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Speaker 1 (00:15):
I am the whistler, and I know many things. Or
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who had stepped
into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak, and all the Whistler's strange story.
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Anything for a friend, as Bill Harvey, youthful treasurer of
Midfield Automatic Time are incorporated, certainly only unwelcome visitor. He
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was both worried and nervous, and not without reason. Or
Phil had made a mistake. Yes, you've made a serious mistake,
haven't you, philed one that seems impossible to rectify, as
your visitor remained inflexible to your argus. And I tell
you I'll have the money in a month, Dan, That's
what you told me last month, Phil, and the month before.
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Within this month, I'll be married to Francis Adam, your
boss's daughter. That's right now, Dan, It's only five thousand dollars.
Mister Adams will probably give us five times that much
for a wedding present. Your engagement official. She'll say yes,
all right, with a lope, you see if you mean
you haven't even asked her yet? No, but then you
expect me to settle for a mazing like that. Not settled, Dan,
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Just wait, because tonight I'm going to ask her to
marry me. Okay, call me in the morning if you
tell me the lady said yes, Alfona, Well she verified,
I'll wait for your marriage. No, that might ruin everything, Dan,
After all, you're norm as a gambler. Your club club's
on the square and everybody knows. Well, sure that's that's
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other with guys like you, Phil, you're yellow. You get
in a jam, you run to the first guy you
know with dough, Dan Fenton, a gambler. Sure he'll come
through because you were kids together. No, No, you've got
me all wrong. I've got you all right filled and
I'll bet you're ten dollars to a dime. You cheated
somebody you get where you are with this friend. Now
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you're getting all worked up over nothing, Dan, five gees
is more than nothing, and the spot your ringers a
lot more than nothing. You used five thousand of your
famous dough to make a killing on a shore thing
on the stock market. You're lost. If I hadn't let
you have the dough to cover up while the books
were being audited, you'd be in the big house, right,
and I know it, and I appreciate a kidding yourself.
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You don't appreciate anything anyway. I want to know for
sure why you're maning that Adam's girl by tomorrow morning,
all right? Want that money by noon the day after?
And what if I can't raise us down? And everybody
in town, including Miss Adams, is going to read the
whole story in the newspapers. More. What a wonderful NFL
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lovely place too. I'm glad you enjoyed it, fan, uh fran,
I've It's something I've been wanting to say.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Who's going ahead?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
All right? I will? I love your friends. I want
you to marry me. Marry you? Yes, oh, friend, you've
been it for me ever since the first time I
saw you walk through the planet. That's five years ago. Yes,
I remember. It was a day or two after I
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graduated from college, and I I fell in love with
you there the minute I saw you. Of course, I
couldn't say anything then I was just a mechanic. But
well now that I'm treasurer of the firm, and uh oh,
what about it? Friend? Huh so, why did you wait
so long? There? Was a time when I thought I
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thought there was no one in the world like you.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
She never said anything, And now what about now, Fri, Well,
now I'm in love with someone.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Else, somebody else. I'm surprised you didn't know. It's Larry Wilson. Larry, Yes,
we're being married in October, as soon as mother and
Dad returned from Europe. As close as the tools you are.
I'm surprised, Larry.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Who told you?
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Larry Wilson. You've always hated him, haven't you filed? Even
though you've shared the same bachelor's apartment for years and
Larry believes you to be as close as friend. You
and Larry started working for the company at the same time,
but somehow he was always a step ahead of him.
And he's still ahead of you, isn't he. Yes, he's
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general manager and you're merely the treasurer, subject to his orders.
And now he's taken the key to your future and
the girl you love from me. But has he failed? No,
not yet. There's still many weeks before October, answered, and
you're sure you'll find some way to get Larry Wilson
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out of your way. Meantime, you must find a way
to pay damn sentence, or see your entire career ruins.
Since there's a little chance of an audit for some time,
you decide to use company funds again, and the following evening,
an hour or so after the office closed, you slip
into the main office and again takes five thousand dollars
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from the safe. Then as you close the safe, the
office door open. Who's it? Oh? Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Hello, text evening missus Harvey that you're done Robin's safe.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
That's not very funny. Text, Oh, I just joking to hear.
I'm sure you were. Incidentally, what are you doing here?
