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The Whistler - "The Secret of Chalk Point" (1952) · Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Bill Foreman is the whistler, with Raymond Burr among the
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  Speaker 1: cast in CBS's The Whistler. At Fogbound Chalk Point, Kay
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  Speaker 1: Fowler finds a dazed young man near the isolated Yeager house.
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  Speaker 1: He says the house is his home, and that he
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  Speaker 1: is the husband of its elderly owner, though Captain Yeager
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  Speaker 1: was reportedly lost in a shipping accident 25 years before.
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  Speaker 1: Deputy Sheriff Jess Williams is the one man inclined to
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  Speaker 1: believe Kay. Written by Adrian Jendo, The Secret of Chalk Point,
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  Speaker 1: episode 536, was heard September 7th, 1952, during the series
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  Speaker 1: Signal Oil Run. And now, the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: The Secret of Chalk.
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  Speaker 3: Point I am the Whistler, and I know many things,
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  Speaker 3: for I walk by night. I know many strange tales
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  Speaker 3: hidden in the hearts of men and women who have
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  Speaker 3: stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors
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  Speaker 3: of which they dare not speak.
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  Speaker 4: And now for the Whistler's strange story, The Secret of
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  Speaker 4: Chalk Point.
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  Speaker 3: Chalk Point is a tiny strip of land that extends
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  Speaker 3: into the Pacific. And at land's end stands Yeager House,
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  Speaker 3: a large and gloomy old structure built at the turn
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  Speaker 3: of the century. Barely visible now in the swirling mist,
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  Speaker 3: the heavy fog that clings to the coast of northern California.
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  Speaker 3: And in that fog, strolling casually along the beach, Kay Fallon,
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  Speaker 3: young and attractive. A polo coat wrapped tightly around her,
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  Speaker 3: shutting out the chill of the evening. Then suddenly she stops,
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  Speaker 3: peers ahead into the gray shadows. A man. Yes, the
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  Speaker 3: figure of a man walking in from the sea. Moving
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  Speaker 3: through the fog towards you, Kay. Staggering now and falling
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  Speaker 3: on the beach. What's wrong? Are you hurt?
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  Speaker 5: The ship.
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  Speaker 3: Ship went down.
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  Speaker 6: A shipwreck?
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. All.
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  Speaker 7: All hands lost.
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  Speaker 6: When did it happen?
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  Speaker 2: Where?
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  Speaker 4: Up... Up the coast.
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  Speaker 2: Fog.
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  Speaker 3: We.
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  Speaker 7: Hit the rocks.
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  Speaker 4: Out there.
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  Speaker 3: Here.
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  Speaker 6: Let me help you.
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  Speaker 7: So... Tired.
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  Speaker 2: Tired.
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  Speaker 7: Been in the water for hours.
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  Speaker 2: Seemed like years.
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  Speaker 6: What ship were you on?
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  Speaker 5: Schooner.
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  Speaker 7: Star of Shanghai.
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  Speaker 5: My ship.
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  Speaker 2: She's gone.
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  Speaker 3: All hands gone.
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  Speaker 6: Easy now.
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  Speaker 3: Easy.
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  Speaker 5: My fault.
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  Speaker 3: All my fault.
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  Speaker 5: Here.
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  Speaker 6: Can you walk?
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  Speaker 7: I think so.
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  Speaker 2: Take me to the house, please.
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  Speaker 6: The house?
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  Speaker 7: My house.
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  Speaker 3: Up there in the point.
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  Speaker 5: Your house? I've got to get back.
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  Speaker 2: Get back home.
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  Speaker 3: You're puzzled for a moment, aren't you, Kay? By the
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  Speaker 3: strange young man who calls Yeager House his home. You've
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  Speaker 3: been employed by the owner, Mrs. Yeager, as her secretary
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  Speaker 3: companion for over a year now. And you've never seen
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  Speaker 3: him there before, nor has Mrs. Yeager ever mentioned him.
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  Speaker 3: He's confused, isn't he, Kay? Yes, that's it. The shock
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  Speaker 3: of the wreck, the terrible experience he's been through. And
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  Speaker 3: so you help him along the beach into the house.
