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Today's Adventure: The classic story of a mischevious boy growing up in New England in the 19th Century.
Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 19, 1944
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Staring: Alastair Kyle; Craig McDonnell
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Staring: Alastair Kyle; Craig McDonnell
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
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(01:10):
nineteen forty four, here is the story of a bad Boy.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Adventure Ahead. The National Broadcasting Company presents another in the
new series of famous Stories for young people, Adventure Ahead.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
This week's a.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Play based on that classic of American childhood, The Story
of a Bad Boy by Thomas Bailey, august An amusing,
exciting story of the adventures of a typical American boy
and now adventure ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Tom Bay in his room, Oh thank you, kiddy. Time,
Oh time, Tom Berry from down that time. I want
to talk to you. Something wrong? I should say something wrong?
(02:24):
What about this book?
Speaker 4 (02:26):
A book?
Speaker 5 (02:27):
What book?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You know very well? What book? Tom Billy? This one
my notebook when I'm at my speech in Oh, recognized
it well? Drawing pictures in my notebook. Funny faces. The shame,
Tom Bailey, all these these faces mixed up with my
campaign speech.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Not very good likenesses either. This one here, it's supposed
to be killing my men. Don't look like her? Who's
just stupid looking on me?
Speaker 5 (03:00):
All right?
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Well that's supposed to be your uncle.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
It's the best I could.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Do, so my going all time, I declare you'll be
the death of me. Yet always up to some devilment.
You're a bad boy, Tom Baby's Boy, Massachusetts. But I
sometimes I wonder way I ever let your folks send
you up here and live with me? Well, I think
you would. Your folks should never put up in the
(03:28):
things I do.
Speaker 6 (03:30):
I'm sorry if I cause you so much trouble.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Uncle, I didn't know your own notebook was so important.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Well, there's a campaign speech in it for the big
political rally.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Are you going to make a speech?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Of course tonight the square long half a year in bed,
I am going to be the chief speaker. If your
worries for me, you have to do a lot per candidate.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
You can make a speek.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, you better run along that time. I'm busy. You'll
find your friends Jack Harris and Kenny Wallace bother them. Yes,
and Tom, please please don't get into any more trouble.
Speaker 7 (04:12):
Was judging that a mad Tom was mad about the notebook, like.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
You don't say, Tom ry.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
He didn't say much.
Speaker 7 (04:19):
Betty didn't like it.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
Well, No, did he scold you Tom like the schoolmaster
did the time you do the funny pictures on the
black board. No, he just said I was a bad boy.
He didn't even tell me not to do it again.
Speaker 8 (04:32):
Co wish.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
My father was like old Judge Nutter.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
He's gonna make a speech tonight, Kenny, father judge. No,
he's gonna make an election speech up on the square.
Speaker 7 (04:44):
What's he running for, Tom President?
Speaker 4 (04:46):
No, he's not running for anything well, what you making
a speech for?
Speaker 6 (04:50):
I don't know, but it must be important.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
He's been rehearsing at all day.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
Well, if it's anything like the speeches I've heard of
political rallies, everybody will go to sleep.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Poor old judge, not an old be just like the rest.
Unto Woonie Jack.
Speaker 7 (05:03):
Sure everybody always goes to sleep.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I think they will.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Sure, Oh gosh, I can't let that happen. I can't
let them go to sleep on my own.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
Uncle that they will.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
I know what we can do. I know how we
can keep people away at the political rally.
Speaker 6 (05:19):
Well, Hi, Tom, so you know that stack of firecrackers
we've been saving years since the part of July.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
Wow, I'm every space so much nights comes from under
the platform?
Speaker 8 (05:41):
You get the next?
Speaker 7 (05:43):
Let it get ready to run the judge, Night's gonna
speak next.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Bred hand border. It is not my privilege.
Speaker 8 (05:52):
Do we introduced that bread.
Speaker 9 (05:54):
Citizen of Macuts, that leader among men, that champion a
border and discipline? Judge oslog roadman, nun, Ladies and gentlemen,
what is in this great coming?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
In speaking about political candidate tonight, I would like to
say a few words about the younger generations and the
important part they're playing here in river Mouth in the
promotion and security of quiet and peaceful tranquility. But we
are times.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
You don't how we do time.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Good morning, uncle, yeah, break this morning time, great sleeping,
A clear time up on the square. Last night, too
bad you weren't there at time. A lot of fireworks
(07:28):
broke up the rally. Yeah, came right after I started
my speech. I thought it might be the opposition party
set them all. Maybe sailors and that ship down the
harbor quite a long right up in the morning paper
says there's three misigns who caused the disturbance are unknown
(07:51):
as they escaped in the confusion. Right goodness, Now listen
to this Judge letters Beach was the first election oation
of the year, and it can't truthfully be said that
the judge went over with the bank. What are you
gigging about, Tom Bailey? It's no laughing matter my social
(08:14):
prestige and injured my political reputation. First of all, I
just scared me to death. M h. I'm glad you
were home in bed last night. Time. It's thought about
you and those firecrackers started banging away. But I knew
you were home in bed, so I didn't give it
another thought. You missed seven time, sir, excuse me, Uncle
(08:43):
finished your breakfast already.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
I'm not doing happy Jimmy Watterson.
Speaker 6 (08:47):
You're going down to the Harby to see the cruiser
and all the set started.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Well, if you're done, you can leave now a time.
There seems to be something sticking out of your pocket.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
M hm crack, yes, boy, thought he is a cracker.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
You better let me have bad time. You set up
any more of those things and I'll go start graving mad,
and you let him go.
Speaker 10 (09:33):
Judge Nutters without so much as boxing he's ear Oh well, yes, kitty,
I can't be too harsh for Tom.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Seems like most of these things he does I remember
doing when I was a boy.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
You'll never mount to nothing, Judge Utter, because you're spoiling
he's a bad boy and you're making him worse.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Oh I don't know about that, Kitty. You may not
be what you call a real good boy, but come's
not such a very bad boy. Boys will be boys, kid.
He mm hmm.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
And when you heard that, yes, she is a real cruiser.
She looks big out there.
Speaker 8 (10:20):
Time.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
I bet it takes a couple of millions million players
to run a ship like that, Kimmy, golly, Wi shy,
who's old enough to be a sailor too?
Speaker 8 (10:29):
I'll have to go on board a.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Big ship like that cruiser and see all the guns
and engines and how I make a doll.
Speaker 11 (10:34):
Sure would be fun, Tom. You know when I grow up,
I'm gonna be a sailor or maybe even a gender.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
They don't have generals on ships.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Well, whatever they have, that's what I want to be.