Check the office every night? This time?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Been done it now to ten years, ever since they
made midnight watching. Oh glad to see you're so conscientious,
say texts. You haven't noticed any of the office employees
around here late in the evening recently? I mean somebody
been tapping the tail.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Oh I'm afraid, soul. I'm not sure yet, But you
haven't noticed anyone in the office after ours? Or have you? Said?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Nobody but missus Larry Wilson. He's a general manager. He
wouldn't steal nothing.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Oh, of course, not anyway, I might be wrong. I'm
check things over the next couple of days. Meantime, you
might just forget this whole conversation, aren't they sure, mister
Hart Uh huh, good night, good night, text, but text,
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We'll forget Willie still. Now, the watchman will be certain
to remember that he saw Larly Wilson at the office
late at night. And if mister Adams should return unexpectedly
from Europe or by any other mischance, your theft is discovered.
You're certain you control suspicion in the direction of Larry,
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And then, as you smile at the thought, the answer
to your whole problem comes to you. You'll be able
to eliminate both Larry and the necessity of replacing the
five thousand dollars. It will require several weeks of planning,
but you're certain that if you move carefully, Larry Wilson
will never marry Francis Adams will never stand in your
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way again. And each move in the game becomes clear,
doesn't it fail? Next morning you give Dan sent in
the money you took from the safe, and late that
night in your apartment, as you're chatting with Larry, I
get it, fell Is Special debates So Hobby, Yeah, yeah,
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that's not worth. What is it, Larry? Uh, special delivery
letter for you? Oh honey, our turn address? Well quite,
let's see it. Well that's strange, but they look at
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this thing. Bad news readers told me, Hey, what is so, Harvey?
You talk too much in court? I told you I
wouldn't forget, and I haven't. You don't hear from me
soon he smoke shots. He's gotta be a joke, and
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a joke I wish, I thought so, it must be it.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Why would anybody want to kill you it?
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Hey, what does this mean? Talk too much? In choir?
Was a witness in The Criminal Kids a couple of
years ago at daytime robbery. I identified the stick up
man and if pal said then he keept me if
it was the last thing he ever did. Hey, hey,
here you get your coat, felt one of the police.
Oh no, no, no, forget it. Last. I feel silly
showing this letter? Would you be silly? Now?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Maybe they can tell you something from that handwriting.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Oh I think you're being overly alarmed. But if it'll
make you feel any better, come on, let's go. I
mean letters like this are fairly common, Sargeant. Yeah, that's right,
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mister Hobby. We see lots of threatening letters. I don't
know whether this one's real a phony, but I keep
out of dark alleys for a while if I were
you there now, you see, Phil, And we'll check on
this letter some more and keep an eye on your
apartment just in key. Oh no, no, that won't be necessary.
We'll be okay, thank you anyway. Yeah, be careful, mister Hobby.
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Oh don't you worry about that, Sergeant. I never take
chances if I can help it. Well, Phil, you took
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the first step and your plan to eliminate Larry Wilson.
And it was a successful one, wasn't it. No one
will ever trace that threatening letter back to you, because
no one will suspect you have any reason for writing
such a message to yourself. Even Larry is concerned for
your safety, and you're ready for your second step. You're
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grateful now for your days in the factory when the
company was making timing devices for munitions plans. You know,
every tiny part that goes into a timed explosive of
every kind, don't you feel And a few days later, myself,
Oh you home, Yeah, you're back here?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Yeah, because kids outside, handey this package.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
It's addressed to you. Oh, I don't like to look
for it full Let's open it up and see what's
doing on. No, wait, so but you heard something in
that package, something in the snow, Yeah, yes, I do
it of a ticking sound like a clock. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Well, don't don't open the fell. It could be a bomb.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
It could have that. Yeah, but I better take this
right to the police. I can drive your headquarters in
ten minutes. If I step on it, I'll go with yourself.
No no reason for you to go. Like you said,
it might be a bar with you. Oh okay, Larry,
let's get going then. Hell, lieutenant, was that a bomb?
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It sure was.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
You've got plenty of luck on your side, mister Harvey.
It would open that package, it would have blown up
the whole apartment building, and in another hour the timing
mechanism would have set it off.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
I had a hotshat package with a bomb when I.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Brought it in the hospital. And what gave you a
hunch like that, missus Wilson.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Wow, it could have been just right. Clock got something
just a little super sensitive, right?
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Oh, I got a threatening letter a little while back, Lieutenant. Ah,
it's right, I heard about him. Mister Harvie who brought
the letter here. That's right, and the boys here warned
me to be careful. Beginning will look like the warning
was well found it. Well, do you think you can
learn anything from that bomb? Lieutenant?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Yeah, well we were shaking him the wrapping paper, handwriting
and go on.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Yeah, and don't forget the kid who handed me the package. Jesus,
maybe he could tell you who gave it him.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
I doubt do we get much from him, even if
we find him. Somebody probably slipped in my half dollar
to deliver the package, that's all.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Yeah, Well, thank you anyway, lieutenant. And if you do
catch the fellow who sent that package, be sure to
let me know right away, will you? If we catch him,
you'll be the first to know. Massari, the police didn't
tell you anything. You didn't know? Did they fail? You
know exactly the time the bomb would have exploded, didn't you?