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  Speaker 3: You leave him sitting in a chair by the fireplace
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  Speaker 3: in the study, and then hurry down the path to
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  Speaker 3: the caretaker's cottage.
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  Speaker 2: Miss Cave, what's wrong?
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  Speaker 6: There's been a shipwreck. I found one of the survivors
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  Speaker 6: down on the beach a few minutes ago. I need
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  Speaker 6: your help.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, Miss Cave.
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  Speaker 6: Some clothes. And then you'd better get a doctor. Notify
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  Speaker 6: the authorities.
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  Speaker 2: Sure thing. You'll find some clothes in the closet. I'll
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  Speaker 2: get the car out. Fetch Doc Henderson.
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  Speaker 6: And please, hurry.
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  Speaker 2: When did this happen?
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  Speaker 8: Well, I don't know for certain. The man seemed dazed.
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  Speaker 8: He did say it was his ship, a schooner. The
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  Speaker 8: Star of Shanghai.
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  Speaker 2: The Star of.
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  Speaker 2: You sure he said Star of Shanghai?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, yes, of course.
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  Speaker 2: But, Miss Kay.
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  Speaker 6: What is it, Dave? What's the matter?
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  Speaker 2: That... That was the name of Captain Yeager's ship, Miss Kay.
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  Speaker 2: The Star of Shanghai.
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  Speaker 7: A schooner.
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  Speaker 2: She went down 25 years ago. All hands lost.
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  Speaker 6: All hands lost?
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  Speaker 2: Lost? Hit the rocks. There was a low fog.
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  Speaker 6: But, Dave, I.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, miss?
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  Speaker 5: Nothing.
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  Speaker 6: You'd better hurry for the doctor.
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  Speaker 3: Back inside the house a few moments later, you stop
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  Speaker 3: in the entry hall. Stare at the oil painting on
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  Speaker 3: the wall. A painting of a three-masted schooner, Captain Yeager's ship.
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  Speaker 3: The Star of Shanghai. An uneasy feeling begins to creep
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  Speaker 3: over you, doesn't it, Kay?
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: And then suddenly you're aware of a buzzer ringing close by.
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  Speaker 2: Mrs. Yeager.
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  Speaker 3: She wants you, Kay. You hurry upstairs to her room.
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  Speaker 3: Find her, as usual, propped up in bed, the manuscript
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  Speaker 3: resting in her lap.
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  Speaker 5: I've been ringing for you for quite some time, my dear.
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  Speaker 6: I'm sorry, Mrs.
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  Speaker 5: Yeager. Oh, of course, you've been out for your walk. Yes.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, I was.
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  Speaker 5: I forgot. I wanted to tell you I've just finished
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  Speaker 5: reading your manuscript, my dear. Oh, I like it very much.
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  Speaker 5: Very much. Thank you. Have you heard from the publishers
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  Speaker 5: about it? No.
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  Speaker 6: I've written to them. But they haven't answered yet.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I'm certain they'll accept it, Kay. It's quite good, really.
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  Speaker 6: Quite good.
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  Speaker 5: However, I do have a few suggestions. That is, if
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  Speaker 5: you don't mind a meddling old woman's advice.
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  Speaker 6: No, no, of course not, Mrs. Yeager. Well, we.
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  Speaker 5: We can talk about it in the morning. I feel
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  Speaker 5: rather tired now. Very tired.
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  Speaker 6: In the morning, then.
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  Speaker 5: If you'll be kind enough to bring me my hot
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  Speaker 5: milk now.
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  Speaker 6: Right away, Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: Yeager. Kay?
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  Speaker 2: Yes?
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  Speaker 5: Is something wrong? Why.
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  Speaker 6: why, no.
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  Speaker 5: You seem disturbed.
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  Speaker 6: No, it's nothing, really.
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  Speaker 5: There is something on your mind.
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  Speaker 6: Well, in a way.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, it's the novel, dear. You're anxious about it, aren't you?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, the novel.
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  Speaker 5: It'll work out, my dear. I know it will.