Speaker 6 (10:48):
You can't even swim, You get washed up in.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
The store, and what are you gonna do?
Speaker 5 (10:52):
Why? I never thought of that, Tom.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
There's everybody on a big ship like that cuiser that
had to swim. The girl that's any of these fellows?
Speaker 6 (11:01):
Yes, wonder how big he got a shocked every sack
they call out a sea bang.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
Well, he's sure is strong, but he's a you go,
is Tom?
Speaker 5 (11:15):
Alright?
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Dah?
Speaker 12 (11:20):
Your lads live here in river Mouth? Mh wouldn't telling
Old Taylor where he might find the rule? You know,
lodge in the house for good chow.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Yes, got a few days on the shore.
Speaker 12 (11:34):
I want to hold up it had my feet.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
On dry land over two years, two years right.
Speaker 12 (11:39):
Been around the world thirty times, first time with Shorn
two years.
Speaker 8 (11:43):
Golly, you.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Know why.
Speaker 12 (11:49):
I wouldn't say that. But I've been in a lot
of plenty of trouble. Ye, I been around the world
thirty times. I want to.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Settle down a few weeks one of my ships.
Speaker 12 (11:58):
In port be a land her idea.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
I know how about you, lad.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Well well, yes, sir, I like for you to come
home with me.
Speaker 12 (12:13):
Uh. Oh, I don't know about that, lad Your folks
maybe wouldn't care about taking in a border.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
Watched your room. It's only me and my uncle touch mad.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
And uh did you tell him she comes from the
good time? Well, my uncle would be most glad to
have a real thing at this house. And I wouldn't
talk you anything.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Well, and I take up when you're Oh, thank you.
Speaker 12 (12:42):
I just come along with Ben.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Ben, just call me sailor Ben'm yes.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
Sir, I know it's a beautiful cruiser. Oh, yes, something.
Speaker 12 (12:56):
I tell you what I'll do while I'm visiting with you.
I'll take you aboard something, show you all the ship
from Semderstn because you will and I will. You know,
fine ships years and I don't know. I've been around
the world thirty times. I am house La.
Speaker 7 (13:28):
Yes, Oh it's you, Tom baby Hiddy.
Speaker 8 (13:31):
I want you to meet her, will you?
Speaker 3 (13:37):
How do you do?
Speaker 12 (13:40):
I'm telling me about it, man, just the way I
imagine a pretty Colleen that I ever saw. And I've
seen a lot too. I've been around the world thirty times,
and I do say.
Speaker 4 (13:54):
So you're.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Well?
Speaker 8 (13:59):
Hey, can you say?
Speaker 12 (14:05):
All right?
Speaker 4 (14:10):
Uncle A Selevan hes a Hue?
Speaker 3 (14:13):
How do you do? Judge Nutter in the afternoon, Ben,
any friend of time is certainly a friend of mine.
Speaker 12 (14:19):
Judge, if you won't mind me moving in on.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
You for a week or so, why beat it moving? End?
Yeh time, Well I should have been.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
Father said about his see with his uncle while he's
on wave.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
I knew it would be all right.
Speaker 12 (14:37):
I needed a place to bunk, Judge, but I don't
want a crowd. Guess he ain't got a room for me.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
I'd go down.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
Oh no, that is please let him stay, Uncle Phil,
you be around.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
The world hurry time.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Oh that's like he's gonna take you down to the
couch and show me all over a ship. He's gonna
tell me story about the sea and travel.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Yeah, yeah, that might be a good thing time strict,
you take an interest in Sailor Ben and the cruiser
and might keep you out of trouble. Sir, well Ben Isaac,
I don't see why you can't stay with this. You
can have a guest from upstairs video show you the
way I ain't get dad.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
Are you gonna tell me about the trouble Sailor Ben?
Are you gonna take you down your ship?
Speaker 10 (15:22):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (15:22):
Be time enough for that?
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Man.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
You gotta get my gear unpacked when on my Sunday
best I expect me and miss Kitty will step out tonight.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
With you.
Speaker 12 (15:37):
I would lucky tonight roll.
Speaker 8 (15:38):
On the river maybe upon when you're gonna tak on.
Speaker 12 (15:43):
Smorrow. There plenty of time where Kitty, you're the prettiest colleague.
No time may not have time, only got a few
days left, and be kidd you's got on?
Speaker 7 (16:08):
Is still living at your house?
Speaker 8 (16:10):
Tom God, he's a real life in your own home.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Talking about to tell you.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
So yes all the time, but not for man.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
What do you mean, tom?
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (16:24):
I just followed to the tunnel around and talk to her.
Speaker 11 (16:27):
Carly never has any time for me, doesn't even take
you bought his cruise and like.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
You said, I don't think so much as sailor Ben
as I did.
Speaker 7 (16:35):
What does Judge Nta think about him?
Speaker 6 (16:37):
I don't know my uncle. How do you ever talk
to me either?
Speaker 11 (16:39):
Though he's still busy with his old politics, he's still
making speech, he's so much lately.
Speaker 6 (16:45):
Election's almost her Yes to listen to other people's speeches.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
Now you mean the big political rally and picnic at
River Gloves this afternoon?
Speaker 8 (16:51):
To her?
Speaker 4 (16:52):
My father will be there, he can I make I speak?
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Your uncle going to make a speech at River Groove, Tom.
Speaker 8 (16:57):
Course not.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
It's the opposition party having so my uncle won't go.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Anywhere just to hear the spaces time, get three lemonade
and sandwiches.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
Old Ben will probably be there too, with Kitty.
Speaker 7 (17:09):
The sallow bend taker every place.
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Yeah, just about.
Speaker 4 (17:12):
Yet, when I'm a sailor, I won't be like that.
Speaker 7 (17:17):
You're going to be a shell when you go up,
you go up?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Kenny?
Speaker 8 (17:20):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (17:21):
Me and Tom too?
Speaker 5 (17:22):
Bol cover are you?
Speaker 12 (17:24):
Tom?
Speaker 3 (17:25):
What for?
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Why I can sail off?
Speaker 4 (17:27):
And in different places? And where am I going around
the world?
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Thirty times?
Speaker 7 (17:32):
It would be fun, all right being a sailor.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Golly, yes, just wish I.
Speaker 7 (17:36):
Had a ship.
Speaker 6 (17:37):
On my own right, No, or a boat or anything.
Speaker 5 (17:41):
Take it to right up the river. Why I could go?
Speaker 4 (17:45):
Would I'd show that old sailor, Ben I go all
the way up the river. Golly, Tom, I'd like to go.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
Give you me too like that?
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Why couldn't we get a boat sail around?
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Like?
Speaker 7 (17:59):
Stand?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Who? Why couldn't we, Tom?