And now you're sure of something else you're assessment. When
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Larry Wilson is finally killed by a time bomb, the
police and everyone else will believe it was intended for you.
And once Larry is out of the way, it'll be
easy for you to make it appear that he took
the five thousand dollars you paid them. Since, yes, with
Larry out of your way, you're certain you will have
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little trouble in marrying you, see Ice Francis Adams. A
few days later, Larry is temp North on a two
day business trip and suggest you take Francis out to
dinner during his epience. This provides a perfect opportunity for
your next step, doesn't it feel? And you take fool?
It's a job. Well, we're still good friends anyway, Harbert
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Francis a cuss.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
I don't know anyone except Loud, but I say it's
close to us rule.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's what I hope you say. So I'm still heartbroken
that you're not marrying me instead of Larry. You know that,
does you? I guess so you can't come down. Well,
but I didn't spy anything. I'm so fun that you
think that one't for Larry. It would be me hm, yes,
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I suppose it would.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
But there it lies.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Yeah, yeah, they sure it is. I'm just a poor export.
It's a bad loser, idek. I do wish you and
Larry the best of everything? Or wan? I know you do?
And Larry on the kill. Sure it does well? Care
for anything else. Honey, I'll cordial a little more confident
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not to say thank you for about Would you like
to take a drive along the beach maybe before we
go home? I'd love it?
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Now that beautiful.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Nice, wonderful sort of a nice makes a fellow feel.
Uh uh, must have left my thoughts. Get the nice it?
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Oh, I'll tell you as well. Do you know I've
been terribly worried about you?
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Huh?
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Oh? That letter and.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
That's fall No, no, no, let's not talk about that.
Not but so many nice things to think about it. Hey,
what's wrong with my watch?
Speaker 3 (16:33):
What do you mean? What's wrong with it?
Speaker 1 (16:35):
It stops? And I don't know when it stops? Is
it's not running? Now? Oh? Find what time is it?
Speaker 4 (16:41):
No?
Speaker 2 (16:41):
What's the matter?
Speaker 1 (16:42):
One time? Is it? Please? Friend? Tell me? Tell me right?
Speaker 3 (16:45):
You know it's nine fifty kill nine fifty two?
Speaker 1 (16:50):
And you sure your watch is right? It's terribly right? Oh?
Why all the fuss over the time?
Speaker 3 (16:56):
And you know, hurry to get rid of me?
Speaker 1 (16:58):
What? No? All? Oh did you know better than that? No,
it's it's just that I I'm expecting an important long
distance call at ten thirty, a business call.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
But I'll make it okay, Sure you can make it easily.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Tell me about five minutes from my house right now. Oh, frien,
I just can't tell you how I have enjoyed being
with you. I'm sure you have time to getting in
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for a nightcap, or I wouldn't there. I can't afford
to miss that call. Well, no, what was that? But
that was my car? The front wheels blew right off?
You hire hire nothing the whole will look. Oh, I
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guess I'd better just forget that long distance call. Pone
the police. We're lucky that didn't happen while we were
hitting fifty back there in the freeway. Do you think
it was about We'll let the police find off. Oh boy,
that was close. Yes, Bill, it wasn't close, wasn't it.
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But that's exactly the way you timed it, isn't it. Now,
when the right time comes, Ran herself will testify that
you were a marked man. You decide to wait a
couple of weeks before your final step, and then a
few nights later in your apartment. It's Larry who decides
the time and the place for you. The cigarette fell?
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Oh yes, thanks? Sorry? Uh so? I well, I there's
something I didn't like to tell you. Oh, go ahead,
France is not gonna be night tomorrow, tomorrow. Yeah, yeah.
We talked it all.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Over this afternoon, and first we weren't gonna tell anybody
about it, but not even here. Then Frian pointed out
what a dirty trick that would be to play on
a form's best friend.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Well you know, yeah, no, I know.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
To morrow morning we're driving the arizon't I no, Look,
we take it the best way. Yeah, I know lots
of girls who want a big wedding, but not friends.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
No, no, no, not sure. He's a big surprise. Is
there anything I can do to her? I'll help you
on your wedding. No, no, thanks, gotta, I don't know.
There's gotta be. Come on, kid, must be.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Somehow another thing I unders done. Taking fan up at
eight in the morning, By four or five in the afternoon,
we'll be married.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
H I'm sure. Wish you all the luck in the world.