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  Speaker 3: Mrs.
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  Speaker 6: Yeager, your husband, his ship was lost at sea some
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  Speaker 6: 25 years ago.
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  Speaker 5: That's right. On a night very much like this one, Kate.
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  Speaker 5: strange that you should ask about it now oh for
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  Speaker 5: some reason he's been in my thoughts all evening it's
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  Speaker 5: the fog i suppose the horns and all where was
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  Speaker 5: the ship lost Not far from here, up the coast.
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  Speaker 5: My life ended that night, my dear. I was very
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  Speaker 5: much in love with my husband.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, I know.
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  Speaker 5: He was such a handsome man. Tall, broad-shouldered, bronzed by
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  Speaker 5: the sun. Have you never seen a photograph of him,
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  Speaker 5: my dear?
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  Speaker 6: No, I never have.
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  Speaker 5: The album there. Hand it to me, will you?
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  Speaker 6: Here you are, Mrs.
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  Speaker 5: Yeager. Thank you, dear. Let's see. Oh, here.
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  Speaker 3: Here. The captain.
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  Speaker 5: This photograph was taken shortly after we were married. I
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  Speaker 5: insisted he sit for it. He hated to have his
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  Speaker 5: photograph taken, but I won out. Look, Kay. Wasn't he handsome?
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  Speaker 3: You take the album, and your hand begins to tremble
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  Speaker 3: as you stare at the faded photograph. You can't believe
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  Speaker 3: what you see, can you, Kay? The man in the
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  Speaker 3: photograph is the image of the man you found on
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  Speaker 3: the beach just a few minutes ago.
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  Speaker 5: Why, what's the matter, my dear? Nothing.
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  Speaker 6: Nothing at all, Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeager. The End.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 3: It was a shock, wasn't it, Kay, discovering the photograph
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  Speaker 3: in the album, a photograph of Captain Yeager, lost at
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  Speaker 3: sea some 25 years ago. And yet you're certain it's
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  Speaker 3: the same man you found on the beach off Chalk
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  Speaker 3: Point just a few minutes ago, very much alive, a
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  Speaker 3: man who seemed dazed, spoke of the wreck of a
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  Speaker 3: ship named Star of Shanghai, the same as Captain Yeager's
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  Speaker 3: old ship. He also said Yeager House was his home.
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  Speaker 3: You leave Mrs. Yeager in the upstairs room, hurry down
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  Speaker 3: to the study, and then you stop just outside the door.
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  Speaker 3: You're afraid to go in, aren't you, Kay? Yes, because
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  Speaker 3: he's in there, the man you found on the beach.
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  Speaker 5: What?
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  Speaker 2: Here's the doc, Miss Kay. He brought the sheriff with him.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, yes. Come in, Dr.
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  Speaker 3: Henderson.
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  Speaker 6: Come in, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, my dear.
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  Speaker 7: Evening, Miss Fallon.
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  Speaker 2: Now, where is this young man?
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  Speaker 3: In there.
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  Speaker 6: The study.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll take a look at him. I'll go with you, doc.
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  Speaker 7: Miss Fallon, old Dave was telling me you said this
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  Speaker 7: man mentioned the Star of Shanghai.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, that's right.
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  Speaker 7: That was the name of Captain Yeager's ship that went
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  Speaker 7: down 25 years ago.
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  Speaker 6: So I understand.
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  Speaker 7: A schooner it was.
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  Speaker 6: So was this one.
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  Speaker 7: I see. You mentioned when this wreck happened?
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  Speaker 6: He said something about being in the water for hours
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  Speaker 6: and hours.
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  Speaker 7: Funny, we usually get a call from the Coast Guard
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  Speaker 7: when there's a shipwreck.
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  Speaker 6: And you didn't?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Miss Kay.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, Doctor.
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  Speaker 3: The young man, you sure you left him in here?
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  Speaker 6: Of course, isn't he? He was sitting right there in the...
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  Speaker 6: He's gone.
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  Speaker 3: You notice a quick exchange of glances between Dr. Henderson
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  Speaker 3: and Dave, don't you, Kay? And then the sheriff joins
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  Speaker 3: you and the others in a search of the house.