Speaker 6 (18:04):
Yes we could if we had a boat.
Speaker 7 (18:05):
Can't sail with our boat?
Speaker 11 (18:07):
No, my father's kind of bone right he has. But
my father wouldn't let him huse it.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Why not?
Speaker 4 (18:16):
He says it leaves?
Speaker 7 (18:17):
Oh, what's a little leaf?
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Anyway, he wouldn't let him chuse it. No.
Speaker 6 (18:23):
No, But if mister Wallace, isn't your father going to
the political rally? Well, yes, So why couldn't we just
borrow the boat this afternoon for a little while. We
could roll up and down and we're gonna bring it
right back. Well, I don't know, Tom, My father wouldn't
like it.
Speaker 7 (18:41):
I wouldn't even know. If he didn't tell him, I
wouldn't tell him.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
So why are we waiting for him?
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Let's get that old will boat and sailor right after wards,
way up fast river glover as far as we can go.
You know show that old sailor Bender were just as
good sailors as he is.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Where get he ben enjoying itself?
Speaker 10 (19:09):
Yeah, I quite a picture.
Speaker 8 (19:11):
Eliminate your really good.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
You don't find the speech is so easy to digest.
They catch these political rallies.
Speaker 12 (19:20):
Well maybe it's no judge, but I'm going back for
a piece of that apple pie.
Speaker 13 (19:23):
Come on, all right there apple pie. Well well, well
when judge nother it's you. Wallace has the wrong political
ju Maybe don't tell me that you've decided to change
political parties.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
No, I just came along because I felt hungry, Wallace.
And uh so there might be some fireworks, lady.
Speaker 10 (19:48):
Fire others.
Speaker 13 (19:49):
I'll have you know. That's nothing that when my party
has a political rally, we never got any reason a
lover to be disturbed or broken up by rowdy bought.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Uh oh, that's too bad. It's too bad.
Speaker 13 (20:00):
And speaking of loudie elephants, I would thought that your
nephew did not associate with my son Kinney. Yes, at
Tom Dailey is a bond troublemaker.
Speaker 10 (20:10):
He never did a good thing in his life.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
He's a bad here's no rash as I was, and
I was a boy.
Speaker 13 (20:16):
Well, that's the fine comparison.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Mister Wallace. I don't like your political affiliations, and I
don't like your attitude. One of these days, I'm gonna
forget I'm a judge, and I'm gonna snap off your
icty disposition and break it right over the top of
your head. Why I've never been so.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
Alight?
Speaker 3 (20:37):
That's oh, Ben, get j apple pie. I joined yoursel
I was up until a few minutes ago.
Speaker 12 (20:48):
Looks like you're bond ready to start the speech maker
And if they're talking as good as a child, they
are around up from bolts.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
This afternoon, maybe, but not a vague help. But what
do you mean?
Speaker 4 (20:57):
M h where is this?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Forty years younger man? I might think some way to
break up bus meetings?
Speaker 4 (21:14):
Here we are kidding the middle of the river.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Uh huh.
Speaker 6 (21:17):
I get this place while I get captain my air
like that's.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
Going all the world.
Speaker 8 (21:21):
Tom, he's rollings.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
He's a glue.
Speaker 5 (21:25):
Alu my he.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
Lo? What mean?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Tom?
Speaker 4 (21:32):
But what's it mean? I don't know.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
I heard it from sale.
Speaker 8 (21:35):
Ben.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
You sound like a regular sailor. Tom, Ya foll of
your Why do you think I've been doing?
Speaker 7 (21:43):
I'm getting tired Tom, why don't you roll a while?
Speaker 8 (21:46):
Why?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I'm the capt boat?
Speaker 6 (21:48):
So what whoever heard of a captain law on his
own boat to the crack?
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Follow me the boat, Colley, the water's coming in.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
Tom, nice to talk about the old sea captain like me?
Speaker 8 (22:01):
Keep going, Jack's use this whole?
Speaker 7 (22:03):
Time's gonna think anyway?
Speaker 5 (22:05):
What did you say?
Speaker 6 (22:05):
Come up and kimmy?
Speaker 4 (22:06):
Jack keeps falling.
Speaker 9 (22:07):
That's the.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Oh all right?
Speaker 6 (22:12):
See we want to go fast time when just the
question of the grove?
Speaker 4 (22:15):
We can't turn back now looking people, Hi, father's open hand, Tom.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Is the coffee?
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Can see it on all Businessten the speakers.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Somebody's gonna pay anyttention to what?
Speaker 4 (22:27):
God?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Boy?
Speaker 6 (22:29):
Let me stop going?
Speaker 8 (22:30):
Jacket his hand? Can't you hire? I step up the fool?
Speaker 7 (22:35):
Jack?
Speaker 4 (22:35):
Time before your hand?
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Anything?
Speaker 8 (22:37):
You stand up next sea, I have to fum a fat.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
I can't swim calm.
Speaker 8 (22:43):
She's thinking, you don't fi podcast will down like this?
Any want to get down that feet.
Speaker 4 (22:52):
I'm kidding your phone now stop stop?
Speaker 7 (23:02):
Why?
Speaker 9 (23:18):
And if I am a lectus, I promised to balance
the butt.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
And to build a new fire and give all my
friends a package of God.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
And try them out.
Speaker 12 (23:33):
I intend to see the curtain I kept under proper.
Speaker 13 (23:38):
At all.
Speaker 8 (23:39):
Somebody drown boys in a boat co matter man?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Some boys the river gudge this boy?
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (23:45):
Women is way?
Speaker 10 (23:46):
Come on?
Speaker 9 (23:46):
Come on here, the river's like to meet and over gads.
Speaker 10 (23:50):
Come on a stle boy who has never done wrong,
was never given any.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Calls to why it's never give you and mister.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Wallace, well, well walking it? What's wrong? Rob? Well, here's
what he leave it.
Speaker 12 (24:07):
It looks like the maiden's busted up, mister Wallace, mass ride.
A couple of boys in the river drowning whose boys.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
You can't tell? Sure?
Speaker 12 (24:16):
One of them looks like Tom.
Speaker 10 (24:17):
Bailey, Tom Bailey, Tom Bailey. That's why.
Speaker 12 (24:21):
What's the matter, mister Wilt Why it's a potter?
Speaker 10 (24:25):
It's all judge, nothing for it.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
It's a plot. What boys and driver? Well, that's just
how hello that judge?
Speaker 10 (24:31):
Nothing will soup found his own boy.
Speaker 8 (24:34):
It's just a break up. Time, can't judges Tom. There's
two of them. Yeah, there's Tom Barley.