You friends a wonderful girl. She's sure. Well, I get
to better take sharing. Get over to her house. Got
a few things to talk about, and while you're showering,
I'll fix us a drink and we'll we'll toast the
bride to pay in ten minutes. You have to move fast, now,
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don't you feel? And while Larry's taking a shower, you
slip down to the garage disconnect a couple of wires
under the hood of Larry's car. Before he finishes dressing,
you're back in the living room.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Hey, uh, you'll be up by the time i'd leave
in the morning?
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Fell What times you see you in friendly? Wow?
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And take you about a half an hour to get
a friend. So I'll start from here about seventy thirty,
and I mean being on our way about Well, I.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Say, ooh, I'm not up. You waste me?
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Okay, okay, I might even see you late at night.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
I don't be on a frame, all right, I'll walk
out the garage with him. Well, don't be planning to
be done very long before days, maybe weeks. I will
not ask you where you're going on your honey. You
know that time. We haven't even decided itself. Really, Yeah,
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it's one of the things we're gonna decide tonight. Yeah,
that's no. What's wrong? Send in a little cold? I
get I mean I've been running fine, I could be
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out of guys. No, no, want to dance the tanks
go before I came home. I didn't want to have
to stop out in the morning.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
And times like this that make a teleision something about
automobile engine and you said, hey.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Wait a minute, wait to let up on that thing
on it. Listen, why don't you take my car? It's
in perfect shape. I have it all fixed up after
be closed. No, really, after you get on your way tomorrow,
I'll have a mechanic over here to fix yours up,
and I'll drive it until you get there.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Now I could.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Now you go ahead and do as I say, as
you really know I nor mine. I'd feel hurt if
you didn't. Now you just popping my car and get
all over the France. Okay, don't care.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
I won't ever forget this pal.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
There's only one more detail, and you've prepared for it
more than a week ago, didn't you feel so you'd
be certain you'd be ready for any emergency. As soon
as Larry leaves, you open your dresser drawers, remove the
carefully constructed bomb you've hidden under some shirts. You set
the timing device for seven forty five the next morning,
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when Larry will be midway between the apartments and the
home of Francis Adams. Then you place it in your
briefcase and wait for Larry. When you returned, the two
of you drink a final toast to the bride, and
as soon as Larry is in bed, you pick up
your briefcase, slip down to the garage, place it on
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the floor of your car, but the back seat cover
it with the evening papers. Early the next morning, Hey, hey, so,
uh so, still come and wake on her? Wake up?
I'm reading Uh oh yeah, sure, he was waiting so soundly.
I didn't want to wake until I was Yeah, I'm morting. Well,
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thanks again for your help. Well see a few days, sure,
and good luck. Yeah, I think well.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
We made a slight change our plans last night. Plan
wanted to start a little earlier, so we compromised.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Oh, I'm picking her up at seven point thirty instead
of eight. You're still half asleep and groggy when the
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impact of what Larry said hits you. Then you leap
out of bed in time to see him driving away.
If they're leaving at seven point thirty, that means Fran
will be in the car at seven forty five when
the time bomb explodes. Yes, the bomb you've hidden in
the briefcase in the back of your car. Can't lose
a second, can you fill? You must reach Fran's house
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before Larry does find a way to delay her departure.
Takes you only a moment to replace the two wires
you're disconnected and get Larry's car started.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Then you use every shortcut you nor.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
A Fran's house. Fran's life and your future in the balance.
You have to win this race, don't you fill? Oh,
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good morning, mister har Larry in front of the gun. Yes,
they left about five minutes ago.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Oh oh, you should have seen them.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
They were so happy. Won't you come in? No? No, no, no, thanks.
Maybe I'll catch them in the highway.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
I I I've got a pleasant for them.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
You've got to catch them, haven't you, Phil? And you
have only a few minutes. As you reached the main highway,
you suddenly noticed a piece of paper, which is the
glove compartments, with your name written on. You hate to
slow down, but you quickly decide you'd better see what
it is. And dear Phil, thanks again for loaning me
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your car for our honeymoon. Hope you don't have too
much trouble getting mine running again. Incidentally, I checked your
car before I left and found your briefcase in the
rear seat. Figured you wouldn't need it before we returned,
so I put it in the backseat of my car
for you. His car, Oh no,
I am the whistler, and I know many things. Or
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who had stepped
into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak, and all the Whistler's strange story.
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Anything for a friend, as Bill Harvey, youthful treasurer of
Midfield Automatic Time are incorporated, certainly only unwelcome visitor. He
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was both worried and nervous, and not without reason. Or
Phil had made a mistake. Yes, you've made a serious mistake,
haven't you, philed one that seems impossible to rectify, as
your visitor remained inflexible to your argus. And I tell
you I'll have the money in a month, Dan, That's
what you told me last month, Phil, and the month before.