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  Speaker 3: All the rooms except Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: Yeager's.
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  Speaker 3: You search the grounds, too. But there's no sign of
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  Speaker 3: the young man.
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  Speaker 6: I can't understand it. Where could he have gone?
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  Speaker 7: Well, he's not around here, that's a sure thing, miss.
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  Speaker 6: He might have wandered down to the beach again.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe.
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  Speaker 7: I'll have my deputy organize a search party as soon
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  Speaker 7: as I get to a phone. You're a writer, aren't you?
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  Speaker 6: In my spare time.
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  Speaker 7: Old Dave tells me you finished a novel, some sort
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  Speaker 7: of a sea story, right?
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: That's right. Why do you ask?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I was just wondering, that's all.
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  Speaker 6: What is it, Sheriff?
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  Speaker 7: Like I said, Miss Fallon... I'll have my boys organize
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  Speaker 7: a search party to look for this man you said
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  Speaker 7: you found on the beach. But, you see.
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  Speaker 6: But what?
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  Speaker 7: For your sake, I hope this isn't just a publicity stunt,
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  Speaker 7: Miss Fowler.
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  Speaker 6: A publicity stunt?
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  Speaker 7: Sometimes a writer thinks a little sensational publicity... Well, you
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  Speaker 7: know what I mean.
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  Speaker 6: Now, see here, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 7: If Captain Yeager was still alive, he'd have made himself
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  Speaker 7: known years ago.
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  Speaker 6: But the photograph in Mrs. Yeager's album, it's the same man.
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  Speaker 6: I know it.
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  Speaker 7: Sure, sure, sure.
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  Speaker 6: The album is in her room. You can see for yourself.
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  Speaker 7: Mrs. Yeager isn't well, as you know, and I don't
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  Speaker 7: think it would be advisable to intrude on her at
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  Speaker 7: this time. With a story like this, Miss Fowler.
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  Speaker 6: But I tell you, the man I.
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  Speaker 3: Good night. Good night. You stand there for a moment,
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  Speaker 3: staring after him. Then you turn angrily, walk into the house.
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  Speaker 3: Then you remember the cup of milk Mrs. Yeager had
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  Speaker 3: asked for. A few minutes later, you go upstairs. And
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  Speaker 3: as you approach Mrs. Yeager's room.
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  Speaker 1: Mrs.
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  Speaker 6: Yeager, what is it? What's wrong?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, my dear.
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  Speaker 2: My dear.
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  Speaker 6: There's a lamp on the floor. What happened?
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  Speaker 3: Well.
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  Speaker 5: I must have knocked it over when I woke up.
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  Speaker 5: I had dozed off. I had the strangest dream.
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  Speaker 2: Dream?
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  Speaker 5: That the captain had come back.
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  Speaker 7: What?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, it was so, so real. He was standing here
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  Speaker 5: by my bed, looking down on me.
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  Speaker 7: No, Miss Fallon, we couldn't find any trace of the man.
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  Speaker 7: My deputy and his boys were out practically all night.
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  Speaker 7: No sign of him at all.
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  Speaker 6: I see, Sheriff.
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  Speaker 7: Check with the Coast Guard, too. They don't know anything
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  Speaker 7: about a shipwreck. The only schooner called the Star Shanghai
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  Speaker 7: ever heard of went down 25 years ago.
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  Speaker 3: The Sheriff still thinks it's a publicity stunt on your part,
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  Speaker 3: doesn't he, Kay? And so does everyone else. You're angry
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  Speaker 3: and still a little frightened. And you decide to go
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  Speaker 3: straight to your employer, Mrs. Yeager's. Tell her of the
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  Speaker 3: wet footprints beside her bed the night she dreamed her
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  Speaker 3: husband had returned. And see if she has any possible explanation.
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  Speaker 3: You hurry to the parking lot behind the telegraph office
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  Speaker 3: where you parked your car. You get in, step on
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  Speaker 3: the starter. As you maneuver out of the narrow parking strip,
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  Speaker 3: your back bumper strikes something at the side of the building. Annoyed,
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  Speaker 3: you get out and discover that you've damaged a bicycle.