Speaker 12 (24:50):
He's a hold up.
Speaker 8 (24:50):
Junky Hollis swam all the way in with bast Tom Berry.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
I'm very.
Speaker 4 (24:57):
What are you doing here?
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Her term welcome?
Speaker 12 (25:01):
He doesn't now let me help you with the young lady.
I'm kidney.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Until we make we made a Kenny pre Well it's great,
are yeah? Oh he's coming?
Speaker 3 (25:16):
Oh oh, Ben, I didn't Kinny walls.
Speaker 12 (25:23):
All right, Ben, Hi, he's out, but he'll come around,
all right.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Can you tell what about you boy?
Speaker 12 (25:29):
By put my coat around you lad, keep you warm?
And where is my son?
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Where is my son?
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Kitty? Can he speak to me? And speak to you?
Speaker 12 (25:40):
Mister wegg Win back here'll be where it was.
Speaker 13 (25:43):
Oh it's you, Judge Knacker.
Speaker 10 (25:45):
I expect that your boy had something to do with
waking up my anything nearly founding my kitty.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if had a hand in it.
Speaker 10 (25:52):
Well where is that ruck?
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Right?
Speaker 10 (25:57):
Well?
Speaker 2 (25:58):
Well, what have you got to say yourself?
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Tom Bailey?
Speaker 4 (26:02):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
My vote?
Speaker 10 (26:05):
You mean you mean the time boat? You mean that
you'man rowing out there in the river and that whole
broken town boat of mine?
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Oh my goodness, is this is too much?
Speaker 4 (26:16):
I I won't be able to bring the boat.
Speaker 10 (26:21):
Well, I should think you wore Tom Bailey, taking an
old postmouth both out in that cheap water like that?
Why why are you try to kill my son.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
That's what you try to do. I wouldn't say that world.
Speaker 10 (26:31):
Oh no, well maybe you wouldn't touch that. Of what
I will that nephew of yours, there's nothing but a
common aws and doon.
Speaker 12 (26:37):
Again there, mister, I reckon, I know how to take
care of man lovers like you.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Why what are your being?
Speaker 10 (26:43):
Who are you anyway?
Speaker 12 (26:44):
Fame sailor man?
Speaker 8 (26:45):
Mister?
Speaker 12 (26:45):
And I've been around the world every time, and all
my travels I never seen a sea swab that likes to.
Speaker 10 (26:51):
Be lost by.
Speaker 12 (26:57):
Bailey here saved your son's life, just now, this one
all the way in with your boy hanging around his neck.
And that's no easy trick in that river. Mister, you
mean you mean my what I mean, Old Tom Bailey,
Thanks for saving your son's life.
Speaker 10 (27:10):
Well, life, don't look here. I don't know who you are,
but I don't like your are you? You don't seem
to know who are I do.
Speaker 12 (27:19):
You're the biggest crab I've ever seen on dry land,
and I'm going to wash you back in where you are.
It takes care of him in his speech, too ever
paid so for if anybody's got a right to make
it speak of time here what he got to.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Even better now town, Uncle boy, that tells me a
up around in no time. Time. That's good news. They've
been him boat fine time, just fine.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
And mister Ball.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Dried out a bit more ways than what he shouldn't
push him the hard, Ben.
Speaker 12 (28:20):
I want to make sure he isn't starting on the rally.
Speaker 8 (28:24):
The ball you are wonder.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Yeah, good time. That was a foolish and dangerous thing
you did, taking a boat out on the river. And
I don't want to hear any more tricks like that.
Speaker 5 (28:41):
I've done my listen, uncle.
Speaker 12 (28:42):
You know, Judge sort of feel maybe I'm the blame
for Tom getting in trouble. What do you mean, Ben, Well,
I promised to take time aboard my cruiser a while
I was here showing around the ship how it is
to be a sailor. Uh huh, I was so busy
a trk miss Kitty here, I reckon, I never did
have no time for time.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Mm yeah you can understand, Ben.
Speaker 12 (29:05):
It won't happen again, Judge, huh, I'll say, got permission
from the old man. There's the captain, take young Tom
all along my ships.
Speaker 8 (29:12):
He gets, well, will you sailor, Ben?
Speaker 4 (29:14):
That'll be fine? That's what I wanted.
Speaker 12 (29:17):
You have to find some time to tell you about
my travel school wiping around the world.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Sailor Ben, you keep time happy, please up and his
mischievous peed again. Order my uncle, there's damn.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
I'm sorry, I'm said bad uncle.
Speaker 9 (29:34):
Bad Well.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
People call you a bad boy, Tom, but it's like
I always say, you're not that you're very bad boy. There.
It is the story of a.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Bad Boy and a dramatization by Tom Dutey from the
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Judge Nutter by Craig McDonald, music by Doc Whipple, and
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Speaker 1 (30:35):
Welcome back. The book The Story of a Bad Boy
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The episode changes quite a few plot details, but what
it captured is the book's very episodic nature much more
a series of vignettes than a novel. As we'd understand
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mischief making boy and making him the book's hero. It's
the foundation of that whole subgenre, and it would lay
the groundwork for Mark Twain's books and be an influence
on Twain. But of course Twain's work surpassed Aldrich and
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Speaker 2 (01:16):
Adventure Ahead. The National Broadcasting Company presents another in the
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Speaker 3 (01:33):
This week's a.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Play based on that classic of American childhood, The Story
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exciting story of the adventures of a typical American boy
and now adventure ahead.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Tom Bay in his room, Oh thank you, kiddy. Time,
Oh time, Tom Berry from down that time. I want
to talk to you. Something wrong? I should say something wrong?
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What about this book?
Speaker 4 (02:26):
A book?
Speaker 5 (02:27):
What book?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
You know very well? What book? Tom Billy? This one
my notebook when I'm at my speech in Oh, recognized
it well? Drawing pictures in my notebook. Funny faces. The shame,
Tom Bailey, all these these faces mixed up with my
campaign speech.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Not very good likenesses either. This one here, it's supposed
to be killing my men. Don't look like her? Who's
just stupid looking on me?
Speaker 5 (03:00):
All right?
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Well that's supposed to be your uncle.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
It's the best I could.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Do, so my going all time, I declare you'll be
the death of me. Yet always up to some devilment.
You're a bad boy, Tom Baby's Boy, Massachusetts. But I
sometimes I wonder way I ever let your folks send
you up here and live with me? Well, I think
you would. Your folks should never put up in the
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things I do.
Speaker 6 (03:30):
I'm sorry if I cause you so much trouble.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Uncle, I didn't know your own notebook was so important.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Well, there's a campaign speech in it for the big
political rally.
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Are you going to make a speech?
