnny.
• 52:52
  Speaker 3: You see, my Uncle Sankey always used to say that
• 52:55
  Speaker 3: the only people that ever changes their mind are them
• 52:58
  Speaker 3: that hasn't. Well, I'll be getting off.
• 53:01
  Speaker 4: Deacon, you aren't leaving. Oh, you can't leave now.
• 53:05
  Speaker 3: Oh, I'm afraid I got to, Elsie, but it ain't
• 53:08
  Speaker 3: a permanent pardon. I got a few things to take
• 53:11
  Speaker 3: care of and a little thinking to do. When that's
• 53:14
  Speaker 3: all over, I'll be coming back because I sure like
• 53:18
  Speaker 3: this town and the people in it. Well, so long, folks.
• 53:23
  Speaker 3: Good luck.
• 53:23
  Speaker 10: Good luck, Deacon.
• 53:24
  Speaker 5: Come back soon.
• 53:44
  Speaker 2: We bring to a close our performance of Alias the Deacon.
• 53:47
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• 53:48
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• 53:52
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• 56:13
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, Mr. DeMille. I want to tell you I
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• 56:24
  Speaker 3: nice things about my acting. Well, Bob, I hope it
• 56:27
  Speaker 3: was acting. Now, Mr. DeMille, I don't want people to
• 56:30
  Speaker 3: think if they come over to my house to play
• 56:32
  Speaker 3: old maid, I'm going to deal from the bottom.
• 56:34
  Speaker 7: Of the deck.
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  Speaker 3: You know, when we was rehearsing the other day, I
• 56:37
  Speaker 3: got to thinking about my Uncle Fudd.
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• 56:42
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• 56:44
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• 56:47
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• 56:50
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• 56:56
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• 57:06
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• 57:09
  Speaker 3: I finally took Uncle Fudd out there after he'd lost
• 57:12
  Speaker 3: 35 or 40 cents, and I said to him, I said,
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  Speaker 3: Uncle Fudd, this game is crooked. They've been cheating you.
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  Speaker 2: don't start that game on Monday nights until our play
• 57:39
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  Speaker 2: To the Ladies. With Helen Hayes, we'll have Otto Kruger.
• 58:00
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• 58:11
  Speaker 2: that rules the world.
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  Speaker 3: Well, sir, I'm going fishing, but I'll take a radio
• 58:15
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  Speaker 2: when the Lux Radio Theater presents Helen Hayes and Otto
• 58:37
  Speaker 2: Kruger in To the Ladies. This is Cecil B. DeMille
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  Speaker 2: saying good night to you from Hollywood. May I remind you,
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  Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen, the American Red Cross is appealing to
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  Speaker 2: all Americans. for contributions to help the thousands of suffering women, children,
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  Speaker 2: and aged in war-ridden Europe. More help is needed, and now,
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  Speaker 2: show your sympathy by sending a contribution to your local
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  Speaker 2: Red Cross chapter. Heard in tonight's play were Fred McKay
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  Speaker 2: as Johnny, Dwayne Thompson as Mrs. Clark, Lou Merrill as Cunningham,
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  Speaker 2: Arthur Q. Bryan as Sullivan, Griff Barnett as Sheriff, Bobby
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  Speaker 2: Winkler as Willie, Ralph Sedan as Andre, Wally Mayer as Bull,
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  Speaker 2: Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Gregory, Celeste Rush as Mrs. Howley,
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  Speaker 2: Maxine March as Mildred Gregory, Edward Marr as Station Master,
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  Speaker 2: and Warren Ash as Police Chief. Bob Burns will soon
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  Speaker 2: be seen on the screen in the Paramount picture coming
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  Speaker 2: around the mountain. He appeared tonight to the courtesy of
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  Speaker 2: the Kraft Music Hall. Bob has asked us to let
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  Speaker 2: you know that KMH will go on the air one
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  Speaker 2: hour earlier this Thursday. Our music was directed by Louis Silvers,
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  Speaker 2: and your announcer has been Melville Ruick. This is the
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  Speaker 2: Columbia Broadcasting System.
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  Speaker 1: We close with Lux Radio Theater's Alias the Deacon. Follow
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  Speaker 1: Lux Radio Theater for more classic broadcasts.