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  Speaker 3: You leave a note with your address, offering to pay
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  Speaker 3: for any repairs, and then drive swiftly back to the
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  Speaker 3: house at Chop Point. As you start inside, you glance
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  Speaker 3: toward the sea, and your heart seems to jump up
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  Speaker 3: in your throat. A low fog still clings to the shore,
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  Speaker 3: and in it the figure of a man walking slowly
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  Speaker 3: along the beach. You're certain it's the same man you
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  Speaker 3: saw stagger from the sea. You hurry down the path,
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  Speaker 3: your heart pounding now, He's vanished, hasn't he, Kay? Nowhere
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  Speaker 3: in sight. Suddenly, you hear a familiar voice behind you.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, Kay.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Jess.
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  Speaker 9: Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, that's all right, Jess. I'm glad you're here.
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  Speaker 9: I just thought I'd come down and take a look
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  Speaker 9: around on my own. I'm only the deputy sheriff of the.
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  Speaker 6: You mean you believe my story of what happened last night, Jess?
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  Speaker 2: That you found a man on the beach?
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  Speaker 9: Why shouldn't I, Kay? I know you too well to
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  Speaker 9: think you'd make up a story like that for publicity purposes.
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  Speaker 6: Thank heaven someone believes me.
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  Speaker 2: Well, as for it being... Captain Yeager was.
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  Speaker 6: Of course there wasn't a Captain Yeager. But the photograph
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  Speaker 6: in the album, it's the same man.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 9: I wonder if you could get that photograph for me.
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  Speaker 5: Quietly, that is.
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  Speaker 9: We don't want to alarm Mrs.
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  Speaker 5: Yeager.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, I think so. I'll have to wait until she
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  Speaker 6: goes to sleep. It'll be sometime after nine.
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  Speaker 4: I'll be waiting here.
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  Speaker 2: Nine o'clock.
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  Speaker 5: Well, she might.
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  Speaker 6: Decide to read, however. It might be later. I'd better
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  Speaker 6: drive into the village in the morning and meet you there.
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  Speaker 9: I could be here at nine tonight, just in case.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 6: No, I think we'd better wait until morning.
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  Speaker 5: Okay.
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  Speaker 9: You got a few minutes now?
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  Speaker 6: Yes, of course.
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  Speaker 9: Let's walk down the beach. I'd like you to tell
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  Speaker 9: me what happened last night, exactly the way it happened.
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  Speaker 9: Every little detail you remember.
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  Speaker 3: At last, Kay, you've found someone who believes in you.
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  Speaker 3: Jess Williams, the young deputy sheriff. The man you know
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  Speaker 3: you can trust. That night, you wait in your room
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  Speaker 3: for Mrs. Yeager to go to sleep. You glance casually
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  Speaker 3: through the San Francisco paper you bought at the village.
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  Speaker 3: And then suddenly, something you see on one of the
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  Speaker 3: inside pages startles you. Photograph of a man.
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  Speaker 6: Carl Tassin. Deported gangster shot in gun battle with San
• 17:50
  Speaker 6: Francisco police. The one-time underworld czar who had re-entered the
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  Speaker 6: United States illegally was slain.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, come in.
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  Speaker 2: Evening, Miss Kay.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Dave, what is it?
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  Speaker 2: I just saw Mrs. Yeager.
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  Speaker 5: Yes?
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: She won't be wanting her hot milk tonight.
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  Speaker 6: All right, Dave, thank you. I guess I'll go straight
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  Speaker 6: to bed.
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  Speaker 2: Good idea.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Dave. Yes?
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  Speaker 6: Uh, nothing, never mind.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: Night.