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Of course tonight the square long half a year in bed,
I am going to be the chief speaker. If your
worries for me, you have to do a lot per candidate.
Speaker 4 (03:49):
You can make a speek.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, you better run along that time. I'm busy. You'll
find your friends Jack Harris and Kenny Wallace bother them. Yes,
and Tom, please please don't get into any more trouble.
Speaker 7 (04:12):
Was judging that a mad Tom was mad about the notebook, like.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
You don't say, Tom ry.
Speaker 6 (04:17):
He didn't say much.
Speaker 7 (04:19):
Betty didn't like it.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
Well, No, did he scold you Tom like the schoolmaster
did the time you do the funny pictures on the
black board. No, he just said I was a bad boy.
He didn't even tell me not to do it again.
Speaker 8 (04:32):
Co wish.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
My father was like old Judge Nutter.
Speaker 6 (04:37):
He's gonna make a speech tonight, Kenny, father judge. No,
he's gonna make an election speech up on the square.
Speaker 7 (04:44):
What's he running for, Tom President?
Speaker 4 (04:46):
No, he's not running for anything well, what you making
a speech for?
Speaker 6 (04:50):
I don't know, but it must be important.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
He's been rehearsing at all day.
Speaker 7 (04:53):
Well, if it's anything like the speeches I've heard of
political rallies, everybody will go to sleep.
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Poor old judge, not an old be just like the rest.
Unto Woonie Jack.
Speaker 7 (05:03):
Sure everybody always goes to sleep.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I think they will.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Sure, Oh gosh, I can't let that happen. I can't
let them go to sleep on my own.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
Uncle that they will.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
I know what we can do. I know how we
can keep people away at the political rally.
Speaker 6 (05:19):
Well, Hi, Tom, so you know that stack of firecrackers
we've been saving years since the part of July.
Speaker 7 (05:26):
Wow, I'm every space so much nights comes from under
the platform?
Speaker 8 (05:41):
You get the next?
Speaker 7 (05:43):
Let it get ready to run the judge, Night's gonna
speak next.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Bred hand border. It is not my privilege.
Speaker 8 (05:52):
Do we introduced that bread.
Speaker 9 (05:54):
Citizen of Macuts, that leader among men, that champion a
border and discipline? Judge oslog roadman, nun, Ladies and gentlemen,
what is in this great coming?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
In speaking about political candidate tonight, I would like to
say a few words about the younger generations and the
important part they're playing here in river Mouth in the
promotion and security of quiet and peaceful tranquility. But we
are times.
Speaker 5 (06:48):
You don't how we do time.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Good morning, uncle, yeah, break this morning time, great sleeping,
A clear time up on the square. Last night, too
bad you weren't there at time. A lot of fireworks
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broke up the rally. Yeah, came right after I started
my speech. I thought it might be the opposition party
set them all. Maybe sailors and that ship down the
harbor quite a long right up in the morning paper
says there's three misigns who caused the disturbance are unknown
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as they escaped in the confusion. Right goodness, Now listen
to this Judge letters Beach was the first election oation
of the year, and it can't truthfully be said that
the judge went over with the bank. What are you
gigging about, Tom Bailey? It's no laughing matter my social
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prestige and injured my political reputation. First of all, I
just scared me to death. M h. I'm glad you
were home in bed last night. Time. It's thought about
you and those firecrackers started banging away. But I knew
you were home in bed, so I didn't give it
another thought. You missed seven time, sir, excuse me, Uncle
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finished your breakfast already.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
I'm not doing happy Jimmy Watterson.
Speaker 6 (08:47):
You're going down to the Harby to see the cruiser
and all the set started.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Well, if you're done, you can leave now a time.
There seems to be something sticking out of your pocket.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
M hm crack, yes, boy, thought he is a cracker.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
You better let me have bad time. You set up
any more of those things and I'll go start graving mad,
and you let him go.
Speaker 10 (09:33):
Judge Nutters without so much as boxing he's ear Oh well, yes, kitty,
I can't be too harsh for Tom.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
Seems like most of these things he does I remember
doing when I was a boy.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
You'll never mount to nothing, Judge Utter, because you're spoiling
he's a bad boy and you're making him worse.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
Oh I don't know about that, Kitty. You may not
be what you call a real good boy, but come's
not such a very bad boy. Boys will be boys, kid.
He mm hmm.
Speaker 5 (10:05):
And when you heard that, yes, she is a real cruiser.
She looks big out there.
Speaker 8 (10:20):
Time.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
I bet it takes a couple of millions million players
to run a ship like that, Kimmy, golly, Wi shy,
who's old enough to be a sailor too?
Speaker 8 (10:29):
I'll have to go on board a.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Big ship like that cruiser and see all the guns
and engines and how I make a doll.
Speaker 11 (10:34):
Sure would be fun, Tom. You know when I grow up,
I'm gonna be a sailor or maybe even a gender.
Speaker 5 (10:42):
They don't have generals on ships.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Well, whatever they have, that's what I want to be.
Speaker 6 (10:48):
You can't even swim, You get washed up in.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
The store, and what are you gonna do?
Speaker 5 (10:52):
Why? I never thought of that, Tom.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
There's everybody on a big ship like that cuiser that
had to swim. The girl that's any of these fellows?
Speaker 6 (11:01):
Yes, wonder how big he got a shocked every sack
they call out a sea bang.
Speaker 4 (11:09):
Well, he's sure is strong, but he's a you go,
is Tom?
Speaker 5 (11:15):
Alright?
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Dah?
Speaker 12 (11:20):
Your lads live here in river Mouth? Mh wouldn't telling
Old Taylor where he might find the rule? You know,
lodge in the house for good chow.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Yes, got a few days on the shore.
Speaker 12 (11:34):
I want to hold up it had my feet.
Speaker 3 (11:36):
On dry land over two years, two years right.
Speaker 12 (11:39):
Been around the world thirty times, first time with Shorn
two years.
Speaker 8 (11:43):
Golly, you.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Know why.
Speaker 12 (11:49):
I wouldn't say that. But I've been in a lot
of plenty of trouble. Ye, I been around the world
thirty times. I want to.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
Settle down a few weeks one of my ships.
Speaker 12 (11:58):
In port be a land her idea.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
I know how about you, lad.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Well well, yes, sir, I like for you to come
home with me.
Speaker 12 (12:13):
Uh. Oh, I don't know about that, lad Your folks
maybe wouldn't care about taking in a border.
Speaker 5 (12:20):
Watched your room. It's only me and my uncle touch mad.
Speaker 4 (12:25):
And uh did you tell him she comes from the
good time? Well, my uncle would be most glad to
have a real thing at this house. And I wouldn't
talk you anything.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Well, and I take up when you're Oh, thank you.