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Within this month, I'll be married to Francis Adam, your
boss's daughter. That's right now, Dan, It's only five thousand dollars.
Mister Adams will probably give us five times that much
for a wedding present. Your engagement official. She'll say yes,
all right, with a lope, you see if you mean
you haven't even asked her yet? No, but then you
expect me to settle for a mazing like that. Not settled, Dan,
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Just wait, because tonight I'm going to ask her to
marry me. Okay, call me in the morning if you
tell me the lady said yes, Alfona, Well she verified,
I'll wait for your marriage. No, that might ruin everything, Dan,
After all, you're norm as a gambler. Your club club's
on the square and everybody knows. Well, sure that's that's
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other with guys like you, Phil, you're yellow. You get
in a jam, you run to the first guy you
know with dough, Dan Fenton, a gambler. Sure he'll come
through because you were kids together. No, No, you've got
me all wrong. I've got you all right filled and
I'll bet you're ten dollars to a dime. You cheated
somebody you get where you are with this friend. Now
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you're getting all worked up over nothing, Dan, five gees
is more than nothing, and the spot your ringers a
lot more than nothing. You used five thousand of your
famous dough to make a killing on a shore thing
on the stock market. You're lost. If I hadn't let
you have the dough to cover up while the books
were being audited, you'd be in the big house, right,
and I know it, and I appreciate a kidding yourself.
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You don't appreciate anything anyway. I want to know for
sure why you're maning that Adam's girl by tomorrow morning,
all right? Want that money by noon the day after?
And what if I can't raise us down? And everybody
in town, including Miss Adams, is going to read the
whole story in the newspapers. More. What a wonderful NFL
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lovely place too. I'm glad you enjoyed it, fan, uh fran,
I've It's something I've been wanting to say.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
Who's going ahead?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
All right? I will? I love your friends. I want
you to marry me. Marry you? Yes, oh, friend, you've
been it for me ever since the first time I
saw you walk through the planet. That's five years ago. Yes,
I remember. It was a day or two after I
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graduated from college, and I I fell in love with
you there the minute I saw you. Of course, I
couldn't say anything then I was just a mechanic. But
well now that I'm treasurer of the firm, and uh oh,
what about it? Friend? Huh so, why did you wait
so long? There? Was a time when I thought I
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thought there was no one in the world like you.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
She never said anything, And now what about now, Fri, Well,
now I'm in love with someone.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Else, somebody else. I'm surprised you didn't know. It's Larry Wilson. Larry, Yes,
we're being married in October, as soon as mother and
Dad returned from Europe. As close as the tools you are.
I'm surprised, Larry.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Who told you?
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Larry Wilson. You've always hated him, haven't you filed? Even
though you've shared the same bachelor's apartment for years and
Larry believes you to be as close as friend. You
and Larry started working for the company at the same time,
but somehow he was always a step ahead of him.
And he's still ahead of you, isn't he. Yes, he's
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general manager and you're merely the treasurer, subject to his orders.
And now he's taken the key to your future and
the girl you love from me. But has he failed? No,
not yet. There's still many weeks before October, answered, and
you're sure you'll find some way to get Larry Wilson
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out of your way. Meantime, you must find a way
to pay damn sentence, or see your entire career ruins.
Since there's a little chance of an audit for some time,
you decide to use company funds again, and the following evening,
an hour or so after the office closed, you slip
into the main office and again takes five thousand dollars
(06:15):
from the safe. Then as you close the safe, the
office door open. Who's it? Oh? Oh?
Speaker 2 (06:26):
Hello, text evening missus Harvey that you're done Robin's safe.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
That's not very funny. Text, Oh, I just joking to hear.
I'm sure you were. Incidentally, what are you doing here?
Check the office every night? This time?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Been done it now to ten years, ever since they
made midnight watching. Oh glad to see you're so conscientious,
say texts. You haven't noticed any of the office employees
around here late in the evening recently? I mean somebody
been tapping the tail.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Oh I'm afraid, soul. I'm not sure yet, But you
haven't noticed anyone in the office after ours? Or have you? Said?
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Nobody but missus Larry Wilson. He's a general manager. He
wouldn't steal nothing.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
Oh, of course, not anyway, I might be wrong. I'm
check things over the next couple of days. Meantime, you
might just forget this whole conversation, aren't they sure, mister
Hart Uh huh, good night, good night, text, but text,
(07:37):
We'll forget Willie still. Now, the watchman will be certain
to remember that he saw Larly Wilson at the office
late at night. And if mister Adams should return unexpectedly
from Europe or by any other mischance, your theft is discovered.