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: It suddenly occurred to you, didn't it, Kay? Where you
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: met the man whose picture you saw in the San
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: Francisco paper. Yes, he's Carl Tassin, the gangster. And you
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: saw him with old Dave two weeks ago. Bumped into
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: them accidentally one night as they were leaving his cottage.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: You remember how they hurried away when they saw you.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: You recall Dave's pointed questions the next day. At the time,
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: you gave little thought to the matter... But now you
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: realize Dave was pumping you to see whether or not
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: you got a close look at Tassin. You wonder about
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: the whole chalk point setup. And then suddenly things begin
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: to fall into place. And you sit there thinking it out.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: Then you tiptoe down the hall to Mrs. Yeager's room
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: and listen. You hear a voice. A man's voice. But
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: you can't make out what he's saying.
• 19:17
  Speaker 7: And then.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: Dave!
• 19:18
  Speaker 7: Dave!
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  Speaker 2: Too bad she was listening, Miss Kay. Now you better
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: go on in. Now look, Mrs. Yeager.
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  Speaker 7: Dave, what's the idea?
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: She was outside the door, ma'am, getting an earful.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, I see. Come on in, Miss Fallon.
• 19:36
  Speaker 10: Well, well.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: We.
• 19:40
  Speaker 6: We've met before, haven't we?
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: On the beach last night.
• 19:46
  Speaker 10: You rescued me from the surf.
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: Captain Yeager.
• 19:50
  Speaker 7: That's me.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Really?
• 19:51
  Speaker 6: I find that a little hard to believe.
• 19:54
  Speaker 4: So did the police, huh?
• 19:57
  Speaker 6: You planned the whole act to discredit me.
• 20:01
  Speaker 5: Mrs.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: Yeager planned it.
• 20:02
  Speaker 10: I preferred more violent action.
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: Mrs.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: Yeager!
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: Yes, Kay, I... I didn't want you to get hurt.
• 20:08
  Speaker 8: And all this because I happened to see a man
• 20:10
  Speaker 8: outside of Dave's cottage two weeks ago. A gangster you
• 20:14
  Speaker 8: had smuggled into the States.
• 20:17
  Speaker 5: Carl Tassin.
• 20:18
  Speaker 7: That's right.
• 20:19
  Speaker 10: After Tassin got himself knocked off, we figured you'd probably
• 20:22
  Speaker 10: see his picture in the paper.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Go to the police.
• 20:24
  Speaker 8: But after what happened last night, nobody would believe the
• 20:28
  Speaker 8: story about Tassin either.
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: Right. In your case, the little girl who cried wolf.
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: Once too often.
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: Very clever, Mr.
• 20:36
  Speaker 9: Norton.
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: Captain Norton.
• 20:39
  Speaker 10: Master of the freighter Western Star.
• 20:41
  Speaker 6: So that's how you get your clients to the States.
• 20:44
  Speaker 10: Carl Tassin was a special case. The kind of man
• 20:47
  Speaker 10: we could have used. Actually, our main business is smuggling.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: We've got a great setup here, Miss Fallon.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: And you're not going to spoil it.
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: Well, what are you going to do, Captain?
• 20:57
  Speaker 10: What I should have done a long time ago, Mrs. Yeager,
• 20:59
  Speaker 10: instead of going through that crazy routine of yours.
• 21:01
  Speaker 5: No, I won't allow it.
• 21:03
  Speaker 4: Oh, you won't allow it.
• 21:04
  Speaker 5: No. As long as I'm a partner and you're using
• 21:07
  Speaker 5: my house as a rendezvous, what I say goes.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: Not anymore.
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: I'm running this and you'll do as I say. You're
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: in pretty deep, Mrs. Yeager. Don't forget that.
• 21:15
  Speaker 5: Now, listen to me.
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: Save your breath. It's the only way.
• 21:19
  Speaker 10: It's this girl or us. All right, Miss Fallon. Suppose
• 21:25
  Speaker 10: the two of us take a nice little stroll along
• 21:28
  Speaker 10: the beach.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: You're certain he's going to kill you, aren't you, Kay?
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: Because you know too much. As you walk through the
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: downstairs hall, you glance at the clock a few minutes
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: after nine. And then you realize if you'd listened to
• 21:50
  Speaker 3: the deputies, agreed to let him wait for you at
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: the beach. He'd be there now, close by, to save you.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: You move out of the house, Captain Norton right behind you,
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: the gun in his hand, and the two of you
• 22:02
  Speaker 3: go down the path to the beach.