Speaker 12 (12:42):
I just come along with Ben.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Ben, just call me sailor Ben'm yes.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
Sir, I know it's a beautiful cruiser. Oh, yes, something.
Speaker 12 (12:56):
I tell you what I'll do while I'm visiting with you.
I'll take you aboard something, show you all the ship
from Semderstn because you will and I will. You know,
fine ships years and I don't know. I've been around
the world thirty times. I am house La.
Speaker 7 (13:28):
Yes, Oh it's you, Tom baby Hiddy.
Speaker 8 (13:31):
I want you to meet her, will you?
Speaker 3 (13:37):
How do you do?
Speaker 12 (13:40):
I'm telling me about it, man, just the way I
imagine a pretty Colleen that I ever saw. And I've
seen a lot too. I've been around the world thirty times,
and I do say.
Speaker 4 (13:54):
So you're.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
Well?
Speaker 8 (13:59):
Hey, can you say?
Speaker 12 (14:05):
All right?
Speaker 4 (14:10):
Uncle A Selevan hes a Hue?
Speaker 3 (14:13):
How do you do? Judge Nutter in the afternoon, Ben,
any friend of time is certainly a friend of mine.
Speaker 12 (14:19):
Judge, if you won't mind me moving in on.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
You for a week or so, why beat it moving? End?
Yeh time, Well I should have been.
Speaker 6 (14:31):
Father said about his see with his uncle while he's
on wave.
Speaker 4 (14:35):
I knew it would be all right.
Speaker 12 (14:37):
I needed a place to bunk, Judge, but I don't
want a crowd. Guess he ain't got a room for me.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
I'd go down.
Speaker 6 (14:42):
Oh no, that is please let him stay, Uncle Phil,
you be around.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
The world hurry time.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Oh that's like he's gonna take you down to the
couch and show me all over a ship. He's gonna
tell me story about the sea and travel.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Yeah, yeah, that might be a good thing time strict,
you take an interest in Sailor Ben and the cruiser
and might keep you out of trouble. Sir, well Ben Isaac,
I don't see why you can't stay with this. You
can have a guest from upstairs video show you the
way I ain't get dad.
Speaker 6 (15:18):
Are you gonna tell me about the trouble Sailor Ben?
Are you gonna take you down your ship?
Speaker 10 (15:22):
Oh?
Speaker 12 (15:22):
Be time enough for that?
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Man.
Speaker 12 (15:23):
You gotta get my gear unpacked when on my Sunday
best I expect me and miss Kitty will step out tonight.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
With you.
Speaker 12 (15:37):
I would lucky tonight roll.
Speaker 8 (15:38):
On the river maybe upon when you're gonna tak on.
Speaker 12 (15:43):
Smorrow. There plenty of time where Kitty, you're the prettiest colleague.
No time may not have time, only got a few
days left, and be kidd you's got on?
Speaker 7 (16:08):
Is still living at your house?
Speaker 8 (16:10):
Tom God, he's a real life in your own home.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Talking about to tell you.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
So yes all the time, but not for man.
Speaker 5 (16:23):
What do you mean, tom?
Speaker 4 (16:24):
Oh?
Speaker 6 (16:24):
I just followed to the tunnel around and talk to her.
Speaker 11 (16:27):
Carly never has any time for me, doesn't even take
you bought his cruise and like.
Speaker 6 (16:31):
You said, I don't think so much as sailor Ben
as I did.
Speaker 7 (16:35):
What does Judge Nta think about him?
Speaker 6 (16:37):
I don't know my uncle. How do you ever talk
to me either?
Speaker 11 (16:39):
Though he's still busy with his old politics, he's still
making speech, he's so much lately.
Speaker 6 (16:45):
Election's almost her Yes to listen to other people's speeches.
Speaker 7 (16:47):
Now you mean the big political rally and picnic at
River Gloves this afternoon?
Speaker 8 (16:51):
To her?
Speaker 4 (16:52):
My father will be there, he can I make I speak?
Speaker 7 (16:55):
Your uncle going to make a speech at River Groove, Tom.
Speaker 8 (16:57):
Course not.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
It's the opposition party having so my uncle won't go.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Anywhere just to hear the spaces time, get three lemonade
and sandwiches.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
Old Ben will probably be there too, with Kitty.
Speaker 7 (17:09):
The sallow bend taker every place.
Speaker 12 (17:11):
Yeah, just about.
Speaker 4 (17:12):
Yet, when I'm a sailor, I won't be like that.
Speaker 7 (17:17):
You're going to be a shell when you go up,
you go up?
Speaker 3 (17:19):
Kenny?
Speaker 8 (17:20):
Sure?
Speaker 4 (17:21):
Me and Tom too?
Speaker 5 (17:22):
Bol cover are you?
Speaker 12 (17:24):
Tom?
Speaker 3 (17:25):
What for?
Speaker 6 (17:25):
Why I can sail off?
Speaker 4 (17:27):
And in different places? And where am I going around
the world?
Speaker 6 (17:31):
Thirty times?
Speaker 7 (17:32):
It would be fun, all right being a sailor.
Speaker 4 (17:34):
Golly, yes, just wish I.
Speaker 7 (17:36):
Had a ship.
Speaker 6 (17:37):
On my own right, No, or a boat or anything.
Speaker 5 (17:41):
Take it to right up the river. Why I could go?
Speaker 4 (17:45):
Would I'd show that old sailor, Ben I go all
the way up the river. Golly, Tom, I'd like to go.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
Give you me too like that?
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Why couldn't we get a boat sail around?
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Like?
Speaker 7 (17:59):
Stand?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
Who? Why couldn't we, Tom?
Speaker 6 (18:04):
Yes we could if we had a boat.
Speaker 7 (18:05):
Can't sail with our boat?
Speaker 11 (18:07):
No, my father's kind of bone right he has. But
my father wouldn't let him huse it.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Why not?
Speaker 4 (18:16):
He says it leaves?
Speaker 7 (18:17):
Oh, what's a little leaf?
Speaker 4 (18:18):
Anyway, he wouldn't let him chuse it. No.
Speaker 6 (18:23):
No, But if mister Wallace, isn't your father going to
the political rally? Well, yes, So why couldn't we just
borrow the boat this afternoon for a little while. We
could roll up and down and we're gonna bring it
right back. Well, I don't know, Tom, My father wouldn't
like it.
Speaker 7 (18:41):
I wouldn't even know. If he didn't tell him, I
wouldn't tell him.
Speaker 4 (18:44):
So why are we waiting for him?