You're certain you control suspicion in the direction of Larry,
(07:57):
And then, as you smile at the thought, the answer
to your whole problem comes to you. You'll be able
to eliminate both Larry and the necessity of replacing the
five thousand dollars. It will require several weeks of planning,
but you're certain that if you move carefully, Larry Wilson
will never marry Francis Adams will never stand in your
(08:19):
way again. And each move in the game becomes clear,
doesn't it fail? Next morning you give Dan sent in
the money you took from the safe, and late that
night in your apartment, as you're chatting with Larry, I
get it, fell Is Special debates So Hobby, Yeah, yeah,
(08:43):
that's not worth. What is it, Larry? Uh, special delivery
letter for you? Oh honey, our turn address? Well quite,
let's see it. Well that's strange, but they look at
(09:06):
this thing. Bad news readers told me, Hey, what is so, Harvey?
You talk too much in court? I told you I
wouldn't forget, and I haven't. You don't hear from me
soon he smoke shots. He's gotta be a joke, and
(09:31):
a joke I wish, I thought so, it must be it.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Why would anybody want to kill you it?
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Hey, what does this mean? Talk too much? In choir?
Was a witness in The Criminal Kids a couple of
years ago at daytime robbery. I identified the stick up
man and if pal said then he keept me if
it was the last thing he ever did. Hey, hey,
here you get your coat, felt one of the police.
Oh no, no, no, forget it. Last. I feel silly
showing this letter? Would you be silly? Now?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Maybe they can tell you something from that handwriting.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Oh I think you're being overly alarmed. But if it'll
make you feel any better, come on, let's go. I
mean letters like this are fairly common, Sargeant. Yeah, that's right,
(10:24):
mister Hobby. We see lots of threatening letters. I don't
know whether this one's real a phony, but I keep
out of dark alleys for a while if I were
you there now, you see, Phil, And we'll check on
this letter some more and keep an eye on your
apartment just in key. Oh no, no, that won't be necessary.
We'll be okay, thank you anyway. Yeah, be careful, mister Hobby.
(10:47):
Oh don't you worry about that, Sergeant. I never take
chances if I can help it. Well, Phil, you took
(11:09):
the first step and your plan to eliminate Larry Wilson.
And it was a successful one, wasn't it. No one
will ever trace that threatening letter back to you, because
no one will suspect you have any reason for writing
such a message to yourself. Even Larry is concerned for
your safety, and you're ready for your second step. You're
(11:30):
grateful now for your days in the factory when the
company was making timing devices for munitions plans. You know,
every tiny part that goes into a timed explosive of
every kind, don't you feel And a few days later, myself,
Oh you home, Yeah, you're back here?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Yeah, because kids outside, handey this package.
Speaker 1 (11:53):
It's addressed to you. Oh, I don't like to look
for it full Let's open it up and see what's
doing on. No, wait, so but you heard something in
that package, something in the snow, Yeah, yes, I do
it of a ticking sound like a clock. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Well, don't don't open the fell. It could be a bomb.
Speaker 1 (12:15):
It could have that. Yeah, but I better take this
right to the police. I can drive your headquarters in
ten minutes. If I step on it, I'll go with yourself.
No no reason for you to go. Like you said,
it might be a bar with you. Oh okay, Larry,
let's get going then. Hell, lieutenant, was that a bomb?
(12:41):
It sure was.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
You've got plenty of luck on your side, mister Harvey.
It would open that package, it would have blown up
the whole apartment building, and in another hour the timing
mechanism would have set it off.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Huh.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
I had a hotshat package with a bomb when I.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Brought it in the hospital. And what gave you a
hunch like that, missus Wilson.
Speaker 2 (12:57):
Wow, it could have been just right. Clock got something
just a little super sensitive, right?
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Oh, I got a threatening letter a little while back, Lieutenant. Ah,
it's right, I heard about him. Mister Harvie who brought
the letter here. That's right, and the boys here warned
me to be careful. Beginning will look like the warning
was well found it. Well, do you think you can
learn anything from that bomb? Lieutenant?
Speaker 4 (13:19):
Yeah, well we were shaking him the wrapping paper, handwriting
and go on.
Speaker 2 (13:22):
Yeah, and don't forget the kid who handed me the package. Jesus,
maybe he could tell you who gave it him.
Speaker 4 (13:26):
I doubt do we get much from him, even if
we find him. Somebody probably slipped in my half dollar
to deliver the package, that's all.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Yeah, Well, thank you anyway, lieutenant. And if you do
catch the fellow who sent that package, be sure to
let me know right away, will you? If we catch him,
you'll be the first to know. Massari, the police didn't
tell you anything. You didn't know? Did they fail? You
know exactly the time the bomb would have exploded, didn't you?