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: All right, Miss Fallon, this is as far as we go.
• 22:08
  Speaker 6: Listen to me, Captain Norton.
• 22:09
  Speaker 10: Like I told the old lady, save it.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: You know, you're a nice-looking doll, Kay.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 22:17
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 22:19
  Speaker 10: I sort of hate to do this, but I've got
• 22:22
  Speaker 10: to think of that easy dough I'm making, those suckers
• 22:25
  Speaker 10: who'll pay five grand to have me ease them into
• 22:27
  Speaker 10: the States.
• 22:28
  Speaker 3: I wouldn't tell anyone.
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: Oh, sure, I bet you wouldn't.
• 22:32
  Speaker 4: Sorry, baby.
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: Sorry.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: It all seems like a nightmare, doesn't it, Kay? The
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: strange man staggering out of the sea, his complete disappearance,
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: the realization that Chalk Point is the headquarters of a
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: criminal smuggling ring, that even your employer, Mrs. Yeager, is
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: a part of it. And then the walk to the
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: beach with Captain Norton, the head of the organization, his
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: decision to kill you. Yes, your mind is spinning when
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: suddenly you realize you're lying on the couch in the
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: study of Yeager House. And your friend, Jess Williams, the
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: deputy sheriff, is standing close by, looking down.
• 23:31
  Speaker 7: On you, smiling.
• 23:33
  Speaker 4: Hiya, Kay.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: Feeling all right?
• 23:37
  Speaker 5: I think so, Jess.
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: How did I get here?
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: You fainted.
• 23:43
  Speaker 6: But Captain Norton... Easy now.
• 23:46
  Speaker 9: He's in the other room, handcuffed to old Dave. Dave
• 23:48
  Speaker 9: gave me the whole story of the racket, including Mrs.
• 23:50
  Speaker 9: Yeager's part in it.
• 23:51
  Speaker 6: But Captain Norton had a gun. He was going to
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: shoot me.
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: I know.
• 23:56
  Speaker 9: I spotted the two of you when you left the house.
• 23:58
  Speaker 9: When I saw you had your cover of the gun,
• 23:59
  Speaker 9: I followed. Looks like I fired just in time.
• 24:03
  Speaker 5: You saved my life, Jess.
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 24:06
  Speaker 9: Funny the way it happened, too. I wasn't intending to
• 24:09
  Speaker 9: see you until tomorrow morning. I was cruising around the
• 24:12
  Speaker 9: village in the squad car a little while ago... Ran
• 24:15
  Speaker 9: into Frankie Holden.
• 24:16
  Speaker 6: The youngster at the telegraph office?
• 24:19
  Speaker 7: Yeah.
• 24:20
  Speaker 9: He had a telegram to deliver out this way. His
• 24:24
  Speaker 9: bicycle was broken, so I gave him a lift.
• 24:28
  Speaker 5: You mean.
• 24:29
  Speaker 9: I mean a certain hit-and-run artist named Kay Fallon smashed
• 24:33
  Speaker 9: Frankie's bicycle, left a very thoughtful note on it. Lucky
• 24:38
  Speaker 9: I did, too. Otherwise, I wouldn't have picked Frankie up.
• 24:44
  Speaker 9: Been out here tonight.
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: THE END.
• 25:10
  Speaker 4: Featured in tonight's story were Bill Foreman as the Whistler,
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: Virginia Gregg, Larry Thor, Isabel Randolph, Raymond Burr, Leo Cleary,
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: and Britt Wood. The Whistler was produced and directed by
• 25:21
  Speaker 4: George W. Allen, with story by Adrian Jeandot, music by
• 25:25
  Speaker 4: Wilbur Hatch, and was transmitted overseas by the Armed Forces
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: Radio Service. The Whistler was entirely fictional, and all characters
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: portrayed on the Whistler are also fictional. Any similarity of
• 25:36
  Speaker 4: names or resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: That completes The Whistler and The Secret of Chalk Point.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: Thank you for sharing this September 1952 CBS broadcast. Follow
• 25:52
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