Speaker 6 (18:46):
Let's get that old will boat and sailor right after wards,
way up fast river glover as far as we can go.
You know show that old sailor Bender were just as
good sailors as he is.
Speaker 3 (19:00):
Where get he ben enjoying itself?
Speaker 10 (19:09):
Yeah, I quite a picture.
Speaker 8 (19:11):
Eliminate your really good.
Speaker 3 (19:14):
You don't find the speech is so easy to digest.
They catch these political rallies.
Speaker 12 (19:20):
Well maybe it's no judge, but I'm going back for
a piece of that apple pie.
Speaker 13 (19:23):
Come on, all right there apple pie. Well well, well
when judge nother it's you. Wallace has the wrong political
ju Maybe don't tell me that you've decided to change
political parties.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
No, I just came along because I felt hungry, Wallace.
And uh so there might be some fireworks, lady.
Speaker 10 (19:48):
Fire others.
Speaker 13 (19:49):
I'll have you know. That's nothing that when my party
has a political rally, we never got any reason a
lover to be disturbed or broken up by rowdy bought.
Speaker 3 (19:57):
Uh oh, that's too bad. It's too bad.
Speaker 13 (20:00):
And speaking of loudie elephants, I would thought that your
nephew did not associate with my son Kinney. Yes, at
Tom Dailey is a bond troublemaker.
Speaker 10 (20:10):
He never did a good thing in his life.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
He's a bad here's no rash as I was, and
I was a boy.
Speaker 13 (20:16):
Well, that's the fine comparison.
Speaker 3 (20:18):
Mister Wallace. I don't like your political affiliations, and I
don't like your attitude. One of these days, I'm gonna
forget I'm a judge, and I'm gonna snap off your
icty disposition and break it right over the top of
your head. Why I've never been so.
Speaker 5 (20:36):
Alight?
Speaker 3 (20:37):
That's oh, Ben, get j apple pie. I joined yoursel
I was up until a few minutes ago.
Speaker 12 (20:48):
Looks like you're bond ready to start the speech maker
And if they're talking as good as a child, they
are around up from bolts.
Speaker 3 (20:53):
This afternoon, maybe, but not a vague help. But what
do you mean?
Speaker 4 (20:57):
M h where is this?
Speaker 3 (20:59):
Forty years younger man? I might think some way to
break up bus meetings?
Speaker 4 (21:14):
Here we are kidding the middle of the river.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
Uh huh.
Speaker 6 (21:17):
I get this place while I get captain my air
like that's.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
Going all the world.
Speaker 8 (21:21):
Tom, he's rollings.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
He's a glue.
Speaker 5 (21:25):
Alu my he.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
Lo? What mean?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Tom?
Speaker 4 (21:32):
But what's it mean? I don't know.
Speaker 6 (21:34):
I heard it from sale.
Speaker 8 (21:35):
Ben.
Speaker 4 (21:36):
You sound like a regular sailor. Tom, Ya foll of
your Why do you think I've been doing?
Speaker 7 (21:43):
I'm getting tired Tom, why don't you roll a while?
Speaker 8 (21:46):
Why?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I'm the capt boat?
Speaker 6 (21:48):
So what whoever heard of a captain law on his
own boat to the crack?
Speaker 4 (21:54):
Follow me the boat, Colley, the water's coming in.
Speaker 6 (21:58):
Tom, nice to talk about the old sea captain like me?
Speaker 8 (22:01):
Keep going, Jack's use this whole?
Speaker 7 (22:03):
Time's gonna think anyway?
Speaker 5 (22:05):
What did you say?
Speaker 6 (22:05):
Come up and kimmy?
Speaker 4 (22:06):
Jack keeps falling.
Speaker 9 (22:07):
That's the.
Speaker 3 (22:09):
Oh all right?
Speaker 6 (22:12):
See we want to go fast time when just the
question of the grove?
Speaker 4 (22:15):
We can't turn back now looking people, Hi, father's open hand, Tom.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Is the coffee?
Speaker 4 (22:22):
Can see it on all Businessten the speakers.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Somebody's gonna pay anyttention to what?
Speaker 4 (22:27):
God?
Speaker 3 (22:28):
Boy?
Speaker 6 (22:29):
Let me stop going?
Speaker 8 (22:30):
Jacket his hand? Can't you hire? I step up the fool?
Speaker 7 (22:35):
Jack?
Speaker 4 (22:35):
Time before your hand?
Speaker 5 (22:36):
Anything?
Speaker 8 (22:37):
You stand up next sea, I have to fum a fat.
Speaker 4 (22:40):
I can't swim calm.
Speaker 8 (22:43):
She's thinking, you don't fi podcast will down like this?
Any want to get down that feet.
Speaker 4 (22:52):
I'm kidding your phone now stop stop?
Speaker 7 (23:02):
Why?
Speaker 9 (23:18):
And if I am a lectus, I promised to balance
the butt.
Speaker 8 (23:24):
And to build a new fire and give all my
friends a package of God.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
And try them out.
Speaker 12 (23:33):
I intend to see the curtain I kept under proper.
Speaker 13 (23:38):
At all.
Speaker 8 (23:39):
Somebody drown boys in a boat co matter man?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Some boys the river gudge this boy?
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Hi?
Speaker 8 (23:45):
Women is way?
Speaker 10 (23:46):
Come on?
Speaker 9 (23:46):
Come on here, the river's like to meet and over gads.
Speaker 10 (23:50):
Come on a stle boy who has never done wrong,
was never given any.
Speaker 2 (23:56):
Calls to why it's never give you and mister.
Speaker 3 (24:01):
Wallace, well, well walking it? What's wrong? Rob? Well, here's
what he leave it.
Speaker 12 (24:07):
It looks like the maiden's busted up, mister Wallace, mass ride.
A couple of boys in the river drowning whose boys.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
You can't tell? Sure?
Speaker 12 (24:16):
One of them looks like Tom.
Speaker 10 (24:17):
Bailey, Tom Bailey, Tom Bailey. That's why.
Speaker 12 (24:21):
What's the matter, mister Wilt Why it's a potter?
Speaker 10 (24:25):
It's all judge, nothing for it.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
It's a plot. What boys and driver? Well, that's just
how hello that judge?
Speaker 10 (24:31):
Nothing will soup found his own boy.
Speaker 8 (24:34):
It's just a break up. Time, can't judges Tom. There's
two of them. Yeah, there's Tom Barley.
Speaker 12 (24:50):
He's a hold up.
Speaker 8 (24:50):
Junky Hollis swam all the way in with bast Tom Berry.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
I'm very.
Speaker 4 (24:57):
What are you doing here?
Speaker 3 (24:59):
Her term welcome?