And now you're sure of something else you're assessment. When
(13:56):
Larry Wilson is finally killed by a time bomb, the
police and everyone else will believe it was intended for you.
And once Larry is out of the way, it'll be
easy for you to make it appear that he took
the five thousand dollars you paid them. Since, yes, with
Larry out of your way, you're certain you will have
(14:16):
little trouble in marrying you, see Ice Francis Adams. A
few days later, Larry is temp North on a two
day business trip and suggest you take Francis out to
dinner during his epience. This provides a perfect opportunity for
your next step, doesn't it feel? And you take fool?
It's a job. Well, we're still good friends anyway, Harbert
(14:43):
Francis a cuss.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
I don't know anyone except Loud, but I say it's
close to us rule.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's what I hope you say. So I'm still heartbroken
that you're not marrying me instead of Larry. You know that,
does you? I guess so you can't come down. Well,
but I didn't spy anything. I'm so fun that you
think that one't for Larry. It would be me hm, yes,
(15:12):
I suppose it would.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
But there it lies.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Yeah, yeah, they sure it is. I'm just a poor export.
It's a bad loser, idek. I do wish you and
Larry the best of everything? Or wan? I know you do?
And Larry on the kill. Sure it does well? Care
for anything else. Honey, I'll cordial a little more confident
(15:40):
not to say thank you for about Would you like
to take a drive along the beach maybe before we
go home? I'd love it?
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Now that beautiful.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Nice, wonderful sort of a nice makes a fellow feel.
Uh uh, must have left my thoughts. Get the nice it?
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Oh, I'll tell you as well. Do you know I've
been terribly worried about you?
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Huh?
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Oh? That letter and.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
That's fall No, no, no, let's not talk about that.
Not but so many nice things to think about it. Hey,
what's wrong with my watch?
Speaker 3 (16:33):
What do you mean? What's wrong with it?
Speaker 1 (16:35):
It stops? And I don't know when it stops? Is
it's not running? Now? Oh? Find what time is it?
Speaker 4 (16:41):
No?
Speaker 2 (16:41):
What's the matter?
Speaker 1 (16:42):
One time? Is it? Please? Friend? Tell me? Tell me right?
Speaker 3 (16:45):
You know it's nine fifty kill nine fifty two?
Speaker 1 (16:50):
And you sure your watch is right? It's terribly right? Oh?
Why all the fuss over the time?
Speaker 3 (16:56):
And you know, hurry to get rid of me?
Speaker 1 (16:58):
What? No? All? Oh did you know better than that? No,
it's it's just that I I'm expecting an important long
distance call at ten thirty, a business call.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
But I'll make it okay, Sure you can make it easily.
Speaker 1 (17:13):
Tell me about five minutes from my house right now. Oh, frien,
I just can't tell you how I have enjoyed being
with you. I'm sure you have time to getting in
(17:34):
for a nightcap, or I wouldn't there. I can't afford
to miss that call. Well, no, what was that? But
that was my car? The front wheels blew right off?
You hire hire nothing the whole will look. Oh, I
(17:57):
guess I'd better just forget that long distance call. Pone
the police. We're lucky that didn't happen while we were
hitting fifty back there in the freeway. Do you think
it was about We'll let the police find off. Oh boy,
that was close. Yes, Bill, it wasn't close, wasn't it.
(18:20):
But that's exactly the way you timed it, isn't it. Now,
when the right time comes, Ran herself will testify that
you were a marked man. You decide to wait a
couple of weeks before your final step, and then a
few nights later in your apartment. It's Larry who decides
the time and the place for you. The cigarette fell?
(18:42):
Oh yes, thanks? Sorry? Uh so? I well, I there's
something I didn't like to tell you. Oh, go ahead,
France is not gonna be night tomorrow, tomorrow. Yeah, yeah.
We talked it all.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Over this afternoon, and first we weren't gonna tell anybody
about it, but not even here. Then Frian pointed out
what a dirty trick that would be to play on
a form's best friend.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
Well you know, yeah, no, I know.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
To morrow morning we're driving the arizon't I no, Look,
we take it the best way. Yeah, I know lots
of girls who want a big wedding, but not friends.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
No, no, no, not sure. He's a big surprise. Is
there anything I can do to her? I'll help you
on your wedding. No, no, thanks, gotta, I don't know.
There's gotta be. Come on, kid, must be.
Speaker 2 (19:34):
Somehow another thing I unders done. Taking fan up at
eight in the morning, By four or five in the afternoon,
we'll be married.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
H I'm sure. Wish you all the luck in the world.