Speaker 12 (25:01):
He doesn't now let me help you with the young lady.
I'm kidney.
Speaker 5 (25:07):
Until we make we made a Kenny pre Well it's great,
are yeah? Oh he's coming?
Speaker 3 (25:16):
Oh oh, Ben, I didn't Kinny walls.
Speaker 12 (25:23):
All right, Ben, Hi, he's out, but he'll come around,
all right.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Can you tell what about you boy?
Speaker 12 (25:29):
By put my coat around you lad, keep you warm?
And where is my son?
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Where is my son?
Speaker 3 (25:38):
Kitty? Can he speak to me? And speak to you?
Speaker 12 (25:40):
Mister wegg Win back here'll be where it was.
Speaker 13 (25:43):
Oh it's you, Judge Knacker.
Speaker 10 (25:45):
I expect that your boy had something to do with
waking up my anything nearly founding my kitty.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if had a hand in it.
Speaker 10 (25:52):
Well where is that ruck?
Speaker 3 (25:55):
Right?
Speaker 10 (25:57):
Well?
Speaker 2 (25:58):
Well, what have you got to say yourself?
Speaker 3 (26:00):
Tom Bailey?
Speaker 4 (26:02):
I'm sorry.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
My vote?
Speaker 10 (26:05):
You mean you mean the time boat? You mean that
you'man rowing out there in the river and that whole
broken town boat of mine?
Speaker 3 (26:13):
Oh my goodness, is this is too much?
Speaker 4 (26:16):
I I won't be able to bring the boat.
Speaker 10 (26:21):
Well, I should think you wore Tom Bailey, taking an
old postmouth both out in that cheap water like that?
Why why are you try to kill my son.
Speaker 3 (26:28):
That's what you try to do. I wouldn't say that world.
Speaker 10 (26:31):
Oh no, well maybe you wouldn't touch that. Of what
I will that nephew of yours, there's nothing but a
common aws and doon.
Speaker 12 (26:37):
Again there, mister, I reckon, I know how to take
care of man lovers like you.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Why what are your being?
Speaker 10 (26:43):
Who are you anyway?
Speaker 12 (26:44):
Fame sailor man?
Speaker 8 (26:45):
Mister?
Speaker 12 (26:45):
And I've been around the world every time, and all
my travels I never seen a sea swab that likes to.
Speaker 10 (26:51):
Be lost by.
Speaker 12 (26:57):
Bailey here saved your son's life, just now, this one
all the way in with your boy hanging around his neck.
And that's no easy trick in that river. Mister, you
mean you mean my what I mean, Old Tom Bailey,
Thanks for saving your son's life.
Speaker 10 (27:10):
Well, life, don't look here. I don't know who you are,
but I don't like your are you? You don't seem
to know who are I do.
Speaker 12 (27:19):
You're the biggest crab I've ever seen on dry land,
and I'm going to wash you back in where you are.
It takes care of him in his speech, too ever
paid so for if anybody's got a right to make
it speak of time here what he got to.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Even better now town, Uncle boy, that tells me a
up around in no time. Time. That's good news. They've
been him boat fine time, just fine.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
And mister Ball.
Speaker 3 (28:13):
Dried out a bit more ways than what he shouldn't
push him the hard, Ben.
Speaker 12 (28:20):
I want to make sure he isn't starting on the rally.
Speaker 8 (28:24):
The ball you are wonder.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
Yeah, good time. That was a foolish and dangerous thing
you did, taking a boat out on the river. And
I don't want to hear any more tricks like that.
Speaker 5 (28:41):
I've done my listen, uncle.
Speaker 12 (28:42):
You know, Judge sort of feel maybe I'm the blame
for Tom getting in trouble. What do you mean, Ben, Well,
I promised to take time aboard my cruiser a while
I was here showing around the ship how it is
to be a sailor. Uh huh, I was so busy
a trk miss Kitty here, I reckon, I never did
have no time for time.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
Mm yeah you can understand, Ben.
Speaker 12 (29:05):
It won't happen again, Judge, huh, I'll say, got permission
from the old man. There's the captain, take young Tom
all along my ships.
Speaker 8 (29:12):
He gets, well, will you sailor, Ben?
Speaker 4 (29:14):
That'll be fine? That's what I wanted.
Speaker 12 (29:17):
You have to find some time to tell you about
my travel school wiping around the world.
Speaker 3 (29:23):
Sailor Ben, you keep time happy, please up and his
mischievous peed again. Order my uncle, there's damn.
Speaker 4 (29:31):
I'm sorry, I'm said bad uncle.
Speaker 9 (29:34):
Bad Well.
Speaker 3 (29:37):
People call you a bad boy, Tom, but it's like
I always say, you're not that you're very bad boy. There.
It is the story of a.
Speaker 2 (29:53):
Bad Boy and a dramatization by Tom Dutey from the
childhood classic of Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Young Thomas played Alistair Kyle,
Judge Nutter by Craig McDonald, music by Doc Whipple, and
the entire production was under the direction of Joseph Mansfield.
Each Saturday, Adventure Ahead presents heroes and heroines whose exciting
exploits will appeal to youthful minded listeners of every age.
(30:15):
NBC and its affiliated independent stations present Adventure Ahead as
a public service. This is the National Broadcasting Company.
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Welcome back. The book The Story of a Bad Boy
was written in eighteen seventy and it was semi autobiographical.
The episode changes quite a few plot details, but what
it captured is the book's very episodic nature much more
a series of vignettes than a novel. As we'd understand
(30:59):
it today, the book would be influential in taking a
mischief making boy and making him the book's hero. It's
the foundation of that whole subgenre, and it would lay
the groundwork for Mark Twain's books and be an influence
on Twain. But of course Twain's work surpassed Aldrich and
(31:21):
are far better remembered today. One big reason for that
might be that even though there are a lot of
episodes in Wwaine's books, there tended to be bigger, overarching
plots that work their way through the books in Tom
Sawyer and to an even greater extent in Huckleberry Finn. Well,
(31:45):
now it is time to think our Patreon supporter of
the day, and I want to go ahead and thank Mitch,
Patreon supporter since October twenty twenty four, currently supporting the
podcast at the secret agent level of four dollars or
more per month, and that will actually do it for now.
We will actually be back on Sunday rather than Tuesday
(32:08):
with next week's episode of Adventure Ahead, since we're going
to crosspost that over on the Great Detectives podcast. But
first We'll be back on Saturday with Cloak and Dagger.
In the meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen
at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at
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Radio Detectives, and check us out on Instagram, Instagram dot com.
Last Great Detectives from Boise, Idaho. This is your host,
Adam Graham, sogn and off.
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