You friends a wonderful girl. She's sure. Well, I get
to better take sharing. Get over to her house. Got
a few things to talk about, and while you're showering,
I'll fix us a drink and we'll we'll toast the
bride to pay in ten minutes. You have to move fast, now,
(20:07):
don't you feel? And while Larry's taking a shower, you
slip down to the garage disconnect a couple of wires
under the hood of Larry's car. Before he finishes dressing,
you're back in the living room.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Hey, uh, you'll be up by the time i'd leave
in the morning?
Speaker 1 (20:23):
Fell What times you see you in friendly? Wow?
Speaker 2 (20:26):
And take you about a half an hour to get
a friend. So I'll start from here about seventy thirty,
and I mean being on our way about Well, I.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Say, ooh, I'm not up. You waste me?
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Okay, okay, I might even see you late at night.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
I don't be on a frame, all right, I'll walk
out the garage with him. Well, don't be planning to
be done very long before days, maybe weeks. I will
not ask you where you're going on your honey. You
know that time. We haven't even decided itself. Really, Yeah,
(21:03):
it's one of the things we're gonna decide tonight. Yeah,
that's no. What's wrong? Send in a little cold? I
get I mean I've been running fine, I could be
(21:25):
out of guys. No, no, want to dance the tanks
go before I came home. I didn't want to have
to stop out in the morning.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
And times like this that make a teleision something about
automobile engine and you said, hey.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Wait a minute, wait to let up on that thing
on it. Listen, why don't you take my car? It's
in perfect shape. I have it all fixed up after
be closed. No, really, after you get on your way tomorrow,
I'll have a mechanic over here to fix yours up,
and I'll drive it until you get there.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
Now I could.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Now you go ahead and do as I say, as
you really know I nor mine. I'd feel hurt if
you didn't. Now you just popping my car and get
all over the France. Okay, don't care.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
I won't ever forget this pal.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
There's only one more detail, and you've prepared for it
more than a week ago, didn't you feel so you'd
be certain you'd be ready for any emergency. As soon
as Larry leaves, you open your dresser drawers, remove the
carefully constructed bomb you've hidden under some shirts. You set
the timing device for seven forty five the next morning,
(22:42):
when Larry will be midway between the apartments and the
home of Francis Adams. Then you place it in your
briefcase and wait for Larry. When you returned, the two
of you drink a final toast to the bride, and
as soon as Larry is in bed, you pick up
your briefcase, slip down to the garage, place it on
(23:03):
the floor of your car, but the back seat cover
it with the evening papers. Early the next morning, Hey, hey, so,
uh so, still come and wake on her? Wake up?
I'm reading Uh oh yeah, sure, he was waiting so soundly.
I didn't want to wake until I was Yeah, I'm morting. Well,
(23:28):
thanks again for your help. Well see a few days, sure,
and good luck. Yeah, I think well.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
We made a slight change our plans last night. Plan
wanted to start a little earlier, so we compromised.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
Oh, I'm picking her up at seven point thirty instead
of eight. You're still half asleep and groggy when the
(24:01):
impact of what Larry said hits you. Then you leap
out of bed in time to see him driving away.
If they're leaving at seven point thirty, that means Fran
will be in the car at seven forty five when
the time bomb explodes. Yes, the bomb you've hidden in
the briefcase in the back of your car. Can't lose
a second, can you fill? You must reach Fran's house
(24:22):
before Larry does find a way to delay her departure.
Takes you only a moment to replace the two wires
you're disconnected and get Larry's car started.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
Then you use every shortcut you nor.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
A Fran's house. Fran's life and your future in the balance.
You have to win this race, don't you fill? Oh,
(24:58):
good morning, mister har Larry in front of the gun. Yes,
they left about five minutes ago.
Speaker 3 (25:04):
Oh oh, you should have seen them.
Speaker 1 (25:06):
They were so happy. Won't you come in? No? No, no, no, thanks.
Maybe I'll catch them in the highway.
Speaker 5 (25:12):
I I I've got a pleasant for them.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
You've got to catch them, haven't you, Phil? And you
have only a few minutes. As you reached the main highway,
you suddenly noticed a piece of paper, which is the
glove compartments, with your name written on. You hate to
slow down, but you quickly decide you'd better see what
it is. And dear Phil, thanks again for loaning me
(25:44):
your car for our honeymoon. Hope you don't have too
much trouble getting mine running again. Incidentally, I checked your
car before I left and found your briefcase in the
rear seat. Figured you wouldn't need it before we returned,
so I put it in the backseat of my car
for you. His car, Oh no,
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